David Torrence

This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from early sound pictures.

The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the early 19th century.

When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the missing Scottish missionary. Stanley finds Livingstone ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume.") blissfully doling out medicine and religion to the happy natives. His story is at first disbelieved.

Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis -- but a bank robbery and a daring escape is going to get in their way before they reach the altar.

In 1890, two British expatriates, Robert Herrick and Huish, and German Captain Jakob Thorbecke, are commissioned to sail a Yankee schooner called The Golden State , whose captain and crew have died of smallpox. From Tehua in the South Seas to Australia, they are to deliver a cargo of champagne. Thorbecke decides to head for Peru, however, so he can sell the merchandise and pocket the money. While sailing, Faith Wishart, daughter of the deceased captain, comes out of her hiding place on board and, by briefly holding Thorbecke at gunpoint, demands he make the delivery.

In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about freely and saves the Athleighs from an assassination attempt by a radical faction. Dennis and Helen meet again and, unaware of his position, Helen falls in love with him. Later when Dennis admits his identity, Helen must make a fateful decision.

In late 18th century Scotland, Annie Laurie and William Douglas love each other, but their clans are on opposite sides of the country's civil war. Their love is made immortal through the title song of this film.

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.

A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.

17세기 영국, 제임스 왕의 폭정에 반란이 일어난다. 모든 시민이 대항하지만 의사인 블러드는 겁쟁이라는 주변의 질타에도 나름의 신념을 굳게 믿으며 동참하지 않는다. 그러다 블러드에게 심한 부상을 당한 반란군이 찾아오고 그를 치료해주다 투옥되어 결국 노예로 팔려가는 신세가 된다. 이 사건을 통해 그는 현실을 바꾸고자 결심하고 권력자 비숍 대령과 맞서지만 실패하고 악명 높은 탄광으로 팔려나갈 찰라에 비숍의 조카 애나벨라가 그를 사겠다고 나서는데...

1787년 영국 포츠머스. 유럽 식량경제를 뒤 바꿔 놓을 지도 모르는 경제 작물인 빵나무의 종자나무를 가져오기위해 영국 포프머드 항구에서 바운티호가 역사적인 출범을 한다. 빌리이 선장 이하 부선장 크리스찬 및 80명의 선원들은 지구의 반을 돌아야하는 대장정을 시작한다. 출발하자마자 치즈 절도 사건이 일어나고, 선장의 부탁으로 선장의 집에 갖다준 밀즈라는 선원이 죄를 뒤집어쓰게 되나 곤란해진 선장의 억지에 의해 상관 모독죄로 밀즈에게 채찍 24대의 체벌이 가해지게 된다. 항상 독재적인 권위로 선원들을 다스리는 발리이 선장은 선원들에게 두려움 외에도 반항심을 불어넣어 주었다. 그리고 빌리이 선장은 부하들을 다스리는 일에서 크리스찬과 부딪치게 된다. 마침내 킹조지 섬에 닿게 되고 항해의 목적인 빵나무 종자를 채취하는 동안 무단 이탈한 선원을 체벌하여 가둔다. 이에 불만 느낀 선원들과 크리스찬은 선상 반란을 일으키게 되고 크리스찬은 선장을 죽이려는 선원들을 만류하고 일주일분의 식량과 나침판 지도 등을 주어 구명정에 태워 망망대해에 내려놓는다. 그리고 바운티호는 타이티섬으로 항로를 돌리는데...

The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.

Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.

On an ocean liner crossing a professional gambler comes to the aid of a naive young man victimized by a jewel thief. The young man turns out to be his son he's not seen since infancy.

Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must marry their daughter, Maggie. Staying true to his word, John weds Maggie and begins a successful career, thanks largely to his savvy wife. The couple's relationship is placed in jeopardy when John faces temptation in the form of the lovely aristocrat Lady Sybil Tenterden.

부모를 잃은 제인 에어(Jane Eyre: 버지니아 브루스 분)는 숙모인 리드(Mrs. Reed: 클레리사 셀위네 분)에게 맡겨지나, 제대로 키우지 않고 골칫거리로 여겨 로우드 자선 학교로 보내진다. 교장 브로클허스트(Brocklehurst: 데이비드 토렌스 분)의 엄하고 혹독한 교육과 매질에 시달리면서, 어느덧 시간은 흘러 제인은 로우드의 선생님이 된다. 성인이 된 제인은 쏜필드 저택의 가정교사로 추천되고, 그곳 저택을 관리하는 페어팩스 부인(Mrs. Fairfax: 버릴 메어서 분)의 따스한 보살핌 속에, 자신이 가리키는 아델(Adele Rochester: 에디스 펠로우스 분)도 잘 따라, 난생 처음 삶의 평온함을 맛보게 된다. 그리고 말로만 듣던 로체스터 경(Edward Rochester: 콜린 클리브 분)과 만나게 되고, 그에게 끌리는 감정도 느끼나, 저택에서 밤이면 나도는 음산한 웃음 소리와 하녀 그레이스 풀(Grace Poole: 에델 그리피스 분)이라는 불길한 존재가 그녀를 어둡게 한다. 임종을 앞둔 숙모를 찾은 제인은 존 리브스 목사(Dr. Rivers: 데스몬드 로버츠 분)를 만나게 되고, 마침내 쏜필드로 돌아와 성스러운 결혼식을 올리게 되나, 로체스터에게 미쳐버린 아내 버사(Bertha Rochester: 클레어 두 브레이 분)가 있음이 밝혀져, 그곳을 떠나 버린다. 숙모댁에 도착한 제인은 정신적 상처로 쓰러지고 존 리브스와 그의 누이 메리(Mary Lane: 게일 케이 분)의 극진한 간호로 건강을 되찾고 여기에 숙부가 엄청난 재산을 남긴 것도 알게 된다. 그러나 그녀는 전재산을 로우드 학교에 기부하고, 존 리브스 목사의 청혼도 거절한 채, 쏜필드로 돌아온 제인은, 미친 아내 버사를 구하려다 불구덩이 속에서 두 눈을 잃어버린 로체스터를 발견하고, 둘만의 진정한 사랑을 되찾는다.

Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigned to spy on him. When he is told to uncover a leak, he vows revenge on his wife.

Abandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay.

그레타 가르보의 많은 명작들 중 최고작으로 꼽히는 명작! 17세기 스웨덴의 여왕이었던 크리스티나의 사랑과 슬픈 비극적 결말을 그린 사극으로 가르보의 연기가 보석같이 빛을 발한다. 특히 그녀와 길버트의 러브신은 영화사상 최고의 신들로 꼽히며 사람의 시체를 싣고서 뱃머리를 그의 고향으로 향하는 마지막 장면도 영화사를 장식하는 명 라스트 신들 중 하나이다. 크리스티나는 1632년 아버지인 구스타프 2세의 죽음으로 6세의 나이에 스웨덴의 왕위에 오른다. 크리스티나의 여왕은 지적이고 영리해서 시대를 앞서나가는 인물이었다. 하지만 그녀는 스페인 대사인 돈 안토니오와 사랑에 빠져 결혼과 왕위계승자를 낳는 것을 거부하고 28세의 나이에 왕좌에서 물러난다. 결국 돈 안토니오는 여왕을 눈독들이고 있던 재무대신인 마그누스와 결투하다 죽고 여왕은 죽은 연인의 시체와 함께 스웨덴을 떠난다.

A young American man is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.

A drug-addicted member of Parliament needs to take time off and secretly pull his life together, so he gets his lookalike cousin to agree to temporarily assume his identity.

Writer and philosopher Voltaire, loyal to his king, Louis XV of France, nonetheless writes scathingly of the king's disdain for the rights and needs of his people. Louis admires Voltaire, but is increasingly influenced against him by his minister, the Count de Sarnac.

Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and uncle throw him off their property because he is a poor bumbler. One day a stranger buys Slim's ranch for one million dollars because the land contains valuable minerals. Slim and his partner, Andy Jones, are overwhelmed by their new found wealth, but it does not help to soothe Slim's hurt feelings when he finds out that Angelica has gone to England to stay with her other aunt. He decides to bring her his horse, "Cynthia Ann," as a gift, and with Andy and the horse, he sets sail.

The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.

On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.

Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.

An unscrupulous newspaper editor searches for headlines at any cost.

Bobby Jones uses some unorthodox (some might say magical) methods to help a man with his drive.

The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of hardships, learns that her son has fallen ill. Despite being nearly blinded as the result of an explosion, she returns home to see her son again.

Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years. He uses a ledger which keeps track of the payments he has been making to ex-lovers to locate 2 of them, and a third is found by a lawyer in New York, her mother was too proud to accept any money. Sir Basil is a curmudgeon, and his three adult children have a hard time with him at first. Toni, the American, is a free spirit who had a budding career in show business. Jeffery is English and a semi-gentleman, and Maria is Italian, with a Latin temperament. They begin to bond, especially Sir Basil and Toni, whose outgoing personality finally wins over the old man. But past lives begin to creep back into the picture and threaten the old man's plans for a life filled with his children.

Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time he turns the charm on Dorothy Hope, whose father is big in linoleum and who, before Willie's arrival, was about to become engaged to a Russian aristocrat.

Sgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named Keith. When they catch up with him in the farthest reaches of Northern Canada, Keith turns out to be a dead ringer for Conniston. On the way back, the sled overturns, Keith grabs the gun and leaves them to die in the snow. After second thoughts he comes back and brings them to safety at an RCMP emergency cabin. Conniston dies of a frozen lung.

A soldier is wounded in action. His face is restored by a plastic surgeon to resemble someone else.

A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from that life, but an old friend comes to him with a predicament that entails him committing one last job.

미네소타에서 밀 농장을 하는 렘은 시카고로 밀을 팔러 간다. 기차에서 렘은 우연히 케이트를 만나고 둘은 사랑에 빠진다. 렘은 케이트와 함께 고향으로 돌아오는데, 어머니와 어린 여동생은 케이트를 반기지만 아버지는 의심과 경계의 시선을 거두지 않는다. 독일 표현주의를 대표하는 거장 프리드리히 빌헬름 무르나우가 할리우드에서 만든 마지막 작품. 분주한 도시와 드넓은 밀밭의 모습이 대조되며 햇살이 비치는 밀밭, 역동적인 수확기의 모습은 무르나우의 서정적인 풍경을 더욱 풍요롭게 만든다.

Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.

In this romance set in Russia, a fisherman's daughter is jilted by her true love and instead marries a baron. Time passes and the two men meet each other in Siberia where they have both been exiled. When the poorer man has the opportunity to come home, he changes places with the baron so that he can return to his wife. Unbeknownst to him, she has gone to the frozen wasteland to search for him.

Captain Donald King of the British Army goes to India just as World War I breaks out, convincing his comrades that he is a coward. In reality, he is on a secret mission to rescue British soldiers held prisoner there.

"Strong Boy" is offered a promotion for saving a child from being crushed by a trunk, but to the frustration of his girlfriend Mary, he is not ambitious enough to take a white-collar position. But when he thwarts an attempted train robbery and saves the Queen of Lisonia's jewels, he is viewed as a hero and Mary finally agrees to marry him.

Jockey Johnny Spencer loses his job with Mrs. Calhoun for throwing a race. An adventuress named Sybil, who made Johnny hold back Mrs. Calhoun's horse, Lady, leaves him, and he becomes a racetrack bum. Johnny returns to Mrs. Calhoun's stable when the new jockey proves unable to manage Lady. Johnny wins the next race, thereby regaining Mrs. Calhoun's confidence and winning the love of her attractive daughter, Lucy.

John Stoval, a guard in a New York subway, thinks that Philip Hurd, who owns a concession at Coney Island, would make a good husband for his daughter Sophie. Sophie, however, has her sights set on Bill Hedges, the son of a wealthy farmer in upstate New York. Her father arranges for her to marry Hurd in exchange for a 25% interest in the concession, but matters come to a halt when John slips and falls off a subway platform and is injured.

Though billed second, the stunningly beautiful Louise Brooks is the focal point of the campus comedy Rolled Stockings. It's the old one about two collegiate brothers, Jim and Ralph Treadway (James Hall, Richard Arlen), in love with the same girl, Carol Fleming (Brooks).

The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.

Jack Holt stars as Ben Wade, a rancher framed on a robbery charge by crooked lawyer Harkness (Charles Sellon).

Alicia, a circus artist, deserts her husband and child to elope with Underwood, her handsome lover. Fifteen years later, Annie Martin, Alicia's deserted daughter, is a trapeze performer in a sideshow at Coney Island, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Chubb, and has married Howard Jeffries in spite of opposition by his wealthy parents. Jeffries, Sr., hires a man (Underwood) to separate the young couple. Underwood convinces the newlyweds that each is being unfaithful to the other, and consequently, he is threatened by Howard. Driven to fury by Underwood's uncontrollable demands, Alicia shoots him in a quarrel and makes her escape just as Howard enters; despite his innocence, Howard confesses to the crime when subjected to the third degree. Annie, realizing her mother's guilt, claims to be guilty, but Alicia then confesses. Annie is saved from suicide by Howard, and they are united by love.

Tom Drury, a cowboy whose quick thinking stops a notorious outlaw, "The Hawk," from further misdeeds. The villain, as it turns out, is none other than Henry Suggs (James Mason), heretofore considered a pillar of the community.....

A wounded captain recalls his youth, his time at college, and the woman he fell in love with.

Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor but meets opposition from her stern military father who has recently immigrated from England.

Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not only in football and rowing crew, but also for the affections of Mary Abbott, a professor's daughter.

Five people are stranded on an island off the coast of Alaska. The poor girl, Bess Gilbert, competes with the rich girl, Lenor Harderworth, for the attentions of the heroic Ned Cornet. A snow-slide resolves a few issues.

Sandy McNeil adopts strictly unconventional jazz ethics and against the wishes of her parents runs with a fast young set. An auto breakdown after a party places her in a compromising situation, and she grudgingly marries a wealthy suitor of her father's choice. When her husband's cruelty results in the death of her child, she leaves him and meets Ramon, an architect with whom she becomes infatuated. The return of his former mistress causes her to seek refuge with her cousin Judith, where she falls in love with Douglas, Judith's sweetheart. As Sandy refuses to return to Ramon, he shoots her and then kills himself. Douglas, taking the blame for her sake, is tried for murder, but Sandy rises from her sickbed and confesses in court; she succumbs after restoring Judith to Douglas.

Genteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by Martyn Selsby, his business partner, and sentenced to jail.

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.

A good Tod browning movie but without Lon Chaney. Anyway, the story sounds here quite strange and dark. Mystery and drama fans will be delighted by this story of a young eastern european woman hired to the new world. This one is quite rare on TV, so if you can don't miss it !

Joseph Greer is a wealthy businessman in New York City with all the trappings including a prim-and-proper secretary, Jenny McFarlan, who takes dictation during working hours and, at night, minus her eyeglasses, serves as his nightclub companion and mistress. Then his daughter,Beatrice, whom he has never seen, shows up and moves in with him. Beatrice is a grown-up flapper who loves jazz, pool parties, flaunting prohibition and carrying-on in general. Most of her carrying-on is with the family chauffeur and her father does not approve, says so, and fires the chauffeur. His parental-guidance technique backfires as Beatrice ups and elopes with the chauffeur. Later, the father has some problems with his business associates and loses his business and most of his fixtures and disappears. But Beatrice locates him and there is a happy reunion between father and daughter, especially since daughter has brought along Jenny to cheer him up.

Robert Marshall’s dying utterance seems to point to Colman Colby (Robert Frazer) as his killer. Colby is arrested and at trial all testimony points to his guilt. But as the jury deliberates, the unfairly named “other woman” (Helen Lee Worthing) sets out to prove his innocence.

Clarence, an eastern college youth masquerading as a mild, inoffensive dandy, joins a Wild West show where he clashes with the leading lady, "Calamity" Jane, a man-hater.

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The story centers around two small statuettes containing valuable emeralds, which are said to project a sinister influence on the possessor. The czar of Russia gives the statuettes to a grand duke, who, in turn, gives them to his secretary, John Hawksley. Hawksley sends them to America in a friend's possession and follows after.

About Dick Heldar, an aspiring artist. Although he is devoted to his childhood sweetheart, Maisie Wells, his ambition drives him to faraway places. He meets Torpenhow, a war correspondent, at Port Said, and accompanies him into battle.

The story to this comedy-drama is based on the book by Emerson Hough, who was experiencing a surge of popularity because his book The Covered Wagon had recently been made into a hit film. Ranchman Colonel Wright sends his daughter Bonnie to an Eastern college to receive an education. She decides to stay in the city and sends for her father, who arrives with his foreman Curly. Even though they live in the midst of society, they are snubbed by the Easterners as uncouth.

A young man is raised in the mountains by his prizefighter father. Although he possesses great strength and athletic skill, he is completely out of his league when it comes to women. He becomes a successful boxer in San Francisco and is given the name "The Abysmal Brute". When he rescues a drowning man, he meets a beautiful socialite named Maude Sangster and falls in love. His lack of social skills proves a hindrance when a rival suitor competes with him for Maude's affections.

Jealous of her son Oliver's interest in Penelope Mason, Mrs. Newell takes him to a resort where he is easy prey for designing Enid Morton. After some near-disastrous situations with Enid's suspicious husband, Penelope comes to Oliver's rescue at Mrs. Newell's request.

Wealthy Elias Graves builds his home on the top of a hill, where a group of squatters have taken up residence at the bottom. Many of the men in the squatters' village have their eyes on young Tess, and one of them, Ben Letts, frames Tess's father for murder. While maintaining her father's innocence, Tess must keep her love for Graves' son a secret, while caring for Elias' daughter's illegitamate child.

Sherlock Holmes is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut out for him on his latest case. Prince Alexis is accused of a theft that he insists he didn’t commit. The evidence is stacked against him, but Holmes’ trusted friend, Dr. Watson, vouches for the prince. As the famed detective investigates, he’s brought face to face with his most devious adversary yet — Professor Moriarty.

A peasant girl sent to make a claim on her family's ancestral home in England's Wessex is seduced and left with child by its current owner.

King Rudolf of Ruritania is saved from a coup attempt by the help of his lookalike cousin, who falls in love with the king's fiancee.