Foolish Wives 1922  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Erich von Stroheim
Cast: Erich von Stroheim, Miss DuPont, Maude George, Mae Busch, Rudolph Christians, Dale Fuller, Al Edmundsen, Cesare Gravina, Malvina Polo, Louis K. Webb
A con man (Erich von Stroheim) makes a good living by extorting money from rich women. In his latest scheme, he poses as a Russian count and rents a Monte Carlo villa with his two associates (Maude George and Mae Busch). When a wealthy American diplomat (Rudolph Christians) arrives in Monaco, the blackmail con begins via the diplomat's naive wife (Miss DuPont).
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Garden of Eden 1928 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Corinne Griffith, Louise Dresser, Lowell Sherman, Maude George, Charles Ray, Edward Martindel
Talented operatic student Toni (Corinne Griffith) leaves her aunt and uncle's home and heads to Budapest after receiving a job offer. Finding out that this job is no more than a high-priced girlie show, she is distraught until taken under the wing of a wardrobe assistant, Rosa (Louise Dresser), who is more than she appears to be. Rosa invites Toni to accompany her to Monte Carlo, and the adventures begin in this fun, elaborate silent film, which was "lost" for many years.
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Madame X 1920 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Pauline Frederick, William Courtleigh, Casson Ferguson, Hardee Kirkland, Lionel Belmore, Alan Roscoe, Maude Louis, John Hohenvest, Correan Kirkham, Sidney Ainsworth, Willard Louis, Cesare Gravina, Maude George
This is one of the best of all versions of "Madame X," the sad story in which the heroine (Pauline Frederick) becomes pregnant and is forced to give up her son. Years later, she returns and kills a man who is intending to blackmail her husband (William Courtleigh). In the subsequent trial, her attorney is her own son (Casson Ferguson)–neither knows of their relationship.
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Merry-Go-Round 1922  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rupert Julian, Erich von Stroheim
Cast: Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, Albert Conti, Cesare Gravina, Edith Yorke, George Hackathorne, Dale Fuller, Lillian Sylvester, Maude George, Charles King
Director Erich von Stroheim was fired from Universal Studios before the conclusion of this film, but it still reflects his touches even though it was finished by Rupert Julian. Count Franz Maxmillian von Hohenegg (Norman Kerry) is scheduled to be wed to a countess but falls in love with an organ grinder, Agnes (Mary Philbin). He goes through with the wedding anyway, heads off to war, is chastised by a dying Sylvester (Cesare Gravina)–Agnes' father–returns from the war a widower, and determines to make amends to Agnes.
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| 1. Foolish Wives (1922)
2. Garden of Eden (1928)
3. Madame X (1920)
4. Merry-Go-Round (1922)
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