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The Bee's Knees 1920's and '30s Films
The Butterfly Feb 9, 2023
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![The Goddess]()
1. The Goddess
Chinese Movie - 1934
My first Chinese silent film. Ruan Ling Yu gave a wonderful performance.
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![Mr. Thank You]()
2. Mr. Thank You
Japanese Movie - 1936
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![The Only Son]()
3. The Only Son
Japanese Movie - 1936
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![Wife! Be Like a Rose!]()
4. Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Japanese Movie - 1935
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![Osaka Elegy]()
5. Osaka Elegy
Japanese Movie - 1936
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![A Woman's Sorrows]()
6. A Woman's Sorrows
Japanese Movie - 1937
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![A Story of Floating Weeds]()
7. A Story of Floating Weeds
Japanese Movie - 1934
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![Street Without End]()
8. Street Without End
Japanese Movie - 1934
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![A Page of Madness]()
9. A Page of Madness
Japanese Movie - 1926
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![The Peach Girl]()
10. The Peach Girl
Chinese Movie - 1931
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![New Women]()
11. New Women
Chinese Movie - 1935
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![Passing Fancy]()
12. Passing Fancy
Japanese Movie - 1933
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![An Inn in Tokyo]()
13. An Inn in Tokyo
Japanese Movie - 1935
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![Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts]()
14. Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts
Japanese Movie - 1935
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![Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?]()
15. Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
Japanese Movie - 1932
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![Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo]()
16. Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
Japanese Movie - 1935
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![A Spray of Plum Blossoms]()
17. A Spray of Plum Blossoms
Chinese Movie - 1931
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![Walk Cheerfully]()
18. Walk Cheerfully
Japanese Movie - 1930
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![Shibukawa Bangoro]()
19. Shibukawa Bangoro
Japanese Movie - 1922
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![No Blood Relation]()
20. No Blood Relation
Japanese Movie - 1932
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![I Flunked, But...]()
21. I Flunked, But...
Japanese Movie - 1930
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![A Mother Should Be Loved]()
22. A Mother Should Be Loved
Japanese Movie - 1934
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![Apart from You]()
23. Apart from You
Japanese Movie - 1933
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![Street Angel]()
24. Street Angel
Chinese Movie - 1937
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![Red Heroine]()
25. Red Heroine
Chinese Movie - 1929
The oldest surviving wuxia and features a female hero!
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![Every-Night Dreams]()
26. Every-Night Dreams
Japanese Movie - 1933
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![Tokyo Chorus]()
27. Tokyo Chorus
Japanese Movie - 1931
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![I Was Born, But...]()
28. I Was Born, But...
Japanese Movie - 1932
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![What Made Her Do It?]()
29. What Made Her Do It?
Japanese Movie - 1930
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![The Girl in the Rumor]()
30. The Girl in the Rumor
Japanese Movie - 1935
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![Tokyo March]()
31. Tokyo March
Japanese Movie - 1929
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![The Dancing Girl of Izu]()
32. The Dancing Girl of Izu
Japanese Movie - 1933
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![Sisters of the Gion]()
33. Sisters of the Gion
Japanese Movie - 1936
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![I Graduated, But...]()
34. I Graduated, But...
Japanese Movie - 1929
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![Little Toys]()
35. Little Toys
Chinese Movie - 1933
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![Love and Duty]()
36. Love and Duty
Chinese Movie - 1931
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![That Night's Wife]()
37. That Night's Wife
Japanese Movie - 1930
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![The Lady and the Beard]()
38. The Lady and the Beard
Japanese Movie - 1931
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![Dragnet Girl]()
39. Dragnet Girl
Japanese Movie - 1933
An early Ozu film and my first Asian silent film
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![The Masseurs and a Woman]()
40. The Masseurs and a Woman
Japanese Movie - 1938
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![The Water Magician]()
41. The Water Magician
Japanese Movie - 1933
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![The Serpent]()
42. The Serpent
Japanese Movie - 1925
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![Woman of Tokyo]()
43. Woman of Tokyo
Japanese Movie - 1933
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![Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro]()
44. Tsuruhachi and Tsurujiro
Japanese Movie - 1938
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![So Goes My Love]()
45. So Goes My Love
Japanese Movie - 1938
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![Man of the House]()
46. Man of the House
Japanese Movie - 1936
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![Jiraiya the Hero]()
47. Jiraiya the Hero
Japanese Movie - 1921
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![A Straightforward Boy]()
48. A Straightforward Boy
Japanese Movie - 1929
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![Koshiben Ganbare]()
49. Koshiben Ganbare
Japanese Movie - 1931
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![Learn from Experience Part I]()
50. Learn from Experience Part I
Japanese Movie - 1937
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![Learn from Experience Part II]()
51. Learn from Experience Part II
Japanese Movie - 1937
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![Pink Dream]()
52. Pink Dream
Chinese Movie - 1932
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![Yearning Laurel]()
53. Yearning Laurel
Japanese Movie - 1938
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![The Whole Family Works]()
54. The Whole Family Works
Japanese Movie - 1939
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![Song of China]()
55. Song of China
Chinese Movie - 1935
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![Morning's Tree-Lined Street]()
56. Morning's Tree-Lined Street
Japanese Movie - 1936
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![Japanese Girls at the Harbor]()
57. Japanese Girls at the Harbor
Japanese Movie - 1933
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![The Road I Travel with You]()
58. The Road I Travel with You
Japanese Movie - 1936
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![The Actress and the Poet]()
59. The Actress and the Poet
Japanese Movie - 1935
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![Avalanche]()
60. Avalanche
Japanese Movie - 1937
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![What Did the Lady Forget?]()
61. What Did the Lady Forget?
Japanese Movie - 1937
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![Wild Rose]()
62. Wild Rose
Chinese Movie - 1932
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![Days of Youth]()
63. Days of Youth
Japanese Movie - 1929
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![Hotaru no Hikari]()
64. Hotaru no Hikari
Japanese Movie - 1938
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![Greedy Neighbours]()
65. Greedy Neighbours
Chinese Movie - 1933
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![Daybreak]()
66. Daybreak
Chinese Movie - 1933
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![The Neighbor's Wife and Mine]()
67. The Neighbor's Wife and Mine
Japanese Movie - 1931
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![Burden of Life]()
68. Burden of Life
Japanese Movie - 1935
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![Sengoku Gunto Den Dai Nibu: Akatsuki no Zenshin]()
69. Sengoku Gunto Den Dai Nibu: Akatsuki no Zenshin
Japanese Movie - 1937
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![Sengoku Gunto Den Dai Ichibu: Toraokami]()
70. Sengoku Gunto Den Dai Ichibu: Toraokami
Japanese Movie - 1937
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