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The Kid Brother (1927)

The most important family in Hickoryville is (not surprisingly) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and his tough manly sons Leo and Olin. The timid youngest son, Harold, doesn't have the muscles to match up to them, so he has to use his wits to win the respect of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Wilde
CAST:  Harold Lloyd  •  Jobyna Ralston  •  Walter James  •  Leo Willis

The most important family in Hickoryville is (not surprisingly) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and his tough manly sons Leo and Olin. The timid youngest son, Harold, doesn't have the muscles to match up to them, so he has to use his wits to win the respect of his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Wilde
CAST:  Harold Lloyd  •  Jobyna Ralston  •  Walter James  •  Leo Willis

The Unknown (1927)

A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tod Browning
CAST:  Lon Chaney  •  Joan Crawford  •  Norman Kerry  •  Nick De Ruiz

A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tod Browning
CAST:  Lon Chaney  •  Joan Crawford  •  Norman Kerry  •  Nick De Ruiz

A Lad from Old Ireland (1910)

A young man leaves Ireland for America, but doesn't forget home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Olcott
CAST:  Sidney Olcott  •  Gene Gauntier  •  Thomas O'Connor  •  J.P. McGowan

A young man leaves Ireland for America, but doesn't forget home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Olcott
CAST:  Sidney Olcott  •  Gene Gauntier  •  Thomas O'Connor  •  J.P. McGowan

The Two Fister (1927)

Cobb plays a Mountie called Field, who protects a girl from Jackson Rasker, the leader of an outlaw gang. Field falls for the girl, but her father's dying wish is that she should marry Rasker, who will stop at nothing to get the gal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Edmund Cobb  •  Elsa Benham  •  Howard Davies  •  Norbert A. Myles

Cobb plays a Mountie called Field, who protects a girl from Jackson Rasker, the leader of an outlaw gang. Field falls for the girl, but her father's dying wish is that she should marry Rasker, who will stop at nothing to get the gal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Edmund Cobb  •  Elsa Benham  •  Howard Davies  •  Norbert A. Myles

Huckleberry Finn (1920)

Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Desmond Taylor
CAST:  Lewis Sargent  •  Katherine Griffith  •  Martha Mattox  •  Frank Lanning

Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Desmond Taylor
CAST:  Lewis Sargent  •  Katherine Griffith  •  Martha Mattox  •  Frank Lanning

Temple Tower (1930)

The film depicts the character of Bulldog Drummond, a British adventurer and is based on the novel Temple Tower by Herman Cyril McNeile. Bulldog Drummond goes up against a group of jewel thieves led by Blackton and a Masked Strangler they double-crossed who wants ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald Gallaher
CAST:  Kenneth MacKenna  •  Marceline Day  •  Henry B. Walthall  •  Cyril Chadwick

The film depicts the character of Bulldog Drummond, a British adventurer and is based on the novel Temple Tower by Herman Cyril McNeile. Bulldog Drummond goes up against a group of jewel thieves led by Blackton and a Masked Strangler they double-crossed who wants ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald Gallaher
CAST:  Kenneth MacKenna  •  Marceline Day  •  Henry B. Walthall  •  Cyril Chadwick

The Goddess of Lost Lake (1918)

Mary Thorne is the quarter-breed daughter of prospector Marshall Thorne. She has just returned from college and when a pair of hunters, Mark Hamilton and Chester Martin, come along, she decides it would be fun to dress in native garb and fool them. Both men find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wallace Worsley
CAST:  Louise Glaum  •  Lawson Butt  •  Hayward Mack  •  Joseph J. Dowling

Mary Thorne is the quarter-breed daughter of prospector Marshall Thorne. She has just returned from college and when a pair of hunters, Mark Hamilton and Chester Martin, come along, she decides it would be fun to dress in native garb and fool them. Both men find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wallace Worsley
CAST:  Louise Glaum  •  Lawson Butt  •  Hayward Mack  •  Joseph J. Dowling

The Oubliette (1914)

Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly couple from their poor home. Whereupon he empties his own and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Giblyn
CAST:  Murdock MacQuarrie  •  Pauline Bush  •  Lon Chaney  •  Doc Crane

Francois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp and start for Paris. En route to that city, Villon's heart is touched at sight of the eviction of an elderly couple from their poor home. Whereupon he empties his own and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Giblyn
CAST:  Murdock MacQuarrie  •  Pauline Bush  •  Lon Chaney  •  Doc Crane

Drifting (1923)

In Shanghai, an American girl who helps runs an opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tod Browning
CAST:  Priscilla Dean  •  Matt Moore  •  Wallace Beery  •  Anna May Wong

In Shanghai, an American girl who helps runs an opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tod Browning
CAST:  Priscilla Dean  •  Matt Moore  •  Wallace Beery  •  Anna May Wong

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack (1920)

Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to rescue a young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Jack Dempsey  •  Lon Chaney  •  Josie Sedgwick  •  Herschel Mayall

Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to rescue a young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Jack Dempsey  •  Lon Chaney  •  Josie Sedgwick  •  Herschel Mayall

The Three Godfathers (1916)

Three outlaws fleeing a posse through the desert come upon a dying woman and her baby in a wagon. Before she passes away, she makes the men promise to take care of her baby and get it safely through the desert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward LeSaint
CAST:  Stella LeSaint  •  Harry Carey  •  George Berrell  •  Joe Rickson

Three outlaws fleeing a posse through the desert come upon a dying woman and her baby in a wagon. Before she passes away, she makes the men promise to take care of her baby and get it safely through the desert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward LeSaint
CAST:  Stella LeSaint  •  Harry Carey  •  George Berrell  •  Joe Rickson

That Girl Montana (1921)

Montana Rivers finally escapes her father who had forced her to wear men's clothing and help in robbing and cheating. She is taken in by friendly Indians and stays at their camp. Later, Akkomi, chief of the tribe, asks his friend Dan Overton to take the girl as it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Thornby
CAST:  Blanche Sweet  •  Mahlon Hamilton  •  Frank Lanning  •  Edward Peil Sr.

Montana Rivers finally escapes her father who had forced her to wear men's clothing and help in robbing and cheating. She is taken in by friendly Indians and stays at their camp. Later, Akkomi, chief of the tribe, asks his friend Dan Overton to take the girl as it ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Thornby
CAST:  Blanche Sweet  •  Mahlon Hamilton  •  Frank Lanning  •  Edward Peil Sr.

Trapped in Tia Juana (1932)

An American army officer, Kenneth Holbert, is after a Mexican bandit, El Zorro, who he doesn't know is his long-lost twin brother. Dorothy Holbert has a hard time figuring out which is which, especially since Romanian native Renaldo uses the same accent for both ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wallace Fox
CAST:  Edwina Booth  •  Duncan Renaldo  •  Dot Farley  •  Joseph W. Girard

An American army officer, Kenneth Holbert, is after a Mexican bandit, El Zorro, who he doesn't know is his long-lost twin brother. Dorothy Holbert has a hard time figuring out which is which, especially since Romanian native Renaldo uses the same accent for both ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wallace Fox
CAST:  Edwina Booth  •  Duncan Renaldo  •  Dot Farley  •  Joseph W. Girard

East Is West (1922)

She'd wink till hearts went on the blink. And staid professors couldn't think. And everywhere they'd stop to stare. And say "Some Chink!" when Ming Toy winked.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Constance Talmadge  •  Edmund Burns  •  E. Alyn Warren  •  Warner Oland

She'd wink till hearts went on the blink. And staid professors couldn't think. And everywhere they'd stop to stare. And say "Some Chink!" when Ming Toy winked.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Constance Talmadge  •  Edmund Burns  •  E. Alyn Warren  •  Warner Oland

Tarzan the Tiger (1929)

After Tarzan's estate is destroyed by Arabs Jane is sold into slavery by a man posing as a friendly scientist. Tarzan develops amnesia after a blow to the head. When he recovers his memory (from a later blow) he defeats the villain, recovers the fabulous jewels of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry MacRae
CAST:  Frank Merrill  •  Natalie Kingston  •  Al Ferguson  •  Lillian Worth

After Tarzan's estate is destroyed by Arabs Jane is sold into slavery by a man posing as a friendly scientist. Tarzan develops amnesia after a blow to the head. When he recovers his memory (from a later blow) he defeats the villain, recovers the fabulous jewels of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry MacRae
CAST:  Frank Merrill  •  Natalie Kingston  •  Al Ferguson  •  Lillian Worth

The Victoria Cross (1916)

Maj. Ralph Seton is a British army officer stationed in Cawnpore, India, when the Sepoy Rebellion--a mutiny of Indian soldiers in the Brtitish army in India--breaks out in 1857. He receives the prestigious Victoria Cross--the highest decoration that can be awarded ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward LeSaint
CAST:  Sessue Hayakawa  •  Lou Tellegen  •  Cleo Ridgely  •  Ernest Joy

Maj. Ralph Seton is a British army officer stationed in Cawnpore, India, when the Sepoy Rebellion--a mutiny of Indian soldiers in the Brtitish army in India--breaks out in 1857. He receives the prestigious Victoria Cross--the highest decoration that can be awarded ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward LeSaint
CAST:  Sessue Hayakawa  •  Lou Tellegen  •  Cleo Ridgely  •  Ernest Joy

The Navajo's Bride (1910)

A short Western. Ivi, the beautiful daughter of an Indian chief, has three suitors. A competition will decide who gets to marry her. The winner is not Panther, who was Ivy’s favourite. But after he manages to catch a horse thief, he does wind up marrying her after all.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Olcott
CAST:  Gene Gauntier  •  Frank Lanning  •  Jane Wolfe

A short Western. Ivi, the beautiful daughter of an Indian chief, has three suitors. A competition will decide who gets to marry her. The winner is not Panther, who was Ivy’s favourite. But after he manages to catch a horse thief, he does wind up marrying her after all.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Olcott
CAST:  Gene Gauntier  •  Frank Lanning  •  Jane Wolfe

Black Jack (1927)

Phil Dolan (aka Black Jack because of his talent at cards), Nancy Dolan, and a rustler all have a piece of a silver dollar with each piece having a portion of an indented map of an ore mine. Phil has to rescue Nancy from the rustlers to keep their portions of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orville O. Dull
CAST:  Buck Jones  •  Barbara Bennett  •  Theodore Lorch  •  George Berrell

Phil Dolan (aka Black Jack because of his talent at cards), Nancy Dolan, and a rustler all have a piece of a silver dollar with each piece having a portion of an indented map of an ore mine. Phil has to rescue Nancy from the rustlers to keep their portions of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orville O. Dull
CAST:  Buck Jones  •  Barbara Bennett  •  Theodore Lorch  •  George Berrell

John Needham's Double (1916)

Although he has been appointed to guard the fortune of young Thomas Creighton, the unscrupulous Lord John Needham decides to spend all of it after Tom runs away. Then, however, an announcement comes that Tom is returning and that he plans to claim his money. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Phillips Smalley
CAST:  Tyrone Power Sr.  •  Agnes Emerson  •  Frank Elliott  •  Walter Belasco

Although he has been appointed to guard the fortune of young Thomas Creighton, the unscrupulous Lord John Needham decides to spend all of it after Tom runs away. Then, however, an announcement comes that Tom is returning and that he plans to claim his money. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber  •  Phillips Smalley
CAST:  Tyrone Power Sr.  •  Agnes Emerson  •  Frank Elliott  •  Walter Belasco

Rough Romance (1930)

Love and logging in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  A.F. Erickson
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Helen Chandler  •  Antonio Moreno  •  Roy Stewart

Love and logging in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  A.F. Erickson
CAST:  George O’Brien  •  Helen Chandler  •  Antonio Moreno  •  Roy Stewart
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