In the final days of Czarist Russia, a peasant is raised from the ranks to Lieutenant. The other officers, aristocrats all, resent him, and make his life difficult. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1920s
The Kid Brother (1927) Ted Wilde, Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Walter James, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
The most important family in Hickoryville is (naturally enough) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and his tough manly sons Leo and Olin. Read More »
The Letter (1929) Jean de Limur, Jeanne Eagels, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall, Drama
Jeanne Eagels plays the bored and restless Leslie Crosbie who turns to another man, Geoffrey Hammond (Herbert Marshall) for attention when neglected by her husband Robert (Reginald Owen). Read More »
Tseka komissar Mirostsenko (1925) Paul Sehnert, Alfred Hindrea, Leoniide Jürisson, Mihkel Lepper, Drama
The Soviet Russia of 1920s. A group of Estonians, including young woman Agnes and her mother, Agnes’s friend engineer Karl Raudsepp and his fiancee Erna, are waiting for permission to return to Estonia. Read More »
Walking Back (1928) Rupert Julian, Cecil B. DeMille, Richard Walling, Sue Carol, Robert Edeson, Drama
Jazz age youngster Smoke Thatcher “borrows” a neighbor’s car to take Patsy, his sweetheart, to a dance after his father refuses to lend him his car. Read More »
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920) Robert Wiene, Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Read More »
Genuine (1920) Robert Wiene, Fern Andra, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Ernst Gronau, Horror
Extremely rare work of Robert Wiene. From the director and year of excellent “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” this work was eventually overshadowed by the success of Caligari. Read More »
The Hands of Orlac / Orlacs Hände (1924) Robert Wiene, Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Strassny, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Orlac is a world famous pianist. One day he is badly hurt in a big train wreck. He is in danger of losing both his hands so his wife begs the doctors to save them. Read More »
Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination / Warning Shadows (1923) Arthur Robison, Alexander Granach, Max Gülstorff, Lilli Herder, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
During a dinner, given by a wealthy baron and his wive, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor Read More »
The Strong Man (1926) Frank Capra, Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, Gertrude Astor, Comedy
A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a photo from “Mary Brown”, an American girl he has never met. Read More »