Safety Last!

Safety Last! 1923

7.70

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

6.70

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

6.20

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

The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert 1931

5.10

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

Big News

Big News 1929

4.60

A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.

1929

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

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

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

Two Plus Fours

Two Plus Fours 1930

4.50

This short subject was done by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm boys shortly after they finished The King of Jazz where lead singer Bing Crosby made his motion picture debut. Shortly afterwards the trio broke up and Bing went solo and the rest was history. When a well-liked tailor is about to lose his story his daughter and a young singing group try to save it.

1930

Into the Net

Into the Net 1924

1

Madge Clayton, a society girl, mysteriously disappears. The police suspect a master criminal is behind the girl's abduction, but her brother, Bob, and fiancé, Bert Moore, help with the search. They unearth a scheme to kidnap another girl, Natalie Van Cleef, and the evidence takes Bob and Bert to an estate on Long Island.

1924

Paris Bound

Paris Bound 1929

4.40

Jim Hutton and Mary Archer are two liberals who are content to remain faithful to each other in spirit only. They are married with all the ritual of a church wedding, the bride believing that each should be allowed perfect freedom in personal contacts. Complications arise when these ideals are put into practice.

1929

Power

Power 1928

6.00

Tale of a pair of dam workers who, despite their strong friendship, duke it out on a regular basis. But when the dam threatens to burst, the battling buddies work side by side to rescue the deluge-threatened townsfolk.

1928

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

Half Pint Polly

Half Pint Polly 1930

1

Ted is riding for Pa Martin against Cooper in the big race. When Cooper has his men capture Ted, Peggy overhears them and sets out to free Ted in time for the race.

1930

Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo 1929

6.00

On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of the passengers. (This film was produced both in full sound and silent versions, the latter for theaters that had not yet been wired for sound.)

1929

Wandering Papas

Wandering Papas 1926

5.10

A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into contact with a mad hermit, who hates anybody seeing his daughter, before returning to cook dinner.

1926

Big Money

Big Money 1930

1

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

1930

Her Man

Her Man 1930

5.30

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

1930