1921 Movies

A man searches for a cursed emerald belonging to his ancestor. Lost film, minor fragments survive

Released in January of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A Jerry on the Job short

A naive young Swede is repeatedly victimized by predatory women. When finally he meets a young woman who seems sincere and true, he wonders if he can...

A compilation of recordings from Prins Wilhelm's expedition to Central America, including the journey across the North Sea and the Atlantic, a visit t...

Although she finds the stiff Bostonian manners of her fiancé, Robert Ames, unsuited to her temperament, artist-illustrator Sheila Athlone refuses to i...

On Christmas Eve, a poor woman, once seduced by a Romani man who abandoned her with their child, vainly begs for help for her dying little girl. In de...

Mary and her son Buster live in a single room in the slums of the city, having been deserted by their husband and father, wealthy Spencer Wellington....

A poor shoemaker struggles to send his son to college, where he becomes a football star.

A method actress likes living out the roles she is playing in real life. To prepare for her new play, she enters the criminal underworld and ends up b...

Old Grandpa Mouse entertains dozens of little mice with his fiddling and storytelling. The young ones are interested to hear how Grandpa won all his m...

One of the most famous silent mythologicals. It depicts the 'Mahabharata' story as a series of events between Pandavas and Kauravas. This leads to the...

Part of the 'Grand Guignol' series of 1-reel macabre drama shorts.

Robert Moore is the general manager of the firm run by John Gibson. After Gibson makes several visits to Moore's home, unfounded rumors begin of a rel...