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Tag Archives: 1920s
The Phantom of the Moulin-Rouge (1925) René Clair, Albert Préjean, Sandra Milovanoff, Paul Ollivier

A man goes to the lonely estate of the mysterious Dr. Renault, whose strange experiments release the man’s spirit from his body. Read More »
Destiny (1921) Fritz Lang, Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke

As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. Read More »
Isn’t Life Wonderful (1924) D.W. Griffith, Carol Dempster

The story follows a Polish professor and his family who have become refugees in the aftermath of World War I. Read More »
Why Be Good? (1929) William A. Seiter, Colleen Moore, Neil Hamilton, Bodil Rosing

A flapper with a dubious reputation enjoys a vivacious night of dancing and finds herself romantically linked to her boss. Read More »
The Docks of New York (1928) Josef von Sternberg, George Bancroft, Betty Compson, Olga Baclanova

Bill Roberts works as a stoker on a coal-red barge. It’s dirty, hard work and the men have to put up with a foreman, Andy Read More »
Tanned Legs (1929) Marshall Neilan, Arthur Lake, June Clyde, Dorothy Revier

Peggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy spends most of her summer straightening Read More »
Running Wild (1927) Gregory La Cava, W.C. Fields, Marie Shotwell, Mary Brian

Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering. Read More »
A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929) Anthony Asquith, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Uno Henning, Norah Baring

Flashback story of an escape from the lonely, high-security Dartmoor Prison. Read More »
Cafe Electric (1927) Gustav Ucicky, Willi Forst, Marlene Dietrich, Fritz Alberti

Erni (Marlene Dietrich), the daughter of a wealthy industrialist Göttlinger (Fritz Alberti) falls for a pickpocket Fredl (Willi Forst) Read More »