Cinematic Era: 1923 Vintage

A drawing jumps off the page of a news paper to interfere into a pool game

When Bill, a worker at Woolloomooloo Wharf, breaks his leg, his wife, Nell has to go to work. She's successful, saving her daughter money, but she gets sick and dies after the operation, promising to raise Peggy the lady.

Early music video.

There is a rivalry between the top part and the lower part of the village of Murcie because of water. Pancho, Maria del Carmen's fiancé, hurts Xavier, son of the rich Domingo, so he has to leave the country. Maria proposes to take care of Xavier in exchange for Pancho's freedom. Unfortunately, Xavier falls in love with her and Domingo forces her to marry his son. Pancho reappears, ready to defy Xavier, but the two overhear a conversation and learn that Xavier's days are numbered. So he asks Pancho to elope with Maria.

A combination of live action footage and stop-action animation is utilized to illustrate the theory of evolution.

A young wife, Gisele Aubry, and her young daughter, "Little Angel," cry at the disappearance of a husband, a father. Ruthless creditors are selling their furniture …

Alfredo Wolnitzky and Gustavo Bussenius in a trip through Europe

The Adventure of Jón and Gvendur is a silent comedy inspired by Charles Chaplin. It is regarded as the first Icelandic feature film as it was directed, written and produced by Loftur Gudmundsson.

Felix thinks better of his plan to kill a rival.

Sensitive young Claude Brévin pretends to be a thug at a louche bar, where Doizeau recruits him to recover a packet of letters from Irma Lurette.

In 1914, a novelist is declared unfit for service but he regards it his duty to plow the land that others defend. The farmer that he helps leaves for the front after entrusting his fiancée and his estate to his care. The young woman loves the writer but does not yield to his desire. When the young peasant comes back, he is disabled but he finds his sweetheart untarnished and his land flourishing. His mission accomplished, the novelist can go back to town.

Mad italian melodrama.

Felix is reading a book about Fairyland, and decides that it must be a wonderful place to be. Suddenly he hears a cry for help, and finds a fly stuck on a piece of flypaper. He rescues the insect, only to have it turn into a beautiful fairy princess who, in gratitude for his help, grants him one wish. He wishes he were in Fairyland, and is immediately transported there.

A widow's son kills his clerical rival in a duel and becomes possessed by the devil.

In this thrilling final episode, evil Fu-Manchu's pet marmoset leads sleuth Petrie to a secret Si-Fan ceremony. Is the Devil Doctor's game now up?

James, the supervisor of an agricultural colony, is in love with Hélène, who is unfortunately meant for another. At Hélène's engagement party, James has an argument with her fiancé. When the latter gets mysteriously killed, James is arrested and condemned to twenty years of hard labor. Hélène is convinced James is innocent but she falls under the control of a gold digger who has set up a dummy company with the money stolen from James. The swindler is finally arrested and Hélène and James are reunited.

The first colored talking picture ever made.

The life of Henri-Désiré Landru, French serial killer of around 300 women.

Documentary short made by Pablo C. Ducrós Hicken, who was a senior student at Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires when he made this film about that same institution.

A farmer from the countryside goes to Rio de Janeiro with his family in search of his daughter's fiancé, who was in the Federal Capital gambling, going to cabarets and dating a ballerina. The farmer also gets involved in many adventures. In the end, he and Gouveia, the fiancé, regret their decision and return to their family.

A newsreel shows General Harrington receives Ismet Pasha at Istanbul.

The year 1905: a young revolutionary, Stefan Okrzeja, carries out a bomb attack on a police station. He is captured and sentenced to death by hanging. He is followed by other revolutionaries who stand up to fight for their rights and privileges. 'Death of Okrzeja' is one of the more enigmatic films in FINA's collection. Its cast remains anonymous, we do not know its proper title, even the year of production is uncertain. The final scenes featured an authentic participant in the events in question, Ignacy Daszyński. This is a rare example of a Polish fictionalized documentary film from the 1920s.

A one-reel British adaptation of the novel about the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame.

Japanese horror movie from 1923.

Short animated film

a Colonel Heeza Liar cartoon

Film about Ghost-Cat.

Travel documentary in six parts showcasing Norway

Felix and his friend little Sammy Johnson are playing baseball when they discover a map that leads to the undersea treasure of Lizzie the Pirate Queen. Building their own submarine, they slip beneath the waves in search of the treasure, and meet up with a variety of undersea creatures, including the most dangerous of all--the loan shark.

The Duke of York and his bride board a train in South London. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

The farce by French comedian Dandy, filmed in Vienna, refers to the media hype surrounding the Egyptian pharaonic tombs in the early 1920s. However, the elaborate sets and costumes also clearly satirize scenes from Lubitsch's monumental film "Das Weib des Pharao", which ran for weeks in Viennese cinemas in 1922. With the wave of Egyptomania that exploded after December 1922, when the news broke that the unviolated tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen had been discovered, Dandy did not miss the opportunity for parody. The film, directed by Dandy himself, also featured Karl Leiter. The latter, known as "Länglich," was one of the most active Austrian comics in the silent period, and Dandy found in him the ideal support for his only Austrian two-reeler.

Lost film. The five-episode silent film was shot in Tartu and it was ambitiously called as „the first Estonian art drama“ by its producers. Nothing is known about the contents of the film since it is not preserved. It may have imitated the popular Russian drama series of „Gold Series“.

Mrs. Andersson’s mischievous Kalle gets adopted by Director Graham and moves from the working-class area into the high society of Stockholm.

A short comedy

Seeing a black knight, the young man Álvaro runs after him. During the race, the knight falls and he discovers that it is a girl. The two end up falling in love.

A study of the insect, from caterpillar to butterfly. Part of the “Secrets of Nature” series.

Film about Ghost-Cat.