Drama

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Annie Laurie

Annie Laurie

Romance · Drama · Silent

The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.

The Beloved Rogue

The Beloved Rogue

Drama · Romance · Silent

A rich historical romance starring John Barrymore as poet Frances Villon who battles against nasty King Louis the XI in 17th Century France. 

Blood and Sand

Blood and Sand

Romance · Drama · Silent

A young Spaniard who achieves his boyhood ambition to become a celebrated toreador finds himself the victim of his own desires, forsaking the pure love of the sweet-natured Carmen for the sinister charms of the exotic Doña Sol.

The Daughter of Dawn

The Daughter of Dawn

Native and Indigenous Americans · Western · Drama

Lost for almost a century, this rousing melodrama of love and jealousy was filmed in the Wichita Mountains of Oklahoma with an all-Native American cast of Kiowa and Comanche actors.

Drifting/White Tiger

Drifting/White Tiger

Crime · Drama

Drifting - An opium trafficker is caught between an undercover government agent and a fellow smuggler in a remote Chinese village. White Tiger involves a band of jewel thieves who employ a chess-playing automaton to gain entry into the homes of the wealthy.  

The Godless Girl

The Godless Girl

Romance · Silent · Drama

A naive teenager leads a Godless Society at her high school and encourages her fellow students to “Kill the Bible.” A pious schoolmate organizes a mob to destroy her headquarters, resulting in the death of her comrade.

The Great Gabbo

The Great Gabbo

Horror · Musical · Drama

One of Hollywood's earliest -- and most peculiar -- musicals, The Great Gabbo stars von Stroheim as an egotistical ventriloquist who casts a Svengali-like spell upon an ingenue.

Queen Kelly

Queen Kelly

Silent · Drama

In Eric von Stroheim’s lost silent masterpiece, Gloria Swanson stars as an innocent but flirtatious convent girl from the imaginary European country of Cobourg-Nassau who catches the eye of the prince and the ire of the mad queen he is set to marry.

Ramona

Ramona

Romance · Drama · Silent

Set in 19th-century California, Ramona is a woman of mixed race, who abandons her position of privilege in order to marry a Native American.

Reginald Denny Collection: The Reckless Age, Skinner's Dress Suit, What Happened to Jones?

Reginald Denny Collection: The Reckless Age, Skinner's Dress Suit, What Happened to Jones?

Comedy · Drama

The Reginald Denny Collection gathers three silent features from the career of the debonair British star.

Sensation Seekers/A Chapter in her Life

Sensation Seekers/A Chapter in her Life

Drama

Lois Weber produced and directed a series of popular and provocative films at Universal Studios, often depicting women’s struggles for independence within the ever-shifting moral landscape of 1920s modernity.

The Shakedown

The Shakedown

Sports · Drama

A boxer who is part of a traveling team of scammers, falls head-over-heels for a fiery waitress and a rough-and-tumble orphan and begins to dramatically alter his life inside and outside of the ring.

The Spanish Dancer

The Spanish Dancer

Period Drama · Historic Drama · Silent

One of the great romance epics, The Spanish Dancer is action-packed, witty, and romantic with huge sets and a cast of thousands. Brenon keeps the adventure going full steam ahead while Negri and Moreno show why they were huge stars of their day.

Steamboat Bill Jr. and College

Steamboat Bill Jr. and College

Comedy · Action · Drama

STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. was Buster Keaton’s last independent silent comedy and also one of his finest. He stars as the effete son of a gruff riverboat captain (Ernest Torrence), who struggles to earn his father’s respect (and the love of beautiful Marion Byron). But the film is best remember…

Three Women

Three Women

Drama

Pauline Frederick and May McAvoy star as a mother and daughter who find themselves competing for the attention of George, a handsome opportist (Lew Cody) who yearns to lay hands on the women’s $3 million fortune.

Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt

Pre-Code · Crime · Film Noir

Condemned gangster Thunderbolt Jim Lang plots revenge on the young man who stole his girlfriend and landed next to him on death row.

The Trap (1922)

The Trap (1922)

Drama

A miner's happiness is destroyed when a rival steals his mine. He becomes obsessed with revenge, and plans a trap for the man who took his mine.