The Wrecker is a British film that tells the story of a crook who organises train crashes to discredit the railway, in favour of a rival bus company. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1920s
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Rupert Julian, Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Horror
A grotesquely disfigured composer known as the “Phantom” haunts Paris’ opera house, where he’s secretly grooming Christine Daae to be an opera diva. Read More »
Friedrich Schiller – Eine Dichterjugend (1923) Curt Goetz, Theodor Loos, Hermann Vallentin, Isabel Heermann, Biography, Comedy, Drama
In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schiller himself Read More »
The King of Kings (1927) Cecil B. DeMille, H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Biography, Drama, History
Mary Magdalene becomes angry when Judas, now a follower of Jesus, won’t come to her feast. She goes to see Jesus and becomes repentant. Read More »
Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (1925) Arthur von Gerlach, Arthur Kraußneck, Paul Hartmann, Rudolf Forster, Drama
Hinrich, the son of a feudal German landowner, falls in love with the beautiful daughter of one of his father’s serfs despite opposition from both families. Read More »
The Bells (1926) James Young, Lionel Barrymore, Caroline Frances Cooke, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Crime, Drama, Horror
Mathias, an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn But Mathias’ conscience will not let him rest, and the murdered man’s spirit drives the innkeeper nearly mad. Read More »
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) Charles Reisner, Conrad Nagel, Jack Benny, John Gilbert, Musical
Conrad Nagel, representing the Hollywood movie community, and Jack Benny, representing the Broadway stage community, act as the interlocutors of a musical comedy revue. Read More »
Fine Manners (1926) Richard Rosson, Lewis Milestone, Gloria Swanson, Eugene O’Brien, Helen Dunbar, Comedy
Orchid, a New York chorus girl, lives in a cheap tenement with her brother Buddy, who jealously guards his sister against wealthy men who might plot to corrupt her. Read More »
Rubber Tires (1927) Alan Hale, Bessie Love, Erwin Connelly, Frank Coghlan Jr., Comedy
The Stack family of New York City has fallen on difficult financial times. Pa Stack squandered the family’s money by buying a home in Newhall Read More »
The Love Parade (1929) Ernst Lubitsch, Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lupino Lane, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Queen Louise’s cabinet are worried that she will become an old maid, and are delighted when she marries the rougish Count Renard. Read More »