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poster Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe
53mn - Adventure, Drama, Romance
Wilfred of Ivanhoe (played by King Baggot), son of Sir Cedric (played by Wallace Bosco), returns to England from the Crusades in the Holy Land. As Ivanhoe, disguised, discovers that his beloved Lady Rowen…
poster The Waif and the Wizard
The Waif and the Wizard
2mn - Drama, Fantasy
The Waif and the Wizard features the same young man who appeared in Undressing Extraordinary (and who might be early filmmaker Walter Booth). It's another early example of a two-shot film along the lines …
poster Bluebeard
Bluebeard
9mn - Drama, Horror, Fantasy
A young woman becomes the eighth wife of the wealthy Bluebeard, whose first seven wives have died under mysterious circumstances.
poster An Awful Moment
An Awful Moment
12mn - Drama
After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken forcefully out of the courtroom. Later the gypsy follows the…
poster The Golden Louis
The Golden Louis
6mn - Drama
An anonymous donor drops a gold coin in the shoe of a homeless girl as she sleeps. A gambler with a 'sure thing' borrows the coin and wins a fortune, but he can't find her again to repay her.
poster The Musketeers of Pig Alley
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
17mn - Crime, Drama
A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.
poster St. Louis Blues
St. Louis Blues
16mn - Music, Drama
In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin' with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus and dancers.
poster The Violin Maker of Cremona
The Violin Maker of Cremona
12mn - Drama
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his supe…
poster A Strange Meeting
A Strange Meeting
12mn - Drama, Crime
Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister's apartment, she comes face to face with her misdeeds.
poster The Slave
The Slave
11mn - Drama
A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she offers to sell herself as a slave to allow them to buy food.
poster Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
4mn - Drama, History
This early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.
poster Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
2mn - Comedy, Drama
Considered the first motion picture to employ both color and sound, the only film record ever made of the original star of Rostand's famous play performing a scene from his most famous role. It is accompa…
poster So Near, Yet So Far
So Near, Yet So Far
15mn - Romance, Drama
It's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles-- namely shyness, and the temerity of other suitors-- place themselves in the way of his love. Unknowingly, the Boy and the young woman of his fancy bot…
poster Horse Shoeing
Horse Shoeing
1mn - Documentary, Drama
One of the pictures to be seen in the machine, for example, was that of a blacksmith shop in which two men were working, one shoeing a horse, the other heating iron at the forge. One would be seen to driv…
poster The Roman Orgy
The Roman Orgy
8mn - History, Drama
The tyrant Emperor Heliogabalus lives a life of debauchery and set lions loose among his guests.
poster The Magician
The Magician
1mn - Fantasy, Drama
In this scene is shown a magician behind an ordinary table, upon which he suddenly and mysteriously causes to appear a large box, into which he leaps. The sides of the box fall to the ground, but instead …
poster Ben Hur
Ben Hur
15mn - Adventure, Drama, History
The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
poster The New York Hat
The New York Hat
16mn - Drama
To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a stylish hat, and gossip spreads through the town.
poster The Lonely Villa
The Lonely Villa
8mn - Thriller, Drama, Action
A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an interior room, but the criminals are well-equipped for breaki…
poster The Burglar’s Dilemma
The Burglar’s Dilemma
15mn - Drama, Crime
In this latter day Cain and Abel story, a jealous brother strikes down his sibling just as a young burglar is about to enter the house. The jealous brother summons police, who then charge the intruder wit…
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