One of the most powerful anti-war statements ever put on film, this gut-wrenching story concerns
a group of friends who join the Army during World War I and are assigned to the Western Front, where their fiery patriotism is quickly ...
Accompanied by one of the most successful advertising campaigns in Hollywood history, Greta Garbo made
her talking picture debut in this carefully chosen vehicle, the second screen version of Eugene O'Neill's 1922 play about the Minnesota-raised Swedish girl who desperately ...
Considered one of D.W. Griffith's best films, the silent Broken Blossoms comes to DVD with
a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1. Supplemental materials include a filmed introduction from lead actress Lillian Gish, D.W. ...
Director F.W. Murnau began City Girl as a silent film, hoping to match the artistic
triumph of his earlier Sunrise. Murnau was frustrated by two elements: Fox's decision to hastily convert the film into a talkie, and his inability to ...
Desert Nights was the last silent film made by MGM's resident heartthrob John Gilbert --
and the last of his truly successful efforts. The melodramatic plot revolves around the robbery of a diamond mine, masterminded by Steve (Ernest Torrence). The ...
Actor/ writer/ director Erich Von Stroheim stars as a fraudulent count, living high on the
hog in Monte Carlo. He supports himself by extorting huge sums of money from silly married ladies who are dumb enough to fall for his ...
On the heels of his masterpiece, Intolerance, which dramatized the futility of war born out
of prejudice, director D.W. Griffith shifted gears for this film. Intolerance had proven a financial disaster for Griffith, so he signed with producer Adolph Zukor ...
Anne Boleyn(Henny Porten) is coveted by King Henry VIII (Emil Jannings) when he tires of
Queen Katherine. The ruler desires an heir to the throne, and Katherine has not provided one. Henry goes against the wishes of the pope, divorces ...
