Safety Last!

Safety Last! 1923

7.80

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

1923

Never Weaken

Never Weaken 1921

6.80

Our hero is infatuated with a girl in the next office. In order to drum up business for her boss, an osteopath, he gets an actor friend to pretend injuries that the doctor "cures", thereby building a reputation. When he hears that his girl is marrying another, he decides to commit suicide and spends the bulk of the film in thrilling, failed attempts.

1921

Why Worry?

Why Worry? 1923

6.60

A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.

1923

Lonely Wives

Lonely Wives 1931

4.20

A highly respectable lawyer becomes a sexual animal after working hours; His live-in mother-in-law tries to keep him in line. When an actor-impersonator comes to see him, the two switch lives.

1931

Yes, Yes, Nanette

Yes, Yes, Nanette 1925

5.30

Nanette sends a letter to her family telling of her new husband, Hillory. When Hillory arrives to meet the family, he gets insulted by each member, including the dog, and loses his wig. After having dinner with the family, Nanette's former lover returns, and Hillory must confront him

1925

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack 1920

1

Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to rescue a young woman from some thugs on a country road. It includes a gag featuring an exploding football. The rest of the cast includes Lon Chaney, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana, Josie Sedgwick and Herschel Mayall.

1920

Holiday

Holiday 1930

5.80

A young man is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.

1930

Along Came Auntie

Along Came Auntie 1926

6.20

A divorced couple try to pretend they are still happily married in order to get $100,000 from the woman's divorce-disapproving aunt.

1926

The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert 1931

5.00

Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly feuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. Bill, the foundling whom Cash has raised to young manhood, wants to end the feud and extends an olive branch toward Jeff, who now has a lovely daughter. But during a mining venture, the bitterness escalates. Is Bill to be set against his own adoptive father?

1931

The Office Scandal

The Office Scandal 1929

1

Haver, a newspaper reporter persuades a judge to release the suspected killer of a wealthy racetrack owner.

1929

Big News

Big News 1929

4.60

A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he didn't commit.

1929

Live and Learn

Live and Learn 1930

1.00

A jealous husband endeavors to reach his wife who is quarantined in an apartment with her former spouse.

1930

Wandering Papas

Wandering Papas 1926

5.10

A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into contact with a mad hermit, who hates anybody seeing his daughter, before returning to cook dinner

1926

The House Without a Key

The House Without a Key 1926

1

A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not spoken to his brother, who owns a hotel next to Winterslip's estate, in over twenty years. Minerva, sister to the estranged brothers, comes from Boston to try to reconcile the two men. John Quincy Winterslip, Dan's nephew, receives a letter instructing him to retrieve a box from an attic in San Francisco and dump the contents into the ocean. He is on board a ship bound for Hawaii in which other passengers are also after the box. Dan Winterslip is murdered. Charlie Chan, a Chinese detective, offers to help solve the killing and the mysteries surround the box. Chan is looking for the person whose wristwatch is missing the number 'three.'

1926

Her Man

Her Man 1930

5.30

A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.

1930

Bromo and Juliet

Bromo and Juliet 1926

5.60

A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare.

1926

The Soilers

The Soilers 1923

5.50

During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the motherlode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.

1923

Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo 1929

6.00

On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of the passengers. (This film was produced both in full sound and silent versions, the latter for theaters that had not yet been wired for sound.)

1929

Crazy Like a Fox

Crazy Like a Fox 1926

6.20

Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

1926

Into the Net

Into the Net 1924

1

Madge Clayton, a society girl, mysteriously disappears. The police suspect a master criminal is behind the girl's abduction, but her brother, Bob, and fiancé, Bert Moore, help with the search. They unearth a scheme to kidnap another girl, Natalie Van Cleef, and the evidence takes Bob and Bert to an estate on Long Island.

1924