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 »
Tag Archives: Frank Lloyd
Wells Fargo (1937) Frank Lloyd, Joel McCrea, Bob Burns, Frances Dee
The third of Paramount’s “deluxe” westerns of the 1930s (following The Texas Rangers and The Plainsman) was Wells Fargo Read More »
Under Two Flags (1936) Frank Lloyd, Ronald Colman, Claudette Colbert, Victor McLaglen
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother’s crime. Read More »
East Lynne (1931) Frank Lloyd, Ann Harding, Clive Brook, Conrad Nagel
The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Read More »
Hoopla (1933) Frank Lloyd, Clara Bow, Preston Foster, Richard Cromwell
A hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the son of the show’s manager. Read More »
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) Frank Lloyd, Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone
Midshipman Roger Byam joins Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian aboard HMS Bounty for a voyage to Tahiti. Read More »
Berkeley Square (1933) Frank Lloyd, Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor
A young American man is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors. Read More »
Son of the Gods (1930) Frank Lloyd, Richard Barthelmess, Constance Bennett, Anders Randolf
The popular Caucasian-looking son (Richard Barthelmess) of a wealthy Chinese businessman lives away from his widowed father and passes as white Read More »
Cavalcade (1933) Frank Lloyd, Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O’Connor
A cavalcade of English life from New Year’s Eve 1899 until 1933 seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Read More »
Rulers of the Sea (1939) Frank Lloyd, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood, Will Fyffe, Drama
Story of the starts of this steam-powered engine and its usage from the first steamship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. Read More »
Maid Of Salem (1937) Frank Lloyd, Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Harvey Stephens, Drama
Young lovers fall afoul of repressive society as Salem elders get caught up in the witch hunts and trials of 17th century Massachusetts. Read More »
Weary River (1929) Frank Lloyd, Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, William Holden, Drama, Romance
Jerry Larabee (Richard Barthelmess)is a gangster who can play piano and sing, mostly to entertain his girl Alice (Betty Compson), who is quite visibly thrilled by his crooning. Read More »
Oliver Twist (1922) Frank Lloyd, Jackie Coogan, James A. Marcus, Aggie Herring, Drama
Oliver’s mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker Read More »
Within the Law (1923) Frank Lloyd, Norma Talmadge, Lew Cody, Jack Mulhall, Drama
When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always staying however within the letter of the law. Read More »
A Tale of Two Cities (1917) Frank Lloyd, William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Charles Clary, Drama, History, Romance, War
Charles Darnay is the nephew of the Marquis St. Evremonde in pre-Revolutionary France, but disagrees with the French feudal system and emigrates to England, where he is falsely accuses him of being a spy. Read More »