Humoresque (1920)
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 11M
Director : Frank Borzage
Sinopse
Young Leon Kanter dreams of being a great violinist. His parents scrape up the money for a violin and for lessons, and Leon rewards them by becoming a great player. But as an adult, Leon finds that people want more from him than just music.
When Pollyanna is orphaned, she's sent to live with her crotchety Aunt Polly. Pollyanna discovers that many of the people in her aunt's New England hometown are as ill-tempered as her aunt. But Pollyanna's incurable optimism - exemplified by her "glad game", in which she looks for the bright side of every situation - brings a change to the staid old community.
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye.
A young woman visiting in Mexico is kidnapped by a gang of bandits, who drag her through the rugged wilderness to their hideout. She manages to leave word for her friend Bill, who knows the country well. But when Bill cannot find a horse, his only available form of transportation is his roadster. Nevertheless, he is determined to come to her rescue, even though it means trying to drive the car across miles of rocky, broken terrain.
During WWI, a French farm girl and a German P.O.W. fall in love.
Adaptação do romance de Joseph Conrad sobre luxúria e violência em uma ilha dos Mares do Sul. Axel Heyst, um andarilho descompromissado, instalou-se em uma ilha dos mares do sul. Ele fica com pena de uma jovem problemática, Lena, e lhe dá refúgio na ilha. Mas o pirata Mr. Jones acredita que Heyst tem um tesouro enterrado na ilha e leva seus companheiros para uma invasão no refúgio de Heyst.
A silent comedy set in an actor's boardinghouse. Some plot points are seemingly inspired by the Barrymore dynasty.
Harry Shelby has been kept in knee pants for years by his overprotective parents, but the day finally comes when Harry is given his first pair of long pants. Almost immediately, he is expected to marry his childhood sweetheart Priscilla... but instead, Harry's first heady whiff of manhood has got him panting after Bebe, a "fast" woman from the big city. Mistakenly thinking that Bebe fancies him too, Harry risks everything to help her out when she lands in jail, only to end up in hot water himself. Through it all, sweet Priscilla waits for her man to come to his senses.
Amanda Afflick is a lovesick laundress who daydreams about customer Horace Greensmith and cherishes the shirt he brought in for washing eight months and sixteen days ago. She tells her fellow workers that the garment belongs to her fiancé, a lord. Just wait, Amanda boasts, one day his lordship will return for his wash — and for her.
Max Fleischer draws Koko and a haunted house, while his colleague and the janitor mess around with a Ouija board. When Max goes over to take a look, Koko is haunted by ghosts and inanimate objects, and escapes into the real-world studio.
Irmgard, uma jovem viúva de um famoso filósofo, é assediada por um homem chamado John. Tanto que, para escapar, ela passa a procurar refúgio nas montanhas próximas… Mas John, determinado, está em seus calcanhares.
Wealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns to their small town he asks to marry her, but she runs off with city worker Jim Dirk who is then killed in a subway accident. Markley offers to marry her in name only to protect her new son.
The story of Romeo and Juliet, a tale as old as time-- Here, played as farcical lark: A goofy comedy of manners set in a snowy Bavarian village.
Somewhere in Southern Bavaria Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel wants his elder daughter Liesel to marry first. The problem is, nobody wants to marry her, because she is too brutal. Seppel suggests, that he should marry Liesel first, get rid of her and then he can marry Gretel...
Silent version of the Twain tale, filmed in Pleasanton, California. A Missouri boy (Jack Pickford) encounters his first love (Clara Horton) and bucks responsibilities to find adventure with his friend, Huck Finn (Robert Gordon).
A young baseball pitcher in the bush leagues is discovered by a big-league manager and given his chance in the major leagues.
Jim e Eva, um jovem casal, são sequestrados por um culto satânico estranho e fascinante.
The "true story" of baseball great Babe Ruth; Ruth plays himself.
A young man pursues a young lady with the same energy he applies to his other obsession in life, auto racing.
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.
Um vendedor de livros americano (Lloyd) é persuadido a ir ao reino de Thermosa para se passar pelo Príncipe. Ele é saudado por uma revolta de camponeses antes que o príncipe real apareça para reivindicar seu trono e princesa. A revolução dá certo e o americano é eleito presidente da nova república
