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Dir: Alexander Butler

In Alberta, Canada, a Cornish emigrant unmasks a rustler posing as the girl's "blind" father.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

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

The story of Madame DuBarry, the mistress of Louis XV of France, and her loves in the time of the French revolution.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

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

An American heiress seeks the hand of an impoverished German prince.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

Gaston finally succeeds as a dramatist and decides to leave his wife and child for another woman. When the child dies, the finger is pointed at him and he winds up as a destitute before all is revealed.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

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

The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant. Meanwhile, a hunchback clown suffers unrequited love for a traveling dancer who wants to join the harem.

Dir: Edward LeSaint

When famous opera singer Elinore Duane undergoes an operation on her throat, she has a series of ether-induced visions. In one, she is transported to ancient Rome where she appears as a much-admired woman in love with Paul, a young heretic, and at odds with Lutor, the high priest. To save her love, she poisons Lutor with her ring. After several other visions which involve variations on this love triangle, Elinore awakens to discover that Lutor is actually her doctor, Sascha Jaccard, and that Paul is the son of a friend who has come to visit the recovering prima donna.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

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

The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

While making a movie in the Alps, the female star falls in love with a nobleman.

Dir: Ernst Lubitsch

A bumbling, self-indulgent husband goes on a vacation away from his wife. There he meets a popular, attractive young woman also on a vacation. Both go on a mountain climb which is going to be far from an ideal adventure.