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3) The blot
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
None
Description
A downtrodden teacher's daughter is admired by a wealthy student. When the daughter becomes ill, the family's financial predicament causes the teacher's wife to be accused of stealing a chicken.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Restored authorized edition.
Language
English
Description
Sinister Dr. Mabuse maintains his wealth through counterfeiting, manipulating the stock exchange and bending weaker minds to his will. In part 1, Mabuse builds his empire and casually ruins Count Told while entrancing the thrill-seeking Countess. In part 2, Mabuse turns from criminal to villain, murdering the Count and kidnapping the Countess.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A gorgeous, lavish history of silent movies - with more than 400 amazing images - captures the birth of film and icons like Chaplin, Garbo, Clara Bow, and Valentino.
Drawing on the extraordinary collection of The Library of Congress, one of the greatest repositories for silent film and memorabilia, Peter Kobel has created the definitive visual history of silent film. From its birth in the 1890s, with the earliest narrative shorts, through the brilliant...
8) The freshman
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
None
Description
College freshman Harold Lamb becomes the target of ridicule when he tries his best to become popular on campus.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Light of faith: A thief steals the Holy Grail in an attempt to heal a beautiful dying girl who has moved into his tenement. The Light of Faith is a three-reel condensed version of The Light in the Dark.
By the sun's rays: A mining detective must ferret out an insider who is tipping off a gang of thieves with a schedule of the company's gold shipments. This film is notable for being the oldest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney.
Midnight at the...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Winding through the nascent days of cinema in Paris and Fort Lee, New Jersey, the battlefields of Belgium during World War I, and the faded Knickerbocker Hotel in 1960s Hollywood, The Electric Hotel follows the intertwined fates of the cinematographer Claude Ballard and his muse, Sabine Montrose"--
12) The artist
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1927, George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. However, the advent of the talkies will kill his career and he will sink into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller, it seems the sky's the limit as major movie stardom awaits. Though their careers are taking different paths their destinies will become entwined.
13) The navigator
Series
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
[The navigator] Keaton stars as Rollo Treadway, an inexperienced lad of extraordinary wealth, and surprisingly little common sense, who finds himself adrift on an immense 500 ft. yacht. [The boat] A slapstick comedy about the adventures of a land-lubber and his family in their homemade sailboat. [The love nest] Buster sets out to sea, forlorn about a lost love.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old silent movie star Darleen Darling must call on all her acting and stunt skills in real life when a fake kidnapping intended as a publicity stunt turns into an actual crime when criminals grab her and heiress Victorine Berrryman.
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