Films and TV Shows from the 1910s

poster Moonshine
Moonshine
18mn - Comedy
A feud between the Owens and the Gillettes ends when the last remaining Gillette is killed, but new trouble erupts for the mountain folk with the arrival of a U.S. revenue agent and his assistant.
poster Carmen
Carmen
38mn - Drama
In order to help her smuggler kinsmen, a sultry gypsy seduces and corrupts an officer of the Civil Guard turning him into a traitor and murderer.
poster By the Sad Sea Waves
By the Sad Sea Waves
10mn - Comedy
Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
poster Bears and Bad Men
Bears and Bad Men
19mn - Comedy
Bears and Bad Men is a 1918 silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon[1] and featuring Stan Laurel.
poster Bumping Into Broadway
Bumping Into Broadway
25mn - Comedy
A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just bef…
poster Ambrose's Sour Grapes
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
21mn -
Ambrose loses his girl-friend to Harry Gribbon in the park. When Ambrose's "girl-friend"'s twin sister and husband arrive everybody gets mixed-up between the two twins.
poster All Aboard
All Aboard
9mn - Comedy
In order to get his daughter away from her suitors, her father decides to spirit her away to Bermuda. Our hero, however, stows away on the ship. When discovered, he is credited with catching a crook, thus…
poster A Society Sensation
A Society Sensation
(2.8/5)
25mn - Drama, Comedy
A wealthy society playboy falls in love with the daughter of a poor fisherman. After Valentino shot to fame, A Society Sensation was cut down to a meek 24 minutes so the lead would be in every scene. Titl…
poster A Natural Born Gambler
A Natural Born Gambler
22mn - Comedy
A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses.
poster A Child of the Ghetto
A Child of the Ghetto
16mn - Drama
After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers shirts to the factory owner, the owner's son steals some money and Ruth is accused of the crime. She flees …
poster Zigoto and the Affair of the Necklace
Zigoto and the Affair of the Necklace
(2.9/5)
8mn - Comedy
The film begins with the Count giving an actress a necklace. However, after her performance, the valuable necklace is missing and so the actress goes to hire some detectives to find it. I loved the strang…
poster Captain Jinks, the Cobbler
Captain Jinks, the Cobbler
10mn - Comedy
Captain Jinks, the Cobbler was one of two Jinks comedies released by Vitagraph for Christmas 1916 and, according to the U.S. copyright filing, was loosely based on the true story of celebrated conman Frie…
poster The Half-Breed
The Half-Breed
(3.4/5)
72mn - Western
In an attempt to brand himself as a serious actor, the smiling swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks starred in THE HALF-BREED (1916), a Western melodrama written by Anita Loos and directed with flair by Allan D…
poster Bucking Broadway
Bucking Broadway
(3.1/5)
53mn - Western, Romance
On a ranch in Wyoming, one of the cowboys, Cheyenne Harry (Harry Carey), falls in love with his boss's daughter. But she decides to elope to the city with Captain Thornton, a wealthy visitor to the ranch.…
poster The Cry of the Children
The Cry of the Children
(3.1/5)
29mn - Drama
An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage of children employed in a working mill.
poster Rips and Rushes
Rips and Rushes
(2.9/5)
14mn - Comedy
While Larry Semon does not star in Rips and Rushes, its confident gags and frenetic pace suggest his touch. In the knockabout one-reeler set in a dance studio, three suitors compete for the girl. James Au…
poster An Easter Lily
An Easter Lily
10mn -
The third in the series, An Easter "Lily" takes on upstairs/downstairs race relations with childhood candor. Following his family’s African American maid to the laundry, Sonny Jim befriends her daughter L…
poster Sage Brush Tom
Sage Brush Tom
(2.6/5)
15mn - Comedy, Western
Tom is attracted by an actress. When she and her company arrive at his ranch, he tries to attract her attention.
poster A Lively Dream
A Lively Dream
11mn - Comedy
A young man practices an imitation of Charlie Chaplin, but his eagerness and clumsy excitement gets him in trouble more than once. In the end, the unfortunate Chaplin imitator manages to escape the most i…
poster The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement
The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement
15mn - Comedy, Mystery
An amateur detective's automobile is stolen by a young woman who is determined to elope, leading to a complicated chase involving several vehicles.