Society Secrets

The Dice Woman

June 1926 •English

Anita Gray is the spoiled daughter of a millionaire. Returning home from a party, her car breaks down and she is picked up by a stranger, who sells her his car for a diamond bracelet. The car has been stolen and the police arrest her, but she escapes and takes refuge on a freighter bound for China. She has no money and has to work her way there. Her father learns of her destination and hires Hamlin to bring her safely home.

Resurrection of a Corpse

January 1898 •Japanese

One of the two earliest horror films ever made. This film is presumed lost. In this black comedy scene, the bottom falls out of a coffin, the corpse tumble out, and is jolted back to life. Short sequences like this, as well as street scenes and dancing geisha girls were the main subjects of early Nippon cinema, pioneered by Shiro Asano and Shibata Tsunekichi from 1897 onwards. In creating dramatic, scenes, film-makers naturally chose the most striking or bizarre. Another undocumented film, recalled by cameraman Shiro Asano.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

January 1928 •English

Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands. This film is believed lost.

Polly Ann

September 1917 •English

Young Polly-Ann works in a small town inn as a maidservant. A troupe of actors comes to town and the innocent girl falls in love with one of its members. Howard Straightlane is sent to the small town by his father, to work as a schoolteacher in hopes of smartening up the young man from his wild ways. Howard soon meets Polly-Ann and saves her from the unscrupulous actor.

Her Night of Nights

June 1922 •English

Molly, a glamorous clothing model in New York, though yearning for a life of luxury, spurns the advances of her boss's son in favor of a shipping clerk, late of the backwoods.

The Transformation: A Sandwich of Nightmares

January 1974 •English

Batman Fights Dracula

June 1967 •Tagalog

Doctor Zorba and his followers plan to bring Dracula back to life using electronic means, using blood from victims. Batman saves Marita Banzon and defeats Dracula's creators.

Lucky Fool

January 1927 •English

Scion of a distinguished family J. Anthony Bowden is considered unworthy by his father, a feeling he discovers is shared by his fiancée Elma. His father sets up an elaborate ruse involving Anthony’s arrest and Elma’s kidnapping to make him prove his worth which he eventually does.

Thrilling Youth

August 1926 •English

Billy Davis discovers that his father's bakery business is in serious financial trouble and leaves college in order to help his family.

Red Hot Romance

February 1913 •English

A burlesque of a Spanish courtship, in which two rivals for the hand of a beautiful senorita battle with each other.

Two Girls Wanted

September 1927 •English

Marianna Miller, who together with her sister Sarah pounds the pavements, looking for a job. After a period of starvation and deprivation Marianna is hired as secretary to duplicitous businessman Philip Hancock.

The Callahans and the Murphys

June 1927 •English

The story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement.

What Happened To Father

June 1927 •English

Film was released in 1927

Why I Would Not Marry

November 1918 •English

Adele Moore pressured by her father to choose a husband among four men consults a fortune teller for advice. The crystal ball warns none are suitable so Adele does a flit. Settling in Vermont she opens a store. Business is slow but one day a passing salesman walks in and things begin to look up!

Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary

January 1916 •English

Luke attempts to sell books to a businessman and his wife.

A Midnight Elopement

December 1912 •English

Jim Smith and Sallie Rice are very much in love with each other, but her father vehemently shows his disapproval of Jim. An elopement is planned, and at midnight Jim has the country magistrate waiting for him at the cross roads. He goes to tap on Sallie's window, but makes a mistake and awakens old man Rice, who, clad in his pajamas, pursues him with a shot-gun, and as Jim joins the magistrate, takes a pot shot at them, which finds lodgement in the judge's back. When Rice finds out what he has done, he is in fear of the law, but Jim pays the judge to settle the matter on condition that Rice gives his consent to his daughter's marriage.

Baby Day

August 1913 •English

A short silent comedy starring Mabel Normand and Ford Sterling.

Subway Sadie

September 1926 •English

A New York fur saleswoman falls for a man she meets on the subway and must decide if she wants to accept a much dreamed for work transfer to Paris, or stay and get married.

Lady Be Good

May 1928 •English

Two engaged vaudeville magicians quarrel and go their separate ways.

Moonlight Follies

September 1921 •English

Vivacious Marie Prevost starred in this pleasant little Universal comedy about a flirt who stages moonlight dances at her father's country estate in order to provoke eligible men to fall in love with her.