Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthail. Still regarded by some as America's most controversial landmark film, D.W. Griffith's sweeping epic of two families during the Civil War and Reconstruction paints a... more
It might reasonably be contended that Humphrey Jennings is the only real poet the British cinema has yet produced. - Lindsay Anderson, Director These astonishing films show and explain essential news... more
Based on the "adult fairy tale" by George Sand, Fanchon the Cricket stars Mary Pickford as the title character, a strong-willed waif ostracized by "acceptable society" until she shows them the power... more
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (1913) James O'Neill, who was already famous for playing Edmont Dantes on the stage, adapted his play to bring the Alexandre Dumas novel to the screen. MONTE CRISTO (1929)... more
Mary Pickford, Ida Waterman, Herbert Standing, Conway Tearle. Mary Pickford stars as an orphan who must care for her aunt and uncle and a woman who falls for the husband of a hated rival. Directed by... more
Johanna Enlists is a strikingly different and very personal war story. Instead of the guns, cannons and Huns audiences were getting used to in 1918, Mary plays a young woman living quietly with her... more
Glamorous socialite Baroness Troixmonde (Valeria Creti) led a second life as the notorious thief Filibus, who utilized a state-of-the art airship to pull off audacious heists from above. When famous... more
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The film stars Marise Dauvray as Edith, a woman who is unhappily married to an older man, Francois (Severin-Mars), but is actually in love with a young poet, Jean Diaz (Romuald Joube). Both Jean and... more
William S. Hart, Jane Novak, Robert McKim, Lloyd Bacon. A man hunts outlaws who killed his brother across the Wild West, chasing them through the winding threads and dismal frontier towns of the 19th... more
In The Toll Gate (William S. Hart. Directed by Lambert Hillyer. 1920/73 min), a highwayman's gang is sold out by a traitor and ambushed during a robbery, and the leader of the gang seeks out revenge... more
Carl De Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John. An adventurer sets out on a quest for Incan gold and a large diamond only to find that he is dogged by a vicious underground network of thieves and murderers... more
Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthail. Director D.W. Griffith's sweeping epic of two families during the Civil War and Reconstruction paints a vivid picture of the War, Lincoln's assassination and the rise... more
Intriguing silent German adaptation of the Prosper Mérimée tragedy, courtesy of director Ernst Lubitsch, stars Pola Negri as the seductive Gypsy tobacco factory worker of 19th century Andalusia and... more
Louis Feuillade's epic silent serial follows an ingenious group of jewel thieves in Paris whose criminal and terrorist acts are led by the mysterious Irma Vep, a vampire-like woman whose sensuality... 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
Laurel or Hardy: Early Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy traces the roots of the legendary comedy duo by offering fans a two-disc set of 35 newly restored films starring either Stan Laurel or... 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
Mesmerizing silent film icon Pola Negri stars as Jeanne Becu, Countess of Barry, who rises from humble origins to become a plaything of the rich and powerful during the firestorm of the French... more
Lillian Gish, Douglas Fairbanks. A remastered and restored version of D.W. Griffith's sweeping epic that features four stories of prejudice and intolerance from the Babylonian age to modern times.... more
Pioneering director D.W. Griffith presents this silent anthology of three interwoven tales (a precursor to his classic 'Intolerance') all connected by the lyrics of John Howard Payne's classic song... more
Allen Holubar, Dan Hanlon, Edna Pendleton. This epic underwater adventure based on the novel by Jules Verne features landmark special effects, including a terrifying battle with a giant octopus.... more
William S. Hart, Jane Novak, Robert McKim, Lloyd Bacon. A man hunts outlaws who killed his brother across the Wild West, chasing them through the winding threads and dismal frontier towns of the 19th... more