Barriers Burned Away

Shall We Forgive Her?

When Grace Raymond follows Neil Garth, her hard-drinking fiancé, West, she finds him living in a squalid desert cabin. Forced to choose between being

1917

The Woman He Loved

Russian Jews Nathan & Esther Levinsky, along with son, David, escape to the U.S. Nathan’s life as a peddler is hard, and Esther leaves him for Max Lev

1922

Unconquered Woman

Helen offers herself in marriage to the winner of a poker game in order to obtain money to replace what her brother has stolen. Antonio, a half-breed,

1922

Shadows of the Sea

An idealistic sea captain, Dick Carson (Conway Tearle), is wounded by revenue officers while smuggling arms to a South American country. He finds aid

1922

Ignorance

Silent crime drama about the dangers of the title situation.

1916

The Queen's Husband

The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt a

1946

Esmeralda

Silent adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic focusing on the character of Esmeralda rather than Quasimodo.

1922

The Marriage Whirl

Marian marries Arthur, a party-loving man, hoping to reform him, but he becomes restless and starts an affair with a dancer, leading Marian to seek co

1925

Minnie

Minnie, the homeliest girl in town, is devoted to her father, a discouraged inventor who has been working on a wireless device. Subject to the sneers

1922

The Girl from Nowhere

Headstrong Mavis Cole defying her grandfather runs away with the wealthy but caddish Herbert Whitman. Proving he’s no good Herbert plants a stolen nec

1921

Kiss or Kill

Henry Warner (Herbert Rawlinson) is so broke that he has sold his overcoat and now his landlady won't leave him alone about the rent. When he sees a w

1918

Little Women

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

1917

The Offenders

Girl is held at mercy of gang of crooks, her only friend being a half-wit. A murder is committed and blame shifted to the girl. The half-wit has seen

1922

The Golden Shower

A rich libertine leaves all his money to a college girl who had refused his advances. The ensuing scandal makes her retire to a small town, where she

1919

One Year to Live

Young Elsie Duchanier, maid of the star dancer in the French Brunel's Follies, is deceived by a lascivious doctor into believing she has only one year

1925

Así te deseo

A woman takes the place of a wife who had died seven years earlier.

1948

The Keys to Happiness

Directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yakov Protazanov, this two-part epic was the most expensive Russian film at the time and smashed box office records. I

1913

Das Recht der freien Liebe

1920

Ewiger Strom

An abandoned baby is saved by a river god. Now aged 20, she yearns to see the world outside the water.

1920

Henry VIII

Early silent movie adaptation of Shakespeare's play, focused on key moments: the arrest of the Duke of Buckingham, Henry's infatuation with Anne Boley

1911