'...The Mountain Eagle
Number one on the BFI’s Most Wantedlist, this 1927 silent melodrama was the second movie directed byAlfred Hitchcock, and its prints were lost during his lifetime....
The Patriot
This 1928 semi-biographical drama wasnominated for five Oscars, including best actor and best director.(It won best writing credit.) ...it depicts the life of the RussianTsar Paul I....
London After Midnight
Seen – alongside The Mountain Eagle –as the ‘holy grail’ of film collectors, the 1927 silent mysteryLondon After Midnight was released two months after the first talkiefeature,...
The Life of General Villa
The story behind this lost gem is sofamous it spawned its own movie: yet some have questioned whetherclaims about the film are true. The Mexican revolutionary generalPancho Villa signed a contract with an American newsreel company in1914, supposedly requiring him to fight battles according to thestudio’s direction in a silent biographical action drama mixingstaged scenes and live footage...
Hollywood
This 1923 silent comedy – following ahopeful actress travelling to California with dreams of becoming astar – was one of the first Hollywood movies about Hollywood. ..
Greed (director’s cut)
This could qualify as the most extremedirector’s cut of all time: Erich von Stroheim’s 1924 adaptationof Frank Norris’s frontier novel McTeague stretched to nine hours,and MGM refused to release it. It was hacked down to 140 minutes fora version that von Stroheim disowned, and that inspired a fistfightwith Louis B Mayer..;
Number one on the BFI’s Most Wantedlist, this 1927 silent melodrama was the second movie directed byAlfred Hitchcock, and its prints were lost during his lifetime....
The Patriot
This 1928 semi-biographical drama wasnominated for five Oscars, including best actor and best director.(It won best writing credit.) ...it depicts the life of the RussianTsar Paul I....
London After Midnight
Seen – alongside The Mountain Eagle –as the ‘holy grail’ of film collectors, the 1927 silent mysteryLondon After Midnight was released two months after the first talkiefeature,...
The Life of General Villa
The story behind this lost gem is sofamous it spawned its own movie: yet some have questioned whetherclaims about the film are true. The Mexican revolutionary generalPancho Villa signed a contract with an American newsreel company in1914, supposedly requiring him to fight battles according to thestudio’s direction in a silent biographical action drama mixingstaged scenes and live footage...
Hollywood
This 1923 silent comedy – following ahopeful actress travelling to California with dreams of becoming astar – was one of the first Hollywood movies about Hollywood. ..
Greed (director’s cut)
This could qualify as the most extremedirector’s cut of all time: Erich von Stroheim’s 1924 adaptationof Frank Norris’s frontier novel McTeague stretched to nine hours,and MGM refused to release it. It was hacked down to 140 minutes fora version that von Stroheim disowned, and that inspired a fistfightwith Louis B Mayer..;
