Described by historian Paul Rotha as “the epitome of the Soviet propaganda film, realized with extraordinary skill of technical achievement”, Fragment of an Empire was the first important film effort…

An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.

The Flying Scotsman is a 1929 black and white film set on the Flying Scotsman train from London to Edinburgh. Engine driver Bob is due to retire from his job…

Thymiane Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father’s pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a…

The life of a less-than successful professional boxer changes when he takes in an orphan.

During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery.

A silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain’s North Sea herring fishery.

Bold and exhilarating documentary account of the building of the Turkestan-Siberian railway, presented as a heroic triumph of Soviet progress over natural adversity.

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to…

Dolores and Ramon celebrate their arranged betrothal with little enthusiasm: Dolores has a lover, and Ramon wants his freedom so that he can pursue Pepita. Having heard of Ramon’s betrothal,…

An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn’t realize is that he…

On the islet Bannec, off the coast of Brittany, four fishermen have set up camp for three months to harvest seaweed. If processed correctly, the ash of the seaweed can…

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up as brothers fall in love with the same woman.