She’s a chorus girl in unpaid tryouts for a Broadway show, behind in her rent, about to be evicted. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1910s
Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Short, Comedy, Western
The mining town of Peaceful Vale is a rough place, and sheriff ‘Gun Shy’ Gallagher can do little about it, since the town is ruled by Crooked Charley, the gambler. Read More »
Regeneration (1915) Raoul Walsh, Rockliffe Fellowes, Anna Q. Nilsson, William Sheer, Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
At 10 years old, Owens becomes a ragged orphan when his sainted mother dies. Read More »
Shoes (1916) Lois Weber, Mary MacLaren, Harry Griffith, Mattie Witting, Drama
A young working girl must suport her family on only five dollars a week. Read More »
When the Clouds Roll by (1919) Victor Fleming, Douglas Fairbanks, Albert MacQuarrie, Kathleen Clifford, Action, Comedy, Romance
The comfortable and amiable Daniel Boone Brown, a resident of New York’s water front, becomes the victim of a mad scientist’s psychological experiments. Read More »
Judex (1916) Louis Feuillade, René Cresté, Musidora, René Poyen, Adventure, Crime, Drama
The fraudulent banker receives a Favraux with Judex , signed request to replace his victims the damage , otherwise he would not survive the day. Read More »
Les vampires (1915) Louis Feuillade, Musidora, Édouard Mathé, Marcel Lévesque, Action, Adventure, Crime
An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires. Read More »
Tih Minh (1918) Louis Feuillade, Mary Harald, René Cresté, Georges Biscot, Adventure, Mystery
Jacques d’Athys, a French adventurer, returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina where he has picked up a Eurasian fiancée and a book that Read More »
Molchi, grust… molchi / Be Silent, Sorrow, Be Silent (1918) Pyotr Chardynin, Konstantin Khokhlov, Vera Kholodnaya, Drama
Pola performs in a circus double act of music and clowning with her husband Lorio. Read More »
South (1919) Frank Hurley, Ernest Shackleton, Frank Worsley, J. Stenhouse, Documentary, Adventure
The story of the 1914-1916 Antarctic exploration mission of Sir Ernest Shackleton. The ship sails south, breaking the ice, and ultimately getting trapped by the fast-changing weather. Read More »