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Cavalcade (1933)
, 1h50Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Noel Coward
Actors Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Beryl Mercer, Frank Lawton
Offering a view of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 through New Year's Day 1933, the film is presented from the point of view of well-to-do London residents Jane and Robert Marryot. Several historical events serve as background for the film, including the Second Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and World War I.
7th Heaven (1927)
, 2hDirected by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Ben Bard, George E. Stone, Albert Gran, David Butler
Chico travaille dans les égouts mais rêve de balayer les rues pour voir la couleur du ciel. Se lamentant sur son sort, il nie l'existence de Dieu au prétexte de sa condition actuelle. Il a prié et donné dix francs dans une église sans obtenir la moindre réalisation de ses vœux. Mais le père Chevillon entendant sa plainte lui offre deux médailles religieuses et lui offre le poste de balayeur dont il rêve. Diane vit dans la misère, battue et rejetée à la rue par sa sœur qui lui reproche d'avoir avoué leurs vies immorales à l'oncle riche qui leur proposait une vie meilleure. Prostrée dans un caniveau, elle pleure sur son sort.
Street Angel (1928)
, 1h42Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Alberto Rabagliati, Guido Trento, Henry Armetta, Natalie Kingston
A spirited young woman (Gaynor) finds herself involved in illegal ways of gaining money to help pay for her ill mother's medicine. She is caught in the act, runs away from punishment, and finds her mother dead. Destitute and on the streets, she joins a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter (Farrell). Though they fall in love, her past won't leave her alone.
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, 1h35Directed by Herman Bing, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing, Arthur Housman, J. Farrell MacDonald
A vacationing Woman from the City (Margaret Livingston) lingers in a lakeside town for weeks. After dark, she goes to a farmhouse where the Man (George O'Brien) and the Wife (Janet Gaynor) live with their child. She whistles from the fence outside. The Man is torn, but finally departs, leaving his wife with the memories of better times when they were deeply in love.
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In Old Arizona (1928)
, 1h35Directed by Irving Cummings, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Burgess, Henry Armetta, J. Farrell MacDonald, George Arliss
The Cisco Kid is a gay caballero whose flair for dramatic thievery and penchant for dangerous trysts keep him just one step ahead of Sgt. Mickey Dunn. The Kid's reputation has preceded him when he approaches the local stagecoach, and he needs to fire only two warning shots to wrest the Wells Fargo box from the driver. His infatuation with a Mexican girl named Tonia María exposes him to near-capture, because of the señorita's double-dealing association with Dunn. Eventually, a showdown becomes imminent, and the Kid exacts a final revenge by framing Tonia so that Dunn shoots her by accident, while the Kid rides laughing off into the sunset.
Bad Girl (1931)
, 1h30Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Sally Eilers, James Dunn, Minna Gombell, Frank Austin, Irving Bacon, Paul Fix
Dot (Haley), une jeune fille sollicitée par la gente masculine qui "ne pense qu'à ça" fait le pari, alors qu'elle se promène avec sa meilleure amie Edna (Gombell) à Coney Island, qu'un certain jeune homme qui ne semble pas s’intéresser aux femmes lui adressera la parole. Eddie, le jeune homme en question qui dit d'abord s'appeler Joe (Dunn) est sérieux, bourru, et économise sou par sou pour ouvrir sa propre entreprise. Dot et Eddie tombent amoureux et Eddie finit par proposer le mariage à Dot, un peu pour lui éviter d'affronter son frère lorsqu'il la raccompagne à quatre heures du matin. Très vite le jeune couple doit faire face à son passé : Dot a perdu sa maman à sa naissance et Eddie vient d'une famille très pauvre. Lorsque Dot se rend compte qu'elle est enceinte elle n'ose le dire à Eddie persuadée qu'il ne désire pas d'enfant car il soutient que les parents sont fous de mettre des enfants au monde.
4 Devils (1928)
, 1h40Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Circus films, Films about children
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Morton, Anders Randolf, Barry Norton, J. Farrell MacDonald, George Davis
The plot concerns four orphans (Janet Gaynor, Nancy Drexel, Barry Norton, and Charles Morton) who become a high wire act, and centers around sinister goings-on at a circus.