Revenge of the Bandits

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

The film tells the story of a man and woman who don't know each other. After being matched by a matchmaker, after going through a series of red tape, they were sent to the bridal chamber and began a difficult life as a couple. Despite the primitive shooting methods and lack of training of the actors, the film has a very important place...

Runtime

40m

Director

Zheng Zhengqiu

Cast

Wang Bing-Seng, 丁楚鹤, 黄小雅

Rena is a young woman of mixed race. Although she is romantically pursued by an upwardly mobile African American named Frank, Rena does not decide in his favor. Her appearance allows her to pass for white, as she is of majority European ancestry, although she has grown up in the black community. She meets and falls in love with George ...

Director

Oscar Micheaux

Cast

Shingzie Howard, Andrew Bishop, Lawrence Chenault

The Talbots, formerly one of the Eastern Shore's first families, have gone to seed: Pap is a drunk, soddenly decaying in his ruined ancestral home, and three of his sons (William, Carol, and Ezra) are lazy, shiftless young men. Mulligan, Pap's second son who supports the entire family by oyster fishing, falls in love with wealthy Anna ...

Runtime

1h 1m

Cast

Fay Wray, Gary Cooper, Lane Chandler

The famous painter Bernhard Steen has made a portrait of the actress Thora Flemming.

Runtime

52m

Cast

Lili Beck, Egil Eide, Gunnar Tolnæs