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poster The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England

Giles Bateson gets expelled from college for misconduct. His angry father, the Earl, sends him a message: "Never let me see you again until you have earned a half crown and proven yourself worthy of confi…

poster Love Lessons

Love Lessons

97mn - Drama, Short

An older couple are about to retire, when they find out that they're about to be parents all over again.

poster East Is East

East Is East

80mn - Drama, Romance

Victoria Vickers, a little East End Cockney girl, is left a vast fortune by an uncle in America. She is finally discovered hop-picking in Kent by her solicitor, who has given up the search and gone off on…

Exposé

Nonemn - Drama, Thriller, Horror

A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.

poster Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually is taken in by a gang of thi…

poster Alice Gets in Dutch

Alice Gets in Dutch

10mn - Animation

Alice misbehaves in school and is forced to sit in the corner. She falls asleep and dreams, but schoolwork intrudes even into her dreams. Alice dreams of dancing dogs and donkeys until her fun is interrup…

poster East Lynne

East Lynne

An adaptation of the 1861 novel by English author Ellen Wood: The story of long-suffering Lady Isabel Carlisle cast in a modern setting.

poster The Young Lady and the Hooligan

The Young Lady and the Hooligan

44mn - Drama, Romance

A young woman arrives in her school where she must teach for the first time. Her task consists in teaching a class of adults to read and write. All her students are male, ranging from boys to old men, and…

poster French Cops Learning English

French Cops Learning English

The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.

poster Seeing the World

Seeing the World

In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a tour of Naples, Pompeii, Rome, the Vatican, Venice, Lon…

poster The Little Match Seller

The Little Match Seller

A short melodrama based on Hans Christian Andersen's harrowing tale. A poor little girl tries to sell matchsticks in the freezing December cold. She lights matches for some light and warmth. There are vis…

poster Children Who Labor

Children Who Labor

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 Among Those Present

Among Those Present

An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.

poster Tale the Autumn Leaves Told

Tale the Autumn Leaves Told

A handful of short tales of love, framed by leaf masks.

poster Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.

poster The Making of an American

The Making of an American

Docudrama encouraging immigrants to master English and become successful, assimilated Americans.

poster Making an American Citizen

Making an American Citizen

A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.

poster Cheers for Miss Bishop

Cheers for Miss Bishop

95mn - Comedy, Drama

Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only opportunity for true love. Ella's life becomes one of mi…

Shadows

Yen Sin, a humble Chinese, is washed ashore after a storm and finds himself an outsider in the deeply Christian fishing community of Urkey. Yen Sin elects to stay, despite his status as a despised 'heathe…

poster David Copperfield

David Copperfield

After ten happy childhood years, the life of David Copperfield takes an obscure turn. His mother passes away and a cruel stepfather crushes young Copperfield’s dreams and sends him to work in London. From…

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