Tag Archives: 1920s

After seeing D. W. Griffith’s epic Intolerance, Denmark’s greatest director, Carl Theodor Dreyer Read More »

The film begins with Magnolia, daughter of Captain Andy Hawks and his domineering wife Parthy Read More »

Among the residents of a theatrical boarding house is the last member of a once great acting family, down on his luck. Read More »

Born on the fourth of July, 1900, the future holds unlimited potential for newborn John Sims. Read More »

By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearean actor. But if his art is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of Read More »

A sincere working-class 13-year old in France is adopted by a well-meaning philanthropic millionairess Read More »

Three reporters and an office girl are trying to stop a bacteriological strike Read More »

A celebration of working class leisure activities at Hindle, Lancashire, during “Wakes Week” Read More »

Women unite to prevent financiers from engineering a second world war. Read More »

Cyrano de Begerac is joyous, witty, a poet, a leader and filled with plenty of charisma and bravado in 17th Century France. Read More »

A spirited Norwegian Lass is torn between two suitors and two cultures. Read More »

George and Big Jim are comrades in the Navy but rivals outside it, both fighting for the love of Rose, the local policeman’s daughter. Read More »

Lightnin’ Bill Jones, a man partial to the bottle, does chores and odd jobs around the Calivada Hotel Read More »

An elderly man works as a waiter at a luxurious restaurant. He’s content and full of hope, and treasures his family more than anything. Read More »

Even when Diana, Neville and David played together as children, Diana knew that she loved Nevs. Read More »