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The Lady of the Harem
The Lady of the Harem (1926)
, 1h
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ernest Torrence, William Collier Jr., Greta Nissen, Louise Fazenda, George Beranger, Sōjin Kamiyama

La province de Khorassan ploie sous les taxes imposées par son tyrannique sultan. Hassan, un pâtissier au grand cœur, aide Rafi, qui arrive dans la cité, à retrouver sa bien-aimée Pervaneh, enlevée par le sultan. Au marché aux esclaves, Rafi a assez d'argent pour racheter sa liberté, mais elle est enlevée par un des sbires du sultan pour être emmenée au palais. La croyant morte, Rafi jure de la venger et crée une bande qui terrorise les officiels du régime. Un jour, le sultan, déguisé, assiste à une réunion des hommes de Rafi et lui transmet un message lui faisant croire que Pervaneh l'attend au palais. Hassan conduit les hommes de Rafi lors d'une attaque surprise du palais, au cours de laquelle le sultan est tué et ses soldats mis en déroute. Les amoureux sont réunis et Hassan devient le sultan.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
, 1h34
Directed by Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Norma Shearer, Basil Rathbone, Hedda Hopper, Herbert Bunston, Maude Turner Gordon, Cyril Chadwick

Resourceful and engaging Fay Cheyney, posing as a wealthy Australian widow at a Monte Carlo hotel, befriends Mrs. Webley with the intention of stealing her pearl necklace, a plot devised by Charles, her butler and partner-in-crime. Complicating the situation are the romantic feelings she develops for Lord Arthur Dilling, Mrs. Webley's nephew. While taking the necklace during a party in the Webley home, Fay is caught by Arthur, who threatens to expose her unless she submits to him. Rather than compromise her principles, she confesses to her hostess, who plans to contact the police until Lord Elton, another guest, recalls Fay has a love letter he wrote her that could prove to be embarrassing to everyone present. They offer her money in exchange for the letter and her freedom, but when she destroys the letter and refuses their payment, they welcome her back into their social circle.
The Last Page
The Last Page (1952)
, 1h24
Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors George Brent, Marguerite Chapman, Diana Dors, Raymond Huntley, Eleanor Summerfield, Meredith Edwards

Bookstore manager John Harman (Brent) reprimands his attractive young clerk Ruby Bruce (Dors) for being late to work. Later the same day Ruby catches small-time crook Jeff Hart (Reynolds) trying to steal a rare book. Instead of turning him in she accepts a date with him. When Harman later tries to kiss Ruby she tells Hart who forces Ruby to blackmail Harman. When he refuses to pay off, Jeff tells Ruby to write a letter to Harman's sick wife, which causes her death from a heart attack. Dazed by the tragedy, Harman gives Ruby 300 pounds when she renews her demands. Jeff catches Ruby hiding part of the money, kills her and hides her body in a packing case. Harman discovers Ruby's body and, thinking he will be accused, flees in panic. He enlists the help of his secretary Stella (Chapman) who helps him hunt for clues. When Stella stumbles on Hart alone she is nearly killed by him but Harman arrives in time to save her. The police arrest Hart.
Law of the Land
Law of the Land (1917)
, 50minutes
Directed by Maurice Tourneur, Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Olga Petrova, Wyndham Standing, Mahlon Hamilton, William Conklin

As described in a film magazine, Margaret Harding (Petrova) becomes the wife of Richard Harding (Standing) to save her mother from ruin. The only happiness in her life is her young son, and one night when Harding threatens to whip the boy to death Margaret shoots him. Geoffrey Morton (Hamilton), who loves Margaret, and Margaret are charged with the crime. However, when Margaret explains to the police inspector (Hatch) the true state of affairs, and when her son shows marks where his father had hit him, Margaret and Geoffrey are exonerated and reunited.
The Letter
The Letter (1929)
, 1h5
Directed by Jean de Limur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jeanne Eagels, O. P. Heggie, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall, Fredi Washington

Bored and lonely living on her husband's rubber plantation, Leslie Crosbie takes a lover, Geoffrey Hammond. Eventually, however, he tires of her and takes a Chinese mistress, Li-Ti. When Leslie finds out, she insists on seeing him while her husband is away. She tries to rekindle his love, but when he tells her that he prefers Li-Ti to her, she becomes enraged and shoots him repeatedly.
The Lost People
The Lost People (1949)
, 1h29
Directed by Muriel Box, Bernard Knowles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Dennis Price, Mai Zetterling, Richard Attenborough, Siobhán McKenna, Maxwell Reed, William Hartnell

After the Second World War, some British soldiers are guarding a theatre in Germany containing various refugees and prisoners trying to work out what to do with them. However, the displaced people, after uniting against fascism for five years, begin to disintegrate into their own petty feuds: Serb against Croat, Pole against Russian, resistance fighter against collaborator and everyone against the Jews. Two people, Jan and Lily, begin a romance and decide to wed. However, one of the refugees is diagnosed with bubonic plague.
The Making of Maddalena
The Making of Maddalena (1916)

Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Edna Goodrich, Forrest Stanley, Laura La Varnie, John Burton, Katherine Griffith

The story was described in advertising as the story of a beautiful Italian model's romance with a young American.
The Man from Blankley's
The Man from Blankley's (1930)
, 1h7
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors John Barrymore, Loretta Young, William Austin, Albert Gran, Emily Fitzroy, Dale Fuller

The trouble begins when Lord Strathpeffer (John Barrymore), who is on his way to visit an Egyptologist with a case of instruments used by entomologists, loses his way in the fog and wanders into the home (who lives next door to the Egyptologist) of a woman who is hosting a fancy dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Tidmarsh (Dick Henderson and Emily Fitzroy), a middle-class English couple, are giving a dinner party in honor of their wealthy uncle, Gabriel Gilwattle (Albert Gran), hoping to receive his financial aid in their struggle to keep up appearances.
The Mayor of Rione Sanità
The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019)

Directed by Mario Martone
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Gangster films
Actors Massimiliano Gallo, Ernesto Mahieux

Don Antonio Barracano est une figure respectée et crainte du rione Sanità de Naples, où il est connu comme « le maire ». Il s'occupe de régler les litiges et d'administrer la justice selon ses propres critères, à travers des méthodes parfois brutales.
The Meanest Man in the World
The Meanest Man in the World (1943)
, 57minutes
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Jack Benny, Priscilla Lane, Eddie Anderson, Edmund Gwenn, Anne Revere, Margaret Seddon

Richard Clarke is a lawyer with his own legal practice in Pottsville, New York. His black paralegal assistant continuously claims that Clarke is far too nice a man to be a profitable businessman, since he always fails to demand payment from his poor clients and never take on those he doesn't believe are innocent. But Clarke's main problem is that he is hopelessly in love with the lovely Janie Brown. Janie's wealthy father has decided that Janie will marry the even wealthier bachelor Bill Potts. Clarke remains completely oblivious of this fact.
The Medicine Man
The Medicine Man (1930)
, 1h6
Directed by Scott Pembroke
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jack Benny, Betty Bronson, E. Alyn Warren, Eva Novak, George E. Stone, Tom Dugan

Mamie Goltz est forcée de travailler pour son père tyrannique dans son magasin. Elle tombe amoureuse du Docteur John Harvey, un guérisseur itinérant, alors que son père a prévu de la marier à Peter, un jeune veuf. Quand Harvey invite Mamie à une démonstration de ses cosmétiques, son père donne une raclée à la jeune femme. Malgré la punition, Mamie échappe à son père pour rejoindre Harvey, qui réalise qu'elle l'aime. Harvey est obligé de quitter la ville lorsque ses assistants gagnent une partie de poker, mais il réussit à épouser Mamie avant que Goltz puisse obtenir une licence de mariage pour Peter. Gus, un employé, tente de dissuader Goltz de les poursuivre et Goltz est tué dans la lutte qui s'en suit.