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poster A Daughter of Dixie

A Daughter of Dixie

Nell Collings loved Newton Barry, who was a Northern boy. When war broke out Barry bade his sweetheart good-bye and went away to don the Union blue. Nell's brother fought for the South. The fortunes of wa…

poster Sunshine Molly

Sunshine Molly

A woman known as Sunshine Molly gets a job in an oil field, and clashes with a belligerent employee named "Bull" Forrest. (Note: multiple reels of this film were damaged beyond repair. Only three reels r…

poster A Dozen Socks

A Dozen Socks

A poor sap tries to impress his girl by fighting the great boxing champion Jack Dempsey.

poster Freckles Comes Home

Freckles Comes Home

Freckles Winslow comes home from college and the sheriff accuses him of murder, gangsters put him on the spot, and his girl friend, Jane, falls in love with a confidence man.

poster Fireside Reminiscences

Fireside Reminiscences

8mn - Drama, Fantasy

A broken-hearted husband thinks about the past as he sits by the fireplace.

poster The River

The River

31mn - Documentary

This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farmi…

poster Wrong Again

Wrong Again

Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it be…

poster The Water Nymph

The Water Nymph

Mabel and her sweetheart go to the beach and play a trick on the boyfriend's father.

poster The Barometer of Fidelity

The Barometer of Fidelity

This Max Linder short opens with him and his girl blissfully rowing in a canoe before skipping ahead two years later.

poster Fool's Paradise

Fool's Paradise

109mn - Romance

In a Mexican border town Arthur befriends cantina girl Poll. She falls for him but he still loves the dancer Rosa. When the cigar Poll gives him explodes and blinds him, Arthur is duped into thinking Poll…

poster Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce

Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce

This scene opens by showing a pretty cook mixing bread in the kitchen. Jones comes in unexpectedly from a trip and carries a dress suitcase. He inquires for his wife and is told by the cook that she is ab…

poster Whistle Stop

Whistle Stop

85mn - Crime, Drama

When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" hometown, long-standing feelings of animosity between two of her old boyfriends leads to robbery and murder.

poster Men O' War

Men O' War

Sailors Stan and Ollie offer to buy sodas for two women they meet in a park, even though they are short on cash. Luckily Stan wins the jackpot on a slot machine and the boys have enough money to rent a bo…

poster Pot o' Gold

Pot o' Gold

86mn - Music, Romance

Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of t…

poster The False Road

The False Road

67mn - Drama, Crime

Roger Moran, a member of a gang of thieves headed by Mike Wilson, is released from prison after having served a two-year sentence. He has learned his lesson and vows to leave his life of crime, but his gi…

poster The Testing Block

The Testing Block

The tough outlaw 'Sierra' Bill falls in love with the traveling girl violinist Nelly Gray. Sierra forces her into marrying him. They have a child, but family life is interrupted by the gambler Ringe, who …

poster Recreation

Recreation

Charlie begins to woo a woman on a bench, only to have her seaman boyfriend object. After a brick fight between the two men that eventually involves two police officers, all five people end up in the loca…

poster Comata, the Sioux

Comata, the Sioux

This story of the Black Hills consistently tells of the unrequited love of a Sioux brave for his chief's daughter, and how he premonished the awful results of her ominous marriage with a white cowboy. Cle…

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…

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