Movies by John Harron

Once and Forever

Once and Forever

Silent romantic drama starring Patsy Ruth Miller who suffers along with her beloved after he loses his sight during WWI.

Learning to Love

Learning to Love

A 1925 film directed by Sidney Franklin.

Below the Line

Below the Line

Slasher falls off the train that is carrying him. He is found, broken in spirit, by Donald Cass. The dog is regenerated by Donald's love.

Quiet, Please

Quiet, Please

A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.

The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend

A young man uses tips from an absurd book to woo a woman he fancies.

The Murder in the Museum

The Murder in the Museum

When a city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on a a somewhat disreputable sideshow, the daughter of the chief suspect teams up with a newspaper reporter to find the real killer.

The Man Without a Country

The Man Without a Country

This short film tells the story of a disgraced U.S. army officer who is charged with treason. At his court martial he is sentenced to lifetime exile aboard American ships at sea, no crew member can mention anything about the United States within his hearing, and in the books he is allowed to read all references to the United States are removed.

My Wife and I

My Wife and I

In a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son both compete for the affections of a pretty young temptress.

Beauty Parlor

Beauty Parlor

Film follows the romantic exploits of two depression-era manicurists, one of whom is being woo'd by a true gentleman of means, the other of whom lets herself become a pawn of operators of a call-girl ring.

Hollywood Trouble

Hollywood Trouble

An oil-rich rube who aspires to stardom is bilked by a phony acting school.

The Grim Comedian

The Grim Comedian

Actress Marie Lamont (Phoebe Hunt) has been living well due to a string of lovers and has kept her daughter, Dorothy (Gloria Hope) sequestered in a convent far, far away from her fast lifestyle. But when Dorothy leaves the convent to come live with her mother, Marie decides to reform. She gives up her fancy apartment and her latest lover, Harvey Martin (Jack Holt), to concentrate on her daughter and her career, in that order. But Martin has fallen for Dorothy, and Dorothy cares for him too, even though she is already promised to a young arti...

The Fire Patrol

The Fire Patrol

Old Shoes

Old Shoes

A widowed woman marries her husband's brother, who soon proves to be a tyrant stepfather to his adopted son.

Hell-Bent for Heaven

Hell-Bent for Heaven

Sid Hunt and Jude Lowery are Carolina sweethearts but hired-hand Rufe Pryer also has his eyes on her. Rufe lies to Andy, Jude's brother, and a family-feud is started when Andy goes gunning after Sid. But Sid quiets the drunken Andy, and is taking him home when a shot is fired from ambush and Sid's horse comes home riderless. But he shows up unhurt, and the jealous-maddened Rufe sends him on a ruse to the big dam. Rufe sets off a dynamite explosion to catch Sid in the swirling waters but Jude is the one who is caught.

The Gilded Highway

The Gilded Highway

After inheriting a fortune from an uncle they barely and carelessly cared for during his last years, the Welbys become social-climbing snobs to the point of ignoring old friends and breaking off marriage engagements.

Penrod

Penrod

Young rapscallion Penrod Schofield causes a good deal of trouble in his community, all in the name of protecting kids from too-strict parents and nasty neighbors. He heads the ABPA (American Boys' Protective Association) and through it disrupts a number of local social events. The townspeople are pretty fed up with Penrod and his gang, but when a couple of outlaws come to town, Penrod shows his mettle.

Carnival Day

Carnival Day

It's carnival time, crowds gather for horse races and the games and food of a midway. Bobby the singing jockey will be riding the favorite Stardust, and if they win, the prize money will enable Bobby to ask Maggie, a carnival florist, to marry him. Tony, an exuberant balloon man, happens on a plot to hobble Stardust. Tony has bet his business on the race's outcome. How will Stardust do?

The Night Cry

The Night Cry

A giant condor decimates a herd of sheep, and Rin-Tin-Tin is accused of having turned killer.

Lincoln in the White House

Lincoln in the White House

This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the Gettysburg Address.

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

Silent military comedy whose only print exists in the Library of Congress.