The adaptation of Pearl S. Buck's, The Good Earth, follows Wang Lung and O-Lan as they begin their newlywed lives as lowly farmers in early 20th century rural China. They work hard, save, and buy up more land. Famine forces them to struggle with starvation, riots, and the possibility of losing everything the hold dear,
Three servicemen return from World War II and have unique difficulties adjusting back into civilian life. Technical Sergeant Al Stephenson (March), returns to his luxury apartment and loving family and yet struggles with alcohol and assimilation back into his former life and job at the bank. Captain Fred Derry (Andrews), comes home to his wife, Marie
A former reporter, Hildy (Russell), returns to the paper to visit her former editor, Walter (Grant), who is also her former husband. Her goal is to inform him of her plans to marry her future husband, Bruce (Bellamy), however, she is instead caught up in Walter's self-serving and double-crossing plan to win her back. Adaptation
A man has committed murder... Locked, trapped in a room, he recalls how he became a murderer. Le Jour Se Leve, also known as Daybreak, follows François (Gabin), a factory worker that has just committed murder. Locked in his apartment he both enters a standoff with the police as well as a flashback recounting how
A young Chinese Buddhist, Cheng Huan (Richard Barthelmess), travels to London to spread positivity. Meanwhile, a middle aged white boxer, Battling Burrows (Donald Crisp), spends his time drinking and beating his daughter, Lucy Burrows (Lillian Gish). Dark & Claustrophobic D.W. Griffith's 1919 film, Broken Blossoms is based on The Chink and the Child by Thomas
