One of Barrymore’s most prestigious early roles, this rarely seen film also presents screen debuts of William Powell and Roland Young. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1920s
Monte Cristo (1922) Emmett J. Flynn, John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, Robert McKim
A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune Read More »
The Informer (1929) Arthur Robison, Lya De Putti, Lars Hanson, Warwick Ward
Working class Irishmen Lars Hanson (as Gypo Nolan) and Carl Harbord (as Francis McPhillipp) are members of an anti-establishment “Party”, where politics is punctuated with gunfire. Read More »
Trailin’ (1921) Lynn Reynolds, Tom Mix, Eva Novak, Bert Sprotte
A Tom Mix classic! Tom is a devil-may-care aristocrat whose father has mysteriously concealed all info about his deceased mother. Read More »
Nothing But Time AKA Rien que les heures (1926) Alberto Cavalcanti, Blanche Bernis, Nina Chousvalowa, Philippe Hériat
A city: we know it’s Paris by its monuments, but it could be anywhere; the lives of the poor are the same. Read More »
The Sea Hawk (1924) Frank Lloyd, Milton Sills, Enid Bennett, Lloyd Hughes
The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Moorish fighting ship, all the while trying to regain his lady love. Read More »
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) King Vidor, John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D’Arcy
In the court of French king Louis XIII, a courtier named Bardelys carries with him a grand reputation as an irresistible ladies’ man. Read More »
The Pleasure Garden (1925) Alfred Hitchcock, Virginia Valli, Carmelita Geraghty, Miles Mander
Patsy Brand is a chorus girl at the Pleasure Garden music hall. Read More »
Eternal Love (1929) Ernst Lubitsch, John Barrymore, Camilla Horn, Victor Varconi
In a Swiss Village in 1806, the fiery Marcus and the local clergyman’s niece Ciglia are passionately in love. Read More »
The Hound of the Baskervilles AKA Der Hund von Baskerville (1929) Richard Oswald, Carlyle Blackwell, Alexander Murski, Livio Pavanelli
For a tale that has been told on film and television countless times, Der Hund von Baskerville feels startlingly fresh. 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 »
Trapped by the Mormons (1922) H.B. Parkinson, Evelyn Brent, Louis Willoughby, Ward McAllister
Mormons capture women for their wives in this silent anti-Mormon propaganda film featuring the original organ music. Read More »
The Sorrows of Satan (1926) D.W. Griffith, Adolphe Menjou, Ricardo Cortez, Carol Dempster
Geoffrey, a young and impoverished writer, is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Read More »
Spies AKA Spione (1928) Fritz Lang, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch
Haghi is a criminal mastermind whose ubiquitous spy operation is always several steps ahead of the police and the government’s secret service. Read More »
Show People (1928) King Vidor, Marion Davies, William Haines, Dell Henderson
Colonel Pepper brings his daughter, Peggy, to Hollywood from Georgia to be an actress. Read More »