Cinematic Discoveries Following the Footsteps of Speed: Cult Guide

Dir: Melville W. Brown

Tommy Mills wants to marry Marie Thurber, but cannot afford it. He inherits some property but complications ensue.

Dir: Melville W. Brown

Gerald Sumner, a young physician and confirmed bachelor, opens his office and finds that he is without patients until a fond mother brings him her son, Bud Woodbridge, whose malady Sumner diagnoses as "love sickness." Woodbridge, in love with Grace Tyler, a fickle debutante who cannot take him seriously because of her infatuation for Sumner, follows Sumner's instructions to rest in the country and take quantities of distilled water administered by Virginia Moore, Sumner's nurse. Because Virginia is in love with Sumner she complies, hoping that his weekend visits will give him love sickness. Grace Tyler's arrival, and her insistence that Sumner marry her, complicate matters. The situation is resolved when Sumner admits that love cannot be cured; he marries Virginia and encourages Bud to marry Grace.

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

Dir: Melville W. Brown

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Melville W. Brown

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Melville W. Brown

Two military pilots are close friends, and share in a lot of hazardous missions while engaging in a series of good-natured romantic rivalries.

Dir: Melville W. Brown

A man hopes to win a girl by winning a motor race.

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

Dir: Melville W. Brown

An architect, constantly in trouble with his employers, falls for the boss's niece. When he spontaneously buys a taxicab to take her home on a rainy night, the purchase leads to more trouble.

Dir: Melville W. Brown

Mr. Wygate, a wealthy businessman, is rising in social circles and decides his daughter Geraldine must become more refined and so hires Eddie Able to educate her. Eddie soon falls in love with her, but she has eyes only for a well-known lawyer and young man-about-town, Bellsworth Cameron, who has shown little interest in her. Suffering through his unrequited love, Eddie works to make Geraldine the ideal society lady, and to capture the interest of Cameron. Eventually Cameron starts seeing her but his true colors are shown when Geraldine is arrested in a speakeasy, and Eddie rescues her.

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

Dir: Melville W. Brown

A dance-trophy-winning young couple is temporarily split up when a playboy aviator leads the girl to believe that he's in love with her.

Dir: Melville W. Brown

Mary Linden is the secretary who is the unheralded power behind successful executive James Duneen. He takes her for granted until rival Wales tries to take her away from him.