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Tag Archives: 1920s
The Burning Crucible AKA Le brasier ardent (1923) Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Lissenko, Nicolas Koline

A woman, named simply “Elle” and her husband, a wealthy industrialist, are not on the best of terms. Read More »
Hula (1927) Victor Fleming, Clara Bow

The daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer. Read More »
Champagne (1928) Alfred Hitchcock, Betty Balfour, Jean Bradin, Ferdinand von Alten

A spoilt rich girl leads a life of luxury on the profits from her father’s champagne business. Read More »
Leaves from Satan’s Book AKA Blade af Satans bog (1920) Carl Theodor Dreyer, Helge Nissen, Halvard Hoff, Jacob Texiere

After seeing D. W. Griffith’s epic Intolerance, Denmark’s greatest director, Carl Theodor Dreyer Read More »
Show Boat (1929) Harry A. Pollard, Arch Heath, Laura La Plante, Joseph Schildkraut, Emily Fitzroy

The film begins with Magnolia, daughter of Captain Andy Hawks and his domineering wife Parthy Read More »
Upstream (1927) John Ford, Nancy Nash, Earle Foxe, Grant Withers

Among the residents of a theatrical boarding house is the last member of a once great acting family, down on his luck. Read More »
The Crowd (1928) King Vidor, Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach

Born on the fourth of July, 1900, the future holds unlimited potential for newborn John Sims. Read More »
Kean (1924) Alexandre Volkoff, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Lissenko, Pauline Po

By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearean actor. But if his art is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of Read More »
Mother of Mine AKA Gribiche (1926) Jacques Feyder, Jean Forest, Rolla Norman, Françoise Rosay

A sincere working-class 13-year old in France is adopted by a well-meaning philanthropic millionairess Read More »