Recommendations
Senior Film Conservator

For those who were mesmerized by Peace and Quiet, a true Short masterpiece from 1921, the quest for comparable cinema becomes a journey through the fringes of film history. Our curated selection of recommendations echoes the very essence of Peace and Quiet.
The legacy of Peace and Quiet is built upon its ability to create a hauntingly beautiful cinematic landscape.
Eddie is a new editor in a typically chaotic newspaper office. To get revenge for an imagined slight, a copy boy mixes the type so that a debutante is described as "wanted by the police." Eddie goes to a sanitarium for peace and quiet. So does the debutante who has been libeled. The sanitarium houses also a bootlegger and a superstitious housemaid. To secure solitude, the bootlegger poses as a ghost and, as a result, the patients get anything but peace and quiet.
Based on the unique cult status of Peace and Quiet, our vault has identified these titles as the most compelling follow-up experiences for fans of Short cinema:
Dir: Eddie Lyons
Eddie appears as a grocer boy and Lee as butcher boy. Both love the same girl, but after numerous amusing advances a third youth marries her.
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Dir: Eddie Lyons
Mr. Ups likes the gay life and Mr. Downs is a "stay-at-home." One night when Ups is out sporting and Downs is home in bed, Ups arrives at the entrance of the apartment house at the same time with Downs' wife. Ups' wife, who is at home, hears the cat ransacking the milk cans in the kitchen and thinks a burglar is in the house. Then Mr. Ups and Mrs. Downs arrive and the chase starts. Up and down the dumbwaiter goes Downs and Mrs. Ups, looking for the burglar, one in his bathrobe the other in her pajamas. The mystery is solved and the two couples become the best of friends.
Dir: Eddie Lyons
The troubles of two quarreling couples, the Blacks and the Whites. They get divorces, and Mr. Black weds Mrs. White and Mr. White weds Mrs. Black.
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Dir: Eddie Lyons
Eddie and Lee are newspaper reporters and Mildred is a vamping Russian countess in a laughable "Bolsheviki" burlesque in which Eddie and Lee find themselves obliged to commit all sorts of crimes, but wake to find it all a dream.
Dir: Eddie Lyons
Bernie and Sidney are a buyer and a salesman who smash each other's hats before becoming acquainted. Their wives afterward mix in at a hat sale and later all meet at dinner, when the riot begins again.
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Dir: Eddie Lyons
Eddie has a wife and baby. Lee plays his well known role of janitor, who finds himself with the baby, a dog and a parrot on his hands, after a mix-up in the apartment house, but eventually gets them in the hands of their proper owners.
Dir: Unknown Director
The Judge needs a present for his wife's birthday, so Harry suggests a new corset. They go to the shop, but he's so embarrassed to ask the saleslady he hides in a phone booth.Harry goes in, but finds a GUY wearing one, and runs out.They both dress as women to get back in, but Mrs. Rummy gets there and chases him out.
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Dir: Eddie Lyons
Lee and his family take Eddie and his wife riding in their new car.
Dir: Richard Smith
Two female candidates for Chief of Police live across the hall from each other, and their political rivalry follows them home, leading to plenty of hi-jinks.
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Dir: Eddie Lyons
Lee is a tailor's apprentice who follows his customer, Eddie, to a social affair. Lee measures up the guests for new clothes. Both he and Eddie lose their trousers and do some tall dodging about among the guests as a result.
View DetailsAnalysis relative to Peace and Quiet
| Film Title | Atmosphere | Complexity | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hearts and Let Us | Gritty | Dense | 86% Match |
| Shot in the Dumbwaiter | Gritty | Dense | 97% Match |
| Mum's the Word | Ethereal | Layered | 97% Match |
| The Bullshevicks | Tense | Layered | 91% Match |
| Damaged Goods | Gritty | Dense | 92% Match |
This guide was algorithmically generated using the cinematic metadata of Eddie Lyons's archive. Last updated: 5/30/2026.
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