The Global Archive For Devotees of Empty Pockets: Cult Guide

Dir: Herbert Brenon

The secret marriage of a farmer and servant girl in an English household leads to a child born that is not believed to be legitimate.

Dir: Herbert Brenon

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

A sultan agrees to help a wicked witch destroy a mysterious young lady if the witch will bring his young son back from the dead with magic.

Dir: Herbert Brenon

Joan is loved by a young man of the village and they are married. In a few weeks the husband, a soldier, is sent to the war-front along with his three brothers. Word is received that her husband has been killed in battle and Joan's first impulse is suicide by she is pregnant and her prospective motherhood makes her realize her new responsibility. The military authorities start a movement to get the young women of the country to marry departing soldiers, so that the empire may have another generation of fighting men. Word is received that the King is to pass through their village and Joan organizes the women in a general protest against the war. She leads them all, dressed in black, in a long procession to meet the Monarch. The soldiers threaten to shoot her unless she turns the women back, buy Joan comes face-to-face with the ruler and kills herself, as her message from the women that they refuse to make another generation victims of a ruthless militarism.

Dir: Herbert Brenon

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

A wealthy man attracted to his stepdaughter tasks his servant to break up her marriage but this only leads to murder and tragedy.

Dir: Herbert Brenon

When Marcel, a waif, saves master crook Burke from the police, Burke adopts the youngster and teaches him his profession. Years later, Marcel has become a master crook himself, working under the name of Michael Lanyard. His clever work baffles the Paris police, who dub him "The Lone Wolf". The Pack, a gang of criminals, notifies The Wolf that unless he joins them, he is marked for destruction. Lucy, an undercover agent masquerading as a crook to expose the gang, helps The Wolf escape. This inaugurates a series of adventures in which Lucy and The Wolf are pursued by the gang, finally making their escape to England by plane. The Pack follows, only to meet their death in a plane crash. Liberated from his tormentors, The Wolf vows to go straight and marries Lucy.

Dir: Herbert Brenon

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

Miriam, a young Russian girl, has an unfortunate love affair and is threatened with disgrace by having a child out of wedlock. Her father induces Gregor Randor, a young musician, to marry her, by paying him a sum of money. The couple migates to the United States, where they are later followed by Miriam's family, including her younger sister Celia. A love affair develops between Gregor and Celia, and despite their efforts at secrecy, Miriam learns about it. Torn between her outraged pride and her love for her young son, she confronts her cheating husband and her sister--to no avail. So she decides to wreak vengeance on them.

Dir: Herbert Brenon

Jacqueline Laurentine Boggs, the daughter of an American hog farmer, is schooled in France and comes to stay with an English family. There she brings a dose of reality to her snobby hosts.

Dir: Herbert Brenon

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

A love story between Don Cesar de Bazan and a beautiful Gypsy dancer.

Dir: Herbert Brenon

In her third picture, Bara is the wife-vampire.

Dir: Herbert Brenon

Italian peasant girl deserts her fiancé for wealthy gangster and departs for America.