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1. The Iron Horse (1924)
Passed | 150 min | Drama, History, Romance
After witnessing the murder of his father by a renegade as a boy, the grown-up Brandon helps to realize his father's dream of a transcontinental railway.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Charles Edward Bull, Cyril Chadwick
Votes: 2,449 | Gross: $2.06M
2. Les Misérables (1935)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, History, Romance
In early-19th-century France, an ex-convict who failed to report to parole is relentlessly pursued over a 20-year period by an obsessive policeman.
Director: Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke, Rochelle Hudson
Votes: 3,932
3. Tower of London (1939)
Approved | 92 min | Drama, History
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King ... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Barbara O'Neil, Ian Hunter
Votes: 2,233
4. Jim: The James Foley Story (2016)
TV-MA | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, War
An in-depth look at the life and work of American journalist James Foley, who was killed by ISIS terrorists in 2014.
Director: Brian Oakes | Stars: James Foley, Unai Aranzadi, Zac Baillie, Manu Brabo
Votes: 1,691
5. The Show (1927)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama
Performers in a Budapest sideshow encounter love, greed, and murder.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Lionel Barrymore, Edward Connelly
Votes: 704 | Gross: $0.40M
6. One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actor Philippe Martin and his married date Yvonne plan to neck in a darkened cinema, but he gets the wrong seat and mistakenly kisses lovely Monique, a publisher's daughter. An absurd ... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Francis Lederer, Ida Lupino, Hugh Herbert, Roland Young
Votes: 314
7. The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: George A. Billings, Danny Hoy, Ruth Clifford, Nell Craig
Votes: 36
8. The First Born (1921)
60 min | Romance, Drama
Chan Wang, boatman on the Hoang-Ho, is forced to marry Chan Lee, when his beloved, Loey Tsing, is sold to Kuey Lar, a rich merchant in San Francisco. Soon a son, Chan Toy, is born to Chan ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Helen Jerome Eddy, Sonny Loy, Goro Kino
9. Out of the Dust (1920)
Western
John Evans tells his grandson about the exciting days of '75 in the West. At Fort Sheridan, Captain Evans fights the Indians of the plains, while his wife Martha grows bored of the ... See full summary »
Director: John P. McCarthy | Stars: Russell Simpson, Dorcas Matthews, Robert McKim, Francis Powers
10. Lightnin' (1925)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lightnin' Bill Jones, a man partial to the bottle, does chores and odd jobs around the Calivada Hotel, which is run by his wife and their adopted daughter, Millie. Real estate hucksters, ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Jay Hunt, Madge Bellamy, Wallace MacDonald, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 162
11. Madonna of Avenue A (1929)
71 min | Drama
Madonna of Avenue A is a 1929 talking drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.. It starred Dolores Costello in one of her last silent films. This is reportedly a lost film.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Dolores Costello, Grant Withers, Douglas Gerrard, Louise Dresser
Votes: 68
12. Pilgrim's Progress (1912)
Drama
Consists of two parts: Part One: The Life of John Bunyon (2 reels); Part Two: The Pilgrim's Progress (3 reels).
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Warner Oland, Ethel Clayton, Clifford Leigh
Votes: 35
13. Stark Mad (1929)
Passed | 70 min | Mystery
An expedition sets out through the jungle to find a missing explorer, but stumbles upon an ancient Mayan temple that houses a giant ape.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: H.B. Warner, Louise Fazenda, Jacqueline Logan, Henry B. Walthall
Votes: 30
14. Hearts of Oak (1924)
Passed | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Terry Dunnivan, a retired sea-captain living in Marblehead, Massachusetts, adopts two children, Chrystal and Ned. As the girl grows to womanhood, Terry realizes his fatherly-love had grown ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: Hobart Bosworth, Pauline Starke, Theodore von Eltz, James Gordon
Votes: 54
15. The Man of the Desert (1920)
26 min | Short, Western
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Emmett Dalton, Carolyn Wagner
16. Thank You (1925)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Young Kenneth Jamieson's millionaire father, fed up with his son's wild escapades, sends him to stay on a chicken farm in the small village of Dedham. On the day he arrives there pretty ... See full summary »
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Jacqueline Logan, J. Farrell MacDonald, Alec B. Francis
Votes: 55
17. The Fighting Heart (1925)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A town outcast, mistrusted by his sweetheart enters the ring and eventually wins the fight and his girl.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Billie Dove, J. Farrell MacDonald, Victor McLaglen
Votes: 56
18. The White Rider (1920)
Western
Tenderfoot Chauncey Day arrives in the small Southwestern boom town of Rawhide where Jackson Grade, the recorder of deeds, is accumulating his own fortune through falsifying documents. ... See full summary »
Director: William James Craft | Stars: Joe Moore, Eileen Sedgwick, S.W. Williams, Robert Craft
19. Clothes (1914)
44 min | Short, Drama
Olive Sherwood, a pretty western girl living in Omaha, is very fond of finery. Young and inexperienced, she knows nothing of the deeper currents of life, but the refinements of society and ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Charlotte Ives, House Peters, Edward MacKay, Frederick Webber
20. The Port of Missing Men (1914)
139 min | Drama
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Arnold Daly, Marguerite Skirvin, Edward MacKay, Frederick Bock
21. The Bride of the Sea (1915)
Short, Drama
Grace is a hypochondriac, and no fit companion for Ralph, her young husband, nor Marie, her daughter. She invites Maude, an old friend, to visit them. The latter determines to rouse Grace ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Billie West, Frank Bennett, Lucille Young, George Beranger
22. The Crest of Von Endheim (1915)
Short, Drama
Count Von Endheim, a general under the defeated Mexican emperor, Maximilian, escapes from his hacienda, taking with him his only child, Carlos, a boy of five. He leaves Blowitz, an old ... See full summary »
Stars: Harry Moody, Monroe Salisbury, Alberta Lee, Mae Giraci
23. A Daughter of the Night (1916)
Short, Drama
The child, about eight years of age, known as Sunbeam, is fathered by an old seaman in poor health. The home is the tenement slums of a big city. She sells papers or flowers, runs errands, ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: William Lowery, Agnes Vernon, Doris Baker, Frank MacQuarrie
24. As No Man Has Loved (1925)
Passed | 100 min | Drama, Romance
Early in the 19th century, Lieutenant Nolan becomes involved in the Burr conspiracy. When Burr is tried for treason, Nolan refuses to reaffirm his allegiance to the United States and ... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Edward Hearn, Pauline Starke, Lucy Beaumont, Richard Tucker
25. The Little Gray Lady (1914)
Drama
Anna Gray is a quiet, high-principled young woman who falls in love with Perry Carlyle, a weak young clerk whose own extravagant tastes, and the dissipations induced by endeavoring to ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Jane Grey, James Cooley, Jane Fearnley, Hal Clarendon
26. From Headquarters (1929)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
United States Marine Corps Captain "Happy" Smith (Monte Blue) and Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer (Guinn "Big Boy' Williams) lead a squadron of Marines in search of a party of American tourists lost in a Central America banana-republic jungle.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Monte Blue, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Gladys Brockwell, Lionel Belmore
27. Sea Mates (1916)
Short, Drama
John Lavoir, a thrifty fisherman and his daughter, Jane, live alone. He is a quiet man, somewhat religious. He guards his daughter carefully, and is anxious that she will marry well. His ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Clyde Benson, Harold Skinner, Claire McDowell, Charles Hill Mailes
28. The Toll of the Law (1916)
Short, Drama
Big Steve robs the home of a young minister and returns home. His young blind sister and his mother greet him and he shows them the spoils. The next day Steve is arrested and "sent up." ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: William Lowery, Agnes Vernon, Beth Roland, T.D. Crittenden
29. Old Mother Grey (1915)
Short, Drama
Mother Gray, the "mother" of the neighborhood, keeps the little toy and notion shop. Madge is the newsgirl on the corner and Dan the handsome, big policeman who patrols the beat and makes ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Josephine Crowell, Teddy Sampson, William Lowery, Olga Grey
30. The Father (1915)
Short
Second-story man Bill Kenare is sent to jail for seven years by wealthy manufacturer Charles Spaulding, who takes pity on Kenare's wife and two-year-old son Henry. He adopts Henry and ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Ralph Lewis, William H. Brown, Chandler House, Francelia Billington
32. The Love Trap (1923)
60 min | Drama
Young society girl Joyce Lyndon is engaged to energetic Grant Garrison, who lures the judge's daughter to a roadhouse for the night and meets his death at the hands of an abandoned wife. ... See full summary »
Director: John Ince | Stars: Bryant Washburn, Mabel Forrest, Wheeler Oakman, Kate Lester
33. The Wayward Son (1915)
Short, Drama
New York financier Stuveysant Brown purchases an immense tract of unimproved land in Southern California. His agent in Los Angeles informs him that there is a Mexican claimant to the ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: William Hinckley, Violet Wilkey, John Cosgrove, Mathaleen Aamold
34. As in the Days of Old (1915)
Short, Drama
John Van Dyne is informed by his old friend, Carl Woertz, in the far west, that the latter, who has attained great wealth, is leaving property to him. Van Dyne, accompanied by his wife and ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: William Moody, Harold Goodwin, Maxfield Stanley, Francis McDonald
35. One Who Serves (1915)
Short, Drama
Jim Burns, a workman out of a job, stands watch over his two-year-old child, who is seriously ill while his wife goes for a doctor. Chuck White, a second story man, an acquaintance of Jim's... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: William Lowery, Catherine Henry, Richard Cummings, A.E. Freeman
36. Rouged Lips (1923)
60 min | Drama
Thrifty orphan Norah MacPherson meets wealthy young James Patterson, who gets her a job as a chorus girl. They fall in love. To put up a good front, she spends all her money on clothes. ... See full summary »
Director: Harold M. Shaw | Stars: Viola Dana, Tom Moore, Nola Luxford, Sidney De Gray
37. The Law of Duty (1915)
Short, Drama
General Von Lomberg, a veteran of the Franco-Prussian war, receives a message from the Emperor permitting the General's son, Lieutenant Von Lomberg, freedom to continue his studies in ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Joseph Singleton, Frank Bennett, Edwin Harley, Charles W. Mack
38. The Ring and the Man (1914)
Drama
Distinguished dramatic actor Bruce McRae makes his first appearance on the screen in the popular story of love and politics, "The Ring and the Man," by Cyrus Townsend Brady. The commanding ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Bruce McRae, Helen Aubrey, Wellington A. Playter, Robert Broderick
39. The Gray Nun of Belgium (1915)
Drama, War
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Harry Clements, Cathrine Countiss, Robert Dunbar, Katherine Griffith
40. Shadows of Conscience (1921)
Drama, Western
In 1882, Jim Logan arrives in a small town in Wyoming to inquire about his sister Alice, whose husband, Wade Curry, a dishonest mine speculator, has deserted her. Logan finds Alice fatally ... See full summary »
Director: John P. McCarthy | Stars: Russell Simpson, Landers Stevens, Barbara Tennant, Bradley Ward
41. The Arrow Maiden (1915)
15 min | Short, Western
An Indian warrior is revived from a spell cast upon him by a medicine man, and he takes his revenge on other Indians who thought he was dead.
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Billie West, Harry Moody, Eagle Eye, Dove Eye
42. Good and Evil (1916)
Short, Drama
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Wilfred Rogers, Gilmore Hammond, Mathaleen Aamold, Virginia Richdale Kerrigan
43. The Lady from the Sea (1916)
10 min | Short, Drama
On the beach of an island the one inhabitant, a man, finds a girl who has been shipwrecked. He endeavors to be kind to her, but so great is her fear of him that she will not let him come ... See full summary »
Director: Raymond B. West | Stars: Claire McDowell, Noble Johnson, Clyde Benson, Charles Hill Mailes
44. Playing It Wild (1923)
60 min | Western
Roaming cowboy Jerry Hoskins wins Old Man Webb's newspaper in a poker game and resolves to help rid the town of crooked Sheriff Gideon. In the guise of "Terrible Terry," Jerry robs ... See full summary »
Director: William Duncan | Stars: William Duncan, Edith Johnson, Francis Powers, Dick La Reno
45. Border Scouts (1922)
A Boy Scout, who became an aviator (Bert Hall), induces a number of Scouts to visit his uncle's ranch in Texas and combat Mexican raiders.
46. The Ever Living Isles (1915)
20 min | Short, Drama
In the reign of James the Second, in England, Carlos, a rover of the Spanish main, on a visit to Provincetown in the New World, meets Prudence, daughter of Captain Josiah and Temperance ... See full summary »
Director: Francis Powers | Stars: Eugene Pallette, Bessie Buskirk, John Cosgrove, Ruth Handforth