Visionary Picks In Alignment with the style of Better Days: Cult Guide

Dir: Frank S. Mattison

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Frank S. Mattison

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

Vacationing in the Canadian Northwest, a playwright and a songwriter both fall in love with Marie Cleste and take her back with them to New York when her father and her sweetheart apparently die in a forest fire. (The father did perish; the sweetheart escaped, crippled, with his blinded Indian guide into the forest to hide his infirmities.) Marie becomes a Broadway star, only to find it necessary to leave New York hurriedly under suspicion of the murder of one of her "angels." (The real murderer escapes, but is later captured in the Northwest.) Returning to her hometown, Marie finds considerable local opposition to her presence; but she finally finds happiness in the arms of her sweetheart, who has returned also, inherited a fortune, and recovered the use of his legs.

Dir: Frank S. Mattison

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Frank S. Mattison

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

The young hero [Kenneth Parson] with a fortune is the object of a scheming gal [Thelma Duncan] who tries to win him away from his sweetie [Betty Jefferson] by getting him in a compromising situation in a lonely cabin. He promises to marry her, but his sweetie steps in and pulls a trick herself and wins him back again.

Dir: Frank S. Mattison

Buffalo Bill performs kindnesses for a native American and a runaway slave, and plans to build a new town along a planned train route.

Dir: Frank S. Mattison

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Must We Marry? perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Frank S. Mattison

The groom is so late for his wedding that his bride-to-be goes home. The devious best man moves in on the disgruntled bride, who eventually falls for his false charm. Meanwhile, the rejected groom doesn't give up easily.

Dir: Frank S. Mattison

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Frank S. Mattison

Paul Bunyon, disowned son of a millionaire, and his pal, Philo Brown, get jobs (under assumed names) in a lumber yard owned by Bunyon, Sr. Paul falls in love with Patricia Jennings, the manager's daughter. Philo's boasts that Paul is a fighter, known as "Mile a Minute Morgan," get him a match with a professional. Paul intends to skip out, but Patricia persuades him to stay. When Kenneth Winster steals the purse money and abducts Patricia, Paul knocks out his opponent, chases Winster, recovers the money, saves Patricia, and wins his father's respect.

Dir: Frank S. Mattison

There's a pearl thief on the loose, but Fearless the Dog is sure to sniff them out. He still makes time for his one true love Tricksy though.