After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1920s
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 »
Behind That Curtain (1929) Irving Cummings, Warner Baxter, Lois Moran, Gilbert Emery
Sir George hires Hillary Gatt to find out more about Eric who wants to marry Lois. Read More »
The Show of Shows (1929) John G. Adolfi, Frank Fay, William Courtenay, H.B. Warner
It’s 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice gave offered the audiences a chance Read More »
Dressed to Kill (1928) Irving Cummings, Edmund Lowe, Mary Astor, Ben Bard
A mob boss’ gang gets suspicious about their boss’ new girlfriend, a beautiful young girl Read More »
The Kid Stakes (1927) Tal Ordell, Robin ‘Pop’ Ordell, Charles Roberts, Ray Salmon
Young “Fatty” Finn and his friends enter their pet goat in a race Read More »