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- In Part Two of Louis Feuillade's 5 1/2-hour epic follows Fantômas, the criminal lord of Paris, master of disguise, the creeping assassin in black, as he is pursued by the equally resourceful Inspector Juve.
- A man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.
- A young boy hears wondrous tales of London, where the streets are paced with gold. He leaves his country home to see his fortune in London.
- The first story begins with a young and pretty girl named Isabelle sitting upon a hill. It is then that she is attacked by Pedro. And following the common thematic trajectory of the time, Isabelle is then rescued by the kind and brave medical student who spends his time as a minister for the poor, Alonzo. Pedro is insistent on revenge and applies to the local monastery where Alonzo works in order to frame him. He hopes to frame him for the mysterious and sudden disappearance of the church's jewels. The frame ends immediately after Pedro plants the jewels in Alonzo's home and the monks are quick to punish Alonzo and Isabelle.
- A married couple decide to "live separately together."
- Bout de Zan is a very precocious young man! When the circus comes to town, he does what any kid might do in this situation--he steals the circus' elephant!!! Later, he sits on the curb with the elephant and begs coins off people--with a sign saying 'blind since birth'...
- A young woman's sweetheart fights for the Union, while her brother fights for the Confederates, in the pivotal 1863 battle of the U.S. Civil War.
- Brendan O'Malley is a Robin Hood like bandit, who repeatedly escapes from jail, survives attempts to kill him, and eventually manages to sail to safety on a ship with the lady of his heart who helped him in his latest escape.
- Bertie suddenly becomes rich, but the funny thing about it is that he is not rich enough to pay his railway fare to the place where he is to become rich. The difficulty is overcome by a friend, who packs him into a nice big bundle and sends him off as freight by rail. The bundle proves too big to be taken out of the door and so it is promptly thrown out of the window. Alas, poor Bertie. In the train Bert has a look around and discovers a luncheon basket full of good things. Alas, poor Bertie; he is obliged to get back to his hiding-place before he can make a good meal. The customs officer promptly pierces the bundle with a nice pointed sticker when it does arrive. Alas, poor Bertie; he simply gives a yelp, and rushes through the town in his parcel until he reaches the lawyer's office, where he becomes a man of means.
- William Sanderson is a young seafaring man who has risen from the ranks of an ordinary seaman until he has reached the post of second officer on board the ship "Aetna." He is in love with, and is beloved by Edna, the only daughter of Miller, the ship owner, and the latter favors the match because of the manliness of the young officer. It is partially on this account that Willie, as he is called by his shipmates, receives his commission as second officer. The "Aetna" sails on a long foreign trip and after being granted shore leave, falls into the hands of evil companions and finds himself in a resort frequented by sailormen. His better judgment is overcome by a desire for frivolity and he proceeds to "treat" all hands without any regard for expense. But when he is left alone and is called upon by the boarding house keeper to pay his bill for refreshments. Willie is in financial straits. The boarding house keeper takes whatever money he has left and then causes the young officer to sign a paper, the contents of which the latter knows nothing about. Willie is hustled into a bedroom and left to sleep off his stupor, but Millie, the daughter of the boarding house master, has become suspicious and plans to bring about the release of the young officer. On the following morning Willie is rudely awakened from his slumbers and hustled aboard the ship "Cuttlefish," which is being made ready for a long voyage. She is well on her way to sea when Millie notifies Edna and her father of what is happening. Their steam yacht is brought into commission and after many hours the "Cuttlefish" is sighted. Willie has been ordered to do his trick at the wheel and when he overbears the skipper remark that the vessel is being chased, he decides upon desperate means and leaves the wheel, after shifting the course of the "Cuttlefish" in the direction of the approaching steamer. Willie scales the shrouds and when the crew of the vessel attempt to overtake him, he plunges headlong into the ocean and eventually is rescued by the sweetheart and good friends who are aboard the steam yacht. There is general rejoicing and while the "Cuttlefish" tacks into the breeze and disappears, the young second officer and Edna enjoy a reunion. In the meantime, Millie, the daughter of the boarding house master, who is also aboard the yacht, finds an admirer in one of the young officers and all ends happily.
- The whole history of the Ottoman Turks is a romance. The Thirteenth Century had half run its course when a Seljuk Sultan was one day bar beset near Angora by a Mongol host. Ertoghrul, a member of the Oghuz family of Turks, was journeying from the banks of the Euphrates, when he unexpectedly came upon the battlefield of Angora. Loving a scrimmage and seeing that the weaker side was getting the worst of it, he led his four hundred riders into the fray and won the day. Thus was the foundation of "Turkey in Europe" laid. Little did the impulsive Turk think that by his chivalrous act he had taken the first step towards founding an empire which in the later centuries, has been, and still is, in an intense political problem. In two generations the little body of shepherds had possessed themselves of the whole of the northwest corner of Asia Minor. Before Orkhan, the new Sultan, lay a valuable prize. The wealthy provinces of the Byzantine Empire were falling to pieces. Constantinople was the goal of his ambition, and the value of the firm and equitable government of the Turk was known to the Greeks who contrasted it with the persistent and perfidious intrigues of the Byzantine Emperor. Good and impartial government under the conditions obtaining, was out of the question. Civil war had reduced the Empire, and the advent of the Turk would have been welcomed. Slowly but persistently the Turks pushed further into Europe, and by the middle of the Fifteenth Century were masters of all the country round Constantinople save the city itself. All attempts to win it had failed, and this film, "The Fall of Constantinople," beautifully hand-colored, shows how Mohammed II succeeded in wresting the city from Constantine XIII, the last Christian Emperor of Constantinople.
- In Casgar, on the utmost boundary of Tartary, lived a tailor and his pretty wife. One day a little hunchback seated himself at the shop door and began to sing and play on a tabor. The tailor invited the hunchback in to entertain his wife. The hospitable wife immediately placed a dish of fish before the men. The hunchback swallows a bone and chokes to death. The accident greatly alarms the tailor, who fearing the magistrate will hear of it, plans to get rid of the corpse. They carry the body to the house of the Jewish doctor and put it at the bottom of a steep flight of stairs, then hastily run away. The doctor, coming down the stairs without a light, falls upon the corpse. He thinks he has killed a poor, sick fellow coming for treatment. Stealthily, the doctor and his wife carry the body to the terrace of their house and throw it down the chimney of their Mussulman neighbor. The Mussulman is one of the Sultan's purveyors; coming into tho room, sees a man at his chimney. Thinking he is a robber, he strikes him a good blow with a stick. The corpse falls on the floor, and he thinks he has killed the man. In great distress and fear he carries the body to the end of the street and places it in an upright position against a shop. A rich Christian merchant, coming home from a night's festivities, jostles into the corpse, which falls upon him. Thinking he is being attacked by a thief he throws him down, calling "Thief." The outcry alarms the watch, and finding a Christian beating a Mussulman, they arrest the merchant and bring him to the magistrate. The magistrate recognizes the hunchback as the Sultan's buffoon, and orders death to the merchant. Just as he is about to be hanged, the purveyor comes along proclaiming himself the guilty party. The executioner releases the merchant and puts the rope around the purveyor's neck. Just then the voice of the Jewish doctor calls for the execution to be suspended. The Jewish doctor tells his story and is condemned in the place of the purveyor. The rope is just about to go around the doctor's neck when the tailor rushes in to tell his story. The Sultan, hearing of the mix-up, commands them all to his presence, and though he grieves for his buffoon, he pardons all concerned in his favorite's death.
- A French Review: National troops are inspected at Versailles garrison. Youthful Farmers' Exhibit: Oregon pupils give a garden and pet livestock show in Portland. Launching a Dock: Government structure at Copenhagen, Denmark, is sent into commission. Marking the Trans-Continental Highway: Cross-continent tourists arrive at Lake Tahoe after record drive from San Francisco. Zeppelin Entertains Royalty: King Frederick of Saxony takes trip on the Count's latest airship. Cossacks Capture Pirates: Konghouses gang is routed out of its rendezvous at Kharbine, Siberia. Coney Island in the Summer Time: New York's greatest seaside resort draws thousands of merrymakers. Emperor Wilhelm Visits the "Imperator:" Gaumont Company of Berlin organizes fete in honor of German ruler. Carnegie Visits Paris: Great iron master poses in French metropolis with American minister and former president Loubet. Across Seven Countries by Aeroplane: Brindejonc De Moulinais travels at an elevation of three miles from Copenhagen to Paris. Outdoing William Tell: Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Topperwein give fancy shooting exhibition at South Shore Gun Club, Chicago. New Sports at Worcester: British naval schoolboys originate some new athletic feats.
- A detective is trying to break down the crime gang - The Red Club.
- Under the influence of "Nifty Jack" Logan, burglar Nell O'Brien, herself having been partner to a few petty crimes, though now in honest employment, aids him to rob the house of her employer. Surprised in the act by Garry O'Neill, a young Central Office detective, who is visiting there, they are arrested and taken to court. Nifty is sentenced to two years, Nell to six months. Upon their being sentenced, Nifty vows to kill the detective upon his release. Six months later, Garry aids Nell to lead a better life, and eventually falls in love with her, though their love is not declared. Nell, prosperous and happy in her honest freedom, is surprised by the entrance into her apartment of Nifty, who has but lately made his escape from prison, and as he vowed, comes to invoke her aid in his nefarious plot to do away with Garry O'Neill by means of an infernal machine. Nell refuses flatly to aid him, whereupon he vows to do the job himself. Leaving Nell bound and gagged in her apartment, he goes to Garry's house, surprises him, lets him know he has three minutes to live, and leaves him alone with the machine which will blow him into eternity. Meanwhile, Nell has freed herself from the bonds and rushes to the home of her only friend, reaching it in time to save his life by throwing the machine through the window. The machine goes off, blowing in the side of the house, and the two lovers at last embrace and their love is declared unspoken. The smoke, clears, and as they gaze out into the night, they behold the form of the would-be assassin, Nifty, dangling from one of the timbers, dead.
- Robert, the blacksmith's son, goes to seek his fortune, and before setting out he asks his father for more money, but the old man refuses it. Seeing Robert go away and leave his father all alone at the smithy, some bandits decide to raid the smithy. They attack the old man, and under their menaces the blacksmith reveals the hiding place of his treasure. Before leaving the smithy, one of the bandits finds that his horse has cast a shoe, and the old man is forced to shoe the horse. He does so, but takes care to place a marked shoe on the horse's hoof. He is enabled thereby to track the bandits up by following the trail of the marked horseshoe, Meanwhile, Robert meets Mirca, a gypsy girl, who is weary and hungry. Robert offers her food and together they continue their journey. They arrive at the very same inn as the bandits, and when Robert's father tracks the bandits to the inn, he concludes that his son has been the leader of the band, and accuses him of the robbery. Robert is unable to clear himself, but his friend, Mirca, the gypsy girl, comes to his aid and helps him to arrest the real criminals and establish his own innocence.
- Tiny Tim was imprisoned by his mother in the attic for helping himself to jam out of the cupboard. He wrote a note saying that if he was not released, he would jump out of the window. He lowered the note to the window of the room where his mother sat. Then he pitched a large doll out of the window. Seeing the fall of the doll, his mother concluded that he had carried out his threat. When the boy's father came into the room, he heard what had happened, and Tiny Tim's appearance enraged him. Then the father did a rash thing; he seized Tiny Tim and flung him out of the window. The fall would have killed the boy but for the fact that the cook was entering the house with her apron full of vegetables. Tim came hurtling through the air and fell plumb into the widespread apron, and his life was saved. A film that will cause merriment.
- Two old persons have raised their son's child because his wife was of the child-hating kind. When the girl is 10 years old, her mother returns and means to take her away. The girl is reluctant to go, having grown attached to her grandparents. Numerous complications ensue, and it is finally determined which is thicker, blood or water, when the grandfather saves the child from the hands of a gang of crooks who had planned to teach her the "art" of picking pockets.
- Tiny Tim is separated from his little companion, Gwennie, by Mrs. De Jones, who decides to adopt Gwennie, giving Tim half a dollar by way of compensation. Tim tries to seek forgetfulness in a confectioner's shop without success. Later he visits a café and tries to seek oblivion in unlimited supplies of ginger ale, but only succeeds in floating his sorrows. One day he returns. Gwennie finds his hat and seeing the footprints guesses that he has come back. Convinced that he is still waiting his chance to reappear, she returns to the house and fills the hat with cakes. These she then places under a bush so that Tim will see them. In her hurry, however, she has overlooked the circumstance that it is nearly tea time, and the vanishing of the cakes has already been discovered by the cook and by Gwennie's adopted mother. When these latter subsequently look for Gwennie in the garden, it is to find that she and Tim are in each other's arms. The romance then ends with Tim's adoption as Gwennie's brother.
- A lion escaped from a cinema house. The news came to Tim, and as there was a fine rug in an adjoining room made from the skin of a lion, he determined to make the most of a fine opportunity. He placed the skin over his shoulders and frightened the household into hysterics. Then he induced the cook to take his place in the skin. Meanwhile Tim's father had assured his wife and her friends that the lion they saw was not the escaped beast, but quite a different animal. Armed with various articles of furniture the ladies followed the host, who made a diligent search for the boy. They ran the animal to earth in the kitchen, and his father thought the boy deserved a thump with a sweeping brush. But it was the cook who received the blow, and she was not altogether pleased that she was caught "acting the lion" for the amusement of Tiny Tim, who came out of hiding when he saw that the game was up.
- Mr. Burton, a manufacturer, has arranged to entertain Charles Groves, a young engineer. Upon his arrival he is greeted by the two daughters of the manufacturer. Doris is a pretty and engaging girl and her sister Ruth is of the more modern type, fond of athletics and mannish in her attire and demeanor. Groves admired her spirit and grit for the time being, but his thoughts soon returned to the less demonstrative sister. But the latter is not in love with Groves and simply seeks to cure her girl graduate sister of her mannish ways. At a ball which is given a week later. Groves and Doris pretend to be deeply attached to each other and the mannish Ruth acts the part of a "wallflower." The plan works out excellently and instead of attending a meeting of the "Women's Protective Society" she consents to accompany Groves on a boat ride. During the short excursion on the river Ruth decides that she will renounce the ranks of "man haters." That evening, in her own home, she is discovered by her fond parents sewing a button on Groyes' coat. A prick from a needle and a kiss on the injured finger completed the cure.
- Amelia Barlow was a charming young girl who had reached the age when, in fact, she was neither girl nor woman. She wore braids on Monday, marcel waves on Tuesday, wore short skirts on Wednesday, and long frocks on Thursday. But she was charming withal, and spent most of her spare time in reading "Along the River," and other stories of love and romance. Her fond parents were tolerant and granted her every wish until one Mr. Henry made his appearance and announced that he had just passed his exams, and was anxious to take unto himself a wife. Amelia's parents were willing, but when Henry proposed to the young woman, she laughed at him and sent him away in despair. He wore glasses and was of the "small lemonade" type of suitor. The Barlows were indignant and decided that their daughter must be taught a severe lesson. After a family conference, it was decreed that Amelia must serve a year at clerical work in Mr. Barlow's offices. The girl was duly installed, and on the third day makes the acquaintance of Tom, one of the junior clerks. It appears to be a case of love at first sight and all goes well until the elderly chief accountant discovers his employer's daughter in the embrace of the young clerk. Then it was that drastic measures were decided upon and the family decides that Amelia must be sent to a friend in the country, where she may be able to repent her folly. Tom hears of this determination on the part of Amelia's parents and plans to thwart them in their designs to send their daughter away and deprive the young couple of the happiness which they had planned for the future. Through a signal he summons Amelia to a window and deposits a note in one of the flower bushes which surround the Barlow mansion. In this he imparts the information that he will be on board the same train which will take her to her destination in the country. Mr. and Mrs. Barlow escort their daughter to the depot, and while they are bidding farewells. Tom boards the coach ahead and is unseen by the unsuspecting parents. At the first station out of the city, Amelia and Tom alight and hasten to a minister, where they are married. Then a telegram is sent to Papa Barlow announcing the event and asking for forgiveness.
- Doctor Ratray is living out in the Far East with his two daughters, in charge of a military hospital. One day he makes the alarming discovery that one of the men in the district is stricken with cholera. He is brought into the hospital, which is then isolated. There is a wireless installation in the building, and the doctor soon learns that the disease is rapidly spreading. Naturally anxious as to the safety of his daughters he willing accepts the offer of two officers, who are about to proceed into the interior to experiment with wireless telegraphy, to take charge of the girls, who will thus be removed from chance of infection. The caravan starts on its journey and reaches its destination in safety, and the doctor is glad to receive a message that everyone is in good health. But alas! The germ of the disease was lying dormant, and the younger of the officers is soon dangerously ill. Captain Dancy, the leader of the expedition, implores the girls to leave for home, in charge of his solitary white man servant, but they refuse, preferring to stop and nurse the sick man. Very soon Captain Dancy is also stricken, and the two girls have their bands fully occupied in nursing the sufferers. Mary, the elder of the two girls, has learned the Morse Code, and communicates the sad news that both the officers are at death's door. This terrible news, is, however, destined to be followed by still graver. A man-eater, attracted by the signs of human beings in the neighborhood, makes an assault on the little party. The girls and the devoted man-servant are upon the beast repeatedly, but do not succeed in seriously injuring him. Whilst the man-servant is keeping the ferocious animals at bay, Mary wires to the hospital that death is staring them in the face, for soon their last cartridge will he spent. A messenger is dispatched by the agonized father. But alas! he falls into the hands of the bandits, and it is only after passing through a terrible experience, that he is able to free himself from their clutches. He arrives on the scene just as the lion is springing on his defenseless prey, and with unerring aim he is able to stretch the savage beast in the dust. Turning his attention to the suffering men in the tent, he injects a life-giving serum in their forearms, and we have little doubt that they will thus be snatched from the jaws of death.