Hidden Genre Gems In Alignment with the style of The Beggar Student...

Dir: Unknown Director

Gus Van and Joe Schenck sing a few songs with piano accompaniment.

Dir: James A. FitzPatrick

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

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: 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: Mikhail Fokine

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

The last moments in the life of a swan.

Dir: Bryan Foy

A police raid on a night club results in the entire cast of the club's floor show being hauled into court, where they must perform their routines for the judge.

Dir: Victor Janson

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

Yvette, a famous dancer, arranges that Niniche, a pretty hotel dish washer, shall impersonate her in order to mislead a detective employed by the uncle of her fiancee, Ferdinand. Supposing Niniche to be Yvette, Clifton falls in love with her, but is horrified to discover-- despite her protests that she has never kissed another in all--that she has, as he believes, a child by a former marriage. Following many complications, Niniche retires broken-hearted to the kitchen, whither she is followed by Clifton, who, delighted to discover that she is not Yvette, asks her to become his wife.

Dir: Victor Janson

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Louis J. Gasnier

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

Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.

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 fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.