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Rare Gems on DVD

Our users have spoken, and we have listened. You want to see rare and hard to find films, and we have created for you the Silent Gems Collection, available on eBay. This DVD collection includes rare and for the first time available films with our stars, as well as other silent masterpieces. These are high quality films that are hard to find anywhere else. Please click on this link to see the collection: Silent Gems Collection

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You don't have to leave our website in order to obtain the films from our Silent Gems Collection. These gems are now available to our users as a reward for donation. For details click here.

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OUR DOCUMENTARY

    We are proud to present to all silent film lovers our multiple award-winning documentary! In March 2015 it won the distinction "Award of Merit" at the San Francisco Film Awards. In May it won the Silver Award at the 2015 International Independent Film Awards. In September 2015 it won the Award of Recognition at the Accolade Global Film Competition. Of equal merit is the inclusion of the documentary in the Official Selection of the San Jose International Short Film Festival in October 2015. In December the documentary won the extremely prestigious Diamond Award at the 2015 California Film Awards. The amazing run of recognition for our documentary continued in 2016. In February it was included in the Official Selection of the Buffalo Niagara International Film Festival.

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  • "Rose O' Salem-Town" (1910) - hidden gem

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       Dorothy West and Henry Walthall

     

    Directed by                         D.W. Griffith
    Produced by                       Biograph Company
    Scenario by                         Emmett C. Hall
    Cinematography                Billy Bitzer
    Starring                              Dorothy West, Clara T. Bracy, Henry B. Walthall, George Nichols
    Distributed by                    Biograph Company
    Release date                       September 26, 1910
    Running time                     13 min.
    Country                              United States
    Language                            Silent, English intertitles

    This film is part of our series 'Hidden Gems'. It can be watched by registered users who make a donation. For more details, please click here.

     

    "Rose O' Salem-Town" is a short drama directed by D. W. Griffith. This film illustrates the work of our star cinematographer Billy Bitzer. Arthur Johnson also gets credit, but it is difficult to spot him.

    "Rose O' Salem Town"  deals with religious fanaticism and how it is sometimes used to settle personal accounts.

    We trust that silent film lovers will not judge harshly the quality of the print.  Many early D.W. Griffith films are only available in a paper print format, and we are all very lucky that they have survived the trials of time for us to enjoy.

     

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    Registration and donation are required to watch the films part of the series 'Hidden Gems'. Please complete the steps in the article 'Gems for Donation' before proceeding.

    Registered users who made the required donation please click here to watch this gem.

     

    Below is a short preview of the film.

     

  • "The Black Viper" (1908) - hidden gem

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        George Gebhardt and Edward Dillon

     

    Directed by                       D.W. Griffith, Wallace McCutcheon Jr.
    Cinematography by        Billy Bitzer, Arthur Marvin
    Starring                             Edward Dillon, George Gebhardt, Mack Sennett, D.W. Griffith, Anthony O'Sullivan
    Distributed by                   Biograph Company
    Release date                      July 25, 1908
    Country                             United States
    Running time                    10 m.

     

    This film is part of our series 'Hidden Gems'. It can be watched by registered users who make a donation. For more details, please click here.

     

    "The Black Viper" is a short crime drama. The film is included in our program to illustrate the work of our star cinematographer Billy Bitzer. 

     

    A man saves a girl after she is attacked in the street by a thug nicknamed Viper.  Later the thug comes back with a gang, overpowers the man and takes him away on a cart. The girl organizes a pursuit with the help of friends, and they chase the gang on a rocky mountain terrain.

    D.W. Griffith plays the role of one of the rescuers in addition to the director's job.

    We trust that silent film lovers will not judge harshly the quality of the print.  Many early D.W. Griffith films are only available in a paper print format, and we are all very lucky that they have survived the trials of time for us to enjoy.

     

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    Below is a short preview of the film.

     

  • "The Drums of Love" (1928) - hidden gem

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        Mary Philbin

     

    Directed by                       D.W. Griffith
    Cinematography by        Karl Struss, Harry Jackson, Billy Bitzer
    Starring                             Mary Philbin, Lionel Barrymore, Don Alvarado, Tully Marshall
    Distributed by                   United Artists Corp.
    Release date                      March 31, 1928
    Country                             United States
    Running time                    85 m.

     

    This film is part of our Silent Gems Collection and the DVD is available on Ebay.

    Update:
    You don't have to leave our website in order to obtain the films from our Silent Gems Collection. These gems are now available to our users in exchange for donation. For details click here.

    This film is part of our series 'Hidden Gems'. It can be watched by registered users who make a donation. For more details, please click here.

     

    The film is included in our program to illustrate the work of our star cinematographer Billy Bitzer. 

     

    "The Drums of Love" is a poignant drama of impossible love. The events in the film occur in 19th century Latin America. A woman is being forced into an unwanted marriage with a crippled monarch, but finds herself attracted to his younger brother.

    "The Drums of Love" marks the end of an era - it is the last truly silent film (without a talkie version) created by the renowned director and 'the father of film' D.W. Griffith. 

     

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        Lionel Barrymore

     

    Attention please.

    Registration and donation are required to watch the films part of the series 'Hidden Gems'. Please complete the steps in the article 'Gems for Donation' before proceeding.

    Registered users who made the required donation please click here to watch this gem.

     

    Below is a short preview of the film.