When a war hero returns to his former job as a railroad company detective, he must capture a gang of railroad thieves and recover

A truly bizarre mixture of sentimentality, spirituality and the supernatural, Eleven P.M. follows an impoverished violinist who tries to protect a young girl from straying into a life of sin -- and features one of the most mind-boggling endings ever (the poster above provides a hint). Produced by the Maurice Film Company of Detroit, Michigan..Music by Rob Gal

The son of a steamboat captain, Buster falls in love with the daughter of a rival steamboat owner. When a cyclone rages, he proves himself a hero by rescuing his love and her father from a watery grave.

An early Australian silent film depicting historical events on the Young district goldfields, then known as Lambing Flat. During the gold rush of 1861, tensions between Australian miners and immigrant Chinese led to rioting, with Chinese miners attacked and driven from the diggings. The film portrays these events as being the genesis - or birth - of the White Australia policy, a significant political issue of the day.. The film is a narrative jumble, jumping between actuality and drama, and from historical vignettes to obscure folklore. National events like a re-enactment of Captain Cook's landing and actuality footage of the 1927 Parliament House opening ceremony in nearby Canberra, contrast with depictions of the hardships of settlers and the discovery of gold at Lambing Flat. Aboriginals are depicted both as savages - violently attacking settlers - and saviours, rescuing a starving traveller who is brought to live with the tribe.. Backed financially by the townsfolk of Young, NSW, the bulk of the amateur cast were locals. Many of the 'Chinese', depicted as furtive caricatures with pigtails, were played by whites wearing stockings. Despite a short season in Young, the film had no other screenings and failed to recover its costs. The original film print was discovered by Young Historical Society in the early 1960s, stored in the clock tower of Young Town Hall, and later given to NFSA. The film exists today as a historical curiosity piece..

In this silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock early in his career, the daughter of a millionaire disagrees with her father over a love affair, whereupon he pretends to have lost all his money, making it necessary for her to earn her own living. She gets work in cabaret, where her job is to sell the champagne out of which her father made his fortune.

A middle-aged landowner who has been a widower for five years, decides that the time has come for him to choose a wife from among the unattached women of his neighborhood. Thinking himself to be a fine catch he sets about the task of conferring his favor on someone whom he considers to be deserving of the high honor. With the aid of his housekeeper, the faithful Araminta, he compiles a list of eligible females and then sets off on his journey to make his choice. *"...an unusual glimpse of the master before he settled into thrillers. Matters of marriage were always much on Hitchcock's mind." - Dave Kehr, **Chicago Reader***

THE HOUSE ON TRUBNAYA was Boris Barnet's fourth production and a great hit with audiences. With its vibrant humor and a clever commentary on the historical moment, this film was unusual for the 1920s Soviet cinema. Barnet's heart lay in stories about regular people coming to terms with historical changes. In this niche, he excelled as a storyteller, producing moving visual narratives that invite the spectators to enjoy the picturesque, touching strangeness of ordinary life.

The new gentlemen, directed by Jacques Feyder, is one of the wittiest, most sophisticated comedies ever to come out of France, describes a tug-of-war over a pretty young actress between an aging aristocrat and a young left-wing union organizer.

Stylish and sophisticated, the film follows vocalist Toni LeBrun (Corinne Griffith), who leaves her family's bakery for Budapest to become an opera singer,unaware that she has contracted to perform as a chorus dancer at the Palais de Paris, a cabaret run by the decadent and delightfully menacing Madame Bauer (Maude George). Toni soon escapes to Monte Carlo with the cabaret's seamstress, Rosa (Louise Dresser), after warding off the wily cabaret patron, Baron Henri D'Avril (Lowell Sherman). At the deluxe Hotel Eden, Toni attracts the attention of potential suitor Richard Dupont (Charles Ray), but she's in danger of being exposed before he asks for her hand. Dueling attention from Richard's uncle, Colonel Dupont (Edward Martindel), and a surprise guest create further romantic adventures for the couple. Directed by Lewis Milestone.Featuring: Corrine Griffith, Maude George, Louise Dresser, Lowell Sherman, Charles Ray and Edward Martindel.