This week Silent DVD looks at a trio of silent films that Kino has released under the banner of "Gay-themed Films of the Silent Era": Different from the Others (1919) staring Conrad Veidt ("The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari,") Michael (1924) directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, and Sex in Chains (1928) directed and staring William Dieterle ("Faust", "The Devil and Daniel Webster.") While none of these films can be considered masterpieces, all three present an interesting look at homosexuality in the early part of the last century. Also in case you missed them, be sure to read Silent DVD's coverage of The Fritz Lang Collection, The Parson's Widow, Fractured Flickers , The Girl with the Hatbox, More Treasures from American Film Archives and Arbuckle and Keaton - Volumes One and Two .