Cinematic Era: 1920 Vintage

An Italian movie by Giovanni Pezzinga.

“And I say unto you, ask and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you”. This quote from the Gospel of Luke is read out loud by one of the characters in Tam na horách. It will manifest itself in the destinies of the two protagonists, in the story of an unmarried mother from a mountain village, who becomes a great opera singer and toast of the city salons, and in the story of her seducer, a successful painter. The fate of the two lovers offers a double perspective. One of the advertising slogans for Tam na horách was “The first Czech film of international production”, which helped to rise the audience’s expectations.

Slapstick comedy of the rube farmer type, featuring a country blacksmith, a lazy farmhand and a city family visiting the country in their automobile. The new farmhand has all sorts of troubles with his employer, but finally proves himself a hero (?) and wins the farmer’s daughter.

A three-year-old daughter of a millionaire is kidnapped and a bumbling train agent goes after her.

Maud married the banker Dumont mainly out of interest. As her husband accumulates mistresses, Maud writes to her favorite author, Jean d'Agrève, who is actually a charming old lady who think it best to give the letter to her son. The latter pretends he is the author in order to meet Maud. They become friends. But Dumont is assassinated and the young man is somehow accused of the murder.

A country girl gets to put on a show in the barn.

A usurper tries to force his niece's suitor to lose a horse race.

A documentary commissioned by the Hudson's Bay Company for its 250th anniversary in 1920. The film depicts a journey to different Hudson's Bay outposts across Canada.

Spanish writers and personalities devoted to their hobbies: reading, walking, painting or visiting a museum.

Farmer Al Falfa is a patrolman rollerskating through the park. A day of misadventures climaxes with a monkey stealing his clothes.

A Hank Mann slapstick comedy where he plays a Junk Dealer's Helper.

This short was paid for by Ford Motors in an attempt to improve the lot of the working people through advocating social services.

It contains: Captain Sisson leaving Ancón on his way to Paita; Atlético Chalaco; the Government Palace at night; views of the mountains; racehorses from the Alianza stud farm in Vilcahuara; cockfighting; a street in Lima on a workday; the Corpus Christi festival; the Corpus Christi procession is accompanied by President Leguía and the Ministers of State; the presentation of the marshal's baton to Andrés A. Cáceres by President Leguía and the review of the troops.

It contains: a polo match; the presentation of the Curtiss airplane to President Leguía by the workers of Morococha; the President responding in a speech to the gift from the workers of Morococha; the arrival of the airplane and the presentation of the pilot and the mechanic; the accident; the pilot after the accident; a football match between Lima Association and Chávez of Callao; at the racetrack on May 23.

It contains: departure of the secretary of the United States Embassy; luncheon offered to the ambassador of the United States by the American community in Peru; Maranga airfield; airplane number 1 is christened before the first flight; Captain Juan Leguía rehearsing the flight; the Minister of the Navy; aviator Simons recovering from the Maranga plane crash; Lieutenant Romanet who will fly to Arequipa; baseball game between the W. R. Grace & Co. team and the "Tigers"; at the races on the last Sunday; a picnic

It contains: the crash of aviator Simons at the Maranga airfield.

It contains: the Leoncio Prado airplane after the accident in which pilot Simon and mechanic Wheeler were injured; a view of the injured mechanic; Mr. Cipriano Laos aboard the Ebro; Mr. Percy Batchelor en route to England; the American ambassador to Peru; the secretary of the United States Embassy who is about to travel to his country; President Leguía at the races on May 2nd; Goya and the Mona Lisa at the races.

It contains: Miss Field's marriage; Flights of the aviator Sisson, carrying Miss Rosa Porras Cáceres as a passenger; views taken from an airplane in Ancón and piloted by Mr. Juan Leguía.

Theatre and Cinema Company.

The Wetzlar flood disaster of 1920. The film shows the old Lahn bridge during the flood and a view of the river downstream from the bridge. The street Am Mühlgraben is flooded. In Langgasse, people carry each other so they don't get dirty. Boats are sailing in front of the "Goldenes Ross" building. It used to be an inn: Ernst Leitz I lived there when he came to Wetzlar. There is also a photograph of the 1920 flood taken by Oskar Barnack with the original Leica.

Early sex education film sponsored by the national group created to inform the public about sexuality and venereal disease. In Gift of Life a scientist helps a boy observe the reproductive processes of tiny plants and animals under a microscope and uses animated diagrams to explain the reproductive processes of higher animals and humans.

A dancer obtains the pardon of a conspirator.

Japanese horror movie from 1920.

A Krazy Kat short.

A Judge Rummy cartoon.

A short documentary on Yellowstone Park.

A Judge Rummy short.

An animated film sponsored by the London County Council to promote the purchase of housing bonds by Londoners.

Shots of the Dutch factory and its staff; including images of the departure of the office staff, a bicycle race, a festive procession with fanfare, the railway complex and recordings of Joseph Partouns, an illiterate worker who discovered the process by which zinc white from black and white can be obtained.

Some history and views of the Dutch city.

A silent documentary showcasing various types of clouds, punctuated by lines from a Percy Shelley poem.

Amerongen: a previously unknown Dutch village, but since 1919... a famous royal resort

Santa Claus parade in Toronto.

Directed by Jose Nepomuceno

A Popular Science Monthly film demonstrating how life on the moon would be different than life on Earth.

The Broken Trestle is a silent action Western.

A stunning document, this Prizma Color film shows the damage to the architecture of Rheims, France after World War I. Includes views of the cathedral, surrounding city life, German POWs who were forced to repair the church, and briefly, General Pershing and his retinue.

Sights to see in the French alps are depicted.

Short film screened at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020

Silent film screened at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020

A movie from Belgium directed by Paul Flon.

A Hungarian movie directed by Béla Balogh.

A silent black-and-white movie from Hungary.

Experimental film by Viking Eggeling. Now lost.

Origin unknown. Circa 1920. Excerpt from a longer short or theatrical holiday trailer. Sold for home use in 16mm 25 foot length. Accompanied here with a Mighty ROXY Wurlitzer.

A gang of child snatchers operate during the carnival in Mazatlán.

This movie about the Estonian capital Tallinn - also known by the name Reval in Germany, Sweden and Denmark - begins with an impressive harbour tour. Some of the best known sights follow: the towers of the town walls (Kiek in de Kök and "Long Hermann"), the cathedral and the promenade. Then an important economic sector is portrayed: fishing and the processing of fish. In the end, before the film ends abruptly, there is a scene with a training run of the plant fire brigade.

Monkey business at the beach.

Jean Paoli recently betrothed to Evelyne Desprez, his boss's daughter, gets tuberculosis and has to go away to get rest and fresh air. He leaves for Corsica and has to break his engagement. He is then invited to his cousin's wedding, Catalina. But the groom's father objects to the union. A vendetta is declared and, soon afterwards, the groom is found dead on the road to Ajaccio, murdered by Michel, Catalina's father, who then hides in the maquis. Jean decides to join him there and his health gets better. One day, Michel is mortally wounded by the police and Jean learns that his father died too. He, Jacques and Catalina travel back to Paris so that his mother is not left alone. He finds that Evelyne took a new fiancé, Max Carlier, who surrenders after a fight. Evelyne and Jean get married.