Silent cinema on disc, presented with recorded scores and archival care. This collection is small but historically weighty, and it connects directly to VCI's deeper silent holdings under Mary Pickford and Kit Parker Films.
The Little American, Cecil B. DeMille's 1917 wartime drama starring Mary Pickford, sits beside Birth of a Nation in its 2015 Centennial Edition, one of the most studied and debated films of the silent era.
Because silent titles run across several lines, the deepest holdings are found under Mary Pickford Films, including Sparrows, Stella Maris and Little Annie Rooney, and among the Charley Chase silents in the Kit Parker Films collection.
Silent releases are presented with newly recorded or historically appropriate scores and, where available, archival notes and version comparisons, so the films play closer to how audiences first saw them.
Yes. Silent releases are presented with recorded musical scores. Where more than one version or score exists, the product page describes what is included.
Where a title has been restored, the scan resolution and source element are listed on its product page. Restoration is carried out from the best surviving film element, not from an existing video master.
The largest silent holdings sit under Mary Pickford Films and Kit Parker Films. Both connect back to this collection.