Movies released in 1924

Gul-e-Bakavali

One of the most successful silent films tells the folk-fantasy legend of the fairy Bakavali (Zubeida), her deivi pushp (or divine flower) Gul known for its healing powers, and the Eastern ... See full summary »

The Mating of Marcus

A girl with a sick sister weds the jilted townsman who saves them from floods.

Chappy: That's All

A novelist employs a burglar's daughter and saves her from attack by an ex-accomplice.

Kalyan Khajina

Quasi-historical adventure movie based on the exploits of the 17th C. Maratha emperor Shivaji (Bhosle). A large part of the film is shot in a cave where where Shivaji meets the Subedar of ... See full summary »

The Lone Hand Texan

The Desert Secret

Two prospectors finally hit "paydirt", and while celebrating one of them gets drunk and tells some people where the strike is located. The next thing they know their claim is swarming with ... See full summary »

Mein Leopold

Bismi Sadi

This social film attacks Bombay's industrial parvenu class, initiating the realist-reformist melodrama as a genre. It tells of the street hawker Devdas, who goes to the city to make his ... See full summary »

Western Feuds

Prithvi Vallabh

Seminal silent historical film, the story features King Munja, ruler of Aranti, famed warrior and patron of the arts...

The Wine of Life

In Italy an artist saves a divorced Lady from a hypnotist.

His Grace Gives Notice

A butler inherits a dukedom but stays in service to save a Lord's daughter from eloping with a married cad.

The Great Prince Shan

An assassinated Lord's daughter refuses to marry a Chinese prince but agrees to be his mistress.

Ace of the Law

A dastardly cattle rustler not only steals pretty Mildred Mitchell's beef but decides to snag her as well. Stalwart cowboy Bill Kennedy sets out to capture the villain, retrieve the cattle and take a shot at Mildred for himself.

Kee en Janus naar Parijs

Ten After Ten

Slaves of Destiny

In Africa an Englishman is sold as a slave by a blind beggar who weds a girl after the beggar kills her crooked husband.

Claude Duval

A Frenchman turns highwayman after a duchess's cousin frames him for killing a title blackmailer.

Theodora

Buenos Aires bohemio