Genre Drama

Peg o’ My Heart

PEG O MY HEART (Metro Studios, 1922), directed by King Vidor, under the supervision of J. Hartley Manners, introduces the legendary theatrical actress Laurette Taylor (1884-1946) to the screen reprising the role she made famous as a poor Irish farm…

Omar the Tentmaker

About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar circa A.D. 1073. His fiancé was forced to marry the shah, but she eventually escaped and, with help of grand Vazir, joined Omar Khayyam.…

One Clear Call

An outcast who runs a road house of ill repute leads his mother to believe him dead. His only friend, a doctor, falls for a married woman.

One Glorious Day

Ek is a disembodied spirit, required to wait his turn in the boring cosmos until he is allowed to inhabit an earthly body. Impatient, he sneaks off to earth to find a body and, after several failed attempts, finds Professor…

North of the Rio Grande

Son of Colonel Haddington, Bob leads a posse against raiders in a settlement. During his absence, one of the prize horses is stolen and his father is killed. Bob swears revenge and becomes known as Velantrie, leader of a band…

Man to Man

Steve Packard is the ne’er-do-well son of an Arizona ranching baron. Upon his father’s death, Steve returns from his days as a South Pacific beach bum to protect his father’s estate, which has fallen into the hands of Steve’s estranged…

Midnight

In einer Silvesternacht erinnern drei Säufer an eine Legende. Diese besagt, dass die letzte Person, die im alten Jahr stirbt, vom Tod verpflichtet wird, für die Dauer des Folgejahres die Seelen der Verstorbenen in seiner Kutsche einzusammeln, bis die Bürde…

Minnie

Minnie, the homeliest girl in town, is devoted to her father, a discouraged inventor who has been working on a wireless device. Subject to the sneers of her neighbors, Minnie “invents” a lover and sends herself letters and flowers. Her…

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