Films and TV Shows from the 1910s

poster The Chief Cook
The Chief Cook
15mn - Comedy
The film opens in the lobby of a small hotel, where the desk clerk/owner (Budd Ross) is addressing three members of staff: the cook, the waiter and the bellboy. It is obvious from their reactions, partic…
poster A Blind Retribution
A Blind Retribution
17mn - Drama
Italian short drama directed by Luigi Maggi.
poster Snow White in the Dark Woods
Snow White in the Dark Woods
116mn - Fantasy, Horror, Adventure
A young woman goes on a search for her kidnapped sister. She soon falls victim to a jealous queen who can't stand anyone who is considered more beautiful than herself. The adventure and terror begins as t…
poster The Mystery Of 13
The Mystery Of 13
144mn - Action
A man comes by a map that shows the location of a secret treasure, but runs afoul of a criminal organization known as the "13". Chapter ten, eleven and twelve are still missing from this 15 episode serial.
poster Station Content
Station Content
50mn - Drama, Romance
A wayward wife abandons her husband but finds redemption by preventing a railway accident and finding her way back to him. The full 5-reel feature is believed lost; A 1926 abridgement of roughly 12 minute…
poster Stronger than Sherlock Holmes
Stronger than Sherlock Holmes
6mn - Comedy, Action
A bourgeois gentleman gets excited reading about cops and robbers on the newspaper. His wife, bored by his comments, falls asleep and right after, with the help of the warmth of the living room, he falls …
poster Pinocchio
Pinocchio
(2.9/5)
50mn - Fantasy
Carpenter Geppetto carves a block of wood into a puppet and names him Pinocchio. As soon as his feet have been made, Pinocchio runs out the door and a series of adventures begins.
poster Parsifal
Parsifal
(2.8/5)
50mn - Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A fantasy film about the knight Parsifal, who has to protect the Holy Grail from wizards.
poster Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
53mn - Drama
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersbu…
poster Papà
Papà
30mn - Romance
An unknown Menichelli, a young and lively beauty, is desired by two stars of the Italian scene: Ruggero Ruggeri and Amleto Novelli. This breezy story based on an comedy unreleased in Italy at that time is…
poster The Hero
The Hero
22mn - Comedy
The Hero is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Billy West & Oliver Hardy.
poster The Masked Amazon
The Masked Amazon
56mn - Drama, Romance
Silent adventure film in which a horse riding woman has to save her husband from prison in a enemy country.
poster Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt
33mn -
Frederick Ward is accused of cattle theft and sent to Cockatoo island for seven years. After he escapes he finds that his fiancée has died of grief. For revenge he undertakes a life of crime.
poster I Want a Baby
I Want a Baby
11mn - Comedy
Max and his wife of three years are happy in most regards but one: they still don't have a child. When Max reads of a new method of "spontaneous generation" in the paper, it seems his fondest wish may hav…
poster Why Pick on Me?
Why Pick on Me?
11mn - Comedy
A trip to the beach is the location for this 1918 Comedy short.
poster Her Nephews from Labrador
Her Nephews from Labrador
13mn -
Two boys from Labrador, Canada, visit their aunt in Westcheser, New York. Although it's in the middle of a cold winter in New York, the nephews from Labrador are used to much colder weather and think the …
poster The Wicked Darling
The Wicked Darling
(3.2/5)
59mn - Drama, Crime, Romance
Slum girl Mary is forced to steal for a living. After she swipes a rich society's matron's necklace, she hides out at the home of a man who turns out to be the socialite's former fiancé.
poster Seven Ages of an Alligator
Seven Ages of an Alligator
4mn - Documentary
Documentary footage showing the alligator in several stages of growth, from babyhood to a ripe old age; a film taken at an alligator farm in California. In early 1913 as Thanhouser staff and crews were se…
poster Hypocrites
Hypocrites
(3.3/5)
54mn - Drama
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.
poster The Decoy
The Decoy
16mn - Crime, Romance
A rather complex interweaving of romance and crime is squeezed into one reel. A "respectable" couple of city "card sharpers" invite a distant country relative to visit, then use her as a pretty, unwitting…