Films and TV Shows from the 1910s

poster The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder
(2.6/5)
12mn - Comedy
A fun-loving little boy's magic lantern show exposes some indiscreet moments between his landlady mother and her star boarder.
poster The Perils of Pauline
The Perils of Pauline
(3.2/5)
410mn - Action, Adventure, Drama
The Perils of Pauline is a motion picture serial shown in weekly installments featuring the actress Pearl White playing the title character. Pauline has often been cited as a famous example of a damsel-in…
poster The Helpful (?) Sisterhood
The Helpful (?) Sisterhood
24mn - Drama
Mary is forced into shoplifting to keep up with her rich sorority sisters.
poster Tess of the Storm Country
Tess of the Storm Country
(3/5)
80mn - Drama
A young girl, squatting on a wealthy man's land fights for her fellow squatters' right to stay.
poster Cruel, Cruel Love
Cruel, Cruel Love
9mn - Comedy
This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend ove…
poster The Mysterious X
The Mysterious X
(3.4/5)
84mn - Mystery, Drama
Not long before marine officer van Hauen goes off to war and heavy-heartedly leaves his family, he coincidentally discovers that his wife has a secret liaison with the dubious Count Spinelli. What the van…
poster His Favorite Pastime
His Favorite Pastime
16mn - Comedy
A very plastered fella follows a pretty woman home, and proceeds to make a nuisance of himself.
poster Tango Tangles
Tango Tangles
(2.6/5)
10mn - Comedy
In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.
poster Judith of Bethulia
Judith of Bethulia
(3.1/5)
61mn - Drama, History
Griffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrian tyrant Holofernes, a widow named Judith forms a plan to stop the w…
poster A Film Johnnie
A Film Johnnie
(2.8/5)
12mn - Comedy
The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.
poster Between Showers
Between Showers
(2.7/5)
14mn - Comedy
Mr. Snookie steals an umbrella and then, while trying to help a woman to cross a puddle, the Tramp appears and intervenes.
poster The Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror
(2.8/5)
102mn - History, Drama
The scene takes place in Paris in March 1793 during the Reign of Terror. The Knight of Maison-Rouge, posing as Citizen Morand, is organizing the escape of Queen Marie-Antoinette. He is assisted in his und…
poster Bear Hunt in Pärnumaa
Bear Hunt in Pärnumaa
(3.4/5)
14mn - Comedy
Karujaht Pärnumaal (Estonian; English: Bear hunt in Pärnu county) is the first Estonian narrative film 1914, directed by Johannes Pääsuke.
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 A Thief Catcher
A Thief Catcher
11mn - Comedy, Crime
Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.
poster Pierrot the Prodigal
Pierrot the Prodigal
(2.7/5)
65mn - Drama
A example of female fantasy is L'Histoire d'un Pierrot (1913), based on a musical pantomime by Mario Costa with Francesca Bertini in the role of Pierrot and Leda Gys as Louisette. The young and naive Pier…
poster Mabel's Strange Predicament
Mabel's Strange Predicament
(2.8/5)
11mn - Comedy
A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Mabel's visiting sweetheart.
poster Kid Auto Races at Venice
Kid Auto Races at Venice
(2.9/5)
7mn - Comedy
The Tramp interferes with the celebration of several kid auto races in Venice, California (Junior Vanderbilt Cup Race, January 10 and 11, 1914), standing himself in the way of the cameraman who is filming…
poster Making a Living
Making a Living
(2.8/5)
13mn - Comedy
A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.
poster The Domestic Hearth
The Domestic Hearth
39mn - Drama
Drama about a young man blinded by love.