Safety Last!

Safety Last! 1923

7.74

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

1923

Never Weaken

Never Weaken 1921

6.73

Our hero is infatuated with a girl in the next office. In order to drum up business for her boss, an osteopath, he gets an actor friend to pretend injuries that the doctor "cures", thereby building a reputation. When he hears that his girl is marrying another, he decides to commit suicide and spends the bulk of the film in thrilling, failed attempts.

1921

Holiday

Holiday 1930

6.08

A young man is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.

1930

Why Worry?

Why Worry? 1923

6.60

A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.

1923

Her Man

Her Man 1930

5.30

A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.

1930

45 Minutes from Hollywood

45 Minutes from Hollywood 1926

5.00

A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.

1926

The Soilers

The Soilers 1923

5.47

During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the motherlode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.

1923

Mother's Boy

Mother's Boy 1929

1

Young Irish lad Tommy O'Day lives in a poor section of New York's Lower East Side, and is blessed with a beautiful singing voice. After an argument with his father, who accuses him of stealing the family's life savings, Tommy leaves home and gets a job singing in a cabaret. He is successful and soon lands the lead in a Broadway revue. On opening night, just as he is about to go on stage, he receives word that his mother, who he has not seen since he left home, is dying and wants to see him.

1929

The House Without a Key

The House Without a Key 1926

1

A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not spoken to his brother, who owns a hotel next to Winterslip's estate, in over twenty years. Minerva, sister to the estranged brothers, comes from Boston to try to reconcile the two men. John Quincy Winterslip, Dan's nephew, receives a letter instructing him to retrieve a box from an attic in San Francisco and dump the contents into the ocean. He is on board a ship bound for Hawaii in which other passengers are also after the box. Dan Winterslip is murdered. Charlie Chan, a Chinese detective, offers to help solve the killing and the mysteries surround the box. Chan is looking for the person whose wristwatch is missing the number 'three.'

1926

Lonely Wives

Lonely Wives 1931

4.71

A highly respectable lawyer becomes a sexual animal after working hours; His live-in mother-in-law tries to keep him in line. When an actor-impersonator comes to see him, the two switch lives.

1931

The Racketeer

The Racketeer 1929

4.80

A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite.

1929

Crazy Like a Fox

Crazy Like a Fox 1926

6.20

Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

1926

Big Money

Big Money 1930

1

A go-getting bank messenger falls in with unsuccessful gambler.

1930

The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert 1931

5.08

Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly feuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. Bill, the foundling whom Cash has raised to young manhood, wants to end the feud and extends an olive branch toward Jeff, who now has a lovely daughter. But during a mining venture, the bitterness escalates. Is Bill to be set against his own adoptive father?

1931

Bromo and Juliet

Bromo and Juliet 1926

5.60

A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare.

1926

The Sagebrusher

The Sagebrusher 1920

1

A friend of a Montana sagebrusher advertises for a potential wife for him.

1920

Along Came Auntie

Along Came Auntie 1926

6.20

A divorced couple try to pretend they are still happily married in order to get $100,000 from the woman's divorce-disapproving aunt.

1926

Yes, Yes, Nanette

Yes, Yes, Nanette 1925

5.30

Nanette sends a letter to her family telling of her new husband, Hillory. When Hillory arrives to meet the family, he gets insulted by each member, including the dog, and loses his wig. After having dinner with the family, Nanette's former lover returns, and Hillory must confront him

1925

Annapolis

Annapolis 1928

3.00

Bill is a young man who arrives at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. He is an incorrigible know-all, and emerges a sober man. Meanwhile, Bill is accused of a crime committed by his friend, and because he doesn't squeal, he wins the heart and hand of the blond Betty. She is his friend's girl.

1928

Sin Takes a Holiday

Sin Takes a Holiday 1930

5.80

Dowdy Sylvia accepts her boss' marriage proposal, even though he only asked her to avoid marriage to another woman. As a wealthy wife, Sylvia changes from ugly duckling to uninhibited swan and even contemplates having an affair with a man she meets during a trip to Paris.

1930