Margaret McWade

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Le monde perdu
6.7

Le monde perdu

Feb 02, 1925

Le monde perdu
1925 104 min 143 vues
Le professeur Challenger a un objectif : retrouver la trace d'un monde rempli d'étranges créatures décrit par l'explorateur Maples White. Pour cela, il met en chantier une expédition formée de sa fille Paula, du professeur Summerlee, du journaliste Edward Malone et de Sir John Roxton. Dix jours après leur départ, les aventuriers parviennet en pleine jungle amazonienne et découvrent un spectacle saisissant : devant eux se dresse un paysage entièrement peuplé de dinosaures et autres espèces de l'ère quaternaire. Ils décident alors de capturer l'une de ces extraordinaires créatures et de la ramener à Londres...
Adventure
L'extravagant M. Deeds
7.5

L'extravagant M. Deeds

Apr 09, 1936

L'extravagant M. Deeds
1936 115 min 366 vues
Longfellow Deeds est un homme simple et naïf vivant dans une petite ville américaine. Sa vie est bouleversée quand il apprend qu'il vient d'hériter de 20 millions de dollars. Il se rend alors à New York pour toucher cet héritage. Là, il est la cible d'avocats véreux et de journalistes peu scrupuleux.
Comedy
High Steppers
1

High Steppers

Mar 14, 1926

High Steppers
1926 70 min 1 vues
Perryam is going through a round of bad luck; he is thrown out of school and loses at love. In search of a change, he heads for London, where he meets Audrey Nye, a former jazz baby who has gotten a responsible job on a newspaper. She helps Perryam get hired as a reporter.
Comedy
The Ne'er to Return Road
1

The Ne'er to Return Road

Oct 09, 1921

The Ne'er to Return Road
1921 20 min 1 vues
A mother is waiting for her boy, not knowing that he is dead. An escaped convict falls exhausted at her door, and she gives him food and drink while the story is told, in flashback, of how he committed his crime. An unfaithful wife, a bar room, a dude and self-defense; these were the elements that made him a convict. The mother learns that it was her boy that he killed. Although the mother helps him to escape, the prison officials capture him.
Drama
White Fang
1

White Fang

May 24, 1925

White Fang
1925 60 min 1 vues
Silent version of the classic Jack London tale.
Adventure
Broken Barriers
1

Broken Barriers

Aug 18, 1924

Broken Barriers
1924 60 min 1 vues
A young girl is forced to give up college when her father loses all his money. She soon meets and falls for a young man at a party, only to discover that he's married. As if that weren't bad enough, he is soon seriously injured in an automobile accident, and doctors say that he may never walk again.
Drama
Honni soit qui mal y pense
7

Honni soit qui mal y pense

Dec 25, 1947

Honni soit qui mal y pense
1947 109 min 245 vues
Préoccupé par la construction d'une cathédrale, l'évêque Henry Brougham néglige sa famille. En réponse à l'une de ses prières, l'ange Dudley vient à son secours. Mais il tombe amoureux de la femme de l'évêque, Julia.
Comedy
Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi
5.6

Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi

Oct 18, 1935

Les Derniers Jours de Pompéi
1935 96 min 22 vues
Au temps de Jésus-Christ, le forgeron Marcus (Preston Foster) est content de sa vie avec sa belle femme Julia (Gloria Shea) et son fils de six mois. Toutefois, lorsque Julia et leur enfant sont bousculés par un char dans les rues de Pompéi, Marcus dépense le peu d'argent qu'il a pour payer le médecin. Ayant besoin de plus, en désespoir de cause, il devient un gladiateur. Il gagne son combat, mais en vain, sa femme et son enfant meurent. Blâmant sa pauvreté et aigri par la vie, il devient un gladiateur professionnel et devient de plus en plus riche après chaque victoire. Après un combat, il tue son adversaire gaulois et découvre qu'il a rendu orphelin un jeune garçon nommé Flavius (David Holt). Plein de remords, il adopte le garçon et achète un esclave grec, Leaster (Wyrley Birch), pour devenir son tuteur. Toutefois, la responsabilité supplémentaire le rend trop prudent dans l'arène, il est vaincu et blessé. La blessure met fin à sa deuxième carrière...
Drama
Les Horizons perdus
7

Les Horizons perdus

Mar 03, 1937

Les Horizons perdus
1937 132 min 222 vues
Une révolution vient d'éclater en Chine et Robert Conway est obligé de prendre la fuite avec quatre autres Américains. Mais leur avion est détourné et ils arrivent dans une vallée tibétaine où le temps semble ne pas s'écouler.
Adventure
Quasimodo
7.3

Quasimodo

Dec 29, 1939

Quasimodo
1939 117 min 196 vues
La Guerre de Cent Ans ayant pris fin, la France connaît enfin la paix. Mais alors que les gitans continuent à être chassés de partout, Esmeralda, une danseuse bohémienne d’une rare beauté, réussit à s’introduire dans Paris avec pour but de défendre son peuple auprès du roi Louis XI, souverain plus ouvert que ses prédécesseurs. Elle devient l’objet de nombreuses convoitises, celle de Frollo, l’intransigeant conseiller du roi, de Phoebus, un soldat gouailleur, mais aussi du bossu Quasimodo, le sonneur de cloches de Notre-Dame tombé amoureux d’elle depuis le jour où elle le prit en pitié alors, qu’attaché au pilori, il était devenu la risée du peuple. Une fois délivré, il va se faire le protecteur d’Esmeralda alors qu’elle est accusée de meurtre.
Drama
It's a Joke, Son!
6.9

It's a Joke, Son!

Jan 15, 1947

It's a Joke, Son!
1947 63 min 8 vues
Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat the political hack backed by the machine. Claghorn is in to siphon votes and ensure his wife's opponent will win and is expected to run a campaign that will defeat himself and his wife. But, he runs to win and the machine's henchies abduct him.
Comedy
Sundown
1

Sundown

Nov 30, 1924

Sundown
1924 90 min 1 vues
Cattlemen attempt to keep their lands and herds from being overrun by nesters.
Western
Blue Jeans
5.5

Blue Jeans

Dec 10, 1917

Blue Jeans
1917 84 min 3 vues
June, a young orphan, is befriended by Perry Bascom when he shares his lunch with her on the road to Rising Sun. They soon fall in love and marry, only to find out that a woman in Perry's past has come to town to make trouble. Teaming up with the local political bully, the schemers set out to make Perry's life miserable, but June sticks by her husband to the end.
Drama
A Tale of Two Worlds
5.5

A Tale of Two Worlds

Mar 13, 1921

A Tale of Two Worlds
1921 70 min 2 vues
A white child is adopted and raised by a Chinese citizen and brought to San Francisco, where no one surmises that she is actually not Chinese.
Drama
The Blot
6.391

The Blot

Sep 04, 1921

The Blot
1921 91 min 23 vues
Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs daughter Amelia and also befriends the poor Reverend Gates (a young man who is also in love with Amelia), he observes the difference in his life and theirs and tries to help make a difference.
Drama
Theodora Goes Wild
6.6

Theodora Goes Wild

Nov 12, 1936

Theodora Goes Wild
1936 94 min 44 vues
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
Comedy
We Have Our Moments
5.8

We Have Our Moments

Mar 28, 1937

We Have Our Moments
1937 65 min 2 vues
A trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in stolen dough. With detective John Wade breathing down their necks, the crooks stash the loot in the trunk belonging to vacationing schoolmarm Mary Smith.
Comedy
Une femme qui s'affiche
6.9

Une femme qui s'affiche

Jan 15, 1954

Une femme qui s'affiche
1954 86 min 58 vues
Gladys Glover est une charmante actrice, mais nul ne se précipite pour autant pour lui proposer un contrat. Elle décide donc d'acheter un emplacement publicitaire au coeur de New York, où son nom vient s'inscrire en lettres d'or. La méthode s'avère payante. Mais le roi de la savonnette, Evan Adams, utilisateur habituel dudit emplacement, veut à tout prix le récupérer à son profit...
Comedy
Remedy for Riches
5.8

Remedy for Riches

Nov 29, 1940

Remedy for Riches
1940 60 min 4 vues
A small town doctor suspects the stranger in town is promoting an oil swindle. The fourth entry in the "Dr. Christian" series of six films.
Comedy
Forbidden Valley
6

Forbidden Valley

Feb 13, 1938

Forbidden Valley
1938 68 min 1 vues
Recherché pour un meurtre qu'il n'a pas commis, le père de Ring Hazzard a vécu caché dans un canyon secret et y a élevé son fils jusqu'à l'âge adulte. Un jour, Ring rencontre pour la première fois de sa vie... une femme, Wilda Lanning, fille d'un riche éleveur, en la sauvant d'un troupeau de chevaux sauvages. Le père de Ring meurt peu de temps après, piétiné par un cheval furieux, et Ring, accompagné de Wilda, quitte le canyon avec un troupeau de mustangs destinés à être vendus à Gunsight.
Western
The Confession
5

The Confession

Jan 01, 1920

The Confession
1920 78 min 2 vues
A priest hears a murderer's confession but can't reveal the truth, even though his brother is being tried for the crime.
Drama
The Remarkable Andrew
8.2

The Remarkable Andrew

Mar 05, 1942

The Remarkable Andrew
1942 81 min 2 vues
When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he insists on pursuing the matter, he's in danger of being blamed himself. In his trouble, the spirit of Andrew Jackson, whom he idolizes, visits him, and in turn, summons much high-powered talent from American history...which only Andrew can see.
Fantasy
Stronger Than Death
1

Stronger Than Death

Jan 11, 1920

Stronger Than Death
1920 70 min 1 vues
Sigrid, A French dancer, diagnosed with a weak heart, is ordered by her doctor never to dance again. But when her dancing skills are needed by her lover's father to help quell a native uprising on the East Indian frontier, she determines to dance whatever the cost.
Drama
Her Mad Bargain
1

Her Mad Bargain

Dec 12, 1921

Her Mad Bargain
1921 60 min 1 vues
After the death of her benefactress, Mrs. Beresford, Alice Lambert is evicted by Ruth, Mrs. Beresford's jealous niece; and in despair Alice seeks employment as a model. Her refusal to accept the attentions of Monsieur Armand ends in her dismissal
Romance
The President’s Special
1

The President’s Special

Aug 07, 1914

The President’s Special
1914 27 min 1 vues
John Farley and his wife were in very comfortable circumstances. They owned their own little farm and, as a result, were able to live very nicely on John's income as a railroad switchman, and to put money in the bank as well. The one great drawback to the farm, was the fact that it was so far from the tower in which John worked.
The White Mouse
1

The White Mouse

Nov 06, 1921

The White Mouse
1921 20 min 1 vues
Sergeant Blake of the Northwest Mounted Police is sent to the border to break up a ring of smugglers who are bringing illegal Chinese immigrants into Canada. The ring is led by Ah Ming, a "half-breed" who goes by the name of Dr. Lawler. When Blake encounters Lawler, he is experimenting on a white mouse.
Drama
Flower of the Dusk
1

Flower of the Dusk

Aug 12, 1918

Flower of the Dusk
1918 53 min 1 vues
Blind Ambrose North is tormented by the suspicion that his wife Constance committed suicide when their crippled daughter Barbara was only two, because she did not love him. Before her death, Constance wrote Barbara a letter to be opened on the girl's twenty-first birthday, but when Barbara opens it and learns that her mother killed herself to escape a doomed love affair with Lawrence Austin, she invents a different story for Ambrose, knowing that the truth would hurt him too deeply.
Drama
Darling Mine
1

Darling Mine

Aug 16, 1920

Darling Mine
1920 50 min 1 vues
Persuaded by a letter from her Aunt Agnes in America, Kitty McCarthy ( Olive Thomas ) travels from Ireland to New York City, there she meets Gordon Davis, a successful playwright, who directs her to her aunt's address on the East Side. Kitty soon discovers her aunt living in a tenement, a confirmed alcoholic. Through her niece's care, Agnes is cured, and one day Davis appears and offers Kitty a part in a comedy that he has written. She accepts, and once backstage meets Vera Maxwell, the victim of an unhappy affair with Oscar Savoy. Kitty brings the lovelorn couple back together but is unsuccessful in arranging her own romance with Davis' nephew Roger until Davis finally intervenes, and a happy ending prevails for all.
Drama
The Painted Lady
1

The Painted Lady

Sep 28, 1924

The Painted Lady
1924 70 min 1 vues
After being released from imprisonment for a crime committed by her sister, Violet is forced to become a woman of easy virtue, and on an excursion to a South Sea isle she meets Luther Smith, a sailor seeking vengeance for the death of his sister. She feels unworthy of his love, but their paths cross again when he rescues her from Captain Sutton, the man responsible for the other girl's tragedy. This film is lost.
Drama
Alice Adams
1

Alice Adams

Jan 01, 1970

Alice Adams
1970 73 min 1 vues
Alice (Florence Vidor) is not satisfied with her family's financial situation and tries to convince others that she comes from a wealthy family. In the end she discovers that she is only fooling herself and decides to go to work to help her father's failing business.
Drama