Official Silent Films on Blu-ray Thread

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Originally Posted by robdunk

Looking for some of the classics I used to have on laserdisc. Mark of Zorro, Don Q Son Of Zorro, The Wind, The Crowd, Greed, Broken Blossoms, The Iron Mask, It. Who has the rights to these, why are there no Blu-ray editions of these staples of the silent era?

Half of those are with Warner, who don't care about silent films (The Big Parade being their only Blu-ray release), and the other half are not part of any major studio catalogue and therefore are dependant on third-party institutions for restorations and distribution.