Josef Swickard
Oyuncu · 1866 – 1940 · Koblenz, Germany
Filmler24
Film7.5KomediRomantikStenograf Alice Sycamore, çalıştığı şirketin başkan yardımcısı da olan patronu Tony Kirby’ye aşıktır, seçkin şirketse patronunun açgözlü babası Anthony P.Kirby’ye aittir. Baba Kirby, silah ticaretinde tekel olmaya çalışmakta ve 12 blokluk bir bölgede son ev olan Alice’in dedesi Martin Vanderhof’un evini satın alması gerekmektedir. Bununla birlikte, Martin, bireyleri para yerine arkadaş edinmeye ve eğlenmeye önem veren anarşik ve uçuk bir ailenin reisidir. Tony, Alice’e evlenme teklif ettiğinde; basit ve çılgın ailesinin züppe Kirby’lerle tanışmasının zaruri olduğunu söyler, Tony kararlaştırılandan bir gün önce Alice’i ve ailesini ziyaret etmeye karar verir. Kaçınılmaz bir sınıf ve yaşam tarzı çatışması vardır, Kirby’ler Sycamore’ları küçümseyerek reddeder ve Alice, Kirby ailesinin hayatını değiştirerek, Tony ile olan ilişkisini bitirir...
Film6.6SavaşRomantikSet in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being half of French heritage, the other being half German. Following the death of the family patriarch, the man's two daughters and their families resettle to France and Germany, respectively. In time the Great War breaks out, putting members of the family on opposing sides.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921 · 62 votes
Film5.5KomediAileA farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
The Wizard of Oz
1925 · 52 votes
Film5.8KomediCharlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her by pretending to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she has a jealous fiancé.
Caught in a Cabaret
1914 · 62 votes
Film5.2AksiyonSuçA mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
Dick Tracy's G-Men
1939 · 4 votes
Film7.0KomediDramTells of Caleb Plummer, his son Edward and blind daughter Bertha, and rivalry over neighbour May Fielding. May's friend Dot weds John Peerybingle; they find a lucky cricket in their cottage. A mortgage and house on fire figure in the story.
Cricket on the Hearth
1923 · 1 votes
Film6.2KomediZengin kadınların peşinden koşan Charlie tesadüfen Tillie adında genç bir kızla tanışır. Biraz saf olan Tillie’nin, babasının varlıklı bir köylü olduğunu öğrenince, genç kadını sevmese da ona aşıkmış gibi yaparak, Tillie’yi evliliğe ikna eder ve onu kaçırır. Ancak şehre varınca işler Charlie'nin planladığı gibi gitmez.
Film6.0KomediMüzikJimmie Allen, a shady bookie, is in love with Pearl Proctor, a greedy dance hall girl. He schemes to get her back after she rejects him; and along the way, he revives a failing Gilbert and Sullivan troupe.
The Girl Said No
1937 · 9 votes
Film8.0DramZora, a girl of French origin, is raised by a wealthy Bedouin family after her mother Valerie dies while eloping with another man. Zora feels such great longing for the French artist Adrien that she accepts the offer of another artist, Raoul, to take her to Paris with the stipulation that if Adrien rejects her, she must give herself to him. Jan, the chieftain's son who is in love with Zora, follows the two to Paris. There Zora realizes that Adrien does not love her and discovers her real love for Jan. However, she feels bound to honor her pact with Raoul and is about to succumb to his advances when her father appears and recognizes Raoul as the man who destroyed his home years earlier. In the ensuing fight between the two men, Raoul is killed, thus freeing Zora to accept Jan's love.
Moon Madness
1920 · 1 votes
FilmKomediThis Keystone from the end of 1914, involving the usual suspects running around some plumbing issues will not hold many surprises for those familiar with Keystone in this period, or, indeed, with the works of the Three Stooges, who often played inept plumbers. It is, nonetheless, very nicely performed, especially by Charles Murray who mugs it up freely and ineptly, as well as the pretty girl who plays the house's maid.
The Plumber
1914 · 1 votes
Film4.9DramAugust Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I, is called "Mamba" by the locals, which is the name of a deadly snake. Despised by the locals and the European settlers alike for his greed and arrogance, Bolte forces the beautiful daughter of a destitute nobleman to marry him in exchange for saving her father from ruin. Upon her arrival in Africa, she falls in love with an officer in the local German garrison. When World War I breaks out, Bolte, unable to avoid being conscripted, foments a rebellion among the local natives.
Mamba
1930 · 9 votes
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Because he desires to shield the father of the girl he loves, though he suspects another to be the real culprit, Clavering takes upon himself the reproach of business treachery and seeks a hiding place as operator at a little telegraph station in the desert. There comes the man he suspects, and Clavering wrings a confession from him, but lets him go when he declares that he is married to the girl. Too late he discovers his error, but in seeking to shield the girl from further distress finds happiness from an unexpected source.
Film8.0DramRomantikIn the Spanish town of Magdalena live María and her sweetheart, Pancho, son of the governor. When the town is captured by brigands led by Ramírez, the governor is deposed, and Don Domingo Maticas is appointed in his place. Ramón, son of the new governor, becomes infatuated with María. She repulses him, but he is encouraged by her mother.
Serenade
1921 · 1 votes
Film7.0DramMaurie Monnier, a poor young American sculptor in Paris, marries Clarice, a gold-digging model who later abandons him. When Maurie's wealthy father dies, Maurie returns to the U.S., but his mother and brother will have nothing to do with him because of his poverty. At the end of his rope, he's about to kill himself when he meets Hope, a beautiful young girl who inspires him. Just when things are looking up for Maurie and his new love Hope, who should show up but his gold-digging wife Clarice.
Blind Youth
1920 · 1 votes
Film8.0AksiyonKomediSenorita
1927 · 1 votes
Film3.7KomediA couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each touchdown they score.
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939 · 3 votes
Film4.8RomantikTarihAt the outbreak of the French Revolution, Charles Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned former family servant. He is himself imprisoned and condemned by the revolutionary forces there. His wife, the former Lucie Manette, is secretly loved by a gentlemanly wastrel, Sydney Carton. Carton embarks on a daring plan to save the husband of the woman he loves.
A Tale of Two Cities
1917 · 6 votes
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On the day of her wedding to Paul, Mary Wheeler is given the deed to a mysterious old house that is occupied by a strange housekeeper named Nancy Crowl. Sometime later, Marc Reed, one of Mary's former suitors, arrives at the house and refuses to leave. When Marc is murdered, Mary is arrested for the crime.
Dreary House
1929 · 1 votes
FilmDramKomediA long-retired director of early silent films recalls his exciting career as a filmmaker.
Film5.7KomediCharlie is hanging around in the park, finding problems with a jealous suitor, a man who thinks that Charlie has robbed him a watch, a policeman and even a little boy, all because our friend can't stop snooping.
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914 · 69 votes
Film5.7KomediHubby and wifey are in love, but he's henpecked by her mother. A nip of whiskey gives him Dutch courage, and he storms out, declaring he won't be a domestic slave anymore. He heads for a park bench where a photographer mistakes him for a seated woman's sweetheart. The tintype of the two of them falls into the hands of the woman's husband, whose jealous rage frightens our hero. He abruptly leaves town, telling wifey he'll be away on business. Wifey doesn't need her house while he's away, so, unknown to hubby, she moves in with mom and rents the house to the couple from the park. When our hero returns home sooner than expected, the renter has another attack of jealousy.
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915 · 20 votes
Film7.0KomediA "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his ship to sail. She falls in love with him, and when his ship leaves port she decides to show up at its next stop and reunite with her lover. However, when she arrives at the ship's next destination, she discovers that her "lover" has already found another local girl to spend his time with. Complications ensue.
Sharp Shooters
1928 · 1 votes
Film4.8AksiyonFantastikChandu consults his crystal ball and sees that Nadji, Princess of Egypt, is in danger. She is about to be sacrificed by the black magic cult of Ubasti. Headed for the magic island of Lemuria, he is shipwrecked , washed ashore and captured. He becomes invisible, escapes and after numerous detours is able to rescue the princess.
The Return of Chandu
1934 · 21 votes
Film7.5KomediAn American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismayed to discover that the golfer's parents have arranged for him to marry a wealthy socialite so they can use her money to support their business....
Say It in French
1938 · 2 votes