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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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 Out Yonder 1919The Woman God Forgot 1917That Model from Paris 1926For Better for Worse 1919Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall 1924

 

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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  • "His Wonderful Chance" (1920) - hidden gem

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       Martha Mansfield

     

    Directed by                     George Archainbaud
    Produced by                   Selznick Pictures
    Written by                      Mary Murillo and Melville Hammett
    Based on                        a screen story by H.H. Van Loan
    Starring                          Eugene O'Brien, Martha Mansfield, Tom Blake, Rudolph Valentino
    Cinematography            unknown
    Distributed by                Select Pictures
    Release date                    September 27, 1920
    Running time                 51 minutes
    Country                           United States
    Language                         Silent film, English intertitles

     

    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.

     

    "His Wonderful Chance" is a crime drama, included in our program to illustrate the work and contributions of our star Martha Mansfield.

     

    The first thing we want to do is set the record straight about the name of the film.  All major movie sites, including IMDB and Silent Era, as well as Wikipedia, cite the title as "The Wonderful Chance", which is wrong.  As you can see from the film itself, the correct title is "His Wonderful Chance".

    After serving a term in prison an ex con is determined to change his ways and go straight, but circumstances put this determination to severe test.

    Eugene O'Brien plays two roles - an English nobleman and an ex con.  Martha Mansfield delivers a very pleasing and convincing performance as the love interest of 'Swagger' Barlow.

     

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       Martha Mansfield with Eugene O'Brien

     

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    Below is a short preview of the film.