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Silence is Golden: Silent Movies on DVD
The Comedians | The Actors | Foreign Films | Additional Silent Movies | Animated Films
The Comedians
ROSCOE "FATTY" ARBUCKLE
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The Best Arbuckle-Keaton Collection 2002-10 - Image/Sphe 0014381185423 Find It A rising star who rose from bit player to writer, director, and star of comedies for Mack Sennett's Keystone Film Company, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle recruited up-and-coming vaudeville comic Buster Keaton for a series of films from 1917 through 1919. |
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
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The Gold Rush Charlie Chaplin's comic masterpiece centers on the hardships of life on the Alaskan frontier. The Little Tramp plays a pathetic, lonely prospector who journeys to the Klondike hoping to discover gold and make his fortune. |
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Modern Times In Chaplin's classic comedy of the Machine Age, a bolt tightener fails at everything but falling in love. |
BUSTER KEATON
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The General Rejected by the Confederate Army as unfit and taken for a coward by his beloved Annabelle, Johnnie Gray sets out to single-handedly win the war with his cherished locomotive. When Northern spies steal his train, the intrepid Confederate takes on the entire Union army to get it back. |
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The Navigator 1924 - Kino Video 0738329012427 Check our catalog Brilliantly exemplifying Buster Keaton's ability to mine rich humor from the inanimate, "The Navigator is a classic of the Golden Age of Comedy. Keaton stars as Rollo Treadway, an inexperienced lad of extraordinary wealth, but little common sense. He finds himself adrift on "The Navigator," a 500-foot yacht, with no one but an equally naive girl. …More |
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Our Hospitality The art of Buster Keaton is on spectacular display in two of his finest films. The wonderful film "Our Hospitality" (1923, 75 min.) is in many ways a companion piece to Keaton's 1926 masterpiece "The General." |
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Seven Chances 2011-10 - Music Video Dist 0738329084226 Check our catalog The story of an eligible young bachelor who must marry by 7:00 p.m. in order to receive a $7 million inheritance. After bungling a proposal to his longtime sweetheart ... , Jimmie ... embarks on a desperate quest for a bride.
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Steamboat Bill, JR. 1928 - Kino Video 0738329069421 Find It
A college wimp tries to please his burly riverboat-captain father . Silent. …More |
HARRY LANGDON
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Harry Langdon: The Forgotten Clown Motion pictures originally produced between 1926 and 1927. Strong Man: After a tour of duty in WWI, a witless young Belgian comes to America and seeks out his dedicated pen pal, but his quest for Mary Brown leads him from mishap to comic disaster. |
HAROLD LLOYD
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The Harold Lloyd Collection: Slapstick Symposium Lloyd sold more tickets than Chaplin and Keaton - and any other silent comedian in the 1920s. Includes 7 short films and 1 feature film covering the period between 1919-1922. |
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Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection Having appeared in more than 200 films and widely considered to be one of cinema's most respected comic geniuses, Harold Lloyd was one of Hollywood’s 1st true movie stars. |
The Actors
JOHN BARRYMORE
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Don Juan - Warner Brother Home Video 0883316126080 Check our catalog
Before movies talked, they clacked with swords, gonged with wedding bells and pulsed with perfectly matched orchestral accompaniment. The process that made it happen was Vitaphone, a sound-on-disk system that made its feature-film debut in this lavish 1926 classic. Starring in this swashbuckling tale of the world's most famed lover is the greatest actor of his day: John Barrymore |
CLARA BOW
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It A flapper shopgirl woos her rich boss with animal magnetism, otherwise known as it. Silent. |
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Wings 2012-01 - Paramount Home Video 0097361448046 Check our catalog Two young men, one rich, one middle class, are in love with the same woman, but must leave her behind when they become fighter pilots in World War I. |
LON CHANEY
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame Grotesque bell ringer Quasimodo rescues Gypsy Esmeralda from a mob in medieval Paris. Silent. |
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The Phantom of the Opera A mad, masked composer lures a Paris singer down to his realm. Silent, with some color; reissued 1930 with some sound. |
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
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The Black Pirate A noble pirate walks the plank, rescues a princess and rides down a sail on his knife. Silent. ...More |
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Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer 1917- Infinity Resources, Inc 0617311674099 Find It
A young man grows restless living in a small Kansas town, dreaming of the adventures of the Three Musketeer |
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Robin Hood Robin and his merry men roam Sherwood Forest, robbing from the rich. Silent. ...More |
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The Thief of Bagdad This Arabian Nights fantasy-adventure was one of the great productions of the 1920s and remains hugely entertaining today. Douglas Fairbanks stars as carefree Ahmed the Thief. What he wants, he takes -- until he becomes smitten with a beautiful princess. ...More |
GRETA GARBO
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The Garbo Silents Collection |
JOHN GILBERT
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Bardelys the Magnificent 1926 - Infinity Resources, Inc 0617311674495 Find It Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen. |
LILLIAN GISH
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Broken Blossoms A sensitive portrayal of a Chinese man who travels to England and meets a 15 year old street urchin who longs to escape her miserable existence. Scarred by the torment & neglect of her father, she collapses in the shop of the lonely yellow man. As he nurses her back to health, an unspoken romance blossoms. |
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Intolerance A woman rocking a cradle links four tales of historical sin. Silent. Directed by D.W. Griffith. ...More |
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Orphans of the Storm Two sisters are lost in the French Revolution, with a hold-the-guillotine finale. Silent. Directed by D.W. Griffith. ...More |
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Way Down East A poignant melodrama about a poor country girl who is tricked into a fake marriage and has an illegitimate child who dies. After starting a new life, her past is exposed and she is evicted into a raging blizzard, pursued by the young man who secretly loves her. |
MARY PICKFORD
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Daddy Long Legs The oldest and cutest of a group of rebellious orphans, July Abbott is provided with funds for her education and well-being by a mysterious benefactor whom she christens "Daddy-long-legs." |
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Sparrows Hidden deep in the Southern swamps, the Grimes family operates a "baby farm" where unwanted or "lost" children are cruelly underfed and overworked. Mama Mollie, the oldest and protector of the other kids, escapes with her little "sparrows" through the alligator-infested swamps. ...More |
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Stella Maris Stella Maris is a beautiful, crippled girl, who is cared for by a rich family. They shield her from the harsh realities of the world. |
RUDOLPH VALENTINO
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Blood & Sand - Kino Video 0738329021429 Find It
Rudolph Valentino stars as a matador who falls into the clutches of a beautiful, insincere society woman. …More |
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Camille 1921 - Warner Home Video 012569524620 Find It Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. |
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Rudolph Valentino Collection 2009-08 - E1 0025493334593 Find It
As one of the most iconic personalities of the silent film era, Rudolph Valentino achieved an unprecedented level of fame, due in part to his exotic good looks and a magnetic personality that leapt from the screen. |
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The Sheik Originally released as a motion picture in 1921. Lady Diana Mayo is carried into the desert by an Arab chieftan, who takes one look at her and wants her, right then and there. |
Foreign Films
ENGLAND
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog - Tcfhe/MGM 0883904133650 Find It
A London mob blames an innocent man for Tuesday night killings. Silent. …More |
FRANCE
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An Italian Straw Hat 1944 - Infinity Resources, Inc 0617311675096 Find It
A Frenchman puts off his wedding to look for a lady's hat. Silent. Directed by Rene Clair. …More |
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J'Accuse J'accuse is a World War I drama considered to be one of the most technically advanced films of the era and the first major pacifist film. It was referred to by Gance as "a human cry against the bellicose din of armies." |
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The Passion of Joan of Arc Home Vision Cinema and The Criterion Collection are proud to present the home video premiere of Carl Dreyer's digitally-remastered cinematic triumph. ...More |
GERMANY
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari A hypnotist in black exhibits a cabinet, which contains a pale man in black in a trance. Silent. ...More |
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Dr Mabuse the Gambler - Image Entertainment 0014381941227 Find It
Dr. Mabuse--criminal genius, psychologist, hypnotist, counterfeiter, card shark, master of disguise, thief of state secrets and ruler of a sinister empire founded on selfishness, chicanery and murder--gained his first screen incarnation in this monumental film by Fritz Lang, one of cinema's greatest directors. …More |
| Faust 1926 - Kino Video 0738329064921 Find It
Dr. Faust sells his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for scientific knowledge and perfect happiness. |
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Haunted Castle 1921 - Kino Video 0738329062422 Find It
A hunting party is interrupted by the arrival of a notorious count, who is believed to have murdered his brother. The uninvited guest sets in motion an elaborate plot to resurrect the ghosts of the past and bring secrets of his brother's death to light. |
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The Last Laugh The proud doorman of a grand hotel is demoted to washroom attendant. Silent. Directed by F.W. Murnau. ...More |
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Metropolis Perhaps the most famous and influential of all silent films, Metropolis has now been brought back in its full version with magnificent original score. Metropolis takes place in 2026 where the populace is divided between the workers underground and the rich who enjoy a futuristic city of splendor. ...More |
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Nosferatu A real estate agent discovers ugly Count Orlock's unearthly secret. Silent. Directed by F.W. Murnau. ...More |
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Pandora's Box A visually striking melodrama, G.W. Pabst's silent classic stars Louise Brooks in a mesmerizing performance as Lulu, a woman whose uninhibited sexuality leads to her downfall. After her wealthy lover, Dr. Schon, marries her, Lulu inadvertently shoots him during a struggle with a gun. ...More |
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Warning Shadows Expressionist film in which a count is jealous of the attentions his wife pays to "the lover" and various other suitors. The situation comes to a head when a showman/mesmerist puts on a "shadow play" for them all, in which their emotion and passions are mirrored. |
INDIA
| A Throw of Dice 1929 - Kino Video 0738329056728 Find It
Inspired by the gambling episode in the ancient Hindu epic the Mahabharata, this rare classic of silent cinema tells of two kings who share a passion for reckless gambling, and for the same woman. . |
RUSSIA
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Battleship Potemkin Cossacks massacre supporters of a 1905 Russian mutiny on the steps of Odessa harbor. Silent. ...More |
Additional Silent Movies
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Chicago - Flicker Alley 9781893967519 Find It
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927. The story of jazz-loving flapper Roxie Hart, put on trial for the murder of her lover, who hits the headlines with her courtroom theatrics.
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The Ten Commandments - Paramount Home Video 9781415718636 Find It
Moses leads an exodus from Egypt to the Promised Land, complete with parting of the Red Sea. …More |
Animated Films
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Winsor McCay - Image Entertainment 0014381198225 Find It
Contains new digital transfers of the complete collection of the pioneering animator's existing films plus the documentary Remembering Winsor McCay by film historian John Canemaker as well as commentary by John Canemaker and a stills gallery from the Canemaker Collection. |