1921 Romantic Drama Movies

24 movies found (page 1/1):

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse(1921)

2h 12min | Drama, War

3.5/5 (with 18 votes)

Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being half of French heritage, the other being half German. Following the death of the family patriarch, the man's two daughters and their families resettle to France and Germany, respectively. In time the Great War breaks out, putting members of the family on opposing sides.

Directed by Rex Ingram - With Josef Swickard, Bridgetta Clark, Rudolph Valentino, Wallace Beery, Alice Terry, Alan Hale, ...

The Sheik(1921)

| 1h 26min | Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love

3.1/5 (with 23 votes)

Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. The free-spirited Diana recoils from his passionate embraces and yearns to be released. Later, allowed to go into the desert, she escapes and makes her way across the sands...

Directed by George Melford - With Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, Adolphe Menjou, Walter Long, Sally Blane, Natacha Rambova, ...

Camille(1921)

| 1h 10min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.9/5 (with 8 votes)

Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.

Directed by Ray C. Smallwood - With Rudolph Valentino, Alla Nazimova, Rex Cherryman, Arthur Hoyt, Patsy Ruth Miller, Edward Connelly, ...

The Last Card(1921)

| 1h | Drama, Crime

Ralph Kirkwood is falsely tried for murder. He is found guilty after being represented by lawyer, Tom Gannell. Kirkwood's wife believes she knows the identity of the real killer and sets about trapping him.

Directed by Bayard Veiller - With May Allison, John Elliott, Irene Hunt

The Conquering Power(1921)

1h 29min | Romance / Love, Drama

2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

Young playboy Charles Grandet is sent to live with his miserly uncle after his father loses his fortune. He and his cousin Eugenie fall in love, but his uncle sends him away and tries to arrange a marriage more to his liking (and profit!). Will true love triumph?

Directed by Rex Ingram - With Rudolph Valentino, Alice Terry, Ralph Lewis, Rolfe Sedan, Edward Connelly, Mark Fenton, ...

Sham(1921)

50min | Drama, Romance / Love

Based upon a description in a film publication,[3] Katherine Van Riper (Clayton) is an extravagant young society girl who is very much in debt, and her wealthy aunts and uncle refuse to give her any money. Katherine is desperate enough that she is considering marrying the wealthy Montee Buck (Hiers), although she is in love with the westerner Tom Jaffrey (Fillmore), who says he is poor. Finally, Katherine decides to sell the famous Van Riper pearls, pay off her debts, and marry Tom. However, upon examination the jewelry turns out to be paste, with her father having sold the genuine pearls several years earlier before his death. Montee is assured by the aunts that Katherine will marry him and tells this to Tom. Tom is about to leave town when Uncle James (Ricketts) steps in and pays off Katherine's debts, leaving the niece free to marry Tom.

Directed by Thomas N. Heffron - With Ethel Clayton, Theodore Roberts, Sylvia Ashton

The Blot(1921)

1h 31min | Drama

3.4/5 (with 9 votes)

Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs daughter Amelia and also befriends the poor Reverend Gates (a young man who is also in love with Amelia), he observes the difference in his life and theirs and tries to help make a difference.

Directed by Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber - With Claire Windsor, Louis Calhern

For Those We Love(1921)

1h | Romance / Love

Berenice Arnold spends her time trying to keep her family happy. This is easier said than done -- her brother, Jimmy, is a gambler and he steals 80 dollars that his father was responsible for. Berenice sets out to get the money back, but winds up causing a scandal because of her association with Trix Ulner, a gambler and thief.

Directed by Arthur Rosson - With Betty Compson, Lon Chaney, Richard Rosson

Sacred and Profane Love(1921)

| 50min | Drama, Romance / Love

Carlotta Peel, who though sheltered from the facts of life by her Victorian aunt has acquired some knowledge from indiscriminate reading, meets Diaz, a celebrated pianist, at a concert and spends the evening with him. Later, in London, she acquires fame as a novelist and is followed to France by married publisher Frank Ispenlove, who commits suicide when she spurns him. In Paris, Carlotta finds Diaz a physical wreck from drinking absinthe and devotes herself to his regeneration.

Directed by William Desmond Taylor - With Elsie Ferguson, Conrad Nagel

Dream Street(1921)

| 2h 12min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

Three men in London compete for the love of a dance-hall girl.

Directed by D. W. Griffith - With Carol Dempster, Ralph Graves, Tyrone Power Sr., Edward Peil, Morgan Wallace

The Passion Flower(1921)

1h 24min | Drama

A 1921 film directed by Herbert Brenon.

Directed by Herbert Brenon

The Price of Possession(1921)

| 50min | Drama, Romance / Love

After Jim Barston is mysteriously killed in Australia, his wife, Helen, lays claim to the estate of Gerald Mortimer Barston in England, asserting that her husband was the missing son and heir. In reality, Jim was the cousin of the true heir, who is also named Jim Barston. Despite having no legal proof, Helen convinces the trustees to accept her claim and is installed as mistress of the manor. Jim Barston appears and proves his identity, although Helen initially believes him to be an impostor.

Directed by Hugh Ford - With Ethel Clayton, Rockliffe Fellowes, Maude Turner Gordon, Reginald Denny

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Anne of Little Smoky(1921)

Western

The Brockton clan considers the mountain Little Smoky their own, but then the government comes in and declares it a forest and game preserve. This doesn't stop the family, who swears they will do what they want with the land.

Midsummer Madness(1921)

1h | Drama

Because Bob Meredith (Jack Holt) spends all his time working, his wife Margaret (Lois Wilson) feels the romance has ebbed away from their marriage. One night, while Meredith is at the office, family friend Julian Osborn (Conrad Nagel) -- whose own spouse (Lila Lee) is out of town -takes Margaret to a dance. They wind up at a hunting lodge and begin to get carried away, but stop before things get out of hand. The pair agree to keep their encounter a secret, but unfortunately, they've been seen and word gets back to their spouses.

Directed by William Churchill deMille - With Jack Holt, Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson, Lila Lee, Claire McDowell, Charles Stanton Ogle, ...

Forever(1921)

| 1h 10min | Drama, Romance / Love

Architect Peter Ibbetson is hired by the Duke of Towers to design a building for him. Ibbetson discovers that the Duchess of Towers, Mary, is his now-grown childhood sweetheart. Their love revives, but Peter is sentenced to life in prison for an accidental killing. Mary comes to him in dreams and they are able to live out their romance in a dream world.

Directed by George Fitzmaurice - With Wallace Reid, Elsie Ferguson, Montagu Love, George Fawcett, Dolores Cassinelli, Elliott Dexter, ...

Ladies Must Live(1921)

| 1h 20min | Drama, Romance / Love

A societal romance drama based on an Alice Duer Miller novel.

Directed by George Loane Tucker - With Betty Compson, Leatrice Joy, John Gilbert, Robert Ellis, William V. Mong, Dorothy Cumming, ...

The First Born(1921)

| 1h | Drama, Romance / Love

Loey Tsing (Helen Jerome Eddy), the first love of Chan Wang (Hayakawa), is sold into slavery by her father. Although Chan marries another, he still loves Loey; only the birth of a son relieves his unhappiness. He adores little Chan Toy ("Sonny Boy" Warde) even though he finds nothing to like about his wife.

Directed by Colin Campbell - With Anna May Wong, Clarence Wilson, Helen Jerome Eddy, Sessue Hayakawa, Yvonne Pavis

Footlights(1921)

| 1h 10min | Drama

Exotic Russian actress Lisa Parsinova tires of her glamorous life on the New York stage and returns, under her actual identity as Lizzie Parsons, to her small New England hometown. But she is pursued by a young man who is in love with the famed Russian alter ego.

Directed by John S. Robertson - With Elsie Ferguson, Reginald Denny, Marc McDermott

Prisoners of Love(1921)

1h | Drama, Romance / Love

Blanche Henry, a vivacious young woman, finds what she believes is true love with a handsome young man, but then learns that he has designs on her younger sister.

Directed by Arthur Rosson - With Betty Compson, Claire McDowell, Clara Horton, Emory Johnson, Kate Toncray, Miss DuPont, ...

Dvě matky(1921)

Drama, Romance / Love

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Directed by Přemysl Pražský - With Jiří Myron, Theodor Pištěk, Růžena Šlemrová, Marie Ptáková, Přemysl Pražský, Helena Friedlová, ...

At the End of the World(1921)

| 1h | Drama, Romance / Love

This dramatic adventure finds the flirtatious Cherry O'Day as the daughter of the Shanghai saloon keeper Terrence. She works in the dive and entertains the patrons, sending them away after they cease to amuse her. Cherry falls for Gordon Deane, the American writer and adventurer who barely notices her.

Directed by Penrhyn Stanlaws - With Betty Compson, Milton Sills

Danger Ahead!(1921)

| 50min | Drama

The impoverished Harlow family of New England is forced to take in summer boarders. Teenaged niece Tressie welcomes the change and promptly falls in love with a wealthy young guest named Norman Minot. Although Norman returns Tressie’s affection, he is driven away by a fortune-hunting mother who wants him to marry her daughter. Robert Kitteridge, a scheming artist friend of Norman's, takes Tressie on a sailboat outing, during which they narrowly escape death when their boat is rammed by a steamship. After being put ashore the next morning in Boston, MA, Robert takes Tressie to his studio and attempts to seduce her.

Directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon - With Mary Philbin, James Morrison, Jack Mower

Uncharted Seas(1921)

1h | Romance / Love

After her drunken husband Tom brings home three cabaret women, Lucretia can no longer bear the abuse and turns to Arctic explorer Frank, who has long loved her and promised to come back to her whenever she needs his help.

Directed by Wesley Ruggles - With Alice Lake, Charles Hill Mailes, Rudolph Valentino

The Lotus Eater(1921)

1h 10min | Romance / Love, Drama

Naive Jacques Lenoi marries money-hungry Madge Vance. When Madge realizes he isn't as moneyed as she assumed she turns a cold shoulder to him and he takes off on a balloon trip to China.

Directed by Marshall Neilan - With John Barrymore, Colleen Moore, Anna Q. Nilsson, Frank Currier, Wesley Barry, J. Barney Sherry, ...