Editor's Top Picks Sharing the Atmosphere of Bez oshibki: Cult Guide

Dir: Laurence Trimble

When Flash's master, Clark Moran, goes out of town on business, Flash, who is part wolf, is falsely accused of sheepicide and sentenced to death by local ranchers. Escaping into the mountains, Flash finds a mate but has to leave his new companion to rescue his master's love, Betty, who has been kidnapped by the real sheep killer, Luther Nash.

Dir: Allan Dwan

A nobleman becomes the vigilante Robin Hood who protects the oppressed English people from the tyrannical Prince John.

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

Dir: Gilbert Pratt

Rhubarb enters a bullfighting contest and becomes a local and then a national hero in the Madrid arena. Conflict arises when his lover finds out that he is flirting with alluring Filet de Sole before facing the toughest bull of Spain.

Dir: Fred C. Newmeyer

A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his home town.

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

Dir: George Pallu

Simão loves Teresa whose father wants her to marry cousin Baltazar instead. The two lovers meet secretly; Baltazar pays a thug to kill his rival, and Simão is badly wounded. Teresa is forced into a convent. Mariana - who secretly loves Simão - treats him, and helps him to escape. SPOILERS AHEAD Baltazar intervenes, and this time the two rivals fight, and one of them dies. The love story will end tragically to the survivors. Simão is sentenced to prison in India - which amounts to a death sentence. Mariana goes with him, but neither will survive the voyage. Teresa dies in her convent, after receiving a last love letter from Simão.

Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer

A beautiful but imperious princess refuses all offers of marriage, often condemning her suitors to death. The prince of Denmark comes seeking her hand and, aided by magic objects given to him by a mysterious spirit, seeks to win her love.

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

Dir: Edward F. Cline

Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.

Dir: Robert F. McGowan

Mrs. Pennington Van Renssalaer, a publicity-minded society matron, sponsors a children's outing, much to her and her chauffeur's eventual regret.

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

Dir: Bud Fisher

Mutt and Jeff go on strike and make their own film.

Dir: Walt Disney

Mother is making donuts: She throws up a circle of dough, and a cat shoots a hole in it. Later, he fishes them out of the oil with a fishing line; he eats one, and loses all nine lives. Mother puts together a basket for Red to take to Granny. Red uses her cart, which is pushed by her little dog; the cart gets a flat tire, and she inflates a donut to replace it. A wolf (a human lothario) drives by in a flivver, and dashes off to Grandma's house, where he finds a note saying she's gone to the movies. He shrinks his car and stashes it in his pocket, then waits for Red, who stopped to watch a dancing flower. Red arrives, and they go into the house, where he attempts to have his way with her. The dog rushes off and gets help from an airplane pilot, who uses a skyhook to remove the house and, ultimately, lift the wolf in his car and drop him in the lake.