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poster The Dumb Girl of Portici

The Dumb Girl of Portici

115mn - Drama, History

Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a revolution and national catastrophe.

poster Dynamite Jim

Dynamite Jim

During the Civil War, a Northern spy must transport stolen Mexican gold through enemy territory while dodging betrayal from greedy allies and ruthless bandits who all want the treasure for themselves.

poster Never Weaken

Never Weaken

Our hero is infatuated with a girl in the next office. In order to drum up business for her boss, an osteopath, he gets an actor friend to pretend injuries that the doctor "cures", thereby building a repu…

poster Elastic Transformation

Elastic Transformation

1mn - Fantasy, Comedy

A woman enters a room with a man. She creates a duplicate of him and changes his personality by throwing his clothes from one man to the next.

poster Pierrot the Prodigal

Pierrot the Prodigal

A example of female fantasy is L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (1913), based on a musical pantomime by Mario Costa with Francesca Bertini in the role of Pierrot and Leda Gys as Louisette. The young and naive Pier…

poster Tango Tangles

Tango Tangles

In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.

poster His Musical Career

His Musical Career

Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St.

poster Marianne

Marianne

111mn - Comedy, Music, Romance

In the waning days of World War I, Marianne, a spirited French farm girl who runs an inn and cares for war orphans, finds herself torn between duty and desire. Promised to her fiancé André who's fighting …

poster Fool's Paradise

Fool's Paradise

109mn - Romance

In a Mexican border town Arthur befriends cantina girl Poll. She falls for him but he still loves the dancer Rosa. When the cigar Poll gives him explodes and blinds him, Arthur is duped into thinking Poll…

poster Faust and Marguerite

Faust and Marguerite

1mn - Fantasy, Horror

Marguerite is seated in front of the fireplace, Faust standing by her side. Mephistopheles enters and offers his sword to Faust, commanding him to behead the fair Marguerite. Faust refuses, whereupon Meph…

Faust

18mn - Drama, Fantasy

Dr Faust is continually obsessed with his quest for knowledge and absolute pleasure. One day, the demon Mephistopheles appears to him in his study in human guise and offers him a deal: a lifetime of total…

poster J'accuse

J'accuse

140mn - War, Drama, History

The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war.

poster Transformation by Hats

Transformation by Hats

Félicien Trewey uses a basic prop to create comical hats and their accompanying caricatures.

poster The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm

119mn - Crime, Drama, Romance

Frankie Machine, a recovering heroin addict and talented card dealer, returns to Chicago's gritty underworld after serving time in federal prison. Armed only with his newfound drumming skills and a desper…

poster Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!

Eugénie, Stand Up Straight!

Poor Eugénie! She's humpbacked and everyone wants to straighten her out, but when success finally comes, she's too tall not to cause disasters. To solve the problem, the help of a sword swallower is urgen…

poster The Child of Paris

The Child of Paris

The young daughter of an army captain missing in action runs away from school and is kidnapped by Parisian lowlifes. When the kidnapper flees to Nice with the child, the kind-hearted employee of one of hi…

poster He Who Gets Slapped

He Who Gets Slapped

80mn - Drama, Romance, Thriller

After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and beco…

poster The Fury of Hercules

The Fury of Hercules

97mn - Fantasy, Adventure

Hercules returns to visit an old friend only to discover the kingdom has fallen under the tyrannical rule of the evil Meniste, who enslaves the population to build a massive wall around the city. When the…

poster The Strong Man

The Strong Man

A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a photo from "Mary Brown", an American girl he has never met. He becomes infatuated with her by long distance. Af…

poster The Melomaniac

The Melomaniac

3mn - Comedy, Music

The leader of a marching band demonstrates an unusual way of writing music.

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