Must-Watch List in the Vein of Annexing Bill: Cult Guide

Dir: Albert Parker

A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.

Dir: Albert Parker

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

Richard Morton brought back valuable emeralds from a trip. He has met on the boat a beautiful girl and her uncle. They all take the train together, and the emeralds disappear. Morton has reasons to suspect the uncle.

Dir: Albert Parker

A young woman at a crossroads is shown what her future would be like for each choice.

Dir: Albert Parker

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

On the island of Jamaica, a young man of promise, Clifford Standish, is slowly sinking into an alcoholic debauchery. He meets a good-hearted woman called Ginger who leads him back to sobriety and society. But when they return to England together, they find society not worth living with.

Dir: Albert Parker

Mild-mannered silk salesman Roland Francis finds himself a target for marriage-minded women who believe him to be good husband material. Pretty young Ann Winton, after being dared by her brother-in-law, invites Roland to dinner and a night on the town in Greenwich Village, and Roland accepts. However, he has no idea what kind of adventure is in store for him.

Dir: Albert Parker

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Love's Redemption perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she rebuilds her life and marries well. The German then attempts to blackmail her into helping the German cause during WWI.

Dir: Albert Parker

Sally Carter Rand, married to an elderly senator, is accused of espionage, but she is able to clear herself by proving that her mysterious knitting is actually a baby sweater.

Dir: Albert Parker

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

Phemie Sanders, confronted with the unhappiness of her parents because of the perpetually drunken state of her father, harbors a hatred towards men which even extends to Joe Stull, the village blacksmith who wants to marry her. Upon her mother's death, Phemie takes her younger sister and goes to Joe to accept his proposal while announcing that she will never love him. Joe accepts her conditions, thinking that she will soon change her attitude, but Phemie remains steadfast. Having read in the paper of the power of matrimonial jealousy, Joe decides to write anonymous letters to Phemie, mentioning another woman in his life. These have no perceptible effect on the man-hater until another woman, in reality, looms upon the horizon. She is Lucy Conyer, a former admirer of Joe's who is now a widow. Lucy makes a play for Joe's attentions and this finally has an effect on Phemie, who upbraids her husband for neglecting her and, then forced to a confession, declares her love for him.

Dir: Albert Parker

Young Anne (Winifred Allen) who lives with her stern uncle, is considered strange by the gossips of her village because she spends much of her time in the woods, where she has imaginary conversations with her deceased mother. When Jimmy (Dick Rosson), a crook is wounded after a robbery, he eludes the sheriff by hiding in a deserted mansion, unaware that the mansion is said to be haunted. The spirit haunting the mansion is Anne, who befriends Jimmy and frightens away his pursuers by pretending to be a ghost. Soon, the young couple begin a romance, safe within the walls of the haunted house.

Dir: Albert Parker

Aviator John Leslie meets Diane Du Prez in Canada when she tries to take shelter from a storm, but has to return home after learning of her father's death.