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American Silent Horror Collection
4 Horror Gems from the silient era plus an original documentary. This includes an all new restoration of THE CAT AND THE CANARY and for the first time on DVD, Bret Wood's KINGDOM OF SHADOWS. |
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Anna Boleyn
A groundbreaking historical epic from legendary director Ernst Lubitsch. The tragic story of the second wife of England’s Henry VIII is given first-class treatment, complete with opulent sets, beautiful cinematography, and a bravura performance by Emil Jannings (THE LAST LAUGH, THE BLUE ANGEL) as Henry. |
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The Art of Buster Keaton DVD Box Set
While Chaplin's Tramp might stand as the most immediately recognized of the silent clowns, the Great Stoneface Buster Keaton was arguably the greater technical genius behind the camera. Perfectly paced and filled with Keaton's legendary stunts, these films are comedy at its most sublime. Our flagship product, this 11 DVD box features Keaton in his prime. |
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Asphalt
Joe May's Sensual Drama of Life in the Berlin Underworld. |
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The Avenging Conscience
Griffith indulged his lifelong fascination with Edgar Allan Poe in one tragedy-laden narrative of a young man who yearns to escape from his overbearing, one-eyed uncle. Includes Griffith's 1909 short film EDGAR ALLAN POE. |
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Battleship Potemkin
For eight decades, Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 masterpiece has remained the most influential silent film of all time. Yet each successive generation has seen BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN subjected to censorship and recutting, its unforgettable power diluted in unauthorized public domain editions from dubious sources. Until now. |
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Battling Butler (Standard Edition)
A love-stricken spoiled rich boy must win the heart of Sally O'Neill by stepping into the boxing ring. Includes THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1921) and FROZEN NORTH (1922). |
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Before The Nickelodeon
Noted film historian Charles Musser co-wrote and directed this definitive tribute to Edwin S. Porter, the mechanic and cameraman for Thomas Edison, now recognized as a major contributor to the evolution of film structure. From the time of The Great Train Robbery in 1903 until Griffith started at Biograph (1908), Porter held center stage in early US cinema. Narrated by Blanche Sweet, the documentary features eighteen complete films including Life of an American Fireman, Jack and the Beanstalk and more. U.S. 1982. B/W & Color. 60 min. |
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Beloved Rogue
A rich historical romance starring John Barrymore as poet Frances Villon who battles against nasty King Louis the XI in 17th Century France. Coming to DVD July 7, 2009 |
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Biograph Shorts (Special Edition)
The selection of motion pictures featured in this two-disc set traces D. W. Griffith's rapid, unparalleled development as a filmmaker during his five year stint at the Biograph Company -- a development that contributed substantially to the emergence of film as a powerful form of cultural expression. |
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The Birth of a Nation (Deluxe 3-Disc Edition)
Almost a century after its release, THE BIRH OF A NATION remains one of the most controversial films ever made... a landmark achievement that continues to fascinate and enrage audiences. |
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The Black Pirate
In this quintessential Technicolor swashbuckler epic buoyed by spectacular action sequences, Fairbanks stars as a wealthy nobleman who infiltrates a band of pirates in order to avenge the death of his father. |
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Blood And Sand
Rudolph Valentino stars as a matador who falls into the clutches of a beautiful, insincere society woman. This version also includes a rare Valentino short. |
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Broken Blossoms
The heartbreaking story of a waterfront waif (Lillian Gish) from the Limehouse district of London who escapes the abuse of her father (Donald Crisp) through a doomed relationship with a Chinese immigrant (Richard Barthelmess). |
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The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
A masterpiece of psychological horror and the film that has come to epitomize the mysterious highly stylized German Expressionist cinema. A demented hypnotist and his ghastly henchman spread death througout the German countryside. Newly remastered from the archival German material and tinted according to original instructions with evocative score. Germany. 1919. 73 min. Color tinted. |
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Cabiria
Set amidst the splendor of ancient Rome, this film quickly became the most spectacular of the italian cinema's epic, historical genre. Restored using newly mastered materials, variable speed projection and a thrilling piano score. |
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The Cat and the Canary
A decaying mansion and a stormy night are the archetypal setting for mystery and chaos when a pack of greedy relatives gather for the reading of a twenty-year-old will. But before the West fortune can be handed down, the family must endure a night in the cavernous manor. THE CAT is a milestone of the American horror film, thanks to the ingenuity of its director, Paul Leni. One of the first film artists imported from Germany by Hollywood, Leni invigorated this stage-bound genre with expressionist flair, transforming conventional material into a visual feast. Meticulously restored from original nitrate prints by Photoplay productions and a new score by Neil Brand. |
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The Charley Chase Collection 2
The man who elevated situation comedy to a hilarious art form, Charley Chase was the proverbial comic with good looks, who most always got the girl (he usually had her at the beginning). He was what the '20s were all about. Carefree, frivolous, wild and woolly, he was the "Good Time Charley" we all wished we could be. |
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The Charley Chase Collection
Charley Chase, the man who elevated situation comedy to a hilarious art form in six two reel comedies. Includes "Mighty Like a Moose", part of the National Film Registry. |
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A Christmas Past
A CHRISTMAS PAST offers a nostalgic peek into the Yuletide pleasures of the early 1900s. Evoking the Victorian charm of Currier and Ives prints, these picturesque comedies and tender dramas were produced as cinematic Christmas cards offered to moviegoers of the silent era. |
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The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom
Exploding the myth that the Soviet silent cinema was limited to political propaganda, Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky’s THE CIGARETTE GIRL OF MOSSELPROM is a playful romantic comedy set on the streets of 1924 Moscow, occasionally peeking behind the scenes of the Mezhrabpom-Rus Studios. |
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Comedy, Spectacle, and New Horizons
This edition explores the establishment of cinematic genres in the first years of the 20th Century, offering rare glimpses of the innovative visual comedy of Max Linder, the pioneering Italian epic NERO - or THE BURNING OF ROME, the phenomenal animation of Windsor McCoy, the social realism of Alice Guy Blaché's MAKING OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, D. W. Griffith's early melodrama A GIRL AND HER TRUST, and more! . |
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D.W. Griffith: Father of Film
Acclaimed three-part documentary tells the proud, sad story of D.W. Griffith: the man who first brought artistry and ambition to the movies, and then, having dragged a reluctant American film industry to international prominence, found it had no more use for him. |
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The Devil's Needle & Other Tales of Vice and Redemption
Kino Classics is proud to help resurrect these rare motion pictures—ravaged by time and all but forgotten—and provide a precious glimpse at a fascinating chapter of American film history. |
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Different from the Others
One of the first gay-themed films in the history of cinema. Different From the Others was banned at the time of its release, later burned by Nazis and was believed lost for more than forty years. Now recovered, this brave effort to repeal Germany's Paragraph 175 - which sentenced thousands of accused German homosexuals to jail terms for "unnatural vice between men" - is suprisingly progressive, even by today's standards. Starring Conrad Veidt (Cabinet of Dr. Caligari). |
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The Douglas Fairbanks Collection
Cinema's original action hero shines in this compilation of his most spectacular films. THE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS COLLECTION contains six complete titles, including the early Technicolor BLACK PIRATE and the recently-restored fantastical epic THE THIEF OF BAGDAD. In addition to six complete movies, this box set boasts more than three hours worth of special features. |
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Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
This first great American horror film follows the transformation of a prominent London physician, Dr. Jeckyll, into the murderous Mr. Hyde while he explores the dual nature of man. |
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Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (Restored Authorized Edition)
A truly legendary silent film, Fritz Lang's "Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler" had a major impact on the development of the crime thriller. This authorized edition is also the longest available version. |
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Earth / The End of St. Petersburg / Chess Fever
Triple feature DVD of early Russian cinema. Includes "Earth", "The End of St. Petersberg", and "Chess Fever." |
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Erotikon
Labeled an "insolent romp" in a recent article by THE VILLAGE VOICE and praised for its "risque wit and cheerful amorality" in John Wakeman's WORLD FILM DIRECTORS, EROTIKON is quite possibly the cinematic granddaddy of all sophisticated comedies and one of the finest achievements of Swedish director Mauritz Stiller. |
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The European Pioneers
From the archives of the British Film Institute, this collection features forty distinctive works from cinema's infancy, produced by such Euro pioneers as R.W. Paul, George Edward Smith, Fran Mottershaw, Walter Haggar & Sons, and James Bamforth, as well as by acknowledged innovators like the Lumière brothers and Méliès. Includes Demolition of a Wall (1896), Exiting the Factory (1895), and Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (circa 1895). |
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Experimentation and Discovery
EXPERIMENTATION AND DISCOVERY (vol. 3 of THE MOVIES BEGIN)
Dir. (various). U.S. and Europe. 1898-1910. Color-tinted, B&W.
Frequently comical, often risque, and sometimes just plain baffling, the twenty films of this anthology challenged the precepts of the visual representation of narrative, thereby inventing the photographic and editing techniques that would quickly become accepted as cinematic syntax. Includes Peeping Tom (1901), History of a Crime (1901), How It Feels to be Run Over (1900), and The Dream of a Rarebit Fiend (1906). |
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Fantomas
Louis Feuillade's 5 1/2-hour epic follows Fantômas, the criminal lord of Paris, master of disguise, the creeping assassin in black, as he is pursued by the equally resourceful Inspector Juve and journalist Jerôme Fandor. |
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Faust (Restored Deluxe Edition)
Newly restored. Inspired by the German legend and by Goethe's classic tale, Murnau's Faust tells the story of an alchemist (played by Gösta Ekman) who, struggling with his faith amidst a devastating plague, is offered the power to cure and the gift of youth ... in exchange for his soul. As the diabolical Mephisto, Emil Jannings (The Last Laugh) delivers a performance of operatic scale and intensity, by turns charming, comical, and horrific. |
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Faust (Standard Edition)
The legend of Faust is a masterpiece
of world literature
that inspired literary giants
from Goethe and Shakespeare
to Thomas Mann. Murnau’s
classic dramatization brings
the legend to life that ranks
alongside Fritz Lang’s
Metropolis as the greatest
achievement of the German silent cinema. Gosta
Ekman stars as the titular alchemist who, struggling
with his faith amidst a devastating plague, is offered
the power to cure and the gift of youth...in exchange for his soul. The diabolical Mephisto is by turns charming, comical, and horrific. |
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The Finances of the Grand Duke (Restored Authorized Edition)
In Murnau's playful espionage thriller reminiscent of Ernst Lubitsch (who had recently left Germany for Hollywood), Harry Liedtke stars as a benevolent dictator who must preserve the tiny nation of Abacco by fending off creditors, wooing a wealthy Russian princess, and evading a band of demonic conspirators. |
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First Ladies - Early Women Filmmakers Bundle
A Kino Exclusive - 3 DVD bundle includes entire FIRST LADIES film series. Contains THE OCEAN WAIF, 49-17, HYPOCRITES, ELEANOR'S CATCH, and THE RED KIMONA. |
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A Fool There Was
The original "Vamp," Theda Bara stars as an exotic temptress who lures a once faithful man away from his wife. Only a handful of Bara's films survive today, but this is the drama for which she is best remembered. The film shocked audiences and brought something unexpected to the silent screen: an unrepentant woman with a voracious sexual appetite. |
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Fritz Lang: The Early Works (3-DVD Collection)
Before he gained worldwide renown for such films as METROPOLIS, and M, Fritz Lang crafted a series of feature films that embody many of the thematic and stylistic trademarks that would come to define his work. Virtually unseen in the United States until this release, the three films in this collection—HARAKIRI, THE WANDERING SHADOW, and FOUR AROUND THE WOMAN—were mastered from 35mm elements preserved by the F.W. Murnau Foundation. |
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The Gaucho
The surprise of our Fairbanks collection is this South American adventure blending the great swashbuckler's patented action with supernatural mystery. |
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Gaumont Treasures (1897-1913)
By arrangement with Gaumont Films, Kino International is proud to announce an important new Box Set featuring over 75 restored early Gaumont productions. |
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Gaumont Treasures (1908-1916)
The premiere French film company during the early cinema, the Gaumont Film Company played a key role in the growth of cinema into a sophisticated art form. Gaumont was also a place of great
technical innovation. Included in this collection are revolutionary experiments in color (the
Trichromie process) and synchronized sound (the Phonoscenes). Virtually unseen in the USA,
this splendid three-disc DVD set showcases the pioneer filmmakers who shaped the art of animation, slapstick, drama, and even the Western! More than 10 hours of groundbreaking films. (note, will not ship to French language Canada). |
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The General (Blu-ray)
AT LAST ON BLU-RAY! Mastered in HD from a 35mm archive print struck from the original camera negative. Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. |
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The General (Standard Edition)
Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's The General is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. |
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The General (Ultimate Edition)
Mastered in HD from a 35mm archive print struck from the original camera negative. Consistently ranked among the greatest films ever made, Buster Keaton's THE GENERAL is so brilliantly conceived and executed that it continues to inspire awe and laughter with every viewing. |
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German Expressionism Collection | 4-DVD Set
Four films representing one of the greatest bursts of creative energy in the history of cinema. |
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German Horror Classics DVD Box Set
The restored authorized editions of four complete feature films: NOSFERATU, THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, THE GOLEM, and WAXWORKS -- plus over two hours of supplemental material! |
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Go West (Standard Edition)
Buster stars opposite an affectionate cow in this western farce that demonstrates Keaton's skill at pathos without lessening his own aptitude for epic slapstick. Includes THE SCARECROW (1920) and THE PALEFACE (1921). Total time: 116 min. |
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The Golem
Recognized as the source of the Frankenstein myth, an ancient Hebrew legend provides the substance for one of the most adventurous films of the early German cinema and a landmark in the evolution of the horror film. Suffering under the tyrannical rule of a merciless despot, a 16th century Talmudic rabbi creates a giant clay warrior that comes to life in a grand scale climax. |
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Griffith Masterworks 2
Kino International is proud release D. W. GRIFFITH
MASTERWORKS 2, comprised of five newly restored Griffith features. Includes Abraham Lincoln, The Struggle, The Avenging Conscience, Edgar Allen Poe, Sally of the Sawdust, Way Down East. plus the Kevin Brownlow and David Gill's three-part documentary D.W. GRIFFITH: FATHER OF FILM. |
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Griffith Masterworks DVD Box Set
The Griffith Masterworks box set contains seven DVDs. BIOGRAPH SHORTS, BIRTH OF A NATION, BROKEN BLOSSOMS, INTOLERANCE, and ORPHANS OF THE STORM. |
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The Hands of Orlac
HANDS OF ORLAC is a deliciously twisted thriller that blends grand guignol thrills with the visual and performance styles of German Expressionism. |
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The Harold Lloyd Collection 2
Harold Lloyd might just be the funniest actor you've never seen -- a silent screen comedian so often placed in the shadow of Chaplin and Keaton -- but he continues to shine in some of the most enduring short and feature length comedies ever offered audiences. Kino's second volume of Lloyd material contains 10 short films. |
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The Harold Lloyd Collection
One of the most popular screen comedians of all time in seven hilarious shorts and a feature. |
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The Haunted Castle (Restored Authorized Edition)
Before plumbing the depths of horror and despair with such films as Faust and The Last Laugh, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau tested the waters with this moody drama of a storm-bound manor and the grim mystery that lurks within. |
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Her Night of Romance / Her Sister from Paris
A double-feature DVD featuring 2 rare films featuring Constance Talmadge. Contains HER NIGHT OF ROMANCE (1924) and HER SISTER FROM PARIS (1925). |
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Houdini: The Movie Star
Deluxe 3-DVD set includes of Houdini's surviving films as an actor, rare footage of actual handcuff and straitjacket escapes, and a wealth of
historical information. |
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Intolerance
D.W. Griffith had a vision of the movies as the greatest spiritual force the world had ever known. Just one year after the huge success of THE BIRTH OF A NATION, he was emboldened to prove his faith in the new medium with the superproduction INTOLERANCE. |
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The Iron Mask
In Fairbanks's rousing farewell to his image as the silent screen's foremost swashbuckler, he returns to the role of D'Artagnan and, with the help of the Three Musketeers, intervenes to protect the throne of France from the conniving Richelieu. |
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The John Barrymore Collection
4 epic films from one of the greatest stars of the silent screen in a specially priced Box Set. Includes the rarely seen, SHERLOCK HOLMES!
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The Josephine Baker Collection
Specially priced 3 DVD Set contains PRINCESS TAM TAM, ZOU ZOU, and SIREN OF THE TROPICS. |
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Keaton Plus
Over three hours of rare material including: Color home movies, the complete HARD LUCK, two Educational shorts, commercials, THIS IS YOUR LIFE, interactive version of John Bengtson's SILENT ECHOES, and more. |
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Kiki / Within the Law
A double-feature DVD featuring 2 rare films featuring Norma Talmadge. Contains KIKI (1926) and WITHIN THE LAW (1923). |
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The Last Days Of Pompeii
An influential Italian epic that paved the way for the elaborate costume drama, The Last Days Of Pompeii romanticizes the final hours of those ill-fated souls living in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. |
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The Last Laugh | Restored Deluxe Edition
Newly restored edition of F.W. Murnau's THE LAST LAUGH with the original score. One of the crowning achievements of the German expressionist movement. THE LAST LAUGH stars Emil Jannings as an aging
doorman whose happiness crumbles when he is relieved of the duties and
uniform which had for years been the foundation of his happiness and pride.
CLICK HERE TO SEE A SCENE. |
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The Last Laugh
An unqualified maserwork of the silent cinema, the Kino edition is fully restored and mastered from a 35mm archive negative, with an orchestral score by Timothy Brock recorded in digital stereo. |
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Lorna Doone
Tourneur's adaption of Richard Blackmore's perennially loved romance stars John Bowers as a yeoman farmer who valiantly rescues a kidnapped princess. This edition was transferred from an original print at 18fps and features a new score for piano and strings by Japanese singer/songwriter and composer Mari LiJima. |
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The Love of Jeanne Ney
A young French woman is caught up in political and romantic turmoil during the Russian revolution. This is the longest version available and features a new orchestral score by Timothy Brock. |
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Lubitsch in Berlin 5-DVD Box
7 Films on 5 DVDs - Before he set the Hollywood standard for sophisticated comedy, Ernst Lubitsch was equally innovative for German cinema in the late 1910s and early 1920s. With a remarkable series of films, ranging from outrageous and anarchic comedies to groundbreaking historical dramas, Lubitsch established himself as one of Germany's most vital filmmakers and the first German director to achieve consistent box office success in America. |
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Mabel Normand (THE EXTRA GIRL and THE GUSHER)
Double-feature DVD contains Mabel Normand starring in THE EXTRA GIRL and THE GUSHER. |
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The Magic of Méliès
Tribute is paid to the screen's first special effects wizard in this special collection of marvelously restored prints. In addition to more than a dozen of his early trompes l'oeil - such as Untamable Wiskers, Tchin-Chao, the Chinese Conjurer, and The Mermaid - this volume boasts the illuminating documentary, Georges Méliès, Cinema Magician and a rare hand-tinted print of the fantastic spectacle An Impossible Voyage. |
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The Man Who Laughs
Paul Leni's adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel tells the story of Gwynplaine (Conrad Veidt), a tortured man with a permanent smile carved on his face. Batman creator Bob Kane has cited Leni's film as inspiration for his classic villain The Joker. |
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Metropolis (2002 Restoration)
METROPOLIS can now be appreciated in its full glory! It is, as A. O. Scott of THE NEW YORK TIMES declared, "A fever dream of the future. At last we have the movie every would-be cinematic visionary has been trying to make since 1927." |
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Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis
Giorgio Moroder's special 1984 reconstruction of METROPOLIS, with color tinting, fewer inter-titles, and newly restored footage. A pioneer in the field of digital music, Moroder backed this special edition with a throbbing new score, punctuated with pop songs from some of the biggest stars of the early MTV era: Freddie Mercury, Pat Benatar, Adam Ant, Bonnie Tyler, Loverboy, and others. |
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The Complete Metropolis
The Complete Metropolis, the most comprehensive restoration of Fritz Lang's classic with an additional 25 minutes of lost footage and the original Gottfried Huppertz score. |
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Michael
Available for the first time on DVD, Michael takes its place alongside Dreyer's better known masterpieces as an unusually sensitive and decorous work of art and is one of the earliest and most compassionate overtly gay-themed films in movie history. |
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The Movies Begin DVD Box Set
Kino's treasury of early cinema is now available in DVD format. The Movies Begin recreates the dawn of the movies with archival 35mm prints. Produced by Film Preservation Associates and the British Film Institute, the 133 complete motion pictures are spread over five individual volumes. |
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Murnau (6-DVD Thinpak Box Set)
Kino International is proud to release a new six-film, thinpak box set dedicated to the German films of legendary UFA director F. W. Murnau. Contains FAUST, THE HAUNTED CASTLE, THE FINANCES OF THE GRAND DUKE, TARTUFFE, THE LAST LAUGH, and NOSFERATU. |
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The Navigator (Standard Edition)
Mishaps ensue when a pair of spoiled rich kids are set adrift on a ship marked for destruction. Includes short subjects The Boat (1921) and The Love Nest (1923). |
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The Navigator (Ultimate Edition)
A precursor to his classic The General - only centered around a 500-foot steamship rather than a Civil War locomotive - THE NAVIGATOR demonstrates Buster Keaton's ability to transform complex machinery into large-scale comedy props. |
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Die Nibelungen (Special Edition)
One of the greatest artistic and technical achievements of the German silent cinema, Fritz Lang's DIE NIBELUNGEN is a passionate retelling of Nordic legend, invested with all the resources of the colossal Ufa Studios. |
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Nosferatu
This new presentation of Murnau's classic is mastered from original German material recently made available to Kino and is the most complete version available. An expressionist retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula so faithful to the original tale of vampirism that Stoker's widow sued. |
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Nosferatu (Ultimate Edition)
F.W. Murnau's NOSFERATU is triumphantly
reborn in this breathtaking new restoration by the F.W. Murnau Foundation. |
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The Oliver Hardy Collection
Better known as the rotund half of the classic comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, Oliver Hardy had an early career as a silent comic, often as a "heavy" in madcap supporting roles. This new collection celebrates one of the great geniuses of silent comedy. |
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Orphans of the Storm
Two delicate souls (Lillian and Dorothy Gish) are caught in the tempest of the French Revolution. |
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Othello
Directed by Russian expatriate Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring legendary screen actors Emil Jannings (The Last Laugh, Faust, The Blue Angel) and Werner Krauss (The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari), this early version of William Shakespeare's Othello is a fine example of artistic and technical virtuosity of the German silent cinema.
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Our Hospitality (Blu ray)
Keaton stars as youthful dreamer Willie McKay, who travels westward on a
rickety locomotive to claim his birthright, only to find that his
inheritance is a shack. This definitive edition of OUR HOSPITALITY features an exquisite
orchestral score by Carl Davis, a
documentary on the making of the film and a rare alternate cut entitled
Hospitality. |
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Our Hospitality (Ultimate Edition)
Keaton stars as youthful dreamer Willie McKay, who travels westward on a
rickety locomotive to claim his birthright, only to find that his
inheritance is a shack. This definitive edition of OUR HOSPITALITY features an exquisite
orchestral score by Carl Davis, a
documentary on the making of the film and a rare alternate cut entitled
Hospitality. |
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The Outlaw and His Wife
A masterpiece of the Swedish silent cinema, Victor Sjöström's THE OUTLAW
AND HIS WIFE is a film of remarkable psychological complexity, which bore a
profound influence on the work of Ingmar Bergman and Carl Theodor Dreyer. DVD includes the bonus feature-length documentary VICTOR SJÖSTRÖM. |
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The Penalty (Deluxe Collector's Edition)
In a role that established him as one of the most dynamically terrifying performers of the silent screen, Lon Chaney stars in THE PENALTY, a grotesque thriller from director Wallace Worsley. |
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Peter Pan
Herbert Brenon (Beau Geste) directed, James Wong Howe (The Thin Man) was cinematographer, Ernest Torrence (Tol'able David) made a gorgeously robust Captian Hook, and Anna May Wong was Tiger Lily. This 1924 film of James M. Barrie's timeless play retains all its period charm. |
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Prix de Beauté
Prix de Beauté is Louise Brooks's last starring role in a feature, and her only film made in France. It tells the deceptively simple story of Lucienne, a high-spirited Parisian typist who leads a mundane life which is dramatically changed when she enters a beauty pageant. |
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Queen Kelly
Gloria Swanson stars as an innocent convent girl who falls under the spell of a handsome prince (Walter Byron) on the eve of his marriage to a diabolical queen (Seena Owen). |
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The Red Kimona
This film is based on the infamous true story of a young girl who is tricked into a life of prostitution in New Orleans and goes on trial for murdering her pimp/lover. Producer and co-director Dorothy Davenport Reid became a director after the tragic death of her husband matinee idol Wallace Reid in 1923 from an accidental drug overdose. |
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Reel Baseball - Baseball Films from the Silent Era
As featured in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED - A cornucopia of early - and, in many cases, extremely rare - baseball films, offering privileged peeks into early twentieth century American lifestyles and values. |
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La Revue des Revues
Josephine Baker is only one of the legends in this vintage 1927 collection of sexy and tres
risque Le Jazz Hot performances from the notorious nightclubs of Montmartre. |
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Richard III
An astounding rediscovery of the cinema, Richard III is the earliest surviving American feature film, newly unearthed and restored to its original brilliance by The American Film Institute with a haunting score by composer Ennio Morricone.
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Robin Hood
Determined to make the most visually spectacular film ever made, Douglas Fairbanks constructed a full-size castle and populated it with a legion of sword-wielding soldiers and delicate maidens. As the defiant "Prince of Thieves", Fairbanks bounds through the lavish scenery with unparalleled magnetism, stealing from the rich, giving to the poor, and sealing his reputation as cinema's most energetic and appealing adventurer. |
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Sadie Thompson
Gloria Swanson stars as a prostitute caught on a tropical isle with a platoon of Marines and a fanatical minister played by Lionel Barrymore. |
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The Saga of Gosta Berling
The Saga of Gösta Berling -- the film that made Greta Garbo a star -- has been restored to its proper luster by the Swedish Film Institute.
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Sally Of The Sawdust
W. C. Fields stars as a lovable con man who becomes the unlikely guardian of an orphaned circus waif (Carol Dempster). |
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The Saphead (Ultimate Edition)
THE SAPHEAD was instrumental in establishing Keaton as a bona fide star and greatly influenced his formulation of the Buster persona: a lonely, stone-faced soul thwarted by circumstance yet undauntedly resourceful and indefatigable in his struggle for love and survival within a chaotic world. |
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Secrets of a Soul
In the 1920s, film studios around the world sought to capitalize on the public's curiosity about the newborn science of psychoanalysis. In 1925,
Hans Neumann (of Ufa's Kulturfilm office) contacted members of Sigmund Freud's inner circle with a plan to make a dramatic film that explores the mystifying process of the interpretation of dreams. With the help of noted psychologists Karl Abraham and Hanns Sachs, and under the direction of G.W. Pabst (Pandora's Box), SECRETS OF A SOUL was completed. |
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Seven Chances (Ultimate Edition)
This dazzling comedy showcases Keaton’s genius for super-sized slapstick as it tells the story of an eligible young bachelor who must marry by 7:00 p.m. in order to receive a $7 million inheritance. |
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Sex in Chains
Brimming with visual invention and breathless erotic angst, Sex in Chains uniquely combines gorgeous cinematic craftsmanship with bold subject matter. |
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Sherlock Holmes
One of Barrymore's most prestigious early roles, this rarely seen film also presents screen debuts of William Powell & Roland Young. When a young prince is accused of a crime that could embroil him in international scandal, debonair supersleuth Sherlock Holmes comes to his aid, and quickly discovers that behind the incident lurks a criminal mastermind eager to reduce Western civilization to anarchy. |
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Sherlock Jr. & Three Ages (Ultimate Edition)
Containing two classic Keaton comedies, the films in this collection have been mastered in HD from archival 35mm elements, authorized by the Buster Keaton Estate.
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Sir Arne's Treasure
A key film from Sweden's first golden age of filmmaking, Sir Arne's Treasure (Herr Arnes pengar) has long ranked among the most famous -- and famously hard-to-find -- classics of the silent era. Now restored by the Swedish Film Institute and featuring a magnificent orchestral score by Matti Bye and Fredrik Emilson, this landmark work by master filmmaker Mauritz Stiller can finally be seen in its glory. |
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Siren of the Tropics
Available only as a fragment for decades, Baker's first film debut establishes the rags to riches fairy tale from which her subsequent films would be cut - this time set in a conspicuously Parisian Antilles. Among the crew was a very young Luis Buñuel! |
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Son Of The Sheik
Out in the Arabian wilderness, against lavish sets designed by William Cameron Menzies, desert prince Rudolph Valentino is lured into a thieves' trap by a beautiful dancer (Vilma Banky). Valentino's final and most famous film. |
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The Spiders (Authorized Restored Edition)
Influenced by the French serials of Louis Feuillade (Fantomas) and infused with Lang's own fascination with Asian culture, THE SPIDERS follows international adventurer Kay Hoog (Carl de Vogt) in his quest for Incan gold and the precious "Buddha's head" diamond. |
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Spies (Restored Authorized Edition)
Previously seen in the U.S. in a severely truncated form, Fritz Lang's elaborate superspy thriller is at last restored to its proper length. This newly restored edition of Spies is composed of the best surviving 35mm film elements, assembled from archives throughout the world. It is more than 50 minutes longer than any version previously released on video. |
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The Stan Laurel Collection Volume 2
Two-DVD set continues Kino International's monumental tribute to Stan Laurel with twenty-one slapstick classics, painstakingly restored by Paris's Lobster Films. |
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The Stan Laurel Collection
Celebrating one of the great geniuses of silent comedy 16 rare short films on 2 DVDs |
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Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Standard Edition)
Buster is caught between two feuding riverboat owners and a brewing hurricane. |
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Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Ultimate Edition)
2-DVD Set. The last of the independent features made in the prime of Buster Keaton's career, STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. is a large-scale follow-up to The General, substituting a Mississippi paddlewheel for the locomotive, and replacing the spectacle of the Civil War with a catastrophic hurricane. |
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Strike
The first feature film by the director of Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein’s STRIKE is a visual tour-de-force that employs dynamic editing and experimental camerawork to dramatize the saga of a bitterly-fought factory strike in 1903. |
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Sumurun
A rebellious harem girl rejects the old sheikh and instead falls for a charming clothing merchant in this exotic spectacle that is one of the key early works of the celebrated director. The cast includes Pola Negri as a traveling dancer and Lubitsch himself as a hunchbacked clown. |
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Tartuffe
A fable of religious hypocrisy, in which a faithful wife (Lil Dagover) tries to convince her husband (Werner Krauss) that their morally superior guest, Tartuffe (Emil Jannings), is in fact a lecherous hypocrite with a taste for the grape. |
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Tempest
An epic romance set in Russia during the final days of the Tsarist autocracy, Barrymore stars as Sgt. Ivan Markov, a dedicated soldier who defies the rigid class system to receive an officer's commission. But even as he rises through the ranks of military and society, he must contend with resentment from the aristocratic officers-including the monocled Ullrich Haupt, who delivers a sinister performance worthy of Erich von Stroheim, himself an uncredited screenwriter on the project. Piano score by William P. Perry. |
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The Thief of Bagdad
Highlighted by majestic set design by William Cameron Menzies, this awe-inspiring jaunt through exotic Arabia follows a young thief who faces supernatural challenges to win the heart of his beloved princess. Accompanied by a score by the Mont Alto Orchestra, this is the definitive version of Fairbanks' magical fantasy. |
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The Three Musketeers
In no other role is Douglas Fairbanks's boyish vigor as irresistibly engaging than as D'Artagnan in Fred Niblo's The Three Musketeers. More than a thrilling adventure picture, it is a handsomely-produced, emotionally sensitive telling of Dumas's classic novel, buoyed by Fairbanks's electrifying presence. |
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Three's a Crowd & The Chaser
Harry Langdon double-bill contains HD mastered versions of THREE'S A CROWD and THE CHASER. |
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A Throw of Dice
A lavish silent super-production comprising 10,000 extras, a thousand horses, and scores of elephants, A Throw of Dice is the climax of German film pioneer Franz Osten's richly cinematic sojourn in India. |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous novelization of the harsh realities of slavery was
a catalyst for the anti-slavery movement and remains a landmark in American
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Les Vampires
The undisputed master of the espionage serial, Louis Feuillade crafted films with labyrinthine plots and unforgettable characters that influenced multiple generations of filmmakers. Comprised of ten episodes, and clocking in at nearly seven hours in duration, LES VAMPIRES is an unqualified masterpiece. |
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Warning Shadows
Arthur Robison's classic take of psychological horror, celebrated for its outrageous visual style and notorious for its attempt to make a purely visual feature film. |
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Waxworks
In this rarely seen masterwork of German expressionism, a trilogy of terror is woven around the wax figures of a carnival side show. Jack the Ripper (Werner Krauss); Ivan the Terrible (Conrad Veidt), and Haroun al Raschid all spring to life through a variety of visual techniques. |
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Way Down East
Griffith billed this film as a "simple tale of plain people." This modest remark does little to convey the scale and significance of one of this director's most ambitious works and his most popular after Birth of a Nation. |
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The Wildcat
A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained. A wonderfully anarchic and playfully subversive satire of military life from one of the great comedy filmmakers. |
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Woman in the Moon
Two years after revolutionizing the science fiction film with his epic Metropolis, director Fritz Lang revisited the genre with an ambitious spectacle that dramatizes the first lunar expedition. Rather than a flight of pure fantasy, Lang, screenwriter Thea von Harbou and a group of technical consultants conceived a modernized "Trip to the Moon" grounded in
state-of-the-art astrophysics. |
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