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The Fighting American
5.5

The Fighting American

May 26, 1924
On the wager that he will propose marriage to any girl selected by his fraternity brothers, Bill finds himself making love to Mary, an old-fashioned girl who is secretly in love with him…
Adventure
Fightin' Mad
1

Fightin' Mad

Nov 20, 1921
Returning to his father's cattle ranch after the excitement of serving in combat overseas, Bud McGraw becomes restless, and his father decides to send him to an old friend who commands the Border Police in Texas. On the way he meets Peggy Hughes, accompanying her Uncle Graham, a customs inspector, and he retrieves her hat from the rails of a train. At the headquarters, numerous scrapes and fights win him the admiration of, and friendship with, the men. Lazaro, a Secret Service agent, invites Mrs. Graham and Peggy, who are staying at the border station, for an automobile ride, and they are captured by bandits and held for ransom. Bud and his pals deliver the ransom and discover that Lazaro is the bandit chief. Lazaro refuses to release Peggy, but a jealous rival, Nita de Garma, causes his downfall and shoots him as the Border Police arrive to rescue the party.
Western
The Best of Luck
1

The Best of Luck

Jul 01, 1920
Leslie MacLeod (Kathryn Adams) comes to England from the U.S. so that she can settle financial affairs with Lord Glenayr (Jack Holt), whom she has never met. She encounters Duke Lanzana (Fred Malatesta), who sees her as a way to pay off his mounting debts. He captures her and then heads to a nearby cape to steal a buried treasure that actually should belong to the MacLeods.
Drama
Arizona Sweepstakes
1

Arizona Sweepstakes

Jan 10, 1926
Arizona cowboy Coot Cadigan travels to San Francisco and runs into Stuffy McGee, a small-time crook who stages phony "fights" to amuse the tourists. During one of those frights a man is killed and Coot gets blamed for it. Stuffy hides him out, but when he gets arrested Coot hightails it back to Arizona. with Stuffy's three children. To earn some money, he enters the Arizona Sweepstakes, a horse race with a large purse and one on which Col. Savery--the father of the girl Coot loves--depends on to save his ranch.
Western
The Flame of Life
1

The Flame of Life

Feb 05, 1923
Joan Lowrie and her brutal father, Dan, labor in the English coal mines of the 1870's. Fergus Derrick, a new over-man, attempts to make his workers' lives more bearable but incurs Lowrie's wrath when he fires him for smoking in the mine. Bent on vengeance, Lowrie is beaten when he picks a fight with Fergus, then defiantly smokes in a mine tunnel. There is an explosion, Joan rescues Fergus, and their love triumphs over their class barriers. −
Drama
The Devil's Cargo
1

The Devil's Cargo

Feb 02, 1925
John Joyce arrives in Sacramento with his sister, Martha, and aunt to become the editor of a newspaper. He is determined to clear the town of the low-down mining camp types who are flaunting their freewheeling ways. When Joyce meets Faro Sampson, he falls in love, believing that she is the daughter of a minister. Actually she's the daughter of the man who runs a gambling den, "Square Deal" Sampson.
Drama
Lying Lips
1

Lying Lips

Jan 30, 1921
A spoiled rich girl from England encounters a wonderful young man who, unfortunately, has no money. Will love or money win out?
Drama
Le Talion
7

Le Talion

Nov 24, 1928
Anna, la femme du magicien Phroso décide de quitter son mari pour un autre homme. Phroso prépare alors sa vengeance.
Drama
In His Brother's Place
1
Twins Nelson and J. Barrington Drake return home for the celebration of their parents' 50th wedding anniversary. Barrington is a wealthy oilman, but Nelson is a pastor in a small rural church, who is struggling to increase his ever-shrinking flock, Barrington tells him that his problem could be solved with the right type of salesmanship, and proceeds to map out a plan to do just that. However, a case of mistaken identity--and a scheme by two of the church's deacons to take over all of the church property--throws a wrench into his plans.
Comedy
Manslaughter
5.4

Manslaughter

Sep 24, 1922
Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of motorcycle policeman.
Drama
Billions
5

Billions

Dec 06, 1920
Princess Triloff, an emigrée from Czarist Russia, escapes to America where she becomes a patron of the arts. She falls in love with the verses of impoverished poet Owen Carey and becomes his anonymous benefactor. When Owen inherits a fortune from his rich Uncle Krakerfeller, he assumes his uncle's identity and confers his own upon an impoverished friend, Frank Manners. At a resort, Owen meets the princess and falls in love with her, but is chagrined to discover that she is enamored with Manners. The princess finally discovers Owen's real identity and the two fall in love.
Comedy
Captain January
6.5

Captain January

Jul 06, 1924
During a tempestuous storm, a lighthouse keeper finds an infant girl who washes ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and wants her to live with them.
Drama
The Desperate Hero
1

The Desperate Hero

Jun 07, 1920
Henry Baird, a young newspaperman with a second-hand car but little money, decides to raffle off the car at a county picnic, so that he can take out his sweetheart, Mabel Darrow, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. However, as soon as Henry gets the money, his tailor demands that he pay off his debt. Also, youngsters set the car on fire before he can give to the winner, Joseph Plant, whose wife Evelyn was formerly Henry's sweetheart.
Comedy
The Kentucky Derby
5

The Kentucky Derby

Dec 04, 1922
Posing as relatives, Ralph and Helen Gordon visit Col. Moncrief Gordon's Kentucky mansion, hoping to marry Helen to the colonel's son, Donald. The colonel agrees, but Donald balks at the suggestion, then reveals his secret marriage to Alice Brown. The colonel turns them out, and Ralph conspires with Bob Thurston to frame Donald for theft of Colonel Gordon's wager money and to shanghai him. After 3 years Donald discovers the source of his misfortune, returns, finds his wife, hears of a plot against his father's best racehorse, wrings a complete confession from Thurston, and saves the Derby for his repentant father.
Action
The Right of Way
5.2

The Right of Way

Dec 11, 1930
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia. He starts life afresh and is happy, until the return of his memory sends him back to resolve his old involvements.
Drama
The Shopworn Angel
1

The Shopworn Angel

Dec 29, 1928
Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive soldier court her in order to impress his friends, but a real romance soon begins.
Romance
The Solitary Sin
1

The Solitary Sin

Jul 01, 1919
Bob, John, and Edward--three young boys growing up in the same neighborhood--have vastly-different experiences with sex. Bob's father patiently explains "the birds and the bees" to him, and even takes him to a hospital to see the effects of venereal disease.
Drama
White Tiger
5.5

White Tiger

Dec 17, 1923
Eté 1943 sur le front russe. La Seconde Guerre mondiale touche à sa fin. Les terribles combats qui s’éternisent épuisent les deux camps. Chaque fois que les troupes soviétiques prennent de l’assurance, un énorme tank allemand surnommé « Le Tigre Blanc » surgit tel un spectre dans la fumée des combats, pilonne l’ennemi sans pitié puis disparaît subitement. Le commandement russe décide alors de construire un tank spécial, le T-34, pour lutter contre « Le Tigre Blanc ». Pour le piloter, Ivan Naïdenov, qui, bien que brûlé à 90% lors d’une attaque, a miraculeusement survécu. La chasse au monstre d’acier commence...
Drama
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
6
An 18-part silent American adventure film serial now considered to be lost. Chapter Titles: 1. The Sea Raiders 2. Shipwrecked 3. The Cannibals' Captives 4. Hidden Gold 5. The Ship of Despair 6. Friday's Faith 7. The Swamp of Terror 8. Marooned 9. The Jaguar Trap 10. A Prisoner of the Sun 11. No Greater Love 12. The Island of Happiness 13. The Sword of Courage 14. The Buccaneers 15. The Jolly Roger 16. The Idol's Bride 17. When the Heart Calls 18. Back to the Primitive
Adventure
Westward Passage
5.8

Westward Passage

May 27, 1932
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
Romance
The Silver Car
1

The Silver Car

Jun 01, 1921
After serving in the Great War, international crook Anthony Trent resolves to go straight. He wants to track down the English private who saved his life, and discovers his true identity is Arthur Grenvil, the son of the Earl of Rosecarrel. Trent falls in love with Grenvil's sister, Daphne, and sets out to win the Earl's approval. He discovers that the Earl is being blackmailed by Count Michael Temesvar, the prime minister of Croatia, over some documents.
Crime
Midnight Madness
1

Midnight Madness

Mar 25, 1928
In Midnight Madness millionaire diamond miner Michael Bream (Clive Brook) discovers that the woman he’s marrying — funfair shooting-gallery hostess Norma Forbes — is a gold digger. So Bream decides to teach her a lesson, and forces her to live with him in the remote African outback where, eventually, she realizes her true affections.
Comedy
The President Vanishes
7
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman and produced by Walter Wanger. Starring Edward Arnold and Arthur Byron, the film is an adaptation of Rex Stout's political novel of the same name.
Mystery
Shanghai
7

Shanghai

Jul 19, 1935
A New York socialite travels to Shanghai to visit her ailing aunt and falls in love with a Russian banker, who harbors a family secret.
Drama
The Public Defender
6

The Public Defender

Aug 01, 1931
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.
Mystery
L'Homme au masque de fer
7.1
Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised from birth by his late father's trusted friend D'Artagnan and his faithful musketeers, Porthos, Athos and Aramis. After Philippe falls for the king's betrothed, Spanish Princess Maria Theresa, Louis imprisons him, forcing his brother to don an iron mask that will slowly suffocate him -- and it's up to D'Artagnan to rescue him.
Adventure
Autant en emporte le vent
7.9
En Géorgie, en 1861, Scarlett O'Hara est une jeune femme fière et volontaire de la haute société sudiste. Courtisée par tous les bons partis du pays, elle n'a d'yeux que pour Ashley Wilkes malgré ses fiançailles avec sa douce et timide cousine, Melanie Hamilton. Scarlett est pourtant bien décidée à le faire changer d'avis, mais à la réception des Douze Chênes c'est du cynique Rhett Butler qu'elle retient l'attention…
Drama
Kismet
6.5

Kismet

Nov 14, 1920
Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
Human Hearts
1

Human Hearts

Aug 19, 1922
Innocent country boy Tom Logan is taken in by the scheming Barbara Kay, a city woman who knows Tom is set to inherit his fathers farm which sits on a rich coal field. Toms father sees through her plot and disinherits him when her marries Barbara. When Barbara tires of farm life, the ensuing events lead to death and misplaced guilt.
Drama
Barbara Frietchie
9

Barbara Frietchie

Sep 26, 1924
Two lovers in a small town in Maryland are torn apart by the Civil War--she is loyal to the south while he heads north to join the federal army, determined to protect the Union. Eventually his unit arrives in his hometown and he is reunited with his lover, but things aren't the way they used to be.
Drama
Diamond Jim
6

Diamond Jim

Sep 01, 1935
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
Drama
Little Lord Fauntleroy
7
An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
Drama
Lafayette, We Come
1

Lafayette, We Come

Nov 02, 1918
Leroy Trenchard loves Therese Verneuil, and when Leroy enters the army goes to France to fight, Therese follows as a Red Cross nurse. But suspicion arises that Therese is actually Princess Sonia, a German spy.
Romance
Hitchhike to Hell
2.3

Hitchhike to Hell

Apr 11, 1941
In this vintage "adults-only" exploitationer, whiskey and fast cars lead an innocent young girl into a life of prostitution and murder.
Drama
Ris donc, paillasse
7.2

Ris donc, paillasse

Apr 14, 1928
Un clown adopte une jeune fille. Devenue une femme desirable, elle est seduite par un aristocrate qui la demande en mariage.
Drama
The Acquittal
1

The Acquittal

Nov 19, 1923
When a wealthy man is found murdered in his bedroom, one of his two adopted sons is arrested and charged with the killing. However, the verdict at his trial is an acquittal. Since the police don't seem to be particularly interested in finding the real killer, the dead man's daughter-in-law--the wife of the adopted son who wasn't charged--takes it upon herself to solve the crime.
Mystery
Peacock Feathers
1

Peacock Feathers

Oct 18, 1925
Jerry Chandler falls for the lovely Mimi Le Brun and she with him. He proposes marriage but Mimi wants money and security which he cannot provide so she becomes engaged to a wealthy man whom she does not love. When Jerry’s uncle dies leaving him a ranch and what is said to be a castle Mimi changes her tune and the pair elope. Disillusionment comes though when they see the shack that was called a castle, but Mimi accepts the situation until the rejected wealthy man appears on the scene. Conflicts arise until an accident befalls Jerry and Mimi realizes her true feelings.
Drama
Flower of the North
1

Flower of the North

Dec 04, 1921
Two men, Philip Whittemore (Henry B. Walthall) and Thorpe (Harry Northrup) both go to the Northwest to gain the right-of-way for their railroad company from D'Arcambal (Emmett King). Whittemore arrives first and D'Arcambal refuses to meet with him until he saves his daughter, Jeanne (Pauline Starke) from going over the rapids. Then Thorpe arrives and tries to use force by kidnapping Jeanne and insisting that he is her father.
Romance
Mission to Moscow
5.2

Mission to Moscow

Apr 29, 1943
En 1936, le président Franklin Roosevelt confie à son ami Joseph E. Davies le poste d'ambassadeur des Etats-Unis en URSS. Le haut fonctionnaire doit évaluer la position de la région et transmettre à son président des informations capitales sur son état. Davies part pour la Russie avec sa femme Marjorie, sa fille Emlen et son fidèle Freddie. Au passage, il s'arrête à Hambourg, puis à Berlin, et constate le bellicisme expansionniste de l'Allemagne nazie. Arrivé à Moscou, il rencontre les dignitaires du régime et découvre peu à peu la situation de cette nation en pleine mutation...
War
La Coqueluche de Paris
6.1
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
Comedy
The Fair Pretender
1

The Fair Pretender

May 19, 1918
Madge Kennedy stars as a young woman of modest means, posing as a millionairess in order to attend a hoity-toity society ball, where she hopes to snare a rich husband. Here she meets handsome young Tom Moore, who is likewise impersonating a man of wealth.
Comedy
The Mistress of Shenstone
1
The husband of Lady Myra Ingleby is off fighting in the World War. She is devastated when Sir Derysk Brand tells her that her husband has been killed. The War Office gives her the details - Lord Ingleby was killed, not by enemy fire, but because of an error committed by one of his fellowmen, whose name is never to be disclosed. The grieving widow retreats to her Cornwall estate for a rest. Staying at the inn is a man known as Jim Airth, who carries a grief of his own.
Drama
3 Kids and a Queen
6

3 Kids and a Queen

Oct 21, 1935
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.
Adventure
The Man in the Saddle
1

The Man in the Saddle

Jul 11, 1926
A party of campers return to Tom Stewart's ranch resort to report they have been held up by bandits. Lawrence, their guide, explains that it is a staged stunt for their benefit; Stewart confirms this and refunds the losses but writes to his old pal Jeff Morgan, a former gunfighter, telling him of his predicament. Morgan sends his son, Jeff, Jr., a superb rider and dead shot but otherwise an awkward lout; at the insistence of Pauline, Stewart places Jeff in charge of a camping party. Laura Mayhew, a city girl in league with Lawrence, sends up a flare signal at night, and while Jeff chases some bears into the woods, Lawrence and his men hold up the camp.
Action
Female
6.3

Female

Nov 11, 1933
Alison Drake dirige d'une main de fer une grande entreprise automobile. Aussi intransigeante dans son bureau que dans sa chambre, elle a l'habitude d'y inviter certains de ses employés et de s'en débarrasser ensuite, jusqu'à ce qu'elle rencontre un homme capable de lui tenir tête...
Romance
Clive of India
4.6

Clive of India

Jan 25, 1935
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
Action