 | Miss Mend
Buy new: $35.99 This once popular Soviet serial pokes fun at the movies of the West by incorporating their various styles. Fun but a little hard to follow at times. Excellent transfer and a fine score from Robert Israel make this another winner from Flicker Alley.
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 | Bardelys The Magnificent, Monte Cristo
Buy new: $39.95 / Used from: $29.98 This John Gilbert double bill shows him at the top of his game just before and right after stardom arrived. Lots of extras including a booklet and an interview with Gilbert's daughter.
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 | Under Full Sail: Silent Cinema on the High Seas (The Yankee Clipper / Around the Horn / The Square Rigger / Ship Ahoy / Down to the Sea in Ships)
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $24.17 Flicker Alley's latest offering features Rupert Julian's 1927 feature THE YANKEE CLIPPER in a quality print along with 3 vintage documentaries and a whaling scene from the 1922 film DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS.
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 | J'Accuse
Buy new: $35.99 / Used from: $32.60 Another monumental work by Abel Gance and another monumental release for Flicker Alley. Not as good as LA ROUE (few films are) but still mighty powerful. Beautifully restored. Remade by Gance in 1938.
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 | Douglas Fairbanks: A Modern Musketeer (His Picture in the Papers / The Mystery of the Leaping Fish / Flirting With Fate / The Matrimaniac / Wild and Woolly ... Mollycoddle / The Mark of Zorro / The Nut)
Buy new: $89.99 / Used from: $77.06 Another winner from Flicker Alley, this much anticipated set finally gives Doug Fairbanks his due. There are 11 films spread out over 5 discs that cover the years 1916-1920, many of them available for the first time on DVD.
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 | Perils Of The New Land: Films of the Immigrant Experience (1910 - 1915) - Traffic in Souls / The Italian
Buy new: $39.95 / Used from: $29.99 This new release brings together two early feature films (TRAFFIC IN SOULS-1913 and THE ITALIAN-1915) from America's two oldest movie companies (Universal and Paramount). Throw in 3 Edison shorts, the usual fine restoration, and you have another winner from FA.
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 | La Roue
Buy new: $39.95 / Used from: $21.00 One of the greatest (possibly THE greatest) of all silent films is given the DVD treatment it deserves. Superb restoration work from everyone involved and an absolutely outstanding score from Robert Israel. Great cover art and nice booklet too.
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 | Georges Melies: First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913)
Buy new: $89.95 / Used from: $76.34 GEORGE MELIES: FIRST WIZARD OF THE CINEMA is the most complete collection available that even features a number of films from outside the fantasy realm that Melies is best known for. Truly eye-opening. Too many personal favorites to name. Just get it.
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 | Saved From The Flames - 54 Rare and Restored Films 1896 - 1944
Buy new: $44.99 This 3 DVD set features films in a number of different categories. All come in top quality prints with some vocal commentary provided and a booklet full of details. Watch out for the George Pal Puppetoon short and the 1927 short THE FIREMAN OF THE FOLIES BERGERE.
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 | Discovering Cinema
Buy new: $29.99 / Used from: $23.67 This unusual offering contains two outstanding documentaries from France that follow the development of sound and color in the movies which goes much further back than you would have thought. English voiceovers rather than subtitles make it easy to follow and the clips used are stunning.
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 | The Valentino Collection (The Young Rajah / Stolen Moments / A Society Sensation / Moran of the Lady Letty)
Buy new: $39.98 / Used from: $32.34 Although most of the films in this set are incomplete, what remains is beautifully preserved with MORAN OF THE LADY LETTY being an especially welcome addition.. Plenty of Valentino extras make this set a must for any Rudy aficionado and/or silent film enthusiast.
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 | Phantom
Buy new: $29.98 / Used from: $17.99 This rarely seen Murnau film is not supernatural as the title would suggest but psychological as it relates the downfall and redemption of the main character who becomes obsessed by the image of a woman. Outstanding work from Alfred Abel of METROPOLIS.
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 | Judex (Deluxe Edition)
Buy new: $39.95 / Used from: $32.38 A marvelous restoration of the Louis Feuillade serial features a compelling storyline, quality performances, and outstanding photography. Once you start it you won't be able to stop. JUDEX clearly shows that Feuillade was the French D.W. Griffith.
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 | The Garden of Eden (Deluxe Edition)
Buy used from: $49.95 Flicker Alley's first DVD release showcases this little known Lewis Milestone film which features a radiant performance from Corinne Griffith and Milestone's trademark inventive camerawork.
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