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Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn (1920) on 29 february 1920

Directed by William Desmond Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Martha Mattox, Esther Ralston, Lewis Sargent, Frank Lanning, Katherine Griffith, Edythe Chapman
Rating64% 3.228323.228323.228323.228323.22832
As described in a film publication, Huckleberry Finn (Sargent) has been adopted by the Widow Douglas (K. Griffith) who plans to "civilize" him. With Tom Sawyer (G. Griffith) he forms a robber gang, and in a cave has the local boys take an oath to stick together. In his bedroom he runs into his no-account father (Lanning) who steals Huck's small change and later kidnaps Huck, taking him in a small boat down the river, while Tom and the gang wait for their leader to appear. Huck later escapes from a cabin where his father mistreated him, making it look as if he drowned while getting away in a canoe. Rumors of Huck's death spreads. Jim (Reed), the widow's slave boy, hears that he is to be sold and runs off, and joins Huck on a raft. Duke (Humphrey) and King (Bates), two broken-down actors fleeing a crowd they had fooled with a mock theatrical performance, join them. At the next town the actors again fool the people with a pretend theatrical performance with Huck acting as the doorkeeper. Further downstream the actors then impersonate the brothers of a deceased man named Wilks in an attempt to obtain the inheritance, but Huck takes the money to keep it from the actors after he is smitten by the daughter, Mary Jane Wilks (Ralston). Huck and Jim leave to escape the wrath of their former companions just as the actual relatives of the dead man show up. After peace is made when King and Duke rejoin the group, a shabby trick is performed when King sells Jim to a man named Phelps and then tells Huck that Jim has been lost. Upon learning the truth, Huck sets out to rescue his friend. He discovers that Mrs. Phelps (Moore) is the sister of Tom's Aunt Polly. Huck poses as the nephew Tom, whom Mrs. Phelps has never met. Then the real Tom arrives, who is surprised as he believed that Huck had died. After exchanging signals, Tom poses as his brother Sid and they go through with a plan. In a struggle to get Jim away, Tom is shot in the leg. Jim escapes, and while the two youngsters are congratulating themselves at Tom's sickbed, Aunt Polly arrives and says that Jim had been freed a month earlier. She informs the Phelps of Huck's actual identity and takes him back, cured of his wandering, to the Widow Douglas.
The Prince of Avenue A
The Prince of Avenue A (1920) on 23 february 1920
, 50minutes
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Richard Cummings, Frederick Vroom, George Fisher, Harry Northrup, Mark Fenton, Lydia Yeamans Titus
Rating39% 1.9721051.9721051.9721051.9721051.972105
Barry O'Connor, surnommé "le Prince de l'Avenue A" à cause de son allure de dandy, est le fils du politicien Patrick O'Connor. Ce dernier soutient William Tompkins pour son élection à la mairie, mais, quand la fille de Tompkins, Mary, expulse Barry d'une soirée, O'Connor se met en colère et le candidat, de peur de perdre les élections, insiste pour que Mary aille avec Barry au bal du district. Quand le rival de Tompkins pour les élections, Edgar Jones, insulte Mary au bal, Barry la protège. Elle réalise alors que son escorte est plus qu'un dandy, et ils tombent amoureux l'un de l'autre.
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920) on 29 february 1920

Directed by Edmund Mortimer, Arthur Ripley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Bert Lytell, Vola Vale, Eugene Pallette, Marc Robbins, Winter Hall, Jim Farley
Rating55% 2.777722.777722.777722.777722.77772
Based upon a review in a film magazine, Jimmy Valentine (Lytell), a prisoner in Sing Sing for safe-cracking, although guilty, maintains his innocence. When he obtains a pardon, he goes straight, influenced by a beautiful girl (Vale). He assumes a new identity as Lee Randall and diligently works at a bank for three years. When he is about to get married, Detective Doyle comes to town with proof of Valentine's guilt. However, the Randall identity is complete, and just as the detective is convinced and about to leave, word comes that a little girl is trapped in the bank safe and no one has the combination. Although the detective is nearby, Valentine uses his skills to open the safe, knowing that it will give away his identity. After the girl is rescued, the detective decides to leave without arresting Valentine.