A Lover’s Oath
“The plot introduces Omar as a leader of his people but deals rather with the love of his nephew, Ben Ali, for the fairest daughter of the tribe” (Variety, 7 Oct 1925, p44).
Genre Fantasy
The Wizard of Oz
A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
The Sea Beast
Based on Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick.”
The Phantom Police
A Robert A. Dillon film directed by , released in 1926.
Maya the Bee
Maya the Bee is a dramatised documentary film displaying living bees and other forest animals interacting with each other. Based on the book by Waldemar Bonsels, he also assisted himself in cinematography, along with A.O. Weitzenberg. The film was restored…
The Magician
A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a handsome surgeon, Arthur Burdon, who has saved her from being a helpless cripple…
Bachelor’s Paradise
A George Archainbaud film directed by , released in 1928.
The Carnival Man
Ein Maler, dem Ruhm und Reichtum versagt blieben, geht auf einen Handel ein: Er kauft eine mumifizierte Handreliquie, die ihm alles bringt, was er bisher entbehren musste – auch die Liebe einer Frau. Doch der Preis ist hoch: Seine Seele…
Hell-Bound Train
A jeremiad against intemperance, jazz music, and abortion, set on a train filled with unrepentant sinners hurtling toward damnation.
Charros, gauchos y manolas
The magazine “Paintings of the People” initiates a contest to select the best watercolor painting of ethnic peoples and customs. A hungry bohemian painter invokes his muse to help him to produce the winning painting, and when he experiments with…
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