Lost No More! 10 Rare Films
DVD STREET DATE: OCTOBER 30, 2018/UNDERCRANK PRODUCTIONS
Ben Model of Undercrank Productions has assembled a wonderful selection...
Collection of Short Films Show off Early Attempts at Synchronized Sound
DIRECTED BY ALLAN RAMSEY
STREET DATE: AUGUST 7TH/UNDERCRANK PRODUCTIONS
Singing i...
Myth Maker. Film Noir Pioneer. Expressionist Prophet?
Fritz Lang. The monocoled genius of the screen.
I first encountered Lang in a beat-up copy of Metropol...
W.C. Fields is Hypnotically Funny in Silent Comedy
DIRECTED BY: Gregory La Cava/1927
STREET DATE: March 13, 2018/KINO LORBER-PARAMOUNT
My first W. C. Fie...
W. C. Fields Gives Stellar Performance in Silent Film
DIRECTED BY: A. Edward Sutherland/1926
STREET DATE: March 13, 2018/KINO LORBER-PARAMOUNT
I have to ...
Undercrank Productions Brings Comedy Gems to Screens Everywhere
The second (and newest, at time of publication) installment in the Perez canon
STREET DATE:...
A DVD for superfans!
STREET DATE: OCTOBER 17, 2017/UNDERCRANK PRODUCTIONS
With Jon Mirsalis' wonderful accompaniments which underline the action and the qua...
Rudolph Valentino Brings the Swash to Silent Swordplay Drama
DIRECTED BY SIDNEY OLCOTT/1924
Sword-fighting? Check.
Powdered wigs? Check.
Ostentatious ...
Gloria Swanson's Underseen Flouncy Drama Makes it's Debut on Blu-Ray
On the occasion of the home video debut of Allen Dwan's 1923 Gloria Swanson vehicle Zaza f...
Rudolph Valentino Returns in The Sheik Sequel, now on Blu-ray
DIRECTED BY GEORGE FITZMAURICE/1926
STREET DATE: MAY 30, 2017/KINO CLASSICS
In 1926, the wo...
David is a silent film fan and collector who began writing/compiling silent film scores in November, 2016. He has a Bachelor's in Music Education and has arranged for the St. Louis Symphony. He has (to date) nearly 200 silent films in his personal library. Excited about the state of film preservation through endeavors like Kino Lorber and Kickstarter campaigns, he looks forward to seeing what only the most privileged collectors could view before.
