Eerie Tales

Eerie Tales 1919

5.52

After the old-books shop closes, portraits of the Strumpet, Death, and the Devil come to life and amuse themselves by reading stories--about themselves.

1919

For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse 1919

6.20

Dr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the military, but Meade stays back to care for deformed children. Sylvia thinks him a coward and marries Burton. After Burton is presumed dead, Meade and Sylvia are to wed, but Burton returns maimed and scarred.

1919

Almost a Husband

Almost a Husband 1919

1

A New England schoolteacher arrives in a small Southern town. He becomes the savior of several local people in time of emergency, including a young who is oppressed by the unwelcome romantic intentions of a local ne'er-do-well. The teacher pretends to marry the girl to fool the unwanted suitor, but then finds that the marriage was inadvertently legal....

1919

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

Yankee Doodle in Berlin 1919

5.30

Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.

1919

Broken Blossoms

Broken Blossoms 1919

6.90

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.

1919

Jubilo

Jubilo 1919

5.50

Jubilo, a hobo, witnesses a robbery, finds work on Judge Hardy’s farm, and foils the vengeful machinations of a sinister villain.

1919

The Mother and the Law

The Mother and the Law 1919

6.60

After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The second of these was 'The Mother and the Law', which demonstrates how crime, moral puritanism, and conflicts between ruthless capitalists and striking workers help ruin the lives of marginal Americans.

1919

Different from the Others

Different from the Others 1919

6.86

Conrad Veidt plays a famous musician who is blackmailed for being gay. Eventually he stands trial and is convicted. At the end the film pleads for the abolition of §175 (the paragraph which punishes homosexuality).

1919

The Fall of Babylon

The Fall of Babylon 1919

6.00

After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The first of the two was 'The Fall of Babylon', which depicts the conflict between Prince Belshazzar of Babylon and Cyrus the Great of Persia.

1919

Sir Arne's Treasure

Sir Arne's Treasure 1919

7.10

Three Scottish officers, including Sir Archi, murder Sir Arne and his household for a coffin filled with gold. The only survivor is Elsalill, who moves to relatives in Marstrand. There she meets a charming young officer- Sir Archi- and she soon understands that he was one of the murderers.

1919

The Cigarette

The Cigarette 1919

6.90

A Parisian museum director believes his wife is cheating on him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk, thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.

1919

Veritas vincit

Veritas vincit 1919

1

"Truth Wins" - A history film that is particularly elaborate in terms of its features and that attempts to illustrate the perpetual victory of the truth about the lie in three epic episodes.

1919

The Hayseed

The Hayseed 1919

5.90

Buster manages the store while Roscoe delivers the mail, taking time out for hide-and-seek with Molly. The constable, also interested in Molly, steals $300 while being observed by Buster.

1919

Her First Kiss

Her First Kiss 1919

4.50

Her First Kiss, where the glamorous Ethel Teare trades her fancy gowns for the rough attire of Minnie Spuds, the gawky farm girl who Chester tries to swindle. Whether dangling from a ladder, teetering over a cliff in a horse-and-buggy, or wielding a mop, Minnie may be from the sticks but never misses a beat. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, New Zealand Project, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2013.

1919

A Day's Pleasure

A Day's Pleasure 1919

6.10

A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.

1919

Women Who Win

Women Who Win 1919

1

A widow and her daughters join the Women's Service Training Bureau and become a nurse, a journalist and a landscape gardener.

1919

Lord and Lady Algy

Lord and Lady Algy 1919

1

Lord and Lady Algy separate amicably after he breaks his promise not to gamble again on the horses. When the wife of soap magnate Brabazon Tudway, is courted by Algy's philandering elder brother, Algy tries to help his brother escape Tudway's wrath by hiding Mrs. Tudway in his apartments. Tudway discovers her there ....

1919

Sunnyside

Sunnyside 1919

6.40

An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.

1919

Male and Female

Male and Female 1919

6.30

When an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.

1919