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 »
Tag Archives: 1920s
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 »
Miss Mend (1926) Boris Barnet, Fyodor Otsep, Natalya Glan, Igor Ilyinsky, Vladimir Fogel
Three reporters and an office girl are trying to stop a bacteriological strike Read More »
Laila (1929) George Schnéevoigt, Mona Mårtenson, Tryggve Larssen, Harald Schwenzen
A spirited Norwegian Lass is torn between two suitors and two cultures. Read More »
The Blue Eagle (1926) John Ford
George and Big Jim are comrades in the Navy but rivals outside it, both fighting for the love of Rose, the local policeman’s daughter. Read More »
Lightnin’ (1925) John Ford, Jay Hunt
Lightnin’ Bill Jones, a man partial to the bottle, does chores and odd jobs around the Calivada Hotel Read More »
Man from the Restaurant AKA Chelovek iz restorana (1927) Yakov Protazanov, Michael Chekhov, Mikhail Klimov, Mikhail Narokov
An elderly man works as a waiter at a luxurious restaurant. He’s content and full of hope, and treasures his family more than anything. Read More »
A Woman of Affairs (1928) Clarence Brown, Greta Garbo
Even when Diana, Neville and David played together as children, Diana knew that she loved Nevs. Read More »
The Yacht of the Seven Sins AKA Die Yacht der sieben Sünden (1928) Jacob Fleck, Luise Fleck, Brigitte Helm, John Stuart, Rina Marsa
After the talent agent who was booking entertainment for a strange ship is killed Read More »
The Show (1927) Tod Browning, John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Lionel Barrymore
In a none-too-prestigious side show in Budapest, a performer named Cock Robin Read More »