Mathias Pascal, only son of a once rich family, marries beautiful Romilde, who has a terrible mother-in-law. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1920s
Manslaughter (1922) Cecil B. DeMille, Leatrice Joy, Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson
Lydia Thorne, a wealthy girl who loves speed and thrills, is unsympathetic when Evans Read More »
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929) Reginald Barker, Richard Dix, Miriam Seegar, Margaret Livingston
Writer William Magee accepts a wager that he can finish writing a book in 24 hours Read More »
Underground (1928) Anthony Asquith, Brian Aherne, Elissa Landi, Cyril McLaglen
A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Read More »
A Woman of Distinction (1928) Eine Frau von Format
A sparkling Ruritanian comedy starring two great actresses: Mady Christians is an ambassador Read More »
Why Change Your Wife? (1920) Cecil B. DeMille, Thomas Meighan, Gloria Swanson, Bebe Daniels
Robert and Beth Gordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Read More »
Haunted Spooks (1920) Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Wallace Howe
After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer Read More »
Through the Breakers (1928) Joseph Boyle, Margaret Livingston, Holmes Herbert, Clyde Cook
This melodrama that involves an ocean liner, shipwreck, murder and a suicide on a South Seas island. Read More »
Two Timid Souls / Les deux timides (1928) René Clair, Pierre Batcheff, Jim Gérald, Véra Flory
Garadoux has beaten his wife. His lawyer Fremissin is young and very shy Read More »
Paris Asleep / Paris qui dort (1925) René Clair, Charles Martinelli, Louis Pré Fils, Albert Préjean
Early roots of sci-fi magic are given to us in the form of a scientist who invents Read More »