A spoof of Bizet’s Carmen. Somewhere in Spain, a young girl gets the better of the neighborhood boys Read More »
Tag Archives: 1920s
The Sea Lion (1921) Rowland V. Lee, Hobart Bosworth, Emory Johnson, Bessie Love
Brisk little tale about a brutal sea captain (Hobart Bosworth) nicknamed “the Sea Lion” Read More »
When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922) Robert G. Vignola, Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, Lyn Harding
Mary Tudor, sister of England’s Henry VIII, causes a stir by falling in love with a guardsman below her class. Read More »
Captain January (1924) Edward F. Cline, Hobart Bosworth, Baby Peggy, Irene Rich
A lighthouse keeper finds a little girl who is washed ashore tied to some wreckage. Read More »
Riley the Cop (1928) John Ford, J. Farrell MacDonald, Nancy Drexel, David Rollins
Joe Smith, a young bakery worker, gets engaged to Mary Coronelli, who comes from a wealthy family. Read More »
Battalion AKA Batalion (1927) Premysl Prazský, Karel Hasler, Bronislava Livia, Vladimír Pospísil-Born
Dr. Frantisek Uher, is a well-respected member of Prague society Read More »
The Cathedral Builder AKA Stavitel chrámu (1920) Karl Degl, Antonín Novotný, Jakub Seifert, Rudolf Deyl, Karel Kolár
A drama from Czechoslovakian directors Karl Degl and Antonín Novotný about a man who builds a cathedral. Read More »
Drums of Love (1928) D.W. Griffith, Mary Philbin, Lionel Barrymore, Don Alvarado
Princess Emmanuella agrees to marry the Duke of a neighboring kingdom Read More »
Red Lily (1924) Fred Niblo, Ramon Novarro, Enid Bennett, Frank Currier
In the French provincial town of Vivonne, Jean Leonnec, the son of Mayor Hugo Leonnec, and Marise La Noue, the daughter of a cobbler Read More »
Hangman’s House (1928) John Ford, June Collyer, Larry Kent, Victor McLaglen
‘Citizen’ Hogan is a Irish Republican patriot having a price on his mind, serving in Algiers Read More »
The Iron Horse (1924) John Ford, George O’Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull
As crews labor to finish the first transcontinental railroad, Pony Express rider Read More »
While the City Sleeps (1928) Jack Conway, Lon Chaney, Anita Page, Carroll Nye
A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always Read More »
The Voice of the City (1929) Willard Mack, Robert Ames, Sylvia Field
An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up Read More »
Beggars of Life (1928) William A. Wellman, Wallace Beery, Richard Arlen, Louise Brooks
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. Read More »
$50,000 Reward (1924) Clifford S. Elfelt, Ken Maynard, Esther Ralston, Bert Lindley
Tex Sherwood has just come into possession of a valuable piece of land that will be irrigated by a new dam. Read More »