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poster The Soul of Youth
The Soul of Youth
80mn - Drama
Ed Simpson has been raised in an orphanage where he has caused much trouble. He can't stand living there anymore and runs away. On the streets, he finds a friend in newsboy Mike. Mike teaches him how to s…
poster Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(3.7/5)
102mn - Drama, Family
A young boy from Brooklyn discovers he's heir to a British earldom and must win over his cold, aristocratic grandfather while navigating the challenges of his newfound noble status.
poster His New Mamma
His New Mamma
(2.9/5)
15mn - Comedy
The aging father of a farm lad thinks the boy is after dad's fiancée, so he banishes the lad. The young man heads to California where he drives a cab. Through a fare, he meets a lovely lassie. His work ta…
poster Captain January
Captain January
(3.5/5)
64mn - Drama
During a tempestuous storm, a lighthouse keeper finds an infant girl who washes ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and wants her …
poster Daddy-Long-Legs
Daddy-Long-Legs
(3.3/5)
85mn - Drama, Comedy
Wealthy Jarvis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, tho…
poster For His Son
For His Son
15mn - Drama
A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke which is laced with cocaine. Dopokoke is advertised as relief "for that tired feeling." The drink is a suc…
poster Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(3.4/5)
112mn - Drama
An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
poster Fanchon, the Cricket
Fanchon, the Cricket
(3.2/5)
75mn - Drama
A young wild girl, Fanchon, lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother who is suspected by the villagers of being a witch. The unkempt Fanchon suffers from her grandmother's sorceress reputation. On…
poster Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
24mn - Comedy
Fatty is a farm hand at Mabel's father's place. He and Mabel love each other, but dad wants to marry Mabel off to the landowner's son in exchange for tearing up the mortgage. When Mabel and Fatty find out…
poster Ashes
Ashes
(3.0/5)
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 Hunky and Spunky
Hunky and Spunky
(2.8/5)
9mn - Animation
A short film about a mother and her son, she teaches him life skills later on the son gets niked by a man so the young donkey can be his work slave and his mother saves him. Preserved by the Academy Film…
poster White Fawn's Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America
White Fawn's Devotion: A Play Acted by a Tribe of Red Indians in America
11mn - Drama, Western
A frantic child reports to the tribal chief that her father killed her mother. The tribe chases and captures the man, dragging him back for tribal justice.
poster Brothers Under the Chin
Brothers Under the Chin
24mn - Comedy
Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted and then the scene shifts to "twenty years later." The other as captain of a sailing vessel needs an extra…
poster Rogues' Gallery
Rogues' Gallery
60mn - Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Patsy Reynolds and photographer Eddie Porter are assigned to interview John Foster, head of the Emmerson Foundation regarding a listening device the organization is working on. Foster evades them…
poster The County Fair
The County Fair
50mn - Drama
"The County Fair" begins with a nasty rich guy threatening to turn an old lady onto the street--unless her niece (who lives with her) marries this man's son. While she's dead set against it, the niece is …
poster No Other Love
No Other Love
(3.6/5)
97mn - Drama, Short, Romance
A young marginally intellectually-disabled girl and boy meet, plan to marry, and convince the world that they are entitled to a life of their own -- despite attempts by the girl's parents to separate them.
poster Fatty Joins the Force
Fatty Joins the Force
12mn - Comedy
Fatty rescues the daughter of the police commisioner and is given a job as an officer as a reward, but its not all its cracked up to be!
poster The Innocence of Ruth
The Innocence of Ruth
(3.1/5)
59mn - Drama
The young Ruth Travers, left an orphan after the death of her father financially ruined by Mortimer Reynolds, is welcomed at home by Jimmy Carter, a young millionaire who becomes her guardian. Ruth's wins…
poster Children of Eve
Children of Eve
(3.1/5)
73mn - Drama, Crime
An illegitimate child of the slums comes to faith. Later, she chooses to labor in a canning factory in order to investigate its poor conditions, not realizing she has a significant connection to the cold-…
poster Fiddlesticks
Fiddlesticks
(3.2/5)
20mn - Comedy
Harry will do anything to be a musician, but it takes a junk collector to discover his hidden talents.
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