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Rental > Silent Cinema: 131 Films to Rent on DVD
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)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- 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…
Siegfried (Die Nibelungen Pt. 1) (1924)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Paul Richter, Margarete Schon, Theodor Loos…
- First part of Dir. Lang's recreation of the German Nibelungen myth cycle (that inspired Wagner's 'Ring'), features fire–breathing dragons,…
Strike (1924)
- Dir. Sergei Eisenstein
Feat. Grigori Alexandrov
- Eisenstein's first feature is a depiction of a violent factory strike in Czarist Russia, filmed with a protoform version of his 'montage' theories in…
Thief of Bagdad (1924)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Douglas Fairbanks, Anna May Wong, Brandon Hurst
- Douglas Fairbanks Snr. stars in this original version of the Arabian Nights fable about a young Indian native who out–smarts an evil magician.
A Woman of Paris (1923)
- Dir. Charles Chaplin
Feat. Edna Purviance, Adolphe Menjou, Charles Chaplin
- Chaplin's early attempt at drama is a mostly successful tale of a woman, who despite serious intentions, ends up the mistress of a boozing lecher in…
Hunchback Of Notre Dame,The (1923)
- Dir. William Worsley
Feat. Lon Chaney
- Perhaps the first classic version of Victor Hugo's novel about a hunchback who becomes lovestruck with a gypsy lass in 18th century Paris. Features…
Our Hospitality / Sherlock Jr. (1923)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Buster Keaton
Feat. Buster Keaton
- A pair of classic cinematic comedies from deadpan master Buster Keaton.
'Our Hospitality' – Keaton plays the youngest member of a Southern…
Three Ages, The (1923)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Buster Keaton
Feat. Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery, Margaret Leahy
- Dir. Keaton's debut effort is an original and often hilarious satire of cinema 'epic' cliche, already well–developed in 1923 courtesy of…
Beyond the Rocks (1922)
- Dir. Sam Wood
Feat. Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Edythe Chapman…
- Silent–era romantic drama that was considered a lost film until a nitrate print was discovered in the Netherlands in 2003 and restored to…