The Autumn of Pride
β 7 Β· 1921 Β· Romance
A man buys a farm to stop his rich father from evicting the farmer's daughter.
More Like This
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
1907 Β· β 6
In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an old astronomer begins to teach a class of young men, all armed with telescopes, about the art of scrutinising an imminent eclipse. When a mechanical clock strikes twelve, all the young men rush to the windows and fix their telescopes on the heavens.
More info β
La Roue
1923 Β· β 7.3
Sisif, a railwayman, saves a young girl named Norma orphaned by a train crash and raises her as his own daughter alongside his son, Elie. As she becomes an adult, Sisif grapples with whether to tell Norma the truth about her parentage.
More info β
The Merry Widow
1926 Β· β 6.7
Prince Danilo falls in love with dancer Sally O'Hara. However, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco, forbids the marriage due to her being a commoner. Thinking she's been jilted by her prince, Sally marries lecherous old Baron Sadoja, whose wealth has kept the kingdom afloat. When he suddenly dies, Sally must be wooed all over again by Danilo.
More info β
Beyond the Rocks
1922 Β· β 6
A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman-- who'd previously saved her life-- on her unhappy honeymoon.
More info β
Behind the Screen
1916 Β· β 6.5
During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.
More info β
Sunnyside
1919 Β· β 6.6
An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.
More info β
The Extra Girl
1923 Β· β 6.4
Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract when a picture of a very pretty girl is sent to a studio instead of her picture. When she arrives in Hollywood, the mistake is discovered and she starts working in the props department of the studio instead. Her parents then come out to California and invest some money with a very shifty individual.
More info β
White Shadows in the South Seas
1928 Β· β 6.7
An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.
More info β
When Knighthood Was in Flower
1922 Β· β 5.8
Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement.
More info β
The Patsy
1928 Β· β 6.7
An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her older sister's boyfriend tries to make him notice her.
More info β