In this third version of the classic Stevenson novel filmed in 1920, Jekyll, dreaming Read More »
Tag Archives: 1920s
The White Sister (1923) Henry King, Lillian Gish, Ronald Colman, Gail Kane
Lillian Gish is the daughter of a rich Italian count who is killed in a fall from his horse. Read More »
Pollyanna (1920) Paul Powell, Mary Pickford, Wharton James, Katherine Griffith
After the death of her father, Pollyanna, whose credo has always been Read More »
The Campus Vamp (1928) Harry Edwards, Daphne Pollard, Johnny Burke, Sally Eilers
Love triangle in a campus with a blonde girl that really seems Read More »
The Cardboard Lover (1928) Robert Z. Leonard, Marion Davies, Jetta Goudal, Nils Asther
A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his “cardboard lover” Read More »
Quality Street (1927) Sidney Franklin
A fresh young beauty becomes an old maid waiting for her suitor to return from the Napoleonic wars. Read More »
The Hate Ship (1929) Norman Walker, Jameson Thomas, Jean Colin, Jack Raine
The son of a murdered Russian count invites the suspects on a revenge cruise. Read More »
The Prey of the Wind / La proie du vent (1927) René Clair, Sandra Milovanoff, Lillian Hall-Davis, Jean Murat
An early aviator crash lands in a remote European country where he falls in love with a beautiful woman. Read More »
The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922) Max Linder, Bull Montana, Frank Cooke
This delightful burlesque of Alexandre Dumas’ famous adventure narrative Read More »
Scaramouche (1923) Rex Ingram, Lloyd Ingraham, Alice Terry, Ramon Novarro
A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. Read More »