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Dir: Frank Urson

A wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her.

Dir: Arturo Carballo

Film based on variety shows of the 20s 'Arco Iris', 'La feria de las hermosas', and 'Las maravillosas', all of them created by Eulogio Velasco.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Frivolinas perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Lloyd Bacon

A singing waiter and composer (Al Jolson) loves two women (Betty Bronson, Josephine Dunn), conquers Broadway and holds his dying son, singing "Sonny Boy."

Dir: James A. FitzPatrick

An innkeeper's daughter loves a shepherd boy and will not listen to her father's plea that she marry a rich young Londoner. The Londoner pleads with the girl, but she will not hear him. He goes back to London and the girl is happy with her shepherd.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Singing Fool perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Bryan Foy

A police raid on a night club results in the entire cast of the club's floor show being hauled into court, where they must perform their routines for the judge.

Dir: Unknown Director

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Songs of England perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Max Obal

Mr. Effington and his daughters Maud and Edith hear Miss Destinn at the opera. Edith expresses a wish to meet Miss Destinn, so her father invites Miss Destinn to the birthday party to be given for Edith. Maud is very fond of animals. A friend sends her some lion cubs which she trains to do tricks. She also has several full-grown lions in her private menagerie. Edith is very fond of music and loves her young teacher, Jack Harris. Her father objects to her attachment, and drives him from the house. Atwood, a business friend of Mr. Effington, asks for Edith's hand in marriage. At the birthday party he proposes to her, but is refused. At the party Maud is showing how tame her lions are, and on a dare Miss Destinn, who has accepted the invitation to be present, enters the cage with her and, with one of the lions lying on the piano, within a few inches of her, sings parts of Mignon, Atwood chagrined at Edith's refusal of his hand refuses to assist Mr. Effington in his business, with the result that the business fails. Mr. Effington does not survive the shock and the two girls, brought up in luxury, are forced to go out into the world to make a living. They consult Miss Destinn as to what they should do and receive her assurance that she will help them as best she can. They decide to use Maud's lions and advertise for a young man to play a part in a moving picture drama. Jack Harris sees the advertisement and answers it. He and the girls are much surprised to meet again and he renews his suit for Edith's heart. Edith accepts him and the preparations are made for the wedding. Maud is heartbroken and confesses that she has loved Jack for a long time. She goes with the happy couple to get the marriage license, but cannot face the ordeal. Disappointed and dejected, she goes back to the house and dressing in her sister's wedding dress, enters the cage of the lions. The lions do not seem to recognize her and she loses control of them. When Jack and Edith return they are horrified to find that Maud has become indeed "The Lion's Bride."

Dir: Louis J. Gasnier

Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Night Court perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Manuel Noriega

A woman who arrives Madrid fleeing from their abusive stepmother tries to help her cousin, who has an illegitimate child, pretending to be the real mother.

Dir: Max Obal

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.