Allan Dwan

East Side, West Side, 1927

East Side, West Side, 1927

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East Side, West Side is a 1927 American drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring George O’Brien (in the same year that he played the lead in F.W. Murnau’s Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans), Virginia Valli, and June Collyer. The supporting cast includes J. Farrell MacDonald and Holmes Herbert. The epic film was shot extensively on various locations… Read more →

Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood, 1922

Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood, 1922

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Robin Hood is a 1922 silent adventure film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery. It was the first motion picture ever to have a Hollywood premiere, held at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre on October 18, 1922. The movie’s full title, under which it was copyrighted, is Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood. It was one of the most expensive films of the… Read more →