The Silent Hour

A detective with hearing loss and a deaf witness to a murder must lean on each other to outsmart killers they can't hear coming when cornered in an abandoned apartment block.

Set #2 of The Silent Service continues the journey into the world of WWII submarines, revealing the brave men who served in these underwater vessels. Featuring more historical insights and rare footage, this collection brings the reality of submarine warfare to life.

Scotland Yard was perhaps the best-known series to emerge from Anglo-Amalgamated's output of crime drama. Shot as cinema support features at the company's Merton Park Studios in South Wimbledon, these half-hour thrillers - based on real-life cases from the vaults of London's Metropolitan Police headquarters - were a successful regular feature in cinemas over nearly a decade from the early 1950s onwards.

Andrew Graham-Dixon investigates the story of the 20th century's greatest art forger, Dutch artist Han van Meegeren, who made millions during World War II selling fake Vermeers in Nazi-occupied Holland.

The clowns of the American silent screen bring laughter to a new generation in this wonderful box set, featuring 53 short films from the era's funniest comic talents: Laurel and Hardy, Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Harry Langdon, Will Rogers, Ben Turpin and more. Meticulously prepared for DVD with fresh new musical scores, "Slapstick Encyclopedia" is a unique collection of silent comedy gems.

"Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood" commemorates the birth of an art that would transform the 20th century. This six-hour series is narrated by critically acclaimed actor/director Kenneth Branagh with music composition by Carl Davis, Philip Appleby and Nic Raine.

A comprehensive history of the American stage of the Vietnam War.

A comprehensive history of the American stage of the Vietnam War.

Unofficially timed to coincide with the theatrical release of Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland feature, this compilation brings together numerous Alice in Wonderland films, produced over the course of several decades. It opens with a rarely-seen silent version of Alice, produced in 1915 and starring Viola Savoy, then includes two Walt Disney shorts from the half-animated, half-live action series Alice's Adventures in Cartoonland, starring Virginia Davis. The hour-long animated production Alice of Wonderland in Paris features the voice of Carl Reiner, while the 1972 feature Alice's Adventures in Wonderland redoes Lewis Carroll's tale as a musical starring Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore, Michael Crawford and many others.