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poster The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

81mn - Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.

poster Snow White

Snow White

Snow White, a beautiful girl, is despised by a wicked queen who tries to destroy her. With the aid of dwarfs in the woods, Snow White overcomes the queen.

poster All Dolled Up

All Dolled Up

50mn - Comedy, Drama

The department store clerk Mary prevents a robbery at the store where she works, involving a necklace belonging to a rich unmarried woman named Eva Bandy. Later, she manages via a misunderstanding to prev…

poster The Waif and the Wizard

The Waif and the Wizard

2mn - Drama, Fantasy

The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's another early example of a two-shot film along the lines …

poster Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

71mn - Mystery, Thriller

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to …

Untamed

Raised wild in the South American jungle, oil heiress Bingo Dowling storms into Manhattan society determined to win the heart of Andy McAllister. But when his pride refuses her fortune, this untamed woman…

poster Miss Lulu Bett

Miss Lulu Bett

71mn - Comedy, Drama

Lois Wilson (as Lulu) is the spinsterish member of the Deacon family: "The family beast of burden, whose timid soul has failed to break the bonds of family servitude." Her brother-in-law is patriarchal Th…

poster A Mormon Maid

A Mormon Maid

68mn - History, Drama

This silent melodrama is set against the 1840s westward migration of the Mormons. Dora, a young woman, and her family are saved from an Indian attack by a Mormon community traveling to Utah. They join the…

poster Never the Dames Shall Meet

Never the Dames Shall Meet

Chase makes tries to escape from a compromising situation with a dame he took to be his wife's sister.

poster The Roaring Road

The Roaring Road

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 Cinderella

Cinderella

52mn - Fantasy, Drama

Good-hearted Cinderella is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, but she is able to go to the Royal Ball with the help of the Fairy Godmother. Based on Charles Perrault's fairy tale, and featuring…

poster Glen or Glenda

Glen or Glenda

A psychiatrist tells two stories: one of a trans woman, the other of a pseudohermaphrodite.

poster Behind Office Doors

Behind Office Doors

82mn - Drama, Romance

Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.

poster Eyes in the Night

Eyes in the Night

80mn - Crime, Mystery

Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.

poster The Mystery of Mr. Wong

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

68mn - Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him into the heart of Chinatown and to t…

poster The Magic Cloak of Oz

The Magic Cloak of Oz

55mn - Fantasy, Adventure, Family

The fairies of Oz gather in the forest of Burzee one evening and weave a magic cloak that gives the wearer one wish, so long as it has not been stolen.

poster Back Pay

Back Pay

This 1922 Frank Borzage film is a masterwork waiting to be rediscovered. Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her,…

poster Joan the Woman

Joan the Woman

138mn - History, Drama, Adventure

A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.

poster The Doll

The Doll

48mn - Comedy, Romance, Fantasy

The misadventures of an effete young man who must get married in order to inherit a fortune. He opts to purchase a remarkably lifelike doll and marry it instead, not realizing that the doll is actually th…

poster His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz

His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz

59mn - Comedy, Family, Fantasy

A wicked king has taken over the Emerald City, and wants his daughter, Princess Gloria to marry the horrid courtier Googly-Goo, though she loves Pon, the Gardener's Boy. The camera follows two farmers pla…

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