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poster New Women

New Women

Overnight, the sexy Wei Ming will become a successful novelist. But, desperate to get the money that she needs to cure her little daughter (and harassed by a rich, unscrupulous rake), she will end up even…

Ashes

39mn - Drama, Fantasy

Dame Eleonora Duse plays a poor woman who, incapable of raising and feed him, leaves her illegitimate son with foster parents. Before she leaves her boy, the woman gives to the child an amulet in order to…

poster The Gibson Goddess

The Gibson Goddess

A pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. She appears in a leg-revealing swimsuit, but the stockings have been stuffed with cotton to make her limb…

poster The Necklace

The Necklace

Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace is stolen, and Mr. Kendrick goes into debt to replace it. The thief discovers it's costume jewelry, but t…

poster Loïe Fuller

Loïe Fuller

2mn - Fantasy, Documentary

This is another short, simple dance number. It’s quite stunning and unusual though with a bat turning into a woman who proceeds to give us a skirt dance before disappearing into thin air. The dance is mes…

poster Paul Ogata: A Collection of My Favorite Lies

Paul Ogata: A Collection of My Favorite Lies

In his first hour-long comedy special, award-winning comedian Paul Ogata takes it upon himself to solve the world's problems by exposing the lies of modern society, including the Ebola scare, food allergi…

poster A Child of the Ghetto

A Child of the Ghetto

After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers shirts to the factory owner, the owner's son steals some money and Ruth is accused of the crime. She flees …

poster The Woman Who Sinned

The Woman Who Sinned

100mn - Crime, Drama, Thriller

A woman contemplates having an affair, which leads her into a web of deceit, suspense, and murder.

poster Blood on Her Hands

Blood on Her Hands

94mn - Thriller, Crime, Short

A beautiful and deadly seductress destroys any man whose passion threatens her independence.

Salomé

Based on Oscar Wilde's version of the story, what is noteworthy is the sheer luxury of the production, an attempt to capture the wild and weird Aubrey Beardsley illustrations that transfigure the work. Th…

Shoes

A young working girl, struggling to support her family on her meager salary, desperately wishes for a new pair of shoes.

poster Annabelle Serpentine Dance

Annabelle Serpentine Dance

1mn - Documentary

In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of the flowing cloth. She moves to her right and left acr…

poster The Greater Call

The Greater Call

Women’s weepies were a nickelodeon staple in the early years of movies. In these one-reel dramas, women trapped in no-win situations confronted heart-wrenching decisions: Should a young woman wed her penn…

poster Letter of Introduction

Letter of Introduction

104mn - Comedy, Drama

An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on Broadway. He tries to re-establis…

poster Summoners

Summoners

89mn - Horror, Drama

Jessica Whitman isn’t a witch. Not anymore, at least. She left it behind when she left her hometown almost ten years ago. But when a childhood friend needs her help performing a dark spell, she’ll find he…

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