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The Farmer's Wife
EnglandSuccessful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.
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Easy Virtue
England The 1920sLarita Filton is named as correspondent in a scandalous divorce case. She escapes to France to rebuild her life where she meets John Whittaker. They are later married, but John's well-to-do family finds out Larita's secret.
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Street of Sin
EnglandThe successor to "The Way of All Flesh"---and a worthy one! Jannings' third American-made picture -- and twice as good as the first! —
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A Woman of Affairs
EnglandWild Desire! Burning Lips! Racing Hearts! — Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Neville have long been smitten with each other, but her father disapproves of the relationship, resulting in her eventual marriage to David. It's not long after their wedding, however, that tragedy strikes, sending Diana on a downward spiral. When Neville reappears in her life, will he be able to save her from her own misery?
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The Constant Nymph
EnglandMelodramatic silent. Sanger, an eccentric expatriate composer, dies in his house in the Austrian Alps, leaving his daughters penniless. The young composer Lewis Dodd, a longstanding friend of the family, falls in love with their cousin Florence when she comes to take the girls back to England. But little Tessa Sanger is in love with Lewis herself, and when she runs away from school and comes to live with Florence and her husband, their already-shaky marriage is further undermined
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The First Born
EnglandWould-be politician Sir Hugo Boycott and his wife Madeleine have an unhappy marriage. Madeleine is aware that Hugo is a serial philanderer, and their problems are exacerbated when she fails to produce the heir he wants.
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The Terror
England The 1920sGuests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror".
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The Viking
England The 11th CenturyIn this historical adventure based on traditional legend concerning Leif Ericsson and the first Viking settlers to reach North America by sea, Norse half-brothers vie for a throne and for the same woman.
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Interference
EnglandParamount's first all-talking picture, Interference was dismally directed by Roy Pomeroy, whose lofty status as the studio's "technical wizard" did not necessarily qualify him to be a director. Evelyn Brent heads the cast as scheming Deborah Kane, who sets out to blackmail Faith Marley (Doris Kenyon), the above-reproach wife of Sir John Marlay.
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Shooting Stars
EnglandThe husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers she is having an affair with the screen comedian Andy Wilks.
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A Knight in London
EnglandA prince makes a socialite think she spent the night in his room.
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The Guns of Loos
England The 1910sSet against the backdrop of the shell crisis of 1915 at home and the Battle of Loos on the Western Front, two soldiers, one the manager of Grimlaw’s munitions factory are tested in their rivalry for Diana, a red cross nurse (Madeleine Carroll in her first film role).
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Balaclava
England The 1850sA British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War. He succeeds in capturing a top Russian spy which results in the famous Charge of the Light Brigade to take the Balaclava Heights.
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Wait and See
EnglandWait and See is a 1929 British silent comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Frank Stanmore, Pauline Johnson and Sam Livesey.
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The Amateur Adventure
Englanda silent movie by Robert Wiene
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The Woman on the Rack
Englanda silent movie by Robert Wiene
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The Fight for the Matterhorn
England The 1860sStruggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio Malasomma and starring Luis Trenker, Marcella Albani, and Alexandra Schmitt. The film is part of the popular cycle of mountain films of the 1920s and 1930s. Art direction was by Heinrich Richter. Based on a novel by Carl Haensel, the film depicts the battle between British and Italian climbers to be the first to climb the Matterhorn. Trenker later remade the film as The Challenge in 1938.
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Afterwards
EnglandA doctor shoots a girl to save her from Indians and later finds her fiancé is his rival for another girl.
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Cocktails
EnglandThe guardian of an heiress tries to destroy the reputation of her lover by planting drugs on him.
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Paradise
EnglandThe daughter of a poor clergyman wins £500 and goes to find happiness on the Riviera.
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Tesha
EnglandThe luminous Maria Corda stars as the eponymous Tesha, a celebrated Russian dancer who marries an Englishman (Thomas). The couple long for a child but after five years of happy marriage, remain childless. On a trip to Southampton Tesha succumbs to a brief fling with a stranger (Cavanagh), unleashing a barrage of unforeseen consequences and emotional turmoil. The superb cinematography is by the great German cinematographer Werner Brandes who worked on dozens of prestige British productions in the 1920s. Originally shot silent, sound was added in 1929.
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The Three Kings
EnglandA clown loves a young housekeeper and saves her from a fire caused by a jealous lion tamer.
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The Silver Lining
EnglandA powerful domestic drama and an intensely moving love story played in the peaceful atmosphere of the British countryside. — The Silver Lining is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Marie Ault, Patrick Aherne and Moore Marriott. Widow Hurst has two sons who fall out over a girl. One son attempts to frame the other for the theft of some pearls but when his brother is imprisoned he eventually confesses his crime to his mother and guilt ridden arranges for a band of gypsies to shoot him.
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Widecombe Fair
England'Devon. Rich widow helps poor squire by pretending his ancestor hid treasure.' (British Film Catalogue)
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London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
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The Ring
EnglandTwo boxers compete for the love of a woman. — Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.
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Downhill
EnglandA College Hero round whom is woven a picture of Love and Treachery. — Roddy, first son of the rich Berwick family, is expelled from school when he takes the blame for his friend Tim's charge. His family sends him away and all of his friends leave him alone. Roddy decides to go to Paris where he spends what little money he has and starts working as a dancer. He soon becomes a victim of alcoholism. Roddy manages to move to England's colonies but some sailors send him back to his rich family hoping for a reward.
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London After Midnight
England The 1920sLon Chaney in a great Scotland Yard mystery — The abandoned Balfour House, which former owner was found dead five years earlier, comes back to life with the arrival of two suspicious sinister-looking tenants. (This movie was lost in 1965 during a fire.)
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Hindle Wakes
EnglandA dramatic story of a modern maiden's courage- life and love- tears and laughter- splendidly played by brilliant cast. — A young working-class girl causes a stir when she sneaks off for a romantic getaway with the wealthy heir of the mill where she works.
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Sorrell and Son
EnglandWould you give your strength year after year---fight hardship and failure---and finally give your life---that your son might live and love! — Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a promising job offer and is forced to take work as a menial. Both his dignity and his health are damaged as he suffers under the exhausting labor and harsh treatment he receives as a hotel porter. But Sorrell thrives in the knowledge that his son will benefit from his labors. Sorrell has allowed the boy to believe his mother dead, but when the mother shows up, wanting to re-enter the young man's life, Sorrell must make hard decisions.
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Blake of Scotland Yard
EnglandPrequel to The Ace of Scotland Yard. This serial is presumed lost.
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Blighty
England The 1910sA chauffeur becomes an officer and later cares for his master's widow and child.
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Beau Geste
EnglandMichael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs.
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The Cheerful Fraud
EnglandHold on Tight!...For it's a DENNY WHIRLWIND! — A young man fakes his identity to impress a girl.
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Nell Gwyn
England The 17th CenturyAn actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.
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While London Sleeps
EnglandAn Amazing Tale of Limehouse with "The Wonder Dog" in a new role — Rinty is a police-dog assigned to a young Scotland Yard police-officer who covers the Limehouse district of London.
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The Great Deception
England The 1910sWW1 espionage tale....
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The Amateur Gentleman
England The 1810sA PICTURE AS ONLY THE MOST LOVABLE OF ACTORS COULD GIVE TO THE SCREEN. — Barbanas Barty inherits some money, sets off to London, meets and falls in love with Lady Cleone Meredith, and this does not set well with Sir Mortiner Carnaby, who has eyes on the fair lady himself. Barnaby becomes friend with Viscount Devehon, buys a horse from him and enters it in the big steeplechase. Sir Mortimer takes steps to rid society of the presence of this non-gentleman.
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The Sporting Lover
EnglandCaptain Terrance Connaughton loses his stable of horses in a card game with Algernon Cravens.
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The Only Way
England The 18th CenturyA dissolute English advocate goes to the guillotine in place of his aristocratic double.
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