Opportunity and the Man

Against the backdrop of New York City of the early 1850s, a young woman -- naively seeking to win the love she reads about in the romance novels she devours -- finds one prospect in an earnest denizen of the Bowery, and another in an elegant young aristocrat. Focusing on the bygone era's fashions, the novelty of the bicycle-built-for-t...

Runtime

1h 12m

Cast

Betty Bronson, Ricardo Cortez, Edwards Davis

Marty Reid, the star quarterback at Sanford College, is constantly singled out by the opposition for punishment, and he swears to his pal, Honey Smith, and to Coach Wilson that he will quit the game forever. Ed Kirby, who dislikes Reid, calls him yellow, and Wilson gets Patricia Carlyle, the college vamp, to induce Reid to play. At a s...

Runtime

1h 18m

Director

Edward F. Cline

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams

Runtime

30m

Cast

Ivan Mosjoukine, Claudia Novitskaya, Pavel Biryukov

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. It is now considered lost, with only a 4 minute clip surviving.

Runtime

2h 46m

Director

Vladimir Gardin, Yakov Protazanov

Cast

Olga Preobrazhenskaya, Vladimir Maksimov, M. Trojanov

Director

Jacob Fleck

Cast

Vivian Gibson, Lia Eibenschütz, Paul Richter