Marion Davies in The Patsy (1928)

A further batch of made-to-order DVDs from Warner Bros. has been announced, which includes a number of silents. As reported before, the films are in DVD-R format, burned to order, and priced at $19.95 for DVD copies in the post, $14.95 for downloads, and they can be ordered from www.warnerarchive.com. Although officially the titles are only available in the USA, it is possible for those overseas to order them if they do so through www.tcm.com.

These are the new titles:

• Across to Singapore (US 1928 d. William Nigh), with Ramon Novarro, Joan Crawford, Ernest Torrence
• The Boob (US 1926 d. William Wellman), with Gertrude Olmstead, George K. Arthur, Charles Murray, Joan Crawford
• Desert Nights (US 1929 d. William Nigh), with John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, Mary Nolan
• A Lady of Chance (US 1928 d. Robert Z. Leonard), with Norma Shearer, Lowell Sherman, Gwen Lee, Johnny Mack Brown
• The Patsy (US 1928 d. King Vidor), with Marion Davies, Marie Dressler, Lawrence Gray
• Speedway (US 1929 d. Harry Beaumont), with William Haines, Anita Page, Ernest Torrence, Karl Dane
• West Point (US 1927 d. Edward Sedgwick), with William Haines, Joan Crawford, William Bakewell

And, for the record, these are all the silent titles previously made available:

• Beau Brummel (US 1924 d. Harry Beaumont), with John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Carmel Myers
• The Sea Hawk (US 1924 d. Frank Lloyd), with Milton Sills, Enid Bennett
• The Better ‘Ole (US 1926 d. Charles Reisner), with Syd Chaplin, Harold Goodwin, Jack Ackroyd
• The First Auto (US 1927 d. Roy Del Ruth), with Russell Simpson, Frank Campeau
• Old San Francisco (US 1927 d. Alan Crosland), with Dolores Costello, Warner Oland
• When a Man Loves (US 1927 d. Alan Crosland), with John Barrymore, Dolores Costello
• The Divine Lady (US 1929 d. Frank Lloyd), with Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi
• Scaramouche (US 1923 d. Rex Ingram) with Ramon Novarro, Alice Terry
• Souls for Sale (US 1923 d. Rupert Hughes) with Barbara La Marr, Eleanor Boardman
• The Red Lily (US 1924 d. Fred Niblo) with Ramon Novarro, Enid Bennett
• Exit Smiling (US 1926 d. Sam Taylor) with Beatrice Lillie, Jack Pickford
• The Temptress (US 1926 d. Fred Niblo) with Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno
• Love (US 1927 d. Edmund Goulding) with Greta Garbo, John Gilbert
• The Red Mill (US 1927 d. William Goodrich) with Marion Davies, Owen Moore
• Spring Fever (US 1927 d. Edward Sedgwick) with Joan Crawford, William Haines
• The Smart Set (US 1928 d. Jack Conway) with Alice Day, Jack Holt
• The Trail of ‘98 (US 1928 d. Clarence Brown) with Dolores del Rio, Harry Carey
• The Kiss (US 1929 d. Jacques Feyder) with Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel
• The Single Standard (US 1929 d. John S. Robertson) with Greta Garbo, Nils Asther
• Wild Orchids (US 1929 d. Sidney Franklin) with Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone

All of the silent titles listed on the Warners site can be seen here. Each comes with a video clip which you can now embed in your own website, though not it seems in a WordPress blog, alas.