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Films with the genre "Comedy-drama", sorted by production date

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Miss Lulu Bett
Miss Lulu Bett (1921)
, 1h11
Directed by William C. de Mille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Lois Wilson, Milton Sills, Theodore Roberts, Helen Ferguson, Mabel Van Buren, Mae Giraci

Une jeune femme autrefois timide gagne une nouvelle confiance après un mariage raté, au grand dam de sa misérable famille.
The Wildcat
The Wildcat (1921)
, 1h19
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Hermann Thimig, Paul Graetz, Paul Biensfeldt

The commander of an isolated border fortress receives word that a Lieutenant Alexis has been assigned there as punishment. This delights his wife and daughter. Elsewhere, vast mobs of women line the streets to bid Alexis goodbye (as does a horde of young children who call him Daddy).
What Every Woman Knows
What Every Woman Knows (1921)

Directed by William C. de Mille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lois Wilson, Conrad Nagel, Charles Ogle, Fred Huntley, Guy Oliver, Claire McDowell

Based on a summary in a film publication, Maggie Wylie's (Wilson) father agrees to give John Shand $300 to help him secure his education and political ambitions on condition that Maggie have the option of marrying him within five years. By doing so the elder Wylie is giving the 27-year-old miss the chance for the romance she longs for and at the same time helping an ambitious young man. Shand agrees and within the allotted time is elected to Parliament. Maggie realizes that John does not love her, but he insists "a bargain is a bargain" and so they are married. John becomes very popular and is promised promotion through his excellent speeches, which are written mostly by Maggie although John takes credit. Eventually he falls in love with Lady Sybil (Tucker) and, although heartbroken, Maggie diplomatically arranges for John and Sybil to be together. John's next speech is a failure, but Maggie arrives in time with a new one. Lady Sybil tells John that he bores her and leaves. Gradually John comes to see Maggie's true worth and there is a reconciliation.
Madame X
Madame X (1920)
, 1h10
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Pauline Frederick, Casson Ferguson, Lionel Belmore, Willard Louis, Hardee Kirkland, Alan Roscoe

A woman is thrown out of her home by her jealous husband and sinks into depravity. Twenty years later, she finds herself accused of murder for saving her son, who does not know who she is. He finds himself defending her without knowing her background.
The Prince of Avenue A
The Prince of Avenue A (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

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.
Suds
Suds (1920)
, 1h
Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Mary Pickford, Albert Austin, Harold Goodwin, Rose Dione, Joan Marsh, Theodore Roberts

Amanda Afflick (Mary Pickford) is a poor laundry woman working in London. She is too weak to do the hard work, but is always picked on and humiliated by her boss Madame Didier (Rose Dione). Amanda is desperately in love with the handsome customer Horace Greensmith (Albert Austin), but none of her colleague think she stands a chance of being his sweetheart.
Haunting Shadows
Haunting Shadows (1920)

Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors H. B. Warner, Charles Hill Mailes, Edward Peil Sr., Frank Lanning, Margaret Livingston, Charles K. French

Pour satisfaire aux stipulations du testament de son riche grand-père, John Glenarm doit résider dans la propriété prétendument hantée de ce dernier, pendant un an, faute de quoi cette propriété reviendrait à Marian Deveraux, une jeune institutrice. John est peu préparé aux évènements mystérieux qui se produisent, mais persévère jusqu'à ce qu'il commence à tomber amoureux de Marian, qu'il a du mal à considérer comme une rivale. Quand elle part pour la ville, il la suit, et à son retour, est informé par l'avocat de son grand-père, Arthur Pickering, qu'il doit rendre la propriété. À ce moment-là, John Glenarm Senior apparaît, bien vivant, et admet que sa prétendue mort était une ruse pour tester le caractère de son petit-fils. John Junior, ayant réussi le test, hérite à la fois de la propriété et de l'amour de Marian.
Pollyanna
Pollyanna (1920)
, 58minutes
Directed by Alfred L. Werker, Paul Powell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Mary Pickford, Joan Marsh, Wharton James, Katherine Griffith, Helen Jerome Eddy, George Berrell

The film opens in the Ozarks where a distraught Pollyanna (Mary Pickford) is comforting her father the Reverend John Whittier (Wharton James) as he dies. After his death Pollyanna is sent to live on a New England plantation with her Victorian Aunt Polly (Katherine Griffith).
Headin' Home
Headin' Home (1920)
, 55minutes
Directed by Lawrence C. Windom
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors William Sheer, Margaret Seddon, James A. Marcus, Ralf Harolde, Ann Brody, Ricca Allen

Ruth stars in the film, playing himself, but the details of his life are completely fictionalized. In the film, Ruth comes from a small country town and has a loving home life, but in real life, he grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and spent most of his childhood in a reformatory [1]. In the film, shades of the baseball movie The Natural, Ruth cuts down a tree to make his own bat.
Nothing Else Matters
Nothing Else Matters (1920)

Directed by George Pearson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy-drama
Actors Moyna MacGill, Betty Balfour, Mabel Poulton, Arthur Cleave

A comedy/drama genre film, about the life of a British Music Hall comic.
Old Lady 31
Old Lady 31 (1920)

Directed by John Ince
Origin USA
Genres Comedy-drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Emma Dunn, Carrie Clark Ward, Winifred Westover, Martha Mattox, Ruby Lafayette

Based upon a summary of the plot in a review in a film publication, Angie (Dunn) and Abe (Harmon) have been married for many years when bad investments force them to sell their homestead. Angie is to go to the old ladies' home while Abe is to go to live on the poor farm. When the twenty-nine inmates of the old ladies' home see how hard it is for the couple to part, they agree to take Abe in, and he is listed on their roster as "Old Lady 31." There are several comic situations as Abe wins his way into the hearts of his female companions. When some apparently worthless mining stock is found to have some value, the couple are able to return to their home.