The Gift Supreme

When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

Erich von Stroheim

Cast

Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt

Just as Galeen and Wegener's Der Golem (1915) can be seen as a testament to early German film artistry, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolizes both the birth of the Australian film industry and the emergence of an Australian cinema identity. Even more significantly, it heralds the emergence of the feature film format. However, ...

Runtime

1h 10m

Director

Charles Tait

Cast

Elizabeth Tait, John Tait

Three Scottish officers, including Sir Archi, murder Sir Arne and his household for a coffin filled with gold. The only survivor is Elsalill, who moves to relatives in Marstrand. There she meets a charming young officer- Sir Archi- and she soon understands that he was one of the murderers.

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Mauritz Stiller

Cast

Richard Lund, Hjalmar Selander, Concordia Selander

A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and p...

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Raoul Walsh

Cast

Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Friderici

Conrad Veidt plays a famous musician who is blackmailed for being gay. Eventually he stands trial and is convicted. At the end the film pleads for the abolition of §175 (the law that punishes homosexuality).

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Richard Oswald

Cast

Conrad Veidt, Anita Berber, Magnus Hirschfeld