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poster Something to Think About
Something to Think About
78mn - Drama
Wealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns to their small town he asks to marry her, but she runs off with city worker Jim Dirk who is then killed in a …
poster Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(3.4/5)
112mn - Drama
An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
poster Penn of Pennsylvania
Penn of Pennsylvania
(2.8/5)
78mn - History, Drama
A young English aristocrat abandons privilege and defies his father to join the persecuted Quakers, ultimately founding Pennsylvania as a revolutionary colony based on religious tolerance and peaceful coe…
poster Behind That Curtain
Behind That Curtain
91mn - Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When headstrong heiress Eve Mannering defies her guardian to marry the charming but mysterious Eric Durand, she soon discovers her new husband is a philandering murderer who killed an investigator to hide…
poster Max Wants a Divorce
Max Wants a Divorce
27mn - Comedy
Max is forced to choose between losing his newly wedded wife and a fortune. He hits upon a brilliant scheme: He will give his wife grounds for a divorce, secure the money and then make his ex-wife Mrs. Li…
poster The Roaring Road
The Roaring Road
(2.9/5)
58mn - Drama, Comedy
"Toodles" Waldron, racing enthusiast and the best salesman for J. D. Ward's automobile company, quarrels with his boss; Ward will not let him enter the Santa Monica Grand Prize Road Race, or marry his dau…
poster Rogues' Gallery
Rogues' Gallery
60mn - Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them…
poster A Lucky Strike
A Lucky Strike
13mn - Comedy
Bill is a rich miner but wants a wife. He advertises in an Eastern paper and receives a response from Nellie and Eleanor, but doesn't know it was sent as a joke. When he travels East to meet them, they ha…
poster Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's of London
(3.5/5)
113mn - Drama, History, Romance
Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths. The former will head hi…
poster Exposure
Exposure
(2.7/5)
71mn - Drama
A washed-up alcoholic reporter gets a second chance when he's hired to save a failing newspaper owned by a determined young woman who inherited her father's struggling business. As he uses sensationalisti…
poster American Aristocracy
American Aristocracy
(3.1/5)
52mn - Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.
poster The Bond
The Bond
(2.7/5)
11mn - Comedy
A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating…
poster The Blot
The Blot
(3.4/5)
91mn - Drama
Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the pr…
poster The Great Rights
The Great Rights
13mn - Animation
A cartoon explaining the American Bill of Rights and Constitution. A man imagines a "nightmare world" without these documents, where Orwellian thugs censor and arrest with impunity. When reminded of the B…
poster How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns
How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through the 'New York Herald' Personal Columns
11mn - Action, Comedy, Romance
A French aristocrat, who has recently arrived in America, has placed a personal advertisement in the newspaper...
poster The Burning Crucible
The Burning Crucible
(3.7/5)
97mn - Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A woman, named simply "Elle" and her husband, a wealthy industrialist, are not on the best of terms. While she enjoys the way he caters to her every whim, she wonders whether he really loves her. He, on t…
poster Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(3.7/5)
102mn - Drama, Family
A young boy from Brooklyn discovers he's heir to a British earldom and must win over his cold, aristocratic grandfather while navigating the challenges of his newfound noble status.
poster The President
The President
(3.3/5)
71mn - Drama
By his father’s deathbed, a young man agrees to never marry below his station. Later, he falls in love with a lowly governess, impregnates her, and does not marry her. Many years later, as the President o…
poster Daddy-Long-Legs
Daddy-Long-Legs
(3.3/5)
85mn - Drama, Comedy
Wealthy Jarvis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, tho…
poster The Floor Below
The Floor Below
(3.2/5)
80mn - Comedy, Drama
Patricia O'Rourke, a good-natured prankster who works as a copy girl for the Sentinel , angers her co-worker Stubbs and is about to lose her job when the managing editor offers her one more chance. Her as…
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