Search results for "1929"
Harbour Drift

Harbour Drift

Harbour Drift
IMDb: 7.4
74

A pre-Depression slice of proletarian life from Weimar Germany, Harbour Drift is unusually interesting for its indifferent pessimism, rejecting even the minor rays of hope which permeate the other low-life…

Genre: Drama
The Bishop Murder Case

The Bishop Murder Case

The Bishop Murder Case
IMDb: 6
88

The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where he…

Genre: Mystery
Why Be Good?

Why Be Good?

Why Be Good?
IMDb: 7.2
84

A flapper unwittingly falls for the boss’ son.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The White Hell of Pitz Palu

The White Hell of Pitz Palu

The White Hell of Pitz Palu
IMDb: 7.2
150

Dr. Johannes Krafft climbs a 12,000-foot mountain over and over again to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Another couple makes the dangerous climb with him.

Genre: Adventure, Drama
Welcome Danger

Welcome Danger

Welcome Danger
IMDb: 5.9
115

A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.

Genre: Comedy
The Voice of the City

The Voice of the City

The Voice of the City
IMDb: 6
81

An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict’s name and nab the gangsters that framed him.

Genre: Crime
The Virginian

The Virginian

The Virginian
IMDb: 6.7
91

A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling.

Genre: Western
Untamed

Untamed

Untamed
IMDb: 5.4
86

In her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan upside down in her hunt for Andy McAllister, the man of her dreams. Unfortunately for…

Genre: Drama
The Steel Road

The Steel Road

The Steel Road
IMDb: 7.2
57

Bold and exhilarating documentary account of the building of the Turkestan-Siberian railway, presented as a heroic triumph of Soviet progress over natural adversity.

Genre: Documentary
Un Chien Andalou

Un Chien Andalou

Un Chien Andalou
IMDb: 7.6
16

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.

Genre: Fantasy, Horror
They Had to See Paris

They Had to See Paris

They Had to See Paris
IMDb: 5.8
82

Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get “culture” and meet “the…

Genre: Comedy
Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt
IMDb: 6.5
85

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love…

Genre: Crime, Drama
The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew
IMDb: 6.2
63

Adapted from Shakespeare’s play: Baptista Minola, a wealthy resident of Padua, is the father of Katherine and Bianca. The younger daughter, Bianca, is charming and has many suitors. But her…

Genre: Comedy
Diary of a Lost Girl

Diary of a Lost Girl

Diary of a Lost Girl
IMDb: 7.8
113

Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father’s pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a…

Genre: Drama
St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues
IMDb: 6.5
16

In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin’ with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus…

Genre: Drama, Music
Spite Marriage

Spite Marriage

Spite Marriage
IMDb: 6.9
76

An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn’t realize is that he…

Genre: Comedy
Speedway

Speedway

Speedway
IMDb: 6.2
76

Bill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds greatest driver and lover. Mac has treated Bill like a son since he took him…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Shakedown

The Shakedown

The Shakedown
IMDb: 6.7
65

The life of a less-than successful professional boxer changes when he takes in an orphan.

Genre: Drama
So This Is College

So This Is College

So This Is College
IMDb: 5.4
98

Scheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate
IMDb: 6.1
73

A writer rents what he believes is a deserted lodge in order to complete his novel. But then six other people show up one-by-one, each for reasons of their own.

Say It with Songs

Say It with Songs

Say It with Songs
IMDb: 4.9
95

Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife, Katherine. Infuriated, Lane engages him in a fight,…

Genre: Music
Rain

Rain

Rain
IMDb: 7.2
12

A lyrical portrait of Amsterdam and its changing appearance during a rain-shower.

Genre: Documentary
Piccadilly

Piccadilly

Piccadilly
IMDb: 7.1
109

A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club’s main act.

Genre: Crime, Drama
On With the Show!

On With the Show!

On With the Show!
IMDb: 5.8
104

With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the leading lady refuses to appear. Can…

Genre: Music, Romance
Fragment of an Empire

Fragment of an Empire

Fragment of an Empire
IMDb: 7.3
110

Director Frederick Ermler’s last silent feature and the last of four collaborations with actor Fiodor Nikitin. Nikitin plays an officer who spends a decade after the Great War as a…

Genre: Drama
New York Nights

New York Nights

New York Nights
IMDb: 5.5
82

Show girl Jill Deverne is married to song writer Fred Deverne, and everyone is involved in the Broadway night life and endless parties. Jill is being pursued by a gangster,…

Genre: Crime, Drama
Navy Blues

Navy Blues

Navy Blues
IMDb: 5.5
77

On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don’t approve of…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Mysterious Island

The Mysterious Island

The Mysterious Island
IMDb: 6.1
95

On a volcanic island near the Kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island’s inhabitants. Dakkar, his sister Sonia…

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
IMDb: 6
80

A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.

The Manxman

The Manxman

The Manxman
IMDb: 6.2
100

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Lucky Star

Lucky Star

Lucky Star
IMDb: 7.7
99

Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Madame X

Madame X

Madame X
IMDb: 5.6
95

A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son…

Genre: Drama
The Love Parade

The Love Parade

The Love Parade
IMDb: 7
107

The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
IMDb: 6
94

There is a big charity function at the house of Mrs. Cheyney and a lot of society is present. With her rich husband, deceased, rich old Lord Elton and playboy…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Letter

The Letter

The Letter
IMDb: 6.6
65

A planter’s wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.

Genre: Drama
The Informer

The Informer

The Informer
IMDb: 7.2
83

A man betrays his best friend, a member of a terrorist organisation, to the authorities and is then pursued by the other members of the organisation.

Genre: Drama
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles
IMDb: 6.4
66

One of the last of the silent Sherlock films.

Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
The Idle Rich

The Idle Rich

The Idle Rich
IMDb: 5.8
80

Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her family, part of “the great middle class” (as blowhard nephew Henry keeps reminding us),…

Genre: Comedy
The Hole in the Wall

The Hole in the Wall

The Hole in the Wall
IMDb: 5.7
63

Mrs. Ramsey sent Jean Oliver to prison on a false charge. To get even, Jean (disguised as Madame Mystera) plans to kidnap her daughter and turn her into a thief….

Genre: Drama, Mystery
Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah
IMDb: 6.7
100

A black laborer turns preacher after accidentally killing a man.

Genre: Drama, Music