Rare Cinematic Gems Exploring the Legacy of The End of the Road: Cult Guide

Dir: Edward H. Griffith

A hot young rookie pitcher on the New York Giants baseball team is having personal problems that are affecting his game. His father disapproves of both his career choice and the woman he recently married and has basically disowned him.

Dir: Edward H. Griffith

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

A beautiful and intelligent horse is carried off North after his master, a Confederate soldier, is shot and left for dead. After many unusual and cruel adventures, Beauty is discovered by his former master and returned home to the South.

Dir: Edward H. Griffith

Vaudeville dancer Rosalie Ray, disgusted by the advances of her admirers, quits the stage and retires to the anonymity of a small town. At her rooming house she meets young minister Arthur Lyle who proposes to her. Soon after, Rosalie learns of a mysterious woman in Lyle's past and decides to investigate. Learning that Lyle keeps a cherished memento of this femme fatale in his room, Rosalie determines to unearth it. Locating the box, she opens it, only to discover her own garter inside. Rosalie is so repulsed at the revelation that when her former manager, Brad Mortimer, appears to offer her his hand in marriage and a professional engagement, she accepts both and returns to the stage.

Dir: Edward H. Griffith

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

A film on venereal disease made by the United States government.

Dir: Edward H. Griffith

"A story of romance and adventure in a picturesque little Cape Breton fishing village".

Dir: Edward H. Griffith

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

Advised by his doctor to take a vacation, New York banker Henry B. Boltwood and his flapper daughter, Claire, drive to Glacier Park. Claire has promised to give an answer to Jeffrey Saxton, who wishes Claire to marry him, upon her return, but during a stop in a small Minnesota town, it is love at the first sight of garage owner Milt Daggett. Milt follows the Boltwoods out of town in his small "bug," pulls them from a muddy ditch, and rescues them from a tramp (an escaping murderer?). Jeffrey is at Glacier Park to meet the Boltwoods, but he settles Claire's dilemma by showing himself a coward when the tramp returns. Milt rescues her, and the two are married.

Dir: Edward H. Griffith

William Randall becomes a bootlegger to provide his wife with the luxuries she demands. As a consequence, he is free only on weekends while Barbara is influenced by a jazz set and spends most of her time at fashionable resorts. Although Barbara remains faithful to her husband, she goes canoeing with another man and nearly drowns when their canoe is hit by a yacht. Gossipers at the resort convince William that Barbara was cheating and he should leave her. She goes to Paris, France, while Federal agents arrest Randall and release him under bail. Meanwhile Barbara, left alone, sends for her husband, who, instead of replying, catches the first plane to Paris. Barbara has already taken poison, but she recovers when Randall arrives and they return to America together.

Dir: Edward H. Griffith

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Edward H. Griffith

Babs Marvin loves David Darrow, a young lawyer. Babs' father, the powerful Senator Marvin, is supporting Eben Sprague for a seat in the State Legislature. Darrow discovers that Sprague is a crook and threatens to expose the candidate unless the senator agrees to switch his support to him. Babs opposes Darrow's decision, fearing that it will ruin his promising law career. Determined to defeat Darrow, she promotes the candidacy of the village pauper, Hank Dawes, and contrives an elaborate campaign based upon the slogan that Dawes' election would remove him from the welfare rolls. Dawes wins the election, but Darrow is consoled with Babs's love and the senator's support of his law career.

Dir: Edward H. Griffith

Bill Peck is discharged from an army hospital and goes in search of a job. Cappy Ricks hires Bill, but gives him an seemingly impossible test of finding and buying a particular blue vase to prove he can handle a challenging job in China.