Moana

Moana 1926

6.60

Robert J. Flaherty's South Seas follow-up to Nanook of the North is a Gauguin idyll moved by "pride of beauty... pride of strength."

1926

Faust

Faust 1926

7.90

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

1926

The General

The General 1926

7.95

During America’s Civil War, Union spies steal engineer Johnny Gray's beloved locomotive, 'The General'—with Johnnie's lady love aboard an attached boxcar—and he single-handedly must do all in his power to both get The General back and to rescue Annabelle.

1926

A Page of Madness

A Page of Madness 1926

7.40

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

1926

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

The Adventures of Prince Achmed 1926

7.54

Taken from The Arabian Nights, the film tells the story of a wicked sorcerer who tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse and sends the rider off on a flight to his death. But the prince foils the magician’s plan, and soars headlong into a series of wondrous adventures.

1926

Battling Butler

Battling Butler 1926

6.70

A meek millionaire masquerades as a boxing star to win a girl's heart.

1926

Tartuffe

Tartuffe 1926

7.16

A young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's play "Tartuffe" in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets the young man's inheritance.

1926

The Black Pirate

The Black Pirate 1926

6.80

A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated when he finds that there is a beautiful young woman of royal blood aboard.

1926

Tuya es la culpa

Tuya es la culpa 1926

1

Sentimental and costumbrist drama. "Triumphant production of Colombia Films. Starring Italian actress Mara Meba. The beautiful landscapes that are admired are copied with taste of the charms of the Cauca land and the one of a group of seagulls in the Cauca river is a surprising effect and that much would like to have them the European movies". (Diario del Comercio Newspaper, August 26, 1926)

1926

Flesh and the Devil

Flesh and the Devil 1926

7.20

When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.

1926

Ménilmontant

Ménilmontant 1926

7.40

A pair of sisters leave the country for the city after their parents are slaughtered in a mysterious axe murder.

1926

Across the Pacific

Across the Pacific 1926

4.50

Following the Spanish-American War, a soldier is given the assignment of finding the leader of a band of rebels in the Philippines. In order to do this, he must romance Roma, a cabaret spy working for the rebels. This does not please the daughter of his commanding officer, whom he is romancing.

1926

The Holy Mountain

The Holy Mountain 1926

6.57

Professional dancer Diotima finds herself the apex of a love triangle when she is pursued by two mountain climbers, Vigo and his older friend.

1926

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp 1926

5.80

A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also has fallen in love with the girl on the company's billboards, the competition's daughter, and her sweet inspiration keeps him tramping along.

1926

3 Bad Men

3 Bad Men 1926

6.80

Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.

1926

Mother

Mother 1926

7.10

A Soviet woman is caught between her husband and son, who find themselves on opposing sides of the Russian Revolution.

1926

Anemic Cinema

Anemic Cinema 1926

6.18

A spiral design spins. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk is labelled and can be read as it rotates. The messages, in French, feature puns and whimsical rhymes and alliteration. The final message comments on the spiral motif itself.

1926

Sparrows

Sparrows 1926

7.11

Molly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides that one of them will be disposed of.

1926

Tell It to the Marines

Tell It to the Marines 1926

6.30

U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lackadaisical approach to the military were not bad enough, he also makes advances on nurse Nora Dale, whom Sergeant O'Hara secretly loves. Nora is oblivious to O'Hara's feelings and is attracted to the handsome 'Skeet.' But an indiscretion turns her against him, and it takes an expedition to China and a battle with a warlord's bandit brigade to sort things out among the nurse and her two Marines.

1926

Nana

Nana 1926

6.70

Count Moffat becomes infatuated with Nana, a presumptuous stage actress, vulgar, hypocritical and promiscuous, willing to do anything to succeed.

1926