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Alcohol (1920) on 17 may 1920
Directed by Ewald André Dupont, Alfred Lind
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Wilhelm Diegelmann, Georg H. Schnell
A middle-class man falls in love with a woman from a more ordinary background, and they end up working in a variety act where they sink into alcoholism. He then kills another man whom he mistakenly believes is a rival.
Why Change Your Wife? (1920) on 21 may 1920
, 1h30Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Gloria Swanson, Thomas Meighan, Bebe Daniels, Theodore Kosloff, William Boyd, Sylvia Ashton
Rating66%
Frumpy wife Beth devotes herself to bettering her husband's mind and expanding his appreciation for the finer things in life, such as classical music. When he goes shopping at a lingerie store to buy some sexier clothes for her, he meets Sally, the shop girl. Rejected by his wife for a night out on the town, he takes Sally, who douses him with her perfume. When Beth smells another woman's perfume, she kicks him out and files for divorce.
The Girl in Number 29 (1920) on 17 may 1920
, 50minutesDirected by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Frank Mayo, Elinor Fair, Claire Anderson, Robert Bolder, Ruth Royce, Bull Montana
Rating35%
As summarized in a film publication, Laurie Devon (Mayo) is a New York playwright who, having had one success, refuses to work on another play. One night he sees a woman (Anderson) in an apartment across the street take out a gun and place it to her forehead. He reaches her in time to save her, and she tells him that she is under some terrible evil influence, which she will not disclose. Devon attempts to untangle the mystery and is led on an adventure. The woman is taken to a house on Long Island, where Devon after a fight rescues her. He takes out the revolver and shoots one of the pursuers, who falls to the ground. On returning home, he is heartbroken and tells his sister Barbara (Fair) and his friends that he is a murderer. His sister and two of his friends then confess that the whole thing was a frame-up, that they had hired some actors to stage everything, and that it was an attempt to get the ambitionless author to write again. The revolver used in the suicide attempt by the woman and in the later shooting had blanks. Devon and the woman from the apartment melt into each other's arms at the final fade-out.
Thieves' Clothes (1920) on 22 may 1920
, 20minutesDirected by Mack V. Wright
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Hoot Gibson, Alma Bennett
The Third Eye (1920) on 23 may 1920
Directed by James W. Horne
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Actors Warner Oland, Eileen Percy, Jack Mower, Olga Grey
Rating49%
As described in a film publication, Curtis Steele (Oland), a society man at a film studio, has been pursuing actress Rita Moreland (Percy) and confronts her at the studio with the intention of making love to her. She repulses him and during the struggle shoots him. Steele staggers forward and collapses. She is terrified as she thought that the revolver had been loaded with blanks. As she bends over him, he leaps to his feet and with a sneering remark leaves. Later that night Rita is informed that Steele was found at the studio shot through the heart, and that there is a film showing Steel chasing her and then her shooting him. The serial then develops around Rita, her sweetheart, a villain, and the mystery of who killed Steele, who made the film, and attempts to obtain the film.