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The Death of Billie Carleton

The full shocking story: https://flashbak.com/disgraceful-orgies-unholy-rites-and-the-death-of-billie-carleton-100-years-ago-408525/


Cecil Hepworth

Most of the existing full-length Hepworth films still await home availability on either streaming or disc, but clips are available online.

Tansy (1921): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuyM9bM1UTg

Comin’ Thru The Rye (1923): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unrq2RIHPPc

For context, a lovely clip from The Smallest Show On Earth (1957) with Peter Sellers, Bernard Miles, and Margaret Rutherford watching a clip of Comin’ Thru The Rye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8xct7ved9c


Stoll Studios

Sherlock Holmes

The Sign of Four (1923):               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWbAa7ddr6o

The Devil’s Foot (1921): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWbAa7ddr6o

The Dying Detective (1921): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRw03GeaWDg


Fu Manchu

The Fiery Hand (1923): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGa8Y1jBOyU

The Clue of the Pigtail (1923): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQzl19zTARU

The Man with the Limp (1923): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXdLzoye57Q


Alfred Hitchcock

The Pleasure Garden (1925): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i94JofNU3Y





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