Cinematic Discoveries Resonating with the Themes of Paganini: Cult ...

Dir: Henry Kolker

The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal.

Dir: Charles Calvert

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

Lord Byron's wife leaves him after a jealous lady plots his ruin.

Dir: Charles Calvert

In the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the Young Pretender Bonnie Prince Charlie leads an insurrection to overthrow the Protestant House of Hanover and restore his family, the Catholic branch of the House of Stuart, to the British throne.

Dir: Cecil B. DeMille

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

After hearing the story of Moses, the sons of a devout Christian mother go their own ways, and the atheist brother's breaking of the Ten Commandments leads to tragedy.

Dir: Lee De Forest

This experimental talking short shows Cantor in his vaudeville act.

Dir: Dmitriy Bukhovetskiy

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

Peter the Great, on becoming czar of Russia, using his knowledge of shipbuilding gained in a foreign country to establish a navy, and to be able to use the navy, provokes a war with Sweden, defeating that country at the battle of Poltava. This battle marks a turning point with Peter and with Russia, his only son proves a coward, he meets a girl refugee and finally makes her his empress, he alienates the church and many nobles. All these factors finally lead to a conspiracy which, while it is crushed, ends in Peter finding out how he is hated by his people, and in his killing of his son, the remorse for which hastens his own death.

Dir: Dudley Murphy

In Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre visual symphony, the desperate young lovers, Youth and Love try to evade Death's cold grip, as the terrible Black Plague devastates Spain.

Dir: George Wynn

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor, Star of 'Kid Boots' perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dramatisation of the popular song.

Dir: Georg Jacoby

The youngest brother of Napoleon, Jerome, who, after the unfortunate peace of Tilsit, on August 18, 1807, took control of the newly created kingdom of Westphalia, holds his splendid court at Schloss Wilhelmshoehe near Kassel. In the magnificent surroundings of the castle, its beautiful parks and the charming water features, he spends his time in happy garden parties.

Dir: George Ridgwell

The Archbishop forces the king's mistress to enter a convent, and is murdered.