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1. Only Yesterday (1933)
Passed | 105 min | Drama, Romance
A one-night fling during World War I results in a young girl getting pregnant. Years later, she meets him again. Now a successful businessman, he doesn't even remember her, but tries to seduce her.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Margaret Sullavan, John Boles, Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke
Votes: 422
2. The Wrestler (1925)
Comedy, Short
Van Bibber, wealthy fashion plate traveling with friends in Russia, is called upon to save a Russian dancer from the attentions of a famous wrestler, both of whom are fellow passengers on ... See full summary »
Director: Robert P. Kerr | Stars: Earle Foxe, Florence Gilbert, Frank Beal, Lynn Cowan
Votes: 13
3. Night World (1932)
58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Story of the goings-on at a Prohibition-era nightclub.
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Lew Ayres, Mae Clarke, Boris Karloff, Dorothy Revier
Votes: 471
4. Sunset Pass (1933)
Passed | 61 min | Western
An agent for the Cattlemens Association goes undercover to prison to try to find out who's behind a cattle-rustling gang. When he finds out, he "escapes" from prison and gets in touch with ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Randolph Scott, Tom Keene, Kathleen Burke, Harry Carey
Votes: 46
5. The Best Bad Man (1925)
Passed | 50 min | Comedy, Western
Hugh Nichols, an absentee ranch owner, visits his Colorado properties in the guise of a peddler of musical instruments. He finds that his agent, Frank Dunlap, has been cheating him and ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Tom Mix, Clara Bow, Cyril Chadwick, Paul Panzer
Votes: 26
6. The Arizona Express (1924)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama
A man is framed for the murder of his uncle, a bank president, and sentenced to hang. His sister and a mail clerk who's helping her discover information that may clear him, but they have to... See full summary »
Director: Tom Buckingham | Stars: Pauline Starke, Evelyn Brent, Anne Cornwall, Harold Goodwin
Votes: 47
7. Anybody's War (1930)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: George Moran, Charles Mack, Joan Peers, Neil Hamilton
Votes: 15
8. The Final Extra (1927)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The alert atmosphere of a large-city newspaper office and its giant presses combines with the back-stage atmosphere of the theatre, set against the sinister shadow of a bootleg gang and the... See full summary »
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Marguerite De La Motte, Grant Withers, John Miljan, Frank Beal
Votes: 28
9. The Power and the Glory (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Drama
The tragic life story of a power-hungry industrialist is recounted in the aftermath of his death.
Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Colleen Moore, Ralph Morgan, Helen Vinson
Votes: 734
10. Air Mail (1932)
Approved | 84 min | Adventure, Drama
A group of air mail pilots risk their lives to deliver important mail through bad weather conditions.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Ralph Bellamy, Gloria Stuart, Slim Summerville
Votes: 527
11. Madame Racketeer (1932)
72 min | Comedy
International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel ... See full summary »
Directors: Harry Wagstaff Gribble, Alexander Hall | Stars: Alison Skipworth, Richard Bennett, George Raft, John Breeden
Votes: 83
12. The Danger Rider (1928)
Passed | 54 min | Western
Hal Doyle (Hoot Gibson), son of the prison warden, falls in love with a portrait of Mollie Dare (Eugenia Gilbert), who runs a reformatory for ex-convicts where they may work for honest ... See full summary »
Director: Henry MacRae | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Eugenia Gilbert, B. Reeves Eason, Monte Montague
Votes: 23
13. Men on Call (1930)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Railroad engineer Chuck Long finds the showgirl he's about to marry was the subject of scandal and swears off women. He joins a coast guard unit stationed at a lighthouse, and one day must ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Mae Clarke, William Harrigan, Sharon Lynn
Votes: 14
14. The Last Trail (1927)
56 min | Action, Western
The robberies on Jasper Carrol's stages have been so frequent that the stage line plans to hold a stagecoach race with the winner getting the new contract. Tom foils Cal Barker's attempt to... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Tom Mix, Carmelita Geraghty, William B. Davidson, Jerry Madden
Votes: 23
15. The Big Diamond Robbery (1929)
Passed | 65 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Tom Markham is the foreman of an Arizona dude ranch. He travels to the "big city" for a meeting with the ranch's owner, George Brooks, after which he will accompany Brooks' daughter Ellen ... See full summary »
Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, Kathryn McGuire, Frank Beal
Votes: 74
16. Young Donovan's Kid (1931)
Passed | 77 min | Crime, Drama
A crusader tries to keep a dope dealer from corrupting children.
Director: Fred Niblo | Stars: Richard Dix, Marion Shilling, Jackie Cooper, Frank Sheridan
Votes: 28
17. Wide Open (1930)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy
A nervous, woman-shy office clerk, already troubled by an amorous female co-worker, must suddenly deal with a very forward and attractive young woman who has sneaked into his apartment and doesn't want to leave.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller, Louise Fazenda, Vera Lewis
Votes: 199
18. A Bankrupt Honeymoon (1926)
20 min | Short, Comedy
The son of a wealthy bus-lines operator spends money, regardless of his parent's remonstrances. He weds a girl in a hurry and as he starts on his honeymoon after a convivial night, during ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Harold Goodwin, Shirley Palmer, Frank Beal, Harry Dunkinson
Votes: 32
19. Cimarron (1931)
Passed | 123 min | Drama, Western
A newspaper editor settles in an Oklahoma boom town with his reluctant wife at the end of the nineteenth century.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil
Votes: 6,943
20. Everything's Rosie (1931)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
A carnival huckster and his 17-year-old foster daughter try to be accepted by the townspeople when she and a handsome lad fall in love.
Director: Clyde Bruckman | Stars: Robert Woolsey, Anita Louise, John Darrow, Florence Roberts
Votes: 176
21. Marriage in Transit (1925)
Passed | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A gang of crooks led by Holden steals a government code, and Cyril Gordon, a Secret Service agent who bears a strong resemblance to the gang leader, is assigned to recover the stolen ... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Carole Lombard, Adolph Milar, Frank Beal
Votes: 35
22. Phantom Thunderbolt (1933)
Passed | 63 min | Western
A cowboy called The Thunderbolt Kid comes to the aid of a town that is being threatened by outlaws who don't want a railroad to go through the town.
Director: Alan James | Stars: Ken Maynard, Tarzan, Frances Lee, Frank Rice
Votes: 138
23. The Inside of the White Slave Traffic (1913)
28 min | Short, Drama
A dramatization of the methods in which young women are abducted or otherwise procured for prostitution.
Director: Frank Beal | Stars: Edwin Carewe, Jean Thomas, Virginia Mann, Ninita Bristow
Votes: 120
24. Señor Americano (1929)
Passed | 71 min | Western
A U.S. soldier goes after bandits in California, although it is still owned by Mexico.
Director: Harry Joe Brown | Stars: Ken Maynard, Kathryn Crawford, Frank Beal, Frank Yaconelli
Votes: 13
25. The Lost Special (1932)
Approved | 240 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared without a trace.
Director: Henry MacRae | Stars: Frank Albertson, Ernie Nevers, Cecilia Parker, Francis Ford
Votes: 50
26. Galloping Fury (1927)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Western
Billy Haven, a young rancher, accidentally discovers that clay found on his ranch will, when mixed with water, become the most beautifying mud-pack cosmetic that any young girl, or old ... See full summary »
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Otis Harlan, Sally Rand, Frank Beal
Votes: 21
27. A Question of Honor (1922)
70 min | Drama, Romance
Bill Shannon, an engineer in charge of a dam project in the Sierras, is offered a bribe to sell out to Morse, a Wall Street promoter who wants the dam site for his new railroad. Unable to ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Anita Stewart, Edward Hearn, Arthur Stuart Hull, Walt Whitman
28. The Feud (1926)
Short, Comedy
Van Bibber and his party motor to a Southern village where an old mansion is being sold at auction. At the sale Van is questioned by a deaf villager concerning the price of expensive autos,... See full summary »
Director: Robert P. Kerr | Stars: Earle Foxe, Florence Gilbert, Frank Beal, Fanny Midgley
29. The Devil, the Servant and the Man (1912)
Short, Drama
This strong allegorical drama is founded upon The Devil, and The Servant in the House. The man neglects his home and wife and spends his time at the club and is here induced to attend a ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beal | Stars: Charles Clary, Kathlyn Williams, William Stowell, Harry Lonsdale
30. The Lone Chance (1924)
50 min | Drama
Penniless inventor Jack Saunders, in search of a girl he loves, assumes the guilt for a murder in return for $20,000 and promise of a pardon at the end of a year. When the agreement is not ... See full summary »
Director: Howard M. Mitchell | Stars: John Gilbert, Evelyn Brent, John Miljan, Edwin B. Tilton
31. The Curse of Eve (1917)
Drama
When young Eva Stanley comes home from college, she finds that her mother is deeply involved in the movement to rescue "wayward" girls. Eva's boyfriend John Gilbert is sent west on a ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beal | Stars: Enid Markey, Edward Coxen, Jack Standing, Eugenie Besserer
32. The Girl with the Lantern (1912)
Drama, Romance, Short
In this railroad story a city girl, visiting her uncle and aunt in the country town, falls in love with the operator at the railway station. Her uncle, a cross old owl, disapproves of ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beal | Stars: Charles Clary, Kathlyn Williams, Frank Weed, Edith Barrington
33. Mother, I Need You (1918)
Director: Frank Beal | Stars: Enid Markey, Edward Coxen, G. Raymond Nye, Clarissa Selwynne
34. The Dragnet (1916)
Short, Drama
James Durkin, alias Red Durkin, leaves the prison bars behind him with the resolution to do the right thing. No sooner has he reached the city than he is recognized by Detective Schulte, ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beal | Stars: Harry Mestayer, Wheeler Oakman, Al W. Filson, Vivian Reed
35. Hook and Ladder (1924)
60 min | Comedy, Western
Cowboy Ace Cooper (Hoot Gibson), to avoid arrest, becomes a fireman, falls in love with the chief's daughter, Sally Drennan (Mildred June), and wins her in spite of the efforts of a crooked... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Mildred June, Frank Beal, Edwards Davis
36. The Cyclone Rider (1924)
70 min | Action, Drama
Richard Armstrong, inventor of a carburetor that will make his car a sure winner in a road race, works on a skyscraper for Richard Steele and falls in love with his daughter, Doris. Though ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Buckingham | Stars: Reed Howes, Alma Bennett, William Bailey, Margaret McWade
37. The Stolen Bride (1927)
80 min | Drama
Sari, daughter of Count Thurzo, and son of a shoemaker Franz Pless, both Hungarian, fall in love while they are in the USA. They are about to get married when Sari is called back to Europe,... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Billie Dove, Lloyd Hughes, Armand Kaliz, Frank Beal
39. The Swimming Instructor (1926)
Short, Comedy
Van accidentally saves a fat woman from drowning and is rewarded by a job as swimming instructor for the hotel and forced to represent his boss in a swimming race.
Director: Albert Austin | Stars: Earle Foxe, Florence Gilbert, Frank Beal, Lynn Cowan
40. The Amateur Detective (1925)
Short, Comedy
Van is an amateur detective who does his work so well that he recovers a valuable painting even before its owner, the girl's father, knows it is stolen.
Director: Robert P. Kerr | Stars: Earle Foxe, Florence Gilbert, Frank Beal, Lynn Cowan
41. The Race (1924)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Van Bibber attempts to beat his rival in a relay auto race.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Earle Foxe, Florence Gilbert, Frank Beal
42. The Sky Jumper (1925)
Short, Comedy
A flippant remark causes Van to be challenged by a crack ski jumper. Van is scared, but the rival gives him a push and he takes the slide against his will, making a record jump. He loses ... See full summary »
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Earle Foxe, Florence Gilbert, Frank Beal, Catherine Claxton
43. Soft Boiled (1923)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Western
John Steele (Frank Beal), a rich uncle, threatens to disinherit his nephew, Tom Steele (Tom Mix), unless the latter learns to curb his violent temper. Tom is put on a 30-day trial and must ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Tom Mix, Tony the Horse, Billie Dove, Joseph W. Girard
44. Man and the Outlaw (1915)
Short, Drama
There is only one man in the jury chosen to convict or declare innocent George Burton, clean living and fine, who is on trial for murder of his sister's betrayer who refuses to declare him ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beal | Stars: Norbert A. Myles, Edna Payne, Henry Stanley, Harry Schenck
45. Her Dream of Life (1916)
Short
Rita Crossley, wife of Howard Crossley, a well-to-do clubman, who spends his time in riotous living, passes away after a life of loneliness. Crossley, too late, realizes that he has lost ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beal | Stars: Harry Mestayer, Grace Darmond
46. Paul Jones, Jr. (1924)
20 min | Short, Comedy
The "hero" knows as much about sailing as a reformer about a drinking song, but a tricky fate decrees that he shall be skipper to his sweetheart and a bunch of girl friends. The crew turns ... See full summary »
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Earle Foxe, Florence Gilbert, Frank Beal, Edward Hearn
47. Society Architect (1927)
Short, Comedy
Director: Robert P. Kerr | Stars: Earle Foxe, Florence Gilbert, Frank Beal, J. Clifford Rice
48. A Lickpenny Lover (1926)
Short, Comedy
The action takes place in a hotel where there is a hard-boiled manager and a man-mountain of a chef. This chef takes a dislike to the society boy, who is forced to work out his board bill ... See full summary »
Director: Orville O. Dull | Stars: Hallam Cooley, Gladys McConnell, W.E. Lawrence, Arthur Housman
49. The Burglar (1924)
20 min | Short, Comedy
A visit to a police station starts the chase of a notorious thief and killer and Van finds himself, against his will, dragooned into the role of an arm of the law.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Earle Foxe, Florence Gilbert, Fred Kohler, James Bryson
50. A Man Four-Square (1926)
50 min | Western
Craig Norton, a young well-to-do rancher, returns from a holiday in the city to clear his foreman and friend of the charge of cattle rustling and is himself implicated and pursued by the ... See full summary »
Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Buck Jones, Marion Harlan, Harry Woods, W.E. Lawrence