Jac Diehl

William MacPhab loses seven-pounds in the stock market and decides to slap the man who was responsible for the stock manipulation that caused him to lose his money. Astor Terbanks, the stock-market manipulator is surprised the next day when he gets soundly slapped by MacPhab, and the latter promises to deliver one more a day for the next six days. Terbank's daughter, Daisy, is amused by the procedure and is attracted to MacPhab.

About how the British broke the Brazilian monopoly on natural rubber. The storyline suggests a complex relation between adventure, military conquest and imperialism.

1885. Pour le festival d'opéra qu'elle a organisé, la petite ville d'Imlingen a invité une célèbre chanteuse, Maddalena Dall'Orto, qui non seulement chantera à l'opéra local, mais jouera également le rôle de la Passion selon saint Matthieu de Bach à l'église. La dame est accueillie par un comité d'accueil enthousiaste composé du prince d'Imlingen lui-même. Au bout d'un moment, Maddalena, qui est venue avec son amie Rohrmoser, révèle qu'ils sont tous les deux d'origine allemande. En fait, Maddalena est Magda von Schwartze, une citoyenne d'Ilmingen qui a quitté la maison en colère quelques années auparavant ...

Theodor Fontane's novel about a young girl who as a teenager marries a stiff bureaucrat, has a love affair out of boredom and loneliness and has to suffer the consequences years later should be well known.

À la fin de la Guerre de Cent ans, la France va de défaites en défaites face aux Anglais. Seule la ville d’Orléans résiste, défendue par La Trémoille, Dunois, et d’Alençon. À Domrémy, en Lorraine, une jeune fille de 17 ans, Jeanne, entend la voix de l’archange Michel. Il lui dit d’aller retrouver le dauphin Charles pour le faire couronner à Reims. Après le sacre, lui seul pourra bouter les Anglais hors de France.

Young Beatrice has trained as a dancer against her father's wishes. At the circus, she meets the famous tamer Ruda and falls in love with him. But the next day, Ruda disappears with the circus. Beatrice gets a new engagement with another circus and makes a career as a dancer among live tigers.

Charming Tom is pursuing fine Olivia both cheerfully and stubbornly. At first, she rejects him brutally; but then she finds pleasure in this intrusive guy, who’s following her everywhere. They spend an evening together; but afterwards, Olivia determines, that a valuable bracelet has been stolen from her. Now she thinks Tom is the infamous jewel thief, who’s been terrorizing the neighborhood.

The story is one of the classic operetta stories with a young princess destined to marry a king whom her mother tries to enforce while the young woman tries to escape her fate.

Opera singer Maria Seydlitz has just left her fiancé because he put her between the choice of husband or profession when she receives a telegram from New York: an unknown person hires her for a large fee at the theater Maria accepts the offer... The film is based on the novel of the same name by Hans Rudolf Berndorff. The film was shot from July to September 1936 on the Neubabelsberg outdoor area and on the passenger ship "Bremen“. He experienced on the 15th. Its premiere in January 1937 in Berlin's Gloria-Palast.

Hidden Blessings is an award-winning feature-length inspirational drama, shot in the innovative and pioneering style of a lighthearted documentary. The story of famed artist Gregory Davidson, played by acclaimed Voice-Actor, James Arnold Taylor (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), is told through the eyes of a skeptic film student, Lydia Drake, as she embarks on an incredible journey of discovering faith, family, and art. Join Lydia and Gregory from the vantage point of a documentarian as they wrestle with life's deepest questions and explore the world of art while experiencing the spectrum of emotions, from joyous laughter to tears of sorrow. Hidden Blessings will captivate audiences of all ages as it brings the parable of the Prodigal Son to life before your very eyes.