Michael Visaroff

A decorated, aristocratic Czarist General is reduced to penury after the collapse of Imperial Russia. An old adversary, now a successful director hires the general to re-enact the revolution which deposed him. (imdb)

Alternating the realistic depiction of a Russian peasant home and expressionistic hallucinations, 'Lullaby' is a remarkable short film that deserves a lot more recognition than it has... (IMDB Comments)

Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal. (imdb)

Two American soldiers are captured by the Germans on the Western Front during World War One and escape a POW camp only to stumble into further life-threatening adventures when they come across an Arabian king's daughter while on the lam. (imdb)

The female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing stand in her way of finding it. (imdb)

A couple on board a plane find themselves mixed up in a plot to steal atomic secrets. (imdb)

Bachelor Chester and his spinster sister, Louise, are summoned from Ohio by a "mystery man" who instructs them to visit their Uncle Abner in New York City. A miserly recluse, Abner lives in an old house where he has gathered a strange collection of people: Brown and his wife Gladys; two untrustworthy servants; the mystery man; and Thelma and Joe, two young people on the track of a missing diamond owned by Abner. (TCM)

Dance hall Romeos and an irresponsible father create comic complications in the life of a nickel-per-whirl taxi dancer. (imdb)

Reginald Denny as a prizefighter who is picked up by Italian girl Madelina, played by a very un-Italian girl, Betsy Lee. (imdb)

A short ballet with a young woman who sneaks away from a party and finds a statue of the Roman god Pan. She falls asleep and dreams it comes to life and dances with her. (imdb)

In this melodramatic historical drama, the lives of Mexico's Maximilian and Carlotta are chronicled. The story follows their brief reign as figureheads for Napoleon III. The two doomed rulers were terribly naive and had no idea that they were universally despised by the native population. Upon her return to Europe, Carlotta goes mad with grief when she realizes that her beleaguered husband, trapped by a rebel uprising in Mexico City, will receive no aid from their backers. (allmovie.com)

In this odd-ball comedy, a self-sacrificing but eccentric mother attempts to guide her equally eccentric family. She has two sons and a daughter. One son is a communist and the other is a struggling prizefighter. Her daughter is trying to snag a married booking agent to help her break into radio. In addition to watching over her children, the mother must also help her husband find a full-time job. (allmovie.com)

The Calcutta Sweepstakes is the unifying factor of The Devil's Lottery. Among the winners of the sweepstakes are Evelyn (Elissa Landi), the mistress of suave cardsharp Major Hugo Beresford (Paul Cavanaugh), and roughneck ex-boxer Lem Meech (Victor McLaglen), whose mother (Beryl Mercer) insists upon taking charge of McLaglen's winnings lest he squander them. (allmovie.com)

Liszt's 'Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2'. One of a series of shorts consisting of silent, staged stories, played out against popular pieces of classical music.

Withers is an immigrant who learns on arrival in the U.S. that her mother is dead. Friends help her survive as an entertainer, and success is a good argument against the immigration officials. (imdb)

All 12 jury members who sent an innocent man to the gallows are gathered together for a demonstration of how convictions can be made on circumstantial evidence. During the proceedings, a phony murder is quickly revealed as the real thing. (imdb)

Handsome sailor Felipe (Hughes) and nasty Governor Don Fernando (D'Arcy) are rivals for the favors of Spanish dancer Valencia (Murray). When Felipe deserts his ship, Don Fernando throws him in prison, but Valencia obtains his release and shares his disgrace and exile.

A con man poses as a Latin American heiress'' guardian angel. (TCM.com)