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American cinema: 1920s
7th Heaven (1927)
Frank Borzage
Paris, 1914. Chico, an atheistic loner, has grown tired of toiling in the sewers and hopes that one day he will become a street washer like his neighbour Gobin...
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Frank Borzage
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
Clarence Brown
English aristocrat Diana Merrick has been in love with Neville Holderness since they were children but the latter's father forbids their marriage and insists that Neville gives her up so that he can make his fortune in Egypt...
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Clarence Brown
A Woman of Paris (1923)
Charles Chaplin
Marie St Clair and her lover Jean Millet plan to leave their French village and start a new life in Paris as man and wife...
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Charles Chaplin
The Ace of Hearts (1921)
Wallace Worsley
The members of a secret society meet and agree to execute a man who has become a danger to the civilised world. A pack of playing cards is dealt, the member who draws the ace of hearts being the one who will carry out the assassination with a bomb disguised as a cigar case...
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Wallace Worsley
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
King Vidor
The nobleman Chatellerault is sent by King Louis XIII of France to win the hand in marriage of Roxalanne de Lavedan, with the aim of ensuring that her fortune remains within his kingdom...
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King Vidor
Battling Butler (1926)
Buster Keaton
Alfred Butler is an effeminate aristocrat who, at his father's prompting, goes off on a hunting trip in the mountains, in the hope that this will make a man of him... [More...]
Buster Keaton
Alfred Butler is an effeminate aristocrat who, at his father's prompting, goes off on a hunting trip in the mountains, in the hope that this will make a man of him... [More...]
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Paul Leni
As millionaire Cyrus West nears death, his relatives descend on his ancient mausoleum of a house like cats around a canary... [More...]
Paul Leni
As millionaire Cyrus West nears death, his relatives descend on his ancient mausoleum of a house like cats around a canary... [More...]
The Circus (1928)
Charles Chaplin
Mistaken for a pickpocket, a tramp is pursued by a policeman through a fairground and takes refuge in a circus big top. When he inadvertently makes the audience roar with laughter, the tramp is immediately engaged by the circus proprietor... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
Mistaken for a pickpocket, a tramp is pursued by a policeman through a fairground and takes refuge in a circus big top. When he inadvertently makes the audience roar with laughter, the tramp is immediately engaged by the circus proprietor... [More...]
The Cocoanuts (1929)
Robert Florey
Mr Hammer is the owner of a Florida beach hotel who, thanks to the housing slump, is having difficulty attracting customers... [More...]
Robert Florey
Mr Hammer is the owner of a Florida beach hotel who, thanks to the housing slump, is having difficulty attracting customers... [More...]
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
John S. Robertson
Dr Henry Jekyll is a man of flawless repute, a philanthropist who divides his time between treating the sick poor of London and conducting scientific research in his laboratory... [More...]
John S. Robertson
Dr Henry Jekyll is a man of flawless repute, a philanthropist who divides his time between treating the sick poor of London and conducting scientific research in his laboratory... [More...]
Fazil (1928)
Howard Hawks
Although faithful to the traditions of his race the Arabian prince Fazil is reluctant to take wives so that he may produce an heir... [More...]
Howard Hawks
Although faithful to the traditions of his race the Arabian prince Fazil is reluctant to take wives so that he may produce an heir... [More...]
Foolish Wives (1922)
Erich von Stroheim
In Monte Carlo of the early 1920s, Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin is a con artist who makes a dishonest living by posing as a member of the Russian nobility, along with his beautiful cousins Olga and Vera... [More...]
Erich von Stroheim
In Monte Carlo of the early 1920s, Wladislaw Sergius Karamzin is a con artist who makes a dishonest living by posing as a member of the Russian nobility, along with his beautiful cousins Olga and Vera... [More...]
The Freshman (1925)
Fred C. Newmeyer
Harold Lamb can hardly wait to begin his first term as a student at Tate University, one of America's leading educational establishments which prides itself on being a football stadium with a college attached... [More...]
Fred C. Newmeyer
Harold Lamb can hardly wait to begin his first term as a student at Tate University, one of America's leading educational establishments which prides itself on being a football stadium with a college attached... [More...]
The General (1927)
Clyde Bruckman
America, 1861. Train driver Johnnie Gray has two loves in his life - his locomotive, named The General, and his sweetheart, Annabelle Lee... [More...]
Clyde Bruckman
America, 1861. Train driver Johnnie Gray has two loves in his life - his locomotive, named The General, and his sweetheart, Annabelle Lee... [More...]
The Gold Rush (1925)
Charles Chaplin
An anonymous tramp makes the journey to Alaska, hoping to make his fortune in the gold rush. Caught in a snow storm, he takes refuge in a log cabin in which he confronts an escaped convict, Black Larsen, and another prospector, Big Jim McKay... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
An anonymous tramp makes the journey to Alaska, hoping to make his fortune in the gold rush. Caught in a snow storm, he takes refuge in a log cabin in which he confronts an escaped convict, Black Larsen, and another prospector, Big Jim McKay... [More...]
Grandma's Boy (1922)
Fred C. Newmeyer
In the sleepy rural town Blossom Bend, a grandmother lives with her beloved grandson, whom she has nurtured and taught since he was a baby... [More...]
Fred C. Newmeyer
In the sleepy rural town Blossom Bend, a grandmother lives with her beloved grandson, whom she has nurtured and taught since he was a baby... [More...]
Hot Water (1924)
Fred C. Newmeyer
Harold is the very epitome of the confirmed bachelor - or he is until he runs into an attractive young woman whilst running to his best friend's wedding... [More...]
Fred C. Newmeyer
Harold is the very epitome of the confirmed bachelor - or he is until he runs into an attractive young woman whilst running to his best friend's wedding... [More...]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Wallace Worsley
Paris in the 1480s. From his vantage point atop Notre Dame Cathedral, a deformed hunchback named Quasimodo watches the poor people celebrate their annual Festival of Fools... [More...]
Wallace Worsley
Paris in the 1480s. From his vantage point atop Notre Dame Cathedral, a deformed hunchback named Quasimodo watches the poor people celebrate their annual Festival of Fools... [More...]
The Jazz Singer (1927)
Alan Crosland
In Manhattan, New York, Rabinowitz is the Cantor at the Russian Jewish synagogue and is adamant that his young son Jakie will carry on the tradition which goes back five generations... [More...]
Alan Crosland
In Manhattan, New York, Rabinowitz is the Cantor at the Russian Jewish synagogue and is adamant that his young son Jakie will carry on the tradition which goes back five generations... [More...]
The Kid (1921)
Charles Chaplin
Extreme personal circumstances drive a young woman to abandon her newborn baby. The infant is discovered by a solitary tramp who decides to adopt it... [More...]
Charles Chaplin
Extreme personal circumstances drive a young woman to abandon her newborn baby. The infant is discovered by a solitary tramp who decides to adopt it... [More...]
The Kiss (1929)
Jacques Feyder
Irène is a young French woman who is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man, businessman Charles Guarry... [More...]
Jacques Feyder
Irène is a young French woman who is trapped in a loveless marriage with an older man, businessman Charles Guarry... [More...]
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
Ernst Lubitsch
Unaware that his wife is being courted behind his back by the eligible bachelor Lord Darlington, Lord Windermere is disturbed when he receives a letter from a woman, Mrs Erlynne, he has never met before, offering him information of some importance... [More...]
Ernst Lubitsch
Unaware that his wife is being courted behind his back by the eligible bachelor Lord Darlington, Lord Windermere is disturbed when he receives a letter from a woman, Mrs Erlynne, he has never met before, offering him information of some importance... [More...]
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
Maurice Tourneur
By 1757, the Seven Years' War that is ravaging the continent of Europe has reached the colonies in the Americas. A British stronghold in New York, Fort William Henry, is threatened by French armies and their Huron Indian allies... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
By 1757, the Seven Years' War that is ravaging the continent of Europe has reached the colonies in the Americas. A British stronghold in New York, Fort William Henry, is threatened by French armies and their Huron Indian allies... [More...]
Lazybones (1925)
Frank Borzage
It is not without reason that Steve Tuttle is known to everyone as Lazybones. He is a young man who is never in a hurry to do anything, even if his life depended on it... [More...]
Frank Borzage
It is not without reason that Steve Tuttle is known to everyone as Lazybones. He is a young man who is never in a hurry to do anything, even if his life depended on it... [More...]
Lorna Doone (1922)
Maurice Tourneur
In the late 1600s, a region of rural Devonshire in England is menaced by a lawless gang of highwaymen and cut-throats, the Doones... [More...]
Maurice Tourneur
In the late 1600s, a region of rural Devonshire in England is menaced by a lawless gang of highwaymen and cut-throats, the Doones... [More...]
The Lost World (1925)
Harry O. Hoyt
No one believes Professor Challenger's claims that living dinosaurs have been discovered in South America. Eager to make a name for himself, a young journalist named Edward Malone persuades his newspaper to back a mission to the Amazon to rescue Maple White, the leader of a previous expedition, whose journal contains sketches of the dinosaurs he has apparently encountered... [More...]
Harry O. Hoyt
No one believes Professor Challenger's claims that living dinosaurs have been discovered in South America. Eager to make a name for himself, a young journalist named Edward Malone persuades his newspaper to back a mission to the Amazon to rescue Maple White, the leader of a previous expedition, whose journal contains sketches of the dinosaurs he has apparently encountered... [More...]
Lucky Star (1929)
Frank Borzage
When she sees a team of electrical line repairmen at work, Mary Tucker, the eldest of widow Tucker's bedraggled offspring, brings them some watered down milk... [More...]
Frank Borzage
When she sees a team of electrical line repairmen at work, Mary Tucker, the eldest of widow Tucker's bedraggled offspring, brings them some watered down milk... [More...]
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Paul Leni
England, 1690. King James II is so offended by the rebellious nobleman Lord Clancharlie that he orders his execution. Before he dies, Clancharlie learns that his infant son Gwynplaine has been sold by the king's jester Barkilphedro to a gypsy surgeon, Dr Hardquannone, who has so disfigured the boy's face to give him a permanent clown-like smile... [More...]
Paul Leni
England, 1690. King James II is so offended by the rebellious nobleman Lord Clancharlie that he orders his execution. Before he dies, Clancharlie learns that his infant son Gwynplaine has been sold by the king's jester Barkilphedro to a gypsy surgeon, Dr Hardquannone, who has so disfigured the boy's face to give him a permanent clown-like smile... [More...]
The Merry Widow (1925)
Erich von Stroheim
Dancer Sally O'Hara has barely set foot in Monteblanco before she is swept off her feet by the dashing Prince Danilo. On the day of their wedding, Danilo is persuaded by his uncle, King Nikita I, that he cannot marry a commoner, and so Sally ends up marrying Baron Sadoja, whose wealth is bankrolling the country... [More...]
Erich von Stroheim
Dancer Sally O'Hara has barely set foot in Monteblanco before she is swept off her feet by the dashing Prince Danilo. On the day of their wedding, Danilo is persuaded by his uncle, King Nikita I, that he cannot marry a commoner, and so Sally ends up marrying Baron Sadoja, whose wealth is bankrolling the country... [More...]
Nanook of the North (1922)
Robert J. Flaherty
Nanook is a fearless Inuk Eskimo who ekes out a harsh existence in the desert icy wastelands of the Canadian Artic circle with his family... [More...]
Robert J. Flaherty
Nanook is a fearless Inuk Eskimo who ekes out a harsh existence in the desert icy wastelands of the Canadian Artic circle with his family... [More...]