Chandu on the Magic Island 1935  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Ray Taylor
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Murdock MacQuarrie, Josef Swickard, Dean Benton, Jack Clark, Clara Kimball Young, Phyllis Ludwig, Wilfred Lucas, Louise Emmons, Jack Clark, Clarence Kolb, Iron Eyes Cody
Chandu (Bela Lugosi) is back when Egyptian Princess (Maria Alba) is on the verge of being sacrificed by the cult of Ubasti. While on the trail, Chandu is shipwrecked on an island where he and his group are held prisoner for eventual sacrifice. What is a magician to do?
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Custer's Last Stand 1936  N/R, 320 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Rex Lease, Lona Andre, William Farnum, Ruth Mix, Jack Mulhall, Nancy Caswell, George Chesebro, Dorothy Gulliver, Frank McGlynn Jr., Helen Gibson, Josef Swickard, Chief Thundercloud
The search is on for an Indian arrow that holds the key to hidden gold (on Indian land) in this 15-episode serial as scout Kit Cardigan (Rex Lease) attempts to prevent a war over the arrow. But attempts fail when both sides are drawn into what will become known as Custer's Last Stand.
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1921  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rex Ingram
Cast: Rudolph Valentino, Alan Hale, Alice Terry, Jean Hersholt, Wallace Beery, Nigel De Brulier, Josef Swickard, Mabel Van Buren, Stuart Holmes, John St. Polis
This anti-war epic is about an Argentinean (Rudolph Valentino) who fights for France during World War I and learns that his cousin is fighting on Germany's side.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1917  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Willard Louis, Harry De Vere, Josef Swickard, Herschel Mayall, Charles Clary, Rosita Marstini, Ralph Lewis, William Clifford
In this early film version of Charles Dickens' story of love and death during the era around the French Revolution, William Farnum takes on the roles of aristocrat Charles Darnay and his savior Sydney Carton. Sydney has fallen in love with Lucie Manette (Jewel Carmen), but she marries Charles. Later, after Charles is captured and sentenced to the guillotine, Sydney selflessly plots to take Charles' place and allow him to return to Lucie.
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 The Wizard of Oz 1925 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Larry Semon
Cast: Dorothy Dwan, Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy, Bryant Washburn, Virginia Pearson, Charles Murray, Mary Carr, Josef Swickard, Frank Alexander, Otto Lederer
Slapstick comedy–including Oliver Hardy playing the role of the Tin Woodsman–prevails in this silent version of L. Frank Baum's classic tale.
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| 1. Chandu on the Magic Island (1935)
2. Custer's Last Stand (1936)
3. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
4. A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
5. The Wizard of Oz (1925)
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