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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 Night of the Living Dead 1968  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman, Keith Wayne, Judith Ridley, Russell Streiner, Kyra Schon, Charles Craig, George Kosana, S. William Hinzman, Frank Doak, Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille, A.C. McDonald, Samuel R. Solito
This film has developed a cult following and is the story of hungry corpses coming back as zombies to kill and eat human beings. The story begins with Barbara (Judith O'Dea) and her brother Johnny (Russell Streiner) visiting a Pennsylvania cemetery and being attacked by the zombies. Johnny is killed, and Barbara takes refuge in a farmhouse where she joins six other people. In a futile attempt for survival, they try to keep their sanity while warding off the zombies. But, nothing appears to work, and radio news reports tell about devastation occurring in the eastern United States.
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The Poor Little Rich Girl 1917  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Maurice Tourneur
Cast: Mary Pickford, Madelaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Herbert Prior, Gladys Fairbanks, Frank McGlynn Sr., Emile La Croix, Marcia Harris, Charles Craig, Frank Andrews, George Gemon, Maxine Elliot Hicks, Nora Cecil
Mary Pickford stars in this comedy/drama as 11-year-old (much younger than Pickford's true age) Gwen whose parents (Madelaine Traverse and Charles Wellesley) ignore her. Her father is obsessed with making money, and her mother is busy on the social scene. When Gwen's nurse Jane (Gladys Fairbanks) gives Gwen an overdose of sleeping potion, her parents finally realize how important Gwen is to them. When Gwen regains consciousness, a new and better life awaits her.
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| 1. The Flapper (1920)
2. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
3. The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
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