Movies: Alec B. Francis

  • 1918
    The Cross Bearer

    The Cross Bearer (1918)

    The Cross Bearer

    01918HD

    Cardinal Mercier protects the altar of his church from desecration when German forces invade the Belgian city of Louvain during World War I. Although the soldiers commit widespread atrocities, the cardinal does his best to protect the townspeople....

    The Cross Bearer
  • 1919
    Her Code of Honor

    Her Code of Honor (1919)

    Her Code of Honor

    01919HD

    A man brings up, on Long Island, the illegitimate daughter of a deceased woman who'd been an art student in love with a married Parisian. Is a French man the daughter, now grown up, attracted to a descendant of that same Parisian as well?...

    Her Code of Honor
  • 1926
    Forever After

    Forever After (1926)

    Forever After

    01926HD

    A wounded captain recalls his youth, his time at college, and the woman he fell in love with....

    Forever After
  • 1918
    The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds

    The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds (1918)

    The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds

    01918HD

    During the American Revolution, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr are both courting beautiful Margaret Moncrieffe. Fast-forward several years and they again find themselves on opposite sides, this time about compensation for the properties of Tories-...

    The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds
  • 1925
    Thunder Mountain

    Thunder Mountain (1925)

    Thunder Mountain

    01925HD

    Sam Martin grows up in the Kentucky hills with a preacher as his closest friend and father figure. The young man goes away and gets an education, and when he returns home, he wants to build a school so that others can learn, too....

    Thunder Mountain
  • 1916
    Fruits of Desire

    Fruits of Desire (1916)

    Fruits of Desire

    01916HD

    Mark Truitt dreams of becoming a steel magnate, so he leaves his home in the country and his sweetheart Unity and settles in Pittsburgh. He starts out as a laborer in the steel mill but soon becomes a foreman and then a superintendent. Mark lives wit...

    Fruits of Desire
  • 1923
    The Last Hour

    The Last Hour (1923)

    The Last Hour

    01923HD

    Steve Cline returns to the U.S. after earning his fortune in South America. He reads in the paper that his brother Tom was arrested for safecracking. Tom escapes and runs to the home of Sadie McCall, whose father Reever heads a forgery ring. Steve ru...

    The Last Hour
  • 1928
    Companionate Marriage

    Companionate Marriage (1928)

    Companionate Marriage

    11928HD

    Sally Williams (Betty Bronson) marries Donald Moore (Richard Walling) and have trials and tribulations and input from others but they demonstrate that the most successful marriages are usually based on trust and respect, rather than on sex alone. Rel...

    Companionate Marriage
  • 1916
    All Man

    All Man (1916)

    All Man

    01916HD

    Jim Blake, the playboy son of a New York millionaire, heads west to prove himself a man. He goes to work on his father's ranch in Wyoming, and eventually wins over the locals by turning the tables on a town bully and trying to collect damages from a ...

    All Man
  • 1925
    The Bridge of Sighs

    The Bridge of Sighs (1925)

    The Bridge of Sighs

    01925HD

    The spoiled, arrogant and slow-witted son of a wealthy businessman falls in love with the daughter of his father's business manager....

    The Bridge of Sighs
  • 1927
    Sally in Our Alley

    Sally in Our Alley (1927)

    Sally in Our Alley

    01927HD

    Sally, a girl of the tenements, is being raised by three bachelor foster-fathers, a pawnbroker, an organ-grinder and a peddler, and is very happy preparing their meals and keeping the house, while the old men bask in the attention she gives them. How...

    Sally in Our Alley
  • 1923
    Little Church Around the Corner

    Little Church Around the Corner (1923)

    Little Church Around the Corner

    5.51923HD

    A wealthy minister in a mining town is something of an advocate for the miners' safety, but he doesn't really get involved in the issue. He is soon snapped out of that attitude, however, when his daughter is trapped underground in a mine explosion, a...

    Little Church Around the Corner
  • 1928
    The Little Snob

    The Little Snob (1928)

    The Little Snob

    01928HD

    May Banks (May McAvoy) is a working-class girl who gets ideas above her station in life when her father, Colonel Banks (Aleck B. Francis), a Coney Island employee, save enough money to send her to an expensive, snobby all-girl finishing school....

    The Little Snob
  • 1926
    The Return of Peter Grimm

    The Return of Peter Grimm (1926)

    The Return of Peter Grimm

    01926HD

    "Old Peter Grimm makes his ward Katie promise to marry his nephew Frederik [ sic ] and then dies. Frederik proves to be a scapegrace and Peter's spirit returns to right matters and finally succeeds in doing so by communicating with Jimmie who is in a...

    The Return of Peter Grimm
  • 1921
    A Voice in the Dark

    A Voice in the Dark (1921)

    A Voice in the Dark

    01921HD

    The solution to a murder hinges on two witnesses: a deaf woman and a blind man....

    A Voice in the Dark
  • 1929
    The Mississippi Gambler

    The Mississippi Gambler (1929)

    The Mississippi Gambler

    01929HD

    He was a handsome gambler, living by his wits; yet when he played for the biggest stake of his life he threw away the winning hand; She was the beautiful daughter of a Southern gentleman; yet she fell in love with the gambler. How? Why? See the answe...

    The Mississippi Gambler
  • 1919
    When Doctors Disagree

    When Doctors Disagree (1919)

    When Doctors Disagree

    01919HD

    Millie Martin falls for falsely accused Joe Turner on a train where he is masquerading as a doctor. When Millie feigns illness to get closer to Joe things get complicated....

    When Doctors Disagree
  • 1925
    The End of the World

    The End of the World (1925)

    The End of the World

    01925HD

    Jack Joyce, who worked in old Abner Hope's garage, was always dreaming of big schemes, but had no capital with which to realize them. Abner Hope, who is regarded as a "queer one," tell Jack that the world will end on September 1st, and gives him his ...

    The End of the World
  • 1916
    The Heart of a Hero

    The Heart of a Hero (1916)

    The Heart of a Hero

    51916HD

    This is a visualization of the life of patriot Nathan Hale which is based on a play by Clyde Fitch. Robert Warwick plays Nathan (and does a fine job) and Gail Kane the girl whom he loves (Alice Adams)....

    The Heart of a Hero
  • 1926
    Wandering Footsteps

    Wandering Footsteps (1926)

    Wandering Footsteps

    01926HD

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    Wandering Footsteps