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Metro Pictures Corporation

Metro Pictures Corporation
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Foundation date 1 january 1916
Creator Louis B. Mayer

Metro Pictures Corporation was a former American motion picture production company founded in early 1915 and was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The company produced its films in either New York or Los Angeles and some times at leased facilities in Fort Lee, NJ.
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Filmography of Metro Pictures Corporation (158 films)

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Production

Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
, 45minutes
Directed by Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Themes Transport films, Sherlock Holmes films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Ward Crane, George Davis, Doris Deane

A movie theater projectionist and janitor (Buster Keaton) is in love with a beautiful girl (Kathryn McGuire). However, he has a rival, the "local sheik" (Ward Crane). Neither has much money. The projectionist buys a $1 box of chocolates, all he can afford, and changes the price to $4 before giving it and a ring to her. The sheik steals and pawns the girl's father's pocket watch for $4. With the money, he buys a $3 box of chocolates for the girl. When the father notices his watch is missing, the sheik slips the pawn ticket into the projectionist's pocket unnoticed. The projectionist, studying to be a detective, offers to solve the crime, but when the pawn ticket is found, is banished from the girl's home.
The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)

Directed by Rex Ingram, Rex Ingram
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Lewis Stone, Alice Terry, Robert Edeson, Stuart Holmes, Ramón Novarro, Barbara La Marr

Englishman Rudolf Rassendyll (Lewis Stone) decides to pass the time by attending the coronation of his distant relation, King Rudolf V of Ruritania (also played by Stone) . He encounters an acquaintance on the train there, Antoinette de Mauban (Barbara La Marr), the mistress of the king's treacherous brother, Grand Duke 'Black' Michael (Stuart Holmes).
Peg o' My Heart
Peg o' My Heart (1922)
, 1h20
Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Laurette Taylor, Russell Simpson, Mahlon Hamilton, Lionel Belmore, Ethel Grey Terry, Fred Huntley

As described in a film publication, Margaret "Peg" O'Connell (Taylor), according to her uncle's will, is to be educated in England under the supervision of her aunt, Mrs. Chichester (Lewis). Upon her arrival from Ireland, she is looked down upon by the Chichester household for her lack of culture, and she vows never to become a lady. She meets Jerry, a young man from a neighboring estate, who becomes her friend. Then she discovers that he is Sir Gerald Adair (Hamilton) and rebels at the deception he has been conducting. She also finds out that the only reason her aunt is keeping her is because of compensation from the will. Peg leaves to return home, but finds that she is in love with Gerald. Gerald follows her and proposes.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
, 2h12
Directed by Rex Ingram, Rex Ingram
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Dance films, Political films
Actors Josef Swickard, Bridgetta Clark, Rudolph Valentino, Wallace Beery, Alice Terry, Alan Hale

Madariaga "The Centaur" (Pomeroy Cannon), a harsh but popular Argentine landowner, has a German son-in-law whom he dislikes and a French one whose family he openly favors. He is particularly fond of his grandson Julio (Rudolph Valentino), with whom he often carouses at seedy dives in the Boca district of Buenos Aires. In one of these bars, the movie's famous tango sequence occurs. A man and a woman (Beatrice Dominguez) are dancing the tango. Julio strides up and asks to cut in. The woman stares at Julio alluringly. The man brushes him off, and they resume dancing. Julio then challenges the man and strikes him, knocking him into some tables and out of the scene. Julio and the woman then dance a dramatic version of the tango that brings cheers from the people in the establishment. Following the dance, the woman sits on Julio's lap. Madariaga then slides to the floor, drunk. The woman laughs at Madariaga. Julio casts her aside in scorn and helps his grandfather home.
Uncharted Seas
Uncharted Seas (1921)

Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Alice Lake, Rudolph Valentino, Carl Gerard, Charles Hill Mailes, Rhea Haines

Comme son beau-père la persuade de donner une deuxième chance à son mari alcoolique, Lucretia Eastman l'accompagne lors d'une expédition sous le Cercle arctique. Mais il fait demi-tour par lâcheté. Un autre navire, sous le commandement de Frank Underwood, amoureux de Lucretia, arrive pour la même mission, et elle le rejoint. Pendant que revenu chez lui Eastman dénonce l'attitude de sa femme et obtient le divorce, Laetitia et Frank se retrouvent prisonniers des glaces. Après avoir parcouru le désert glacé, ils seront secourus.
A Message from Mars
A Message from Mars (1921)

Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Théâtre, Comedy science fiction films, Films based on plays, Martiens, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Bert Lytell, Leonard Mudie, Alphonse Ethier, Frank Currier

Horace Parker, un jeune et riche égoïste, a accepté de financer un système de communication avec Mars à condition d'être crédité comme son inventeur. Un soir, il reste chez lui pour en étudier les plans plutôt que d'aller à une soirée avec Minnie, sa fiancée. Comme il s'endort, un personnage lui apparaît, qui se présente comme un messager en provenance de Mars, dont la mission est de convertir l'homme le plus égoïste de la Terre. Il montre à Horace la pauvreté qui règne dans les rues et lui fait entendre les reproches de Minnie à son sujet. Emmené chez un soldat dont il a refusé d'aider la femme, il se réveille pour découvrir leur maison en feu, et sauve alors la femme. Il invite ensuite d'autres infortunés chez lui, et regagne ainsi l'estime de Minnie.
Coincidence
Coincidence (1921)

Directed by Chester Withey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors June Walker, Robert Harron, Bradley Barker

Billy Jenks (Harron) leaves his small town to find success in New York City, but he settles for a department store cashier job. He gets in a heated romance with secretary and aspiring pianist Phoebe Howard (Walker). Their romance leads to both of them being fired, and Billy is later arrested for burglary. Billy tries to borrow money from his wealthy aunt, who has died without his knowledge. Also without his knowledge, she left him $100,000, and her estate lawyers manage to find Billy through a coincidence. The money is then stolen by a con man who also tries to woo Phoebe, but Billy gets both back through a series of coincidences. He and Phoebe then get married.
Alias Ladyfingers
Alias Ladyfingers (1921)

Directed by Bayard Veiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Bert Lytell, Ora Carew, Frank Elliott, Edythe Chapman, DeWitt Jennings

Rachel Stetherill (Edythe Chapman) disapproves of her daughter's choice for a husband, and therefore disowns her. After her daughter dies, Rachel refuses to help the child she has left behind. The boy is adopted by a safecracker, and soon excels at the profession. The boy grows up as Robert Ashe (Lytell), and becomes a safecracker renowned for his delicate hands and touch, hence the moniker "Ladyfingers". A lawyer, Justin Haddon (Frank Elliott), is trying to find Robert, who will will inherit his grandmother's estate if he is found. If he is not located, Rachel's ward, Enid Camden (Ora Carew), will inherit the estate, and it is Haddon's intention to marry Enid. But Robert meets Enid and falls in love with her. Haddon suspects that Robert is a thief and invites him to Rachel's home, expecting him to steal her string of pearls. The pearls disappear and the police suspect Ladyfingers, but the pearls are found and the case is dismissed. Rachel notices the resemblance between him and her son-in-law, and soon realizes that he is her grandson. When his past is revealed, Ladyfingers confesses his crimes and agrees to go to jail for two years to pay his debt to society. After his release from his prison term, he takes up farming and is happily married to Enid.
The Saphead
The Saphead (1920)
, 1h17
Directed by Herbert Blaché
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Buster Keaton, Edward Connelly, Carol Holloway, William H. Crane, Irving Cummings, Katherine Albert

Nicholas Van Alstyne is the richest man in New York, but he is very disappointed in the behavior of his son, Bertie, who stays out all night gambling and partying, and who seems to show no talent or interest in work. In fact, Bertie is feigning this behavior because he believes it will help to impress the girl of his dreams, his adopted sister Agnes. Unfortunately, it helps him to do nothing more than get disowned by his father.
The Misfit Wife
The Misfit Wife (1920)

Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alice Lake, Forrest Stanley, William Steele, Edward Martindel, Leota Lorraine, Jack Livingston

Katie Malloy, une manucure, aide Peter Crandall à sortir d'une vie d'alcool et de jeu. Peter tombe amoureux d'elle et l'épouse. Il est envoyé à New York pour se soigner après avoir été la cible d'un coup de feu tiré par un ancien admirateur de Katie. La riche famille de Peter espère en profiter pour annuler le mariage. Katie suit son mari dans l'Est où sa sincérité convainc la sympathie de son beau-frère Henry Gilsey, qui aide Katie à entrer dans la société pendant que Peter est dans le Sud pour ses affaires.
The Misleading Lady
The Misleading Lady (1920)

Directed by George Irving, George Terwilliger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Bert Lytell, Lucy Cotton, Frank Currier, Rae Allen, Cyril Chadwick, Arthur Housman

Jack Craigen, un ingénieur, revient à New York après avoir travaillé en Afrique du Sud. Chez son oncle Cannell, il rencontre Helen Steele et son fiancé Tracey, un auteur de théâtre. Dans le but de les convaincre de lui donner le rôle principal de leur prochaine production, Helen convainc Cannell et Tracey qu'elle peut séduire Jack, notoirement misogyne, et faire qu'il lui demande de l'épouser en une semaine. Elle y arrive, mais quand Jack apprend ce qu'il en est, il décide de lui donner une leçon. Finalement, après diverses péripéties, il gagne son cœur et elle accepte d'être sa femme.
The Fatal Hour
The Fatal Hour (1920)

Directed by George Terwilliger
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Lionel Pape, Frank Currier

À la mort du Marquis de Deerminister, c'est son neveu Nigel Villiers qui doit normalement hériter du titre, mais Jim Callender, un ennemi de Nigel, cherche à l'en priver. Callender va demander l'aide de Lord Dolly, un oncle de Nigel, qui va chercher à prouver que lorsque les parents de Nigel se sont mariés, son père n'était pas encore veuf et que donc ce mariage n'est pas valide, ce qui ferait ainsi de Lord Dolly le titulaire du titre. Pour prouver son bon droit, Nigel part en Suisse chercher les papiers de sa famille. Mais Callender y est arrivé avant lui. Lors d'une lutte entre eux deux, Callender fait une chute mortelle.