Legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt, in one of her rare on-screen performances, plays the title role of 16th-century England's beloved "Virgin Queen" in this rare French-made biodrama, filmed in the style of a stageplay and focusing on the monarch's doomed romance with the Earl of Essex (Lou Tellegen). 45 min. Standard; Soundtrack: music score; bonus shorts "Jack and the Beanstalk" (1902), "Cousins of Sherlocko" (1913). Silent with music score.

After the success of his crime serial "Les Vampires," French filmmaker Louis Feuillade turned to the right side of the law for impressive 12-part silent chapterplay. The mysterious avenger Judex, armed with hypnotic powers, an array of disguises, and a lair whose gadgetry includes a television device, seeks justice against the corrupt banker who ruined his family. Rene Creste, Yvette Andreyor, Musidora star. 5 1/4 hrs. on two discs. Standard; Soundtrack: Dolby Digital stereo music score; featurette. Silent with music score.

Based on the novel by Emile Zola, this stunningly photographed silent-era French drama centers on a farmer locked in a bitter land dispute with his scheming sons and the innocent woman caught in the middle. Armand Bour, Germaine Rouer, Rene Alexandre star. 97 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Dolby Digital stereo music score; interview; photo gallery. Silent with music score.

Surreal French epic about an 18th-century Polish nobleman who starts a liberation movement against Russia. On the run after being wounded in battle, the revolutionary is helped by an inventor who disguises him as a chess-playing mechanical man. Soon, the fate of Polish independence hinges on a chess match between the "robot" and Catherine the Great. Pierre Blanchar, Charles Dullin star. 140 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Dolby Digital stereo music score. Silent with music score.

Long-lost gem of the silent era centers on a French nobleman who adopts a swashbuckling stage persona when he joins a group of travelling actors and must ultimately challenge a nefarious duke for the hand of the troupe's beautiful leading lady. Pierre Blanchar, Lien Deyers and Charles Boyer star in this spirited adventure yarn. 92 min. Silent with music score. Standard; optional music tracks; biographies.

Based on the Emile Zola novel, this stellar French melodrama follows an orphan girl (Dita Parlo) who arrives in Paris intent on a job at her uncle's fabric shop. When she instead accepts employment at the department store across the street, it appears to be a terrible betrayal since the larger operation is striving to shutter her uncle's smaller establishment. Rich with visual invention, the film co-stars Ginette Maddie, Madame Barsac; with English, French, or German intertitles. 89 min. Standard; Soundtrack: music score; bonus short. Silent with music score.

Whether he's rollerskating in "The Rink" (1916), causing pandemonium in "The Pawnshop" (1916) and as a department store clerk in "The Floorwalker" (1916), or just trying to get into his house for some sleep in "One A.M." (1916), Chaplin is sure to amuse in these classic shorts. 97 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Dolby stereo; audio essay; recorded at correct projection speed. Silent with music score.

After leaving Essanay Studios, Charlie Chaplin made 12 short films for the Mutual Film Corporation during the years 1917 and 1918. Featured here are Chaplin finding love in the New World as "The Immigrant" (1917); as an escaped con crashing a society party in "The Adventurer" (1917); as a tipsy socialite who arrives at a sanitarium to take "The Cure" (1917); and as a slum neighborhood's new cop in "Easy Street" (1917). 101 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Dolby Digital stereo music score; audio essay; recorded at correct projection speed. Silent with music score.

Tailor's aide Charlie and his boss both impersonate a nobleman to impress wealthy Edna Purviance in "The Count" (1916). Chaplin also plays a lovelorn street musician in "The Vagabond" (1916), presented here in a newly-edited, restored edition; helps save the day as "The Fireman" (1916); and spoofs his Sennett days and takes part in his only pie fight in "Behind the Screen" (1916). 100 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Dolby Digital stereo music score; audio essay; recorded at correct projection speed. Silent with music score.

The Little Tramp's early classics have never looked or sounded better! This collection of Charlie Chaplin's silent comedies features all 12 shorts he made for Mutual Film Corporation, including "The Floorwalker" (1916), "The Vagabond" (1916), "The Count" (1916), "Easy Street" (1917), "The Immigrant" (1917), and more. The collection features new orchestral scores composed by Chaplin expert Carl Davis. 5 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; documentaries "The Gentleman Tramp" (1975), "Chaplin's Goliath" (1996); featurettes; photo gallery. Silent with music score.

Chaplin's trademark ending of him walking off into the distance was first used in the bittersweet "The Tramp" (1915); Los Angeles's Crystal Pier is the setting for laughs "By the Sea" (1915); and assistant paperhanger Charlie turns "Work" (1915) into comic catastrophe; Plus, "A Woman," "The Bank" and "His Regeneration." 135 min. Standard; Soundtrack: Dolby Digital stereo music score. Silent with music score.