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Movie Summaries & Endings Explained from the 1920s
36 movies from the 1920s, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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Black and Tan
1929 · Music
La Bohème
1926 · Drama
Forbidden Paradise
1924 · Comedy
Evening – Night – Morning
1920 · Drama
The Parisian Cobbler
1927 · Drama
The Manxman
1929 · Romance
Don Diego and Pelagia
1928 · Comedy
Sadie Thompson
1928 · Drama
Chicago
1927 · Crime
Seven Chances
1925 · Comedy
A Page of Madness
1926 · Horror
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926 · Drama
Within Our Gates
1920 · Romance
Two-Buldi-Two
1929 · Drama
Hindle Wakes
1927 · Romance
Ladies of Leisure
1926 · Drama
The Great Gatsby
1926 · Drama
Phantom
1922 · Fantasy
Finding His Voice
1929 · Documentary
House of Horror
1929 · Comedy
Alice’s Orphan
1926 · Animation
The Bishop Murder Case
1929 · Mystery
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October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1927 · Drama
Nosferatu
1922 · Horror
Sea Fever
1927 · Drama
Sex in Chains
1928 · Drama
Journey into the Night
1921 · Drama
Little Annie Rooney
1925 · Drama
Champagne
1928 · Comedy
A Cottage on Dartmoor
1929 · Crime
The Love of Jeanne Ney
1927 · Drama
Finis Terræ
1929 · Drama
Sunrise
1927 · Drama
Wings
1929 · Action
The Broadway Melody
1929 · Drama
The Jazz Singer
1927 · Drama
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