Silent screen leading man Lawrence Gray stars in this low-budget thriller produced by legendary penny-pincher Sam Katzman....
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1935
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War is a Racket was described as "a newsreel complication in story form" -- or what would nowadays be designated a...
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The Economist
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1934
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In this drama, set within an urban hotel, a nightclub dancer witnesses a gangland killing and must flee for her life. She...
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1933
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Big Town was slapped together by Invincible Pictures, a low-budget concern that shared studio space (and production...
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1932
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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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1931
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1930
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1930
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Produced and directed by onetime comedy impresario Joe Rock, the early talkie The Great Power was a literal adaptation of the...
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John Power
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1929
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1925
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Warner Baxter lifts himself up from poverty to unlimited riches. The audience knows that Baxter couldn't have done it without...
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1924
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Crittendon Mariott's vivid story formed a wonderful basis for the atmospheric filmmaking talents of Maurice Tourneur. The...
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1923
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Judge Rymal
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1923
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Two thieves fight over a packet of stolen money. One (Herschall Mayall) hides the money near a haunted house before being...
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Jerry's father
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1923
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This Katherine MacDonald vehicle involving the shams of society was about as clichéd as they come. Although Priscilla Hobbs...
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Mr. Carter
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1923
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The real draw of this suspenseful drama was the yacht race and the motor boat chase, which included a hydroplane. No one...
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1922
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On the whole, John Gilbert's starring vehicles at Fox were not as beneficial to him professionally as his films at MGM....
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1922
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Although Yale football hero Maurice B. "Lefty" Flynn was never a huge star, he was certainly a capable one when it came to...
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James Manning
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1922
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At the time this film was released, its star, Wallace Reid, was supposedly spending some time in a sanitarium, getting a much...
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Giacomo Polento
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1922
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Silent film star John Gilbert was in the middle of his treadmill days at the Fox studios when he was cast in this drama as an...
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Dr Brown
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1922
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Screenwriter Jules Furthman made a rare plunge into directing with Blushing Bride. The title character, played by...
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1921
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Compelled to marry a notorious gambler (Harry Van Meter) in order to cover her father's gambling debts, pretty Molly Hanlon...
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1921
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A small Western community is terrorized by an unscrupulous empire-builder (G. Raymond Nye) in this early Buck Jones Western...
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Joe Blake
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1921
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Twin brothers, separated at birth, are again found on opposite sides of the law in this typical William S. Hart western....
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1921
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It is easy to imagine Theda Bara playing the lead in this Fox Biblical epic, especially since its credited director is J....
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1921
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Celebrated prize fighter Jack Dempsey was a natural for serials, and industry leader Pathé dutifully cast him in this...
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1920
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When famed insurance firm Lloyds suspects that Captain Machen (Herschel Mayall) is scuttling his ships for the insurance...
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1920
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This first film version of the Edward Knoblock theatrical chestnut Kismet stars the actor who made the play famous (and...
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1920
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Before he became world-famous for his sophisticated sex farces, Ernst Lubitsch was primarily a director of outsized German...
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1919
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A lesser-known William S. Hart vehicle, The Money Corral casts two-gun Bill as a rodeo story. A Chicago banker hires Hart to...
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1919
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1918
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One of the big hits in 1917, this epic retelling of Dicken's classic tale features exceptional production values and special...
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1917
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By 1917, Theda Bara had become one of the screen's biggest stars, and her fans had long been suggesting that she portray...
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Ventidius
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1917
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Theda Bara's next film after the blockbuster Cleopatra was this tale of the Russian revolution -- a timely subject, since the...
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1917
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With American opinion divided over the European war in 1915, no fewer than three major motion pictures were conceived with...
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The King of Wredpryd
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1916
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1916
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1915
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Produced and co-written by Thomas H. Ince, The Wrath of the Gods (aka The Destruction of Sakura-Jima) was a major undertaking...
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1914
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1914
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1914
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1914
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