Silas Wayne's will leaves the bulk of his estate to his niece, but the cursed Candor diamond catches the eye of someone who can't wait for the old man to die. When he's mysteriously stabbed to death in front of the police and his heirs, Detective -Sergeant Mitchell and newspaper reporter 'Nosey" Toodles work together to solve the crime. Written by Sister Grimm <srgrimm@teleport...
Princess Anne (Mary Astor) plans to run away with Freddie Granton (Anthony Bushell), the commoner secretary of her father, King Eric VIII (Lowell Sherman), once her domineering mother, Queen Martha (Nance O'Neil), has left for a vacation in America. Anne is therefore aghast when the Marquis of Birten (Alan Roscoe) brings news that he has negotiated her political marriage to Pri...
这是一部十分优秀的无声电影,改编自Fenimore Cooper的同名小说,它承接了格利菲斯的《一个国家的诞生》发展而来的叙述和剪接手法,通过讲述一个民族的毁灭,批判了战争对于人类的情感和理智的伤害。影片以爱情作为核心内容,从而展现了人与人之间复杂的爱很情愁和土著人的自由、热情、坚毅、勇敢;细腻和详尽的叙事手法在默片时期显得十分突出。该片的导演之一Clarence Brown曾经担任另一位导演的Maurice Tourneur的助手和剪辑师,主要拍摄了片中的室外场景,Maurice Tourneur则拍摄了所有室内场景。该片以其优异的摄影,微妙的光影变换和影调效果,以及非常接近原著的改编,而受到众多影迷的推崇。
Gerald Livingstone is admiring an opal ring in his library when his friend Jimmie Rogers comes in and taunts him with his love for jewels. Livingstone bets Jimmie that the first pretty woman he sees will kiss him in return for the ring. The two stroll out and in the shopping district see a beautiful woman just entering a taxicab. She is Miss Proctor for whom at the moment when ...
While traveling by train from Denver to Washington, DC, wealthy young Grenfall Lorry meets a beautiful young girl. When they are accidentally left behind in a mining town, they race through the mountains and finally catch it. They travel to Washington and have a great time, but they soon part. They meet again later in the small European country of Graustark, where Grenfall and ...
A Volcanic Drama of the Philippines -- She Scorched Her Soul to Save an American Cavalry Officer