Paramount silents on DVD? (1 Viewer)

[oscar_merkx]

who directed A kiss for cinderella ?

 

[Brian PB]

A Kiss for Cinderella (1925) was directed by Herbert Brenon, who also directed the silent films Laugh, Clown, Laugh (recently released by Warner in The Lon Chaney Collection), Beau Geste (1926), and Peter Pan (1924).

The late Robert Klepper waxes ecstatic about this film in his excellent book, Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies (1999). He writes that
With the subsequent changes in the copyright law, that last statement may no longer be true.

 

[oscar_merkx]

Thanks for the info

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I do hope "Wings" comes out someday... sooner vs. later (hint, hint, Paramount).

 

[Derek_McL]

Stella Maris (1918) with Mary Pickford is another early Paramount available on DVD. Also Peter Pan (1924)directed by Herbert Brenon starring Betty Bronson(who also starred in A Kiss for Cinderella) is also available, yet another Paramount silent. Must be near the halfway point of those existing titles.

 

[Mark Zimmer]

Thanks for pinch-hitting, Brian. I didn't have my copy of Klepper at hand to quote him so I was glad you did (and may I recommend that book HIGHLY to anyone interested in silent film--Klepper produced an invaluable work here; it's just too bad he didn't live to update it for the DVD age).