Hope Loring

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.

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.

Irène Bordoni is cast as Vivienne Rolland, a Parisian chorus girl in love with Massachusetts boy Andrew Sabbot (Jason Robards Sr.) Andrew's snobbish mother Cora (Louise Closser Hale) tries to break up the romance. Jack Buchanan likewise makes his talking-picture debut as Guy Pennell, the leading man in Vivienne's revue. No film elements of Paris are known to exist, although the complete soundtrack survives on Vitaphone disks. The sound tape reels for this film survives at UCLA Film and Television Archive.

This film was released in both silent and sound versions.

Primera adaptación cinematográfica de la novela de A.E.W. Mason. Un oficial británico abandona el ejército antes que le manden a Egipto para luchar contra los rebeldes. Su prometida y tres amigos del regimiento le envían cuatro plumas blancas, símbolo de cobardía. A partir de ese momento, emprenderá una peligrosa misión, para devolver las plumas a sus dueños y recuperar su honor.

Primera adaptación cinematográfica de la novela de A.E.W. Mason. Un oficial británico abandona el ejército antes que le manden a Egipto para luchar contra los rebeldes. Su prometida y tres amigos del regimiento le envían cuatro plumas blancas, símbolo de cobardía. A partir de ese momento, emprenderá una peligrosa misión, para devolver las plumas a sus dueños y recuperar su honor.

Paramount's first all-talking picture, Interference was dismally directed by Roy Pomeroy, whose lofty status as the studio's "technical wizard" did not necessarily qualify him to be a director. Evelyn Brent heads the cast as scheming Deborah Kane, who sets out to blackmail Faith Marley (Doris Kenyon), the above-reproach wife of Sir John Marlay.

Passions run hot in the tropics as men fight over oil wells and a woman.

A young American girl in Paris falls in love with a handsome nobleman, but he is about to wed in an arranged marriage. She hatches a plan to overcome that obstacle and get her man.

Lizzie Stokes, an obscure and colorless actress, is elevated to stardom through publicity and better coaching from Daniel Hoffman, a theatrical producer. As Olga Rostova, an exotic Russian, she meets Norman Brooke, whose infatuation turns to love. Hoffman suggests that Norman could never care for Lizzie and proves his point. Heartbroken, Lizzie decides to see no more of him. On closing night, when he proposes to her in her dressing room and she refuses, Norman declares he must believe all the lurid details of her past; in desperation, she bares her true identity, only to find it is not her glamorous image but rather her real self that he loves.

Lizzie Stokes, an obscure and colorless actress, is elevated to stardom through publicity and better coaching from Daniel Hoffman, a theatrical producer. As Olga Rostova, an exotic Russian, she meets Norman Brooke, whose infatuation turns to love. Hoffman suggests that Norman could never care for Lizzie and proves his point. Heartbroken, Lizzie decides to see no more of him. On closing night, when he proposes to her in her dressing room and she refuses, Norman declares he must believe all the lurid details of her past; in desperation, she bares her true identity, only to find it is not her glamorous image but rather her real self that he loves.

Joe Merril, hijo del millonario propietario de una popular cadena de tiendas, se hace pasar por Joe Grant para trabajar en el almacén de una de las tiendas de su padre y así demostrar que puede triunfar sin la influencia de éste. En el almacén conoce a Maggie Johnson, y los dos se enamoran. Pero esto supone un problema, porque la señora Merril ha planeado que su hijo se case con Millicent Rogers, una chica de la alta sociedad...

Joe Merril, hijo del millonario propietario de una popular cadena de tiendas, se hace pasar por Joe Grant para trabajar en el almacén de una de las tiendas de su padre y así demostrar que puede triunfar sin la influencia de éste. En el almacén conoce a Maggie Johnson, y los dos se enamoran. Pero esto supone un problema, porque la señora Merril ha planeado que su hijo se case con Millicent Rogers, una chica de la alta sociedad...

A story of a woman who committed a murder.

A story of a woman who committed a murder.

The second of Thomas Meighan's three 1927 vehicles, We're All Gamblers was also the first of two collaborations between Meighan and director James Cruze. Based on Lucky Sam McCarver, a play by Sidney Howard, the story concerns a refugee of the Lower East Side who rises to the uppermost rungs of the nightclub world, all for the sake of a "dame." Boxer Sam McCarver (Meighan) falls in love with society girl Carlotta Asche (Mariette Mische).

Jack Powell (Charles Rogers), un joven que vive en una pequeña ciudad de Estados Unidos en 1917, está enamorado de la sofisticada Sylvia Lewis (Jobyna Ralston) y se siente irritado por las constantes atenciones de la chica de la casa de al lado, Mary Preston (Clara Bown), Sylvia está a su vez enamorada del rico heredero David Armstrong (Richard Arlen), aunque su relación se ve interrumpida cuando los dos jóvenes se alistan en el Ejército. Tras un periodo de enfrentamiento, entran en las Fuerzas Aéreas y Jack y David conocen al cadete White (Gary Cooper), quien les sirve de inspiración para sus futuros combates aéreos. Drama bélico que ha pasado a la historia por ser el primer film que ganó el Oscar a la mejor película, el año de la creación de los premios de la Academia americana (años 1927-1928).

Un hombre no quiere casarse con la mujer que ama pues teme que el matrimonio acabe en divorcio, al igual que le pasó a sus padres.

En el departamento de almacenes Waltham, la humilde dependienta Betty Lou se desmaya sobre Cyrus Waltham Junior, distinguido señorito, hijo del propietario. Betty tiene "ello" (atractivo sexual) en abundancia, pero conseguir llamar la atención de Cyrus no es una empresa sencilla. Finalmente, sus ardientes y pasionales miradas comienzan a hacer efecto. Por supuesto, desconociendo haber intervenido. ¿Pueden una mujer que ama los perritos calientes de Coney Island y un hombre que cena en el Ritz llegar a juntar sus caminos alguna vez?

Adam, a plumber, is happily married to Eve, a wardrobe-obsessed housewife, until she accidentally meets a supercilious fashion designer. At the prompting of her neighbor, who has secret designs on Adam, Eve secretly becomes a fashion model by day, knowing that her husband would disapprove.

The story of a racetrack tout whose prayers could bring a dry or muddy racetrack, and how he learned to capitalize on those powers. Until the day he lost the power and bet the wrong way.

Even though Big Bill Devens is a powerful politician, he still sticks to his working man's roots. His wife walked out on him 20 years before and his daughter, Moira, believes she is dead. Moira falls in love with Hugh Dillon, a handsome young attorney, and Devens gets him a job in the district attorney's office. One night, Devens' wife, now an old, decrepit woman known as Aileen Clayton, returns to ask forgiveness.

Romantic drama directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki.

Joan Wiswell, Ted Workman, and wholesome Helen Ripley are among the half-dozen or more suspects, all for good reasons of their own, murdered a high-society crook called Genne Cassenas.

The story of a much put-upon woman who becomes involved with a professor of political economy only to be thrown over by him for the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

When a secretary overhears her boss disparaging her looks, she decides to show him how wrong he is.

Annie es hija de un policía y vive en los barrios bajos con su padre y su hermano. Sus mejores amigos son una pandilla de chavales del barrio con los que juega y se pelea. Cuando su padre es asesinado y el muchacho del que está enamorada es acusado del hecho, sus amigos harán todo lo posible por ayudarla a encontrar al verdadero culpable. (filmaffinit-y)

Annie es hija de un policía y vive en los barrios bajos con su padre y su hermano. Sus mejores amigos son una pandilla de chavales del barrio con los que juega y se pelea. Cuando su padre es asesinado y el muchacho del que está enamorada es acusado del hecho, sus amigos harán todo lo posible por ayudarla a encontrar al verdadero culpable. (filmaffinit-y)

A college graduate returns West after ten years in the East to her home in Sulfur Springs. Virginia's mother, the owner of a rooming house has turned hard and uncaring in her absence and the girl finds comfort in her friendship with Ross Cavanagh, a forest ranger. The latter runs afoul of cattle baron Sam Gregg, who resents a new tax on cattle grazing on government land.

A famous international actress wants to marry the love of her life, a millionaire but is blocked by a renowned woman-hater who actually ants her for himself.

Ruthlessly determined to succeed at any cost, Amos Mason ( Willard Louis ) comes to New York with his fiancee, Ann Sherman ( June Marlowe ). By unscrupulous dealings and with the use of Ann's savings, Amos meets with considerable success and casts aside Ann, who is forced to take a job as maid in the Graves mansion. Amos begins to court Shirley Graves ( Irene Rich ) and causes Ann's dismissal. Mrs. Graves ( Helen Dunbar ) persuades Shirley to marry Amos, despite her love for the penniless Douglas White ( John Patrick ). Ann marries James Warren ( Robert Agnew ), an architect, whom Amos hires to build a mansion, and Ann tells Shirley of Amos' previous perfidy. Shirley has an affair with Douglas White but becomes disgusted with illicit sex when she believes him to be unfaithful to her. Amos' schemes fall flat, and he is arrested for swindling. In prison he repents, Shirley's attitude toward him softens, and they are reconciled when he is freed.

The spoiled, arrogant and slow-witted son of a wealthy businessman falls in love with the daughter of his father's business manager.

Sidney Page is a beautiful young nurse, the object of the romantic attentions of several young men in her small town. One of them, a mysterious fellow known as K, suddenly finds that the life of his rival for Sidney's hand depends upon his revealing the secret of his own past.

This Woman is a 1924 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen, written by Louis D. Lighton and Hope Loring, and starring Irene Rich, Ricardo Cortez, Louise Fazenda, Frank Elliott, Creighton Hale, and Marc McDermott. Based on the 1924 novel This Woman by Howard Rockey, it was released by Warner Bros. on November 2, 1924.

Harry Burton es un escritor especializado en temas hogareños. Ha escrito un libro sobre el arte de cuidar a los niños y se ve enfrentado a la peor de las pruebas: convivir con las dos hijas de su hermana mientras los padres se toman unas cortas vacaciones.

This epic Western-melodrama was based on the popular novel by Harold Bell Wright. Two old prospectors, Thad Grove and Bob Hill find an infant in the cabin belonging to Sonora Jack, a notorious bandit. The girl, Marta, grows to womanhood.

A pair of professional thieves discover that their accomplice, Mary Brennan, is a dead-ringer for wealthy heiress Margaret Waring. They wait until Margaret is absent from the house, then place Mary there to make their heist easier. Unfortunately, Margaret returns before they've finished the job and gets shot. When the police get there, both women claim to be Margaret Waring and accuse the other of being the thief--and they look so much alike that no one can tell the difference.

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.

This silent romantic melodrama is believed to be lost.

This silent romantic melodrama is believed to be lost.

Molly Wood arrives in a small western town to be the new schoolmarm. The Virginian, foreman on a local ranch, takes a shine to her, and vows that he will make her love him. The Virginian's best friend, Steve, falls in with bad guys led by Trampas. The Virginian catches them cattle rustling. As foreman, he must give the order to hang his friend. Trampas gets away and shoots the Virginian in the back. Molly nurses him to health, and falls in love with him. They plan to marry, but on their wedding day Trampas returns, looking for trouble.

Based on the novel The Spoilers by Rex Beach.

Don't Marry for Money is a 1923 silent drama

The story of a young actress trying to attain stardom on Broadway.

Poor, decent young woman Lory (Percy) avoids moral pratfalls after she is employed by a rich family. She falls in love with the son (Harlan) but the couple is separated by his cruel, class-conscious mother. Lory stays true to her spirit and does not compromise her integrity when the mother attempts to pay her off. Later, a tragedy might open the door the broken hearted young woman to find happiness.

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)

Money, Money, Money is a 1923 silent film.

Yen Sin, a humble Chinese, is washed ashore after a storm and finds himself an outsider in the deeply Christian fishing community of Urkey. Yen Sin elects to stay, despite his status as a despised 'heathen', only to reveal hypocrisy amid the self-righteous township.

Wealthy orphan Carol Gordon marries the executor of her estate, though she does not love him. Soon afterward, trying to help a friend who is being blackmailed, she is misunderstood by her husband to be herself compromised.

After Mark Hanlon gambles away his fortune and his equity in his house, his daughter Molly marries Kirk, proprietor of the gambling hall; and as mistress of the gaming tables, she meets young Miles Rand, exiled to the West for his reckless behavior.

A ranchman sets fire to his trousers with a cigarette. In the morning the hotel attendant furnishes him with a pair borrowed from a cattle rustler. A note in one of the pockets gets the hero into trouble, but he clears himself and wins the girl of his choice.

The "Black Hound" band of desperadoes abduct a candidate for governor and demand a heavy ransom for him, but the hero and the girl lead a successful rescue party.

Wolf Tracks is a 1920 silent Western

On the American frontier in the last decades of the 19th century, Billie is a female cowboy who fights a series of bad men in this film serial.

A young woman moves to the city to become an opera singer, but ends up a cabaret singer.

Lure of the Circus is a 1918 American adventure film serial directed by J. P. McGowan.

A wealthy society playboy falls in love with the daughter of a poor fisherman. After Valentino shot to fame, A Society Sensation was cut down to a meek 24 minutes so the lead would be in every scene. Title cards tried to make up for the lost scenes.

A wealthy society playboy falls in love with the daughter of a poor fisherman. After Valentino shot to fame, A Society Sensation was cut down to a meek 24 minutes so the lead would be in every scene. Title cards tried to make up for the lost scenes.