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Les Reines du music-hall
6.6
Peggy, fille de Mae, fait partie de la même troupe de music-hall que sa mère. Cette dernière ne voit pas d'un bon oeil le sentiment qu'elle porte à Randy Caroll, un riche et séduisant admirateur. Mae a elle-même connu cette situation des années auparavant et craint que Peggy à son tour ne soit lâchement abandonnée. Cependant, Randy et Peggy continuent de filer le parfait amour et se décident à annoncer leurs fiançailles. Que va dire la famille du riche jeune homme lorsqu'elle apprendra que son rejeton et héritier songe à épouser une vedette de music-hall ?
Music
The Woman of Mystery
1

The Woman of Mystery

May 10, 1914
Norma, a dancer, receives many presents from admirers. Among them she finds a peculiar looking box, out of which spring several poisonous snakes. Nelson, a detective, is called upon to solve the mystery.
Mystery
Under Two Flags
1

Under Two Flags

Jul 31, 1916
The Legion's mascot, Cigarette falls for an Englishman, Bertie Cecil (Herbert Heyes), and when he is sentenced to a firing squad, she heroically takes the bullet herself.
Adventure
Heart and Soul
1

Heart and Soul

May 21, 1917
Desperate to change her vixenish image, Theda Bara was called upon to play a sweet young thing (she was nearly 30) who sacrifices herself for the happiness of her sister (Claire Whitney).
Romance
Camille
1

Camille

Sep 30, 1917
Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hopes of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
Drama
Mothers of Men
5

Mothers of Men

Mar 10, 1920
Young Austrian girl Marie Helmar, is left penniless by the death of her father and disgraced by Prussian officer Captain Von Pfaffen, she flees to the safety of her French cousins, the De La Mottes. There she falls in love with their eldest son Gerome. On the night before their wedding, Marie sends a letter to Gerome confessing her indiscretion with the Prussian, but the letter is returned unopened. Soon after, she recognizes a new household servant to be Von Pfaffen, who demands that Marie disclose war secrets in return for his silence about her past. Torn, she passes on false information, which disgraces the Prussian. In revenge, he attempts to kill Marie, but she shoots him in self-defense. Shaken by remorse, Marie presents Gerome with her confession, which, he then reveals, he had read the night of their wedding. Their life thus unclouded, Marie announces she is expecting Gerome's child.
Drama
Tender Comrade
6.346

Tender Comrade

May 30, 1944
Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation.
Drama
The Straight Way
1

The Straight Way

Sep 18, 1916
Deserted by her husband, John Madison, because he incorrectly accuses her of having an affair, Mary Madison goes to her aunt's house to have her baby, and then loses her memory in a train wreck. John, however, hears that she has died, so he takes possession of their infant daughter.
Drama
The Victim
1

The Victim

Dec 25, 1916
Ruth Merrill and her father both are serving prison terms but her's is lighter and she is released. She becomes the wife of the wealthy Dr. Richard Boulton, who knows nothing of her past. Ruth's father escapes from prison and the unscrupulous detective, the same one who sent both to prison while knowing Ruth was innocent, is sent on Merrill's trail. A lost film.
Crime
The New York Peacock
1

The New York Peacock

Feb 05, 1917
Billy Martin is sent to New York to put through a war contract for his father, a new England manufacturer, and takes $100,000 as a security. The munition broker's secretary, a crook, tells Graham, a gambling house keeper, of Billy's coming. Miller is detailed to lure him to the gambling house.
Drama
Letter of Introduction
5.9
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on Broadway. He tries to re-establish his relationship with her while also trying to hide the fact that she is his daughter from the press.
Comedy
The Song of Hate
1

The Song of Hate

Sep 01, 1915
Roman Regent of Police Baron Scarpia, loves Floria Tosca, a beautiful opera singer, but she is engaged to artist Maurice Saranof. Inspired by jealousy, Scarpia orders his soldiers to torture Saranof for information leading to the location of a friend suspected of being an Austrian spy. Forced to listen to Saranof's cries of pain, Tosca relents and reveals the whereabouts of the friend. Spurned by Saranof for her weakness, she must then negotiate with Scarpia for his life and offers herself to the baron in exchange for a phony execution. While embracing, Tosca stabs and kills Scarpia, who supposedly has arranged for blank bullets to be put in the soldiers' guns. In spite of the baron's promise, Saranof is executed, and Tosca, destroyed, climbs the prison wall. Shot while climbing, she falls to her death.
Drama
Moral Suicide
1

Moral Suicide

Mar 12, 1918
Wealthy Richard Covington, although aging and lonely, distresses his children, Waverly and Beatrice, by marrying a heartless seductress named Fay Hope. Because Fay's extravagant spending threatens to ruin Richard, Beatrice confronts her, which prompts Richard, who is hopelessly in love with the beautiful vampire, to order his daughter from the house.
Drama
C'est arrivé demain
6.7

C'est arrivé demain

Mar 31, 1944
Larry Stevens, journaliste à l'Evening News, rencontre par hasard un journaliste retraité qui lui remet un journal, il découvre avec stupéfaction qu'il s'agit d'un journal prémonitoire : daté du lendemain et annonçant des évènements à venir...
Fantasy
East Lynne
4.6

East Lynne

Jun 18, 1916
An adaptation of the 1861 novel by English author Ellen Wood: The story of long-suffering Lady Isabel Carlisle cast in a modern setting.
Drama
The Great Gatsby
1

The Great Gatsby

Nov 21, 1926
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.
Drama
Frisco Lil
8

Frisco Lil

Mar 13, 1942
Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge. She also falls in love with lawyer Brewster.
Action
Christmas Eve
5.3

Christmas Eve

Oct 31, 1947
The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Nazi war criminal in South America; Jonathan as a hard-drinking rodeo rider intent on a flirtatious social worker. Is there hope for Matilda?
Comedy
Way Down East
3

Way Down East

Oct 25, 1935
A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that the woman is not quite what she seems and has a secret in her past that she hasn't told them about.
Drama
Gypsy Wildcat
5.7

Gypsy Wildcat

Aug 02, 1944
In an unspecified Renaissance kingdom, no sooner has Anube's gypsy tribe encamped near Baron Tovar's village when Count Orso is found murdered. The wicked baron blames the gypsies and imprisons them all in his castle. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger on a white horse has hidden the murder arrow and won the heart of gypsy belle Carla, to the discomfiture of her erstwhile fiancée Tonio. Baron Tovar is also fascinated by Carla...especially when he notices her heraldic pendant.
Action
Rocky
1

Rocky

Jan 17, 1948
Out fishing one day, painter John Hammond and his son Chris come across Bert Hillman, the foreman of a local ranch. He and his ranch hand are searching for a wild dog that killed one of their sheep. They find the animal and kill it, along with one of its puppies, but after they leave Hammond and his son discover another puppy still alive. They take it home and call it Rocky. John believes that a dog descended from sheep-killers will himself become a sheep-killer someday, but e gives his son a chance to raise and train the dog, hoping that he can train the killer instinct from it. Unfortunately, local farmers have reported an epidemic of sheep-killings, and they suspect that Rocky is responsible for them.
Western
La Tour de Londres
6

La Tour de Londres

Nov 17, 1939
Au XVeme siecle, le Roi Edouard VI d'angleterre et son jeune frere Richard, duc de Gloucester, se debarrassent de leurs ennemis en les faisant emprisonner et executer par le bourreau Mord a la Tour de Londres.
Drama
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
6
Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected.
Comedy
Roaring Westward
1

Roaring Westward

Sep 14, 1949
Jimmy Wakely donne un étalon, Spooky, au jeune Perry Andrews, un garçon de seize ans en vacances avec sa tante, l'éleveuse Jessica Martin. Mossy Stevens, un prospecteur est assassiné par Claim Jumper et un de ses comparses, et le marshal Bill Braden se lance aussitôt à la poursuite des meurtriers. Claim rencontre Perry, lui prend Spooky et le force à changer de vêtements avec lui. Le marshal, croyant avoir rattrapé un des tueurs abat Perry, qui, en l'absence de témoins est chargé du meurtre. Jimmy se lance alors sur la piste de Claim pour réhabiliter la mémoire de Perry.
Western
L'Engrenage fatal
6.7

L'Engrenage fatal

Sep 25, 1947
Des bandits décident un jour de braquer une salle de paris clandestin. Malheureusement pour eux, la police s'en mêle et l'un des leurs est tué… Un homme faisant figure de coupable idéal est arrêté mais l'inspecteur en charge de l'enquête ne croit pas en sa culpabilité. Il va alors poursuivre ses investigations…
Thriller
Enlighten Thy Daughter
6
A remake of the 1917 picture of the same name. Ruth, the offspring of Stevens' hypocritical brother, is neglected by her parents in matters of sex education; as consequence, she trods the primrose path, ending up pregnant, then dead.
Drama
Cinquième Colonne
6.9

Cinquième Colonne

Apr 24, 1942
Un terrible incendie se déclare dans une fabrique de munitions, provoquant la mort d'un ouvrier. Accusé à tort d'avoir saboté toutes les installations, Barry Kane décide de ne pas attendre la police, mais de fuir et de mener une enquête pour retrouver lui-même le vrai responsable du désastre, qu'il pense connaître.
Thriller
Chip of the Flying U
1

Chip of the Flying U

Nov 29, 1939
Chip of the Flying U was Johnny Mack Brown's first western entry for 1940. Brown essays the title role of Chip Bennett, foreman of the Flying U ranch. Before the second reel has tumbled over the spools, Chip finds himself falsely accused of robbery and murder. The actual miscreants are in the employ of a band of foreign gunrunners, who speak in heavily Teutonic accents. Rest assured that Chip makes short work of these bush-league Storm Troopers before the sun sets in the West. Musical interludes are provided by a group calling themselves the Texas Rangers, even though they actually hailed from Kansas City.
Western
Cowboy Cavalier
1

Cowboy Cavalier

Jul 11, 1948
Jimmy Wakely and "Cannonball" Taylor protect shipments along a stage and freight line from villainous bandits.
Western
La Chambre des sept pignons
6.9
En 1828, la lutte familiale Pyncheon faillite sur Seven Gables, la demeure ancestrale. Pour obtenir la maison, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtient fausse conviction de son frère Clifford pour assassiner. Hepzibah, douce fiancée de Clifford, attend patiemment vingt ans pour sa libération, après quoi Clifford et son ancien codétenu, abolitionniste Matthew, un certain schéma à l'esprit.
Thriller
Iron Man
4.8

Iron Man

Apr 29, 1931
Prizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her around Mason trains and starts winning. Rose comes back and wants Mason to dump his manager Regan and replace him with her secret lover Lewis.
Drama
The Strange Mrs. Crane
6
Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged with Durant's murder and Gina is selected to serve on the jury.
Drama
The Lure
1

The Lure

Aug 24, 1914
Charlotte Baker is drugged and taken to a brothel by Paul, her fiance, who in reality is a pimp. To find her, Charlotte's family contacts the celebrated detective Bob Macauley.
Drama
Gossip
1

Gossip

Apr 29, 1929
A husband and wife arguing about which sex gossips more. Just then a friend they both know comes to visit but he isn't aware that they are now married. Soon this friend is gossiping to each of them about the other and sure enough problems start.
Comedy
The Dream Woman
1

The Dream Woman

Mar 01, 1914
In this story the hero is haunted by a beautiful young woman who tries to stab him to death with a knife. This fantasy recurs on each of his birthdays, becoming more and more real as the years go on. He leaves home to secure a place as groom, but arrives at his destination too late. Forced to retrace his steps, he seeks shelter in a little inn, forgetting that the hour of his birth is approaching. In the middle of the night he awakens, terrified with fright… Based on Wilkie Collins' novel “The Dream Woman”.
Drama
The Haunted Mine
1

The Haunted Mine

Mar 02, 1946
U.S. Marshals "Nevada Jack" McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins, working undercover, investigate a plot to rob a widow and her daughter of a mine which they know to be filled with gold-laden ore, but the widow believes it has played out. A hermit, hanging around the mine and killing, impartially, anyone who enters the mine, impedes the investigation somewhat.
Western
Oklahoma Badlands
3

Oklahoma Badlands

Feb 22, 1948
Oklahoma Badlands is a western film directed by Yakima Canutt in 1948. Oliver Budge is after the Rawlins ranch. His henchman Sanders kills Ken Rawlins but when he tries to kill Leslie Rawlins, Rocky Lane breaks it up. But Leslie is a woman and knowing the bad guys are looking for a man, Rocky now poses as Leslie, an Eastern dude, and goes after the man that killed his friend.
Western
La Reine de l'argent
5.6

La Reine de l'argent

Nov 14, 1942
Une jeune femme de la Côte de Barbarie connue et sûre d'elle décide de renoncer à sa chance amoureuse pour réussir dans les jeux de cartes.
Western
The Woman of the Town
6

The Woman of the Town

Dec 31, 1943
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Masterson falls in love with Dora Hand, the obligatory golden-hearted chorus girl whose concern for the welfare of her fellow citizens at time reaches Madonna-like dimensions. When Dora is shot down cattle baron King Kennedy, Masterson begins taking his job seriously. After taking care of Kennedy, Masterson determines to enshrine the memory of Dora, whose efforts to clean up Dodge City were largely ignored by the "decent" townsfolk.
Western
Le fantôme de la momie
5.8
Yousef Bey a été désigné par le dernier grand prêtre d'Arkam pour ramener en Égypte la dépouille de la princesse Ananka acquise par le musée Scripps, en Nouvelle-Angleterre. Il sera aidé dans sa tâche par Kharis, la momie vivante. Professeur d'égyptologie à l'université de Mapleton, Matthew Norman est étranglé par Kharis, qu'il a malencontreusement ramené à la vie en brûlant les feuilles d'une plante sacrée de l'Ancienne Égypte. Amina, une jeune Égyptienne courtisée par Tom Hervey, est victime d'une crise de somnambulisme chaque fois que Kharis sort de sa tombe...
Horror
There's One Born Every Minute
7.2
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has been entered into the town's mayoral race by some of the local businessmen. They have chosen him because they think he is easy to manipulate. As a sales gimmick, the pudding magnate advertises that his product contains the highly nutritious "Vitamin Z." He suddenly begins selling pudding like crazy and soon his political campaign is well-funded. Unfortunately, there is no "Vitamin Z" and when this is discovered, the town fathers try to dump him and show that he is a fake.
Comedy
Ruling Passions
1

Ruling Passions

Oct 01, 1918
Millionaire John Walton hates the world and although he is suffering a nervous breakdown, he still manages to make the lives of his nurses miserable. They keep leaving, but one, Eveline Roland finds out what is eating away at him from his butler, Lew.
Drama
So's Your Uncle
5

So's Your Uncle

Sep 01, 1943
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not approve of their relationship.
Adventure
Mister Big
2.2

Mister Big

May 28, 1943
Students at the Davis School of the Theatre are assigned "Antigone" as their class play, but they conspire to do a swing musical instead.
Music
The Chamber Mystery
1

The Chamber Mystery

Mar 01, 1920
There is distress in the West household after young Dr. West disappears mysteriously, causing his mother to notify the police, who assign the search to Detective Rhombus. The cause of all this excitement resides in the Parker apartment on the floor above where the doctor has gone to call on his sweetheart Kitty. She is in a dither because her father has decreed that she marry Gus Woozle, the pickle king. Dr. West and Kitty are planning to elope, but when her father returns unexpectedly, Kitty hides her lover in the boudoir. Parker tells his daughter that he has sent for Alderman Smiggles to officiate at her wedding and, to prevent any deviation in his plans, locks Kitty in her bedroom. Soon after, the detective arrives and arrests both Woozle and Parker for the doctor's disappearance. In their absence, Alderman Smiggles arrives and marries Kitty to the doctor.
Comedy
Fine Feathers
1

Fine Feathers

Jun 20, 1921
Bob Reynolds, a construction engineer, is constructing a dam. Finding himself in financial trouble, he is persuaded by John Brand to use a cheaper--but far inferior--cement to replace the cement he's been using. Brand, who is determined to ruin Reynolds, then talks him into buying worthless stock. Finding himself in desperate straits, Reynolds forges a check using Brand's name. Unfortunately the finished dam breaks and many people are killed. Under suspicion by the authorities, Reynolds desperate searches for a way out of his worsening situation.
Drama
Dancing in the Dark
5

Dancing in the Dark

Dec 02, 1949
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio head Melville Crossman to cast him in the adaptation of a hit Broadway show. Crossman has one condition: Slade must travel to New York and convince the female star of the stage production to join the film. Slade goes, but, when he eyes the winsome Julie Clarke, he hatches a different scheme.
Comedy
Deux nigauds marins
6.3

Deux nigauds marins

May 30, 1941
crooner populaire Russ Raymond abandonne sa carrière à son apogée et rejoint la Marine en utilisant un alias, Tommy Halstead. Cependant, Dorothy Roberts, un journaliste, découvre son identité et le suit dans l'espoir de le photographier et de révéler son identité au monde. A bord de l'Alabama, Tommy rencontre avec Smoky et Pomeroy, qui aident le cacher à Dorothy, qui éclot de nombreux systèmes pour tenter de photographier Tommy / Russ être marin.
Comedy
Kaiser's Finish
1

Kaiser's Finish

Nov 02, 1918
During World War I, an illegitimate son of the German Kaiser, who had been raised in the US--and is a double for the Kaiser's son, the Crown Prince--is sent to Germany as a spy in order to kill both the Kaiser and his son.
Drama
The Passionate Pilgrim
1
An innocent man goes to prison for obstruction of justice when his wife refuses to reveal that her father was killed by her mother (and it wasn't suicide). When he is finally released, he meets and becomes involved with a young woman who belongs to the town's influential elite. Once again, he finds himself caught up in intrigue - which eventually leads to his exposing the mayor of the town as corrupt.
Drama
The Closed Door
1

The Closed Door

Oct 03, 1913
The daughter of an aristocratic Southern family, proud, but impoverished, enters into a marriage of convenience with a wealthy stockbroker.
The Galley Slave
1

The Galley Slave

Nov 28, 1915
Francesca Brabaut, who married an artist against her father's advice, regrets her decision when her husband Antoine, in debt, sends her to his misanthropic uncle to plead for money.
Drama
You Never Know Your Luck
1
Ranch foreman Kerry has boarded with Kitty Tynan and her mother for five years in western Canada, his past is a mystery to everyone. He is actually an English aristocrat who lost all his money gambling and left the country in search of work. Kerry and his friend Horan own an option on property which crooked lawyer Burlingame is trying to secure. Burlingame's cohort Logan murders Hogan, and is caught and arrested. In the trial, Burlingame forces Kerry to admit his past, and succeeds in preventing Kerry from receiving bank assistance. When Kerry is shot, Kitty opens a letter from Kerry's wife that he had been carrying for five years, and cables her. Kerry's wife arrives and informs him that his last bet in England had turned out to be a $20,000 winner. Kerry is able to use the money just in time to foil Burlingame and secure the property, thus winning prosperity and the affections of his wife.
Crime
The Million Dollar Robbery
1
Falsely accused of the theft of a million dollars in securities from the safe of his wealthy employer, an honest young private secretary finds himself powerless to prove his innocence because of the perjury of an unprincipled butler who has been bribed to testify against him. For 23 chapters/adventures he and his boss's daughter set out to clear his name and catch the real culprit.
Drama
Should a Mother Tell
1

Should a Mother Tell

Jul 01, 1915
Faced with the tragic responsibility of choosing between the happiness of her 16-year-old daughter Pamela or saving the life of an innocent man, Marie Baudin's first impulse is to sacrifice all for her own. But she has second thoughts that bring complications to all.
Drama
Dangerous Years
6.4

Dangerous Years

Dec 07, 1947
Jeff Carter has put an end to the town's delinquency with a boys' club. Young hoodlum Danny shows up and influences teenagers Doris, Willy and Leo. They hang out at a juke joint where Eve works. When Jeff tries to stop a robbery planned by Danny, he is killed and Danny goes on trial.
Drama