The Definitive Watchlist For Devotees of The Great Redeemer: Cult G...

Dir: Clarence Brown

A young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.

Dir: Clarence Brown

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

Poor Bessie MacGregor is struck by the automobile of wealthy Mrs. Templeton Orrin and is taken home to live with her. But Bessie leaves when Mrs. Orrin's brother, J. Warburton Ashe, trifles with her love. Thief Tony Pantelli befriends her in the tenement where she finds a room, tries to obtain money for her care from Ashe, and, failing, steals a goblet that Ashe has brought home from England, thinking it may be the Holy Grail. The goblet, which gives off a glow and is reputed to have healing powers, is recovered, stolen again, again recovered and stolen, and finally lost in a river. Meanwhile, Ashe exonerates Tony in night court, realizes he really loves Bessie, now cured, and is reunited with her.

Dir: Clarence Brown

A wanted Russian lieutenant becomes a masked vigilante seeking vengeance upon the man who stole his family's land, only to fall for his charming daughter.

Dir: Clarence Brown

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

A famous opera singer lost her voice when her son was born, and has drowned her sorrows in drink. When a murder is committed near her house, she invents a story to get herself back in front of the public again. However, the story she comes up with results in her son being arrested for the murder.

Dir: Clarence Brown

When a wealthy man is found murdered in his bedroom, one of his two adopted sons is arrested and charged with the killing. However, the verdict at his trial is an acquittal. Since the police don't seem to be particularly interested in finding the real killer, the dead man's daughter-in-law--the wife of the adopted son who wasn't charged--takes it upon herself to solve the crime.

Dir: Clarence Brown

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

Hilary Collier sacrifices her own career to support the musical education of her younger sister, Dora (Butterfly), even giving up the man she loves to her precocious charge. When Dora decides to leave her husband for an eminent musician, Kronski--who is in love with Hilary--bitter conflict ensues; but disaster is averted when an unexpected event reunites Dora with Craig, leaving Hilary free to marry the musician.

Dir: Clarence Brown

Marion Whitney marries millionaire Peter Smith and finds that life is not sufficiently romantic. She has a flirtation with Crane Martin, who makes a living by compromising wives of wealthy men, then blackmailing them. Clever Peter quietly exposes Martin's trickery to Marion, and she returns to her trusting husband.

Dir: Clarence Brown

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

A railroad worker accepts a colleague's offer to stay in his home, but when his friend is called out one night to stop a runaway train, he makes a play for the man's wife.

Dir: Clarence Brown

Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job singing and dancing at a nearby theater. While she is there, she invites herself into the life of the revue's manager, with whom she has fallen in love.

Dir: Clarence Brown

On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. But her parents disapprove. She leaves home, determined to live on her own and expects marriage.