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Tag Archives: 1920s
The Show (1927) Tod Browning, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Lionel Barrymore
In a none-too-prestigious side show in Budapest, a performer named Cock Robin Read More »
Speedy (1928) Ted Wilde, Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff
“Speedy” loses his job as a soda-jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. Read More »
North of Hudson Bay (1923) John Ford, Tom Mix, Kathleen Key, Frank Campeau
On a steamboat heading North, where his brother has struck gold, Mike Dane falls in love with Estelle MacDonald. Read More »
The Smart Set (1928) Jack Conway, William Haines, Jack Holt, Alice Day
An American polo player, arrogant and full of himself, must vindicate his actions to win the heart of a girl Read More »
This Ancient Law AKA Das alte Gesetz (1923) Ewald André Dupont, Henny Porten, Ruth Weyher, Hermann Vallentin
Baruch Mayr, son of an orthodox rabbi from a poor shtetl in Galizia Read More »
Seven Chances (1925) Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes
Financial broker Jimmie Shannon is nearly bankrupt when an attorney presents grandfather’s will leaving him seven million dollars. Read More »
The Mysterious Airman (1928) Harry Revier, Walter Miller, Eugenia Gilbert, Robert Walker
An inventor adds new innovations to Baker Airplane Company’s planes Read More »
Der Bettler vom Kölner Dom (1927) Rolf Randolf, Henry Stuart, Elza Temary, Carl de Vogt
Policeman Tom Wilkins is the man of a thousand masks and disguises. Read More »
Beau Brummel (1924) Harry Beaumont, John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Read More »
Navy Blues (1929) Clarence Brown, William Haines, Anita Page, Karl Dane
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. Read More »
On with the Show! (1929) Alan Crosland, Arthur Lake, Betty Compson, Joe E. Brown
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. Read More »
Salomé (1922) Charles Bryant, Alla Nazimova, Nigel De Brulier, Mitchell Lewis
Salome, the daughter of Herodias, seduces her step-father/uncle Herod, governor of Judea, with a salacious dance. Read More »
Just Pals (1920) John Ford, Buck Jones, Helen Ferguson, Georgie Stone
Bim is the town ne’er-do-well, lazy and shiftless, living a catch-as-catch-can existence. Read More »
Speedway (1929) Harry Beaumont, William Haines, Anita Page, Ernest Torrence
Bill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds greatest driver and lover. Read More »