By Vlad Zakh · May 9, 2026
Mary Duncan brought a sultry, dramatic presence to Hollywood at the end of the silent era and was known for intense romantic roles. City Girl tests a farmer’s marriage to a city waitress, Five and Ten complicates an heiress’s romance with a struggling architect, Thirteen Women torments sorority sisters through hypnosis and horoscopes, and Morning Glory sends a naive actress into Broadway’s harsh world. The River and 4 Devils round out the list.
01 Mary Duncan is in this Katharine Hepburn drama about an ambitious but naive aspiring actress who navigates the harsh realities of the Broadway theatre world.
Directed by Lowell Sherman · 1h 14m · Rated NR
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02 Marjorie Gateson appears in this thriller about a vengeful woman who uses hypnotic suggestion to drive her former sorority sisters toward tragedy.
Directed by George Archainbaud · 0h 59m · Rated NR
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03 Irene Rich features in this drama about a department store heiress whose wealthy family is torn apart by scandal, ambition and forbidden love.
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard · 1h 29m · Rated NR
04 David Torrence features in this Murnau drama about a young waitress who marries a farmer and moves to the countryside, where his suspicious father waits.
Directed by F. W. Murnau · 1h 28m · Rated NR
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05 Mary Duncan features in this lost Borzage silent about a naive young man whose romance with a worldly older woman unfolds at a remote logging camp.
Directed by Frank Borzage · 1h 24m · Rated NR
06 Four orphaned circus acrobats face jealousy and tragedy when one falls for a glamorous outsider.
Directed by F. W. Murnau · 1h 40m
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