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Release: June 7, 2019

$7.99

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Flicker Alley, in partnership with Universal Pictures, are proud to present Universal Pictures' new 4K restoration of the 1928 silent classic, The Man Who Laughs, accompanied by a newly recorded orchestral score by the Berklee School of Music. Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, the story centers on the extraordinary adventures of Gwynplaine (Conrad Veidt), whose wide and mirthless grin inspired DC Comics' legendary Batman villain, the Joker. Veidt's character has become well known to most cinephiles. Orphaned as a child, Gwynplaine is punished by the king for his father's transgressions by having his face carved into a hideous grin. Disfigured and alone, Gwynplaine rescues a blind girl named Dea (Mary Philbin), and both end up starring in a sideshow where they fall in love. Because she cannot see, Dea does not know about her lover's tormented grin.Masterfully directed by Paul Leni, The Man Who Laughs marks Leni's penultimate work. Having grown up in Germany during the era of Expressionism, Leni embraces haunting characters, twisted sets, harsh angles, and deep shadows. Heralded as one of the best American silent emulating German Expressionism, The Man Who Laughs presents Leni at his creative directorial peak. Originally released silent, the film was enough of a hit for Universal in 1928 that the studio released it with a synched musical score using the Movietone sound-on-film process, presented here as a secondary audio track.

Release: December 17, 2019

$6.99

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Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe, Murders in the Rue Morgue is a haunting atmospheric thriller heavily influenced by the German Expressionist classic, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and features Bela Lugosi in one of his most sinister roles! A deranged scientist, Dr. Mirakle (Lugosi), searches Paris for a "prospective bride" for his pet gorilla. Inviting young ladies to his laboratory, he injects his victims with gorilla blood and then disposes of their ravaged bodies through a trapdoor. Mirakle finally settles on a beautiful woman to be the mate of the gorilla, kidnapping her from her fiancé, Pierre Dupin. But just as the young lady is about to be sacrificed in the name of unholy science, a frantic Dupin locates his betrothed and tries to rescue her from Mirakle's unspeakable evolutionary experiments. Bonus Content: Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Gregory William Mank Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Gary D. Rhodes Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery

Release: December 17, 2019

$7.99

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Based on the story by Edgar Allan Poe, Murders in the Rue Morgue is a haunting atmospheric thriller heavily influenced by the German Expressionist classic, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and features Bela Lugosi in one of his most sinister roles! A deranged scientist, Dr. Mirakle (Lugosi), searches Paris for a "prospective bride" for his pet gorilla. Inviting young ladies to his laboratory, he injects his victims with gorilla blood and then disposes of their ravaged bodies through a trapdoor. Mirakle finally settles on a beautiful woman to be the mate of the gorilla, kidnapping her from her fiancé, Pierre Dupin. But just as the young lady is about to be sacrificed in the name of unholy science, a frantic Dupin locates his betrothed and tries to rescue her from Mirakle's unspeakable evolutionary experiments. Bonus Content: Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Gregory William Mank Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Gary D. Rhodes Theatrical Trailer Still Gallery

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Douglas Fairbanks stars as a swashbuckling thief who undertakes fantastical quests to win the love of a princess in this silent spectacle.