Hula
Aug 28, 1927The daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer.
Romance
Agostino Borgato
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Romance of the Rio Grande
Nov 17, 1929Fox's immediate follow-up to its successful early-talkie western In Old Arizona was 1929's Romance of the Rio Grande. The story focuses on the Alvarez family of Mexico, specifically fabulously wealthy Don Fernando. Intending to bequeath his vast fortune and estate to his long-estranged grandson Pancho, Don Fernando must contend with his ne'er-do-well nephew Juan.
Western
The Magic Flame
Sep 17, 1927The Magic Flame (1927) is a feature film directed by Henry King, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and based on the play Konig Harlekin by Rudolph Lothar. George Barnes was nominated at the 1st Academy Awards for Best Cinematography. The film promoted itself as the Romeo and Juliet of the circus upon its release.
Romance
Behind the Make-Up
Jan 18, 1930Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has a bicycle riding act. Gardoni shows his appreciation by stealing the clown's act and his girlfriend, whom he marries.
Drama
Fashions for Women
Mar 26, 1927Celeste de Givray is renowned throughout Europe as the most beautiful and best-dressed model in all Paris. Her press agent DuPont concocts an attention-getting publicity scheme by having Celeste undergo cosmetic surgery, then unveiling her "new" face at a posh fashion show. But thanks to a delay in the surgery, DuPont is forced to hired a substitute for Celeste, a look-alike American girl named Lulu Dooley
Drama
Italia, paese di briganti?
Jul 01, 1923Comedy
The Girl Said No
Mar 15, 1930A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.
Comedy
The Gay Deception
Sep 13, 1935A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seems.
Comedy
The Street of Forgotten Men
Jul 24, 1925Easy-Money Charley, the best fake crippled beggar in New York, loses his beloved dog and adopts a dying prostitute's daughter to fill the empty place in his heart. But his fellow crooks and dissemblers mock him for sentimentality, and he disowns the child in order to bring her up secretly in the safety of a distant suburb. He brings her up as a young lady in ignorance of her true history or of his; but when he discovers that her affections have taken an unexpected slant, it brings about an end to their tranquil life, a crisis of conscience, and an opportunity for the sinister 'White-Eye' to take a hand...
Drama
She Goes to War
Jun 07, 1929A young woman disguises herself as a man and follows her fiancéé into the trenches during World War I to find out what war is really like.
War
Kiki
Apr 04, 1926Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job singing and dancing at a nearby theater. While she is there, she invites herself into the life of the revue's manager, with whom she has fallen in love.
Comedy
Man Of The People
Jan 27, 1937
The Three Musketeers
Feb 17, 1939A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D'Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
Adventure
The Cuban Love Song
Nov 18, 1931A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry.
Music
L'oiseau de paradis
Aug 12, 1932Quelque part en Océanie, un yacht jette l'ancre à proximité d'une île, dont les indigènes viennent accueillir en barques les membres de l'équipage. Parmi ces derniers, Johnny Baker se jette à l'eau pour tenter de détourner l'attention d'un requin venu rôder là. Se faisant attaquer, il doit la vie à Luana, la fille du roi de l'île. Les deux jeunes gens s'éprennent l'un de l'autre, mais la belle indigène est promise par son père au prince d'une île voisine. De plus, lorsque le volcan local se réveille, la coutume veut qu'une jeune fille soit sacrifiée pour l'apaiser, Luana étant choisie…
Adventure
Hotel Imperial
May 11, 1939It is the fate of a small frontier town, adjoining the no-man's-land where the Russians and Austrians are fighting out one of the final campaigns of World War I, to be occupied one day by the Russians, the next by the Austrians, and the inhabitants soon acquire a complacent view of the changing allegiances. To the town comes Ann Warschaska, intent on avenging the suicide of her sister, who has killed herself after being betrayed by an Austrian officer. She knows no more about his identity than the number of his room at the "Hotel Imperial".
Drama
La Phalène d'argent
Mar 09, 1933Père sévère, Christopher Strong est opposé à la liaison qu'entretient sa fille Cynthia avec un homme marié. Mais, découvrant l'amour dans les bras d'une aviatrice, il apprendra la tolérance.
Drama
The Eagle
Nov 08, 1925Vladimir Dubrouvsky, lieutenant de l'armée russe, attire l'attention de la tsarine Catherine II. Il repousse ses avances et s'enfuit, et elle lance un mandat d'arrêt contre lui, mort ou vif. Vladimir apprend que les terres de son père ont été prises par la méchante Kyrilla Troekouroff et que son père meurt. Il enfile un masque noir et devient le hors-la-loi The Black Eagle. Il entre dans la maison Troekouroff déguisé en instructeur français pour la fille de Kyrilla, Mascha. Il veut se venger, mais tombe amoureux de Mascha.
Adventure
La Bohème
Mar 13, 1926It is 1830 in Paris and the rent is due, but the money is not there. An article here, a painting there and a monkey with a cup gives them enough money for the rent, but not for food. Fortunately, Musette from downstairs has enough food for everyone including Mimi - the poor little waif from next door who Rodolphe has met. But Count Paul also has his lusting eye on Mimi and uses her embroidery to get close to her. Rodolphe and Mimi fall in love and Mimi works endlessly to support Rodolphe who is writing his play with a new found passion. He does not know that he has been discharged from writing for 'Dog and Cat Fanciers'. Mimi wants to get his play produced and Count Paul offers to help, but there is a terrible fight when Rodolphe thinks that Mimi is faithless to him with Count Paul. After the fight, he seeks out a doctor as she is sick, but she has left when Rodolphe returns and will stay away until his play is finished.
Romance
La Morsure
Jan 22, 1927Cock Robin, acteur très imbu de sa personne, joue Saint Jean-Baptiste au théâtre, lors du Carnaval de Budapest. La jeune fille interprétant Salomé tombe amoureuse de lui. Mais Robin s'intéresse à Lena car son père est riche. "Le Grec", un dangereux individu, a lui aussi des vues sur ce magot et envisage de tuer l'acteur qui le gêne...
Drama
A Woman of Affairs
Dec 15, 1928Diana, Neville et David sont des amis d'enfance de la riche aristocratie anglaise. Diana et Neville sont amoureux l'un de l'autre mais le père de celui-ci s'y oppose, n'approuvant pas le style de vie de la famille Merrick. Neville est ainsi envoyé en Égypte pour mener des affaires et devenir encore plus riche. Pendant ce temps, David, qui était également amoureux de Diana et qui est très ami avec son frère Jeffry, épouse celle-ci, après qu'elle a attendu en vain deux années durant le retour de Neville. Pendant leur voyage de noces à Paris, David se suicide sans que l'on sache vraiment pourquoi: peut-être était-il très affecté de l'amour qu'il ne recevait pas en retour de sa femme Diana. Celle-ci ne révèle pas aux familles concernées les raisons de l'acte malheureux de son mari. Jeffry, dont l'affection pour David était ambiguë, reproche amèrement à sa sœur la disparition de son ami. Jeffry sombre dans l'alcool et sa sœur s'installe dans le gotha européen.
Drama
Romance
Aug 20, 1930L'évêque protestant Tom Armstrong tente de dissuader son petit-fils Harry d'épouser une comédienne et lui raconte sa propre histoire: Simple révérend, il s'était épris de la chanteuse d'opéra Rita Cavallini, qui lui avait avoué avoir eu comme amant le riche industriel Van Tuyl. Ce dernier avait alors tenté de renouer avec la chanteuse, mais Tom, fou de jalousie, s'était conduit comme un goujat et avait accablé Rita de reproches. Il renonça à son projet de l'épouser et ne la revit jamais...
Drama
Le faucon maltais
May 23, 1931Le détective Sam Spade entretient une relation avec l'épouse de son associé, lorsque ce dernier est retrouvé mort. Les soupçons se tournent vers Spade. Il devra pour se disculper résoudre le mystère qui entoure une certaine statuette.
Mystery
Double assassinat dans la rue Morgue
Jan 27, 1932Pierre Dupin, jeune étudiant en médecine, apprend que, dans la même semaine, trois femmes ont été retrouvées dans la Seine. Toutes semblent s'être suicidées. En examinant les corps, il remarque des petites entailles sur le bras des victimes et découvre finalement que la série de crimes est perpétrée par le Dr Mirakle, un savant cherchant à démontrer le lien de parenté entre l'homme et le singe.
Crime
L'Adieu aux armes
Dec 08, 1932Blessé au front, lors de la première guerre mondiale et hospitalisé à Milan, le lieutenant américain Frederic Henry, tombe amoureux de Catherine Barkley, une infirmière anglaise.
Drama
Marie Galante
Oct 25, 1934On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt leaves Marie high and dry in the Yucatan, she takes work as a nightclub singer to earn her safe passage to the Canal region. But Marie faces bigger problems when she gets mixed up in a destructive plot against the U.S. Naval fleet, and so she accepts the kindly assistance of secret agent Dr. Crawbett.
Thriller
Les mains d'Orlac
Jul 12, 1935Le docteur Gogol est fou d’admiration pour l’actrice Yvonne Orlac, qu’il vient voir chaque soir sur scène, au théâtre. Celle-ci, mariée au grand pianiste Stephen Orlac, repousse ses avances. Une nuit, le train de Stephen déraille. Le pianiste doit être amputé des deux mains. Yvonne décide d’appeler le docteur Gogol pour réaliser l’impossible : lui seul peut sauver les mains de son mari. Devant l’impossibilité de la chose, Gogol va alors amputer les deux mains de Stephen pour les remplacer par celles d’un grand criminel venant d’être exécuté. L’opération est un succès, mais le jeune couple ignore tout des procédés utilisés par le médecin. Les mois s’écoulent, Gogol est de plus en plus attiré par Yvonne, dont il possède une reproduction en cire dans son appartement, tandis que les mains de Stephen commencent à agir curieusement, comme guidées par l’instinct de meurtre…
Horror
Lloyd's of London
Nov 25, 1936Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths. The former will head his footsteps to London and bound his destiny to Lloyd's, a thriving insurance company; the latter will eventually become one of the greatest heroes in the history of the British Empire.
Drama
Madame X
Aug 17, 1929A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.
Drama
A Perfect Gentleman
Jan 15, 1928Monty Banks gets involved in tracking down a stolen fortune, his adventures culminating in a whirlwind, gag-filled climax at sea.
Comedy
Horse Shoes
Apr 17, 1927
L'inconnue du Palace
Oct 08, 1937Anni est une chanteuse de cabaret séduisante mais désillusionnée. Elle se laisse un jour convaincre par un des clients du cabaret, le comte Armalia, de passer deux semaines dans une station tyrolienne luxueuse (en se faisant passer pour une aristocrate). Sur place, elle se fait de suite courtiser par deux hommes : le riche Rudi Pal et le postier du village, Giulio .....
Romance
A Kiss in a Taxi
Feb 22, 1927Bebe Daniels was at the peak of her silent stardom when she appeared in this comedy, which was really more slapstick than farce. Ginette (Daniels) is a waitress at Pierre's café. She is in love with Lucien (Douglas Gilmore) and hates getting attention from anyone else. Whenever another man tries to kiss her, she angrily starts throwing glassware. The restaurant's patrons find this amusing, and Leon Lambert (Henry Kolker) makes a bet that he will be able to kiss her. (Janiss Garza)
Comedy
One Rainy Afternoon
May 13, 1936Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.
Comedy
The Love Thief
Jun 13, 1926To avert war between their countries an official marriage is arranged between Crown Prince Boris of Moraine and Princess Flavia of Norvia. Prince Karl of Norvia sees in the alliance an opportunity to gain control of both kingdoms but upon visiting Boris finds him unyielding and independent. Flavia, shedding her stately dignity in the palace garden, is accosted by the flirtatious Boris, who believes her to be the princess' cousin; and falling in love, he realizes that he cannot go through with the planned marriage.
Drama
Daughter of Shanghai
Dec 17, 1937A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.
Crime
The Night of Love
Jan 22, 1927Montero, son of a Gypsy leader, is about to take a bride according to primitive ritual, when the Duke de la Garda demands his right as feudal lord--to take the bride to his castle for a night. Rather than accede to the duke's advances, the girl chooses death by her own hand. Montero swears vengeance.....
Romance
Wives Never Know
Sep 18, 1936Homer Bigelow has an ideal marriage, with a wife who loves him very much as does he in return. Hilarity ensues when, his wife and him take "marital advice" from an old school friend, who thinks marriage is a farce.
Comedy
