1921 Movies

The Affairs of Anatol

Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille

Starring: Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Wanda Hawley, Theodore Roberts

Country: United States of America

Outline: Socialite Anatol Spencer seeks a better relation that he has with his wife. He sets up the friend of his youth Emilie in an apartment only to have her two-time him. He comforts the near ...

The Kid

Directed by: Charles Chaplin

Starring: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller

Country: United States of America

Outline: The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy.

Tol'able David

Directed by: Henry King

Starring: Richard Barthelmess, Gladys Hulette, Walter P. Lewis, Ernest Torrence

Country: United States of America

Outline: When three thuggish men are responsible for the death of his father and the crippling of his brother, young David must choose between supporting his family or risking his life and exacting vengeance.

Orphans of the Storm

Directed by: D.W. Griffith

Starring: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee

Country: United States of America

Outline: Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.

Destiny

Directed by: Fritz Lang

Starring: Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke, Hans Sternberg

Country: United States of America

Outline: When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.

That Girl Montana

Directed by: Robert Thornby

Starring: Blanche Sweet, Mahlon Hamilton, Frank Lanning, Edward Peil Sr.

Seven Years Bad Luck

Directed by: Max Linder

Starring: Max Linder, Alta Allen, Ralph McCullough, Betty K. Peterson

Country: United States of America

Outline: After breaking a mirror in his home, superstitious Max tries to avoid situations which could bring bad luck-- but in doing so, causes himself the worst luck imaginable.

Be My Wife

Directed by: Max Linder

Starring: Max Linder, Alta Allen, Caroline Rankin, Lincoln Stedman

Outline: Max is determined to woo Mary, despite her Aunt Agatha's disapproval.

Miss Lulu Bett

Directed by: William C. de Mille

Starring: Lois Wilson, Milton Sills, Theodore Roberts, Helen Ferguson

Outline: A once-timid young woman gains newfound confidence after a failed marriage, much to the chagrin of her miserable family.

The Wildcat

Directed by: Ernst Lubitsch

Starring: Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Paul Heidemann, Wilhelm Diegelmann

Country: United States of America

Outline: A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained.

The Sheik

Directed by: George Melford

Starring: Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Ruth Miller, George Waggner

Country: United States of America

Outline: A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.

The Three Musketeers

Directed by: Fred Niblo

Starring: Adolphe Menjou, Mary MacLaren, Nigel De Brulier, Thomas Holding

Country: United States of America

Outline: The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, ...

The Blot

Directed by: Lois Weber

Starring: Philip Hubbard, Margaret McWade, Claire Windsor, Louis Calhern

Country: United States of America

Outline: The Professor dispenses the wisdom of the ages and does not make a living wage. The sons of the rich and powerful are students lacking any motivation. The next door neighbor of the ...

La terre

Directed by: André Antoine

Starring: Armand Bour, René Alexandre, Germaine Rouer, Jean Hervé

Country: United States of America

Outline: As Jean is walking across the countryside in search of work, he helps and befriends a young woman, Françoise, who is having trouble controlling the cow that she is leading. Jean finds work ...

Love Never Dies

Directed by: King Vidor

Starring: Lloyd Hughes, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Bennett, Lillian Leighton

Outline: John and Tilly's happy marriage is ruined when Tilly's father finds out about the scandalous past of John's mother. John, unaware of his father-in-law's meddling, thinks Tilly has left him,...

The Sea Lion

Directed by: Rowland V. Lee

Starring: Hobart Bosworth, Emory Johnson, Bessie Love, Carol Holloway

Country: United States of America

Outline: A cinematic classic from 1921.

The Love Light

Directed by: Frances Marion

Starring: Mary Pickford, Evelyn Dumo, Raymond Bloomer, Fred Thomson

Outline: Angela maintains a coastal lighthouse in Italy, where she awaits the return of her brothers from the war. She learns they are casualties and takes solace in the arms of an American sailor ...

The Nut

Directed by: Theodore Reed

Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte, William Lowery, Gerald Pring

Country: United States of America

Outline: Eccentric inventor Charlie Jackson tries to interest wealthy investors in his girlfriend's plan to help children from poor neighborhoods.

Camille

Directed by: Ray C. Smallwood

Starring: Rudolph Valentino, Rex Cherryman, Arthur Hoyt, Zeffie Tilbury

Country: United States of America

Outline: A courtesan and an idealistic young man fall in love, only for her to give up the relationship at his status-conscious father's request.

Peck's Bad Boy

Directed by: Sam Wood

Starring: Jackie Coogan, Wheeler Oakman, Doris May, Raymond Hatton

The Old Swimmin' Hole

Directed by: Joseph De Grasse

Starring: Charles Ray, Laura La Plante, James Gordon, Blanche Rose

Outline: The normal life of a young farm boy as he goes to school and as he relaxes in the country is depicted.

Beau Revel

Directed by: John Griffith Wray

Starring: Lewis Stone, Florence Vidor, Lloyd Hughes, Kathleen Kirkham

Outline: Here's an expose on the life of a womanizing dandy, directed by John Griffith Wray and starring the likes of Lewis Stone and Lloyd Hughes. Vintage movie buffs take note of leading lady ...

Entre sombras

Directed by: Tony Wakefield

Tukaram

Directed by: Chandrakant Kulkarni

Directed by: Charles Chaplin

Starring: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller, May White, Tom Wilson, Charles Reisner, Edgar Sherrod, Beulah Bains, Robert Dunbar