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Tag Archives: 1920s
Casanova (1927) Alexandre Volkoff, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Suzanne Bianchetti, Diana Karenne
The main plot concerns itself with political intrigue, as Casanova travels from Venice to Russia and back again on a variety of “secret missions.” Read More »
The Mysterious Lady (1928) Fred Niblo, Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Gustav von Seyffertitz
In Vienna, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Captain Karl von Raden and his partner Captain Max Heinrich learn in the box office Read More »
Flesh and the Devil (1926) Clarence Brown, John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson
Leo and Ulrich are life long friends. Home, on leave from their military training, Leo sees the beautiful Felicitas at the railroad station. Read More »
The Boob (1926) William A. Wellman, Gertrude Olmstead, George K. Arthur, Joan Crawford
Idealistic farm boy Peter loves Amy whose fancy is urbane Harry. Read More »
L’Atlantide (1921) Jacques Feyder, Jean Angelo, Stacia Napierkowska, Georges Melchior
Lost legionnaire André de Saint-Avit (Georges Melchoir) is rescued from the desert sands. Read More »
Howdy Broadway (1929) Charles J. Hunt, Tommy Christian, Ellalee Ruby, Johnny Kane
A story about wild youth is framed in this early musical from Poverty Row company Rayart that includes such songs as “I Want You to Know I Love You” Read More »
A Page of Madness (1926) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Masuo Inoue, Ayako Iijima, Yoshie Nakagawa
A husband picks up a job as a janitor at an insane asylum scheming all the time to be close to Read More »
Nana (1926) Jean Renoir, Catherine Hessling, Pierre Lestringuez, Jacqueline Forzane
Based on the famous novel by Emile Zola. The vivacious and beautiful Nana seeks Read More »
The Locked Door (1929) George Fitzmaurice, Rod La Rocque, Barbara Stanwyck, William ‘Stage’ Boyd
While Ann and the son of her boss are out on a ship beyond the 12-mile limit Read More »
The Garden of Eden (1928) Lewis Milestone, Corinne Griffith, Louise Dresser, Lowell Sherman
Toni Le Brun, a beautiful Viennese singer, becomes the ward of the wardrobe mistress of a Monte Carlo nightclub. Read More »
Open All Night (1924) Paul Bern, Viola Dana, Jetta Goudal, Adolphe Menjou
A couple’s marriage is going stale. She wants a take-charge kind of guy, someone who’ll show her who the boss is. Read More »
Their Own Desire (1929) E. Mason Hopper, Norma Shearer, Belle Bennett, Lewis Stone
Lally is a rich girl whose father writes books and plays Polo. After 23 years of marriage, he decides to divorce his wife Read More »
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) Jean Epstein, Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy
Allan has a hard time finding the Usher’s house, which is known to be cursed… Read More »
The Pagan (1929) W.S. Van Dyke, Ramon Novarro, Renée Adorée, Donald Crisp
Henry, the pagan son of a white father and native mother, has inherited land and a store, but he prefers the simple life. Read More »