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poster Love Everlasting

Love Everlasting

90mn - Romance, Drama

Grand Duchy of Wallenstein. Elsa Holbein is the young beautiful daughter of General Julius, the Chief of the General Staff. After a spy named Moise Sthar steals military documents, Julius is accused of be…

poster The Innocence of Ruth

The Innocence of Ruth

The young Ruth Travers, left an orphan after the death of her father financially ruined by Mortimer Reynolds, is welcomed at home by Jimmy Carter, a young millionaire who becomes her guardian. Ruth's wins…

poster Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.

poster The Glorious Adventure

The Glorious Adventure

70mn - Adventure

An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.

poster Three Women

Three Women

A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conniving paramour dumps her for the daughter, leaving the young boyfriend crushed.

poster Teddy at the Throttle

Teddy at the Throttle

Gloria Dawn lives down the hall from her sweetheart, Bobbie Knight. The dishonest Henry Black is Gloria's guardian, and he is also in charge of Bobbie's inheritance. The scheming guardian and his sister h…

poster Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

11mn - Drama, History

A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.

poster Reckless Youth

Reckless Youth

A cautionary tale for aspiring flappers. Five of six reels survive.

poster The Big Swallow

The Big Swallow

A man, objecting to being filmed, comes closer and closer to the camera lens until his mouth is all we see. Then he opens wide and swallows camera and cinematographer. He steps back, chews, and grins.

poster The Seduction of Gina

The Seduction of Gina

91mn - Drama, Short

Gina is young, recently married and bored. On a trip to Lake Tahoe she discovers the game of blackjack. Increasingly obsessed with gambling, she keeps hoping her lucky streak will last.

poster The World and Its Woman

The World and Its Woman

A Russian peasant girl rises to fame as an operatic diva. She becomes beloved of a Russian prince. When the 1917 revolution overthrows the czar's government, the pair attempts to cross the icy steppes and…

poster Isn't Life Wonderful

Isn't Life Wonderful

115mn - Drama, Romance

A family from Poland has been left homeless in the wake of World War I. They move to Germany and struggle to survive the conditions there, during the Great Inflation. Inga is a Polish war orphan who has o…

poster Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah

Exposed to bad influences since childhood, Mary, a young girl is pushed by her mother to approach an elderly banker by the name of Harber. After almost driving her fiancee to suicide and seducing his ment…

Salomé

Based on Oscar Wilde's version of the story, what is noteworthy is the sheer luxury of the production, an attempt to capture the wild and weird Aubrey Beardsley illustrations that transfigure the work. Th…

Sex

A Broadway actress uses her sex appeal to ruin a marriage only to dump her lover for a richer prospect.

poster Becky Sharp

Becky Sharp

84mn - Drama, Romance

The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's book "Vanity Fair", the film looks at the English class system du…

poster The Execution

The Execution

90mn - Drama, Short

The members of a San Diego Wednesday night womens' mah jongg club are five survivors of a Nazi concentration camp. They recognize the owner of a local restaurant, Walter Grossman, as a doctor from the cam…

poster Double Whoopee

Double Whoopee

Stan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman (Laurel). They partially undress blonde bombshell Jean Harlow (in a brief appearance) and repeatedly escort …

poster The Royal Tigress

The Royal Tigress

"Tigre Reale" (1916) was the film that consolidated Frau Menichelli's stardom, a film more than suitable for her performing skills and silent idiosyncrasy that any silent diva would kill to star in… In "T…

poster Legend of a Ghost

Legend of a Ghost

15mn - Fantasy, Horror

A young woman passing through a cemetery at night is suddenly startled by a voice coming from one of the graves. She wishes to rush away, but the ghost appearing compels her to remain. He explains to the …

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