Subgenre Sampler
Silent Cinema: 146 Films to Buy & Rent
- Lost World, The (1925)
- Dir. Harry Hoyt
Feat. Bessie Love, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone
- An inventive precursor to KING KONG, based on Arthur Conan Doyle's adventure story. Prehistoric monsters abound in this showcase of pioneering…
- Master of the House (Thou Shalt Honour Thy Wife, Du Skal Aere Din Hustru) (1925)
- Dir. Carl Dreyer
Feat. Johannes Meyer
- Deceptively simple, penetrating chamber piece from Dreyer, centered on an abusive husband who is dealt to by the long–suffering family’s…
- Merry Widow, The (1925)
- Dir. Erich von Stroheim
Feat. Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall…
- Silent romantic comedy about a prince who falls in love with a dancer and commoner (Mae Murray) but after the marriage is forbidden she goes on to…
- Seven Chances (1925)
- Dir. Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Feat. Buster Keaton
- Another of Buster Keaton's masterpieces is this romantic comedy in which he plays a man who is offered a seven million dollar fortune if he marries…
- Variety (1925)
- Dir. E.A. Dupont
Feat. Emil Jannings, Lya de Putti
- A cautionary fable of romantic treachery set in the since–vanished vaudeville world, lent depth through its sophisticated visual style. Emil…
- Aelita: Queen of Mars (1924)
- Dir. Yakov Protazanov
Feat. Nikolai Tseretelli, Valentina Kuindzhi
- Russian silent science–fiction film based on Alexei Tolstoy's novel about a young man in post–war Soviet Union given the chance to travel…
- Great White Silence, The (90 Degrees South) (1924-1933)
- Dir. Herbert G Ponting
- Awe–inspiring footage from Robert Falcon Scott's disastrous expedition to the South Pole in 1910, covering the ship–voyage and…
- Iron Horse, The (1924)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy
- An early silent western presenting an idealised portrayal of the development of the first American transcontinental railroad. Its romantic,…
- Michael (Mikael) (1924)
- Dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
Feat. Nora Gregor, Walter Slezak, Benjamin Christensen
- A landmark in gay silent cinema from Carl Theodor Dreyer, starring Walter Slezak as the young assistant and model to the artist Claude Zoret…
- Navigator, The (1924)
- Dir. Buster Keaton, Donald Crisp
Feat. Buster Keaton
- One of Buster Keaton's most evocative silent comedies, playing a naive youth who becomes marooned upon a gigantic yacht drifting out to…