Author Archive: Retro

Silent version of Cooper classic about Indian guide.

One of Murray’s few surviving films. Dir. John Cromwell.

Helen and Nita work in a department store to make ends meet while they search for millionaire husbands. They meet Bill and Hank, who make them reconsider whether they really need millionaires to be happy.

Broadway’s Elaine Hammerstein stars in this routine silent melodrama about a girl eloping with a society wastrel only to finds herself falsely accused of a theft actually committed by him. She seeks refuge with an upstanding young man and the villain is soon brought to justice. Hammerstein, who excelled in society dramas like this one, was supported by William B. Davidson as the upstanding young gent, Huntley Gordon as the thief, Louise Prussing, Colin Campbell, and Warren Cook. The Girl from Nowhere was directed by George Archainbaud and produced by Lewis J. Selznick.

Naive farm boy goes to the big city in search of his missing sister, but gets caught up in a seedy underworld filled with drugs and fast women. Dir. Norton Parker.

Fantasy about children seeking the Blue Bird of Happiness.

Flapper-era romance. Dir. John Ince.

A young woman returns to Kentucky after several years in boarding school, and discovers that a very valuable horse that is to be entered in the Derby is about to be forfeited due to the machinations of a rival. She determines to ride the horse in the Derby and win the race.

Slapstick comedy of errors ensues when a groom’s horse eats a lady’s straw hat on the way to the wedding, and her escort demands a replacement. Written by Ren? Clair. Silent with English titles. Dir. Ren? Clair