IMDB - (100 to 500 Votes) (USA) (7.5 to 7.9) (year 1920 - 1929)
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- DirectorSidney OlcottStarsRudolph ValentinoBebe DanielsLois WilsonWhen M. Beaucaire, a handsome barber, catches the Duke of Winterset cheating at gambling, Beaucaire exacts Winterset's cooperation in sneaking Beaucaire into a great ball, disguised as the Duke de Chartres, and to introduce him to the beautiful Lady Mary. The disguised barber successfully pulls off the masquerade and is soon the toast of society. But Winterset is embittered at having been blackmailed so, and he sets out to destroy Beaucaire if he can do so without revealing his own duplicity.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsRosetta DuncanVivian DuncanLawrence GraySisters Casey and Babe work in a department store that puts on a show every year. As expected, things are going wrong with every act until Casey comes out to help Babe with her song. They are a hit, but in the final act, Casey again comes out and this time the president sees her act and fires both her and Babe on the spot. Benny is able to book Casey, Babe, and Dean into Vaudeville and their act is popular. But before they have their shot at stardom, Dean and Babe leave Casey and the act.
- DirectorFred NibloStarsLillian GishRalph ForbesRalph EmersonCarl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front.
- DirectorHoward HawksLewis SeilerStarsArthur LakeDavid RollinsSue CarolTwo eager young pilots at flight school compete over their flight instructor's aviatrix sister.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsBuck JonesMadge BellamyVirginia MarshallSteve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causing a scandal in his small town. Many years later, having returned from World War I, he discovers that he loves the grown-up girl.
- DirectorGeorge D. BakerStarsMarion DaviesNorman KerryAnders RandolfStrung around the idea of reincarnation, this film goes back in time to the days of the Spanish galleons and pirates burying their treasure; treasure to be found centuries later.
- DirectorDel LordD.W. GriffithLois WeberStarsRosetta DuncanVivian DuncanGibson GowlandA broad, slapsticky farce using characters from "Uncle Tom's Cabin". It's not a satire on that venerable work, rather a "further adventures of" story, provided Eva didn't die after all. In this version, Legree manages to swindle the colonel and take control of his property-including Topsy-if a certain document isn't rescued in time. But Topsy does so and saves the day.
- DirectorAlfred SantellStarsRichard BarthelmessMolly O'DayLawford DavidsonA boxer has difficulty balancing his sport with a budding romance; both are further jeopardized when the United States enters the first World War.
- DirectorLeon D'UsseauRobert Z. LeonardStarsMarion DaviesRalph KellardCarlyle BlackwellA young woman is torn between two men: her childhood sweetheart and a handsome art student.
- DirectorKing VidorStarsEleanor BoardmanJames MorrisonJohnnie WalkerUnlike earlier generations of Marys who used every trickery to secure husbands, Mary the Third questions the validity of marriage in her search for adventure. Unable to decide between quiet, polite Lynn and aggressive Hal, she follows her suitors, along with sweethearts Max and Tish, on an outing, but an attempted seduction sends her home, where she becomes disillusioned by the quarreling of her parents. When they are reconciled, however, she regains her ideals and accepts Lynn.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsNorma TalmadgeEugene O'BrienPatterson DialAfter 40 years of struggle on the Wyoming frontier, a woman reflects on her hardscrabble life with her unfaithful husband.
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniRobert G. VignolaStarsMarion DaviesMacklyn ArbuckleForrest StanleyThe father of young Diana May wishes to marry her to British nobility although she is in love with Richard Cleeve, a sailor, and is pursued by Dr. Dimitrius, a scientist in search of the "elixir of youth."
- DirectorHobart HenleyStarsMarion DaviesMatt MooreHarry CrockerTillie the Toiler is a 1927 silent film comedy produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and released through Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios. It is based on Russ Westover's popular comic strip Tillie the Toiler. The film was directed by Hobart Henley and stars Marion Davies.
- DirectorNorman TaurogCharles C. WilsonStarsGeorge JesselGwen LeeRichard TuckerA young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he doesn't like it at all--he wants to be an entertainer, something he knows that his father would never approve of. He comes up with a scheme to put on his own show in a theater and show his father that he can be a success, but things don't work out quite as well as he planned.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsMarion DaviesOscar ShawFred SolmDuring World War 1, two American soldiers (Oscar Shaw) try to peek the romantic interest of a charming Frenchwoman (Marion Davies).
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsMarion DaviesConway TearleJ. Herbert FrankNovelist April Poole reads her new book to Kerry Sarle, her publisher and sweetheart, and to Ronald Kenna, her editor. The story begins at a masked ball, where April meets Kerry and recognizes master thief Kenna. April retrieves a note discarded by Kenna and learns that he intends to steal the Mannister diamond. Meanwhile, the Earl of Mannister, hoping to end his daughter Diana's relationship with an impoverished American artist, orders her to deliver the jewel to her mannish female cousin, Clive Connal, in South Africa. Aboard the train, Diana persuades April to assume her identity. Eager to foil Kenna, April complies. When Kerry overhears a struggle in April's stateroom, he rushes in and ejects Kenna. In gratitude, April reveals her identity and mission. After Kerry receives a note from April that asks him to take the trunk to Clive, April disappears. Disconsolate, Kerry delivers the trunk. When Kenna and his cronies locate it, April springs out, pistol in hand, and captures them. As she concludes her tale, April embraces Kerry, who accepts the story.
- DirectorRobert G. VignolaStarsMarion DaviesLyn HardingHolbrook BlinnPrincess Mary of Burgundy, traveling in disguise using the name of Yolanda, attends a silk fair and falls in love with Maximilian, who has disguised himself as a knight. Later Maximilian is framed and imprisoned by conspirators, but is saved by Mary. She and Maximilian plan to wed, but when the Swiss threaten Mary's father, the duke, with war if the marriage occurs, he arranges a marriage for her with the mentally unstable Dauphin of France. Maximilian determines to rescue her from marriage with the dauphin--even if it means war with the Swiss.
- DirectorErle C. KentonStarsVirginia Lee CorbinDonald KeithJane WintonA young married woman in a small town is visited by her sister, a single "flapper" who causes a scandal in town with her bobbed hair and short skirts. She attracts the attentions of some of the local men, which causes an even greater scandal--which is made worse when her sister abruptly leaves her boorish husband for another man.
- DirectorJohn McDermottMarshall NeilanStarsWesley BarryColleen MooreTom GalleryDinty is a newsboy whose fight to care for his ailing mother leads him into conflicts with the other boys on the street and then with drug smugglers in Chinatown.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsRichard BarthelmessFrank LoseeLeslie StoweNew York socialites on a yachting trip dock at a New England fishing village. Two engaged couples become infatuated with local siblings, leading to romantic entanglements and disrupting existing relationships.
- DirectorMonta BellStarsJohn GilbertJeanne EagelsGladys BrockwellA young man takes a succession of odd jobs to save enough money to buy a house for himself and his mother. He lands a position in a newspaper office and falls in love with the beautiful society editor, who is secretly having an affair with the married managing editor. She returns the young man's affections to make her lover jealous, but finds herself falling for him.
- DirectorEdward SedgwickStarsWilliam HainesSally O'NeilHarry CareyJim Kelly, an arrogant smart aleck and pitcher loses his girlfriend Sally and his teammates, but wises up in time to save the day.
- DirectorJohn S. RobertsonStarsRichard BarthelmessDorothy MackaillTed McNamaraWhile anchored down on a small New England port, on shore leave, Bilge Smith, a sailor, meets Connie Martin, the village dressmaker. Upon leaving, Bilge promises to return to Connie.
- DirectorSidney OlcottStarsJoseph DepewHelen RowlandMarie L. DayA charming pastoral about two unwanted children finding acceptance and love, rare cinematic gem based on Kate Douglas Wiggin's novel of the same name.
- DirectorLouis J. GasnierStarsMarceline DayBert LytellEileen PercyThe original Plain Jane story that inspired many copycats. Shy secretary Jane removes her glasses and hat, transforming into a natural beauty. Unsavory characters push her into impersonating a French model. Confusion and romance ensue.