Deep Archive Finds Movies That Echo the Spirit of Beach Birds: Cult Guide

Dir: William A. Seiter

A young couple quarrel and make-up and quarrel again and it is here where they determine to save the scandal of divorce by placing a white tape through the house to divide it into two parts, each section of which will be exclusively sacred to the other. In the meantime, an almost invisible Cupid hovers about trying to placate them and a little Mephisto with a pitchfork tries to prod the couple along to more troubles.

Dir: William A. Seiter

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

Margie Carr, the only daughter of wealthy Tom "Old Top" Carr, becomes determined to aid the less fortunate following an inspirational commencement speech at her college graduation. She establishes the Cheer Society and hires a ruffian named Bubbs as her secretary, along with three of his comrades. Her jilted fiancé, Homer Dean Chadwick, retaliates by founding a charity for impoverished chorus girls, and sparks Margie's jealousy when she sees him in the company of a former chorine named Flossy. Following a disastrous social event, which included Bubbs and his friends as guests, Margie realizes the folly of her endeavor and agrees to marry Homer.

Dir: William A. Seiter

When his daughter is trapped underground in a mine explosion, a wealthy minister in a mining town is snapped out of his attitude of "miner's safety" to save her.

Dir: William A. Seiter

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Little Church Around the Corner perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: William A. Seiter

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: William A. Seiter

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

Jack wants to spend their vacation in the mountains and Daisy wants to spend it at the beach in Santa Barbara.

Dir: William A. Seiter

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: William A. Seiter

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

Young Southerners Buck Hineman and Remington Osbury both are in love with the same woman, who promises to marry the one who returns when the Civil War breaks out. On the battlefield, Remington is wounded and left for dead, and Buck returns to marry her. Shortly afterward, Remington returns and contents himself with becoming one of the Hineman family. Years pass and Buck's daughter Luzelle finds herself wooed by two young men, Philip Burwood and Boyd Savely, whose families have been enemies for years. Luzelle's rejected suitor, Boyd, robs the Hineman bank, opens the strongbox containing Mrs. Hineman's papers and tampers with a letter written to her years before congratulating her on the birth of her daughter. The letter, sent to General Buck Hineman on the occasion of his daughter's marriage to Philip, gives the impression by the obliteration of a word that Remington is Luzelle's father. The wedding is halted and a duel between the two old men arranged. Each shoots in the air and realizes that neither wants to kill the other. Soon after, the robbery is discovered and the two old friends are reconciled.

Dir: William A. Seiter

The hero, jilted by his best girl, tries various methods of getting rid of life, but is frustrated at every turn. Finally he lands in jail and is noticed by a pretty philanthropist who gives him the position of butler in her home. After various amusing incidents in connection with a call by one of the girl's admirers, the butler suddenly finds himself heir to a million dollars and wins his benefactress for his wife.

Dir: William A. Seiter

Young Betty Baylock is courted by three young men, but doesn't love any of them. However, her father--a wealthy stockbroker--demands that she choose a husband from among the three. Angered, Betty dismisses them all. She soon meets and falls for Jack Grey, a young man who has already made and squandered a fortune, and this infuriates her father even more. When Betty and Jack marry, the father throws them both out of the house, telling them that until Jack earns back all the money he has lost, he'll have nothing to do with them.