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1. The Military Air-Scout (1911)
Short, Drama
The story takes place three years into the future. Events represented take place in 1914, when supposedly there is a war between the united European states and the United States of America.... See full summary »
Director: William Humphrey | Stars: Earle Williams, Edith Storey, Alec B. Francis, Henry H. Arnold
Votes: 10
2. The Glorious Adventure (1918)
50 min | Drama
Carey Wethersbee and her aunt Lucretia live in an old Southern mansion, which through their quaint manners and outmoded costumes, they imbue with an atmosphere of the antebellum South. ... See full summary »
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Mae Marsh, Wyndham Standing, Sara Alexander, Paul Stanton
Votes: 14
3. 3 Bad Men (1926)
Unrated | 122 min | Drama, Romance, Western
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Lou Tellegen, Tom Santschi
Votes: 1,503
4. Mary of the Movies (1923)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Romance
Mary's kid brother needs an operation and, in order to pay for it, Mary goes to a Hollywood studio and applies for a job as an actress. Mary is given a job as a waitress in the commissary, ... See full summary »
Director: John McDermott | Stars: Marion Mack, Florence Lee, Mary Kane, Harry Cornelli
Votes: 21
5. No Greater Love (1932)
Passed | 59 min | Drama
Owing more than just a passing nod to "Abie's Irish Rose," a kindly Jewish delicatessen owner in New York City, Sidney Cohen, adopts a young, crippled Irish girl, Mildred, with much opposition from many quarters.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Dickie Moore, Alexander Carr, Richard Bennett, Beryl Mercer
Votes: 11
6. The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, History, Romance
Sergeant Gischa Patrotkin (Chester Morris), a simple-minded Russian soldier, escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp. He hides out for awhile with a peasant girl named Babka (Betty ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Chester Morris, Betty Compson, Alec B. Francis, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Votes: 63
7. Evidence (1929)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Evidence is a 1929 Pre-Code crime drama film produced and distributed by the Warner Brothers. It is based on the 1914 Broadway play Evidence by J. duRocher MacPherson and L. duRocher ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Pauline Frederick, Lowell Sherman, William Courtenay, Myrna Loy
Votes: 30
8. The Cinderella Man (1917)
60 min | Comedy
When Marjorie Caner returns from abroad, she is quite lonely in her millionaire father's big house. Learning that a young poet, Anthony Quintard, is living in poverty next door while ... See full summary »
Director: George Loane Tucker | Stars: Mae Marsh, Tom Moore, Alec B. Francis, George Fawcett
Votes: 83
9. Smilin' Through (1922)
Passed | 96 min | Drama
Kathleen, a young Irish woman, is in love with Kenneth Wayne but is prevented from marrying him by her guardian John Carteret. John is haunted by memories of his thwarted love for Kathleen's aunt, Moonyean.
Director: Sidney Franklin | Stars: Norma Talmadge, Wyndham Standing, Harrison Ford, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 109 | Gross: $0.56M
10. The Terror (1928)
85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as 'The Terror.'
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: May McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 69 | Gross: $1.22M
11. Looking Forward (1933)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Family
In this Depression-era story set in London, a department-store owner (Lewis Stone) faces bankruptcy while his family fritters away money. A long-standing employee (Lionel Barrymore) gets ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Benita Hume, Elizabeth Allan
Votes: 307
12. The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A jewel thief suspected of being a local serial killer targeting police officers decides to solve the mystery himself to clear his name.
Directors: Edgar Selwyn, Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan, Lewis Stone, Ralph Forbes
Votes: 498
13. The Last Hour (1923)
Crime
Reever McCall, an infamous forger, is on the run from the police with his daughter Saidee. He asks his friend, a former criminal named Steve Cline, for help. Cline, whose brother was killed... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Milton Sills, Carmel Myers, Pat O'Malley, Jack Mower
Votes: 21
14. Evangeline (1929)
87 min | Drama
In Acadia, now part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men and send them ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Dolores Del Río, Roland Drew, Alec B. Francis, Donald Reed
Votes: 169
15. Children of Jazz (1923)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Babs Weston agrees to marry adventurer Richard Forestall before his hasty departure, accepting his ring and promising to be faithful. Richard returns to find that his fiancée has become a "... See full summary »
Director: Jerome Storm | Stars: Theodore Kosloff, Ricardo Cortez, Robert Cain, Eileen Percy
Votes: 15
16. The General's Daughter (1911)
Drama, Short
During the war with the Mad Mahdi, General Dent of the English Army and his three daughters are located in the Soudan. Flower, his youngest, is his favorite. Mohammed Ahmed calls upon the ... See full summary »
Stars: Alec B. Francis, Anne Schaefer, Helen Case, Evangeline Blaisdell
Votes: 11
17. Beyond the Rocks (1922)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman on her honeymoon.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Edythe Chapman, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 2,403 | Gross: $0.27M
18. Hollywood (1923)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves Grandma, an aunt, her brother, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. ... See full summary »
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Hope Drown, Luke Cosgrave, George K. Arthur, Ruby Lafayette
Votes: 91 | Gross: $0.31M
19. Feet First (1930)
Passed | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
An ambitious shoe salesman who unknowingly meets his boss's daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon has to try to hide his true circumstances.
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Harold Lloyd | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent, Robert McWade, Lillian Leighton
Votes: 1,195 | Gross: $1.59M
20. Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (1931)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
A mad scientist creates a time travel pill, which two goofballs volunteer to test, transporting them to ancient Egypt as Marc Antony and Julius Caesar vying for the beautiful Cleopatra's love in a chariot race.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Burgess, Robert Frazer
Votes: 38
21. The Music Master (1927)
80 min | Drama
Anton von Barwig, formerly an orchestra leader in Vienna, searches for his daughter who was taken from him by his wife many years before. Out of pride, he refuses help and is gradually ... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Alec B. Francis, Lois Moran, Neil Hamilton, Norman Trevor
Votes: 9
22. Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy
This Masquers short (the first of the series) is a parody of every old-time melodrama that trod the stages or graced the silver screen...Our Nell...the Old Folks at Home...the Old Homestead... See full summary »
Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Frank Fay, Lew Cody, Laura La Plante, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 35
23. Mata Hari (1931)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
Votes: 3,959 | Gross: $0.93M
24. Beau Brummel (1924)
135 min | Drama, History, Romance
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis, Carmel Myers
Votes: 539 | Gross: $0.29M
25. The Cat's-Paw (1934)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy
A naive missionary brought up in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as a dummy candidate with no chance of winning.
Directors: Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd | Stars: Harold Lloyd, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 1,378 | Gross: $0.69M
26. Charley's Aunt (1925)
80 min | Comedy
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Sidney | Stars: Syd Chaplin, Ethel Shannon, James E. Page, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 75 | Gross: $0.56M
27. Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915)
65 min | Crime, Drama
After robbing a bank, a criminal is wrongfully pardoned from prison.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Robert Warwick, Robert Cummings, Alec B. Francis, Frederick Truesdell
Votes: 282
28. Outward Bound (1930)
Unrated | 83 min | Drama, Fantasy
Later remade as "Between Two Worlds."
Directors: Robert Milton, Ray Enright | Stars: Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Beryl Mercer, Dudley Digges
Votes: 622
29. The Mad Whirl (1925)
65 min | Drama
A teenager with permissive parents gets too caught up in wild parties and the fast life.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: May McAvoy, Jack Mulhall, Myrtle Stedman, Barbara Bedford
Votes: 53
30. The Crimson Gardenia (1919)
60 min | Drama, Adventure
Wastrel New York millionaire Roland Van Dam travels to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, looking for adventure and romance. Because the costume he is wearing includes a red gardenia, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Reginald Barker | Stars: Owen Moore, Hedda Nova, Hector V. Sarno, Sydney Deane
Votes: 19
31. The Return of Peter Grimm (1926)
70 min | Fantasy
The fondest wish of Peter Grimm, elderly patriarch of a famous tulip growing family, is that his ward Kate will marry his nephew and primary heir, Fredrick. Though she loves another, she ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Schertzinger | Stars: Alec B. Francis, John Roche, Janet Gaynor, Richard Walling
Votes: 27
32. The Circle (1925)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Drama
An unhappy woman considers leaving her dull husband for another man.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Malcolm McGregor, Alec B. Francis, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 710
33. Saved from the Titanic (1912)
10 min | Short, Drama
The story of the Titanic disaster based on the account of a survivor.
Director: Étienne Arnaud | Stars: Dorothy Gibson, Alec B. Francis, Julia Stuart, John G. Adolfi
Votes: 123
34. The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914)
54 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After being expelled from college, Giles runs away from home and meets and falls for a young lady.
Director: Maurice Tourneur | Stars: Vivian Martin, Alec B. Francis, Chester Barnett, Gyp Williams
Votes: 351
35. The Man Who Had Everything (1920)
50 min | Drama
Harry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind beggar with his car, but he shows no remorse. In response to his heartlessness, the beggar ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Jack Pickford, Lionel Belmore, Priscilla Bonner, Shannon Day
Votes: 42
36. The Great Moment (1921)
70 min | Drama
Sir Edward Pelham, married to a Russian Gypsy, fears that his daughter will follow in her mother's footsteps and arranges a marriage with her cousin, whom she does not love. During a trip ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Gloria Swanson, Alec B. Francis, Milton Sills, Frank Butler
Votes: 26
37. Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
In Victorian England a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by even more fantastic characters.
Directors: Norman Z. McLeod, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Richard Arlen, Roscoe Ates, William Austin, Gary Cooper
Votes: 2,621
38. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Low-life Harry falls in love with sweet Betty who inspires him to improve himself so he can marry her. He enters a $25, 000 cross-country hiking contest. After many adventures he wins, pays off his father Amos's mortgage and marries Betty.
Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Harry Langdon, Joan Crawford, Edwards Davis, Tom Murray
Votes: 816 | Gross: $0.24M
39. Arrowsmith (1931)
Approved | 108 min | Drama
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, A.E. Anson
Votes: 2,001
40. The Last Mile (1932)
Passed | 75 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An innocent man sentenced to death gets caught up in a prison riot.
Director: Samuel Bischoff | Stars: Howard Phillips, Preston Foster, George E. Stone, Noel Madison
Votes: 420
41. High Steppers (1926)
70 min | Drama
Julian Perryam gets thrown out of Oxford University and returns to the family estate outside of London. He discovers that his sister and his mother are caught up in the "jazz" life and ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin Carewe | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Mary Astor, Dolores Del Río, Rita Carewe
Votes: 13
42. Transcontinental Limited (1926)
70 min | Drama
A war veteran returns home to find his sweetheart totally upset: Her father will lose his sight unless she can get funds for an expensive procedure. He and some Army mates hatch a plot ... See full summary »
Director: Nat Ross | Stars: Johnnie Walker, Eugenia Gilbert, Alec B. Francis, Edith Yorke
Votes: 21
43. The Last Man (1932)
65 min | Mystery
While traveling near Suez in a dense fog, the freighter Glencoe almost runs into an apparently abandoned freighter that is drifting aimlessly. As the crew investigates the mysterious vessel... See full summary »
Director: Howard Higgin | Stars: Charles Bickford, Constance Cummings, Alec B. Francis, Alan Roscoe
Votes: 10
44. Forever After (1926)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Romance, War
From the day they first met in the schoolhouse in a small New England town, Theodore Wayne, son of a respected lawyer, and Jennie Clapton, daughter of wealthy parents, have been sweethearts... See full summary »
Director: F. Harmon Weight | Stars: Lloyd Hughes, Mary Astor, Hallam Cooley, David Torrence
Votes: 16
45. Waking Up the Town (1925)
63 min | Comedy
A young girl visits her grandfather, who owns an auto repair shop. She falls in love with his handsome assistant, who is also an engineer trying to talk the town banker into financing his ... See full summary »
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Jack Pickford, Claire McDowell, Alec B. Francis, Norma Shearer
Votes: 35
46. A Thief in Paradise (1925)
80 min | Drama
After years of failure, Maurice Blake becomes a beachcomber on an island in the Samoas, earning a risky living by diving for pearls with Philip Jardine, the disinherited son of a San ... See full summary »
Director: George Fitzmaurice | Stars: Doris Kenyon, Ronald Colman, Aileen Pringle, Claude Gillingwater
Votes: 20
47. I'll Tell the World (1934)
Approved | 77 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Stanley Brown, ace reporter for a news syndicate, is on a date when he receives a summons from Hardwick, his editor, to report to work and begin trailing Grand Duke Ferdinand, a visiting ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sedgwick | Stars: Lee Tracy, Gloria Stuart, Roger Pryor, Onslow Stevens
Votes: 75
48. The Bishop Murder Case (1929)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the body of a man nicknamed "Cock Robin" is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range along with a chess bishop as a clue, Philo Vance investigates.
Directors: David Burton, Nick Grinde | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, Roland Young, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 856
49. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1912)
Short, Comedy, Drama
Here is the heart-rending narrative of Ichabod Crane, the schoolmaster of Sleepy Hollow, and his strenuous courtship, the quilting bee, the village dance, the bragging of Ichabod and the ... See full summary »
Director: Étienne Arnaud | Stars: Alec B. Francis, John G. Adolfi, Dorothy Gibson, Louis R. Grisel
Votes: 18
50. Lucretia Lombard (1923)
70 min | Drama
An emotional drama with a love triangle. A man gets engaged, but soon after falls in love with another woman.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Irene Rich, Monte Blue, Marc McDermott, Norma Shearer
Votes: 47