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 »
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 / 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 / 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 »