Category: Melodrama

A stubborn railroad worker takes a young drifter under his wing.

3026. THE UNCHASTENED WOMAN (1925-USA). With THEDA BARA. During the second decade of the 20th-century, Theda Bara (whose name is an anagram of “Arab Death”) was the movies’ reigning sex […]

In this silent comedy-drama based on a short story by the same name, Julia Deep saves Terry, a suicidal playboy, instilling him with a new outlook on life through her […]

3031. PLAYING DEAD (1915-USA). With MR. and MRS. SIDNEY DREW. Directed by SIDNEY DREW. Scenario by MRS. SIDNEY DREW. Produced by J. STUART BLACKTON, ALBERT E. SMITH. It would be […]

2848. LOVE NEVER DIES (1921-USA). With LLOYD HUGHES, MADGE BELLAMY. Directed and adapted by KING VIDOR. Here is one of the early screen credits of fabled filmmaker King Vidor. Its […]

2738. BIG CITY INTERLUDE (Morals For Women) (1931-USA). With BESSIE LOVE, EMMA DUNN, NATALIE MOOREHEAD, LINA BASQUETTE, CONWAY TEARLE. In this fervent and well-told soap opera, gifted leading lady Bessie […]

2460. WHILE I LIVE (While I Love) (The Dream Of Olwen) (1947-England). This atmospheric and suspenseful ghost story takes viewers to the untamed rocky cliffs of northern Cornwall. There, pianist-composer […]

An educated Miss Carol returns to her rural hometown and crusades to end marriages between older men and underage girls.

2456. THE PHANTOM IN THE HOUSE (1929-USA). With RICARDO CORTEZ, HENRY B. WALTHALL. Henry Walthall made movie history as the courageous “Little Colonel” in the silent epic “The Birth Of […]

2225. UNCLE TOM’S CABIN (1914-USA). With SAM LUCAS. Based on the novel by HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. A heartrending version of the time-honored American novel, which “is a story of an […]