Lessons in poor decision making.

[Jay]

I just spent $529 dollars on DVDs. Every one of them silent, pre 1929. Obsessive, much?

[Bean Bag]

Nice!!!!  I was gonna ask what you got... but maybe I should say what didn't you get?!?!   

[Mikie]

It would be a very wise decision to preserve your investment by burning back-up copies and sending them to me for safe keeping, Jay.  You know, just in case something happens to them.   

[Andrew G. Doe]

I just spent $529 dollars on DVDs. Every one of them silent, pre 1929. Obsessive, much?

My man !! Another silent geek !! Do tell, which ones ?

[Jay]

I just spent $529 dollars on DVDs. Every one of them silent, pre 1929. Obsessive, much?

My man !! Another silent geek !! Do tell, which ones ?

The full list:

1. Arbuckle & Keaton volume 1&2(1917-1920)

2. Edison: Invention of the movies 1891 to 1918(Four dvd set, with 140 short films and over 200 scans from the Museum of Modern Arts Archives)

3. A Fool There Was(Theda Bara, 1915.)

4. Gaumont Treasures 1897 to 1913(Three dvd set)

5. Gaumont Treasures volume 2 1908 to 1916(three dvd set

6. Go West(Buster Keaton 1925)

7.Harry Langdon-Forgotten Clown(Contains three films on 1 dvd)

8. Houdini-Film Star(Three dvd's. 1907 to 1923

9. Lubitsch In Berlin(Five dvd set of Ernst Lubitsch films, ranging from 1918 to 1921)

10. The Movies Begin: A Treasury of early Cinema 1894 to 1913(Five dvd sets)

11. Our Hospitality(Buster Keaton)

12.Pariian Love(Clara Bow 1925)

13.Down to the Sea in Silent Ships (Raymond McKee, Marguerite Courtot. 1922)

14. Queen Kelly(Gloria Swanson, 1929)

15. Sadie Thompson(Gloria Swanson, 1928)

16. The Saga of Gosta Berling(Greta Garbo, 1924)

17. Son of The Sheik(Rudolph Valentino, 1926)

18. Sergei Eisenstein's Strike(1925)

19. The Navigator(Buster Keaton, 1924)

20. Fritz Lang's Spiders

[Jay]

I just spent $529 dollars on DVDs. Every one of them silent, pre 1929. Obsessive, much?

My man !! Another silent geek !! Do tell, which ones ?

The full list:

1. Arbuckle & Keaton volume 1&2(1917-1920)

2. Edison: Invention of the movies 1891 to 1918(Four dvd set, with 140 short films and over 200 scans from the Museum of Modern Arts Archives)

3. A Fool There Was(Theda Bara, 1915.)

4. Gaumont Treasures 1897 to 1913(Three dvd set)

5. Gaumont Treasures volume 2 1908 to 1916(three dvd set

6. Go West(Buster Keaton 1925)

7.Harry Langdon-Forgotten Clown(Contains three films on 1 dvd)

8. Houdini-Film Star(Three dvd's. 1907 to 1923

9. Lubitsch In Berlin(Five dvd set of Ernst Lubitsch films, ranging from 1918 to 1921)

10. The Movies Begin: A Treasury of early Cinema 1894 to 1913(Five dvd sets)

11. Our Hospitality(Buster Keaton)

12.Parisian Love(Clara Bow 1925)

13.Down to the Sea in Silent Ships (Raymond McKee, Marguerite Courtot. 1922)

14. Queen Kelly(Gloria Swanson, 1929)

15. Sadie Thompson(Gloria Swanson, 1928)

16. The Saga of Gosta Berling(Greta Garbo, 1924)

17. Son of The Sheik(Rudolph Valentino, 1926)

18. Sergei Eisenstein's Strike(1925)

19. The Navigator(Buster Keaton, 1924)

20. Fritz Lang's Spiders

[Jay]

It would be a very wise decision to preserve your investment by burning back-up copies and sending them to me for safe keeping, Jay.  You know, just in case something happens to them.   

Sure. For a copy of Wouldn't It Be Nice To Live Again? 

I'd settle for hearing it over the phone. 

[smilethebeachboysloveyou]

I just spent $529 dollars on DVDs. Every one of them silent, pre 1929. Obsessive, much?

My man !! Another silent geek !! Do tell, which ones ?

The full list:

1. Arbuckle & Keaton volume 1&2(1917-1920)

2. Edison: Invention of the movies 1891 to 1918(Four dvd set, with 140 short films and over 200 scans from the Museum of Modern Arts Archives)

3. A Fool There Was(Theda Bara, 1915.)

4. Gaumont Treasures 1897 to 1913(Three dvd set)

5. Gaumont Treasures volume 2 1908 to 1916(three dvd set

6. Go West(Buster Keaton 1925)

7.Harry Langdon-Forgotten Clown(Contains three films on 1 dvd)

8. Houdini-Film Star(Three dvd's. 1907 to 1923

9. Lubitsch In Berlin(Five dvd set of Ernst Lubitsch films, ranging from 1918 to 1921)

10. The Movies Begin: A Treasury of early Cinema 1894 to 1913(Five dvd sets)

11. Our Hospitality(Buster Keaton)

12.Pariian Love(Clara Bow 1925)

13.Down to the Sea in Silent Ships (Raymond McKee, Marguerite Courtot. 1922)

14. Queen Kelly(Gloria Swanson, 1929)

15. Sadie Thompson(Gloria Swanson, 1928)

16. The Saga of Gosta Berling(Greta Garbo, 1924)

17. Son of The Sheik(Rudolph Valentino, 1926)

18. Sergei Eisenstein's Strike(1925)

19. The Navigator(Buster Keaton, 1924)

20. Fritz Lang's Spiders

That's a nice list and I imagine will keep you busy for awhile.  Is anyone here interested in Japanese silent cinema?  If so, you should know about these:

http://www.digital-meme.com/en/our_products/dvds/index.html

[Andrew G. Doe]

Excellent.

[Jay]

I highly reccomend the Edision: Invention Of The Movies 1891 to 1918 box set, as well as the Gaumont Treasures box sets. 

[Mendota Heights]

Well, buying movies is not poor decision making.

I should write a book on the poor decision making that has formed my life.