The Dance of Death

The Chasing World 2

June 2010 •Japanese

Teenager Tsubasa Sato returns to the parallel universe where demons are out to kill every person with the last name of Sato.

The Chasing World 3

May 2012 •Japanese

Set in the year 3000 in New Tokyo where this time round, human beings with blood type B are being targeted.

The Chasing World 4

May 2012 •Japanese

One day, it's decided that all people with blood type B have to be killed. There are people in black costumes who chase after and kill everyone with blood type B. Tsukasa is one of those people. Together with her friend Yui she tries to stay alive and staying alive means running because hiding isn't a solution. On the hunt, they meet Masaharu and together they decide to fight against those black costumed creatures.

The Chasing World 5

May 2012 •Japanese

When good-for-nothing employee Daichi is attending to a backlog of work, a frightening game of tag targeting people with blood type B begins.

Curtain

September 1920 •English

Nancy Bradshaw (Katherine MacDonald) is a popular stage star who quits her career to marry millionaire clubman Dick Cunningham (Charles Richman). But after a few years of marriage, he starts seeing other women. Figuring that her public was more faithful to her than her husband, Nancy returns to the stage.

After the Show

October 1921 •English

After the Show was adapted from Rita Weiman's story "The Stage Door." Lila Lee plays Eileen, a starry-eyed young girl employed as a chorus dancer in New York. Eileen can never be certain if the men in her life are sincere, or if they perceive her as mere temporary plaything. Among the "stage door johnnies," "tired businessmen" and "sugar daddies" surrounding Eileen are Jack Holt and Carlton S. King.

The Social Code

October 1923 •English

Babs Van Buren saves her lover from the electric chair and at the same time extricates her older sister, Connie from a trying situation.

Christina

December 1929 •English

This part-talkie (17 minutes of dialogue in its 83-minute running time) tells the tale of Christina, the daughter of Dutch toymaker Niklaas. Much to her dad's dismay, Christina falls in love with sideshow huckster Jan. Likewise disapproving of the romance is Jan's jealous employer Mme. Bosman, who frames the young man on an embezzlement charge.

Great Expectations

January 1917 •English

Richelieu

September 1914 •English

Based on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four due to poor reviews. A lost film.

Able Bodies

April 2022 •English

Longing for a relationship with a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, a MAN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY becomes a target for her ABUSIVE BOYFRIEND.

The Weaker Vessel

June 1919 •English

Abby Hopkins, the eldest of a small-town newspaper-owner's five daughters, is urged by her family to marry the wealthy, twice-widowed J.B. Hanks. Abby leaves Hank on the night of the wedding and goes to New York, where she supports herself as a waitress and shares an apartment with a co-worker. At the restaurant, Abby meets J. Booth Hunter, a heavy-drinking "ham" actor, and tries to convince him to give up liquor. Hanks shows up one day and during a battle with his estranged wife, Hunter comes to Abby's rescue. Abby finally gets a divorce from Hanks, Hunter conquers his drinking habit, and Abby marries him.

The Offenders

January 1922 •English

Girl is held at mercy of gang of crooks, her only friend being a half-wit. A murder is committed and blame shifted to the girl. The half-wit has seen it but cannot remember. When he is cured, his testimony frees the girl.

The Spy Who Returned from the Dead

January 1974 •English

Spy spoof about a double agent involved in a phony death plot. Episode of the Wide World of Mystery.

Esmeralda

June 1922 •English

Silent adaptation of the Victor Hugo classic focusing on the character of Esmeralda rather than Quasimodo.

Something in the Basement

January 1986 •English

A youth waits for his brother to return home from a bloody war. He encounters something very nasty and evil in the basement of his house, claiming his older brother has in fact died.

Halfway to Danger

December 1975 •English

A woman rents a mansion to use as a halfway house for delinquent girls but a killer shows up.

Please Stand by for Murder

March 1975 •English

The wife of a TV executive thinks she might have committed a murder and is tormented by a stalker while locked inside an empty TV station.

A Prowler in the Heart

March 1973 •English

A mystery novelist meticulously creates an alibi to keep her husband from being convicted of murder.

The Miser's Doom

September 1899 •English

A miser dies of shock when the ghost of a poor woman appears.