Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg.
It all begins with the discreet romance between the Creole maid Lea Mariotte and her young boss, George Brissac, an amoral bourgeois who plans to inherit his uncle's fortune and marry a young woman from a good family. After an incident where she kills a man, she is saved from the gallows by Fabian, a ship's captain, who has personal reasons for antagonizing the Brissacs. He takes care of her and falls in love with her, but doesn't tell her. She, in turn, takes the opportunity to return to her lover Brissac's arms, forcing him to marry her after seeing him murder his uncle.
One of the princesses dies after hiding some of her jewelry in one of the salon chairs in the palace and informs Ashour her servant that the wealth is for her daughter residing abroad, and he knows that the rest of the palace servants and the servants of the hotel in which she was staying, each of them tries to win the fortune alone, Ashour seeks to hand over Treasure to his companions.
A British colonel escapes from the Gestapo to the Black Forest and poses as a Gypsy's mate.
To avoid galactic war, the treatment of a frozen planet and it's people must be decided.
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
Two brothers, the first is a swindler who asks his brother, who looks like him, to replace him in his business after he is chased by his opponents, the two brothers, one of them is an evil man working in diamond smuggling, while the second is a respectable human being despite his extreme poverty, the evil brother succeeds in entering his brother to the mental hospital, but he decides to get him out of it in order to deceive some gangsters
In the 19th century, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.
Sentenced for a crime without trial, Private Gerren Pascoe is sent to a remote outpost to report on the movements of enemy ships. Isolated with only a surly and unhinged superior for company, the men descend into a maelstrom of chaos, debauchery and fear. The lines between right and wrong soon become blurred - as does the reality of why they're really there.
A duo of street performers learns how sound and picture work together to create amazing cinema experiences.
The Princess and the 7 Little Heroes is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung in a child role
Little Dragon Girl Teases White Snake Spirit is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung in a child role
Sword of Swords is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Sammo Hung in a child role
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.
Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
A kindly English botanist and a gruff American promoter lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.
Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.
Dorothy and the Scarecrow are now in the Emerald City. They have become friendly with the Wizard, and together with the woodman, the cowardly lion, and several new creations equally delightful, they journey through Oz -- the earthquake -- and into the glass city. The Scarecrow is elated to think he is going to get his brains at last and be like other men are; the Tin-Woodman is bent upon getting a heart, and the cowardly lion pleads with the great Oz for courage. All these are granted by his Highness. Dorothy picks the princess. -- The Dangerous Mangaboos. -- Into the black pit, and out again. We then see Jim, the cab horse, and myriads of pleasant surprises that hold and fascinate.
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
As the world progresses into the industrial age, a professor studying the "nature of pure matter" is spirited away by a would-be dictator and connived into building a super-bomb, as a young reporter and a girl rescued from the sea attempt to warn him of their mutual kidnapper's intentions to dominate the world with a new and more-deadly-yet weapon.