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Garbo Silents Collection, TheGarbo Silents Collection, The (Flesh and the Devil, The Temptress, The Mysterious Lady) (1926-1928)
Dir. Clarence Brown, Fred Niblo
Feat. Greta Garbo, John Gilbert
Three MGM classics that well represent the great Greta Garbo as the ultimate silent movie icon: Flesh and the Devil (1927, 112m.) A gorgeous high…
General, TheGeneral, The (1926) Aro Favourite
Dir. Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman
Feat. Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton risks life and limb to pursue his beloved rail engine, hijacked by Union spies at the time of the U.S. Civil War. Hilarious…
La BohemeLa Boheme (1926)
Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Renee Adoree
Silent film adaptation of the 1896 opera by Giacomo Puccini, with Lillian Gish starring alongside John Gilbert as doomed lovers Mimi and Rodolphe, a…
Lodger, TheLodger, The (1926)
Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Malcolm Keen, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney
The first notable Hitchcock, this silent variant of the 'Jack the Ripper' features a memorable turn from Ivor Novello and some spine–tingling…
MetropolisMetropolis (1926) Aro Favourite
Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Alfred Abel, Gustav Frohlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge
Fritz Lang's masterpiece is a magnificent marriage of pure cinema innovation and startlingly ambitious set design. Set around the year 2000, a…
TartuffeTartuffe (Herr Tartuff) (1926)
Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Emil Jannings, Hermann Picha
This neglected Murnau masterpiece innovatively precedes FAUST by presenting its adaptation of a Molière’s satire as a…
Tramp, Tramp, TrampTramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
Dir. Harry Edwards
Feat. Harry Langdon, Joan Crawford
An overlooked silent oddity from Harry Langdon, whose boyish innocence contrasted sharply against the likes of contemporaries Chaplin and Keaton.…
Battleship PotemkinBattleship Potemkin (1925) Recommended
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Alexander Antonov, Vladimir Blasky, Grigori Alexandrov
This landmark Soviet propaganda film about the 1905 revolution is one of the greatest classics of all time. The smart use of visual metaphor and that…
Eagle, TheEagle, The (1925)
Dir. Clarence Brown
Feat. Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino's penultimate picture – and one of his most popular – in which he plays a Russian lieutenant who becomes a masked…
Gold Rush, TheGold Rush, The (1925) Recommended
Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Mack Swain
Immortal comedy with Charlie Chaplin at his clownish best. The Little Tramp is a lone gold prospector who through a series of adventures, strikes it…

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