Movies: Bfi

  • 1927
    The Girl from Gay Paree

    The Girl from Gay Paree (1927)

    The Girl from Gay Paree

    01927HD

    Mary Davis, alone and destitute in New York City, pilfers a meal from a restaurant and eludes the police by ducking into the Cafe Royale, where she is shuffled along a line of aspiring chorines awaiting job interviews. In desperation, Mary agrees to ...

    The Girl from Gay Paree
  • 1921
    The Fruitful Vine

    The Fruitful Vine (1921)

    The Fruitful Vine

    01921HD

    An old knight weds his dead friend's daughter but she gives herself to an Italian Don to bear an heir....

    The Fruitful Vine
  • 1919
    Satan Junior

    Satan Junior (1919)

    Satan Junior

    01919HD

    Famous playwright Paul Worden decamps to a country bungalow to work on a new play, rehearsing with his leading lady, Marjorie Sinclair, who is staying nearby. Going riding one day to relax, Paul rescues his neighbor, teenager Diana Ardway when her ho...

    Satan Junior
  • 1915
    A Railroader's Bravery

    A Railroader's Bravery (1915)

    A Railroader's Bravery

    01915HD

    When Helen learns that wiretappers have make a prisoner of Henry, the relief operator, she severs the wire being tapped, boards a freight train, uncouples the engine, and pursues the tappers, who are in a gasoline speeder. She eventually rescues Henr...

    A Railroader's Bravery
  • 1914
    Helen's Sacrifice

    Helen's Sacrifice (1914)

    Helen's Sacrifice

    01914HD

    In the first entry in the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, the night telegraph operator at Lone Point, relieves Benton, the day operator, several hours ahead of time, because he is caring for his sick child. Receiving an order to sidetrack a f...

    Helen's Sacrifice
  • 1917
    The Argyle Case

    The Argyle Case (1917)

    The Argyle Case

    01917HD

    When multi-millionaire banker John Argyle is found brutally murdered in his home, suspicions are cast upon Mary Mazuret, his adopted daughter who became the sole beneficiary of his estate under his will, Argyle having quarrelled with his son Bruce. J...

    The Argyle Case
  • 1921
    The Girl in the Taxi

    The Girl in the Taxi (1921)

    The Girl in the Taxi

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    The story begins with a man and a woman, both married, who flag the same taxi and then decide to share it, as they have the same restaurant destination. Various naughty supper rendezvous, and much hiding under tables or behind screens, ensue....

    The Girl in the Taxi
  • 1916
    The Woman Who Dared

    The Woman Who Dared (1916)

    The Woman Who Dared

    01916HD

    The Count and Countess Bertrand are prominent in society. The Count is also a lieutenant. The throw a society circus and part of the entertainment is ring master and circus rider Alexander Ivanoff. But in reality Ivanoff is a spy, and with the aid of...

    The Woman Who Dared
  • 1915
    The Open Drawbridge

    The Open Drawbridge (1915)

    The Open Drawbridge

    01915HD

    Benton, railroad detective, is assigned to run down the crooks who have been breaking into freight cars near Hobart. Helen, the telegraph operator at Hobart, supplies Benton with his first clue. Later in the day, the two see Rand and his band of rive...

    The Open Drawbridge
  • 1917
    Thais

    Thais (1917)

    Thais

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    The wanton dancer Thais, tries to entice Paphnutius from becoming a monk but fails. He later returns to reclaim her soul and follow in his footsteps. They attempt to live lives of simplicity, but the pull of worldliness is too strong....

    Thais
  • 1911
    The Inherited Taint

    The Inherited Taint (1911)

    The Inherited Taint

    01911HD

    Herbert Warning inherits a fortune. He becomes engaged to a society girl who leaves him for another man. Warning takes to drinking. When he meets Kathleen Holt, a nurse, he falls in love and asks her to marry him. She promises to do so if he can give...

    The Inherited Taint
  • 1915
    The Girl at Lone Point

    The Girl at Lone Point (1915)

    The Girl at Lone Point

    01915HD

    Helen catches two yeggmen who have broken into a freight car which has been detached from a train because of a hot box and are attempting to rifle the safe. The yeggmen escape aboard a passing freight with Helen, who has leaped upon the caboose, in h...

    The Girl at Lone Point
  • 1969
    Reckless Serenade

    Reckless Serenade (1969)

    Reckless Serenade

    01969HD

    Two friends wait for a train....

    Reckless Serenade