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poster His Mother's Thanksgiving
His Mother's Thanksgiving
15mn - Drama, Family
This holiday-themed melodrama released by Edison Studios in 1910 concerns Robert, a young man who leaves his mother’s home in New England to forge a career in the big city. When he achieves “fame and fort…
poster Fireside Reminiscences
Fireside Reminiscences
8mn - Drama, Fantasy
A broken-hearted husband thinks about the past as he sits by the fireplace.
poster A Great Love
A Great Love
13mn - Drama, Romance
Kenneth Reynolds tells Nelly’s daughter the story of his love for Nelly. Kenneth was in love with Nelly, but the arrival of a stranger drove Nelly and Kenneth apart. Nelly and her lover absconded, and Nel…
poster A Christmas Accident
A Christmas Accident
15mn - Drama
Well-to-do Mr. and Mrs. Gilton live next door to a large family, the Biltons, that struggles to make ends meet. Despite their desire to be friendly, Mr. Gilton is frequently irritated by his neighbors, in…
poster Zohra
Zohra
9mn - Drama
Saved from shipwreck, a little girl is taken into the protection of the North-African tribal chief and named "Zohra".
poster The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus
The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus
14mn - Drama, Comedy, Family
When a burglar dressed as Santa Claus steals a family's Christmas presents, amateur detective Octavius sets out to recover the loot.
poster The Watermelon Patch
The Watermelon Patch
11mn - Drama
Several men take watermelons from a melon patch, and are pursued.
poster The Broken Violin
The Broken Violin
3mn - Drama
If a violin was actually broken here we don't get to see it. Sadly this is one of many Georges Melies films that are only available in a fragment. Hopefully one day a complete print will turn up but until…
poster The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
The Good Luck of a 'Souse'
3mn - Drama
This film from George Melies is sadly one that's only available in fragments. The film starts off with a title card stating that a drunk man has just thrown his family out a window. We see a couple of the…
poster The Genii of Fire
The Genii of Fire
4mn - Drama, Fantasy
Not much of a plot. A couple is menaced by some sort of bizarre religious cult. Then they're saved.
poster Faust and Marguerite
Faust and Marguerite
4mn - Drama, Fantasy
Melies second attempt at telling the story of Faust. This time out Faust and his love Marguerite are sentenced to Hell where they are showed the torture that awaits.
poster Two Memories
Two Memories
6mn - Drama
Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass without contact. Marion becomes a society girl and spends her time at parties with her friends. Henry h…
poster Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
14mn - Drama
Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.
poster Boat Leaving the Port
Boat Leaving the Port
1mn - Drama, Documentary
In very bad weather and a stormy sea, a small boat manned by two men is trying to leave the harbor of La Ciotat, while several people are watching them from the nearby pier.
poster Suspense.
Suspense.
10mn - Drama, Thriller, Horror
An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched …
poster A Window on Washington Park
A Window on Washington Park
15mn - Drama
From his apartment, where he lives a cheerless widower's life, overlooking Washington Park, Alan Dale sees a refined, but poverty-stricken old gentleman on one of the park benches. Calling his butler, he …
poster What Drink Did
What Drink Did
12mn - Drama
A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses a beer with lunch, then gives in. After work, two friends take a little while to convince him to go for …
poster The Miller’s Daughter
The Miller’s Daughter
13mn - Drama
Hazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy. Her father favors the country boy, but she elopes with the city boy. Before they can marry, his wife shows up and st…
poster The House of Darkness
The House of Darkness
17mn - Drama
A potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano. But shortly afterwards he breaks free, eludes his pursuers, and acquires a gun. He soon comes to a hous…
poster The Light in the Dark
The Light in the Dark
63mn - Drama, Crime
A young girl is struck and seriously injured by a wealthy society matron's car. The woman brings the girl back to her house. Later, a hardened thief is told by the girl of a goblet, that could be the Holy…
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