1921 Movies

Japanese horror movie from 1921.

Snub is an street sweeper with OCD, living in a neighborhood full of fussy people. He is sweeping the street when he anticipates a cop who is about to throw some litter into the road and dashes over to catch it in his cart. He then tries to save a drunken man...

A woman searches for the child she gave up at birth.

After Mark Hanlon gambles away his fortune and his equity in his house, his daughter Molly marries Kirk, proprietor of the gambling hall; and as mistress of the gaming tables, she meets young Miles Rand, exiled to the West for his reckless behavior.

George Ovey has to beat the champ in a boxing match to win the hand of Dora, the girl he loves.

Sentenced to be deported from Hawaii, Hung Chin Chung pledges twenty years of service to Henry Drew to escape the certain death that awaits him in China. Rage at his humiliation and inability to marry as a free man smolders in him throughout his servitude, nea...

The first Polish color film. A reportage from the Alps, delighting with the splendidly rendered colors of the beautiful mountain landscapes.

Part of the 'Grand Guignol' series of 1-reel macabre drama shorts.

A short narrative comedy production that deals with African American jazz culture. The film was shot using the same cabaret set as was used in The Sport of the Gods at Tolden Studios, Bronx, New York.

Snooky the Chimpanzee help out a melancholy little girl and her guardian.

The story of Ethel Armstrong and her father Henry looking forward to her marriage to the ambitious attorney Bruce Steele. Bruce is elected district attorney and goes after a group of food profiteers. Ethel breaks the engagement when her father falls under susp...

A silhouette animation film where a baby needs to be saved from a fire.

Squeak is still missing. Pip looks for her at London Zoo, Wilfred at the British Museum. Popski has Squeak in chains and will blow her up if she does not join the anarchists. Pip saves Squeak and Popski himself is blown up.

An Aesop’s Fables animated short.

Under Western Skies is a silent Western.

Blanchette, whose parents have sacrificed to give her an education, has received her teaching diploma, but is unable to find work. A dispute with her father leads to her being throw out of the house, and she goes to Paris to look for work.

Frank Hurley (1885-1962) was firmly established by 1925 as Australia's most famous photographer. After World War 1, having filled the position as the first official photographer of the Australian war effort, Hurley became interested in Papua New Guinea. In Dec...

Wilfred gets a longing to explore the great big world and sneaks out of bed whilst the others are asleep. He is captured by a mole and made to do all the housework. He escapes. Back at the house Pip and Squeak are missing him and call Mr Picklock Holes the gre...