The Siren's Song (1919)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 58分
演出 : J. Gordon Edwards
脚本 : Charles Kenyon
シノプシス
Marie Bernais, a Breton village girl, possesses a wonderful voice which her father believes is a gift from the devil. Raoul Nieppe loves her, but fears marrying below his social status, and his rejection results in a suicide attempt by Marie. She is rescued by Hector Remey who was once a tenor but is now a showman. Because of his assistance, she becomes a famous singer.
A poor but ambitious young girl is determined to crash high society, but isn't prepared for the reception she receives.
It is a variation on the original legend of Alraune in which a Mad Scientist creates a beautiful but demonic child from the forced union between a woman and a Mandrake root. Not to be confused with the 1918 German version of Alraune.
This mostly lost film (please check your attic) is often confused with director Paul Wegener third and readily available interpretation of the legend; Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920). In this version of the golem legend, the golem, a clay statue brought to life by Rabbi Loew in 16th century Prague to save the Jews from the ongoing brutal persecution by the city's rulers, is found in the rubble of an old synagogue in the 20th century. Brought to life by an antique dealer, the golem is used as a menial servant. Eventually falling in love with the dealer's wife, it goes on a murderous rampage when its love for her goes unanswered.
A reporter and a detective team up to solve the murder of a nightclub singer who had been involved in a divorce scandal.
フランクは婚約者のゾーイと共同でラザロという名前の血清の開発を行っていた。ラザロは昏睡状態にある患者の治療のための薬品として認知されていたが、実際のところは死者を蘇らせるための血清であった。 友人でもあるニコ、クレイ、エヴァの協力の下、2人は死んだばかりの犬を蘇生させることに成功する。しかし、犬は生前には見せなかった動きをし始める。目から生気が失われ、食欲も喪失してしまったのである。それどころか何らかの特殊能力を取得しているようであった。検査の結果、ラザロ血清が犬の脳内に新しいシナプス回路を形成したことが判明した。 2人の極秘研究の存在を知った学部長はその中止を命令してきた。しかも、2人の研究に出資していた企業が大手製薬会社に買収されたせいで、2人は研究成果をその会社に奪われてしまった。 実験の成果を奪い返すべく、フランクたちは研究室に忍び込んだ。しかしこの危険な試みの最中、事故が起こりゾーイが感電死してしまった。ゾーイを死なせたくないという一心で、フランクはラザロ血清を彼女に投与する。ゾーイは無事生き返ったように見えたが、フランクは何かがおかしいと思い始める。ゾーイは「自分が死にかけたとき、私は地獄の景色を見た」と主張する。
Belle Bennett plays as the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City, Iowa. She moves with them to Cambridge, Massachusetts in order to educate her children with culture and give them every advantage. Bennett, who is unversed in financial matters, soon faces poverty for herself and her children. She takes out a loan from an unscrupulous lender (played by Richard Tucker), who is so impressed by the charm and valiant spirit of Bennett than he neglects to ask her for collateral. Bennett, however, is only able to partially pay her creditors. Marion Nixon, Bennett's eldest daughter, is shocked by her mother's actions and attempts to sacrifice herself to Tucker in order to clear her mother's obligations, even though she is engaged to marry a well to do Harvard undergraduate, played by Rex Bell. This film is believed lost.
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In a small town in Indiana in the 1890s, the domineering and ambitious Mrs. Biddle arranges a marriage between her spoiled daughter Thelma and the town's prize catch, harvester David Langston, who is wedded to the soil. David is friends with orphan Ruth Jameson and, although she is in love with him, he eventually gives in to the machinations of Mrs. Biddle and consents to marry Thelma. Meanwhile, technological advances come to town, including its first gasoline buggy, galvanic battery, and metal bathtub fitted with running water. When Mrs. Biddle tries to convince David to give up the farming life and join her husband in real estate, Mr. Biddle, hen-pecked and dissatisfied with city life, warns David against selling his farm.
After his beloved daughter leaves for the city to pay off his debt, an old farmer goes mad when her letters become less frequent and it is suspected she may be using her body to get the money.
Chaney plays two roles: mad scientist Arthur Lamb and Lamb's "experiment", known only as the Ape Man. This hideous creature was the result of Lamb's attempts to transplant animal glands into human beings.
Lon Chaney plays a Parisian sculptor who falls in love with his model (Mildred Manning). She, however, cares nothing for him. The film is considered lost.
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During a fun-filled getaway at a remote lake, teenager Kim (Dominique Swain) and her friends unwittingly unleash a murderous spirit when they make the mistake of playing the game 'Dead Mary' in this horror story. The body count rises as good friends are forced to hack each other to death, or face death themselves. Marie-Josee Colburn, Jefferson Brown, Steve McCarthy, Reagan Pasternak and Maggie Castle co-star.
Brian, an out-of-work stockbroker, is introduced by his landlord Mr. Redman to a new source of insider information: the Ouija! The Ouija makes him rich, but when Mr. Redman kills himself and Brian suffers a freak accident, Brian's wife starts noticing changes in her husband...
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