In 1900, Naomi Murdoch deserted her small-town family to go on the stage. Some ten years later, daughter Lily invites Naomi back to see her in the Riverdale high school play. Her arrival sets the whole town abuzz, wakes up old conflicts, and sets off new emotional storms.
Salomé (1923), a silent film directed by Charles Bryant and starring Alla Nazimova, is a film adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play of the same name. The play itself is a loose retelling of the biblical story of King Herod and his execution of John the Baptist (here, as in Wilde's play, called Jokaanan) at the request of his stepdaughter, Salomé, whom he lusts after. Salomé is often called one of the first art films to be made in the U.S.[citation needed] The highly stylized costumes, exaggerated acting (even for the period), minimal sets, and absence of all but the most necessary props make for a screen image much more focused on atmosphere and on conveying a sense of the characters' individual heightened desires than on conventional plot development. Despite the film being only a little over an hour in length and having no real action to speak of, it cost over $350,000 to make. All the sets were constructed indoors to be able to have complete control over the lighting. The film was shot completely in black and white, matching the illustrations done by Aubrey Beardsley in the printed edition of Wilde's play. The costumes, designed by Natacha Rambova, used material only from Maison Lewis of Paris, such as the real silver lamé loincloths worn by the guards. No major studio would be associated with the film, and it was years after its completion before it was released, by a minor independent distributor. It was a complete failure at the time and marked the end of Nazimova's producing career. A longstanding rumor, which seems to have started while the film was still in production, suggests that its cast is comprised entirely of gay and bisexual actors in an homage to Oscar Wilde, as per star and producer Nazimova's demand. It is, of course, impossible to say, but one of the extras in Salomé reported that a number of the cast members—both featured and extras—were indeed gay, but not an unusual percentage of them, and certainly not all of them. What can be said is that Nazimova herself was a lesbian, the two guard characters (who, next to Salomé, have the most screen time) are at least played very stereotypically gay, and several of the female courtiers are men in drag. Salomé was screened in 1989 at the New York International Festival of Lesbian and Gay films and in 1990 at the New York Gay Experimental Film Festival. In 2000, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film culturally significant and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
比尔（杰里米•希尔伯德 Jeremy Theobald 饰）是个游手好闲的作家，借跟踪陌生人打发时间。这让他体验到形形色色的人生，很神秘，也很刺激。不过，有一次，比尔盯上了一个西服革履的家伙克布（艾利克斯•浩尔 Alex Haw 饰）。尾随到餐厅之后，他却被对方识破，只得摊牌。克布是个贩卖盗版光碟的商贩，此外还做拧门撬锁的勾当。克布带着比尔潜入了陌生人家中，但比尔发现克布根本不取财物，而是寻找主人蓄意掩盖的隐私。同时，克布还提醒比尔要注意仪表。后来，比尔认识了一个神秘的金发女人（露西•拉塞尔 Lucy Russell 饰）。在酒吧，比尔主动与她调情，但是对方冷若冰霜。原来她是黑社会大佬的女人，但是不可遏制的激情让比尔失去了理智，从而堕入了万劫不复的深渊……
