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The Lights of New York
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The Lights of New York

Nov 12, 1922

The Lights of New York
1922 57 min 1 vues
Silent drama with two different New York stories. One tells of a good man led astray until a dream causes him to change his ways. The other is about a man whose despair over his love marrying another is lifted through increasingly unlikely events.
Drama
The Love Flower
4.7

The Love Flower

Aug 21, 1920

The Love Flower
1920 104 min 9 vues
A man murders his wife's lover and escapes with his daughter to the South Pacific. A detective pursues him, joined by a young man who eventually falls in love with the daughter.
Drama
À travers l'orage
6.9

À travers l'orage

Sep 03, 1920

À travers l'orage
1920 150 min 102 vues
Lennox un homme très riche et fort d'un succès certain chez les jeunes filles de la bonne société, séduit Anna d'extraction plus modeste. Cette dernière, envoyée par sa mère demander une aide financière auprès de parents éloignés se laisse convaincre par les assauts répétés de Lennox et une demande en mariage de celui-ci. Une cérémonie fantoche orchestrée par Lennox est célébrée, et le mariage consommé. Mais, Anna tombant rapidement enceinte, Lennox la laisse tomber. Seule, elle accouche de son enfant, Trust Lennox, qui disparaît rapidement d'une maladie. À la mort de l'enfant, Anna erre et trouve finalement un travail comme femme à tout faire chez Squire Bartlett, un propriétaire terrien. David, le fils de Squire Bartlett, s'éprend d'elle. Mais, bien que personne n'en ait alors eu vent, elle ne peut souscrire à ses avances, à cause de son passé.
Drama
The Idol Dancer
5.2

The Idol Dancer

Mar 21, 1920

The Idol Dancer
1920 104 min 4 vues
A religious zealot and his nephew are thrown together on a South Seas Island with an alcoholic beach comber and a native dancer. A battle to see who will "civilize" whom ensues.
Drama
The Enchanted Cottage
6.5

The Enchanted Cottage

Mar 23, 1924

The Enchanted Cottage
1924 80 min 4 vues
The Enchanted Cottage stars Richard Barthelmess as Oliver, a physically and emotionally wounded World War I veteran who comes home to a fiancée who promptly leaves him. Licking his wounds in solitude, he meets a young woman named Laura (May McAvoy). They fall in love and agree to marry, but unexpected and magical events occur inside The Enchanted Cottage where they have agreed to spend their wedding night.
Drama
Phil-for-Short
6.3

Phil-for-Short

Jun 02, 1919

Phil-for-Short
1919 76 min 3 vues
A feisty, independent young woman, Damophilia Illington ("Phil" for short, hence the title), the daughter of a progressive university professor, is devastated by the sudden death of her father. The town's banker, an arrogant stuffed shirt, wants to marry Phil and has himself declared her guardian. Not wanting to marry him, she quickly leaves town and lands a job at a nearby university as an assistant to a professor of Greek literature (an area in which her father trained her) who is bitter and resentful after the breakup of his engagement to a woman who, it turned out, had been lying to him. "Phil", however, is determined to win him over.
Comedy
The Eagle's Eye
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The Eagle's Eye

Mar 27, 1918

The Eagle's Eye
1918 600 min 1 vues
A criminologist and a government agent team up to expose a ring of German spies.
Drama
Woman's Place
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Woman's Place

Oct 17, 1921

Woman's Place
1921 60 min 1 vues
The Women's Political League decides to find a female candidate for mayor and their choice is Kay Gerson who, they figure, will win votes from the men because of her looks. But the town's political boss, Jim Bradley, counters with his own good-looking candidate, Freddy Bleeker, who he thinks will get the women's vote.
Comedy
The Great Adventure
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The Great Adventure

Mar 10, 1918

The Great Adventure
1918 50 min 1 vues
Ragna "Rags" Jansen has found local success and acclaim in her small town as an actress, but dreams of stardom on Broadway.
Drama
Silver Wings
4

Silver Wings

May 22, 1922

Silver Wings
1922 90 min 1 vues
Carr plays Anna Webb, whose husband John (Lynn Hammond) invents a new kind of sewing machine. The patent makes the family wealthy, and after Webb dies, Anna takes over the business. She puts her sons John (Percy Helton) and Harry Joseph Striker) in charge of the factory, while daughter Ruth (Jane Thomas) elopes. When Harry steals some money, the blame falls on John, who leaves town.
Drama
Does It Pay?
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Does It Pay?

Oct 07, 1923

Does It Pay?
1923 70 min 1 vues
John Weston leaves his wife and kids to marry adventuress Doris Clark and loses his mind when he realizes his mistake. A lost film.
Drama
Pay Day
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Pay Day

May 27, 1918

Pay Day
1918 75 min 1 vues
The Drews are considering new scripts when they decide to produce Pay-Day, the melodramatic story of the wealthy and sinister Kirke Brentwood and his lower-class wife, Doris Fenton.
Comedy
Lessons in Love
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Lessons in Love

May 01, 1921

Lessons in Love
1921 50 min 1 vues
Lawyer Hanover Priestley plots with his friend Henry Winkley to marry off young heiress Leila Calthorpe to Winkley's nephew, John Warren. When John refuses, preferring to select his own wife, they lure him east by a false report of Winkley's death. Indignant at his rebuff, Leila disguises herself as Perkins, a maid, and romances him, leading him to believe that Aunt Agatha is the heiress. Complications develop, and after saving her from a fire John discovers her identity and agrees to marry her.
Comedy