Self (archive footage)
Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film boasted names like Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery and John and Lionel Barrymore and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. This short documentary takes a look at the making of the classic film.
Self (archive footage)
A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1930 and July 1934, before the Hollywood Production Code —the infamous Hays Code— was enforced.
Self
A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.
Mr. Swenson
Matt Dow, un condenado que viene de cumplir seis años en prisión por un delito que no cometió, es confundido por el maquinista de un tren con un peligroso atracador.
Self
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Academy Awards.
Jean Hersholt
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.
Jean Hersholt
Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Dakota (Terry), un soldado que está de permiso en Nueva York, visita la famosa Stage Door Canteen (título original del film), un local de Broadway donde célebres artistas entretenían a los soldados que volvían del frente. Dakota y sus amigos, Tex (Sunset Carson) y California (Lon McAllister), caen rendidos ante los encantos de Eileen (Cheryl Walker), Jean (Marjorie Riordan) y Ella Sue (Margaret Early). Artistas del calibre de Katharine Hepburn, Merle Oberon, George Raft, Johnny Weismuller, Ralph Bellamy o Harpo Marx llenan el local, en el que actúan las bandas de Xavier Cugat, Count Basie y Benny Goodman.
Colonel Jensen - Medical Corps
World War II public education film about sexually transmitted diseases focused on syphilis.
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the dedication of the Motion Picture Relief Fund's country home and goes to the Mocambo. There is also a sequence dedicated to the Milwaukee, Wisconsin world premiere of the first short in this series attended by more that a few film stars.
Doctor Paul Christian
Dr. Christian takes time out from his appointed rounds to help clear a bank teller of embezzlement charges.
Doctor Paul Christian
Dr. Christian takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music teacher. His interest isn't just in the boy's music career--he believes it would be best for the boy to have his parents back together, and sets out to do just that.
Doctor Paul Christian
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.
Doctor Paul Christian
A conman arrives in town trying to sell his miracle methods of weight loss to the ladies. It's left to the good Dr. Christian to expose this fake and save a fragile young girl's life.
Self
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Doctor Paul Christian
A doctor fights an epidemic that breaks out in the poor section of town and tries to get the rest of the town to help out.
Doctor Paul Christian
The first of six films in the "Dr. Christian" series, starring Jean Hersholt as a small town doctor trying to convince local officials to approve funds for a new hospital.
Mr. Sutter
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
Dr. John Luke
Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.
Victor
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.
Prof. Heinrich
Roger Grant, un reputado violinista, forma una banda denominada Alexander's Ragtime Band, con la cantante Stella Kirby. El compositor Charli Dwyer se enamora de Stella y la recomienda a un productor de Broadway. Éste ofrece un contrato a Stella, que se convierte en una estrella.
Lars Ericksen
Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.
Adolph Kramer
Cuando su tía se cansa de cuidarla, Heidi, una niña huérfana, debe ir a vivir a las montañas suizas con su arisco abuelo (Jean Hersholt), un ermitaño que pronto se encariña con ella. Pero la tía regresa para llevársela a vivir con una familia que necesita una compañera para su hija inválida (Marcia Mae Jones). A pesar de que una malvada institutriz (Mary Nash) le hace la vida imposible, Heidi consigue ganarse el cariño de todos los de la casa y no ceja en su intento de volver a reunirse con su querido abuelo.
Father Chevillon
Entrañable historia romántica entre un trabajador de las alcantarillas y una joven a quien él libra de ser detenida por la policía. 'Chico' la invita a permanecer unos días en su apartamento con la condición de que se marche cuando se arregle la situación.
Heinrich Muller
American theatrical manager (Menjou) discovers Henie preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.
Dr. John Luke
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for delivering the famous Wyatt quintuplets. To honor the doctor on his retirement and to publicize their town, the Moosetown chamber of commerce decides to hold a reunion of all the babies delivered by the doctor, some of whom have become famous.
Professor 'Pop' Fahrenheim
Tras conocerse en un casino, una modelo y un brillante científico iniciarán un romance al que no le faltarán múltiples y agitados enredos. Melodrama de pasiones varias, que significó el comienzo del romance entre sus protagonistas, Barbara Stanwyck y Robert Taylor, que acabarían casándose en 1939.
Christopher Freyman
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI bombing.
Dr. John Luke
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
Dr. Mulback
An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.
Professor Thalma
El profesor Thalma presenta, en su casa, al prestigioso director de orquesta Franz Roberti (Charles Boyer) y a su alumna Constance Dane (Katharine Hepburn), la cual impresionará luego, con su belleza y su talento como compositora al notable director. Después de estar felizmente casados, comenzarán los problemas cuando, a la vida de Franz, regresa una atractiva amiga de los viejos tiempos.
Victor Hanson
La Secretaria de la Armada informa al capitán Winslow de que va a recibir un nuevo mecanismo de control que revolucionará la guerra en el mar. Pero el mecanismo no tarda en desaparecer...
Baron Otto
Un inspector de policía investiga una serie de extrañas muertes en una población checa. Las víctimas presentan en el cuello pequeñas marcas que hacen sospechar que lo que está pasando es obra de vampiros.
Herr Koerber
Katrin es una atractiva mujer que realiza un viaje por China mientras atraviesa una etapa de soledad. Decide casarse con el doctor Walter Fane, pero éste, debido a su profesión, no puede dedicarle mucho tiempo a su esposa, y ella comienza un romance secreto con un amante.
Baron von Leyden
Historia de un triángulo amoroso en la Holanda neutral de la Primera Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Cuando un oficial británico vuelve a ver a su antigua novia, que está casada con un militar alemán, su viejo amor se reaviva. Ella, por su parte, tratará de mantenerse fiel a su marido, que ha sido herido en la guerra.
Dr. Hochberg
Un joven médico (Clark Gable), que vive absolutamente entregado a sus pacientes, tiene una novia que no logra entender que ponga a los enfermos por encima de cualquier clase de diversión. Las desavenencias entre ambos llegan al límite cuando él conoce a una bella enfermera que comparte su pasión por la medicina.
Professor Bertier
A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.
Jo Stengel
Una mujer prepara una cena para unos amigos. Quiere animar a su marido, cuya salud está un poco resentida. No obstante, invita al responsable de las principales preocupaciones de su marido, un hombre de negocios que pretende hacerse con las acciones de la empresa que su marido tiene.
Rosen
En una localidad cercana a Boston transcurre la apacible vida del matrimonio Haggett, sus hijas Susan y Ada y la sirvienta Abby, hasta que su existencia se ve interrumpida por la súbita llegada de un desconocido, Maxwell Davenport, que se presenta como amigo del fallecido Christopher Bean, un pintor que vivía con la familia Haggett. El recién llegado pronto se interesa por la obra pictórica del difunto que permanece en la casa, alegando motivos sentimentales. La verdad resulta que Bean llegó a convertirse en un célebre pintor. Pronto entran en liza por los cuadros sendos comerciantes de arte: Un tal Rosen y el verdadero Maxwell Davenport.
Otto Hoffman
This drama centers on the fight for certain post-Prohibitionist groups to gain total control over the liquor industry. Much of the tale is focused upon a family endeavoring to keep their little brewery.
Dr. Emil Brandt
A doctor who is also a “mentalist” confesses to a murder. The only problem is that the murder he’s confessed to hasn’t happened yet – although dead bodies are now starting to turn up all over the place. A reporter sets out to solve the “mystery”.
Mr. Herman
Un alemán de mente llana y modales toscos está perdidamente enamorado de una joven, a su vez fascinada por un hombre poco recomendable.
Von Berg
La tumba de Gengis-Kan es descubierta en el desierto de Gobi, lo cual suscita el interés de todos los arquéologos del globo. También acapara la atención de Fu Manchú, quien estima que poseyendo la máscara y la espada del mítico guerrero se granjeará la unión de los pueblos de Oriente y de esa manera conquistará el mundo. El descubridor de la tumba es secuestrado por los dakoits del maligno doctor en un museo, y la hija de aquél, el prometido de ésta y Sir Nayland Smith se harán cargo del tesoro de Gengis-Kan. El futuro yerno del arqueólogo se presenta ante Fu Manchú con una imitación de las reliquias, con el fin de liberar al secuestrado, pero la falsificación es descubierta y el joven caerá también en garras del maligno oriental.
Sol Bloom
Genial Irish NYC policeman Tom O'Hara is looking forward to the arrival of his wife and their young son, Shandy from Ireland. Several days before the ship is to dock, O'Hara gets a radiogram informing him that his wife has died at sea. That night a burglar breaks into the Antigue & Second Hand Shop ran by Sol Bloom, directly below O'Hara's flat. The burglar shoots O'Hara, who has rushed to his friend's aid, and, with his last breath he asks Sol to take care of Shandy. When Shandy arrives, Sol immediately makes him a member of the family, which also consists of a very mischievous motherless boy named Joey Bloom, whose pursuits consist of stealing oranges from fruit-dealer Tony, and playing hookey from school. Tom Varney, the young beat cop, is in love with Ruth Sneider, whose mother runs a Cleaning and Dyeling establishment. Ruth, however, is momentarily dazed with worthless Dave Haller.
Jake
Un empresario no permite que nada se interponga en su camino en la adquisición de un edificio de oficinas de 100 pisos.
Mr. Schmidt
A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.
Herman the Janitor
Un juez y su amante son investigados bajo sospechas de corrupción.
James Hallett
Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man.
Senf
Las diferentes historias de los huéspedes de un elegante hotel es el argumento de este film de brillante reparto. Obtuvo tan sólo un Oscar, pero fue el de mejor película.
George Wagner
WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial interludes that keep consumers buying and sponsors smiling. But one sponsor, a producer of plumbing supplies, isn’t happy. So WBLA scriptwriter Bill Grimes is bounced from his job, setting in motion this movie’s turn from comedic to darkly tragic. William Haines, two years removed from being Tinseltown’s top male star, plays Grimes in a melodrama noted for its glimpses of live radio production and for a Depression-era ethos that includes peroxide cuties eager to land a job, a sugar daddy or both.
Samuel 'Sam' Belmonte
El jefe de policía, Jim Fitzpatrick, está luchando contra el gángster Sam Belmonte. Le pide a su deshonesto hermano Ed que le eche un ojo a Daisy, que estaba relacionada con Belmonte.
Frederick Smith
Después de décadas de criar a los hijos sin madre de Smith, la ama de llaves Emma Thatcher se enfrenta al resentimiento cuando se casa con su padre.
Oscar
Elyot y Sibyl se casaron en una gran ceremonia en la iglesia. Amanda y Victor fueron casados por un juez francés de la Paz. Ambas parejas van a un hotel el mismo día y se ponen en la habitación contigua con terrazas colindantes. Las cosas van bien hasta que Amanda ve a su ex marido Elyot en la terraza adyacente...
Dr. Dulac
La joven Madelon Claudet es una prostituta que ha de pasar diez años en la cárcel por un delito que no ha cometido. (FILMAFFINITY)
Karl Ohlin
Una mujer joven huye de una vida insoportable en casa y de un matrimonio concertado con un hombre al que desprecia. Buscará la felicidad con un guapo ingeniero.
Herman
Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.
Rudolph aka Jed Kramer
As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund Lowe heads the cast as Monty Greer, a suave gambler who falls in love with Judy, the daughter of immigrant lens grinder Rudolph Kramer. In trying to recover some valuable securities stolen from banker Henry Graham, Greer finds himself in the middle of a fierce gun battle in the ship's engine room. Meanwhile, Graham, who has been cheating on his wife Kay with sexy dancer Sigrid Carline, is murdered by person or persons unknown.
Herr Schnabel
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
Herr Hofner, Elsa's Father
In 1890, Gus Sascher joins the Austrian Army and romances the impoverished girl Elsa Hofner. Elsa instead marries the wealthier officer Franz von Renner, in an attempt at social climbing.
Frank 'Dad' Morton
The story of the firemen at Engine House No.8, where widower Frank "Dad" Brooks is the beloved veteran and whose children, Milly and Jimmie, are especially fond of firemen Dan and "Beauty" Johnson. The problem of the day is concern whether or not Brooks is going to qualify for a pension...until a three-alarm inferno breaks out at the orphanage.
Dr. Patterson
Disappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.
Man
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sang Kee. To save her from deportation she is sold to Charlie Yong, the Chop Suey King. Billy kidnaps her with plans of marriage.
Joseph Horngold
En una remota isla del Caribe, poblada por los descendientes de la tripulación del pirata Henry Morgan, el tátara-tátaranieto de éste quiere obligar a su hija Anita a que se case con el despreciable prestamista Joseph Horngold para poder disponer de mucho oro. El marinero americano Bob Wade acude en su rescate y su presencia hace estallar una revuelta en la isla.
August Bolte (Mamba)
August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I, is called "Mamba" by the locals, which is the name of a deadly snake. Despised by the locals and the European settlers alike for his greed and arrogance, Bolte forces the beautiful daughter of a destitute nobleman to marry him in exchange for saving her father from ruin. Upon her arrival in Africa, she falls in love with an officer in the local German garrison. When World War I breaks out, Bolte, unable to avoid being conscripted, foments a rebellion among the local natives.
Posnanski
This film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this category that is among the lost. No negative or print material is known to have survived. Contemporary reviews were scathing, describing the film as a vastly overlong and boring talk-fest.
Luigi Golfanti
Young Italian girl wants to become a great opera singer.
François Renault
In order to keep her job, a young dress designer must keep her recent marriage a secret from her boss. An important client arrives from Paris and her boss decides to hold a dinner party for the man at the girl's house. When her husband finds out that the client wants to take her back to Paris so she can "study," he comes up with a plan to stop it, and it begins with his being the "server" at the dinner party.
Julius Goldfish - Pa
Julius Golfish (Jim Hersholt), un humilde comerciante judío, ha conseguido sacar adelante a su esposa y a sus dos hijos gracias a su pequeño negocio Cuando el hijo mayor (Ricardo Cortez) se hace adulto, se obsesiona tanto con la idea de ocupar un lugar destacado dentro de la alta sociedad neoyorquina que acabará avergonzándose de su familia.
McCadden
The illiterate daughter of a drunken, nasty sea captain falls in love with a tugboat pilot. Her father disapproves of the relationship, and is determined to do everything he can to break it up.
John Bauer
The owner of a fruit cannery is facing financial ruin as a result of a strike. Unbeknownst to him, his son is the person who is organizing it.
Franz Hausmann
A composer and his daughter emigrate to America in the hope that he can sell his symphony. But he meets with little success and begins to give up hope. His daughter and her friends, however, never give up hope.
William Judson
Un respetable hombre de negocios y padre de familia, pierde la cabeza por una rubia callejera.
Solomon Levy
When a Catholic and a Jew wed they find themselves disowned by both of their families.
Tony
An Elderly fruit grower sends a photo of his foreman, not himself, to a waitress he wishes to marry. She falls in love with the foreman.
Dr. Jüttner
Karl Heinrich, sobrino del rey de un pequeño país y príncipe heredero, se traslada a estudiar a Heidelberg acompañado por su tutor, el doctor Jüttner. Allí se enamora de Kathi, la sobrina del dueño de la posada en la que se alojan. Karl Heinrich es feliz, pero el rey muere y debe regresar para ocupar el trono.
'Deacon' Pyecroft
In this comedy, a wealthy matron is terribly upset when she learns that her socialite son is planning to marry a blue collar girl.
Seymour White
Scott Sidney silent mistaken identity romantic comedy about a timid man, named Seymour White, who creates a new kind of ladies' lingerie. When he goes to Atlantic City to meet his lost sweetheart, he discovers she has grown fat and ugly, so he pretends to be "Mr. Wright". All kinds of comic hilarity ensue. This is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist.
Ole Bergson
Railroad builder James Travers (George Nichols) wants his pretty daughter, Anne (Virginia Valli), to marry Herbert Landis, a young engineer (Eugene O'Brien). Unfortunately, Anne loves Landis...like a brother, and his rival, Hilary Fenton (Bryant Washburn), stands ready to snatch her up.
Pop Schmidt
Fernie Schmidt (Colleen Moore) lives with her parents in the rear of their delicatessen. The smells of the business - cheeses, sausages, garlic and pickled herrings - repulses Fernie, who dreams of leaving this environment and moving into a life that's more rarified. Her father, Pop Schmidt (Jean Hersholt) has plans for his daughter to marry Peter Halitovsky (Arthur Stone), a sausage salesman, but Fernie is repulsed by the idea. At a dance, Fernie meets Jack Dugan (Malcolm McGregor), who tells her that he is in stocks, a paper-counter, and she falls for him. Because of her rejection of her father's chosen candidate for matrimony, Pop puts Fernie out of the house.
'Erb 'Uggins
Silent family drama.
Gustav Schmidt
A story of Vienna following World War I, in which the butchers became millionaires and the aristocrats became beggars, told against a background of mother-love and sacrifice.
Ed Munn
Stella, una chica pueblerina, se casa con Stephen Dallas, miembro de la alta sociedad, con quien no tiene nada en común. El matrimonio es un fracaso y, tras el nacimiento de una hija, Laurel, los Dallas se separan y Stephen vuelve a Nueva York. Conforme Laurel va creciendo, Stella se da cuenta de que ella no puede darle todo lo que necesita y la envía a vivir con Stephen y su nueva familia.
Don Fabrique Borusta
Don César (Douglas Fairbanks), hijo de don Diego De la Vega, el Zorro, se ve envuelto en un caso de asesinato durante su visita a España, y aprovecha su habilidad con el látigo para convertirse en Don Q, ocultando su verdadera identidad. (FILMAFFINIT)
Mr. Jones - a Crook
A model in an expensive clothing shop quarrels with another model, and an expensive gown is ruined. In order to pay for it, she asks her father, an artist, for the money. In order to get the money, the father gets mixed up with art thieves
Aug Hempel
After graduating from a fashionable finishing school and touring Europe with her father, Selina Peake returns to the United States, where her father is accidentally killed after losing his fortune in a gambling den. Selina is reduced to teaching in a high school in the Dutch community at High Prarie near Chicago. She boards in the farmhouse of Klass Poole, a dull-witted market gardener, and finally marries Pervus DeJong, a poor and backward farmer. She shares the drudgery of her husband's futile life and finds happiness only in their small son, Dirk, whom she calls "So-Big."
Gustaf Borgstrom
Refusing to join his family in their new social life when Henry Dillingham suddenly becomes wealthy, Donald Dillingham causes even greater disapproval by marrying chorus girl Ardell Kendall. Learning that famous sculptor Gustaf Borgstrom wishes to use Ardell as model, the Dillinghams suddenly welcome Donald and Ardell to their estate. Donald surrenders to both the jazzy pleasures and the attentions of Maybelle Wescott, but Ardell remains aloof and in order to pay off Maybelle threatens Mr. Dillingham with exposure of his infatuation with a chorus girl.
Marcus
Un supuesto dentista se casa con una mujer a la que le ha tocado la lotería. El frustrado novio de ésta le acusa de no tener licencia para ejercer como tal. A causa de ello, el matrimonio vive pobremente, pero la mujer ahorra compulsivamente. La avaricia y los celos conducirán a una tragedia. Existen dos versiones: la censurada, de dos horas y media, y la completa, de cuatro horas.
Joe Diamond
An impoverished British lord (Paul Menford) impersonates a doctor in order to woo an ailing American heiress (Dorothy Adams). The lord is in it for love, but his business associate (Joe Diamond) smells money.
Jury Foreman
The story of a woman on trial for her life for shooting the man who had promised to love her but had deserted her...and of a woman on the jury who refused to condemn her when eleven men had voted guilty...a woman brave enough to defy public opinion, brave enough to lose the loss of the love of her husband by baring her soul to the world in order to save the girl on trial.
Herman Krauss
A newly married husband and wife make an agreement that should either of them want to terminate their relationship then a bowl with goldfish would be presented to the other signalling the end of their marriage.
The City of Stars is structured as a "coming attractions" promo within the fictional framework of an Eastern editor (vaudeville actor Broderick O'Farrell) arriving in Los Angeles to meet with Universal's advertising manager. The sceneic resources of the studio are showcased throughout, with a "See America First" wagon visible in one scene, and a scattering of panoramic shots of Universal City and the Universal zoo.
Boris
Torment is a 1924 American silent film crime drama produced and directed by Maurice Tourneur and distributed by Associated First National. This film stars Bessie Love, Owen Moore, and Jean Hersholt.
Himself - Celebrity Actor
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Prince Otto of Como
The queen of a mythical European nation flees to America when a general threatens to overthrow her government.
Fiend
In managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems and accedes to the unreasonable demands of John Trevelyan, an anarchist labor agitator. Derith's brother John is off in pursuit of an adventuress, and Angus Campbell, her superintendent, resigns in exasperation. Angus returns, however, to help Derith persuade Trevelyan to settle a strike, which Trevelyan accomplishes in spite of being shot by one of his own men.
Ben Letts
Un grupo de indigentes vive en las faldas de unas colinas en cuya cima habita una familia adinerada liderada por su patriarca Elias Graves. El magnate Graves piensa que las familias de gente pobre deben ser trasladados a otro lugar y constantemente está planeando su expulsión Entre los desafortunados, vive una muchacha llamada Tess. (filmaffinit-y)
Henry Bird
A fine cast brings depth to this melodrama of a crippled boy, an unhappy marriage, an injured young lady and the miracle of faith.
Lem Beasley
Ailing ranch owner Al Auchincloss (Harry Lorraine) sends for his two nieces, Helen and Bo Raynor (Claire Adams and Charlotte Pierce), who are his heirs. Milt Dale, who lives in the forest (Gantvoort), comes down to help round up the cattle, and a romance springs up between him and Helen. This does not please Harvey Riggs (McKim), who is trying to get control of the ranch.
Prof. von Hartrott (uncredited)
En vísperas de la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918), las dos ramas de una acomodada familia argentina se dividen en dos bandos: los Desnoyers, oriundos de Francia, y los von Hartrott, de origen alemán. Julio Desnoyers, un joven irresponsable y bohemio, tiene un romance con Marguerite, una mujer casada. Cuando estalla la guerra, el esposo de Margueritte se va al frente. Poco despues, una serie de circunstancias hacen que Julio cambie radicalmente y decida trabajar para la Resistencia.
Director
The story of a man who seeks self-aggrandizement regardless of the sacrifice of friends, sweetheart and honor, but who is finally made to realize the futility of an ambition founded on false principles.
The story of a man who seeks self-aggrandizement regardless of the sacrifice of friends, sweetheart and honor, but who is finally made to realize the futility of an ambition founded on false principles.
Harry Teal
At the Golden Trail saloon in Alaska, Dave Langdon meets chorus girl Faro Kate who reminds him of his long-lost love, Jane Sunderlin. Meanwhile, back in the States, Harry Teal, scheming to steal a mine claim, hires Jane's brother Dick to do his dirty work in Alaska. After Jane accompanies her brother up North, Teal, who has designs on Jane, begins to fear that she will go back to Dave and so plots to discredit him by igniting the jealousy of Kate's admirer, Jim Sykes. Teal succeeds, and in the violent fight that erupts between Dave and Sykes, Sykes is shot by an unknown hand. While pursuing Sykes' assailant, Dave discovers Jane, but their reunion is cut short when Dave is arrested for the shooting.
Director
At the Golden Trail saloon in Alaska, Dave Langdon meets chorus girl Faro Kate who reminds him of his long-lost love, Jane Sunderlin. Meanwhile, back in the States, Harry Teal, scheming to steal a mine claim, hires Jane's brother Dick to do his dirty work in Alaska. After Jane accompanies her brother up North, Teal, who has designs on Jane, begins to fear that she will go back to Dave and so plots to discredit him by igniting the jealousy of Kate's admirer, Jim Sykes. Teal succeeds, and in the violent fight that erupts between Dave and Sykes, Sykes is shot by an unknown hand. While pursuing Sykes' assailant, Dave discovers Jane, but their reunion is cut short when Dave is arrested for the shooting.
Vetal Beaulieu
After returning home from years spent in a convent, Marie Beaulieu, is shocked to discover that her father, the leader of a band of smugglers, desires she marry Dave Roi, one of the members of the band.
Party Guest (uncredited)
A young lady, who "hates the law" rises from the tenements to society. Financial reverses lead her to commit a series of burglaries as "The Bird". She becomes involved with the detective investigating the burglaries. After she confesses and pays for her crimes, they marry.
Count Von Ornstorff
Robert "Bob" Wesley horrifies his father, Admiral John Wesley of the Naval Advisory Board, by failing his examination at the Annapolis naval academy. Bob seizes the chance to redeem himself, however, when he overhears Hanson, the butler, plotting with German agent Count Von Ornstorff to deliver his father's plans for the Atlantic coastal defenses to German Baroness Von Hulda. In Baltimore, Bob meets the baroness' ship and, with the aid of an old college professor, makes her his prisoner. Having impersonated a woman in the college play, Bob disguises himself as the baroness, rendezvous with the spies, and obtains the plans.
Emile Carre
The daughter of a disowned upper class Bostonian finds acceptance in Parisian society.
'Gentleman Jim' Raynor
A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The make-believe turns serious when a real gold mine is discovered nearby and a local girl is kidnapped by a nasty gambler.
The Minister
Harry es expulsado de la ciudad y en su camino a través del desierto se encuentra con un ministro y su familia; cuando el hombre es asesinado en una incursión india, Harry cuida a su pequeña hija, luego se pone el traje de ministro y reforma una ciudad.
Caleb Talbot
Three old men -- Judge Moran (George Hernandez), Roger Appleby (Jack Curtis) and Caleb Talbot (Jean Hersholt) -- are the caretakers of a young boy, Daws Anthony (Elwood Bredell). When Ray Preston (Fred Church) comes to the small Southern town where they all reside, he stirs up a load of trouble.
Prince Feodor
Princess Seraphina, taking her small son, Paul, flees from Yulania to the village of Champ Fleury in Normandy, because of the debauchery of her husband, Prince Feodor. The agent of Saxonia, Count Stefan, calls to convince Feodor he should divorce his wife and marry Princess Sofia Anoria with her fifty million francs, for Saxonia needs Yulania as a buffer state in case of war. Prince Feodor consents and agrees to the conspiracy of the agent to gain reason for divorce.
Prince Feodor (Episode #2)
A 9-part movie serial
Undetermined Role
When her father goes broke in the stock market, Jane Lee is forced to leave her prestigious boarding school. Glad-handing John Brock, an old friend of Jane's father, arranges for the girl to be hired as his stenographer. But Brock's lecherous ulterior motives become obvious when he locks Jane in the office and tries to rape her. When she manages to escape his advances, Brock vengefully frames the girl on a robbery charge.
Jimm, the Dope
Gunman Chuck Connelly is hired to silence the new district attorney who has been pounding the graft organizations. Chuck goes to the D. A.'s home to threaten him, but is taken off guard when his victim's little daughter leans trustfully on his knee and looks up at him with a smile. The D. A. ignores Chuck's warning, and the gang orders the gunman to execute him. Chuck breaks into the house, but sees the little girl again and is unable to complete his task. Instead, he seeks out his girl friend, Annie Mangan, a Salvation Army reformer, and swears to end his life of crime.
Reginald
Jack Calvert bets four friends that he can travel from New York to Constantinople without a cent.
Ferdinand
Two cowboys, Jim and Johnny Little Bear, discover a rich mine and decide to spend some of their money traveling. Their travels lead them to the kingdom of Queen Sylvia, who is being warred upon by the neighboring monarch Ferdinand because she will not marry him. Sympathetic to the Queen's plight, the cowboys wire to America for the rest of the gang, who arrive just in time to rout Ferdinand's attack.
Frivolous young Marie de Severac is frightened into following a more virtuous path, when her father relates a story in which an equally frivolous woman is entombed alive. The movie was Rex Ingram’s directorial debut, and he later remade the film as Trifling Women in 1922. Black Orchids is considered to be a lost film.
Determined to maintain her status as a star detective, Nellie Gleason goes after Jim Kinkaid, who has fled to Mexico after robbing real estate magnate George Arnold.
(uncredited)
Steve Denton, rich from years of prospecting, is fleeced by the citizens of Yellow Ridge. In his rage, he kidnaps the woman most responsible and makes her his slave in a desert hideaway.
Mob Member
Jim Houston, the "Shootin' Iron" Parson, comes to Barren Gulch to reform the morals of the frontier community.
A young woman is out shopping and buys a new hat in the latest fashion. Unfortunately, the hat is so huge that it leaves a trail of destruction wherever she goes. A quite ordinary stroll suddenly becomes deeply problematic.
