Silent Film Blu-ray List

[JediFonger]

1916 The Rink (Criterion)
1917 Bucking Broadway (Criterion)
1923 The Ten Commandments (Paramount)
1923 Our Hospitality (Kino)
1923 The Story of Petroleum (Paramount)
1923 Three Ages (Kino)
1924 Sherlock Jr. (Kino)
1925 Battleship Potemkin (Kino)
1926 The Black Pirate (Kino)
1927 The General (Kino)
1927 Metropolis (Kino)
1927 Sunrise (Eureka)
1928 Steamboat Bill, Jr. (Kino)
1927 Seventh Heaven (Carlotta)
1928 Street Angel (Carlotta)
1929 Lucky Star (Carlotta)
1930 City Girl (Eureka)

[bboisvert]

Two others (UK discs, but 100% region free and US-compatible):

1927 Sunrise (Eureka)
1930 City Girl (Eureka)

There's also a 25-minute silent film ("The Story of Petroleum") on There Will Be Blood

And The Wizard of Oz (1925), The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914), The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914) and His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914) on the existing Wizard of Oz disc (in standard def, unfortunately).



Maybe an "honorable mention" for Modern Times?

[charlieray1]

1917 -- Bucking Broadway is an extra on Criterion's blu-ray of Stagecoach.

[JediFonger]

i knew this wasn't going to be easy (LOL). hmmm... silent shorts found on other movie discs... i don't know how to quantify that. on one hand documentaries like story of petro. is valid and is a silent film... 1923 i think. i'll add it. we'll just do it 1by1.

thanks bboisvert & charlieray1!

BTW i wanna keep it HD. if we start adding SD to the list there'll be 2much material. even if the silent shorts are found on other movie titles, it has to be in HD like story of petro. i'm guessing bucking broadway is HD? i haven't played it yet at home >P

[Hartley]

1927 - Seventh Heaven (Carlotta)
1928 - Street Angel (Carlotta)
1929 - Lucky Star (Carlotta)

There are also a few Chaplin silents available in the UK. (Park Circus)

Hopefully there'll be many more coming to Blu soon!

[Banned User]

The Rink (1916) is a extra on Modern Age (Criterion).

I sorta consider Modern Age a silent film even though technically it is not silent. There is one voice and sound effects in some scenes. Plus Chaplin sings near the end. Other then that it is very much silent.

Also I fully expect a annoucement from Kino anyday now about Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen. The Murnau stiftung recently restored it as they did Metropolis. Plus in Kino's last catalog under the DVD version it states "New Restoration Coming in 2011" Been anticipating some more Lang on Bluray. I wish we would see some more Murnau. Sunrise IMO is the best movie released so far on Bluray. Even though I love Keaton.

[TJS_Blu]

On the Silents included as extras, are all of these in Hi-Def/1080p or 1080i, etc?

If you're going to make/maintain this list, you might consider having one in the International forum and cross-link.

You might also want to include announced titles...

for example: The Ten Commandments.

[JediFonger]

none of those are listed on blu-ray.com. part of the reason for this thread is i want to be able to link to a title on blu-ray.com

Originally Posted by Hartley

1927 - Seventh Heaven (Carlotta)
1928 - Street Angel (Carlotta)
1929 - Lucky Star (Carlotta)

There are also a few Chaplin silents available in the UK. (Park Circus)

Hopefully there'll be many more coming to Blu soon!

1080i/p discussion is for another thread. as long as it's 720/1080i or p it's finea and it'll be listed.

i dunno how to cross-link, maybe that's a mod's job?

thanks about 10 cmd. knew about it, but forgot it this thread.

Originally Posted by TJS_Blu

On the Silents included as extras, are all of these in Hi-Def/1080p or 1080i, etc?

If you're going to make/maintain this list, you might consider having one in the International forum and cross-link.

You might also want to include announced titles...

for example: The Ten Commandments.

modern times will in my 1930s thread =). this is mostly a pre 1930 movies in general (which is mostly silents):

Originally Posted by Banned User

The Rink (1916) is a extra on Modern Age (Criterion).

I sorta consider Modern Age a silent film even though technically it is not silent. There is one voice and sound effects in some scenes. Plus Chaplin sings near the end. Other then that it is very much silent.

Also I fully expect a annoucement from Kino anyday now about Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen. The Murnau stiftung recently restored it as they did Metropolis. Plus in Kino's last catalog under the DVD version it states "New Restoration Coming in 2011" Been anticipating some more Lang on Bluray. I wish we would see some more Murnau. Sunrise IMO is the best movie released so far on Bluray. Even though I love Keaton.

&yesh i'm hoping for more fritz lang. luv his work. i've seen most/all of his films as well as most/if not all silent films released on DVD at 1 point.

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by JediFonger

none of those are listed on blu-ray.com.

If you have French Blu-Rays enabled on your settings they are

For example: 7th Heaven.

Cross-link/cross post = the exact thing you did to link to the blu-ray title in the db with a forum post instead. I think someone did that with the first post in the MOC thread, cross-linking to the BFI thread etc.

[Leterface]

The Birth of a Nation 1915 will come out in November and will then be the oldese Film on BD.

[Arkadin]

looks like this thread is due for an update.
last updated in January.
c'mon Jedi, let's keep the silent film thread from dying out; it's a great idea that needs to be kept current.

[Aristide Massaccesi]

Originally Posted by Leterface

The Birth of a Nation 1915 will come out in November and will then be the oldese Film on BD.

Oldest feature film, but the BFI release of Jań Švankmajer's Alice (Něco z Alenky) has the short Alice in Wonderland from 1903 as a bonus feature.

[Leterface]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

looks like this thread is due for an update.
last updated in January.
c'mon Jedi, let's keep the silent film thread from dying out; it's a great idea that needs to be kept current.

+1!

Originally Posted by Aristide Massaccesi

Oldest feature film, but the BFI release of Jań Švankmajer's Alice (Něco z Alenky) has the short Alice in Wonderland from 1903 as a bonus feature.

Wow that is old..Is it in HD or SD?

[Aristide Massaccesi]

Originally Posted by Leterface

+1!

Wow that is old..Is it in HD or SD?

HD! There's a lot of print damage, but what makes it through does so very nicely!

[Arkadin]

I just got the Alice bd.
fantastic release; I highly recommend it though it may be locked; can't remember offhand.

[AgentOrange]

Looks like Wings (1927) is getting a release date on January 24th. No artwork yet on Amazon but they have the release date and listing for the blu-ray as Jan 24. This film is noteworthy as the 1st winner of the Academy Award, and the only silent film to receive that honor (as the next winners were at the advent of the sound era).



Wings Blu-ray

I've never seen this one - relatively new to silent films. Other than Chaplin Netflix has basically been my first exposure to silent era, particularly to Buster Keagon, and some of the German/Russian films. But I've enjoyed enough to try and get a few of the best handled/transferred films on blu-ray if I can. I will definitely keep an eye on possibly getting this as a "blind buy" depending on the loving care that goes into the transfer. Obviously it seems to be a noteworthy film, so I hope Paramount does it justice and thus I can make a purchase.

[ArmyOfDarknessAW]

Nobody has mentioned Mel Brooks Silent Movie. I know it's not a traditional silent movie but it is completely silent except one word.