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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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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…
Tabu (1931)
- Dir. F.W. Murnau
Feat. Anna Chevalier
- A beautifully filmed romantic tragedy based on a simple Pacific island folk tale. Poetry and sensuality is startlingly evoked through the play of…
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
- Dir. G.W. Pabst
Feat. Louise Brooks
- Exceptional follow–up to the eye–opening PANDORA’S BOX, with Louise Brooks again provoking disorder with her unrestrained vitality and…
October : 10 Days That Shook the World (1928)
- Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Nikandrov , N. Popov, Boris Livanov
- A brilliant reconstruction of the momentous events of 1917, when revolutionary soldiers overthrew the provisional Government bringing Lenin and the…
Pandora's Box (1928)
- Dir. G.W. Pabst
Feat. Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer
- Louise Brooks become a star and influenced a million haircuts as the voluptuous call–girl, Lulu, whose misdeeds meet with an appropriate fate.
Phantom of the Opera (1928)
- Dir. Rupert Julian
Feat. Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Gibson Gowland
- First screen version of the Gaston Leroux novel with Lon Chaney grimacing through his greatest hour as the phantom. The atmosphere is creepy and the…
Spies (Spione) (1928)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Willy Fritsch
- Post WWI Europe provides a volatile backdrop for this silent spy–saga, whose brilliant visual flourishes and 'house–of–mirrors'…