From the archives of the British Film Institute, this collection features forty distinctive works from cinema's infancy, produced by such Euro pioneers as R.W. Paul, George Edward Smith, Fran... More
The man who elevated situation comedy to a hilarious art form, Charley Chase was the proverbial comic with good looks, who most always got the girl (he usually had her at the beginning). He was what... More
Since the 1940’s, classroom films have aimed at tutoring young adolescents on
subjects such as sexual development, the importance of fitting in, and juvenile
delinquency, all in tidy,... More
This edition explores the establishment of cinematic genres in the first years of the 20th Century, offering rare glimpses of the innovative visual comedy of Max Linder, the pioneering Italian epic... More
Two-DVD set continues Kino International's monumental tribute to Stan Laurel with twenty-one slapstick classics, painstakingly restored by Paris's Lobster Films. More
Better known as the rotund half of the classic comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, Oliver Hardy had an early career as a silent comic, often as a "heavy" in madcap supporting roles. This new collection... More
As featured in SPORTS ILLUSTRATED - A cornucopia of early - and, in many cases, extremely rare - baseball films, offering privileged peeks into early twentieth century American lifestyles and values. More
As the daughters of the baby-boom reached adolescence, American schools struggled to educate them on matters of sexual and social development. This fascinating collection contains films on... More
Directors: Edwin S. Porter, (various), D. W. Griffith Country: U.S.
A CHRISTMAS PAST offers a nostalgic peek into the Yuletide pleasures of the early 1900s. Evoking the Victorian charm of Currier and Ives prints, these picturesque comedies and tender dramas were... More
An unprecedented collaboration of Kino International and the Museum of Modern Art, together with the Library of Congress. EDISON: THE INVENTION OF THE MOVIES is a four-disc box set featuring 140... More
