Adele Watson

Три школьные подружки подросли и стали представительницами разных социальных слоев населения. «Правильная» — выучилась на труженицу-стенографистку. «Оторванная» — прошла перевоспитание в исправительном учреждении. «Красотка» Вивьен вышла замуж за богача, купается в роскоши и растит сына. Однако, из-за отсутствия трудностей в жизни, Вивьен вдруг «срывается с катушек» и сбегает от мужа с каким-то проходимцем, прихватывая и ребенка заодно. В результате Вивьен очень стремительно скатывается вниз по социальной лестнице и подвергает опасности не только свой трещащий по швам брак, но и жизнь собственного ребенка.

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.

Убегая от гламурной и полной бурлеска жизни, Джоан Гордон решается на авантюру. Она отправляется вместо своей служанки к ее жениху-фермеру, с которым та заочно познакомилась через брачное агентство. Приехав на ферму, Джоан тут же вступает в брак с фермером Джимом. Сможет ли молодая пара преодолеть житейские невзгоды? Их, между прочим, немало: не заладившиеся с самого начала отношения, докучливые и беспардонные соседи, невыплаченный кредит за ферму. А тут еще бывший парень Джоан, который ее разыскал и предлагает вернуться к красивой жизни…

История молодого врача-исследователя Мартина Эрроусмита, которому предстоит предотвратить эпидемию чумы в маленьком городе и решить, кто именно достоин получить вакцину.

A wealthy young woman struggles to find love while surrounded by possible suitors.

The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery, and suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.

1909 год, двое ирландских мальчишек Том и Мэтт взрослеют на «грязных» улицах Саут-Сайда Чикаго, проходя курс обучения преступной жизни у скупщика краденого. Став взрослыми, ребята переходят к ограблениям, в результате убит полицейский. Далее идет бутлеггерство, приходит «успех», они уже живут в апартаментах с двумя блондиночками Мэмю и Китти. Том, более крутой и жестокий, быстрее поднимается по ступенькам гангстерской иерархии, и через какое-то время убийство становится для обоих настолько обыденным, что они убивают даже лошадь. Но расплаты, по законам морали того времени, не избежать.

Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.

A safecracker poses as a French maid in order to gain access to wealthy homes. In the midst of a nocturnal search for a cache of valuables, she is interrupted by another safecracker. Narrowly escaping arrest, they decide to pool their talents, but she gets the urge to reform and encourages him to do the same.

On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him at all. Their daughter takes offense at this, and in the ensuing argument she storms out of the house determined to live on her own.

A romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about married bliss.

A man dressed as the devil scares the gang into minding their mothers.

A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.

Pre-code comedy (1929) about a young married couple's unsuccessful efforts to become parents.

Farina, Joe, and friends use dogs to power their "roadsters," but following a lesson from the head of the Be Kind to Animals Society, they make it their cause to rescue animals from bad treatment. Joe even manages to find patience for a nagging flea that persists in biting him. Meanwhile, Wheezer, who has been tormenting animals with his games, dreams that the animals have turned the tables on him.

Better known for her work in talkie "weepers," Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary appearances in such late silent films as Fox's Blue Skies. The audience was expected to believe that the twentysomething Twelvetrees and Frank Albertson are teenagers living together platonically in an orphan asylum. A wealthy old man comes calling to adopt Albertson -- who, feeling sorry for Twelvetrees, trades places with the girl. Thus it is that the heroine is carted off to a luxurious mansion, while Albertson remains behind. One year later, the old man discovers Albertson's deception, whereupon he invites the boy to live with him as well. By this time, Twelvetrees and Albertson are of marriageable age, thus the film ends with a wedding in the offing.

A pearl stolen from an Indian idol results in nothing but trouble for its owner. After he receives death threats by note pinned to a dagger, he decides to gather his relatives in his old mansion for a reading of his will. Unfortunately, the family members are being mysteriously bumped off one by one. The butler and an heiress set out to discover what's going on.

A boxer falls in love with a girl he meets in the park.

Once and Forever film

A Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan, is a lost 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, produced by DeMille Pictures, and distributed by Pathé Exchange. The film starred Rudolph Schildkraut, Junior Coghlan, May Robson, and Bessie Love, and was based on the short story by Evelyn Campbell.

Buck Brady is the son of a prospector whose valuable claim was stolen when Buck was a child. Brady grows up with revenge on his mind and retaliates by holding up the mine's payroll messengers. Until, that is, he falls in love with Janet, the new owner.

In the small farming community of Spring Valley, young Aurora Lane has caused a scandal by bearing a son by townsman Lucius Henderson, who refuses to marry her or even admit that he's the father. Shunned as a "sinful" woman by most of the town, she turns over her son, Don, to be raised by Miss Julia, the town librarian, who tells the boy that she's his "aunt". Don grows up and goes to college, and when he comes back home the town gossips begin a rumor-mongering campaign. When the town policeman tries to drive Aurora out of town he is found murdered, and Don is arrested for the crime.

Nat Alden, a promoter, has had bad luck on his deal and is broke. He meets an old army pal who is now a chauffeur of the businessman who threw the luckless Nat out of his office. Nat is on his way back to his small hometown, where he is believed to be a millionaire. To keep the belief alive he has his pal drive him there in the businessman's automobile. Complications arise quickly.

Fred Prouty and his wife, Nettie, are living happily until the day that his aged father shows up on their doorstep. He immediately begins creating havoc, upsetting the once-orderly household and trying to force his opinions on everyone. Nettie does her best to be patient with the old man, but the day comes when he brings a group of his pals over while she is holding a meeting of a fashionable club.

Молодая женщина выходит замуж за старого миллионера, а затем влюбляется в красивого дворянина во время своего медового месяца.

After obtaining a divorce from his second wife Emily, Roy Tappan marries Dora Carson, who has just divorced her husband. Left poor with two children, Emily marries Walter Heath, a former suitor, then discovers that she cannot live with her new husband because the divorce is not legal in her home state. Tappan and his new wife soon run out of money, each having thought the other was wealthy. His aunt promises to support him in exchange for his two children. He kidnaps the children and hides them from Emily in his aunt's home. After Emily and Walter find them, they go to Yellowstone Park, where they are considered legally married. Tappan follows and is killed after a fight with Walter when a boiling geyser throws him into the air and throws him onto the rocks below.