The daughter of a Brussels restaurant proprietor prefers the company Read More »
Tag Archives: 1920s
The Maelstrom of Paris AKA Le tourbillon de Paris (1928) Julien Duvivier, Lil Dagover, Léon Bary, Gaston Jacquet
An opera singer,restless in her marriage to an elderly Scottish lord 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 »
The Tiger’s Coat (1920) Roy Clements, Lawson Butt, Tina Modotti, Myrtle Stedman
A man agrees to marry the daughter of a deceased friend – who is, in fact Read More »
The Mysterious Island (1929) Lucien Hubbard, Benjamin Christensen, Maurice Tourneur, Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Gadsdon, Lloyd Hughes
On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar Read More »
The Midnight Taxi (1928) John G. Adolfi, Antonio Moreno, Helene Costello, Myrna Loy
A 1928 early part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi Read More »
Mr. Wu (1927) William Nigh, Lon Chaney, Louise Dresser, Renée Adorée
Raised by his grandfather to adhere to the ancient laws of China, Mandarin Wu is a strict authoritarian. Read More »
Prostitute AKA Prostitutka (1927) Oleg Frelikh, Olga Bonus, Mark Donskoy, L. Krasina
“Prostitutka” (1927) is a Bolshevist silent rarity, unusual because of its subject matter Read More »
Captain Fracasse AKA Le capitaine Fracasse (1929) Alberto Cavalcanti, Henry Wulschleger, Pierre Blanchar, Lien Deyers, Charles Boyer
Capt. Fracasse, a down-on-his-luck nobleman, gives shelter at his estate one night to a troupe of traveling actors. Read More »
Crossroads AKA Jûjiro (1928) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Akiko Chihaya, Junosuke Bandô, Yukiko Ogawa
After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Read More »
The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920) Oscar Micheaux, Iris Hall, Walker Thompson, Lawrence Chenault
Eve Mason, a very light-skinned negro, leaves Selma, Alabama for the northwest town of Oristown Read More »
Aelita (1924) Yakov Protazanov, Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tsereteli
A mysterious radio message is beamed around the world, and among the engineers Read More »
White Gold (1927) William K. Howard, Jetta Goudal, Kenneth Thomson, George Bancroft
A beautiful young Mexican girl marries an Arizona sheep rancher and returns Read More »
Fighting Eagle (1927) Donald Crisp, Rod La Rocque, Phyllis Haver, Sam De Grasse
Based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories. The exploits of Brigadier Gerard who helps Read More »
The Blot (1921) Lois Weber, Philip Hubbard, Margaret McWade, Claire Windsor
The Professor dispenses the wisdom of the ages and does not make a living wage. Read More »