List of the best Joseph Swickard movies: A Tale of Two Cities(1917), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse(1921), Chandu on the Magic Island(1935), Poisoned Paradise(1924), The Wizard of Oz(1925), Narcotic(1933), Caught in a Cabaret(1914), Custer's Last Stand(1936), Don Juan(1926), You Can't Take It With You(1938) ... ...
Drama, History
USA
1917
70 Minutes
Dr. Alexandre Manette
William Farnum Jewel Carmen Joseph Swickard Charles Clary Herschel Mayall Rosita Marstini Ralph Lewis William Clifford Marc Robbins Willard Louis
daughter revolutionary nobleman prisoner wife melodramatic rousing emotional london paris bastille french revolution love triangle prison bravery capture history sacrifice rescue love
Alcoholic lawyer Sydney Carton travels to Paris during the Reign of Terror to rescue French aristocrat Charles Darnay, husband of the woman he loves.
War
USA
1921
132 Minutes
Marcelo Desnoyers
Rudolph Valentino Alice Terry Pomeroy Cannon Joseph Swickard Brinsley Shaw Alan Hale Bridgetta Clark Mabel Van Buren Nigel de Brulier
landowner german frenchman grandson soldier married woman melodramatic rousing striking passionate argentina paris berlin ranch castle battlefield world war i family ties disapproval affair
An extended family split up in France and Germany find themselves on opposing sides of the battlefield during World War I.
Fantasy
1935
70 Minutes
Tyba
Bela Lugosi Maria Alba Murdock MacQuarrie Joseph Swickard Dean Benton Jack Clark Clara Kimball Young Phyllis Ludwig Wilfred Lucas Louise Emmons
A mystic (Bela Lugosi) goes to an island to try to rescue an Egyptian princess (Maria Alba) from a sorcerer.
Drama, Romance
USA
1924
70 Minutes
Prof. Durand
Kenneth Harlan Clara Bow George Andre Beranger Carmel Myers Raymond Griffith Joseph Swickard Evelyn Selbie Victor Varconi Frankie Lee Barbara Tennant Peaches Jackson
Fantasy
USA
1925
70 Minutes
Prime Minister Kruel
Larry Semon Dorothy Dwan Bryant Washburn Virginia Pearson Charles Murray Oliver Hardy Joseph Swickard Mary Carr Otto Lederer Frank Alexander William Hauber
young girl prime minister prince uncle aunt wizard of oz creative madcap unrestrained oz fantasy world farmhouse good versus evil homecoming dreams magic family adventure discovery quest
Dorothy, heir to the Oz throne, must take it back from the wicked Prime Minister Kruel with the help of three farmhands.
Biography, Drama
1933
57 Minutes
Federal narcotics agent
Harry Cording Vival Sodar't Joan Dix Patricia Farley Paul Panzer Miami Alvarez Charles Bennett Joseph Swickard
Comedy
1914
16 Minutes
Father
Charles Chaplin Mabel Normand Harry McCoy Chester Conklin Edgar Kennedy Minta Durfee Phyllis Allen Joseph Swickard Alice Davenport
Western
1936
84 Minutes
Major Henry Trent MD
Rex Lease Jack Mulhall Lona Andre William Farnum Ruth Mix George Chesebro Dorothy Gulliver Frank McGlynn Jr. Joseph Swickard Chief Thundercloud Reed Howes
The search for a missing medicine arrow sparks a series of Indian attacks. Feature version of the serial.
Adventure
USA
1926
111 Minutes
John Barrymore Mary Astor Willard Louis Estelle Taylor Helene Costello Myrna Loy Jane Winton John Roche June Marlowe Yvonne Day Philippe de Lacey
playboy girl father count don juan passionate spirited thrilling rome party jealousy revenge cheating new love pursuit forbidden love transformation 17th century
In 16th Century Italy, devil-may-care playboy Don Juan runs afoul of the despotic Borgias.
Comedy
USA
1938
127 Minutes
Jean Arthur Lionel Barrymore James Stewart Edward Arnold Mischa Auer Ann Miller Spring Byington Samuel S. Hinds Donald Meek H.B. Warner Halliwell Hobbes
ingénue boyfriend father mother sister grandfather amusing cheery madcap family home family love meaning of life marriage money love transformation 1930s
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.