The Bat 1926 N/R, 84 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Roland West Cast: Tullio Carminati, Charles Herzinger, Louise Fazenda, Emily Fitzroy, Arthur Housman, Robert McKim, Jack Pickford, Eddie Gribbon, George Beranger, Jewel Carmen, Sojin, Lee Shumway
Based on a popular Broadway play by Mary Roberts Rinehart, the story takes place in an old mansion. A killer, who dresses as a giant bat and flashes a bat-shadow on the wall when he strikes, goes after an assorted group of guests at the mansion. Remade by the director in 1930 as a talkie ("The Bat Whispers").
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Feet First 1930 N/R, 93 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Clyde Bruckman Cast: Harold Lloyd, Robert McWade, Lillian Leighton, Barbara Kent, Alec B. Francis, Noah Young, Henry Hall, Arthur Housman, Willie Best, Noah Beery, Buster Phelps, Leo Willis, James Finlayson
While on a cruise to Honolulu, shoe salesman Harold Horne (Harold Lloyd) falls in love with heiress Barbara Carson (Barbara Kent) who believes that Harold is a millionaire. While trying to hide the deceit, Harold becomes tied up in a mail sack and lands on a builder's hoist near a skyscraper. Now, he must find a way to climb down the building–and the acrobatic fun begins.
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The Flapper 1920 N/R, 57 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Crosland Cast: Olive Thomas, Warren Cook, Theodore Westman Jr., Katherine Johnston, Arthur Housman, Louise Lindroth, Charles Craig, William P. Carleton, Marcia Harris, Bobby Connelly, Norma Shearer
The fun and adventures of girls at a seminary are depicted in this film, centered on Ginger (Olive Thomas). Thomas played a girl of 16, nearly 10 years younger than her age. She would die later that year (1920) under mysterious circumstances. Norma Shearer's first screen appearance.
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The Intruder 1933 N/R, 55 min. Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Albert Ray Cast: Monte Blue, Lila Lee, Gwen Lee, Arthur Housman, Sidney Bracey, Mischa Auer, Harry Cording, William B. Davidson, Wilfred Lucas, Lynton Brent, John(2) Beck, Allan Cavan
Following a murder aboard a cruise ship, the ship itself sinks, and the survivors are shipwrecked on a jungle island. Now, a second murder takes place, which leaves the hero, John Brandt (Monte Blue), looking for clues to solve the crimes.
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Movie Crazy 1932 N/R, 87 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Clyde Bruckman Cast: Harold Lloyd, Constance Cummings, Kenneth Thomson, Sidney Jarvis, Eddie Fetherston, Robert McWade, Louise Closser Hale, Spencer Charters, Harold Goodwin, Lucy Beaumont, DeWitt Jennings, Mary Doran, Noah Young, Arthur Housman, Grady Sutton
Kansas boy Harold Hall (Harold Lloyd) is a big movie fan and sends a letter to Hollywood asking for a movie role. His letter is confused with another from a talented performer, and Harold soon gets an invitation to come for a screen test. Now the slapstick fun begins when the bungling Harold tries to break into the movie world.
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Sunrise 1927 N/R, 110 min. Genre: Drama
Director: F.W. Murnau Cast: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, J. Farrell MacDonald, Sally Eilers, Gino Corrado, Ralph Sipperly, Jane Winton, Arthur Housman
Janet Gaynor won the first Academy Award for Best Actress (1927-28) for three films: this one, "Seventh Heaven," and "Street Angel." Time has not diminished this powerful story of deceit, attempted murder, and reconciliation.
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| 1. The Bat (1926)
2. Feet First (1930)
3. The Flapper (1920)
4. The Intruder (1933)
5. Movie Crazy (1932)
6. Sunrise (1927)
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