Underground Favorites Mirroring the Impact of Bride and Gloomy: Cult Guide

Dir: Al Christie

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Al Christie

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Al Christie

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Al Christie

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Al Christie

Bobby's pals force him to assume the role of chaperone when the real chaperone is delayed. Bobby puts on feminine apparel and is led into some embarrassing situations, some of which he relishes, particularly those where the girls show their fondness for their "chaperone" by kissing "her."

Dir: Al Christie

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Al Christie

The mayor of a town out in Texas receives word that his niece from the East is about to pay him a visit. The young woman is shown on the train, then landing in the town. Here she finds that the place is literally going to the dogs. The sheriff cannot keep order, and a bandit is in the habit of riding into town and robbing it whenever he takes the notion. Her uncle is about to lose his office, and matters are in a bad way for him. Determined to help him out of his troubles, the girl has the mayor appoint her sheriff. With the help of a female police force, she starts a reform administration which amounts to a moral whirlwind. The bandit is captured after a terrific fight, and the girl herself, finding that the ex-sheriff is in league with the robber, goes gunning for him. She wakes up in the middle of a lively shooting match, to find herself still on the train. Apprehension of what the town may be like has caused her bad dream. Met at the station by her uncle, she discovers that the place is as quiet and well-behaved as a New England village.

Dir: Al Christie

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Good Gracious, Bobby perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Jay made the fatal error of trying to make his wife believe that he had all the money in the world.

Dir: Al Christie

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Al Christie

At a choir festival, country girl Sally is kidded by traveling show people into believing that she has a grand opera career. The twist to the story of the ambitious girl going to the city and getting into the chorus comes when she proves to be a "boob," gets ejected from the theater, and is returned to the cows and chickens far from Broadway.