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Flame of the Desert (1919) on 26 october 1919
, 50minutesDirected by Reginald Barker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Geraldine Farrar, Lou Tellegen, Alec B. Francis, Edythe Chapman, Casson Ferguson, Jim Mason
Blind Husbands (1919) on 21 october 1919
, 1h31Directed by James Cruze, Erich von Stroheim
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Sports films
Actors Sam De Grasse, Francelia Billington, Erich von Stroheim, Gibson Gowland, Betty Compson, Jack Perrin
Rating68%
A group of holiday-makers arrive at Cortina d'Ampezzo, an Alpine village in the Dolomites. Among them are an American Doctor who does not pay much attention to his wife and an Austrian Lieutenant, who decides to seduce her. He manages to befriend the couple so that, when the Doctor has to leave to help a local physician, he asks the Lieutenant to look after his wife. When the Lieutenant becomes too pressing, she promises to leave with him but asks him to give her more time. During the night, she puts a letter under the door of his bedroom.
Broken Blossoms (1919) on 20 october 1919
, 1h30Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about racism
Actors Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Edward Peil Sr., George Beranger, George Nichols
Rating71%
Cheng Huan (Richard Barthelmess) leaves his native China because he "dreams to spread the gentle message of Buddha to the Anglo-Saxon lands." His idealism fades as he is faced with the brutal reality of London's gritty inner-city. However, his mission is finally realized in his devotion to the "broken blossom" Lucy Burrows (Lillian Gish), the beautiful but unwanted and abused daughter of boxer Battling Burrows (Donald Crisp).
The Isle of Conquest (1919) on 26 october 1919
, 1h12Directed by Edward José
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Norma Talmadge, Wyndham Standing, Charles K. Gerrard, Hedda Hopper, Natalie Talmadge, Claire Whitney
Based upon a short review in a film magazine, a young woman (Talmadge) marries a wealthy scoundrel so that her mother can live in luxury. While vacationing on his yacht, she becomes shipwrecked and is cast on a desert island with a stoker (Standing) for her companion. They eventually fall in love, but are rescued just before celebrating their wilderness-witnessed nuptials. Her husband later dies, so the lovers are then able to marry.
The Hayseed (1919) on 26 october 1919
, 27minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, Molly Malone, Al St. John
Rating60%
Fatty et Buster travaillent au Grimes General Store. Le premier est coursier tandis que le second est vendeur. Fatty est fortement épris d’une belle jeune fille de la campagne, tout comme son rival, le shérif de la ville. Alors que la belle souhaite recevoir une jolie bague, les deux rivaux vont se démener pour la satisfaire. Le shérif, malfaiteur, subtilise alors de l’argent dans une lettre que doit livrer Fatty et accuse ce dernier d’être un voleur…