Calling all silent movie fans.

[Hertz van Rental]

I've wanted to watch Lon Chaney in He Who Gets Slapped since I read about it when I was 17.
And now I've found it!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5767253815622002246

One of the great movies - and you can download it to your iPod.
There are other silents there too, including Sherlock Jr, Freaks, The Kid Brother....
And some rarities by Edison and George Melies.
Haven't had time to explore it yet but it looks like Google have provided a little goldmine for silent movie buffs and anyone doing film studies.

 

[jstuedle]

Wow Van, great find. Soon, Google will rule the world. (if Microsoft/yahoo don't beat them to the punch)

 

[Hertz van Rental]

And they got Freaks, Nosferatu, Plan 9 From Outer Space....
I'm in movie meltdown heaven!


And the wonderfully whacky Reefer Madness. That film has to be seen to be believed. The written intro alone will have you laughing out loud.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6696582420128930236

 

[Antarctican]

And they got Freaks, Nosferatu, Plan 9 From Outer Space....
I'm in movie meltdown heaven!


And the wonderfully whacky Reefer Madness. That film has to be seen to be believed

Some real 'camp' classics there.

 

[Hertz van Rental]

Two of the worst films ever made, apparently.

 

[Hertz van Rental]

And if anyone can find a full downloadable or streaming version of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Testament_of_Dr._Mabuse
Then I will love them forever.
It contains probably one of the most stunning sequences of all time.
Lang (as usual) constructed the sets through the camera. At the end when the man goes mad in his cell, Lang constructed a second 'ghost' set within the main one. This set was made of glass to give a ghostly overlay.
Superb!

 

[JohnMF]

Freaks is a must

 

[nealjpage]

I love when films fall into the public realm!

 

[ThomThomsk]

Hertz, there is a brand new score for that film, which was played on Radio 3 a couple of nights ago:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008tftv

The 'Listen Again' feature on that page has another 5 days to run.

I only caught the first 15 minutes or so as I was driving home from the station (that's the railway station, not the radio station...), and it sounded really good.

 

[Hertz van Rental]

I know. I heard it too and that's what triggered me to hunt for the film. I think they may be remastering it to go with the new score.