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Rental > Classics > Silent Cinema: 114 Films to Rent on DVD
- Silent Britain (2006)
- An intriguing journey into the 'Lost Atlantis' of the British silent film industry, which prior to 1929 generated thousands of films, as much through…
- Méliès the Magician (The Magic of Méliès, Méliès Magic Show) (1997)
- Dir. Georges Melies, Jacques Meny
- George Méliès was a unique pioneer of cinema, who virtually invented the 'trick shot' and created an astonishing 1000 short films using special…
- Modern Times (1936)
- Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard
- A last hurrah for the Little Tramp, who finds himself a casualty of industrial turmoil. Chaplin's produced this silent classic in spite of the sound…
- Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 2 (The Cat's Paw, The Milky Way) (1934-1936)
- Dir. Sam Taylor, Leo McCarey
Feat. Harold Lloyd
- Two classic Harold Lloyd features. Includes THE CAT'S PAW, with Lloyd entangled in local body politics; and THE MILKY WAY, in which the silent…
- Harold Lloyd Collection - Disc 8 (Movie Crazy, Welcome Danger) (1932)
- Dir. Clyde Bruckman
Feat. Harold Lloyd
- Two classic Harold Lloyd features. Includes MOVIE CRAZY, arguably the comedian's best sound film, about making it in Hollywood; and WELCOME DANGER,…
- Vampyr (1932)
- Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Julian West, Henriette Gerard
- Seminal psychological horror film makes up for in atmosphere what it lacks in technical sophistication. Dream–like plot concerns a young man…
- City Lights (1931)
- Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Hank Mann, Jean Harlow
- Chaplin's most melancholy and beautiful film revolves around his love for a blind flower girl and his on–off relationship with a drunkard…
- Silent Naruse (Flunky, Work Hard; No Blood Relation; Apart From You; Every-Night Dreams; Street Without End) (1931-1934)
- Dir. Mikio Naruse
- A collection of silent era films from renowned Japanese director Mikio Naruse, the only five from the 1930's that still exist today, featuring new…
- Tabu (1931)
- Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Anna Chevalier
- A beautifully filmed romantic tragedy based on a simple Pacific island folk tale. Poetry and sensuality is startlingly evoked through the play of…
- City Girl (1930)
- Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Charles Farrell, David Torrence
- Murnau's lost pastoral beauty about a Minnesota boy who marries a tough city girl and brings her home at harvest time, where their love is…