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 »
Tag Archives: 1910s
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 »
Ask Father (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Comedy, Short
The young couple have decided to marry and it is time to ask the father for the hand of his daughter. Read More »
Deti Veka / Children Of The Age (1915) Yevgeni Bauer, Arsenii Bibikov, V. Glinskaya, Ivan Gorskij, Drama
The picture tells the story of Maria (Vera Kholodnaya), a devoted wife of a bank employee. Read More »
A Romance of Happy Valley (1919) D.W. Griffith, Lydia Yeamans Titus, Robert Harron, Kate Bruce, Drama, Romance
John Logan leaves his parents and sweetheart in bucolic Happy Valley to make his fortune in the city. Read More »
His Picture in the Papers (1916) John Emerson, Douglas Fairbanks, Clarence Handyside, Rene Boucicault, Comedy
A young man can only get the woman he loves if he becomes famous and manages to get his picture in the newspapers. Read More »
The Little Princess (1917) Marshall Neilan, Mary Pickford, Norman Kerry, Katherine Griffith, Drama
Die Puppe / The Doll (1919) Ernst Lubitsch, Ossi Oswalda, Hermann Thimig, Victor Janson, Comedy, Fantasy
Because the Baron of Chanterelle wants to preserve his family line, he forces his timid nephew Lancelot to choose one of the village maidens to wed. Read More »
Der Student von Prag / The Student of Prague (1913) Paul Wegener, Grete Berger, Lyda Salmonova, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
A poor student rescues a beautiful countess and soon becomes obsessed with her. Read More »