Editor's Top Picks Sharing the Atmosphere of Filmens helte: Cult Guide

Dir: Henry Edwards

A millionaire bets £25,000 that he can earn his own living for six months.

Dir: Unknown Director

The Judge needs a present for his wife's birthday, so Harry suggests a new corset. They go to the shop, but he's so embarrassed to ask the saleslady he hides in a phone booth.Harry goes in, but finds a GUY wearing one, and runs out.They both dress as women to get back in, but Mrs. Rummy gets there and chases him out.

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

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Maurice Campbell

Carver Endicott, a young sophisticate, is rejected by his fiancée for being too foppish and dull. When she feigns an interest in his father, Carver attempts to disgrace his family name by working as a farmhand and later as a busboy in a hotel. However, the newspapers only praise him for his self-sacrificing principles; and finding that he cannot bring shame to the family through menial labor, he takes up with a notorious actress. But when this maneuver also fails, he returns to his former fiancée, who has no further complaint about his being an inexperienced dullard.

Dir: Unknown Director

The village youths are rivals for the hand of the local belle. Their battles lead them to the village store, where chaos soon reigns, terminating in the place being blown up, leaving Bobby a happy victor.

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

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

Supreme Court Attorney Carl Crone is chocked and disturbed when he understands that his pretty wife Inger no longer cares for him, their home and bourgeois lifestyle. She has joined the Women's Lib.

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Lau Lauritzen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Vernon Stallings

Krazy Kat is held in jail and Ignatz finally bails him out after encountering "guilt".