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Rental > Silent Cinema: 131 Films to Rent on DVD
Street Angel (1928)
- Dir. Frank Borzage
Feat. Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
- Janet Gaynor radiates as a streetwalker whose love for an Italian painter is jeopardized by her past brushes with the law. As with 7th HEAVEN, dir.…
Un Chien Andalou (1928)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Salvador Dali
- Bunuel and Salvador Dali collaborated for this sensational short film that blew the lid off convention in a way history could never repeat. A…
7th Heaven (Seventh Heaven) (1927)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Frank Borzage
Feat. Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell
- Eternal lovers Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell endure spiritual turmoil and the ravages of war in this beautiful silent era classic, remarkable for…
Beloved Rogue, The (1927)
- Dir. Alan Crosland
Feat. John Barrymore, Conrad Veidt, Henry Victor
- John Barrymore stars in this silent–era biopic of the 15th Century poet, prankster, villain and French patriot François Villon.
Chess Player, The (Le Joueur d'échecs) (1927)
- Dir. Raymond Bernard
Feat. Pierre Blanchar, Charles Dullin
- French silent film based on the novel by Henry Dupuy–Mazuel, set in the 18th century, during the Russian domination of Polish Lithuania. After…
College (1927)
- Dir. James W. Horne
Feat. Buster Keaton
- Buster Keaton goes to college where he tries to win the girl of his dreams by proving himself in the sports arena. An ideal set up for 'Stoneface' to…
End of St. Petersburg, The (1927)
- Dir. Vsevolod Pudovkin
Feat. Vera Baranovskaya, Aleksandr Chistyakov
- The tensions that exploded with the 'October Revolution' in Russia, 1917 are schematised here using understated characterisations (of workers and…
Gaucho, The (1927)
- Dir. F. Richard Jones
Feat. Douglas Fairbanks, Lupe Velez, Joan Barclay
- Prime Douglas Fairbanks adventure with the dashing swordsman fighting to save a city from a sadistic general.
Napoleon (1927)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Abel Gance
Feat. Albert Dieudonne
- Renowned silent epic treats the life of the French general and emperor as a melodramatic spectacle of the highest order, with a…
Silent Films Of Alfred Hitchcock, The (1927-1929)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Two of Hitchcock's early films showcasing the best from the Master Of Suspense during his silent era.
THE RING: A boxer must compete with a rival…