C'est le début de l'automne et le Dr Headley démontre avec enthousiasme ce qui semble être un remède miraculeux contre la tuberculose. Non loin de l'endroit où il travaille, la maladie semble se préparer à bientôt prendre une autre vie, celle d'une adolescente nommée Winifred. La mère de Winifred et sa petite sœur Trixie sont dévastées. Lorsque Trixie entend le médecin de famille dire à propos de Winifred que « quand la dernière feuille tombera, elle sera décédée », elle interprète littéralement les paroles du médecin. En réfléchissant à ce qu'elle a entendu, elle décide de faire tout son possible pour sauver sa sœur.
Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.
Having been misinformed that all French girls are morally suspect, American soldier David Kendall (Edwin August) is in for quite a shock when he's shipped Over There. After meeting several "nice" Frenchwomen, David returns to the states with a whole new perspective on things. It isn't long before he falls in love with Nenette (Carmel Myers), the daughter of French-born restaurateur Armande Bisson (Andrew Robson). But when Nenette is implicated in a murder, the disillusioned David instantly repudiates her -- and by extension, all Daughters of France.
Une jeune fille, à la santé fragile, est hospitalisée dans la sanatorium à la pointe de la modernité du docteur Saulsbourg. Celui-ci la traite sans amélioration depuis longtemps mais facture très cher ses tentatives infructueuses. C'est alors qu'arrive le docteur Jack Jackson qui va essayer de soigner véritablement la fille et de démasquer son confrère charlatan…
A lost educational film from Serbia.
An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.
The Redeeming Sin (1929) is a crime drama part-talking silent film with Vitaphone music and sound effects. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and stars Dolores Costello. This film is currently a lost film.
A Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.
A man unknowingly falls madly in love with the fiancé of a close friend who has twice saved his life.
Le film retrace la vie et la mort de quatre fantassins allemands sur le front français lors des derniers mois de la Première Guerre mondiale. Un jeune étudiant s'éprend de la cantinière et en fait sa maîtresse. Il sera tué au moment où son ami Karl, en permission, découvre l'infidélité de sa femme. Revenu au front, Karl et trois de ses compagnons se portent volontaires pour une mission au cours de laquelle il est blessé. Il meurt dans une église transformée en hôpital, tandis qu'à ses côtés un ennemi agonisant lui saisit la main en signe de fraternité.
Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia. Unfortunately he and his first wife are remarried and with children.
A man contracts a sexually transmitted disease, but is reluctant to seek medical help - until a no-nonsense lecture about the risks he is taking forces him to change his mind.
A notorious womanizer sets his sights on a pretty American tourist, only to be told by his doctor that he must give up all romance for his health.
A woman's life falls to pieces when she's caught cheating on her husband.
A nine-year-old boy named Charlie McCarthy is sent by his teacher to an eye doctor. The lad has been complaining about headaches and has missed a lot of school. The doctor, with the help of a nurse, conducts an examination. They learn that when the boy isn't at school, he does a lot of fishing. In the course of the exam, the doctor recommends glasses, and Charlie convinces the doc to accompany him on a trip.
A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry him, and weds an admitted gold-digger he's just met after a night of drinking and partying.
When the boyfriend of a rich, bored socialite dies from a weak heart, she finds herself attracted to the doctor who treated him, a hard-working idealist decidedly different from the usual spoiled society rich kids she is used to.
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When a fatal mistake results in tragedy his resolve to continue working is severely tested. Based on a novel by Fannie Hurst.