The Wife He Bought

Diamond Handcuffs

German actress Lena Malena starred in this lavishly budgeted and potentially intriguing melodrama about the influence of a valuable gem on its owners.

1928

The Rights of Man: A Story of War's Red Blotch

A royal princess gives her time to the Red Cross, and works alongside a young American doctor.

1915

The Romance of Elaine

The heroine had little time for romancing newspaper reporter Walter Jameson, what with Doctor X, alias Marcus Del Mar, threatening American democracy

1915

The Strongest

A lost silent drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Renée Adorée, Carlo Liten, Harrison Hunter, Beatrice Noyes, Florence Malone, and Jean Ga

1920

The Highbinders

Author David Marshall is sandbagged by holdup men and loses his memory. He finds his way to a bookshop run by his friend Ladd, who takes him in with t

1926

When Love Grows Cold

Margaret has given up her stage career to marry inventor Jerry Benson. Jerry fails to impress oil executive William Graves with his idea, but Margaret

1926

Vera, the Medium

Vera, a woman of questionable character places a wager that she will be able to destroy a happy marriage and inveigle the husband into becoming her lo

1917

Second Choice

Vallery Grove is in love with Don Warren but her mother opposes the match because he is poor and has no social standing. Don decides to terminate his

1930

Honor First

Twin brothers are serving in the French army during the Great War. Jacques, a private, leads his brother's company to attack when Honoré, a lieutenant

1922

The Light That Failed

About Dick Heldar, an aspiring artist. Although he is devoted to his childhood sweetheart, Maisie Wells, his ambition drives him to faraway places. He

1923

Voices of the City

Voices of the City is a 1921 American silent crime drama film starring Leatrice Joy and Lon Chaney that was directed by Wallace Worsley. It is conside

1921

Shadow of the Law

A young woman is framed and sent to prison for a crime she didn't commit. When she is released, she sets out to take her revenge on those responsible.

1926

The Straight Way

Deserted by her husband, John Madison, because he incorrectly accuses her of having an affair, Mary Madison goes to her aunt's house to have her baby,

1916

A Rich Man's Plaything

Marie Grandon may have seen more of the world than any nice girl ever would, but her motives remain pure. Marie labors in a New England oyster cannery

1917

The Slave

Caroline works at a hair dressing parlor. A wealthy man falls in love with her, takes her home and proposes to her. Caroline has a dream where she mar

1917

Wife Number Two

Bored by her country life and misunderstood by her parents, Emma Rolfe marries Dr. Charles Bovar, an older man whose dedication to his medical practic

1917

Diane of the Green Van

An heiress takes a road trip in a green van. Unbeknownst to her, she has four pursuers.

1919

The Street Called Straight

Directed by Wallace Worsley.

1920

The Highest Bidder

Society miss Sally Raeburn is left penniless and is helped out by an older woman. The woman makes it clear that to repay her, Sally must marry wealth,

1921

Defying the Law

Discouraged with life, Michelo throws his daughter Lucia into the sea, but she falls into a fisherman's boat and is taken to a fishing village. Franci

1924