Subgenre Sampler
Silent Cinema: 151 Films to Buy & Rent
Iron Horse, The (1924)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy
- An early silent western presenting an idealised portrayal of the development of the first American transcontinental railroad. Its romantic,…
Kean (1924)
- Dir. Alexandre Volkoff
Feat. Ivan Mosjoukine
- A French silent film depicting the life of Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, played by Ivan Mosjoukine, focusing on his romance with countess Elena de…
Michael (Mikael) (1924)
- Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
Feat. Nora Gregor, Walter Slezak, Benjamin Christensen
- A landmark in gay silent cinema from Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Walter Slezak as the young assistant and model to the artist Claude Zoret…
Navigator, The (1924)
- Dir. Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp
Feat. Buster Keaton
- One of Buster Keaton's most evocative silent comedies, playing a naive youth who becomes marooned upon a gigantic yacht drifting out to…
Siegfried (Die Nibelungen Pt. 1) (1924)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Paul Richter, Margarete Schon, Theodor Loos…
- First part of Dir. Lang's recreation of the German Nibelungen myth cycle (that inspired Wagner's 'Ring'), features fire–breathing dragons,…
Strike (1924)
- Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Grigori Alexandrov
- Eisenstein's first feature is a depiction of a violent factory strike in Czarist Russia, filmed with a protoform version of his 'montage' theories in…
Thief of Bagdad (1924)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Douglas Fairbanks, Anna May Wong, Brandon Hurst
- Douglas Fairbanks Snr. stars in this original version of the Arabian Nights fable about a young Indian native who out–smarts an evil magician.
A Woman of Paris (1923)
- Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Edna Purviance, Adolphe Menjou, Charles Chaplin
- Chaplin's early attempt at drama is a mostly successful tale of a woman, who despite serious intentions, ends up the mistress of a boozing lecher in…
Burning Crucible, The (Le Brasier Ardent) (1923)
- Dir. Ivan Mosjoukine
Feat. Ivan Mosjoukine
- Melodrama styled as a semi–comic Kafkaesque nightmare. The film that inspired Jean Renoir to start directing.
Buster Keaton Boxset (1923-1928)
- Dir. Buster Keaton, Charles Riesner, James W. Horne
Feat. Buster Keaton
- Classic boxset includes four of Buster Keaton's most revered silent comedies: THE GENERAL, STEAMBOAT BILL JR, THE THREE AGES and COLLEGE.