Hidden Genre Gems for Fans of Rip Van Winkle: Cult Guide

Dir: Gustav Adolf Olsen

In the most beautiful Telemark a young boy grown up on a rich farm wanting to be a fiddle player like the son at the poorer neighboring farm, to his father's dislike. One day the father is found dead.

Dir: Urban Gad

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

A loose and unofficial silent adaptation of H. G. Wells' The Island Of Dr. Moreau.

Dir: Joe May

The unfaithful wife of a cruel Indian prince attempts to escape from his domination.

Dir: George D. Baker

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Mysteries of India, Part I: Truth perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Strung around the idea of reincarnation, this film goes back in time to the days of the Spanish galleons and pirates burying their treasure; treasure to be found centuries later.

Dir: Ward Lascelle

This six-foot, 120-pound old maid wanted to be a movie queen, and her Dad had money. The director was greedy but it would have taken four Dads to have given him enough ability to put this over.

Dir: Charles Swickard

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

A young Egyptian goes to the rescue of his employers, a wealthy European family, when they are menaced by a local strongman and his gang.

Dir: Victor Sjöström

On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.

Dir: Maxwell Karger

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

Horace Parker is a wealthy young man who is exceedingly selfish and self-centered. He is engaged to Minnie Talbotr who has discovered his selfishness and she is on the brink of calling off the engagement. On Christmas Eve, a messenger from Mars comes to Earth to show Parker the error of his ways.

Dir: Jacques Feyder

Two men, lost in the desert, meet Queen Antinea, ruler of Atlantis.

Dir: Jan S. Kolár

Richard Bor brings his neighbor, the landowner Drazicky, an old book. The latter tries in vain to persuade his wife Dagmar to leave. In the book Drazicky finds the story of the Mystery of the Black Tower and he falls asleep. He goes into the tower and finds an alchemist's laboratory and the body of a man holding instructions describing how he can be revived. Drazicky successfully carries out the experiment and finds out that the man is his ancestor Jesek Drazicky who lived during the time of Rudolf II. He had become the apprentice of the alchemist Borro who had entrusted him with the mystery of the elixir of life.