1920s Title Year Director Country Genre Cast NotesAn Adventuress 1920 United States Drama Julian Eltinge, Virginia Rappe, Rudolph Valentino, Frederick Ko Vert, William Clifford and Leo WhiteHamlet1921Svend Gade, Heinz SchallGermanyDramaAsta Nielsen, Paul Conradi, Mathilde Brandt, Eduard von Winterstein, Heinz Stieda, Hans Junkermann, Anton De Verdier, Lilly Jacobson and Fritz Achterberg a.k.a. Hamlet: Ein Rachedrama (Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance); features a female HamletManslaughter 1922 United States Drama Leatrice Joy, Thomas Meighan, Lois Wilson, John Miltern, George Fawcett, Julia Faye, Edythe Chapman, Jack Mower, Dorothy Cumming, Casson Ferguson, Mickey Moore, James Neill, Sylvia Ashton, Raymond Hatton, Mabel Van Buren, Ethel Wales, Dale Fuller, Edward Martindel Based on the novel of the same name by Alice Duer Miller; considered the first American feature film to show an erotic kiss between two members of the same sexSalomé 1922 United States Biography, drama Alla Nazimova, Michael Lewis, Rose Dione, Earl Schenck, Arthur Jasmine, Nigel De Brulier, Frederick Peters, Louis Dumar Based on the play of the same name by Oscar Wilde, which itself is a loose re-telling of the biblical story of Herod Antipas and his execution of John the BaptistLa Garçonne1923Armand du PlessyFranceDramaFrance Dhélia, Renée Carl, José Davert, Pierre Delmonde, Georges Deneubourg and Gaston JacquetBased on the novel of the same name by Victor Margueritte.Ponjola 1923 United States Drama Anna Q. Nilsson, James Kirkwood, Tully Marshall, Joseph Kilgour, Bernard Randall, Ruth Clifford, Claire Du Brey, Claire McDowell, Charles Ray, Eddie Sturgis (credited as Edwin Sturges) Based on the novel of the same name by Cynthia StockleyThe Soilers 1923 United States Short, comedy Stan Laurel, Ena Gregory, Mae Laurel, James Finlayson, Billy Engle, Eddie Baker Leblebici Horhor 1923 Turkey Musical, romance Behzat Butak, Elena Artinova, Maurice Méa, Gavros Toloyan and Jenya Gordenskayaa.k.a. The Chickpea Seller, based on the operetta of the same name by Tigran ChukhajianAugusto Anibal quer casar 1923 Brazil Comedy Michael 1924 Germany Drama Walter Slezak, Benjamin Christensen, Nora Gregor, Robert Garrison, Max Auzinger, Didier Aslan, Alexander Murski, Grete Mosheim, Karl Freund a.k.a. Mikaël: Chained, The Story of the Third Sex and Heart's Desire; based on the novel Mikaël by Herman BangBeverly of Graustark 1926 United States Comedy, romance Marion Davies, Antonio Moreno, Creighton Hale, Roy D'Arcy, Albert Gran, Paulette Duval, Max Barwyn, Charles Clary Based on the novel of the same name by George Barr McCutcheonThe Fiddler of Florence1926Paul CzinnerGermanyComedyElisabeth Bergner, Conrad Veidt, Nora Gregor, Walter Rilla, Grete Mosheim and Ellen PlessowThe Girl in Tails1926Karin SwanströmSwedenComedy, dramaEinar Axelsson, Magda Holm, Nils Aréhn, Georg Blomstedt, Karin Swanström, Kar de Mumma, Carina May, Lotten Olsson, Anna-Lisa Baude and Gösta Gustafsona.k.a. Flickan i frack; based on the novel of the same name by Hjalmar BergmanIrene1926Alfred E. GreenUnited StatesComedy, romanceColleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, George K. Arthur, Maryon Aye, Ida Darling, Edward Earle and Bess FlowersBased on the musical of the same name by James Montgomery.The Crystal Cup1927John Francis DillonUnited StatesDramaDorothy Mackaill, Rockliffe Fellowes, Jack Mulhall, Clarissa Selwynne, Jane Winton, Edythe Chapman and Yvonne PelletierBased on the novel of the same name by Gertrude Atherton.Why Girls Love Sailors 1927 United States Short, comedy Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Viola Richard, Anita Garvin, Malcolm Waite A Wanderer of the West 1927 , Joseph E. Zivelli United States Western Gesetze der Liebe 1927 , Richard Oswald Germany Documentary a.k.a. Laws of Love; includes an abridged version of the 1919 film Different from the OthersBeggars of Life 1928 United States Adventure, drama Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks, Richard Arlen, Bob Perry, Blue Washington, Roscoe Karns Different Women1928Heinz HanusAustriaDramaRina De Liguoro, Vivian Gibson, Mary Kid, Mizi Griebl, Oscar Beregi, Hans Peppler and Oskar Mariona.k.a. Andere Frauen; based on the novel Das entfesselte Wien by Hugo BettauerSex in Chains 1928 Germany Drama William Dieterle, Gunnar Tolnæs, Mary Johnson, Paul Henckels, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski a.k.a. Geschlecht in FesselnThe Broadway Melody1929Harry BeaumontUnited StatesMusicalAnita Page, Bessie Love, Charles King, Jed Prouty, Kenneth Thomson, Edward Dillon, Mary Doran, Eddie Kane, J. Emmett Beck, Marshall Ruth and Drew DemarestPandora's Box 1929 Germany Crime, drama Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer a.k.a. Die Büchse der Pandora; based on the plays Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box by Frank WedekindThat's My Wife 1929 United States Short, comedy Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
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