by Ted Davis Also Known As: Napoleon vu par Abel Gance Directed by: Abel Gance Synopsis: As a serious single-minded boy, Napoleon (Vladimir Roudenko) is consumed by intimations of his monumental destiny, which he begins to realize as a highly ambitious young man (Albert Dieudonné) when, after overcoming numerous and considerable obstacles, he embarks on […]
Directed by: Lambert Hillyer Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Wilse Dilling (Lon Chaney) is a handicapped criminal who reforms when he is sent to a quiet town to work undercover and falls in love with the daughter of his boss’ blackmail target. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): […]
Original Title: Nasanunaka Directed by: Mikio Naruse This review contains a Slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Actress Tamae Kiyooka (Yoshiko Okada) returns to Japan after a five year absence hoping to claim her daughter Shigeko (Toshiko Kojima) who only knows her […]
Directed by: Harry O. Hoyt Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A group of explorers discover a land where dinosaurs still roam. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): At the beginning of the longest version of the film, reporter […]
Directed by: Harold L. Muller Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Scotland Yard detective Charley MacNeesha (Charles R. Bowers) travels to America to investigate the bizarre hauntings of a home by the Fuzz-Faced Phantom. Stop Motion Cat: During the midst of the odd happenings, Charley pauses […]
Directed by: F.W. Murnau Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Lem (Charles Farrell) goes to Chicago to sell his father’s wheat and comes back with a city girl named Kate (Mary Duncan) as his wife. Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): When Lem and Kate return to the […]
Directed by: Wallace McCutcheon and Edwin S. Porter Synopsis: A group of women take a sleigh ride, are pelted by boys throwing snowballs, get stuck in a rut and then chase after men through the snow in this early Edison short. Purr Blur: As the sleighs are approaching a river, a black cat runs across […]
Original Title: Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (The Golem, How He Came into the World) Directed by: Paul Wegener, Carl Boese Synopsis: In 16th century Prague, Rabbi Loew (Albert Steinrück) creates a golem from clay and brings him to life to help protect the Jewish people from prosecution. Kitty Cameo: After Rabbi […]
Original Title: Kongen af Pelikanien Directed by: Valdemar Andersen This review contains a slight Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: Theatre prompter Pat (Carl Schenstrøm) and make up artist Patachon (Harald Madsen) assist Lola (Elisabeth Frederiksen), an exiled Princess turned stage star, to […]
Directed by: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor This review contains a Kitty Carnage Warning! Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film! Synopsis: A small-town young man named Harold (Harold Lloyd) moves to the big city to make his fortune and through a series of misadventures ends up climbing […]