The Golem: How He Came Into the World

The Golem: How He Came Into the World 1920

7.01

In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.

1920

The Toll Gate

The Toll Gate 1920

5.30

Outlaw Black Deering leads a band of desperadoes, but decides to give up the bandit life. Agreeing to go on one last job with his gang, he is captured when his henchman Jordan betrays the gang for the reward. Deering escapes and determines to avenge himself on Jordan.

1920

Why Change Your Wife?

Why Change Your Wife? 1920

5.50

Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sally's superficiality, Beth strives to improve her looks. The original couple falls in love again at a summer resort.

1920

Something to Think About

Something to Think About 1920

6.40

Wealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns to their small town he asks to marry her, but she runs off with city worker Jim Dirk who is then killed in a subway accident. Markley offers to marry her in name only to protect her new son.

1920

The Night of Queen Isabeau

The Night of Queen Isabeau 1920

1

The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.

1920

The Tree of Knowledge

The Tree of Knowledge 1920

1.00

The wicked Belle gets her hands on Nigel Stanyon, a young man who was about to embark on a career as a minister. She seduces him, empties his bank account and tosses him aside. In the depths of despair, Nigel is discovered by Brian, a wealthy old friend, who secures him a job as an overseer on his family estate. One day Brian embarks on a trip abroad, and Nigel is astounded when he returns home with a new wife—Nigel's old flame, Belle.

1920

The Heart of a Child

The Heart of a Child 1920

1

A poverty-stricken Cockney girl rises through incredible adventures to become the wife of a nobleman.

1920

The Four Devils

The Four Devils 1920

6.00

One out of three silent adaptations of the novella "Les quatre diables" written by Danish author Herman Bang. The most famous one, although unfortunately lost, is without any doubt F.W. Murnau's "4 Devils". This German version, by Danish director A.W. Sandberg, was done eight years prior to Murnau's American one, and was a big success at the time.

1920

Pink Tights

Pink Tights 1920

3.50

When a circus troupe comes to a small, extremely conservative New England town, the residents go to their minister to have him protest the scandalous fact that the female tightrope walker wears a pair of pink tights. When she has an accident and is forced to recuperate at the minister's house, he has to hide her in order to avoid even more of a scandal. Mazie Darton, a high-wire performer with a traveling circus, longs for a peaceful country life. Forced to stay in a small town while laid up with an injury, Darton is spurned by the conservative townspeople. Rev. Jonathon Meek, the local parson, befriends the circus troupe, especially Darton. But he, too, opens himself to criticism from his flock, who protest his closeness with the show people. Eventually, Darton's boyfriend arrives and the pair become closer. The parson fades from the scene as a possible mate for Darton, who ends up winning the hearts of the townspeople.

1920

Satan

Satan 1920

7.00

A three-part historical film: the first episode takes place in ancient Egypt, the second is based on the Hugo novel La Fin de Satan, and the third takes place during the 1917 Russian revolution. Lost film, minor fragments survive

1920

Hearts Are Trumps

Hearts Are Trumps 1920

1

Hearts are trumps when Lady Winifred secretly marries gamekeeper Michael Wain.

1920

Enis Aldjelis, die Blume des Ostens

Enis Aldjelis, die Blume des Ostens 1920

1

Sirkeci Pasha wants his wayward son Ahmet to marry a virtuous woman. Disguised as a beggar, Ahmet falls for Enis. But consumed by jealousy, he orders her death.

1920

Runnin' Straight

Runnin' Straight 1920

1

A young slum-reared fellow makes good with a man who befriends him and then sacrifices his good name to save the latter's son.

1920

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great 1920

1

The film was an epic portrayal of the life of Catherine the Great of Russia.

1920

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 1920

7.93

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.

1920

Bullet Proof

Bullet Proof 1920

1

Pierre Winton promises to avenge his father's killing at the hands of McGuirk, the bandit. While hunting for McGuirk, Pierre comes upon Mary Brown who has been badly injured in a rock slide. They fall in love, but while attempting to rescue Mary, Pierre is trapped and rendered unconscious in another rock slide. Saved by Jim Boone's band of outlaws, Pierre joins the gang, and Boone's daughter Jackie falls in love with him, but, Pierre still loves Mary, from whom he has been separated.

1920