A cleaner salesman finds himself campaigning for both sides in an election.
The story begins with a man and a woman, both married, who flag the same taxi and then decide to share it, as they have the same restaurant destination. Various naughty supper rendezvous, and much hiding under tables or behind screens, ensue.
The Girl in the Taxi
1921
7
Comedy of manners about the corrupt high society of 18th-century England, centering on Lady Sneerwell and her plot to ruin the reputation of Charles Surface and prevent his marriage to the wealthy Maria. She conspires with Joseph Surface, Charles's hypocritical brother, who also desires Maria for her fortune.
The School for Scandal
1937
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Famous playwright Paul Worden decamps to a country bungalow to work on a new play, rehearsing with his leading lady, Marjorie Sinclair, who is staying nearby. Going riding one day to relax, Paul rescues his neighbor, teenager Diana Ardway when her horse runs wild. The pair clash initially, as she does with Marjorie, but after a series of misunderstandings true love triumphs.
Satan Junior
1919
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Mary Davis, alone and destitute in New York City, pilfers a meal from a restaurant and eludes the police by ducking into the Cafe Royale, where she is shuffled along a line of aspiring chorines awaiting job interviews. In desperation, Mary agrees to impersonate Mademoiselle Fanchon, formerly of the Folies-Bergère, who has walked out on her contract. Reporter Kenneth Ward interviews Mary, believing her to be the notorious Frenchwoman, and due to a misunderstanding, she rushes wildly into his arms. When Robert Ryan, a bachelor friend of the real Fanchon, investigates Mary’s deception, she violently repels his advances and believes she has killed him. Later, the real Fanchon threatens to kill Robert. Following a series of amusing complications, Mary finds love with Kenneth.
The Girl from Gay Paree
1927
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Geraldine Farleigh, a timid village schoolteacher, supports her family and must pay off her late father's debt to Bruce Cartwright.
Cupid Forecloses
1919
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Mary Young is a young wife who wants beautiful clothes. Her friend Enid invites her to shop at Madame Francine's, where she meets the Countess de Fragni, an artist, and Mr. Norris, an elderly roué and he invites her to a poker game. She wins and buys an expensive fur coat with the money but tells her husband she won it with a pawn ticket.
Fools of Fashion
1926
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A man brings up, on Long Island, the illegitimate daughter of a deceased woman who'd been an art student in love with a married Parisian. Is a French man the daughter, now grown up, attracted to a descendant of that same Parisian as well?
Her Code of Honor
1919
0
Director Ken Loach explores the politics of race, class and charity in a capitalist society in this documentary funded by the Save the Children foundation.
The Save the Children Fund Film
1971
7
Robert Denman, a manager at a construction company, loses everything he has to the throws of alcoholism.
The Warning
1915
0
A multi-part documentary about Alan Clarke, featuring interviews with various actors, writers and producers.
Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light
2016
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A lieutenant is branded a coward after saving a beleaguered fort for an amnesiac major.
The Flag Lieutenant
1927
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A lonely wife becomes obsessed with furs and keeps bad company in an effort to obtain more.
Souls for Sables
1925
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After a wealthy woman is killed, her extended family all fall under suspicion of murder.
Murder in the Family
1938
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White Heat
1927
0
A newly divorced woman falls in love with an artist and a hypnotist at the same time.
The Wine of Life
1924
0
2035. Anna, a lonely computer coder, has been nurturing an illegal romance with an AI in a computer simulation for the past six months. When her company uncovers the affair, she's forced into a desperate battle to save her precious relationship.
Soulmate
2025
7
The Scarlet Dove is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Arthur Gregor and starring Lowell Sherman, Robert Frazer, and Josephine Borio.
The Scarlet Dove
1928
0
Silent romantic drama starring Patsy Ruth Miller who suffers along with her beloved after he loses his sight during WWI.
Once and Forever
1927
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The Count and Countess Bertrand are prominent in society. The Count is also a lieutenant. The throw a society circus and part of the entertainment is ring master and circus rider Alexander Ivanoff. But in reality Ivanoff is a spy, and with the aid of his wife he steals some documents from the Count which involve the mobilization of troops. When the papers turn up missing Bertrand is court martialed and sent to prison for a 12-year sentence.
The Woman Who Dared
1916
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During the Second World War, a special constable and former solicitor is called upon to defend his son who is accused of the theft of a car
The Briggs Family
1940
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