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Tag Archives: 1920s
Strike (1925) Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Maksim Shtraukh, Mikhail Gomorov
In Russia’s factory region during Czarist rule, there’s restlessness and strike planning among workers Read More »
The Taming of the Shrew (1929) Sam Taylor, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Edwin Maxwell
In sixteenth century Padua, Hortensio loves Bianca, the youngest daughter of Baptista. Read More »
Twelve Miles Out (1927) Jack Conway, John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, Joan Crawford
Jerry always wins in his rivalry with Red over women, gunrunning, and diamond smuggling. Read More »
By the law (1926) Lev Kuleshov, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Sergey Komarov, Vladimir Fogel
A five-person team of gold prospectors in the Yukon has just begun to enjoy great success Read More »
L’Argent (1928) Marcel L’Herbier, Brigitte Helm, Marie Glory, Yvette Guilbert
The business tycoon Nicolas Saccard is nearly ruined by his rival Gunderman, when he tries to raise capital for his company. Read More »
You Never Know Women (1926) William A. Wellman, Florence Vidor, Lowell Sherman, Clive Brook
You Never Know Women is a thrilling romance that constructs a combustible love triangle between a Russian dancer Read More »
The Lighthouse Keepers (1929) Jean Grémillon, Paul Fromet, Geymond Vital, Genica Athanasiou
Two lighthouse keepers (the father and the son) are to spend one entire month in the middle of the sea near the coasts of Brittany Read More »
Napoleon (1927) Abel Gance, Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële
A massive six-hour biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays Read More »
Hell’s Heroes (1929) William Wyler, Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, Fred Kohler
When four men rob a bank, one is killed and the other three escape into the desert where they lose their horses in a storm. Read More »
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) Alfred E. Green, Jack Pickford, Mary Pickford, Claude Gillingwater, Joseph J. Dowling
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. Read More »
Barbed Wire (1927) Rowland V. Lee, Mauritz Stiller, Pola Negri, Clive Brook, Claude Gillingwater
In 1914 France, pastoral life on the Moreau farm is interrupted by war. Read More »
Michel Strogoff (1926) Viktor Tourjansky, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Kovanko, Acho Chakatouny
Things look bleak for Russia when the invading Tartars cut off all telecommunications between the border cities and the capital. Read More »
Moana (1926) Frances H. Flaherty, Robert J. Flaherty, Ta’avale, Fa’amgase, T’ugaita
Filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty presents a docufictional account of a family living in a Samoan village in the early 1920s. Read More »
Shooting Stars (1928) Anthony Asquith, A.V. Bramble, Annette Benson, Brian Aherne, Donald Calthrop
The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers Read More »