Films and TV Shows from the 1910s

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 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 Why Pick on Me?
Why Pick on Me?
11mn - Comedy
A trip to the beach is the location for this 1918 Comedy short.
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 The Scarlet Car
The Scarlet Car
50mn - Drama
Paul Revere Forbes, an descendant of Paul Revere, is a teller at Cyrus Peabody's bank. He learns that Cyrus and his son, Ernest, have speculated with $35,000 of the bank's money, and the entire sum has be…
poster The Raven
The Raven
80mn - Drama, Horror, Fantasy
After a brief view of Edgar Allan Poe's family background, his grandfather, David Poe, Sr., an Irish immigrant to America, and his father, David Poe, Jr., the poet's life is depicted from the death of his…
poster The House of Hate
The House of Hate
410mn - Action, Mystery
A young heiress of an American gun factory is threatened by a masked man after her father was murdered. This criminal might be a member of her family or a German agent, who wants to get information about …
poster The Hero of the Dardanelles
The Hero of the Dardanelles
22mn -
'Hero Of The Dardanelles' charts the fortunes of Will Brown (Guy Hastings) who answers his nation's call to do his duty. While only one third of the original film survives, it is a significant fragment of…
poster The Hero
The Hero
22mn - Comedy
The Hero is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Billy West & Oliver Hardy.
poster Fatty's New Role
Fatty's New Role
13mn - Comedy
Fatty gets kicked out of a bar, and then the place gets a bomb threat.
poster Policy and Pie
Policy and Pie
7mn - Animation
After the Captain finds the black cat under his hat on the floor after the hat moved, he hits the cat with a brush at the exact time Mama's flour in her pie hits her and makes her white!
poster Gretchen the Greenhorn
Gretchen the Greenhorn
58mn -
Gretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who has already spent several years in America, where he owns an engraving business. In the tenement community…
poster The Autumn of the Heart
The Autumn of the Heart
12mn - Drama
Léonce Perret's film about a musician's loves and heartaches: An aging violinist is secretly in love with his young student. Will music be enough of a comfort to him as she gets married?
poster The Miracle Water
The Miracle Water
10mn - Romance, Comedy
In this sophisticated romantic comedy, healing waters are the cover for an extramarital affair that “cures” the infertility problems of a childless couple.
poster Jubilo
Jubilo
55mn - Comedy, Western, Drama
Jubilo, a hobo, witnesses a robbery, finds work on Judge Hardy’s farm, and foils the vengeful machinations of a sinister villain.
poster Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
27mn - Comedy
Four bad men have kidnapped Fatty's girlfriend and plan to kill her. Fatty's dog knows where she is, but Fatty doesn't and he was crying. However the dog came back to get Fatty, and they and the Keystone …
poster Alkali Ike's Auto
Alkali Ike's Auto
11mn - Comedy, Western
Alkali Ike and Mustang Pete are both wooing the same woman. Ike hopes to take her for a horseback ride, but she chooses instead to go with Pete, who has a horse and carriage. Ike trades his horses for an …
poster Max Skiing
Max Skiing
4mn - Comedy, Fantasy
In a snowy Alpine district Max takes his first lessons in the art of skiing. He leaves the hotel with his skis fixed to his shoes, and his efforts and contortions to get through the door of his room are a…
poster Bud's Recruit
Bud's Recruit
26mn - Comedy, Drama
This WWI home-front comedy is the earliest surviving film of King Vidor, who would later go on to make such classics as The Big Parade and The Crowd. A two-reeler, it's a propaganda comedy involving a lit…
poster The Waiter's Dream
The Waiter's Dream
5mn - Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Four customers are having a peaceful game of cards in a quiet café. The atmosphere being heavy, the waiter falls asleep and has an unsettling dream about the ills of alcohol, among other things.