List of the best Jack McDonald movies: Show Boat(1929), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm(1917), The Last of the Mohicans(1920), Greed(1924) ... ...
Musical
USA
1929
147 Minutes
Windy McClain
Laura La Plante Joseph Schildkraut Emily Fitzroy Otis Harlan Elise Bartlett Alma Rubens Jack McDonald Jane La Verne Neely Edwards Theodore Lorch Stepin Fetchit
wife captain singer gambler daughter melodramatic passionate steamboat mississippi river chicago singing gambling marriage family feud running away rivalry temptation sacrifice forbidden love 1890s
A mostly silent version of Edna Ferber's original novel, with some songs from the musical as a last-minute addition
Drama
USA
1917
66 Minutes
Reverend Jonathan Smellie
Mary Pickford Eugene O'Brien Helen Jerome Eddy Charles Ogle Marjorie Daw Mayme Kelso Jane Wolf Josephine Crowell Jack McDonald Violet Wilkey Fred Turner
farm girl spinster aunt mother businessman best friend amusing endearing positive farm small town maine relocation culture clash poverty bad behavior romance inheritance underdog growing up
With her family in financial difficulties, Rebecca is sent to live with her two strict, unfeeling aunts, who do not appreciate the young girl's charm and energy. Rebecca must make new ... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1920
90 Minutes
Wallace Beery Clarence Brown Barbara Bedford Albert Roscoe Lillian Hall Henry Woodward James Gordon George Hackathorne Nelson McDowell Harry Lorraine Theodore Lorch
sister captain colonel native american traitor wise man thrilling emotional powerful fort wilderness cave indian village new york state adirondack mountains native americans cross-cultural romance prejudice massacre french and indian war
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1924
128 Minutes
Gibson Gowland ZaSu Pitts Jean Hersholt Chester Conklin Sylvia Ashton Joan Standing Tempe Pigott Dale Fuller Oscar Gottell Otto Gottell Frank Hayes
wife dentist friend fascinating suspenseful emotional family home california doctor's office desert greed extortion paranoia fall wretched excess 1920s
The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.