John George

A criminal hides in a circus by posing as an armless knife thrower, and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.

An American gunrunner becomes embroiled in a conflict between the French army and a group of Tuareg rebels.

Fingers is planning a half-million-dollar bank robbery in gang boss Cobra Collins' territory. Fingers' moll Connie tries to bluff Cobra into thinking the hit won't be for another week when the call comes through saying it's now. (imdb)

Artist Tillon meditates upon contemporary Detroit, a deserted urban landscape where grass grows over the parking lots and voluntary wrecking crews clear abandoned homes. A documentary examining the ongoing transformation of the city - from the home of the automobile industry to that of eagles, coyote and urban farms - with a cool gaze full of visual poetry. (architecturefoundation.org.uk)

This short starts with a short biography of Nostradamus and highlights some of his prophecies that came true in his own day (e.g., telling a young priest that many years later he would become Pope Sixtus V). Then we come to the present and learn that Nostradamus' writings foretold WWI. Several of his prophecies are then applied to the events leading to WWII, as well as to current war events. (imdb)

Frivolous young Marie de Severac is frightened into following a more virtuous path, when her father relates a story in which an equally frivolous woman is entombed alive.

Carter Holmes, master criminologist, must help the oft-kidnapped Ruth Stanhope to find the 9 daggers that will unlock the secret of the cursed Devil's Trademark!

Bandit leader Montero seeks vengeance against a wicked duke who is responsible for the death of his bride. On the duke's wedding day, he kidnaps the duke's new wife, the French Princess Marie, before the union can be consummated and carries her off to his hideout; however, he did not figure that he and Marie would fall in love, complicating all plans of vengeance. And what of the humiliated duke?

A King proposes to the pretty princess, but she rejects him and chooses a man from his photo and a brief record of his bravery. He is an American policeman with a wife and family. A reporter covering the story complicates matters.