Fred von Wellingen is a wealthy industrialist, part of a large family-owned corporation. Fred has fallen for Lia, a comely bartender in the Berlin Cabaret. He proposes to her, much to the horror of his family, which considers Lia and her unsophisticated father far below their caste. The family convinces Fred to give up the girl in exchange for increased position and income in t...
A young honeymooning couple are lured away to a seaside resort by a high-society sleazeball, who has plans to seduce the girl, while at the same time her hubby in desperation stakes all his money on the roulette wheels.
"Rotaie" is a late silent film by the great Mario Camerini and is one of the most important Italian movies of that period. It came out in 1929, wholly silent, t...
Isabel, the daughter of a wealthy banker fails to gain the affection of her young stepmother, who uses her influence to have Isabel sent away to school. There, Isabel meets a young man and elopes with him to America. Later in life she is reunited with her father.
An opera singer has had one great love in his life, that for a devoted french-girl who died. He comes to Paris for his annual visit to her grave on the anniversary of her death, but is forced to go through with a concert his manager had arranged without his knowledge. The manager visits a shady night club and, while intoxicated, drops information to a hard-boiled entertainer an...
