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Dir: Hanns Schwarz

Peter Verdy falls in love with Lola who is mistaken for a boy when she appears in stage regalia before a rich uncle who has other marriage plans for his nephew. The tangle ensuing is finally sorted out with excellent results all round.

Dir: Edward F. Cline

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

A lighthouse keeper finds a little girl who is washed ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and tries to take her away.

Dir: Anton Gunnarsson

The story begins in a pawnshop owned by a middle-aged woman whose daughter is a cocaine addict. The woman is divorced and has just begun an affair with her sales assistant, a young man with extravagant habits. In the second act, we find the pawnbroker, her husband, daughter and sales assistant in one of the city's dance halls, the Eldorado. Suddenly, the police raid the place, and one of the cocaine addicts is so frightened that he pulls out a gun and shoots himself. In the third act, the whole group is in custody. However, it all ends happily when a decent police officer, who knows the pawnbroker from before, ensures that they are released.

Dir: Unknown Director

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: James A. FitzPatrick

An innkeeper's daughter loves a shepherd boy and will not listen to her father's plea that she marry a rich young Londoner. The Londoner pleads with the girl, but she will not hear him. He goes back to London and the girl is happy with her shepherd.

Dir: Mikhail Fokine

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

The last moments in the life of a swan.

Dir: Alan Crosland

The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.

Dir: Hanns Schwarz

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

Silent version of a popular operetta about a Hungarian cabaret performer, about to go on an American tour, who negotiates the complex demands of three aristocratic admirers.

Dir: Manuel Noriega

A woman who arrives Madrid fleeing from their abusive stepmother tries to help her cousin, who has an illegitimate child, pretending to be the real mother.

Dir: Frank Urson

A wild jazz-loving and boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her boyfriend in cold blood after he leaves her.