Spring in the South

On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder—a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really has concealed to hide his identity. Meanwhile, ringmaster's daughter Nanon has a phobia of being touched by men, but is romantically pursued by not only Alonzo but the strongman Malabar. Al...

Runtime

1h 8m

Director

Tod Browning

Cast

Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford

After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.

Runtime

1h 12m

Director

Victor Sjöström

Cast

Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative.

Runtime

56m

Director

Buster Keaton

Cast

T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards

Two neighboring kings addicted to gambling, Ranjit and his cousin Sohat, vie for the same beautiful young woman, Sunita, daughter of the hermit Kanwa.

Runtime

1h 14m

Director

Alan Campbell, Franz Osten

Cast

Seeta Devi, Charu Roy, Himansu Rai

Alone on a farm, a man spends his days tending to his animals, with a particular love for his sow. After an illicit encounter between the two creatures, the pig gives birth. However, tragedy strikes when the man tries to force the newborn piglets to love him as he loves them.

Runtime

1h 20m

Director

Thierry Zéno

Cast

Dominique Garny