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The Off-Shore Pirate (1921) on 31 january 1921
Directed by Dallas M. Fitzgerald
Origin USA
Genres Romantic comedy
Actors Viola Dana, Jack Mulhall
As summarized in a film publication, Ardita Farnam (Dana), wealthy and beautiful, had a will of her own and a yacht. When her uncle (Jobson) indicated that he wanted her to meet a certain man, she decided that she wanted to marry a foreigner, saying she wanted a man with a past rather than a future. Alone on her yacht one evening Ardita heard some jazz melodies floating over the waves. A good-looking man (Mulhall) along with six black musicians came aboard. They tell Ardita that they have been giving a charity performance that afternoon and at the end had relieved the audience of their valuables, and now intended to use the yacht to escape. They go out to sea. Later the leader, who calls himself Curtis Caryle, is put off the yacht. Ardita feels sorry for him and follows him. Then her uncle arrives. The man explains that he is Toby Moreland, the man her uncle wanted her to meet. She says that she knew it all along and decides to marry him.
All Souls' Eve (1921) on 1 february 1921
Directed by Chester M. Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films based on plays
Actors Mary Miles Minter, Jack Holt, Carmen Phillips, Clarence Geldart, Michael D. Moore, Lucien Littlefield
Rating25%
The film's subject matter deals with mysticism and reincarnation. Based upon a summary in a film publication, Nora O'Hallahan (Minter) comes to America only to find her mother dead. The Irish girl takes a position as the nurse for the Heath's child. Alice Heath (Minter) is killed and, after almost losing himself through his grief, the artist husband Roger (Holt) receives inspiration through Nora, who has grown marvelously like the dead wife through her love for the child. Nora's belief in the return of spirits is responsible for saving the child's life, while the artist feels that Alice has returned to him in the form of Nora, and he makes her his wife.
Desire (1921) on 1 february 1921
, 59minutesDirected by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Origin German
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Conrad Veidt, Gussy Holl, Eugen Gottlob Klöpfer, Hubert von Meyerinck, Paul Graetz, Paul Graetz
Rating68%
Dans le cadre d'une mission pour les nihilistes, un danseur russe tombe amoureux d'une duchesse avant d'être arrêté. Il parvient ensuite à s'évader et part à sa recherche.
Ducks and Drakes (1921) on 1 february 1921
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Bebe Daniels, Jack Holt, Mayme Kelso, Edward Martindel, W. E. Lawrence, Wade Boteler
Rating64%
Based upon a summary in a film publication, Teddy Simpson (Daniels) is a wealthy young orphan who, instead of marrying Rob Winslow (Holt), whom her Aunty Weeks (Kelso) has selected for her, is bent upon getting into trouble by seeking adventure and through her flirtatious ways. Rob's friends, victims of her telephone flirtations, offer to help him cure her. Part of the cure involves Teddy taking a ride with Tom Hazzard (Lawrence) to an exclusive gun club, with the other conspirators making things so warm for her that she is cured for all time. When Rob calls her the next day, he finds her ready to consent to a speedy wedding.
The Fightin' Fury (1921) on 5 february 1921
, 20minutesDirected by Hoot Gibson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Hoot Gibson, Gertrude Olmstead, Charles Newton, Ben Corbett
That Girl Montana (1921) on 31 january 1921
, 1h8Directed by Robert Thornby
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Blanche Sweet, Mahlon Hamilton, Frank Lanning, Edward Peil Sr., Claire Du Brey, Kate Price
Rating63%
As summarized in a film publication, Montana Rivers (Sweet) finally escapes her father who had forced her to wear men's clothing and help in robbing and cheating. She is taken in by friendly Indians and stays at their camp. Later, Akkomi (Edler), chief of the tribe, asks his friend Dan Overton to take the girl as it is not good for her to remain in the camp. Dan provides for "Tana" and falls in love with her but, because of her past, she keeps him at a distance. Jim Harris comes by and recognizes Tana as the boy robber, but when he attempts to blacken her past, Dan gives him a beating which paralyzes him. Jim then stays on with Dan, who regrets his hastiness. Eventually Tana's father appears and demands that Tana go away with him. She refuses but also does not tell Dan of this trouble. Meanwhile, Jim has waited to avenge himself against Tana's father, who previously had run off with Jim's wife and baby. When Tana's outlaw father appears, Jim, whose arms are still strong, strangles him. Jim tells Tana that she is his daughter, the child of the wife who had run away. The film ends with Tana and Dan embracing.
The Mad Marriage (1921) on 31 january 1921
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Carmel Myers, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Nola Luxford, Lydia Yeamans Titus
O'Malley of the Mounted (1921) on 6 february 1921
, 1hDirected by Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Western
Actors Eva Novak, William S. Hart, Leo Willis, Alfred Allen, Bert Sprotte
Rating54%
White Oak (1921) on 1 february 1921
, 1h4Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Vola Vale, William S. Hart, Robert D. Walker, Bert Sprotte, Luther Standing Bear, Red Wing
Rating59%
The Ghost in the Garret (1921) on 1 february 1921
, 50minutesDirected by F. Richard Jones
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dorothy Gish, Walter P. Lewis
The Kid (1921) on 6 february 1921
, 1h8Directed by Charlie Chaplin, A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Charlie Chaplin, Carl Miller, Lita Grey, Tom Wilson
Rating81%
An unwed woman (Purviance) leaves a charity hospital carrying her newborn son. An artist (Miller), the apparent father, is shown with the woman's photograph. When it falls into the fireplace, he first picks it up, then throws it back in to burn up.
Seven Years Bad Luck (1921) on 6 february 1921
, 1h2Directed by Max Linder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Max Linder, Alta Allen, Chance Ward, Hugh Saxon
Rating70%
Max Linder returns home drunk after his bachelor party. The next morning, he is awakened by a loud noise. His valet John, while chasing his pretty maid, has broken his mirror. John claims Mary, the maid, dropped a napkin. By the time Max drags himself out of bed, Mary has cleared away the broken glass and John has gotten Max's chef to dress just like their employer. Then, when Max looks into the non-existent glass, the chef mimics his every action. Max finally realizes he is being tricked, but while he is in the other room, John sneaks in a repairman to fix the mirror. Thus when Max flings something at what he thinks is an imposter, he breaks the mirror himself, much to his surprise. Now he fears he has brought seven years bad luck on himself (a well-known superstition).