Movies: 1920s

Ashamed of being gay, Touko draws erotic pictures of muscular men to release his sexual tension. Through his art he becomes an international gay icon, Tom of Finland....

A true crime noir about the execution of Ruth Snyder...

Unearth the story behind one of America's most iconic musical genres. This unforgettable documentary explores the artists, events and technology that led to the discovery of the first superstars of Country Music - Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family...

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A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the teens and early 1920s in America....

Set In 1926, three friends and struggling child actors in Hollywood search for roles that lead to competition threatening their friendship. Through a series of auditions, conversations, and dances, the film navigates the challenges of child actors in...

Topical Budget 545-2. Newsreel of the 1920s aerial stuntwoman and barnstormer, Sara “Babe” Kalishek. We see her on the ground at first, standing in front of a plane before we see her wing walking on a plane in flight, then climbing from one plane o...

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While a young woman sleeps unawares in her bed, three creatures emerge from her dreams and playfully wreak havoc on her room. Before the woman wakes up, they disappear again....

Chapter 6 of the series 18 decades of life in Mexico in the twentieth century. Images of the cultural, social and political life in Mexico between 1925 and 1929....

Based on the true story behind the stock market crash of 1929 – which plunged the country and the world into the Great Depression – Dick Whitney, the newly appointed acting president of the NYSE, attempts to arrange a financial rescue package to aver...

The film will tell the story of the campaign of antisemitism waged by automotive pioneer Henry Ford throughout the 1920s. It was in 1925 that Aaron Sapiro, a self-made lawyer and activist, sued Ford for libel. After a dramatic court case that gripped...

Vignettes of the twenties showing some of the newer original gowns of the period Ava-Graph has acquired. In color....

A Tramp is late for their date with the lovely Lady but gets caught walletless in front of a tram Inspector. The Tramp must escape the Inspector while dodging and traversing through the city of Prague...