Through the Dark

Through the Dark

She found love in an amazing and thrilling manner in this compelling story that shoots across the screen in a blaze of action-Packed with dramatic punches, thrilling romance and delightful humor.

NR 1924 · 80 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama, Crime

During a rebellion of prisoners at the San Quentin State Prison, Boston Blackie makes a lightning escape aided by Mary McGinn while chased prison guards. Mary is a school girl, unaware that her brothers are crooks. She is expelled from school. Blackie rejoins his gang and takes refuge in Mother McGinn's house, where he again meets Mary. She devotes herself to making Blackie go straight and wins her point.

Directed by George W. Hill · Written by Jack Boyle

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

2h 52m together

Through the Dark

The Cossacks

Both from George W. Hill.

More from George W. HillSee all →

The Callahans and the Murphys

The Callahans and the Murphys · 1927

The Callahans and the Murphys

MovieComedyDrama

The story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement.

The Cossacks

The Cossacks · 1928

Stirring romance, hard riding, desperate fighting with the Cossacks playing their game of war and chivalry. A mighty picturization of Count Leo Tolstoi's famous novel of the same name.

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages · 1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

MovieDramaHistory

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

The Big House

The Big House · 1931

French-language version of "The Big House" (MGM, 1930), with Charles Boyer in Chester Morris's role, filmed by MGM parallel to the English-speaking version, at a time when good subtitles weren't yet in use.

The Flying Fleet

The Flying Fleet · 1929

The Flying Fleet

MovieAdventureDrama

Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sick, Tommy Winslow has to take his place, while the others go out and celebrate.

Hell Divers

Hell Divers · 1932

MovieAdventureDrama

The story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.

Clear All Wires!

Clear All Wires! · 1933

Clear All Wires!

MovieComedyCrime

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he finds that his boss, Stevens, at the Chicago Globe is going with his old gal Dolly. When Stevens learns that Dolly is staying with Buckley in Moscow, he fires Buckley. To get his job back, Buckley and Lefty stage a great news story about the shooting of the last Romanoff, but the plan backfires and they are now in line to be shot by the Commissar.

The Big House

The Big House · 1930

MovieCrimeDrama

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

Tell It to the Marines

Tell It to the Marines · 1926

Tell It to the Marines

MovieActionComedy

U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lackadaisical approach to the military were not bad enough, he also makes advances on nurse Nora Dale, whom Sergeant O'Hara secretly loves. Nora is oblivious to O'Hara's feelings and is attracted to the handsome 'Skeet.' But an indiscretion turns her against him, and it takes an expedition to China and a battle with a warlord's bandit brigade to sort things out among the nurse and her two Marines.

Zander the Great

Zander the Great · 1925

Zander the Great

Mamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kindly woman with a young son named Alexander. Mamie hits it off with the lad, and nicknames him "Zander". When Mrs. Caldwell dies, the authorities decree that the boy must be placed in the same orphanage where Mamie was mistreated. Horrified, Mamie determines to see to it that the boy will be spared the same treatment that she had to suffer.

Min and Bill

Min and Bill · 1930

MovieDramaComedy

Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.

Polly of the Circus

Polly of the Circus · 1917

Polly of the Circus

When circus aerialist Polly Fisher is injured, she is taken to the nearby home of minister John Hartley. The two fall in love and marry secretly. But when the news leaks out, the minister loses his pastorate over disdain by the parishioners for Polly's background as a performer. Polly must decide whether to stay with the man she loves or leave him for the good of his calling.

The Secret Six

The Secret Six · 1931

MovieCrimeDrama

Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.

Hypocrites

Hypocrites · 1915

The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Purity, who is also represented by a ghostly naked girl that flits through the film.

The Midnight Express

The Midnight Express · 1924

The Midnight Express

MovieActionAdventure

Wastrel son of a railroad magnate, Jack's father becomes frustrated with his son's wild ways. To prove himself, Jack goes to work in the railroad yard as a laborer. An escaped convict, Silent Bill Brachley, steals Jack's car, and the chase leads to a meeting between Jack, the engineer of the Midnight Express, and the engineer's pretty daughter, Mary. As he is led back to jail, Brachley swears revenge.

His Picture in the Papers

His Picture in the Papers · 1916

His Picture in the Papers

Pete Prindle wins the affections of Christine Cadwalader, but her father demands that Pete shall get a half interest in his father's food product company before they can wed.

More Like This

Two Men in Town

Two Men in Town · 1973

Two Men in Town

MovieCrimeDrama

A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born · 1954

MovieDramaMusic

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages · 1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

MovieDramaHistory

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Regarding Henry

Regarding Henry · 1991

Regarding Henry

MovieRomanceDrama

After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter