Ernst Lubitsch began his four-decade filmmaking career in Berlin when he left high school at the age of 16. After being invited to America by Hollywood legend Mary Pickford, it was clear early on... more
Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess. Director D.W. Griffith's powerfully moving film about an abused young girl's love for an older Chinese man. Silent with original music score. 1919/colorized/90... more
Theda Bara, Edward Jose. A married businessman travels to Europe and falls under the spell of an alluring but scheming "vamp" named Gilda. Theda Bara's stunning performance made her one of the silver... more
Bartolomeo Pagano, Lidia Quaranta. While the Second Punic War rages, a girl is separated from her parents. During her odyssey through ancient Rome, she encounters an erupting volcano, the barbaric... more
Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthail. This epic story of two families during the Civil War and Reconstruction is a landmark in American motion pictures. Silent with original music score. Directed by D.W.... more
Harry Carey, Duke Lee, Neva Gerber, Vester Pegg. An outlaw with a heart of gold flees from the law after a poker game ends in a shootout and tries to peacefully assimilate in a town called Rawhide.... more
Lillian Gish, Douglas Fairbanks. Orson Welles offers an introduction to four intertwining stories of prejudice and intolerance from the Babylonian age to modern times which come together to reach one... more
Harry Carey, Molly Malone, Hoot Gibson. In this landmark western, a hired gun sent by ranchers to run farmers off their land has a change of heart when one of his cohorts kills the farmer's son.... more
Two silent masterpieces both directed by remarkable young women. Hypocrites (Courtenay Foote. 1915/50 min.) spreads its moral message when a Christian minister creates a sculpture he calls "The... more
The early, influential Italian epic, now available on DVD! Made prior to the groundbreaking films of D.W. Griffith, this portrait of the ill-fated men and women who perished beneath Mount Vesuvius... more