1924 Movies

In 1922 belgian immigrant François Verstraeten, who married Matilde Anchorena in Argentina, ordered this film so he could show his countrymen the fabulous land that had changed his life. For that, he brought in a film operator from Europe, who spent almost a y...

The widow Marta is employed as a nurse in San Sebastián to support her children. Josetxu, who is now an adult, works at Altos Hornos and Edurne is a dressmaker. Evicted by the landlord, the student Alberto helps the family out of love for Edurne.

16mm black-and-white home movies from the collection of the Butler Family, depicting the family in the winter of 1923-1924. Made available through the Chicago Film Archives.

In 1924 California's Tribune-American newspaper ran a competition for its readers to write in with their most unusual dreams and the winning entry was made into a short film. This is Mrs L.L. Nicholson from Oakland's dream of losing her baby, rowing across San...