Genre Adventure

Ransom

Burton Meredith, A young, U.S. government chemist discovers a formula for a deadly gas. But Wo Fang, the evil leader of the Chinatown underground sets out to steal the secret, using very foul and foul means he knows. And Wu…

Partners in Crime

After being dismissed for imitating his boss’s voice on radio, former Assistant District Attorney Richard Deming witnesses a store robbery and is taken captive by the criminals. Suspected of the crime, he is sought by the police, but his sweetheart,…

Half a Bride

Patience Winslow is an impulsive heiress who marries a much-older man whom she really doesn’t love. While honeymooning on her yacht without her new husband, Patience is marooned on a desert island with handsome Captain Edmunds. Her head full of…

Haunted Island

Rosalind Joy (Helen Foster) is an heiress who has inherited a South Seas island known as Pleasure Island. A hidden cache of gold is allegedly buried on the island, which has several haunted structures. Rosalind’s uncle, Spring Gilbert (Al Ferguson),…

Driftwood

Daisy Smith (Marceline Day), a floater and non-desirable citizen in most societies, seeks refuge on a tropical island in the South Seas. She meets Jim Curtis (Don Alvarado), another society-outcast and a piece of human driftwood, and a romance takes…

Eagle of the Night

1928 was the last year when silent films dominated the market, and this aviation-based action serial from Pathe was one of the studio’s last. Some pieces are no longer extant (half of chapters 3&6, all of 7, 8, and 9,…

Domestic Troubles

Twin brothers James and Horace Bullard have opposite personalities. James, a fun dandy, marries a club-woman. Horace, introvert and prudish, marries a butterfly. A lost film.

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