Juliette Compton

Diane Merrow becomes secretary to wealthy but parsimonious egyptologist Arthur Drake in order to prove that he swindled her father into his present state of bankruptcy.

A look-alike cousin substitutes for a drug-addicted member of Parliament both in politics and in his love life.

A noblewoman pretends to be an adulteress in order to protect her sister-in-law, who actually is. (imdb.)

A young American man is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors. (imdb)

Gish stars as the infamous 17th-century orange vendor who became a star on the London stage -- and the mistress of "merry monarch" King Charles III (Randle Ayrton). Though her fortunes take a downswing towards the end of her life, Nell remains ever faithful to her beloved Charles. (allmovie.com)

Unscrupulous Paul Kroll, starting as a Chicago janitor, uses graft to finance a trip to Sweden where by trickery he gains control of his uncle's small match factory. By expert manipulation of everyone and employment of femmes-fatale, he parlays this into a match monopoly, expanding over many countries. Finally he meets a woman so gorgeous she turns his head away from a business that needs constant financial manipulation to survive. Based on the real career of Ivar Kreuger. (imdb)

Betty Compson stars in this talkie remake of the 1923 silent version she also starred in. Compson plays a famous French cabaret star during World War I. She meets an English officer (George Barraud) and they plan to marry but he is whisked away to the front and never sees her again. He is wounded and suffers from amnesia. Years go by... (imdb)

A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes. (imdb)

When the boyfriend of a rich, bored socialite dies from a weak heart, she finds herself attracted to the doctor who treated him, a hard-working idealist decidedly different from the usual spoiled society rich kids she is used to. (imdb)

Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey dashed off The Man Called Back at bargain-basement Tiffany Studios. The film is set in the tropics; Conrad Nagel tops the cast as a dissipated, derelict doctor, hopelessly in love with married socialite Doris Kenyon. Doris' insane husband John Halliday commits suicide, but arranges the evidence so that his wife will be charged with murder. (allmovie.com)

A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried. (imdb)

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.

An unstable, jealous naval commander (Laughton) wrongfully accuses his wife (Bankhead) of infidelity with a young lieutenant (Grant). The young man is transferred but the commander's wife falls into an adulterous affair with the replacement (Cooper). The triangle erupts with tragic consequences on-board a submarine.

A man loves a dancer who becomes a producer's mistress.

A stuffy family man cheats on his wife, but she refuses him a divorce at first; meanwhile, his mistress resents her second-class status.