Rare, silent American films films on video including MANHANDLED, COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, QUEEN OF THE CHORUS, SEX, TARZAN OF THE APES, HER SILENT SACRIFICE, KING OF THE KONGO, THE WEST-BOUND LIMITED, ROAD TO YESTERDAY, CIVILIZATION, SMOULDERING FIRES, THE RED KIMONO COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL, BATTLING BUNYAN, THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK. Featuring Josef Von Sternberg, Chester Conklin, Wesley Barry, Frank Campeau & Molly Malone, Mary Pickford, James O'Neill, Walter Lang, Tyrone Power, Pauline Frederick, Tully Marshall, Gloria Swanson, Tom Moore, Arthur Houseman, Frank Morgan, Ann Pennington, Lola May, Howard Hickman, Rudolph Valentino, Joseph Schildkraut, William Boyd, Jetta Goudal & Vera Reynolds, Alice Brady, Henry Clive, Elmo Lincoln, Louise Glum, William Conklin, Rex Lease, Virginia Brown Faire. |
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MANHANDLED A shop girl in the big city runs into man trouble. Restored silent film with new intertitle cards and music score. Gloria Swanson, Tom Moore, Arthur Houseman, Frank Morgan & Ann Pennington. 1924 60 min. Silent
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COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO Dumas’ story of a man unjustly convicted. One of the first "light plays" - a filmed performance much as that on the stage. Also, it is a fascinating look at James O'Neill (father of Eugene) one of the stage's great actors. 1912 90 min Silent
film with added music score. |
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QUEEN OF THE CHORUS Early American chorus line melodrama. A dancer makes the ultimate sacrifice for love. Rex Lease & Virginia Brown Faire. 1929 90 min Silent
film with added music score. |
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SEX A Broadway actress lusts after a married man & destroys his marriage, then abandons him for a rich man who finally leaves her. Louise Glum & William Conklin. Directed by Fred Niblo. 1920 94 min. Silent
film with added music score. |
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TARZAN OF THE APES The very first Tarzan filming of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ book. This is the "origin" story which explains how Lord and Lady Greystoke were shipwrecked and how their baby boy was adopted by a she-ape who raised him as her own. The naked ape boy grows up to become King of the Jungle. Featuring Elmo Lincoln as tarzan. 1918 72 min. Silent
film with added music score. |
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HER SILENT SACRIFICE A young peasant girl is unjustly accused of being a witch. Her only defender is a young & impoverished artist. Together, they form an idealistic & platonic friendship that blossoms into romance. Alice Brady & Henry Clive. 1918 43 min. Silent
film with added music score. |
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KING OF THE KONGO An agent is sent to the dark jungle to break up a gang of ivory thieves. This film marked the end of the silent serial; in fact the company distributed two different versions of this film, one with sound & one without. What survives is only portions of each assembled into this double cassette edition. 1929 213 min. (Double
Casette). Silent
film with added music score. |
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THE WEST-BOUND LIMITED An adventurer falls in love with the daughter of a railroad company's president and periodically saves her thereafter from the villainous clutches of the corrupt company advisor, who tries to engineer the collision of two trains as revenge. Johnny Harron, Ella Hall & Claire McDowell. 1923 69 min. Silent
film with added music score. |
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ROAD TO YESTERDAY At the edge of the Grand Canyon, the lives, past existances & destinies of five different & apparently unrelated people come together to form one cohesive & intertwined story. Spectacular epic. Cast; Rudolph Valentino, Joseph Schildkraut, William Boyd, Jetta Goudal & Vera Reynolds. 1925 136 min Silent
film with added music score. |
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CIVILIZATION Moving plea for peace & an end to hostilities. In a mythical land, the war mongering leaders drive their people & their nations to ruin. Lola May & Howard Hickman. Directed by Thomas H. Ince. 1916 99min. Silent
film with added music score. |
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SMOULDERING FIRES A woman has turned a small family business into a financial empire by being ruthless and denying herself distractions such as love. But -- as the title implies -- repressed passions are bound to explode and when they do, she falls for a young and ambitious company clerk. Despite their age differences and her better instincts she marries him believing that she will ultimately be happy. Soon he becomes infatuated with her younger sister. .. Directed by Clarence Brown. Starring Pauline Frederick, Tully Marshall and Laura La Plante. 1925 110 min. Silent
film with added music score. |
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THE RED KIMONO A vulnerable, young woman places blind trust in a man and soon finds herself working in a New Orleans bordello. Desperate for money, she endures the hardships of that life but is finally driven to murder. Tyrone Power, Priscilla Bonner & Theodore Von Eltz. Directed by Walter Lang. 1925 97 min. Silent
film with added music score. |
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COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO Dumas’ story of a man unjustly convicted. One of the first "light plays" - a filmed performance much as that on the stage. Also, a fascinating look at James O'Neill one of the stage's great actors. 1912 90 min. Silent
film with added music score. |
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POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL The poor little rich girl can have everything her heart desires, except love. A beautifully crafted film with an impressive experimental fantasy sequence. Featuring Mary Pickford. National Film Registry. 1917 98 min. Silent
film with added music score. |
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BATTLING BUNYAN An up and coming boxer, who takes himself and his shot at the title quite seriously, is exploited by a manager as a comical boxer. Chester Conklin, Wesley Barry, Frank Campeau & Molly Malone. 1924 70 min. Silent
film with added music score. |
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THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK Acclaimed story of a dockworker who marries a suicidal woman. George Bancroft & Betty Compton. Directed by Josef Von Sternberg. 1928 Silent film with
added music score.
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