Hand-Picked Alternatives for Fans of Trying to Get Along: Cult Guide

Dir: F. Richard Jones

A young man from the country travels to the city to find his fortune. Although he has a letter of introduction from his wealthy uncle, the best job he can find is that of a street cleaner. He catches the eye of his landlady, who somehow manages to get the man to propose to her, but he then falls in love with a pretty young socialite, and when his rich uncle dies finds himself being sued by a gold-digging vamp who wants to her her hands on his inheritance.

Dir: F. Richard Jones

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Are Married Policemen Safe? perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A crusade against women wearing clothes which are more abbreviated than the law allows results in policemen and jurists being captivated by their captives.

Dir: F. Richard Jones

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: F. Richard Jones

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

Charlie, as the proprietor of a delicatessen, finds it impossible to resist the attractions of a pretty little manicurist next door and equally impossible to carry on his flirtation without getting into trouble with his wife.

Dir: F. Richard Jones

An Irish washerwoman's daughter falls in love with one of America's most eligible bachelors, much to the chagrin the young doctor's fiancée. The two girls attend a masked ball in similar costumes, where Molly is mistaken for her rival.

Dir: F. Richard Jones

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Never Too Old perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Wild flapper Patricia Van Nuys decides to become a pilot like her husband Robert, but with a difference--she wants to become the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by airplane. Capt. Endicott, a friend of Robert's, offers to teach her how to fly. One day while aloft in the plane, the craft takes a sudden nosedive and crashes. The pair walk away uninjured and find shelter in a roadhouse. Robert, upon hearing of this, becomes jealous of Pat's spending so much time with Endicott, which angers Pat. She decides to leave Robert and slips out of the house to catch an evening train, but unfortunately Endicott is also aboard the train. Robert finds out about that, too. Complications ensue.

Dir: F. Richard Jones

Country girl Jolanda has lost her boyfriend, Nathaniel Huggins, to a "flapper" from the city. Jolanda blackmails Nathaniel's father into giving his permission for he and Jolanda to be married--but circumstances arise that may make Jolanda rethink her position.

Dir: F. Richard Jones

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

Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.

Dir: F. Richard Jones

The comic difficulties encountered by the proprietor of a small hotel when he tries to run a "speakeasy" in the cellar.

Dir: F. Richard Jones

Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.