Subgenre Sampler
Silent Cinema: 146 Films to Buy & Rent
- 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.
- It (1927)
- Dir. Clarence Badger
Feat. Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, Gary Cooper
- Clara Bow sprang to stardom in this silent comedy, using ‘it’ to gold–dig department–store boss Antonio Moreno. Memorable for its…
- Napoleon (1927)
- 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…
- Sunrise (1927)
- Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Bodil Rosing
- The first American outing from the master of German Expressionism turned out to be perhaps his best film of all. He instils an electric charge on a…
- Underworld (1927)
- Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Feat. George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent, Clive Brook
- Josef von Sternberg’s breakthrough silent film arguably pioneered the American gangster genre, with George Bancroft cast as a criminal kingpin…
- Unknown, The (1927)
- Dir. Tod Browning
Feat. Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz…
- Lon Chaney is fantastically expressive in this Grand Guignol inspired silent horror, from frequent collaborators Chaney and director Tod Browning, in…
- Wings (1927)
- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Clara Bow, Charles Rogers, Gary Cooper
- Renowned silent film represents the epic struggles of the allied airforces in WWI, with brilliant aerial sequences, battle recreations and several…
- Adventures of Prince Achmed, The (1926)
- Dir. Lotte Reiniger
- The dashing Prince Achmed saves a lovely damsel from evil witches and mythical beasts, as well as discovering Aladdin's lamp, all in the primitive…