“Black Diamond Comedies,” produced by the United States Motion Picture Corporation in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were featured releases by Paramount Pictures in 1916 and 1917 alongside comedies by Fatty Arbuckle.

Paramount Corporation, New York – The Moving Picture World, June 16, 1917, page 1717.

“Black Diamond Comedies,” produced by the United States Motion Picture Corporation in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. Here the early film comedies appear together with Paramount star Fatty Arbuckle.

Ad for Rainbow Comedies, silent films produced by the United States Motion Picture Corporation in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and distributed by the General Film Company.

General Film Company – The Moving PIcture World, October 19, 1918, page 326.

Rainbow Comedies, produced by the United States Motion PIcture Corporation in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and distribured by the General Film Company in 1918 and 1919, starred Lillian Vera and Eddie Boulden.

A Ferry Boat That Has No Owner (Korea, 1932)

This film is significant as the last pre-liberation film that was able to present an openly nationalistic message, because of increasing governmental censorship at this time.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Ferry_Boat_That_Has_No_Owner

Soldier of Fortune (Korea, 1926).

AKA: Punguna

A film written, directed, edited by and starred by Na Woon-gyu (1902-1937).

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punguna

In Search of Love (Korea, 1929)

The film was banned and censored by the Japanese occupying authorities after its first showing. Popular demand caused it to be re-released, though in a heavily edited form.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salangeul_chajaseo

Cheolindo (Korea, 1930)

The plot concerns two rival villages separated by a hill, and the competition between men from both villages over the daughter of Reverend Suh.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheolindo

Na Woon-gyu (October 27, 1902 – August 9, 1937) was a Korean actor, screenwriter and director. He is widely considered the most important filmmaker in early Korean cinema, and possibly Korea’s first true movie star. Since he often wrote, directed and acted in his films, he has even been said to have started the auteur film-making tradition in Korea.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na_Woon-gyu

Arirang (Korea, 1926)

It is a film directed by Na Woon-gyu who also one of the main cast. It is regarded as one of the most influential films in Korean cinema history, as well as the first Korean nationalist film and a critique of the Japanese rule of Korea. It is named after the traditional song “Arirang,” which audiences were said to sing at the conclusion of the film. Arirang is considered a lost film, but a written record of the plot still exists.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arirang_(1926_film)

The Gypsy Girl at the Alcove (Romania, 1923)

It is is a 1923 Romanian silent film directed by Alfred Halm.

Poster for the world premiere of Gypsy Girl at the Alcove at Cinema Clasic of Bucharest, December 1923.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gypsy_Girl_at_the_Alcove

The Apaches of Athens (Greece, 1930)

It is a 1930 Greek Silent film directed by Dimitrios Gaziadis. It was one of the first Greek Silent films to feature recorded sound via a gramophone. The method was also attempted by the film Astero. Apaches of Athens was produced by the DAG film company and is based on the 1921 operetta of the same name by Nikos Hadziapostolou and Yiannis Prineas. Yiannis Prineas appears in the film as the character Nikolas Karoubas. The term Apaches (απάχης) pronounced apaahes means gangster and the title is translated to gangster of Athens. The story is a romantic adventure about an Athenian gangster named Petros aka the Prince. His name in the original story was Kostas. The film was rebooted in 1950 produced by Olympia Film directed by Ilias Paraskevas and written by Yiannis Prineas.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apaches_of_Athens_(1930)

Astero (Greece, 1929)

It is a Greek silent film directed by Dimitris Gaziadis in 1929. The film is considered a romantic fustanella film and was filmed in a rural Greek setting. The fustanella was traditional Greek attire.

Photo: Theatrical poster.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astero_(1929_film)

The Adventures of Villar (Greece, 1927)

It was a Greek silent film comedy created in 1927 by Hungarian-Greek cinematographer and film director Joseph Hepp.

Photo: Theatrical poster.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Villar