Booth Tarkington

Indianápolis, a finales del siglo XIX. Tras romper con Eugene Morgan, un idealista industrial, la joven aristócrata Isabel Amberson se casa con Wilbur Minafer y de esa unión nace George. Años más tarde, Eugene, ya viudo, regresa a la ciudad con su hija, la joven y atractiva Lucy, de quien se enamora el engreído George. Tras el fallecimiento de Wilbur, la llama del amor vuelve a prender entre Isabel y Eugene, que se ha convertido en un próspero hombre de negocios gracias a un revolucionario prototipo de automóvil. Al enterarse del idilio entre su madre y Eugene, George intentará hacerlo fracasar.

Musical que adapta una serie de narraciones costumbristas de Booth Tarkington en las que se narran las incidencias cotidianas de una familia residente en una pequeña localidad de Indiana a principios de siglo.

Un torpe barbero se ve envuelto en una intriga política en la corte del rey Luis XV cuando se hace pasar por un apuesto noble prometido a la princesa de España...

Judy Garland es Lily, una chica de pueblo con grandes dotes musicales. Un productor de Broadway la descubre y a pesar de que cree que ya lo ha visto todo, cae rendido a sus pies. Lily lo acompaña a Nueva York donde tendrá la gran oportunidad con la que ha estado soñando. Sin embargo, también se dará cuenta que no todo en Broadway es tan bonito como ella imaginaba.

A finales del siglo XIX, la mansión Amberson es la más fastuosa de Indianápolis. Cuando su dueña, la bellísima Isabel, es humillada públicamente, aunque de forma involuntaria por su pretendiente Eugene Morgan, lo abandona y se casa con el torpe Wilbur Minafer. Su único hijo, George, crecerá demasiado consentido y malcriado. Años más tarde, Eugene regresa a la ciudad con su hija Lucy, de quien se enamora el engreído George.

A young boy seeks love and understanding from his cold, demanding father.

Family film, based on a Booth Tarkington tale, about a young boy who takes extreme measures to keep the stray dog he befriends.

A high-school student in a small town becomes smitten with the sophisticated new girl who's just arrived from Chicago. Based on Booth Tarkington's story.

When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical child.

Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.

A boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.

The title character is a resourceful young man who knows a whole little about a whole lot of things, and who concentrates by playing his saxophone. Clarence ingratiates himself with the wealthy and eccentric Wheeler family, though daughter Cora can't stand the boy.

A shy newspaperman nearly gives up when his girlfriend falls for the new guy in town till Withers sets things right.

En una familia de clase humilde, el padre y el hijo están satisfechos y se conforman con trabajar en una tienda; en cambio, la madre y la hija no dejan de urdir toda clase de estratagemas para intentar subir socialmente. Cuando la hija conoce al hombre de sus sueños, la madre arrastra al padre hacia un peligroso negocio, y planea impresionar al chico con una cena. (FILMAFFINITY)

Un joven y pacifista cantante pierde a su novia al rechazar un duelo para defender su honor. Luego se enrola en un barco donde actuará bajo las órdenes de un capitán, tan pendenciero como de buen corazón.

On a Mediterranean cruise, Earl Tinker, a manufacturer of razor blades, is the target of a femme fatale in the pay of a business rival, and he becomes embroiled in a feud between two Arab tribes.

Best pals Penrod and Sam are leaders of a super-secret neighborhood society, the In-Or-In Boys Club. Troubles arise when a pompous prig tries to join the club and when the boys lose their clubhouse in a land sale. But there’s also plenty of time to play pranks, put on a carnival, experience the pangs of first love, and romp with Duke, the world’s best dog.

Best pals Penrod and Sam are leaders of a super-secret neighborhood society, the In-Or-In Boys Club. Troubles arise when a pompous prig tries to join the club and when the boys lose their clubhouse in a land sale. But there’s also plenty of time to play pranks, put on a carnival, experience the pangs of first love, and romp with Duke, the world’s best dog.

Young Bill Emory is a typical mischievous, rambunctious boy, but his father William is a strict disciplinarian, and Bill is constantly being punished for simple childhood transgressions. Finally Bill can take no more of his father's excessive punishments and runs away. Complications ensue.

La condesa Vera está a punto de contraer matrimonio con el estirado príncipe Otto, pero decide dejarle y se va a Montecarlo. Acude al casino, donde el conde Rudolph, hombre muy adinerado, se fija en ella. Le dice que, si le deja tocar su cabello, tendrá buena suerte en el juego. Ella se lo permite y empieza a ganar como por arte de magia. Tan impresionada queda por su cambio de suerte que, sin saber quién es, contrata a Rudolph en calidad de peluquero.

Cameo Kirby, an honest riverboat gambler who works the Mississippi, rescues a girl from a gang of ruffians in New Orleans, but she disappears after he sings her a love song.

Alfred E.Green silent family relationship romantic melodrama

An silent adaptation of Booth Tarkington's "The Magnificent Ambersons."

Industrialist James Sheridan, Sr., once a laborer, insists on moulding the careers of his three sons; however, he loses James, Jr., in a flood disaster, and Roscoe suffers a mental breakdown. Realizing his mistake, he begins to insure the happiness of the third son, Bibbs, by bringing him together with Mary, the girl he loves.

The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and flees to England when Louis XV insists that the two marry. He goes undercover as Monsieur Beaucaire, the barber of the French Ambassador, and finds that he enjoys the freedom of a commoner’s life. After catching the Duke of Winterset cheating at cards, he forces him to introduce him as a nobleman to Lady Mary, with whom he has become infatuated. When Lady Mary is led to believe that the Duke of Chartres is merely a barber she loses interest in him. She eventually learns that he is a nobleman after all and tries to win him back, but the Duke of Chartres opts to return to France and Princess Henriette who now returns his affection.

Southerner Tom Rumford was sent up north to be raised by relatives who happen to be Quakers. As a result, he returns home a passive, peace-loving young man, completely out of place in an area where men kill over issues of honor.

Pied Piper Malone (1924)

A wealthy banker is a strict disciplinarian with his nine-year-old son Bill. Finally the day comes when neither Bill nor his mother can put up any more with the father's relentlessness and heavy-handed treatment; she leaves and takes Bill with her. The father must decide what's more important--maintaining his iron discipline over his family, or his family itself.

Penrod y su pandilla no quieren permitir que el "bueno" del vecindario, Georgie Bassett, entre en su club, pero el padre de Penrod lo presiona para que deje entrar al niño, porque los padres de Georgie son miembros ricos y prominentes de la ciudad. Finalmente, los chicos aceptan que Georgie se una, pero primero exigen que se someta a una "iniciación", y están decididos a convertirla en una que Georgie no olvide pronto. (filmaffinit)

Treats of the average, smalltown, middle class family life. Flirtatious Cora Madison is engaged to Richard Lindley but is attracted to Val Corliss, who has come to town to promote oil stock. When Cora's father refuses to become involved, she forges his name on some papers, thus enabling Corliss to sell many shares.

Clarence Smith is an ex-soldier who is hired for odd jobs by Mr. Wheeler primarily because he has overheard a family argument. And the Wheeler household is going through quite a bit of turmoil -- Mrs. Wheeler feels neglected by her husband and is jealous of Violet Pinney, the governess. Daughter Cora is planning to elope with her father's secretary, Hubert Stem. Son Bobby, meanwhile, has been making passes at the maid.

A fairly conventional romance of an American heiress, loved by boy back home, bedazzled by a glamorous prince in beautiful Italian surroundings.

Young rapscallion Penrod Schofield causes a good deal of trouble in his community, all in the name of protecting kids from too-strict parents and nasty neighbors. He heads the ABPA (American Boys' Protective Association) and through it disrupts a number of local social events. The townspeople are pretty fed up with Penrod and his gang, but when a couple of outlaws come to town, Penrod shows his mettle.

Joe Louden is an outcast in the small town of Canaan, and is especially disliked by Judge Pike. There is one inhabitant, however, who is fond of Joe -- the pretty but poor Ariel Tabor. But she inherits some money and goes to Paris with her father.

Episode 11 of the series of 2-reel comedies “The Adventures and Emotions of Edgar Pomeroy”.

The Country Cousin

Seventeen year old William Sylvanus Baxter has fallen madly in love with young coquette, Lola Pratt. After spending all of his money on the fickle girl, she runs off with an older man. William now heartbroken, contemplates suicide, until a friend from childhood, May Parcher, pays a visit and William decides to fall in love with her.

Ne'er-do-well Joe Louden scandalizes his small town and especially the proper Judge Pike. But through the love of young Ariel Taber, Joe shows the town who the real scoundrel is.

Cora Madison, the town flirt, delights in making men love her and then dropping them, so when newcomer Valentine Corliss arrives, she views him as just another potential victim. Rather than falling for her charms, however, Valentine persuades Cora to use them in getting her past suitors to invest money in one of his phony business deals. Cora soon falls in love with Valentine but also discovers, along with the other townspeople, that he has been swindling almost everyone and that he courted Cora simply to be able to use her well-respected father's name in connection with his business scam.

In the early part of the Nineteenth Century, Beau Brummell was the most talked-of person in all the world, the extreme of fashion, the personification of elegance and the most pretentious individual imaginable.

James Sheridan becomes wealthy and a power in a middle west city, where his entire life is absorbed in the turmoil of his own creation. The only thing he lacks is social standing, and this he strives to gain by methods he has successfully employed in driving a business deal.