Jerry Larabee (Richard Barthelmess)is a gangster who can play piano and sing Read More »
Tag Archives: 1920s
Such Is Life (1924) Alfred J. Goulding, Baby Peggy, Joe Bonner, Tommy Wonder
After a rich woman and her haughty daughter snub poor street waif Peggy Read More »
Peg o’ the Mounted (1924) Alfred J. Goulding, Baby Peggy, Bert Sterling, Jack Earle
A child plays in the woods next to an isolated cabin. An exhausted Mountie faints Read More »
Carmen, Jr. (1923) Alfred J. Goulding, Baby Peggy, Lillian Hackett, Inez McDonnell
A spoof of Bizet’s Carmen. Somewhere in Spain, a young girl gets the better of the neighborhood boys Read More »
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
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 (1920) Stavitel chrámu
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 »