Dr. Jekyll, a respected physician, faces horrifying consequences after he unknowingly unleashes his dark, uncontrollable side with a potion, transforming into the brutal, animalistic Mr. Hyde. This silent film classic explores the duality of human nature.

Dr. Jekyll And Mister Hyde (1913)

Frankenstein, as a young medical student, tries to create the perfect human being, but instead creates a misshapen monster.

Frankenstein (1910)

In the beer garden, Balduin, a student of Prague, leaves his rystering companions. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a hideous, shriveled-up old man taps him on the shoulder and whispers vaguely of a big inheritance for Prague's finest swordsman and wildest student if he will enter into a certain agreement. Balduin rebuffs him, satirically asking his weird companion to procure him "the luckiest ticket in a lottery or a doweried wife." The old man goes off chuckling, and thence onward, persistently shadows Balduin, exerting a sinister influence over him while Balduin is still disconsolate under the frowns of fortune.

The Student of Prague (1913)

Nightmarish visions plague a young man who murders his awful uncle to clear the way for a love affair.

The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914)

The story of two men who love the same woman and meet in the trenches of the First World War. Their tale becomes a microcosm of the horrors of the war.

J'accuse! (1919)

Kohn and Alice Clayton set sail for Africa, but mutineers marooned them. After his parents die, the newborn Tarzan is taken by a great ape, Kala. Later, the boy finds his father's knife and uses it to become King of the Apes.

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