Movies: Alec B. Francis

  • 1923
    The Last Hour

    The Last Hour (1923)

    The Last Hour

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    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
  • 1919
    Her Code of Honor

    Her Code of Honor (1919)

    Her Code of Honor

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    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
  • 1919
    The Crimson Gardenia

    The Crimson Gardenia (1919)

    The Crimson Gardenia

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    Wastrel New York millionaire Roland Van Dam travels to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, looking for adventure and romance. Because the costume he is wearing includes a red gardenia, he is mistaken for escaped prisoner Emile Le Duc by a woman (who turns...

    The Crimson Gardenia
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1918
    Thirty a Week

    Thirty a Week (1918)

    Thirty a Week

    01918HD

    Although she is engaged to the wealthy Freddy Ruyter, Barbara Wright prefers her father's handsome Irish chauffeur, Dan Murray, and marries him. The newlyweds struggle to survive on Dan's meager income, but Barbara's father, furious with them both, n...

    Thirty a Week
  • 1916
    The Heart of a Hero

    The Heart of a Hero (1916)

    The Heart of a Hero

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    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
  • 1925
    Rose of the World

    Rose of the World (1925)

    Rose of the World

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    In India, Rosamond English learns that her husband Capt. Harry English has been killed in battle. After a time, she marries Sir Arthur Gerardine but is unable to forget her first husband, and gradually her love for him is rekindled, especially when s...

    Rose of the World
  • 1918
    The Cross Bearer

    The Cross Bearer (1918)

    The Cross Bearer

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    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
  • 1922
    North of the Rio Grande

    North of the Rio Grande (1922)

    North of the Rio Grande

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    Son of Colonel Haddington, Bob leads a posse against raiders in a settlement. During his absence, one of the prize horses is stolen and his father is killed. Bob swears revenge and becomes known as Velantrie, leader of a band of semi-outlaws, and bef...

    North of the Rio Grande
  • 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
  • 1925
    The Reckless Sex

    The Reckless Sex (1925)

    The Reckless Sex

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    Robert Lanning, a proper Bostonian who owns an estate in southern New Mexico, suspects that some of his employees are smuggling arms into Mexico, and sends his son, Robert Jr., to investigate. During his journey west, Robert meets Mary Hamilton, a st...

    The Reckless Sex
  • 1922
    The Forgotten Law

    The Forgotten Law (1922)

    The Forgotten Law

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    Margaret Jarnette discovers that her husband Victor has been cheating on her and confronts him. Outraged, Victor has his lawyer rewrite his will so that in the event of his death, his brother Richard will get custody of his daughter Muriel, and his w...

    The Forgotten Law
  • 1921
    The Great Moment

    The Great Moment (1921)

    The Great Moment

    01921HD

    Sir Edward Pelham, married to a Romani Russian, fears that his daughter will follow in her mother's footsteps and arranges a marriage with her cousin, whom she does not love. During a trip to Nevada with her father, she meets engineer Bayard Delavel,...

    The Great Moment
  • 1925
    Thunder Mountain

    Thunder Mountain (1925)

    Thunder Mountain

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    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
  • 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 Sacred Flame

    The Sacred Flame (1929)

    The Sacred Flame

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    Colonel Maurice Taylor of the Royal Flying Corps is hopelessly injured in an airplane crash immediately following his marriage to Stella. Maurice is non-functional in most of the physical areas of marriage that count, but Stella attends to his other ...

    The Sacred Flame
  • 1912
    The First Violin

    The First Violin (1912)

    The First Violin

    01912HD

    Old Von Shultz, the first violin, finds as he grows older a longing for companionship. Hurrying from the theater the old musician finds little Helen sleeping on the steps of the stage door. He picks her up and takes her to his comfortably furnished h...

    The First Violin
  • 1923
    Children of Jazz

    Children of Jazz (1923)

    Children of Jazz

    01923HD

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    Children of Jazz
  • 1922
    Smilin' Through

    Smilin' Through (1922)

    Smilin' Through

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    The story is essentially the same as the popular Jane Cowl play, with Talmadge in the dual role of Kathleen and Moonyean. Kathleen, a young Irish woman, is in love with Kenneth Wayne but is prevented from marrying him by her guardian John Carteret. J...

    Smilin' Through