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Tag Archives: 1920s
The Hole in the Wall (1929) Robert Florey, Claudette Colbert, Edward G. Robinson, David Newell

Mrs. Ramsey sent Jean Oliver to prison on a false charge. To get even, Jean (disguised as Madame Mystera) Read More »
Die Flamme / The Flame (1923) Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Hermann Thimig, Alfred Abel

In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him. Read More »
Rosita (1923) Ernst Lubitsch, Raoul Walsh, Mary Pickford, Holbrook Blinn, Irene Rich

Rosita, a peasant singer in Seville, captures the attention of the King. Read More »
Our Dancing Daughters (1928) Harry Beaumont, Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Nils Asther

Diana is outwardly the hit of the party but inwardly virtuous and idealistic. Read More »
Un chapeau de paille d’Italie / An Italian Straw Hat (1928) René Clair, Alice Tissot, Alexis Bondireff, Marise Maia

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 »
The Locked Door (1929) George Fitzmaurice, Rod La Rocque, Barbara Stanwyck, William ‘Stage’ Boyd

While Ann and the son of her boss are out on a ship beyond the 12-mile limit Read More »
Barbed Wire (1927) Rowland V. Lee

In 1914 France, pastoral life on the Moreau farm is interrupted by war. Read More »
The Shamrock Handicap (1926) John Ford

Based on a story by Peter B. Kyne, the long-lost John Ford silent Shamrock Handicap Read More »
The Student of Prague (1926) Henrik Galeen

For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. Read More »