Michael Strogoff (1914)
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 46M
Director : Lloyd B. Carleton
Sinopse
The Russian Czar sends his trusted confidant, Michael Strogoff, to warn his brother the Grand Duke of a Tartar rebellion that will be led by Feofar Khan and Ivan Ogareff. Calling himself Nicholas Korpanoff, Strogoff poses as a trader to journey to warn the Grand Duke. On his way he meets Nadia Fedorova, a young girl trying to join her father Wassili, a political activist who has been exiled to Siberia. Strogoff is captured by the Tartars, who don't believe he is a trader and threaten to torture Strogoff's mother Marfa unless he reveals his true identity.
In order to allow another servant to go home to be with her children, Nastya agrees to serve in her place, as a maid in the household in which Nastya's grandfather is a porter. Soon afterwards, the woman who owns the house goes on a trip, leaving her son Pavel at home. Pavel is engaged to Ellen, but Ellen flirts openly with other men. Nastya and the servants quickly realize that Ellen is having an ongoing romantic affair with Baron von Rehren. This puts the servants, and especially the sensitive Nastya, in a painfully uncomfortable position.
In the Land of the Head Hunters is a 1914 silent film fictionalizing the world of the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) peoples of the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, written and directed by Edward S. Curtis and acted entirely by Kwakwaka'wakw natives. It was the first feature-length film whose cast was composed entirely of Native North Americans; the second, eight years later, was Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North.
Griffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrian tyrant Holofernes, a widow named Judith forms a plan to stop the war as her people suffer in starvation, nearly ready to surrender.
Now the peculiarities of the national hunt are investigated during the winter season.
Nos anos de 1920, o gângster Bull Weed investe todas as suas fichas para ocupar o lugar que sempre quis. Mas ele tem uma dezena de rivais, como Buck Mulligan, cuja visão de negócios causa inveja a todos.
O estudante Roddy Berwick é expulso da escola pública quando assume a culpa por um roubo ocorrido a um amigo. Expulso de casa pelos pais, o rapaz foge para Paris, e sua vida desmorona em uma série de desventuras.
O filme conta a história de um gênio científico que é humilhado pela esposa. Para expressar sua dor, ele se torna um palhaço de circo. Lá, aparentemente, ele encontra uma chance de renovação. Mas será que ele conseguirá encontrar a felicidade?
A train speeds through the country on its way to Berlin, then gradually slows down as it pulls into the station. It is very early in the morning, about 5:00 AM, and the great city is mostly quiet. But before long there are some signs of activity, and a few early risers are to be seen on the streets. Soon the new day is well underway. It's just a typical day in Berlin, but a day full of life and energy.
At the end of the 22nd century Alisa Seleznyova, her father Professor Seleznyov and pilot Zelyony go on a space expedition to find rare animals for Moscow Zoo. On the way they seem to encounter a mysterious conspiracy led by Doctor Verhovtsev against legendary Two Captains Kim and Buran. The only clue is a talking bird Сhatterer [Govorun] that our heroes accidentally took possession of.
Um serial killer inicia uma série de assassinatos em Londres, tendo como elemento comum o fato de suas vítimas serem todas mulheres loiras. Um novo hóspede, Jonathan Drew chega ao hotel do casal Bunting, em Bloomsbury, e aluga um quarto. O homem tem estranhos hábitos, como o de sair em noites nevoentas. Ele também guarda a foto de uma moça loira em seu quarto. A filha dos Bunting, Daisy, também loira, é modelo e está noiva de Joe Chandler, um detetive. Quando Joe encontra Jonathan, logo fica enciumado deste flertar com Daisy, e o prende, acusando-o de ser o temível Jack o Estripador.
São 3 episódios sobre Shurika, um estudante nerd. 1º - "Naparnik" ("Parceiro"). Shurika tem uma luta em um ônibus com um valentão chamado Fedya porque este não queria dar o lugar reservado para uma mulher grávida. Fedya é punido com trabalho comunitário num canteiro de obras onde Shurika trabalha em tempo parcial. Naturalmente, Fedya quer vingança. 2º - "Navazhdenie" ("Impressão Estranha"). É hora do exame final. Shurika está muito ocupado tentando encontrar material para estudar. De repente percebe o material necessário nas mãos de alguém. Segue essa pessoa pela cidade, por todos os lugares, tentando ler sobre o ombro. 3º - "Operatsiya Y" ("Operação Y"). Um diretor de depósito, tentando encobrir desfalques em seu estoque, contrata três criminosos para simular um roubo. Na noite da Operação "Y", a velha senhora que guarda o depósito pediu a seu inquilino, que obviamente é o Shurika, para substitui-la no serviço de guarda.
During the good old days of the Russian aristocracy, that is to say, before the October Revolution, in the city of Moscow there was a fancy restaurant which catered to the appetites and egos of the rich. In one such establishment works a middle-aged waiter who is devoted to serving his bourgeoisie clients correctly. However, his life outside his job is very different: His son was killed during the Russian civil war and the waiter's wife died of grief as a result....
Geoffrey is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Unable to marry her because of his poverty, in his anger he curses God for abandoning him. Soon Geoffrey meets Prince Lucio de Rimanez, a wealthy, urbane gentleman who informs Geoffrey that he has inherited a fortune, but that he must place himself in the Prince's hands in order to enjoy the fruits of his inheritance. What Geoffrey doesn't know is that Prince Lucio is actually Satan.
Upon leaving prison, an ex con vows to go straight, but circumstances force him to return to crime. Meanwhile, a gang of crooks kidnaps a visiting British aristocrat, but the ex-con has an incredible likeness to the Englishman, and his intended hosts take him home to their mansion.
Paul Revere Forbes, um antepassado de Paul Revere, é um caixa do banco de Cyrus Peabody. Ele descobre que Cyrus e seu filho, Ernest, têm especulado com 35 mil dólares de dinheiro do banco, e que toda a soma foi perdida. O filme é baseado no romance "The Scarlet Car" de Richard Harding Davis, que também foi a base de um filme de 1923 com o mesmo nome.
Just after Bob's fiancée breaks off their engagement, he meets young Mary, whose mother has just died, and the two of them comfort each other.
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.
Daniel needs some money to buy a duffle coat that is in fashion, so he agrees to work for a photographer by dressing up as Santa Claus. He discovers that it is much easier to meet girls when he is in his costume.
Svengali é um professor de canto, pianista e empresário de música em geral, vivendo em Paris. Ele possui um talento especial: é capaz de hipnotizar outras pessoas através de sua música e através de seus fortes poderes telepáticos. Ele usa esse talento especificamente para seduzir suas alunas para o seu próprio proveito financeiro. E as descarta facilmente quando elas já não possuem mais qualquer utilidade para ele. Mas, depois de ouvi-la e vê-la, Svengali se apaixona por uma jovem modelo chamada Trilby O'Farrell, que ele conhece no estúdio de alguns colegas artistas.
A man and his sister meet at a seaside village to discuss their relationship.