Movies (1926)

A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.

Seeking revenge, an athletic young man joins the pirate band responsible for his father's death.

An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.

Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not only in football and rowing crew, but also for the affections of Mary Abbott, a professor's daughter.

Molly, the eldest child at a baby farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.

Ella Cinders, oppressed and abused by her stepmother and stepsisters, wins a contest for a film role in Hollywood. When the contest turns out to be fraudulent, she determines to stay and achieve Hollywood stardom the hard way.

A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which include befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling in love with a princess.

The son of the sheik and a dancing girl fall in love, but when he is made to believe she has betrayed him he seeks revenge.

A love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.

After having a child out of wedlock, a young Puritan woman is pressured to reveal the name of her lover.

Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.

The demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

In the reign of King Louis XIII, dashing rogue and libertine Marquis de Bardelys is entranced by Roxalanne de Lavedan. Against a background of knavery and intrigue he sets out to woo and win her.

An architect tries suppressing his passion for a seductive woman.

A story about a family torn apart by a worker's strike. At first, the mother wants to protect her family from the troublemakers, but eventually she realizes that her son is right and the workers should strike.

A couple is brutally murdered in the working-class district of Paris. Later on, the narrative follows the lives of their two daughters, both in love with a Parisian thug and leading them to separate ways.

A five-person team of gold prospectors in the Yukon has just begun to enjoy great success when one of the members snaps, and suddenly kills two of the others. The two survivors, a husband and wife, subdue the killer but are then faced with an agonizing dilemma. With no chance of turning him over to the authorities for many weeks, they must decide whether to exact justice themselves or to risk trying to keep him restrained until they can return to civilization.

A gruff Marine sergeant and a handsome new recruit compete for the affection of a nurse.

After being rejected by the Confederate military, not realizing it was due to his crucial civilian role, an engineer must single-handedly recapture his beloved locomotive after it is seized by Union spies and return it through enemy lines.

Childhood friends are torn apart when one of them marries the woman the other fiercely loves.

A spiral design spins dizzily. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk is labelled and can be read as it rotates. The messages, in French, feature puns and whimsical rhymes and alliteration. The final message comments on the spiral motif itself.