Diaz de Toledo, a South American refugee, finds a job in a luxury hotel with a cosmopolitan clientèle. . There he makes friends with the Parkers, a fabulously rich family and falls in love with Chela, the daughter. Unfortunately, the young woman is seduced by an adventurer, Lord Hampton, who elopes her. When she realizes who Hampton actually is, Chela asks Diaz for help. He does come to her rescue but while defending her he gets badly hurt by Hampton. Some time later, Diaz and Chela present a living target number in a night club. Hampton, who has not said his last word, resurfaces.
Джамил — солдат в войсках бедуинов во время войны между Сирией и Турцией, покинувший свой отряд. В глухой деревушке он встречается с американским миссионером, доктором Гильбертом и его дочерью Мэри, которые обучают детей в сиротском приюте. На деревню нападают турки, и местный губернатор, стремясь умилостивить захватчиков, намеревается передать им детей на верную гибель, маскируя свои намерения их отправлением в Дамаск для безопасности.
Antiquarian
An innkeeper, Juana, is courted by Jarana, a bullfighter who is then seduced by a stranger. Juana then confides in a hunchbacked antiquarian who loves her desperately.
A journalist attempt to stop a mysterious criminal : "Barbe rousse".
Jean Dormis
Hardly one of French filmmaker Abel Gance's masterpieces, The Torture of Silence nevertheless has more dramatic and psychological value than your average romantic-triangle tale. Simply put, the film concerns a doctor, his wife, and his brother. The doctor, a specialist in pediatrics, has no time for his wife Marthe. She seeks solace in the arms of his brother. Unable to keep up the charade, Marthe attempts to shoot herself, but it is her lover who is mortally wounded.
Pierre Veryal
A young girl marries a financier knowing he has only a short time to live, so she can inherit his money.Her lover, who has made a fortune away in America, returns and wants to hasten the financier's death.
