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Classics > Silent Cinema: 133 Films to Buy & Rent
- 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…
- Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charles Chaplin…
- The third in Robert Youngson's trilogy of definitive compilations of silent comedy, this time with swashbuckling action to match the outrageous…
- When Comedy Was King (1960)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel…
- Second anthology of priceless silent comedy from complier Robert Youngson features excerpts from the likes of Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel & Hardy,…
- Golden Age of Comedy, The (1957)
- Dir. Various
Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Ben Turpin…
- Perfect introduction to the world of silent comedy, this is the first of three celebrated compilations from cinephile Robert Youngson.
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- 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…