Beloved Rogue 1927  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Alan Crosland
Cast: John Barrymore, Conrad Veidt, Marceline Day, Lawson Butt, Henry Victor, Mack Swain, Slim Summerville, Angelo Rossitto, Nigel De Brulier, Lucy Beaumont, Otto Matieson, Jane Winton, Rose Dione, Bertram Grassby, Dick Sutherland
Poet Francois Villon (John Barrymore) is the hero in this story about political intrigue in 15th-century France. Villon is sent into exile by King Louis XI (Conrad Veidt) after Villon insults Duke Charles of Burgundy (Lawson Butt). While escaping the clutches of Charles, Villon falls in love with the king's ward, Charlotte (Marceline Day). Later, Charles' men kidnap Charlotte, but when their evil deeds are revealed, the king bestows his blessing on Charlotte and Villon.
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Chandu the Magician 1932  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-fi / Horror
Director: Marcel Varnel, William Cameron Menzies
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Irene Ware, Bela Lugosi, Herbert Mundin, Henry B. Walthall, Nestor Aber, Virginia Hammond, Weldon Heyburn, June Lang, Michael Stuart, Dick Sutherland, John George, Nigel De Brulier, Charles Stevens
An insane man threatens the world with his death-ray machine until Chandu (Edmund Lowe) uses his powers of magic to stop the evil plot. A feature-length edition of a serial.
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Grandma's Boy 1922  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend, Charles Stevenson, Dick Sutherland, Noah Young, Wallace Howe, Roy Brooks, Gus Leonard, Gaylord Lloyd
Grandma's Boy (Harold Lloyd) is a coward, but with help from his Grandma (Anna Townsend), who gives him a magic amulet, he becomes a hero when he joins a posse and captures a fugitive tramp. In the process, he even wins his Girl (Mildred Davis).
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A Sailor-Made Man 1921  N/R, 47 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young, Dick Sutherland, Gus Leonard, Leo Willis, Jobyna Ralston
In Harold Lloyd's first feature film, he takes on the role of a playboy who joins the Navy in order to prove to the father of his girlfriend (Mildred Davis) that he is worthy of her. When his ship pulls into port in a Middle Eastern country, his girlfriend and her father sail in on their yacht. The girlfriend is captured by a wicked maharaja (Dick Sutherland), and now it is up to the young Naval officer to rescue her.
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| 1. Beloved Rogue (1927)
2. Chandu the Magician (1932)
3. Grandma's Boy (1922)
4. A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
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