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Dir: James A. FitzPatrick

A Scots lass parts regretfully from her lad as he goes to make his mark in the world. The lad meets an old man who warns him against leaving his beloved. He returns to her and they are married. Then the old man, who loves the girl's mother, asks that she be his wife. Thereafter another marriage is arranged.

Dir: Mikhail Fokine

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

The last moments in the life of a swan.

Dir: Frank Urson

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

Dir: Charles Reisner

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

Lillian who owns a cat and dog store, "cans" Charlie, her clerk, when in an altercation with a street sweeper, a brick breaks the front window of the shop. Charlie then gets a job to post bills announcing a "Dog Show" in the Auditorium with $10,000 in cash prizes. While posting the bills, he notices Brownie and a pup and decides to enter pup for a prize. The dog show is a gala event. Lillian also enters a dog, her favorite poodle. She snubs Charlie when she sees him. Lillian's poodle is picked as a blue ribbon winner. Brownie grabs hold of him and hides him, substituting the pup in his stall. Villains enter to steal the prize dog and steal the pup. When Lillian comes to the dog's stall she finds him gone and is frantic Brownie produces the poodle for her and Lillian is overjoyed with Brownie and Charlie, his owner. Thus Charlie and Lillian are brought together again. The directors of the show decide that Brownie is a clever dog and award him first prize. Then Charlie and Lillian, being on an equal footing, get married and all seems to be well with them.

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: Charles Reisner

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

A wealthy young man disguises himself as a gardener to be near the woman he secretly loves. He discovers that the butler is an enemy spy who plans to steal military secrets, and has to find a way to stop him.

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: James A. FitzPatrick

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

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: Charles Reisner

Chuck is one of a band of fake cripples for whom the police are searching. He accepts employment with a taxidermist, who is disposing of illicit liquor through the medium of stuffed animals.

Dir: Charles Reisner

A greenhorn immigrant arrives and enters quarantine. Getting in is easy, but getting out is another thing. He makes several flying exits, but returns with equal velocity. While he is going from one department to another, like a regular immigrant, there are two assassins on his trail. They attempt to stab him, bomb him and in other ways to do away with him, but he outwits them with his lack of wits and manages, though not quite plausibly, to get into a closeup with a sweet little nurse who is kept busy around the place.