Charles Giblyn

5.8

The Secret Six

Apr 18, 1931

The Secret Six

1931 83 min 15 vues

Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.

Crime

6.7

Night World

May 04, 1932

Night World

1932 58 min 12 vues

"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.

Drama

1

Maid to Order

Aug 28, 1931

Maid to Order

1931 65 min 1 vues

While trying to nab a gang of diamond smugglers, the police are notified by Scotland Yard that the gang's leader, a beautiful Englishwoman who was on her way to the States to take control of the gang, has been caught. Because the American gangsters don't know what their English boss looks like, the police persuade a female impersonator to pretend to be her and infiltrate the gang.

Comedy

5.2

Woman Trap

Sep 28, 1929

Woman Trap

1929 82 min 4 vues

In Woman Trap, Hal Skelly is hard-bitten police sergeant Dan Malone, whose mission in life is to rid his community of gangsters. The revelation that Dan's own brother Ray is the secret head of all local criminal activities does not weaken Dan's resolve in the least. The barely relevant title is a reference to "heroine" Kitty Evans, the wife of a minor gang functionary. Screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz, presumably on a dare, makes a brief appearance as a crime reporter.

Crime

3.3

Party Girl

Jan 01, 1930

Party Girl

1930 67 min 10 vues

Jay Rountree, a young, rising businessman and a son of a wealthy manufacturer gets caught up in a web involving an escort service or 'party girls' and trapped into an unhappy marriage.

Drama

7

Playboy of Paris

Oct 18, 1930

Playboy of Paris

1930 79 min 3 vues

Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her. Philibert plans to marry his daughter to a wealthy Parisian, but upon learning that Albert is to come into a large inheritance, he conspires to place him under a longterm contract, confident that he willingly will pay a forfeit to break it.

Comedy

4.7

Prosperity

Nov 18, 1932

Prosperity

1932 87 min 3 vues

Longtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.

Drama

5.5

The Girl Said No

Mar 15, 1930

The Girl Said No

1930 91 min 4 vues

A 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

5

Alias French Gertie

Apr 20, 1930

Alias French Gertie

1930 66 min 2 vues

A safecracker poses as a French maid in order to gain access to wealthy homes. In the midst of a nocturnal search for a cache of valuables, she is interrupted by another safecracker. Narrowly escaping arrest, they decide to pool their talents, but she gets the urge to reform and encourages him to do the same.

Crime

7.5

Let's Fall in Love

Dec 26, 1933

Let's Fall in Love

1933 68 min 2 vues

A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.

Romance

5.4

Le Roi de la bière

Feb 10, 1933

Le Roi de la bière

1933 66 min 10 vues

Elmer et Jimmy sont dans le commerce de la bière, une activité honnête, bien que la Prohibition sévisse aux États-Unis. Malgré l'interdiction de l'alcool, celui-ci coule à flots dans les tripots et bars plus ou moins clandestins, et s'il n'est guère difficile de s'en procurer, les bénéfices pour les trafiquants sont énormes. Elmer et Jimmy vont être mêlés, contre leur gré, à la guerre des gangs qui fait rage...

Comedy

5.3

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

Aug 10, 1929

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

1929 80 min 10 vues

A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.

Crime

6

Afraid to Talk

Nov 17, 1932

Afraid to Talk

1932 69 min 1 vues

Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.

Crime

1

Her Wild Oat

Dec 25, 1927

Her Wild Oat

1927 70 min 1 vues

In this feature comedy, silent film star Colleen Moore plays a woman who owns a small lunch wagon and falls for a duke’s son, played by Larry Kent, who is pretending to be his own chauffeur. With her savings, she pursues him to a resort hotel, only to be mistaken for a duchess. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Národní filmový archív in 2007.

Comedy

5.4

The Bad Sister

Mar 29, 1931

The Bad Sister

1931 68 min 20 vues

Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later dumping her. Her sister Laura loves Dr. Lindley although she knows he loves Marianne. Marianne returns and marries a wealthy young man, and Lindley turns his love toward Laura.

Drama

5.5

Only Saps Work

Dec 05, 1930

Only Saps Work

1930 77 min 2 vues

Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work. Based on a play by Owen Davis Sr., the film casts Errol as James Wilson, a kleptomaniac who starts with picking pockets and ends up robbing a bank. Wilson's friend Lawrence Payne (Richard Arlen) inadvertently aids our hero during one of his heists, ending up in deep doo-doo with the law. Before Wilson is able to extricate Payne from his dilemma for the sake of heroine Barbara Tanner (Mary Brian), he pauses long enough to pose as a private eye -- and even gives bellboy Oscar (Stu Erwin) tips on how to spot a crook! If only all of Leon Errol's feature films had been as consistently hilarious as Only Saps Work.

Comedy

1

Honor Thy Name

Aug 06, 1916

Honor Thy Name

1916 50 min 1 vues

The pride of his aristocratic Southern family, a young man shatters his family's hopes by marrying a Broadway vamp known as "The Moth." The young man's father then plots to rescue his unwitting son from "The Moth's" clutches, but at great sacrifice.

Drama

3.5

The Oubliette

Aug 14, 1914

The Oubliette

1914 29 min 2 vues

Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly couple from their poor home. Whereupon he empties his own and Colin's purse, pays the Beadle, and then resume their journey. Overcome with the pangs of hunger, they "lift " the purses of a couple of corpulent monks. For this breach of law both Villon and Colin are arrested and thrown into prison. This film and By the Sun's Rays are two of Chaney's earliest surviving films.

Drama

4.8

By the Sun's Rays

Jul 21, 1914

By the Sun's Rays

1914 11 min 12 vues

The earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun's Ray's was but one of several 2-reel westerns starring the florid Murdock MacQuarrie. MacQuarrie plays a detective investigating a series of gold shipment robberies. Along the way, he falls for a mine superintendent's pretty daughter (Agnes Vernon), much to the dismay of a sullen mine office clerk (Chaney), who is also smitten with the girl...

Western

1

Peck's Bad Girl

Sep 02, 1918

Peck's Bad Girl

1918 50 min 1 vues

Minnie Penelope Peck, the village scamp of Yaptank, accompanies her father to the bank to demand the nine dollars owed him for his work as a night watchman. When the bank president refuses to pay Peck, Minnie posts a sign which states that the bank is insolvent, whereupon all of the depositors immediately demand their money. The fire department is called in to quell the mob, but things get worse when Minnie accidentally turns on the fire hose.....

Comedy

1

A Perfect 36

Oct 20, 1918

A Perfect 36

1918 50 min 1 vues

The plot involves Mabel's clothes being stolen in a mix-up while she was swimming, necessitating her spending most of the time running around clad only in her swimsuit trying to straighten everything out

Comedy

6

The Dark Mirror

May 08, 1920

The Dark Mirror

1920 50 min 1 vues

New York society member Priscilla Maine is troubled by strange dreams in which she vividly sees members of the underworld involved in a murder. She confides this to her admirer, Dr. Philip Fosdick, who undertakes to solve the mystery.

Horror

1

The Thief

Dec 11, 1920

The Thief

1920 15 min 1 vues

When jealousy and envy lead Mary Vantyne to make a foolish decision and commit an impulsive act she sets off a series of events that nearly bring heartbreak to all those in her circle.

Comedy

1

The Lesson

May 01, 1918

The Lesson

1918 137 min 1 vues

Bored by the slow pace of life in her little home town, Helen Drayton rebels when her friends and relatives assume that she will marry her friend and escort, Chet Vernon. Helen is so anxious to experience life in the big city that she falls in love with visiting New York architect John Galvin almost immediately after his arrival. Several weeks later, the two marry and move to New York, where, after a series of painful experiences, Helen finally realizes John's selfishness.

Drama

1

The Lesson

May 01, 1918

The Lesson

1918 137 min 1 vues

Bored by the slow pace of life in her little home town, Helen Drayton rebels when her friends and relatives assume that she will marry her friend and escort, Chet Vernon. Helen is so anxious to experience life in the big city that she falls in love with visiting New York architect John Galvin almost immediately after his arrival. Several weeks later, the two marry and move to New York, where, after a series of painful experiences, Helen finally realizes John's selfishness.

Drama

1

A Woman's Woman

Sep 24, 1922

A Woman's Woman

1922 80 min 1 vues

A woman finds herself being a unpaid skivvy to her husband, two daughters and her son.

Drama

1

Civilization's Child

Apr 23, 1916

Civilization's Child

1916 50 min 1 vues

After an idyllic mountain life in Russia, Berna goes to live with her uncle in the Jewish section of Kiev, arriving just as Cossacks massacre most of the Jews in the city. Berna escapes to New York and works at a sweatshop controlled by Boss Jim McManus, but he seduces her, then throws her out on the street, and she becomes a prostitute. Berna later marries Nicolay Turgenev, a young musician,

Drama

1

The Vagabond Prince

Oct 22, 1916

The Vagabond Prince

1916 45 min 1 vues

Prince Tonio of Bothalia, a mythical kingdom in the Balkan Mountains, escapes an arranged marriage to Princess Athalia, the elderly daughter of a neighboring king. Filled with wanderlust, he becomes a sailor and goes to San Francisco where he meets a young singer...

Drama

1

The Transgressor

Jun 25, 1913

The Transgressor

1913 137 min 1 vues

A story of Puritan village life. The son of a minister wins a girl away from her devoted fisherman. Orphaned, she is adopted by the minister, and when her child is born refuses to reveal the father's name. She is cast out by the minister and scorned by the people. When her child is dying the fisherman comes back to her with unfaltering love, and the minister's son meets a tragic death at the hands of the Indians.

Drama

1

The Seal of Silence

Jun 27, 1913

The Seal of Silence

1913 20 min 1 vues

A railroad plant is set afire by striking workmen, and the firemen are prevented from extinguishing the flames by the infuriated strikers. The troops are called out and martial law prevails.

Drama

1

Old Mammy's Secret Code

Jul 16, 1913

Old Mammy's Secret Code

1913 30 min 1 vues

Jim Black, learning that his rival, David Durard, son of Colonel Durard, wealthy Southern wholesale grocers, has won the heart of Marion, plans to separate the lovers before war breaks out.

Drama

1

The Sign of the Snake

Nov 28, 1913

The Sign of the Snake

1913 10 min 1 vues

Colonel Crewe, in charge of a fort near the Mexican border, receives word that some Chinese are about to be smuggled across the line. He details Lieutenant Hurd to attend to the matter. Hurd, with a few soldiers, succeeds in capturing the Chinese, among whom is a Christianized girl, Moon Chew. She falls in love with Hurd.

Drama

1

Upstairs and Down

Jun 08, 1919

Upstairs and Down

1919 50 min 1 vues

Alice Chesterton is described as a "Baby Vamp" by the social set and engaged to boring Tom Carey. She flirts with many of the male guests idling at the Ives' Long Island house party, then encourages Terence O'Keefe, a playboy polo player from Ireland, to rendezvous with her in the city; they are seen together at the "Midnight Frolic". Because of this, Mrs. Ives convinces Alice's newly-arrived sister Betty to look after Alice.

Comedy

1

The Way of a Mother

Jan 01, 1913

The Way of a Mother

1913 137 min 1 vues

A woman is injured escaping her abusive husband and wanders the forest in a daze but loses her baby. Indians find her baby and rear the child as their own. Years later the mother is now married to an army colonel and living in a fort. A conflict with local the tribe breaks out and the woman discovers that their chief is her lost child.

Western

1

Somewhere in France

Oct 29, 1916

Somewhere in France

1916 50 min 1 vues

Wicked Frenchwoman Marie Chaumontel is the mistress of Captain Henry Ravignac. She steals some papers from him, which she gives to the Germans. Then she escapes to Berlin while her lover is tried for her wrongdoing. He is found guilty of neglect, and he commits suicide. His brother, Lieutenant Charles Ravignac swears revenge, and he becomes a counterspy by going to work for the Germans.

1

The Spite Bride

Sep 21, 1919

The Spite Bride

1919 50 min 1 vues

Tessa Doyle, an innocent country girl who has come to New York and joined a vaudeville sister act, becomes embroiled in a scheme to earn money at her partner Trixie Dennis' insistence.

Drama

1

Just for Tonight

Sep 16, 1918

Just for Tonight

1918 50 min 1 vues

Theodore Whitney, Sr. asks his son Theodore, "Ted" Jr., to search for a missing stock certificate. During his search Ted meets and falls in love with Betty Blake, the niece of Major Blackburn, whose home was recently robbed. When a detective disguised as British nobleman Lord Roxenham arrives to investigate the case, Ted bribes the officer to let him play the role for one night so that he may be near Betty. As the love-struck young man is romancing his sweetheart, Lady Roxenham suddenly arrives, alienating Betty and throwing Ted into a panic. Lady Roxenham agrees to participate in the deception, but later Ted spies her breaking into the major's safe. After he alerts the household, she and the butler are revealed as notorious thieves. As the dust settles Ted and Betty confirm their love for each other.

Comedy

1

Scandal

Nov 17, 1917

Scandal

1917 60 min 1 vues

Harmlessly flirting with a worldly artist, Beatrix is outraged when he tries to put the moves on her, and she storms indignantly out of his Greenwich Village studio. Alas, her visits to the lecherous artist have already stirred up gossip, so to allay suspicions Beatrix claims that she has come to New York to visit a family friend, Pelham Franklin.

Comedy

1

Scandal

Nov 17, 1917

Scandal

1917 60 min 1 vues

Harmlessly flirting with a worldly artist, Beatrix is outraged when he tries to put the moves on her, and she storms indignantly out of his Greenwich Village studio. Alas, her visits to the lecherous artist have already stirred up gossip, so to allay suspicions Beatrix claims that she has come to New York to visit a family friend, Pelham Franklin.

Comedy

1

Black Is White

Mar 07, 1920

Black Is White

1920 60 min 1 vues

A man's jealousy of his wife ruins their marriage. She leaves, taking a new name and beginning anew. Years later, they meet, but the husband does not know it is she. They marry, with the wife hoping that time has changed her husband for the better.

Drama

5

Jane's Declaration of Independence

Jul 04, 1915

Jane's Declaration of Independence

1915 20 min 1 vues

Emphasizing themes of female independence and the esteem due to the men serving in the armed forces, the plot involves a strong-willed young woman (Agnes Vernon) who defies her father in order to marry a soldier (Hobart Henly) instead of the well-to-do suitor preferred by her father. JANE offers glimpses of soldiers on parade at the then-newly built Fort Winfield Scott and other rare views of the Presidio from a century ago

Drama

5

Jane's Declaration of Independence

Jul 04, 1915

Jane's Declaration of Independence

1915 20 min 1 vues

Emphasizing themes of female independence and the esteem due to the men serving in the armed forces, the plot involves a strong-willed young woman (Agnes Vernon) who defies her father in order to marry a soldier (Hobart Henly) instead of the well-to-do suitor preferred by her father. JANE offers glimpses of soldiers on parade at the then-newly built Fort Winfield Scott and other rare views of the Presidio from a century ago

Drama

1

The Adventurous Sex

Jun 12, 1925

The Adventurous Sex

1925 65 min 1 vues

A young man spends so much time at work on his airplane that he neglects his girl. She goes out on her own to live the high life, but her reputation is soiled by an adventurer. The young woman resolves to kill herself, and throws herself into the water rushing towards Niagara Falls, but is saved at the last minute by her former sweetheart.

Drama

1

Let's Get a Divorce

Apr 28, 1918

Let's Get a Divorce

1918 50 min 1 vues

A bit too immature for marriage, Cyprienne allows her pretty head to be turned by an egotistical fop. The girl demands that her husband Prunelles grant her a divorce, but he devises a scheme to bring her back into the matrimonial fold.

Comedy

1

The Battle of Gettysburg

Jun 01, 1913

The Battle of Gettysburg

1913 50 min 1 vues

A young woman's sweetheart fights for the Union Army, while her brother fights for the Confederates.

War

1

Peggy

Jan 02, 1916

Peggy

1916 70 min 1 vues

The heroine, Peggy Cameron, is a high-society debutante with a mind of her own. After making a public spectacle of herself once too often, Peggy is bundled off to Scotland, where she is to be looked after by her no-nonsense uncle Andrew Cameron (William H. Thompson). If Peggy's family had hoped that she would straighten up and behave herself in Scotland, they were sorely mistaken. Restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive with restoration funding provided by the Louis B. Mayer Foundation.

Comedy

1

The Price of a Party

Nov 23, 1924

The Price of a Party

1924 60 min 1 vues

An unscrupulous broker discovers his hated business rival has secured a valuable option in Brazil and determines to delay the latter in New York until it expires. He uses a cabaret dancer to use her wiles to keep him there.

Drama

1

The Lesson

May 01, 1918

The Lesson

1918 137 min 1 vues

Bored by the slow pace of life in her little home town, Helen Drayton rebels when her friends and relatives assume that she will marry her friend and escort, Chet Vernon. Helen is so anxious to experience life in the big city that she falls in love with visiting New York architect John Galvin almost immediately after his arrival. Several weeks later, the two marry and move to New York, where, after a series of painful experiences, Helen finally realizes John's selfishness.

Drama

1

The Studio Girl

Jan 01, 1918

The Studio Girl

1918 50 min 1 vues

The original play's French locale was changed to New England, where Celia Laird resides with her two overprotective aunts. When artist Frazer Ordway arrives in town, he falls in love with Celia -- much to the dismay of the aunts, who'd intended the girl to marry a local millionaire.

Comedy

1

The Honeymoon

Dec 22, 1917

The Honeymoon

1917 137 min 1 vues

Immediately after Susan Lane becomes Mrs. Richard Greer, she grows jealous when she sees her husband talking to Marion Starr, one of her bridesmaids. Susan's brother Phil wishes to marry Marion, but is entangled with actress Maizie Middleton. Consequently, Dick Greer agrees to see Maizie, whose troupe is playing Niagara, and attempts to buy her off.

Comedy

1

The Tiger's Cub

Jan 01, 1970

The Tiger's Cub

1970 60 min 1 vues

Queen of the serials Pearl White gets herself into plenty of trouble up Klondike way as a young maiden named Tiger's Cub.

Drama

1

The Leavenworth Case

Nov 04, 1923

The Leavenworth Case

1923 60 min 1 vues

Eleanor Leavenworth (Seena Owen) is about to be arrested for the murder of her rich bachelor uncle, and suspicion is cast on each member of the Leavenworth household until Raymond (Bradley Barker), an attorney in love with Eleanor, solves the mystery and produces the culprit, who confesses and falls to his death while trying to escape.

Mystery

1

Know Your Men

Mar 13, 1921

Know Your Men

1921 60 min 1 vues

Warren Schuyler, a wealthy widower in a small Eastern town, is highly-respected until the citizens are financially ruined by devaluation of the oil stock he sold them. His daughter Ellen's New York socialite fiance' Roy Phelps deserts her after her father dies, but fellow townsman John Barrett comes to her aid, and she marries him out of gratitude. After three years of irritation from her mother-in-law, she again meets Roy and is persuaded to leave her husband and child, but on perceiving Roy's fraudulence, and following a serious illness, she reunites with John.

Drama

1

Singing River

Nov 21, 1920

Singing River

1920 137 min 1 vues

Western