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The Thief Of Bagdad (1924)
(1924) [G]

One of the truly great silent films of the 1920s was The Thief Of Baghdad, directed by Hollywood legend Raoul Walsh. Made in 1924, it features Douglas Fairbanks as producer and also as the star, in the role of the happy-go-lucky Ahmed the Thief. Beguiled by a beautiful Princess, Ahmed must prove...  More

Intolerance
(1916) [M]

From the Babylonian era to the (1916) present day, four stories of intolerance and inhumanity (Modern, Babylonian, Judean and French) interweave to form an amazing spectacle that gains momentum as it moves towards a powerful and memorable climax. Lillian Gish features as the woman in the linking...  More

College
(1927) [G]

Coming hard on the heels of Keaton's comic masterpiece, The General, this was a relaxing romp in both setting and approach after the exacting precision of the American Civil War comic-drama. It was very typical Keaton material and a fine comedy. Those knowledgeable of silent comedy may see...  More

The Lodger
(1927) [PG]

The Lodger is recognized as being the first authentic Hitchcock film. During his sojourn in Germany, Hitchcock was given the opportunity to see films by such masters as Fritz Lang and F.W. Murnau. The influence of the UFA Studios in the stylized settings, the lush atmosphere, the mastery of light...  More

October 1917 (Ten Days That Shook the World)
(1927) [PG]

Borrowing its title from a book by American journalist John Reed (of Reds fame), Sergei Eisenstein's Ten Days That Shook the World reenacts the crucial week-and-a-half in October, 1918, when the Russian Kerensky regime was toppled by the Bolsheviks. While Eisenstein takes certain liberties in...  More

Steamboat Bill Jr.
(1928) [G]

STEAMBOAT BILL is William Canfield (Ernest Torrence), the larger-than-life owner of the stern-wheeler 'Stonewall Jackson' which he has operated successfully for many years with his first (and only) mate played by Tom Lewis. Almost all of the town is owned by entrepreneur and businessman J.J.King...  More

The Lost World (Silent)
(1925) [PG]

Newly restored with fifty percent more footage than any version in seventy years, here is the model for "King Kong," "Jurassic Park" and "Godzilla." A world wide sensation when it opened on February 15, 1925, "The Lost World" is a story of living dinosaurs from the Jurassic age written by the...  More

Nanook Of The North
(1922) [G]

The key work in the field of documentary film, and one of the most important productions in the history of cinema, Nanook of the North was hailed as a masterpiece on its release in 1922, and became both a critical and commercial success. Nonetheless, the film has its detractors, and controversies...  More

The Gold Rush (2 disc set)
(1925) [G]

The Gold Rush, Charles Chaplin famously said, is "the picture I want to be remembered by." In 1998, leading movie critics and experts voted and remembered, choosing this 24-karat comedy as one of the American Film Institute's Top 100 American Films. Chaplin's irrepressible Little Tramp seeks...  More

The Circus (2 Disc Set)
(1928) [G]

The Little Tramp brings his slapstick hijinks to the big top. Charlie Chaplin's film The Circus begins in a fading circus, where the equestrienne (Merna Kennedy) can't jump the hoops and the clowns can't make the audience laugh. Outside on the midway, The Little Tramp falls into a series of...  More