A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won’t get him back in any more trouble, but his peaceful existence is disrupted when a…

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitoba. All of them are available for adoption and at a stop at Scourie,…

A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the…

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She’ll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of…

The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in…

An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.

Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and production methods. ‘I predict that the gramophone…

Pépé le Moko, one of France’s most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave…

A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.

Ayan, Maharajah of Eschnapur, believes that his wife, Princess Savitri, has been unfaithful to him with officer Mac Allan. He decides to bury her alive, so he sends the Yogi…

An inexperienced female teacher is hired at a private elite school for boys where she raises a few eyebrows among the all-male faculty.