, 1h20 Réalisé parCharles Brabin OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Biographie, Fantasy, Horreur ThèmesMise en scène d'un animal, Mise en scène d'un oiseau ActeursHenry B. Walthall, Ernest Maupain, Harry Dunkinson, Marian Skinner Note54% The film begins by tracing Poe's ancestral heritage before Poe himself is born. After the loss of his parents, Poe is taken in by the John and Francis Allan in Richmond, Virginia. The film then jumps ahead about 15 years to Poe's time at the University of Virginia. Due to debts from playing cards and a growing interest in wine, Poe begins to have difficulties. He hallucinates that he has killed a man in a pistol duel.
Réalisé parCharles Brabin OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Aventure, Romance ActeursMilton Sills, Doris Kenyon, George Fawcett, Arthur Stone, Paul Hurst, Charles Sellon Note62% De retour au pays après ses études, Bryce Cardigan découvre que la « Vallée des géants » (de séquoias) de son enfance, où se trouve la tombe de sa mère, est menacée par un projet de déforestation du colonel Pennington, aidé par Jules Rondeau. De plus, son père John connaît des difficultés financières et peut perdre sa propriété au profit de l'homme d'affaires. Shirley, la nièce de celui-ci, découvre sa malhonnêteté et se rallie à Bryce, dont elle tombe amoureuse...
, 2h1 Réalisé parRichard Boleslawski, Charles Brabin OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Historique ActeursJohn Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Ralph Morgan, Diana Wynyard, Edward Arnold Note64% The story takes place in the Russian Empire during the last years of the reign of Czar Nicholas II and the Czarina Alexandra. Reform-minded Prince Paul has long been concerned about the plight of the common people and knows a revolution is brewing. Prince Alexei, heir to the throne, is loved by the people but has hemophilia, and a slight fall turns out to be life-threatening. When royal physician Dr. Remezov is powerless to stop the boy's bleeding, Princess Natasha, Alexandra's lady-in-waiting and Paul's fiancee, recommends Rasputin as a healer. He convinces the frantic Empress that he has been sent by God to cure the child. Left alone with Alexei, he hypnotizes the boy and relieves his agony but also gradually makes Alexei a slave to his will.