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The Enemy is a silent film set during World War I and centers around a German soldier. The film explores the anti-war sentiments and showcases the struggles faced by the soldier. It is based on a play and was partially lost over time.
A Broadway actress uses her sex appeal to ruin a marriage only to dump her lover for a richer prospect.
A rousing fusion of satire, mystery and action. Aristrocrat Ambrose Applejohn is aching for excitement. He gets more than he bargained for when two Russian thieves, Anna Valeska and her partner Borolsky, arrive at the mansion one dark night.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ(1925)
96%TomatometerBen-Hur is a nobleman living in Roman Judea who is falsely accused of a crime and condemned to slavery. He survives years of hardship and eventually seeks revenge against his former friend and Roman officer who caused his downfall. Along the way, he encounters miracles, finds redemption, and discovers faith in Christ.
A rich man's son marries an artist's model, and is then disinherited by his father. Despite their circumstances, both the son and his model wife do well
Roger Moran, a member of a gang of thieves headed by Mike Wilson, is released from prison after having served a two-year sentence. He has learned his lesson and vows to leave his life of crime, but his girlfriend Betty Palmer--also a member of the gang--won't leave "the false road".
Mary Moreland discovers the photograph of a woman not her mother in her father's suitcase and sets out to find her in hopes of returning her father to his rightful place in the family.
A Spanish soldier seduces and falls in love with the young wife of a smuggler.
In 1800s Alta California, a masked swordsman known as Zorro fights against oppression, using his sword-fighting skills and secret identity to seek justice. He battles against corrupt officials and defends the innocent, all while maintaining a facade of a wealthy fop during the day. Zorro's actions inspire hope in the people and strike fear into the hearts of his enemies.
A crusader tries to keep a dope dealer from corrupting children.
The vast majority of the commercial films made by Kinugasa in the 1920s have, like almost all Japanese films of the period, been lost. Even a fragmentary survival such as Oni azami is to be celebrated – the more so since the film marked the first of many appearances by popular star Chojiro Hayashi (1908-84) in Kinugasa films. The original story of Oni azami is credited to Fred Niblo, the American director of Blood and Sand (1922) and Ben-Hur (1925). It derives from The Red Lily (1924), a Ramón Novarro vehicle that had been a great success on its release in Japan.
Jean and Marise, young lovers forced from their homes, flee to Paris. Irrevocably separated there, their lives deviate into the slums and hard labor of low-class French society. All the while, the two desperately search for one another.
Redemption is a movie based on the life of a doctor who becomes a compulsive gambler and ruins his life. The plot revolves around his journey to redemption, as he tries to mend his broken relationships, find love, and overcome his addiction. Set in Russia, the film explores themes of friendship, court battles, and the consequences of lying and deceit. With elements of drama, dancing, singing, and gypsy culture, Redemption takes the audience on a emotional rollercoaster with a tragic ending.
A man becomes bored with married life and pretends to have lost his memory so he can pursue other women.
Idealistic young American falls under the influence of Communist agitators.
In 17th-century France, a young swordsman named d'Artagnan embarks on a journey to become one of the King's Musketeers and joins forces with three legendary Musketeers to fight against the Cardinal Richelieu and his henchmen.
Blood and Sand (1922) is a tragic drama set in 19th century Spain. It tells the story of a brilliant but doomed matador, Juan Gallardo, who rises to fame but ultimately falls victim to the temptations of fame, fortune, and a manipulative femme fatale. Filled with intense bullfighting scenes and heartfelt romance, the film explores themes of love, betrayal, and the destructive consequences of ambition.
One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party.
Set during the 16th-century Spanish occupation of Flanders, the story concentrates on the fiercely patriotic Mark Van Ryke (Colman). Donning the guise of "Leatherface," a swashbuckling masked avenger, Van Ryke performs his derring-do on behalf of the Prince of Orange (Nigel de Brulier). Naturally, Van Ruke considers beautiful Spanish aristocrat Donna Leonora de Vargas (Vilma Banky) to be a bitter enemy, and the feeling is mutual. To no one's surprise, however, Van Ryke and Donna Leonara eventually fall in love (hence the title). The pulse-pounding climax finds Van Ryke riding hell-for-leather through a rainstorm to warn the Flemish troops about the Spaniards' plans to burn the city of Ghent to the ground. Two Lovers was based on Madame Orczy's novel Leatherface, and adapted for the screen by Alice Duer Miller.
Fred Niblo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fred Niblo (January 6, 1874 – November 11, 1948) was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer. Niblo was born Frederick Liedtke (several sources give "Frederico Nobile", apparently erroneously) in York, Nebraska, to a French mother and a father who had served as a captain in the American Civil War and was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Using the stage name, Fred Niblo, Liedtke began his show business career performing in vaudeville and in live theater. After more than twenty years doing live performing as a monologist, during which he traveled extensively around the globe, he worked in Australia from 1912 through 1915, where he turned to the burgeoning motion picture industry and made his first two films. As a Hollywood director, he is most remembered for several notable films beginning with his 1920 work The Mark of Zorro which starred Douglas Fairbanks. The following year he teamed up with Fairbanks again in The Three Musketeers and then directed Rudolph Valentino in Blood and Sand. In 1924, Niblo directed the film Thy Name Is Woman. In 1925, Niblo was the principal director of the epic Ben-Hur that was one of the most expensive films of the day but became the third highest-grossing silent film in cinema history. Niblo followed up on this success with two major 1926 works, The Temptress starring Greta Garbo in her second film in America, and Norma Talmadge in Camille. Niblo went on to direct some of the greatest stars of the era including Joan Crawford, Lillian Gish, and Ronald Colman. In 1930 he directed his first talkie with two of the biggest names in show business, John Gilbert and Renée Adorée in a film titled Redemption. Fred Niblo retired in 1933 after more than forty years in show business. The last sixteen years were used to make more than forty films, most of which were feature length projects. He was an important personality in the early years of Hollywood and was one of the original founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In recognition of his role in the development of the film industry, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7014 Hollywood Boulevard on February 8, 1960. His Ben-Hur film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Fred Niblo died in New Orleans, Louisiana, and is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery near his wife Enid Bennett in Glendale, California. His son with Josephine Cohan, Fred Niblo, Jr. (1903–1973) was a successful Hollywood screenwriter.
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