Films and TV Shows from the 1910s

poster The Sunbeam
The Sunbeam
15mn - Drama, Comedy
Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster. Children run amok in the hallways playing pranks on the two. A little girl from the floor above, now al…
poster Children Who Labor
Children Who Labor
13mn - Drama
The father of a working class family is having trouble finding a job, because the local textile mill is hiring only inexpensive child labor. Reluctantly, he allows his oldest daughter to work in the mill.…
poster Under Burning Skies
Under Burning Skies
17mn - Western, Drama
Joe, "The Bad Man of San Fernand," is one tough customer. He sets his sights on a lovely young lady who spurns his advances and elopes with a fresh-faced young cowpoke. An angry Joe eventually gets his re…
poster One Hundred Dollars, Dead or Alive
One Hundred Dollars, Dead or Alive
13mn - Western
An early Gaumont short.
poster 'Walk, -- You, Walk!'
'Walk, -- You, Walk!'
15mn -
The concept for Walk,—You, Walk! is as old as the battle of the sexes: When Rose’s date tries to get fresh, she walks out and teaches him a lesson, with the help of her sister. What makes this 1912 Kalem …
poster Romeo e Giulietta
Romeo e Giulietta
(2.9/5)
37mn - Drama, Romance
The 1912 Italian version of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
poster For His Son
For His Son
15mn - Drama
A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke which is laced with cocaine. Dopokoke is advertised as relief "for that tired feeling." The drink is a suc…
poster The Eternal Mother
The Eternal Mother
17mn -
John and Mary divorce their spouses to marry each other. Mary dies after giving birth and the baby is taken in by John's first wife, Martha. She refuses all contact with John until many years later when h…
poster Padre
Padre
(3/5)
39mn -
Directed by Dante Testa and Gino Zaccaria.
poster The Baby and the Stork
The Baby and the Stork
18mn -
Bobby is jealous of the new baby, so he takes it to the zoo and tries to return it to the stork.
poster Jimmy Pulls The Trigger
Jimmy Pulls The Trigger
8mn -
A short from Feuillade's Bébé series
poster La ribalta
La ribalta
5mn -
A woman and a mistress fight.
poster A Fool and His Money
A Fool and His Money
(3.3/5)
10mn - Comedy
Sam the white-washer pines for the affluent Lindy, but she has dumped him in favor of another. Sam finds a large sum of money, and goes to New York to enjoy a shopping spree, buying new clothes, jewelry a…
poster Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
12mn - Drama, Western
It's Christmas, and a young woman is on her way to celebrate the holidays with her parents. A group of drunk cowboys startle her horses making her wagon, with the woman on it, speed off. By chance Broncho…
poster Defence of Sevastopol
Defence of Sevastopol
(2.9/5)
100mn - War
First film ever that was shot by two cameras. Set in 1854-1855, in Sevastopol and Yalta during the Crimean War. Admirals Kornilov (Mozzhukhin) and Nakhimov (Gromov) organize the defense during the siege o…
poster Cinderella
Cinderella
15mn - Romance, Fantasy
Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie and Harry Benham.
poster Max Takes Tonics
Max Takes Tonics
15mn - Comedy
Max visits a doctor who prescribes a tonic (Bordeaux of Cinchona) for him to drink every morning. Upon returning home, Max sees a large glass which was left by his wife and labeled "Souvenir de Bordeaux".…
poster Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
(3.1/5)
13mn - Comedy
Max is a stage struck youth, and because of a deep-seated desire to go on the stage, refuses to consent to a marriage his father has planned for him. The girl, whom Max has never met, is also stage struck…
poster A Blind Retribution
A Blind Retribution
17mn - Drama
Italian short drama directed by Luigi Maggi.
poster The Traitress
The Traitress
(3.0/5)
48mn - War, Drama
A woman betrays the regiment location in which the officer she is interested in is assigned because he despises her, only to regret it when he is caught and try to free him.