Movies: Alec B. Francis

  • 1931
    Mata Hari

    Mata Hari (1931)

    Mata Hari

    6.21931HD

    A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I....

    Mata Hari
  • 1933
    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland (1933)

    Alice in Wonderland

    6.11933HD

    In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters....

    Alice in Wonderland
  • 1926
    Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

    Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926)

    Tramp, Tramp, Tramp

    5.81926HD

    A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also has fallen in love with the girl on the company's billboards, the competition's daughter, and her swee...

    Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
  • 1926
    3 Bad Men

    3 Bad Men (1926)

    3 Bad Men

    6.71926HD

    Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed....

    3 Bad Men
  • 1931
    Arrowsmith

    Arrowsmith (1931)

    Arrowsmith

    6.51931HD

    A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine....

    Arrowsmith
  • 1933
    His Private Secretary

    His Private Secretary (1933)

    His Private Secretary

    51933HD

    Dick Wallace wants to marry a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who wants him to get work on his company's business, is opposed. She takes a job with the company to prove she's okay....

    His Private Secretary
  • 1933
    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist (1933)

    Oliver Twist

    51933HD

    An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves....

    Oliver Twist
  • 1925
    The Circle

    The Circle (1925)

    The Circle

    5.41925HD

    Elizabeth Cheney has a wealthy husband, social prominence and everything she could want in life . . . except Ted Lutton, the man she loves. She must decide whether to give everything up to follow her heart and run off with Ted....

    The Circle
  • 1928
    The Terror

    The Terror (1928)

    The Terror

    61928HD

    Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror"....

    The Terror
  • 1932
    The Last Mile

    The Last Mile (1932)

    The Last Mile

    5.91932HD

    Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his frien...

    The Last Mile
  • 1930
    Outward Bound

    Outward Bound (1930)

    Outward Bound

    5.91930HD

    A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of their situation, the group of passengers discover a commonality that changes their perception of the ...

    Outward Bound
  • 1920
    The Paliser Case

    The Paliser Case (1920)

    The Paliser Case

    01920HD

    A young woman consents to a bad marriage to an unscrupulous man in order to save her father from ruin. When her marriage is disrupted by a murder, three different people confess to it....

    The Paliser Case
  • 1932
    Alias Mary Smith

    Alias Mary Smith (1932)

    Alias Mary Smith

    51932HD

    A young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a playboy who drinks just a bit too much....

    Alias Mary Smith
  • 1912
    Saved from the Titanic

    Saved from the Titanic (1912)

    Saved from the Titanic

    4.81912HD

    A young woman tells her parents and fiance (in flashback) about the recent sinking of the Titanic and her experiences as a passenger during the disaster. Her intended marriage now faces a new hazard because her fiance is a sailor and her parents have...

    Saved from the Titanic
  • 1929
    The Bishop Murder Case

    The Bishop Murder Case (1929)

    The Bishop Murder Case

    5.21929HD

    The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance deduces that the body was placed and not found where he was killed. The note found dealing with the murder was part of a nursery rhyme and signed by 'Bish...

    The Bishop Murder Case
  • 1925
    Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment (1925)

    Capital Punishment

    5.51925HD

    This is not a Clara Bow vehicle, and yet it is clearly the aspect/asset of Clara Bow which elevates a fairly serious melodrama to a timeless and profound social statement. Opening the film on death row where the handsome youth awaits the chair, a sti...

    Capital Punishment
  • 1924
    Beau Brummel

    Beau Brummel (1924)

    Beau Brummel

    6.81924HD

    George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. Brummel, broken-hearted, embarks upon a life o...

    Beau Brummel
  • 1934
    I'll Tell the World

    I'll Tell the World (1934)

    I'll Tell the World

    01934HD

    Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire...

    I'll Tell the World
  • 1922
    Beyond the Rocks

    Beyond the Rocks (1922)

    Beyond the Rocks

    6.21922HD

    A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman-- who'd previously saved her life-- on her unhappy honeymoon....

    Beyond the Rocks
  • 1926
    The Yankee Señor

    The Yankee Señor (1926)

    The Yankee Señor

    01926HD

    A cowboy estranged from his family and unsure of his heritage becomes a hero and falls for a beautiful Mexican beauty....

    The Yankee Señor