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poster Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

117mn - Comedy, Drama, Romance

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby…

poster Bowery at Midnight

Bowery at Midnight

61mn - Comedy, Crime, Horror

A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bowery mission as a front for his criminal gang. Police attempt to close in on the gang as they commit a s…

poster Soap Bubbles

Soap Bubbles

4mn - Comedy, Fantasy

A magician blows some big bubbles and makes heads of women appear inside them.

Joshua

83mn - Drama, Thriller, Western

A black Union soldier returns from the Civil War to discover his mother brutally murdered by white outlaws. Fueled by vengeance, Joshua transforms into a relentless bounty hunter, tracking his enemies acr…

poster The Heart of a Hero

The Heart of a Hero

68mn - Drama, War

This is a visualization of the life of patriot Nathan Hale which is based on a play by Clyde Fitch. Robert Warwick plays Nathan (and does a fine job) and Gail Kane the girl whom he loves (Alice Adams).

poster Sherlock Holmes Baffled

Sherlock Holmes Baffled

1mn - Crime, Fantasy, Mystery

Sherlock Holmes enters his drawing room to find it being burgled, but on confronting the villain is surprised when the latter disappears.

poster Annabelle Serpentine Dance

Annabelle Serpentine Dance

1mn - Documentary

In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of the flowing cloth. She moves to her right and left acr…

poster Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce

Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce

This scene opens by showing a pretty cook mixing bread in the kitchen. Jones comes in unexpectedly from a trip and carries a dress suitcase. He inquires for his wife and is told by the cook that she is ab…

poster His Picture in the Papers

His Picture in the Papers

Produced at the Reliance studio in Yonkers, New York, HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS solidly established Fairbanks as the American ideal of pop, vim, and vigor. Furthermore, the film brought him together with …

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 All Aboard

All Aboard

In order to get his daughter away from her suitors, her father decides to spirit her away to Bermuda. Our hero, however, stows away on the ship. When discovered, he is credited with catching a crook, thus…

poster Liquid Bridge

Liquid Bridge

98mn - Drama, Action

Nick McCallum is mechanic who trades in his wrench for a surfboard, going against the wishes of his father– a former surfing legend who lost his ability to walk after a horrible accident on the water.

poster Deerslayer

Deerslayer

0mn - Adventure

Chingachgook, son of the chief of the Delaware Indian tribe and faithful friend of Hawkeye the Deerslayer is raised by his tribe after being orphaned.

poster Knight of the Trail

Knight of the Trail

Jim and Molly are set to get married when Molly finds out about her fiancé's criminal past. Bill Carey weasels his way into Molly's heart in the interim, eager to relieve her of her savings.

poster Anna Boleyn

Anna Boleyn

120mn - History, Drama

The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.

poster Noisy Noises

Noisy Noises

Joe Cobb is suffering through a toothache as well as having to babysit his little brother Rupert who won't stop crying. Every effort to calm Rupert is undone by an immediate commotion to wake him up. Joe …

poster Drake of England

Drake of England

104mn - Action, Drama

Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of En…

Mohawk

79mn - Action, Western

An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly arrived from the east, and the Indian Chief's daughter. But when a vengeful settler manages to get the arm…

poster Through the Breakers

Through the Breakers

A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl becomes seriously ill, the father realizes the errors of his ways and stays home with her, demanding his wife do…

poster Butter Fingers

Butter Fingers

The key to baseball is the pitcher, of course. In this comedy short, the pitcher has something special. Special enough to elicit a threat to rig a game! Our hero has other ideas, though.

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