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captveg wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2026 8:03 pm I'm now assuming Criterion will also eventually release The Crowd as part of a Vidor silent set. The Big Parade is an obvious pairing, but is there a third film from Vidor's silent MGM days that would make sense to also add in? Proud Flesh? La Bohème? Or maybe break the set from being all silent and include Hallelujah?

I love Vidor's two films with Marion Davies, especially Show People, though maybe as comedies they don't pair well with the bigger titles.

I don't expect Criterion to release another silent film boxset so soon though, I'll get the Flicker Alley release.

captveg wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2026 8:03 pm I'm now assuming Criterion will also eventually release The Crowd as part of a Vidor silent set. The Big Parade is an obvious pairing...

Or they could issue The Crowd with Our Daily Bread in a two-fer (or I suppose with The Big Parade as a trio). That grouping makes sense.

Saturnome wrote: Fri Nov 13, 2026 8:28 pmI don't expect Criterion to release another silent film boxset so soon though, I'll get the Flicker Alley release.

Oh, there's zero chance I'm skipping on FA's release of The Crowd. I've waited 25+ years for a quality release of it. If Criterion eventually releases it, so be it.

Maybe it's not so far-fetched Criterion would do a Vidor silents set or even Von Stroheim? I just realized that this Sjostrom trio is clearly modeled after the Tod Browning set. They could do The Crowd (I swear the clip in the Resillion demo reel is from a different element than what Flicker Alley/Blackhawk used), La Boheme, and Show People. Maybe throw in The Patsy, too.

Overall it's exciting. I'm not even upset having to buy He Who Gets Slapped Again, it's just funny that after having these MGM silents MIA from video for so long, we're already double dipping.