Silent Films

<p>Silas Hamm's circus is one of the biggest attractions in Canada, even though it's no secret that he treats his troupe of performers and show animals badly. Despite this, his stepdaughter, Ruth, has forged a special bond with Oscar, the circus elephant. After the...

<p>Brigadier-general Patrick Marlow is dedicated to his wife Mary, but his devotion masks a possessive streak that can lead to violence. When he finds her seemingly having a secret rendezvous with newspaper publisher Gilbert Patton, he murders the man in cold blood. In an...

<p>On a remote island in Hawaii ("a land of singing seas and swinging hips") lives "Hula" Calhoun, free-spirited daughter of wealth and privilege. Shucking her responsibilities and obligations, she spends most of her days skinny-dipping and chasing butterflies. That is until she meets Anthony...

<p>The story of a shopgirl who uses her sex appeal to flummox the rich and wealthy. All the girls at Waltham's Department Store are obsessed with a story in Cosmopolitan about "IT" - an undefinable quality that makes one irresistible to the opposite sex....

A shocking example of post-World War I "Red Scare" Communist paranoia from groundbreaking director Fred Niblo ('The Mark of Zorro', 'Ben-Hur') - as fascinating today as it was 100 years ago!

More wild silent era cartoons starring the original Felix the Cat from the collection of film historian John K. Carpenter - including the spooky Halloween-themed 'Sure-Locked Homes!

Movie Man John K. Carpenter presents a brand-new collection of lost Keystone comedies from the vault starring this unfairly forgotten funnyman!

A heartwarming tale of a poor orphan girl (Colleen Moore) based on the same James Whitcomb Riley poem that would later inspire the hit comic strip, Broadway musical, and feature film.

Distraught that Gladys, the girl he loves, is engaged to someone else, penniless artist Augie Holliday decides to end it all. Lacking the courage to commit suicide, he hires Automatic Joe, the hitman who never misses, to send him to the promised land when...

As a boy, Dave Carson's parents were killed by a tribe of attacking Indians. He only escaped with the help of a little colt he affectionately named "Rex". Years later, a mighty black stallion is terrorizing the Indian settlements. Dave, now a Cavalry Scout,...

Beautiful young Jeanne Marat, "a wild flower of the North", lives alone in the Canadian wilderness. Her only visitor is Bruce Cameron of the Royal Mounted Police, who harbors strong feelings for the girl. Their blossoming romance is hindered by the sudden arrival of...

Mary Pickford stars in this epic tale of love and loss set against the backdrop of World War I, and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Pickford is Angela Moore, a young American who plans to marry an expatriate German, Karl Van Austreim. As Karl...

THE KING OF THE KONGO (1929): Pretty young Diana Martin journeys to an ancient African temple in search of her long-lost explorer father, missing since she was a baby. The temple is also the hiding place for a huge cache of ivory sought by...

Although he is known as the finest fencer in Prague, Balduin bemoans his lot in life. In the depths of his despair, the poor university student is accosted by the mysterious Scapinelli, who makes him a deal that seems too good to be true:...

One of the greatest horror thrillers of all time, this classic silent film features the original restored color sequence. The majestic Paris Opera House rises high above the catacombs, the long forgotten dungeons and torture chambers of the city of Paris. Lon Chaney gives...

Originally released in 1922 as Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens, director F. W. Murnau's chilling and eerie unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula is a silent masterpiece of terror which to this day is the most striking and frightening portrayal of the Bram Stoker...

Lon Chaney, cinema's "Man of a Thousand Faces," stars in this silent classic - the first version of Victor Hugo's novel about the tortured hunchback. Half-blind and monstrously deformed, Quasimodo dwells within the sanctuary of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. Ridiculed and exploited...