The Thin Man

The Thin Man 1934

7.49

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

1934

The Story of Louis Pasteur

The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936

6.90

A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and that at least some diseases can be cured by vaccinations.

1936

Young Mr. Lincoln

Young Mr. Lincoln 1939

7.20

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.

1939

Captain Blood

Captain Blood 1935

7.24

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

1935

Manhattan Melodrama

Manhattan Melodrama 1934

7.00

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

1934

The Mask of Fu Manchu

The Mask of Fu Manchu 1932

5.50

The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.

1932

Show People

Show People 1928

7.10

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.

1928

The Big House

The Big House 1930

6.63

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

1930

The Secret Six

The Secret Six 1931

5.80

Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.

1931

Torrent

Torrent 1926

6.90

A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them. After becoming an opera star in Paris, the girl returns to her homeland and finds her romance with the nobleman rekindled.

1926

Marianne

Marianne 1929

6.50

At the conclusion of World War I, a French girl is romanced by an American doughboy even though she is promised to a French soldier who was sent to the front.

1929

The Red Mill

The Red Mill 1927

6.62

A servant girl plays matchmaker for the local burgomaster's daughter while setting her own sights on a visiting Irishman.

1927

Little Old New York

Little Old New York 1923

6.40

An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.

1923

The Temptress

The Temptress 1926

6.50

A seductive woman forsakes her husband and lover to pursue a young engineer.

1926

The Cardboard Lover

The Cardboard Lover 1928

5.70

A ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancé a lesson and win her back. What he doesn't realize is that the girl isn't pretending --she actually is in love with him, and she sets out to win him for herself.

1928

The Restless Sex

The Restless Sex 1920

1

A love triangle drama, based on a novel by Robert W. Chambers, who is better-known for weird fiction (which is not noticeable in this story.)

1920

Ceiling Zero

Ceiling Zero 1936

5.60

War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is fooling with one of the younger pilot's girl-friend and due to this he changes flights with Texas.

1936

Back Pay

Back Pay 1922

6.30

This 1922 Frank Borzage film is a masterwork waiting to be rediscovered. Hester Bevins is a simple country girl who yearns for adventure. Though she has a handsome young man, Jerry, who is devoted to her, she leaves her village and goes to New York in search of a grander life. There she becomes the lover of a wealthy and unscrupulous businessman. But when Jerry returns blinded and dying from the war, Hester must choose between her new life and the man whose loyalty to her has never failed.

1922

Blondie of the Follies

Blondie of the Follies 1932

6.00

New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the world, she arranges for Blondie, as well, to join the cast and gain the advantages. But the friendship goes awry when Lottie's sweetheart, wealthy Larry Belmont, falls for Blondie and she for him.

1932