Joyce Coad

Devotion (1931)

A young Londoner disguises herself to become governess of the son of the barrister she loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Milton
CAST:  Ann Harding  •  Leslie Howard  •  O. P. Heggie  •  Louise Closser Hale

A young Londoner disguises herself to become governess of the son of the barrister she loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Milton
CAST:  Ann Harding  •  Leslie Howard  •  O. P. Heggie  •  Louise Closser Hale

Drums of Love (1928)

A princess is betrothed to a deformed monarch, but falls hard for his handsome brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Mary Philbin  •  Lionel Barrymore  •  Don Alvarado  •  Tully Marshall

A princess is betrothed to a deformed monarch, but falls hard for his handsome brother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Mary Philbin  •  Lionel Barrymore  •  Don Alvarado  •  Tully Marshall

X Marks the Spot (1931)

The story begins in 1923 where after an accident, a newspaper reporter needs to raise $5,000 to pay for an operation, otherwise his young sister will be crippled for life. The desperate reporter is finally able to get the cash from a shady acquaintance, Riggs. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Lew Cody  •  Sally Blane  •  Wallace Ford  •  Fred Kohler

The story begins in 1923 where after an accident, a newspaper reporter needs to raise $5,000 to pay for an operation, otherwise his young sister will be crippled for life. The desperate reporter is finally able to get the cash from a shady acquaintance, Riggs. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erle C. Kenton
CAST:  Lew Cody  •  Sally Blane  •  Wallace Ford  •  Fred Kohler

Blood and Thunder (1931)

Mickey overhears the gang rehearsing a play and thinks it's real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Stevens
CAST:  Eddie Baker  •  Aileen Carlyle  •  Joyce Coad  •  Betty Mae Crane

Mickey overhears the gang rehearsing a play and thinks it's real.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Stevens
CAST:  Eddie Baker  •  Aileen Carlyle  •  Joyce Coad  •  Betty Mae Crane

The Devil's Circus (1926)

In 1913, Carl is released from prison, where he served a sentence for stealing. Spurned by his circumstance, Carl rejects God and resumes his fast life of crime. Before long, his fate intersects with that of Mary, a devout orphan, prompting a romance and a reevaluation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Christensen
CAST:  Norma Shearer  •  Charles Emmett Mack  •  Carmel Myers  •  John Miljan

In 1913, Carl is released from prison, where he served a sentence for stealing. Spurned by his circumstance, Carl rejects God and resumes his fast life of crime. Before long, his fate intersects with that of Mary, a devout orphan, prompting a romance and a reevaluation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Christensen
CAST:  Norma Shearer  •  Charles Emmett Mack  •  Carmel Myers  •  John Miljan

Captured! (1933)

While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and put into the same camp with him. Fred longs for news of his wife, Monica, but Digby speaks little of her. Digby ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Leslie Howard  •  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Paul Lukas  •  Margaret Lindsay

While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and put into the same camp with him. Fred longs for news of his wife, Monica, but Digby speaks little of her. Digby ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Leslie Howard  •  Douglas Fairbanks Jr.  •  Paul Lukas  •  Margaret Lindsay

The Scarlet Letter (1927)

In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Sjöström
CAST:  Lillian Gish  •  Lars Hanson  •  Henry B. Walthall  •  Karl Dane

In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Sjöström
CAST:  Lillian Gish  •  Lars Hanson  •  Henry B. Walthall  •  Karl Dane

Children of Divorce (1927)

A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, but didn't marry her for fear the marriage would end in divorce, like his parents'. Complications ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Clara Bow  •  Esther Ralston  •  Gary Cooper  •  Einar Hanson

A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, but didn't marry her for fear the marriage would end in divorce, like his parents'. Complications ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Lloyd
CAST:  Clara Bow  •  Esther Ralston  •  Gary Cooper  •  Einar Hanson

Woman Unafraid (1934)

A dedicated and compassionate policewoman risks her job by offering refuge to a young mother with mob associations. Crime drama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William J. Cowen
CAST:  Lucile Gleason  •  Barbara Weeks  •  Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher  •  Laura Treadwell

A dedicated and compassionate policewoman risks her job by offering refuge to a young mother with mob associations. Crime drama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William J. Cowen
CAST:  Lucile Gleason  •  Barbara Weeks  •  Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher  •  Laura Treadwell

Mother (1927)

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DIRECTION:  James Leo Meehan
CAST:  Belle Bennett  •  Crauford Kent  •  William Bakewell  •  Joyce Coad

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DIRECTION:  James Leo Meehan
CAST:  Belle Bennett  •  Crauford Kent  •  William Bakewell  •  Joyce Coad

The Magic Garden (1927)

Story about a little boy and girl that meet in a beautiful garden and the little girl promises the boy that some day she would meet him there again. He goes off to study the violin in Italy and when he returns he finds the girl in the garden.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Leo Meehan
CAST:  Joyce Coad  •  Margaret Morris  •  Philippe De Lacy  •  Raymond Keane

Story about a little boy and girl that meet in a beautiful garden and the little girl promises the boy that some day she would meet him there again. He goes off to study the violin in Italy and when he returns he finds the girl in the garden.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Leo Meehan
CAST:  Joyce Coad  •  Margaret Morris  •  Philippe De Lacy  •  Raymond Keane