Universal ran into censorship problems with this farfetched but well-acted courtroom drama directed by silent screen veteran...
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1938
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1935
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Dog of Flanders, the durable novel written in 1872 by the author who signed herself Ouida, was filmed three times, first in...
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1935
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In this melodrama, a devoted father begins feeling unappreciated at home and so embarks upon a clandestine friendship with a...
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1934
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In this drama, a rich man's wife finds herself victimized by her cruel mother-in-law who doesn't think the girl is good...
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1932
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An eerie early-talkie mystery, Murder by the Clock spends most of its time in a cemetery. The matriarch (Blanche Frederici)...
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1931
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In the wake of such cinematic Calamity Janes as Jean Arthur and Doris Day, it comes as a shock to find a film in which the...
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1931
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The Conquering Horde is a remake of the 1924 western epic North of 36, using generous amounts of stock footage from the...
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1931
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1931
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In this drama, a remake of Sal of Singapore(1929), the captain of a freighter becomes an instant father when his crew rescues...
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1931
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In this mystery set at an Army post, two women are having a passionate affair with a soldier. The trouble begins when one of...
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1930
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In this adventure, trouble ensues when two American French Legionnaires fall for the same girl and begin fighting over her...
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1930
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The rise and fall of a popular entertainer provides the basis of this musical drama. Harry Raymond (played by nightclub...
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1930
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In this romantic romance, the daughter of a deeply religious self-righteous barge captain befriends a worldly tugboat...
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1929
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In this comedy, a Yiddish fellow cannot keep from kibitzing into other people's lives. Trouble ensues when he is mistakenly...
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1929
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The Lost Zeppelin offers a bonanza of special effects and art-deco sets with a nickel's worth of plot. The film begins at a...
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1929
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Though its title was inspired by a popular song, Love Me and the World is Mine was based on Die Geschichte von der Hannerl...
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1928
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1928
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We Americans was based on the Broadway play of the same name. Returning to the "melting pot" themes that he handled so well,...
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1928
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1927
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Jean Hersholt stars in this Universal "jewel," which was based on the Broadway success by John B. Hymer and Leroy Clemens. A...
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1927
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The Beautiful Cheat was a cute parody of the motion-picture business. Most of the story takes place in a fly-by-night movie...
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1926
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Don Marquis' bucolic stage comedy-drama The Old Soak was first brought to the screen in 1926. Jean Hersholt plays the title...
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1926
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Ninety percent of the silent films of director Edward H. Sloman have been lost to the ages, and Butterflies in the Rain is no...
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1926
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This routine domestic drama was based on a stage play by Owen Davis. Jane Cornwall, a wealthy heiress (Virginia Valli),...
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1925
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On the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the early years of the twentieth century, a Jewish family struggles to survive --...
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1925
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This drama about a Jewish family on New York's Lower East side marked the screen debut of respected stage actor Rudolph...
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1925
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This ordinary romantic programmer starred Universal regulars Norman Kerry and Virginia Valli. Linnie Randall, a shopgirl...
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1925
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House Peters stars in this Universal "jewel." Fisher captain John Strong (Peters) lives on the coast of Nova Scotia with his...
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1925
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Early silent screen matinee idol James Kirkwood starred in this romantic Western, which also offered a good role for veteran...
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1923
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Steve Cline (Milton Sills) returns to the U.S. after earning his fortune in South America. He reads in the paper that his...
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1923
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Respected stage star Alfred Lunt occasionally appeared in motion pictures; this curious and not terribly inspired mystery...
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1923
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Famed character actor William V. Mong wrote the screenplay to this drama, in which he is also starred. Although his acting is...
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1922
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aka A Bride of the Gods This exotic adventure drama was based on the novel, The Daughter of Brahma, and went through at least...
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1922
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Norah Davis' novel formed the basis for this program drama. Langdon Kirven (Jerome Patrick) has been missing for five years,...
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1921
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Director Edward H. Sloman had only himself to blame for this melodramatic misfire: he also wrote the script. A now forgotten...
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1921
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Although this picture was adapted from the novel by Mrs. Humphrey Ward, it was rewritten to emphasize the character of Lady...
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1921
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Mild-mannered Wilkins (William V. Mong) has been a bookkeeper for the firm of Bates and Stryker for 15 years without...
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1921
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A re-edited version of 1917's The Frame-Up, this silent action melodrama features William Russell as Jeffrey Claiborne, a...
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1921
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This lightweight, independently made drama was scripted by screenwriter Willard Mack and actor Lou Tellegen. When Elizabeth...
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1920
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When Captain Nathaniel Somers (Norval MacGregor) is killed by his stepbrother, Andreas Mollaire (Noah Beery, Sr.), he leaves...
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1920
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Margarita Fisher -- who'd dropped the "c" in her last name as part of the "de-Germanization" policies of WWI -- played the...
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1919
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1919
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When tomboy Olive Barton (Margarita Fisher) turns a tea with the minister into a boxing match, her capitalist father forbids...
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1919
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1918
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Fair Enough stars Margarita Fisher, who spelled her last name "Fischer" until America went to war with Germany. The plot...
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1918
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Reading the official studio synopses of such films as In Bad makes one wish that more of director Edward Sloman's silent...
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1918
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1917
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1910s film star William Russell stars in this drama of intrigue and high finance. John Servier (Russell) is the vice...
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1917
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When the War Between the States breaks out, Colonel Carlisle, a Virginia resident (Charles Newton), proudly throws his lot in...
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1917
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The Sea Master, like so many other pre-1920 films directed by the underrated Edward Sloman, apparently no longer exists. The...
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1917
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Late 1910s star William Russell is too good for this mediocre program drama. He plays Big Bill Darcey, a young man with money...
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1917
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In this Faust-like drama, outcast John Merrill L.C. Shumway) finds himself alone and broke on New Year's Eve. When he swears...
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1916
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This self-explanatory serial from the American Company in Santa Barbara proved an unmitigated fiasco. The original 1915...
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1916
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