Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man’s daughter. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1920s
High and Dizzy (1920) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Comedy, Short
After a long wait, a young doctor finally has a patient come to his office. Read More »
Un chapeau de paille d’Italie / An Italian Straw Hat (1928) René Clair, Alice Tissot, Alexis Bondireff, Marise Maia, Comedy
On his way through the woods to his marriage, Fadinard’s horse eats the hat of a married lady spending here a few moments with her lover. Read More »
Number Please (1920) Hal Roach, Fred C. Newmeyer, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Short, Comedy, Romance
Harold is spending the day at the amusement park, unfulfilled and alone. Read More »
Get Out and Get Under (1920) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Fred McPherson, Comedy, Short
A young man is awakened from a nightmare by the telephone ringing – his girlfriend is calling him, because he is late for an amateur theatrical production. Read More »
The Cat and the Canary (1927) Paul Leni, Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Rich old Cyrus West’s relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. Read More »
Nosferatu (1922) F.W. Murnau, Max Schreck, Alexander Granach, Gustav von Wangenheim, Fantasy, Horror
Wisbourg, Germany based estate agent Knock dispatches his associate, Hutter, to Count Orlok’s castle in Transylvania as the Count wants to purchase an isolated house in Wisbourg. Read More »
The Gaucho (1927) F. Richard Jones, Lupe Velez, Joan Barclay, Eve Southern, Adventure, Romance
A girl is saved by a miracle after she falls from a cliff in the Argentine Andes, and is blessed with healing powers. Read More »
Le Joueur d’Echecs / The Chess Player (1927) Raymond Bernard, Pierre Blanchar, Charles Dullin, Édith Jéhanne, Drama, Fantasy
In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine whose fame leads it to the court of the Russian empress. Read More »