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Silent photoplays from 1914-29

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 03/13/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The half-dozen DVDs in ST. CLAIR's ULTIMATE SILENT CLASSICS set feature early Oz films, plus Pickford, Chaney, Barrymore, Schreck, Lang and lots of swashbuckling Fairbanks! Many of these are indeed very highly regarded photoplays. Extras include posters, pics and vintage radio transcriptions.



None here have undergone restoration, and music tracks seem randomly chosen-- for example, in one film a cheery organ cavorts while Mary Pickford cries for her dead father.





Related ST. CLAIR item:

OUR GANG has 5 silent and 7 early talkie Hal Roach's Rascals shorts-- 4 hours, total!





Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.



DISC ONE--

(8.1) Nosferatu (1922) - Max Schreck/Gustav von Wangenheim/Greta Schröder/Alexander Granach

(7.0) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) - John Barrymore/Charles Lane/Brandon Hurst/Nita Naldi/Edgard Varèse

(8.4) Metropolis (1927) - Alfred Abel/Gustav Fröhlich/Rudolf Klein-Rogge/Fritz Rasp/Theodor Loos

BONUS: Poster Gallery



DISC TWO--

(7.8) The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Lon Chaney/Mary Philbin/Norman Kerry/Snitz Edwards/Chester Conklin

(7.4) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) - Lon Chaney/Patsy Ruth Miller/Norman Kerry/Tully Marshall/Raymond Hatton

(6.8) Oliver Twist (1922) - Jackie Coogan/Lon Chaney/Edouard Trebaol/Gladys Brockwell/George Siegmann

BONUS: "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" radio episode



DISC THREE--

(7.8) The Thief of Bagdad (1924) - Douglas Fairbanks/Snitz Edwards/Anna May Wong/Noble Johnson

(7.6) Robin Hood (1922) - Douglas Fairbanks/Wallace Beery/Alan Hale/Enid Bennett/Sam De Grasse

BONUS: Poster Gallery



DISC FOUR--

(7.5) The Mark of Zorro (1920) - Douglas Fairbanks/Noah Beery/Milton Berle/Noah Beery Jr./Snitz Edwards

(7.3) The Iron Mask (1929) - Douglas Fairbanks/Tiny Sandford/Léon Bary/Gino Corrado/Marguerite De La Motte

(7.3) Don Q Son of Zorro (1925) - Douglas Fairbanks/Mary Astor/Donald Crisp/Warner Oland/Lottie Pickford

BONUS: "The Adventures of Zorro" radio episode



DISC FIVE--

(7.9) Little Annie Rooney (1925) - Mary Pickford/William Haines/Walter James/Gordon Griffin/Spec O'Donnell

(7.8) Pollyanna (1920) - Mary Pickford/Wharton James/Katherine Griffith/Helen Jerome Eddy/George Berrell

(7.5) The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) - Mary Pickford/Madlaine Traverse/Charles Wellesley/Gladys Fairbanks

(7.7) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) - Mary Pickford/Eugene O'Brien/Helen Jerome Eddy/Marjorie Daw

BONUS: Poster Gallery



DISC SIX--

(5.8) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) - Violet MacMillan/Frank Moore/Raymond Russell/Todd Wright/Hal Roach

(6.1) His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914) - Violet MacMillan/Frank Moore/Pierre Couderc/Fred Woodward

(5.9) The Magic Cloak (1915) - Mildred Harris/Violet MacMillan/Fred Woodward/Vivian Reed/Pierre Couderc

(5.4) The Wizard of Oz (1925) - Dorothy Dwan/Frank Alexander/Mary Carr/Larry Semon/Oliver Hardy/Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

BONUS: Oz Gallery"