Laughter and Tears

Laughter and Tears 1921

1

Bohemian drama. A woman falls in love with a struggling artist, who later becomes famous and decides to leave Venice for a lucrative career in Paris.

1921

The Black Tulip

The Black Tulip 1921

1.00

In 17th century Holland, a faction of royalists is scheming to restore the monarchy and jail the De Witt brothers, who control the Republic. At the same time Tulip Fever is raging, and bulb-grower Cornelis van Baerle tries to obtain the secret of black tulips. Van Baerle will soon find himself threatened by radical royalists and rival bulb-grower Isaac van Boxtel.

1921

Bulldog Drummond

Bulldog Drummond 1922

1

A captain saves a kidnapped magnate from a nursing home run by foreign agents.

1922

The Skin Game

The Skin Game 1921

1

An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village. The original silent version of a film Hitchcock later adapted with sound.

1921

The Burning Mill

The Burning Mill 1913

3.00

Annie falls in love with a circus clown, but her circus-hating father forbids their romance. Until a fire breaks out...

1913

The Secret of Delft

The Secret of Delft 1917

6.00

The secret from the title is the lost recipe for shiny Delft pottery, that Jan Vogel is desperately trying to rediscover. For his attempts he needs platinum, but the funds run out because the factory owner Van Haaften has lost his money in stock-speculations. Luckily for Jan, he finds a farewell letter in the park, including a large sum of money. Meanwhile, the owner's son Leo confesses his love for Jan's daughter Annie, but Van Haaften forbids their marriage.

1917

The Tars

The Tars 1934

6.30

After serving in the Royal Navy, Manus, Toon and Dries return to Amsterdam working-class quarter 'the Jordaan'. Back home, they find out things have changed while they were gone; Manus's girl Jans has been unfaithful to him, Toon's father now rejects him on account of his dissolute life and barmaid Auntie Piet has been cooking up a scheme to ruin Dries' relationship with his girl Greet.

1934

The Secret of the Lighthouse

The Secret of the Lighthouse 1916

1

Young poacher Hendrik van Norden has seriously wounded a game-keeper, who has not recognized him. There was, however, one witness: captain Van Oort, but he promises to keep silent. Five years later Hendrik has become a lighthouse-keeper and is courting Annie. Van Oort is also trying to win Annie's affections, and in his jealousy he decides to remind Hendrik of what he knows about his past...

1916

The Other Person

The Other Person 1921

1

A séance proves a ghost compelled a spiritualist to kill his rich father.

1921

Carmen of the North

Carmen of the North 1919

6.00

On the verge of getting married to Marijke, young and insecure detective Jozef is assigned the case of a murdered factory girl. His relationship is threatened when he becomes madly infatuated with Carmen, the alluring prime suspect.

1919