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
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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Three Ages 1923  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Cast: Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, Joe(2) Roberts, Lillian Lawrence, Blanche Payson, Kewpie Morgan, Lionel Belmore, Oliver Hardy, Louise Emmons
The great comic Buster Keaton provides three comedic love stories–one each in the Stone Age, Roman Empire, and the 1920s. In all three, the roles of the boy (Keaton) , the girl (Margaret Leahy), and the villain (Wallace Beery) (who also is after the girl) are played by the same actors. A good silent film.
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The Unknown 1927  N/R, 50 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Romance
Director: Tod Browning
Cast: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz, John George, Frank Lanning, John St. Polis, Julian Rivero, Louise Emmons
Alonzo the Armless (Lon Chaney)–but he really does have arms– is a knife thrower in a circus who uses his feet to accomplish his feats. He falls in love with his assistant Nanon Zanzi (Joan Crawford) who has a morbid fear of being touched by men's arms. To gain her love, Alonzo decides to have his own arms amputated. The deed is done, but in the interim the object of his love gets over her phobia and falls in love with another man. Now, Alonzo schemes to get her back.
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Waterloo Bridge 1931 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Whale
Cast: Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd, Frederick Kerr, Enid Bennett, Bette Davis, Ethel Griffies, Rita Carlyle, Ruth Handforth, Billy Bevan, Louise Emmons
During World War I, while taking cover under Waterloo Bridge during an air raid in London, chorus girl Myra (Mae Clarke) meets Canadian soldier Roy Cronin (Douglass Montgomery). Not realizing that Myra is a prostitute, Roy falls in love with her, and they make plans to be married–despite Myra's concerns about not admitting to Roy that she is a prostitute. Roy does find out about her past but still loves Myra. It is time for Roy to return to the battlefield, and they share a tearful farewell at Waterloo Bridge. Later, during another air raid, Myra is again near Waterloo Bridge but doesn't take cover and is killed.
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| 1. Chandu on the Magic Island (1935)
2. Three Ages (1923)
3. The Unknown (1927)
4. Waterloo Bridge (1931)
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