A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals.

A mysterious phantom who calls himself “The Reckoner” vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company’s funds. Director J. Walter Ruben’s 1931 drama stars Richard Dix, Shirley Grey,…

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert’s heinous crimes are so repellant and…

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound…

A truck driver “too lazy to work and too nervous to steal” gets mixed up in racketeering. Naturally his underhanded business practices make him a pillar of the community.

When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago’s upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter; however, his naive younger…

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Daily life at men and women’s prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by…

Paris, 30’s declared professional rivalry between two stars of the musical, Yvonne and Gaby leads to dire consequences. Yvonne’s body is found in the theater. Gaby’s future is threatened against…

In France, an inspector solves the poisoning of his rich aunt.

Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him….

A train engineer and his fireman are best friends until the engineer breaks up a romance between his pal and a trampy girl he knows is no good for him,…

An expedition sets out through the jungle to find a missing explorer, but stumbles upon an ancient Mayan temple that houses a giant ape.

Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his…

A mob boss’ gang gets suspicious about their boss’ new girlfriend, a beautiful young girl who doesn’t seem to be the type who’d hang out with gangsters. They’re not quite…

When bored courtesan Zelie de Chaumet begs her lover, the corrupt and powerful Stetz, to take her slumming, the pair encounter Pierre Boucheron, alias ‘The Rat’ , boy-king of the…

Based on Sax Rohmer’s third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries (1917), this sensational episode sees Fu-Manchu partly paralysed by a bullet wound. The Devil Doctor snatches eminent surgeon Sir Baldwin…

n this episode of adventure serial The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie investigate the strange death of a man from Forest Hill found with…

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. It is the annual fair in Holstenwall. Francis and his friend…

Two journalists attempt to uncover the truth behind the criminal organisation, known as The Vampires, who are terrorizing Paris.

Survives in its entirety at the Cinemateca Do Museu De Arte Moderna.

A woman, with the aid of her police officer sweetheart, endeavors to uncover the prostitution ring that has kidnapped her sister, and the philanthropist who secretly runs it.

The film is about a poor married couple living in New York City. The husband works as a musician and must travel often for work. When returning, his wallet is…

A train-station telegraphist warns the next station of approaching bandits.

It depicts the notorious criminal incident that had occured in Rio de Janeiro.

Just as Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) is testimony to German silent film art, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolises both the birth of the Australian film industry and…

Police officers pursue a speeding automobile that almost hit a small child. This short is an outtake from Life of an American Policeman (1905). Once that film had been edited…