His First Command 1929  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory LaCava
Cast: William Boyd, Dorothy Sebastian, Gavin Gordon, Helen Parrish, Howard C. Hickman, Alphonse Ethier, Paul Hurst, Charles R. Moore, Jules Cowles, Mabel Van Buren
Unable to get the attention of a colonel's daughter (Dorothy Sebastian), a playboy (William Boyd) enlists in the army to gain her affections.
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The Lost World 1925   N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Harry O. Hoyt
Cast: Wallace Beery, Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Lloyd Hughes, Alma Bennett, Arthur Hoyt, Bull Montana, Charles Wellesley, Margaret McWade, Frank Finch Smiles, Jules Cowles, George Bunny, Arthur Conan Doyle, Virginia Brown Faire, Leo White
Based on a novel by A. Conan Doyle, this is the first of several versions of the book. Professor Challenger (Wallace Beery) insists that dinosaurs still live in the headwaters of the Amazon. An expedition is funded, and, indeed, the good professor is correct. Good special effects for the time, and this silent film holds up well today.
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The Scarlet Letter 1934 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert G. Vignola
Cast: Colleen Moore, Hardie Albright, Henry B. Walthall, William Farnum, Alan Hale, Virginia Howell, Cora Sue Collins, William Kent, Betty Blythe, Al O. Henderson, Jules Cowles, Mickey Rentschler, Shirley Jean Rickert, Iron Eyes Cody, Flora Finch
Colleen Moore takes on the role of Hester Prynne in this classic Nathaniel Hawthorne story of the woman who must wear a scarlet "A" for life after giving birth to an out-of-wedlock child who she conceived with her pastor, Arthur Dimmesdale (Hardie Albright), while a new member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Seven Chances 1925  N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Buster Keaton
Cast: Buster Keaton, Ruth Dwyer, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, Frances Raymond, Jean Arthur, Erwin Connelly, Jules Cowles, Rosalind Byrne, Doris Deane, Connie Evans, Eugenia Gilbert, Judy King, Rosa Gore, Pauline Toller
Shy bachelor Jimmy Shannon (Buster Keaton) learns that he must be married in order to claim his inheritance of $7 million. According to the will, he must be married by 7 PM on his 27th birthday, which is only a matter of hours away. As Jimmy searches for someone to wed, he is pursued by a horde of would-be brides. Remade in 1999 as "The Bachelor."
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| 1. His First Command (1929)
2. The Lost World (1925)
3. The Scarlet Letter (1934)
4. Seven Chances (1925)
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