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- DirectorRomeo BosettiÉmile CohlA film of more than unusual interest. Those who are familiar with the length of time it takes to make a picture wherein oil the furniture in the house moves out automatically, will appreciate the great labor of making this film.
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyStarsMary FullerCharles OgleAugustus PhillipsThe first filmed version of Frankenstein. The young doctor discovers the secret of life, which he uses to create a perfect human. Things do not go according to plan.
- DirectorOtis TurnerStarsBebe DanielsHobart BosworthEugenie BessererAn early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.
- DirectorUrban GadStarsAsta NielsenRobert DinesenPoul ReumertAt a tramcar in Copenhagen the piano teacher Magda Vang meets the young man Knud Svane, who falls in love with her. She is invited to spend the summer with him and his parents at the vicarage in Gjerslev. Outside the vicarage a circus troupe passes by, and Magda is saluted by the performer Rudolph Stern. In the night Rudolph climbs a ladder to Magda's bedroom. She tries to flee his advances, but after a hot kiss she surrenders, and runs away with him. Magda is hired as a dancer with Rudolph at the Empire Varieté. When Rudolph fondles a ballet dancer Magda gets furious, and starts a fight in front of the audience. Magda and Rudolph are fired. To earn some money Rudolph forces Magda to play the piano in a band at a garden restaurant. Knud turns up and recognizes her. Incognito he asks her for a private meeting. Magda thinks she is asked to sell her body and refuses, but Rudolph forces her to go. When Rudloph after a while interrupts and finds Magda with Knud, he gets furious and starts to beat her. During the turmoil she grabs a knife and stabs Rudolph in his chest. In her despair she clings to his dead body, and has to be taken away by force.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHenry B. WalthallDorothy WestGrace HendersonA Confederate soldier shames his mother and sister by going AWOL during battle. His sister takes his place, with tragic results, leaving him to live out his life in shame, hiding to protect his family name.
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyCharles KentAshley MillerStarsMarc McDermottCharles OgleWilliam BechtelBased on the story by Charles Dickens: Ebenezer Scrooge is well known for his harsh, miserly ways, until he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, and then by three other spirits.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsFrank PowellFlorence BarkerAlfred PagetWalter Avery is blessed with a most dutiful and loving wife whose every endeavor and thought is to make him happy, but being a man of the world he finds domestic life dull and his wife's attentions boring, and he eagerly accepts invitations to the different social functions. Accompanied by his wife, he attends a social gathering and meets a young dancing girl, society's favorite entertainer. He is immediately obsessed and infatuated, and his feelings are clearly reciprocated. Mrs. Avery's suspicions are aroused and she accuses him of undue attentions toward the dancer. He, of course, denies her accusations and cajoles her into believing that his thoughts are always only for her. But the time comes when she sees positive proof of his perfidy in a letter to him from the dancer, inviting him to attend a dinner at her home given in his honor, hoping he will not fail to grace the occasion. When he is about to leave for the dancer's home, Mrs. Avery picks up a bottle of poison, threatening to take her life if he goes. Regarding this threat merely a jealous woman's trick to keep him home, he derides it and pours the bottle's contents into a goblet, remarks that taking it that way would be more convenient, and off he goes. When he is gone, the situation's true aspect dawns on her. She realizes for the first time what a despicable wretch he is--not worth the effort to save him--so she dashes the glass with its contents to the floor. However, the strain of the ordeal proves too much for her and she falls to the floor in a swoon. Meanwhile, Avery reaches the dancer's home and his entrance is toasted. By strange coincidence, the glass handed to him is identical to the one he handed his wife and at once becomes conscience-stricken that his wife might have carried out her threat. Rushing back to his home he finds his wife in a swoon and thinks she is dead--and he caused it. Instantly he becomes a veritable maniac and dashes madly out of the house and back into the dancer's home like a fiend. The guests are thrown into a panic as he shrieks, "I killed my wife. I killed my wife!" and falls across the table dead, struck down by the relentless avenger of injured virtue.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsArthur V. JohnsonLinda ArvidsonGladys EganIn this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young couple's happy life is turned about by an accident. The husband, although saved from drowning, loses his memory. A child is on the way, and soon a daughter is born to his wife. We watch the passage of time, as his daughter matures and his wife ages. The daughter becomes a lovely young woman, herself ready for marriage. One day on the beach, the familiarity of the sea and the surroundings triggers a return of her father's memory, and we are reminded that although people age and change, the sea and the ways of the fisherfolk remain eternal.
- 191011mUnrated5.7 (533)ShortDirectorJames Young DeerStarsLucille YoungA 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.
- 19101h 40mNot Rated5.8 (143)StarsJames J. JeffriesJack JohnsonBilled as the "Fight of the Century", reigning champion Jack Johnson takes on former champion James J. Jeffries in a gruelling 15-round beatdown.
- DirectorAugust BlomStarsEllen DiedrichVictor FabianJulie HenriksenAnna, a young girl from a poor but honest household, is offered an attractive position as a lady's companion in London. Her childhood friend is worried, but she goes anyway.
- DirectorEugene MullinCharles KentStarsJulia Swayne GordonCharles KentFlorence TurnerAn early silent version of Shakespeare's classic comedy of unrequited love and gender bending.
- DirectorCharles KentStarsCharles KentWilliam SheaHal ReidThomas à Becket was born in London. In 1155 he was made Chancellor of England by Henry II. Upon the death of the Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury, in 1162, at the time of this tragedy, he was elected, through King Henry's influence, to the vacant see. This exceptional film starts with a scene in the palace of King Henry II, showing Henry and Becket playing chess. The game is won by Becket, greatly provoking the King, who becomes angry. While in the midst of this tantrum, a messenger enters and presents Henry with the announcement of the death of the Archbishop Theobald, together with the bishop's cross. Henry is shocked, and, as he looks at the cross, half in jest and a desire to ridicule, he offers the jewel to Becket, and then places the cross with chain attached around Becket's neck, hoping it will prove a yoke to the wearer in his efforts to sustain the dignity and piety of the church, which, of course, he things is quite impossible for Becket to do. In this he is mistaken. Becket feels his unworthiness, but, inspired by the holiness of the office and its great responsibility, he at once, by prayer and castigations, prepares himself for its duties, which he devoutly and reverently accepts. While at devotion in the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket is surprised by King Henry and his courtiers, who rudely interrupt him by their cruel and coarse laughter when they see him in his priestly robes in the attitude of humility and abnegation. Filled with majesty and divine spirit of his office, and aroused by a righteous indignation, Becket commands Henry and his followers to mend their ways and flee the wrath of God, lest they be destroyed. With cowering glances and slinking tread they leave his presence, shamefaced and abashed. Henry is now at enmity with the clergy. The scenes which follow show the incidents which lead to the attempted assassination of Father Gerard, the King's confessor, for the denunciation of the King's paramour, Rosamond. Henry, smarting under the opposition of the church, drafts a constitution which makes it possible for the King alone to put to death without court trial any member of the clergy whom he may accuse. This sounds the death knell of Becket, against whom the King bears great enmity. The Archbishop realizes his position, and his fears and soon brought to a reality. He is pursued by the minions of the King, who proceed to the Cathedral of Canterbury and slay him while he kneels in prayer before the crozier. The murderers carry the news to the King, apprising him of the execution of his dictate. He and his court tremble as they appreciate the enormity of their crime against the head of the church. Scarcely do they recover their nerve when retribution follows the King in the announcement that his own sons have seized the Kingdom of France; the Scots have crossed the border, and general uprisings in the midland. Crushed and half-crazed, Henry falls, a tottering wreck, against the throne, while the vision of the murdered Archbishop Becket, in beatific attitude, appears before him. The King, with conscience aflame with fear and remorse, collapses, a helpless and wretched mass, while the vision fades away.
- DirectorTheodore MarstonStarsMarie ElineGloria GallopFrank Hall CraneLeft a penniless orphan at 14, Jane Eyre is adopted by her uncle, who has ample means to provide for her and also loves her dearly. Her uncle's family considers her an intruder and do all in their power to prevent her from becoming a full member of their family, but during his lifetime she receives some degree of kindness and consideration. Unfortunately, he dies and leaves her without a friend in the world and his unfeeling widow sends her to a badly-run orphan asylum. Five years later she leaves the asylum to accept the position of governess to Lord Rochester's little niece, daughter of his late brother. Her mother has become insane and is living in Lord Rochester's home under his protection. Jane is engaged by Lord Rochester's housekeeper during his absence from home, and her first meeting with her employer is both exciting and romantic. She is sitting by the edge of the road reading when Lord Rochester rides up to his ancestral home. The sight of his huge dog, coming upon her suddenly, so startles Jane that she jumps to her feet, causing Lord Rochester's horse to shy and throw it rider. He injures his ankle, and has to be assisted to remount "the little witch," as he calls her, who is the cause of his accident. That same evening in his home, he is surprised to find that "the little witch" of his adventure is living in his house as his niece's governess. Jane's rich relations, the Reeds, visit Lord Rochester, and persistently insult and humiliate her by treating her like a servant. Lord Rochester, however, is not blind to her sweetness, nor to the cruelty of her cousin, who is trying to win Lord Rochester's hand and fortune. One evening the maniac escapes from her nurse and sets fire to the room in which Lord Rochester has fallen asleep. He is saved from a horrible death by Jane. When next Jane's haughty aunt and cousins call on Lord Rochester, they are just in time to be introduced to his bride, who is none other than the despised Jane Eyre.
- DirectorHenri AndréaniStarsRené AlexandreBerthe BovyLouis RavetDavid, a boy shepherd, defeats the giant Goliath and saves the people of Israel. Also called "David et Goliath".
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsGladys HuletteYale BossFilm "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" based on the novel "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.
- DirectorAxel StrømStarsValdemar PsilanderClara PontoppidanAdam PoulsenA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsGeorge NicholsGrace HendersonAlfred PagetA wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsDoctors blow to pieces a patient in a hydrotherapy machine and re-assemble him.
- DirectorSidney OlcottStarsSidney OlcottGene GauntierThomas O'ConnorA boy from Ireland comes to America and makes good, but he doesn't forget the poverty he left behind. He returns to rescue his sweetheart just as her family is about to be evicted from their land.
- DirectorGerolamo Lo SavioStarsErmete NovelliFrancesca BertiniOlga Giannini NovelliKing Lear decides to divide his kingdom amongst his three daughters. The oldest two daughters fawn insincerely over their father, and get most of his possessions. The youngest daughter, Cordelia, is much less lavish in her displays of affection, and disappoints her father. But events soon lead the old king to find out how each of his daughters really feels about him.
- DirectorPyotr ChardyninStarsPavel BiryukovAleksandra GoncharovaAntonina PozharskayaBased on Pushkin's short story: When his friends play faro, German always enjoys watching, but he never gambles himself. One day, as he is watching their game, he learns that an elderly countess staying nearby is said to possess a secret for winning a fortune at the game. German is determined to learn this secret from her, and he initiates a romance with her grand-daughter Liza, in order to improve his chances.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsCharles WestCharles ArlingOwen MooreDuring the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he leaves, Confederate troops forage on his property, where a soldier encounters one of his daughters. The father himself is wounded on a hazardous mission and must run for his life, pursued by Confederate soldiers.
- DirectorÉmile CohlFour customers are having a peaceful game of cards in a quiet café. The atmosphere bring heavy, the waiter falls asleep and has a beautiful dream in which two angels come and play to him on violins, with such charm that he is transported to the seventh heaven. The dream changes, and we see him going through many amusing and fantastic scenes. Finally, customers annoyed by his snores, wake him by pouring seltzer over him.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsManuelGeorges MélièsIn this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies played the magician, and the actor Manuel played his assistant.
- StarsM. CodyMr. Cody arrives by carriage, walks to a barn, and slides open the doors to reveal a large biplane. He pulls it out of the hanger. One man checks the engine while another starts the propeller. Four men push the plane into position for taxi and take-off. Cody takes his seat and puts on heavy leather gloves. Then, the long take-off begins as Cody steers the plane through a relatively flat, grassy field. It lifts for a brief flight and then falls to earth. One man walks Cody back toward the barn while the plane's builders inspect the extensive damage.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMary PickfordHenry B. WalthallFrancis J. GrandonRamona is a little orphan of the great Spanish household of Moreno. Alessandro, the Indian, arrives at the Camulos ranch with his sheep-shearers, showing his first meeting with Ramona. There is at once a feeling of interest noticeable between them which ripens into love. This Senora Moreno, her foster mother, endeavors to crush, with poor success, until she forces a separation by exiling Alessandro from the ranch. He goes back to his native village to find the white men devastating the place and scattering his people. The Senora, meanwhile, has told Ramona that she herself has Indian blood, which induces her to renounce her present world and go to Alessandro. They are married and he finds still a little shelter left from the wreckage. Here they live until the whites again appear and drive them off, claiming the land. From place to place they journey, only to be driven further until finally death comes to Alessandro just as aid comes in the person of Felipe, the Senora's son, who takes Ramona back to Camulos.
- DirectorLucien NonguetStarsMax LinderMax has purchased a new bathtub, but bathing in it proves to be more difficult than he anticipated.
- A coal miner says good-bye to his wife and children, and heads off to work. He reaches the mine, prepares his lamp, and then descends into the mine along with some other workers. As he and the others work inside the mine, the coal is sent to the surface, where others at the mining site are ready to process the coal and to prepare it for shipping.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsKate BruceEdward DillonClara T. BracyTwo Johns, a Confederate and an Union soldier, leave their family to go to the front. After a skirmish they end up separated from their respective sides, the Union soldier shoots the Confederate, but he has to escape and look for refuge in the house of his enemy.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsGeorge NicholsGladys EganMary PickfordA widowed father devotes his life to his daughter, who swears to stay with him forever. Then a handsome young man shows up and sweeps her off her feet.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMary PickfordGertrude RobinsonJoseph GraybillTwo sisters want to know whether there is romance in their future. One sister pulls the petals off of a flower, while the other has her fortune told by a gypsy. When the gypsy tells the fortune so as to serve his own purposes, complications soon develop.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMary PickfordMack SennettGeorge NicholsA young girl looking for work, is hired by a farmer's wife to work as a maid. A smooth talking peddler comes by the farm, and flirts with the young maid. He gives the naive girl an engagement ring and promises to marry her. When the peddler runs up some gambling debts, he visits the maid again and tells her they cannot marry until he has enough money to pay off his debt. While the farmer and his wife are asleep, the maid foolishly steals their money. The peddler takes the money and leaves on a train to get out of town. Overcome with guilt, the young maid runs away from the farm. Meanwhile the peddler gets into a fight and is thrown off the train. The maid stumbles upon him by the railroad tracks. She finds the money on the peddler and returns it to the farm couple before they even knew it was missing.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMary PickfordClara T. BracyHenry B. WalthallPeggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lord, who proposes marriage and wants to introduce her into his social circle. But complications arise when the lord's nephew also becomes attracted to Peggy.
- DirectorF. Percy Smith"Percy Smith (1880-1944) was world famous as a photographer of plant life. Probably the first British example of time-lapse photography as applied to the growth of plants." Montly Film Bulletin, November 1955
- DirectorF. Percy SmithThe challenge of the very slow lens required by F. Percy Smith for macro-photography, coupled with the insensitive film stock of the day, meant that so much light was required for exposure that the poor flies quickly succumbed to the heat. As Smith had glued their wings so that they could not fly away, they used their legs to achieve the memorable results seen here.
- 19108mNot Rated4.9 (148)ShortStarsJohn R. CumpsonEthel JewettMarc McDermottIt's a busy day at the office, and the stenographer is exhausted from trying to keep up with the demands on her skills. Even when she stays late, she cannot catch up with all of the work. But then a man comes into the office to demonstrate the many advantages of his company's new business phonograph.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsA stain-glass window with a picture of a young maiden on it is used by Satan to torture an elderly alchemist, who ends up in Hell after a diabolical encounter with the devil himself.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsArthur V. JohnsonMack SennettFlorence BarkerJohn Dobbs, a young man in good circumstances, goes a-courting, and returning from the home of his lady fair, his auto runs down Zeke, the vacuum-pated roustabout of the town. Although Zeke was not hurt, he was the recipient of a severe jolt which gave him a temporary case of nerves, which scared John into a fit of earnest solicitude. Imagining the tattered condition of Zeke's clothing was due to the accident, he not only soothes his imaginary hurts with a balm of silver dollars, but takes him to the store and buys him a suit of "hand-me-downs." Zeke is quite unaccustomed to such a bestowal of munificence, and his gratitude is accordingly excessive. So much so that he then and there swears eternal friendship: that he will never desert him; that he will stick to John through thick and thin. John cries. "Holy smoke! What am I up against?" and jumping into his auto dashes off under the impression that he has left the poor simple-minded Zeke on the sidewalk. But not so, for when he alights at his home, Zeke is there beside him, having hooked on behind the machine as it darted off. Well, John's troubles have only begun. He can't move but what Zeke is at his side, his face wreathed in a smile that is childlike and bland, exclaiming, "I can't be happy away from you." Thinking he has eluded his zealous friend, John visits his sweetheart, and during an interesting moment of their tete-a-tete, Zeke's head appears between, earnestly pleading his friend's cause. This sends the girl away in a huff and John receives a letter later that it is all off between them, as she did not know when she became engaged that she would have to tolerate his idiotic friend. This throws John into such a rage that he feels like murdering faithful Zeke. He does, however, club him, but Zeke receives the blows with angelic smiles. It is no use. Flight seems the only course, and John beats it. He has covered miles and sinks down from sheer exhaustion. There he sits, panting, but happy in the thought of at last evading his tormentor, only to glance up and see Zeke's beatific countenance gazing fondly down at him, "Well, I suppose I must make the best of it." So he takes Zeke by the hand and resolves to accept his well-meant devotion. Henceforth the two are inseparable. Zeke, however, has his good qualities and is always solicitous of John's welfare. Later, Zeke has an opportunity of showing his true value. The house in which John's former sweetheart resides is afire, and the girl is in great danger of perishing in the flames, when Zeke passes. The whole town is in a panic, and the first thought was the fire company, whose aid is instantly summoned. While the firemen are dashing furiously to the scene, Zeke is playing the brave hero, for seizing a ladder close by he ascends to the window of the girl's room and carries her down to safety. John has heard of the conflagration and thinking only of the girl's evident peril, rushes up to find her safely in the arms of faithful Zeke. Things are squared and the value of Zeke's devotion recognized and appreciated.
- DirectorFerdinand ZeccaA phlegmatic pickpocket is arrested and taken to his cell. As he is an unusually wily customer, he is bound by fetters and chained to the wall. Speedily putting these off, he is locked up by the enraged warders in a chest, but escapes and is finally thrown into the river tied up in a sack. Coming up from the water again, perfectly dry and safe, he makes a bicycle for himself and rides off furiously, springing ultimately onto a passing train which bars his passage. In this way he is carried along on his bicycle for some distance, but reaching the river again, he descends on his machine, performs a few revolutions in mid-air, the reflection of the bicycle showing up clearly on the face of the water, and then lands in a sumptuous room. The police follow, but are baffled by the continued disappearing tricks of the clever thief, who dissolves from view and reappears in the most unexpected places. At last he is captured in the police station itself and carried once more to his cell, but crashes through the iron bars with little trouble, leaving his warders safely under lock and key.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsDorothy WestKate BruceDell HendersonAfter 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 the ghetto of New York's Lower East Side and hides in the country where a young farmer takes her in and they fall in love.
- DirectorVasili GoncharovStarsVasili StepanovAleksandra GoncharovaAndrey GromovBased on an opera by Dargomizhsky, and other sources: A prince and a miller's daughter have been involved in a romance together, but now the prince tells her that he must break it off. After the prince leaves, the distraught young woman attempts to drown herself. When the prince's wedding day arrives, he is tormented by her image, which appears wherever he goes. Eventually, he is compelled to return and to try to find out what happened to her, regardless of the consequences.
- DirectorAshley MillerStarsJohn R. CumpsonMr. Bumptious insists on wallpapering the parlor himself, in order to save money.
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsRenée CarlNadette DarsonAlice TissotSilent tableaux depicting the birth of Christ in a barn and King Herod's attempt to have him killed, following the story in the Gospel.
- A New York travelogue made for the European market.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónA musketeer arrives at an inn and announces to the staff that he possesses a magic sword. Greatly excited by this news, they beg him for a performance, and so, taking his sword and spreading his arms in the air, a tablecloth appears out of mid-air and spreads itself on the table. Next come some goblets which also come out of mid-air and set themselves on the table. Following this is a centerpiece, also coming out of mid-air, and some candelabras which dance. A moment later, everything disappears. The musketeer, tired after his performance, wishes to be shown a room to rest, and a moment later is soon fast asleep. No sooner has he dozed off then in sneaks Nicholas, a kitchen boy who was entranced by the performance. Without giving it a second thought, he grabs the sword and sneaks back downstairs, and into the main room. Excited to perform his own magic with the sword, he has no idea how to use it properly, and disastrous results follow. Plates come out of nowhere and fall on him, rendering him momentarily unconscious. These are followed by some pillars, and climbing on top of one, he rides around a whole circle of them, fights with them, and is bewildered by them. Soon, more plates come out of nowhere and bury him completely, causing a huge racket and waking up the musketeer, who, upon finding the sword missing, runs downstairs and finds the rest of the staff. Going into the main room, they find the foolish boy buried, and pull him out, the sword running through the back of his shirt. He is all too happy to be rid of it.
- DirectorKai HansenMaurice MaîtreStarsV. MikulinaN. AleksandrovaNikolai VekovDuring the reign of Russia's Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), Count Orlov writes a letter to the Empress, denouncing Princess Tarakanova as a traitor and a would-be usurper. On the Empress's orders, Tarakanova is led into a trap and arrested. Because the Princess continues to insist that she is the only true heir to the throne, she quickly finds herself in great danger.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsCharles WestVivian PrescottStephanie LongfellowJohn Rogers, a young chemist, is sincerely loved by the eldest of two sisters, but in a state of infatuation prefers the younger girl, fascinated by what he would call vivacity, but which is nothing less than frivolousness. He marries her, and she soon tires of a life of domesticity. He tries to interest her in his chemical experiments but they simply bore her, although they are interesting to the sister, which interest is born of a pure love which she still holds. While he is working in his laboratory, the wife is either entertaining or being entertained by friends. She is in her element at a dinner party, when an explosion takes place in her husband's laboratory, apparently destroying his sight and hearing. It is a sad house she returns to after her evening's pleasure. There is her husband, deaf and sightless. You may imagine her lot is now more repugnant, as his helplessness annoys her, so she eagerly accepts diversion. This comes in the form of an offer from one of her friends, a theater manager, to shine on the comic opera stage. She accepts the offer and on the persuasion of this friend decides to leave her husband and get a divorce, leaving her wedding ring on the table for her sister or father-in-law to find. The sister sees her action, and tries to dissuade her, but in vain. The thought of this second and worse blow to the young man moves the sister to wear the ring, deceiving him until his affliction has passed, for the doctor is sure of restoring his sight and hearing. This deception is easy, as he can neither see nor hear and is ever under hands of the nurse. The operation promises to be successful, so the sister goes to the green room of the theater to bring the wife back. After a heated argument the wife consents to go and see him at least, arriving just as he is placed in a darkened room to have the bandage removed. When the bandage is taken off, the young man sees in the dim light of the room the figures about him. He turns from one to the other until he sees his wife and makes a move towards her, but she with guilty mien recoils and as she does, clutches the portieres nervously. Down they come, letting in a fatal flash of light from the outside, striking the poor fellow's eyes, causing now incurable blindness. Realizing what she has done, she rushes horror-stricken from the house. The young man's hearing unimpaired, he learns the truth and now feels in his heart what he failed to see with his eyes.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHenry B. WalthallFlorence BarkerW. Chrystie MillerBefore the revolution in France the nobility exercised a most despotic rule over the peasants, subjecting them to abject slavery. Not only did they suffer pecuniary oppression, but their humble households were invaded and defiled by the noble profligates. Henri Provost, a perfumer, receives a call from his landlord in quest of some perfume. During his visit this nobleman is attracted by Henri's pretty young wife. Her beauty so enthralls him that he, during her husband's absence, exercises his presumed rights, and invites, or rather commands her to attend his house fete. Here he dresses her in finery and promises to make a great lady of her, so that when her husband, who finding whither she had gone, bursts into the palace, she denies him. The heartbroken perfumer at first would return to the palace and in vengeance murder both his wife and the nobleman, but the old priest stays him, by showing him the crucifix, the emblem of Christian charity and making him swear he would never kill them. Indicating that vengeance belonged to God. Henri takes this oath and lives up to it. Some time later the peasants chafing under aristocratic tyranny revolt, with the perfumer a leader. The revolutionists invade the home of the nobleman, the occupants of which flee in panic. The nobleman himself, with the perfumer's wife, who is still with him, make their way to her former home, which she imagines is deserted. The perfumer enters, and upon meeting the guilty pair, sees his chance to wreak vengeance. He is about to run them through when the old priest again appears and shows him the crucifix, reminding him of his oath. He then waves back the mob, who haven't seen the nobleman, with the exclamation, "This is my wife." The mob dismissed, he takes the couple to an inner room where they exchange their finery for peasant's attire. Thus they leave to take their chances of evading intemperate revolutionists who are parading outside, devastating everything and destroying everybody aristocratic. What a bitter lesson she has been taught. Her covetousness has brought her only shame, terror, poverty and isolation.
- DirectorFrank PowellStarsMary PickfordKate BruceBlanche SweetThe hero, a young contractor, is mistaken by the heroine for a laborer, while he thinks she is the maid although she is the daughter of the manor. The hero continues to represent himself as a laborer in order to see the maid. The daughter, in order to continue her impersonation, borrows the maid's clothes. At the end the two main characters are brought together in their true light with the blessing of their respective mothers.
- DirectorLucien NonguetStarsMax LinderGabrielle LangeMax is invited to a dinner party. On his way he stops at the baker's to secure a few choice confections, and while there steps on a piece of sticky fly-paper. With great solicitude the baker asks Max to sit down while he removes the offending bit of paper. This Max does, but unfortunately deposits himself upon a similar piece of paper which is on the chair. This, too, is removed by the now excited baker, but Max manages to carry off with him a nice large sticky piece fastened on his sleeve. This he discovers at his sweetheart's home and in endeavoring to remove it, he gets it fastened to both hands and both feet. Nobody but a contortionist could ever get rid of those terrible pieces of paper, and to add to Max's misery, when he gets to the table he finds that having picked up his fork he cannot get loose of it. His glass, too, sticks to his hands and when his future father-in-law passes him a platter, Max cannot let loose and the entire party gets embroiled over who shall have the platter.
- DirectorVasili GoncharovStarsAleksandra GoncharovaVladimir KrivtsovVladimir MarkovBiography of famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, in five minutes.
- DirectorÉmile CohlAn artist tries to sell some canvases to a client, each of which appears to be covered in a single colour -- until you take a closer look.
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyStarsEdwin AugustAway out in western Canada we see a man of brawn and muscle made rough and rude by his life and surroundings buying a phonograph, and with his pals seated of an evening listening to the old songs of long ago. The sight of the joy and pleasure it brings into their lives is only a make-believe representation of what gratitude the world owes Thomas A. Edison for his wonderful invention. Alone we see the lumberman listening to the song of "Annie Laurie," and as the strains of that dear old song sink deep into his heart the past comes before him and he sees his mother seated at the old organ, father with his evening paper and his pipe, while beside him stands his boyhood sweetheart singing this old song. As the vision fades he tries to cast off his sweet spell, and seeks forgetfulness at a gambling table in a nearby hotel. The threads of fate have drawn the singer of the song of the earlier scene to this same hotel, and just as the lumberman is about to commit the crime of theft the notes of the song reach him again from above, where she is staying. Drawn by the charm of his spell he listens outside her door, and while listening discovers a plot to rob the girl within. The subsequent events reveal his bravery and the saving of her life, which act nearly terminates his own; but ere the picture is brought to its dramatic close we discover that the singer is none other than his boyhood sweetheart, and we feel that "The Song That Reached His Heart'' will eventually find its echoes in the chime of wedding bells.
- DirectorMario GalloStarsEliseo GutiérrezThe film refers to the historical events happened in Buenos Aires in May1810 known as the May Revolution, in order to be independent of the Spaniards.
- DirectorÉmile CohlStarsMaurice VinotAlice Tissot1. Hercules discovers an excellent method of tanning the skin of the Nemean lion. 2. Without effort he cuts off the seven heads of the Lerneau hydra. E. With equal ease he captures the wild boar of Erymanthus. 4. He checks in dexterous manner the flight of the golden-horned and heaven-hoofed deer of Manale. 5. When the fantastic birds of the Stymphalian Lake play tricks upon him, he quells them with one movement of his hand. 6. Now he destroys the terrible Amazon troop and takes their queen, Hippolyte, prisoner; when he begins to fall in love with her she escapes and goes to the infernal regions. 7. He forces the river Alpheus to give all her water to clean Augeas' stables. 8. In the meanwhile he has an encounter with the Cretan bull, subsequently killed by Theseus at Marathon. 9. As the wicked king Diomedes is in the habit of giving his visitors to his horses for food, Hercules forces these noble steeds to taste their own master's flesh. 10. Hercules, not at all troubled by the three bodies of the giant Geryones, gives them a bad quarter of an hour. 11. Relieving Atlas for a moment of the burden of the Heavens, Hercules persuades him to cast down the golden apples of Hesperides and appropriates them for his own. 12. At last Hercules finds a way of recapturing Queen Hippolyte, by bribing with sausages Cerberus, the dog on guard at her cave, and makes her his wife.
- DirectorLéonce PerretStarsAndré BacquéAbel GanceRené d'AuchyWe first see Moliere at work in his father's shop, when a boy. All the employees are busy at their appointed tasks, except the youthful playwright, who snatches time to re-read one of his earliest efforts. The door opens and the Italian comedian, Scaramouche, enters in quest of a particular style of chair. Moliere tenders his play for perusal; but, just as Scaramouche begins to be interested, Poquelin, the father of Moliere, comes in unexpectedly and the play is hastily thrown out of sight. Again the boy poet places it in the comedian's hand, and some clever work is done by Scaramouche, as he tries to read the manuscript without being detected by the stern upholsterer. The next scene shows Moliere at the Louvre palace, where he meets Louis XIV for the first time. Here we see the scorn of the courtiers for the actor-dramatist and the consideration shown for him by the King. This scene will be remembered for the delicate beauty of the interiors shown. Next we view the stately splendor of the festival at Versailles, where hundreds of courtiers, ladies in waiting and great nobles attend on Louis XIV. The beauty of the court costumes, which set the fashion for all the royal houses in Europe at that time, and the courtly air and demeanor of every individual in the royal pageant, have been faithfully reproduced. One cannot but marvel at the excellence of the training of this vast throng, every one of whom acts his or her part as if manor-born. We must take off our hats to this Gaumont producer. As Moliere comes into the scene, the acting of the King, the courtiers and of the great actor himself, is faultless. When the King places his arm around Moliere's shoulders and walks off with him, it is a delight to watch the faces of the surprised and jealous train of followers. And when next we see Louis seated at table with Moliere, serving him with his own hands, the cup of the courtiers is full. The scene showing the distraction of Moliere over the desertion of his wife is a pathetic picture and displays talented emotional acting. Then, when she appears before finally leaving him, and we watch the play of coquetry on her witching face and note her charm of manner and grace of deportment, we do not wonder at poor Moliere's abandonment to despair. The attempt of the faithful maid servant to arouse Moliere from his apathy and melancholia is a brilliant specimen of silent acting in both roles. The last appearance of Moliere, and his first in the role of Malade, is a fine depiction of the stage of the tennis court theater and of the French manner of acting a part in the seventeenth century. Then follow his sudden illness and death.
- A short black and while film which documents the 1910 Montenegrin Royal Jubilee.
- DirectorAndré DeedStarsAndré DeedEmilio GhioneCretinetti destroys the Christmas tree of his house and is taken angrily by Santa Claus to heaven to be judged by St. Peter. There his behavior is so disastrous that he is sent to hell chased by a thousand demons.
- DirectorOtis TurnerStarsMarcia MooreLost adaption of the of the 1908 book "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" in which Dorothy and the Scarecrow reach the Emerald City and meet, among others, the Woodman and the Cowardly Lion and journey to Oz to get their wishes fulfilled.
- StarsA.E. ColebyFactory workers make Christmas crackers, a process that is shown in detail. Later, a family gathers around the tree at Christmas and enjoys their noise-making toys. Finally, Santa Claus emerges from a gigantic cracker.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsVerner ClargesStephanie LongfellowDorothy WestThe crook is ever possessed of an clement of subtlety and inventive ingenuity, which, if exercised in worthy efforts would be highly commendable. Fate, however, always ethical, is unceasingly conspiring against a successful consummation of his sinister efforts. The apparent wealth in the suburban home of banker Mr. C.W. Bourne, has excited the cupidity of three members of the underworld. They therefore concoct a scheme to gain an entrance. First: learn the layout of the house; they do this by disguising one of their number as a messenger and delivering a fake package to the house. He reports to his comrades, and entering a large trunk, the other two dress as expressmen to deliver it with human contents. But they also need to get the banker, widower father of two daughters, out of the way, so they send the following telegram: "Come to New York at once. Big shortage. Cashier has committed suicide. Coulter." At the time of the arrival of this telegram, the banker is presenting his younger daughter, who has been ill, with a beautiful diamond necklace. This little surprise he effects to lift the girl's spirits. Of course, he is loath to leave, particularly as the men servants are off for the evening. Still, the message is urgent and seems plausible, so he goes. Shortly after his departure, the trunk is delivered, and though there is some question, his older daughter receives it into the reception room, thinking it another of her father's surprises, she not knowing what had called him away so suddenly. The invalid sister is resting in the room next to the reception room, while the sister is in the reception room admiring her sister's present before a mirror. Suddenly she sees the reflection of a hand protruding from the trunk, which is now slightly open. The man inside hears her move and the hand is drawn back. She pretends not to notice this occurrence while hurriedly writing a note to Martha, the maid, dispatching her little niece, who happens to be in the room at this moment. This note reads: "There is a robber in the room. Telephone for police and keep quiet." As the child passes through the adjoining room, the invalid sister insists upon seeing the note and after a parley gets it. Rushing to the telephone, she calls the police headquarters. The desk man is dozing, and it is with difficulty she makes him answer and understand. When he does, he acts quickly, sending four officers on a mad rush to the Bourne mansion. Meanwhile, a thrilling scene is being enacted in the reception room. The man having gotten out of the trunk, renders the girl helpless, admits his accomplices and the three are ransacking the place when the police enter and capture them. At this moment the father returns, hiving found the message a trick, so the little family is thankful that nothing more serious has happened than the shaking up on their nerves.
- DirectorFrank PowellStarsBilly QuirkMack SennettFlorence BarkerTwo eccentric Frenchmen argue for the hand of an eligible American girl, who finally discouraged both of them by introducing her betrothed.
- DirectorJohann SchwarzerA woman undresses, takes a bath, and relaxes.
- DirectorLewin FitzhamonStarsHay PlumbAlma TaylorChrissie WhiteTilly the Tomboy and her pseudo-angelic friend are at it again. This time, they visit a bedridden woman, steal a truck and turn a bakery upside down in their pursuit of mischief.
- DirectorMax LinderStarsMax LinderAs a result of Max's desire for a family, his wife takes a recommended prescription and presents the dismayed Max with a family of a dozen or more children. A risque type of French comedy, not suited for critical audiences.
- DirectorMario CaseriniStarsMaria CaseriniAnita and Giuseppe Garibaldi meet in south America and head to Italy to fight in the wars of Risorgimento.
- DirectorLuigi MaggiStarsGigetta MoranoEnrico VaserErcole VaserA young man named Leandro tries to force himself onto his love interest, but she already has another man, and while escaping punishment for his rushed actions, he enters an alchemist's house and releases the lame devil that was being held there. Together they make some mischief.
- DirectorFrank PowellStarsLottie PickfordGertrude RobinsonKate BruceA whimsical farm girl writes a message on an egg that finds its way to a city restaurant where it is served to a young man. Intrigued, the young man sets out to locate the message-writer. He makes the long and arduous trip by train to the country and confronts the young woman, who, much to his dismay, doubles up her fists and hits him. The next scene shows the young man boarding a train, and the young woman on her knees beseeching him to return to her.
- DirectorUgo FalenaStarsVittoria LepantoLaura OretteCiro Galvani
- DirectorAngel García CardonaBenítez pretends to be a bullfighter and his friends decide to play a game with him.
- DirectorArthur HotalingRastus is an odd jobs man, that is he does odd jobs when he has to, but when there are a few small coins in his pocket he prefers to sleep. He is looking for a soft spot when the scene opens and the picturesque banks of a small stream attract his fancy. It is in the open sunlight, but a darkey likes warmth and he composes himself to take a nap. In his dreams he rises and makes his way down to the water from where there are always to be found cotton bales that make the finest sort of couches. But on his way along he passes a sailors' boarding house where men are being shipped for a long voyage. The trim sailor suits and the promise of good pay attract Rastus and almost before he knows it he has shipped for the cruise. He is outfitted at a slop shop, but already he is losing his nerve and he has to be driven on board by his captain. The ship is wrecked on the African east coast and Rastus is the sole survivor. The Zulus capture him and are proceeding to serve ragout à la Rastus when the chief's daughter intervenes. Rastus is given his choice between death and marriage. One look at the princess contents him with the pot, but the sight of the firewood changes his mind and he marries with scant ceremony. He enjoys for a brief moment the regal honors, but the princess is amative and Rastus bas an eye for beauty. After all it is the pot for him, but at that moment he awakens and is much relieved to find himself within walking distance of a place where nerve tonic is to be had by those who possess the price.
- DirectorJohann SchwarzerAssisted by her maid, a woman undresses. Lying half naked on her bed, she reads and tosses around.
- StarsAndré DeedCretinetti receives a wedding invitation and preens himself so much that all the women, including the bride, go after him in love.
- DirectorÉmile Cohl
- StarsHarry MyersRita DavisGuy OliverThe scene is laid in one of the trading posts of the Hudson Bay Company and the young factor, Malcolm Young, loves Utoka, the pretty daughter of the chief of a nearby tribe. Jules Laprese also loves the girl and the half-breed hates Malcolm as much as he loves the pretty Indian maiden. Only Utoka's watchfulness saves the young factor's life on several occasions and this loving care is relaxed only when Jules brings her a letter and photograph which he has stolen from the factor. The picture is that of a beautiful young white girl and the loving message that accompanies it leaves small room for question of the factor's lack of good faith. Utoka is prostrated by grief and Jules leads her father to believe that a more serious wrong has been wrought by the head of the trading post. With his braves the old chief captures the factor and drags him, a prisoner, to the camp where Malcolm is put to torture before the fire is to mercilessly end his sufferings. Meanwhile Utoka, who cannot believe her lover guilty, seeks the post and discovers what has taken place. With the good father, the missionary who keeps pace with the advance of the Hudson Bay posts, Utoka returns to the camp and saves the life of the factor. He proves that the letter was from his sister and not from some sweetheart in Montreal and the half-breed is made to suffer punishment for the affront he has put upon the tribe.
- StarsMaurice CostelloLeaving his wife and family well and happy, the leading actor in a well-known theatrical company goes to the theater for his evening performance and carries the house by storm. Elated with his success, and filled with pride and good spirit, he returns to his home to find his little girl very sick with a burning fever which augurs something worse, He is worried and anxious. The crisis must be passed before the doctor can decide the little one's cure give any encouragement as to the outcome. The actor, a man of artistic temperament, tender emotions, and intense love, feels the strain of suspense very keenly. The next night he must go to the theater again. While he is playing his part with apparently the same rest and vigor as usual, his whole being is racked with thoughts of his child. The apprehension is too great and while he is in the midst of his performance he suddenly goes insane. The curtain is rung down and he is taken to a sanitarium. His little girl passes safely through the crisis of her sickness and finally is restored to health. The actor's wife is in deep despair. Trouble seems to darken her whole life, but with faithful solicitude she visits the hospital regularly to watch the condition of her husband, who grows worse instead of better. While on one of those visits she thinks that a visit from his child might help his recovery. The doctor agrees with her, and the child calls at the hospital with her mother. The actor is brought into the reception room and, while he is sitting staring, his child gradually approaches her father while she is singing a little song which she and the father have often sung together. He listens, and then unconsciously hums the air until, little by little, reason dawns in his expression while he looks toward the little singer in whom he recognizes his own child. He takes her in his arms as if convincing himself that he has not been dreaming. Then he clasps her to his bosom. Looking up, he sees and recognizes his wife, around whom he places his arm and embraces her, and thus, his mind recovered, the actor is himself again.
- DirectorFrancis BoggsStarsKathlyn WilliamsTom SantschiMazeppa, the infant son of a Tartar chief, was captured by the Poles and grew into manhood in the Polish land, never knowing his true parentage. Through his bravery and gallantry, he became the favorite page of Olinska, daughter of Castellan, a Polish noble. Mazeppa was the favorite of all women and the envy of all men. He loved Olinska and his love was returned, but this was against the plan of Castellan, who had made preparations to marry her to Count Prenislas. Mazeppa forced a duel with his rival, in which the latter was seriously wounded and the enraged Castellan, as a punishment to Mazeppa, had him tied to the back of a wild and desperate horse, in spite of the pitiful entreaties of Olinska. The helpless Mazeppa was driven through forests and rivers, attacked by wolves, drenched by the rain, then scorched by the sun, with the ropes that bound him buried deep into his flesh, longing for death. He reached the Tartar camp, where the exhausted horse at last dropped. Mazeppa was discovered and relieved from his tortures by kind hands, and by means of a mark on his breast was recognized by the Tartar chief as his son. Mazeppa was proclaimed the successor to his father, as chief of the Tartars. However, his greatest hope, that of making Olinska his wife, was worth more to him than all else. Disguised as peasants, he, with several of his followers, entered the house of Castellan, where they were engaged to dance at the festivities of Olinska's marriage which was about to take place at her father's command. At the opportune moment the Tartars overpowered the house of Castellan and released Olinska, once more reunited, now for all time, with her Tartar lover, Mazeppa.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHenry B. WalthallMarion LeonardJoseph GraybillWhen the Feudal Lord and his bride were visited by their cousin at a time when this Lord was presenting to his bride the family heirloom the Great Ruby of Irskaat, the cousin coveted it, and was determined to secure it. The Lord receives a call to arms, and in this the cousin sees a way to achieve his design. The Lord, however, appreciating the danger of leaving this valuable jewel unguarded, buries it in a secluded part of the grounds. His soldiers now assembled, he departs, leaving his wife to the care of his trusted servants. No sooner had he left than the cousin returns with the subterfuge that he will stay at the palace guarding the wife until the Lord's return. This the wife appreciates, believing his tender well meant. Surreptitiously he rids the palace of the servants, placing his own in their stead. The poor woman is now in the absolute power of this despicable villain. By entreaties and threats he tries to make her divulge the whereabouts of the ruby, but he finds her adamant. Not wishing to use violence, he will pursue another course, flattery and wine. While he gets the wine, the wife writes a note and dispatches her page, whom she discovers in the garden beneath her window, to her husband with it. Off the page goes on a mad dash only to become exhausted before the end of the journey. Meeting a band of gypsies they give the boy refreshments. The drink induces sleep and when the boy awakes he finds several hours have elapsed. Arriving at the Lord's tent, he delivers the missive and the Lord leaps into the saddle and dashes toward the palace. During the time of this wild ride, a horrible thing has happened at the palace. In her endeavor to keep the traitorous cousin at bay the wife has accidentally fallen headlong from one of the parapets of the palace to the walk below. Out rushes the cousin, only to find that the fall resulted fatally. He carries her inanimate form in, and now he fully realizes the enormity of his deed and falls cowering at the foot of the altar in the little chapel. At this moment the Lord dashes up. Entering, he finds his wife cold in death. Stunned for a moment, he rushes into the next room, where the cousin grovels, with one object in mind, vengeance.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsFrank PowellArthur V. JohnsonMarion LeonardAn historical dramatization of a Spanish woman during the reign of Spanish and Mexican owned California in the early 19th century.
- DirectorLouis Feuillade
- Jack, a shepherd lad, incurs the displeasure of his master by reason of his attachment to a little black poodle, which the elder man declares is no longer any good for looking after the sheep. The farmer accordingly purchases another dog, and then instructs Jack to drown his dog in order that a saving of food may be effected. Jack carries the dog to the stream, but his heart revolts at the idea of drowning his only friend, and he ties the animal to a tree. The farmer's suspicions are aroused when he sees Jack slip some of his food into his satchel, and, following the lad, ascertains the truth. Determining that the dog shall be drowned, he decides to do it himself, and carries the animal to an old wooden bridge where the current runs swiftly. As. however, the farmer leans against the rotten handrail it gives way, and he is precipitated into the stream. In a flash the dog has plunged in after him, and with his assistance is saved from the rapid waters. Shamefaced and repentant, the farmer owns up like a man to his unkindness of heart, and from that day Jack and his dumb friend are two honored members of his household.
- DirectorTheo Frenkel
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsFlorence TurnerMary FullerEdwin R. PhillipsPART I. The incidents of this story are some of those preceding and lending up to the Civil War in 1861 and the Declaration of Emancipation. The central figure in the drama is Uncle Tom, a slave in the possession of the Shelbys of Kentucky. Tom is a peculiarly extraordinary character, possessing all the virtues and none of the bad qualities of his race, a possession brought about by a gradual realization, absorption and practice of Christian principles through a close study of the Bible. To the Shelbys he is an invaluable asset, because of his honesty and trustworthiness. Mr. Shelby, although owner of vast estates, has become greatly involved in debt, as is often the case with aristocracy. His notes have come into the hands of a slave trader named Haley, who presses Shelby for money long overdue. While visiting Shelby on one of his periodic "duns," he agrees to purchase "Uncle Tom" and Harry, a child of a quadroon, Eliza, Mrs. Shelby's maid. It is a hard bargain, but necessity, which is apt to drive to extremes, succumbs and the deal is made. Eliza overhears the transaction, and, loving her child with all her heart, decides to flee with him to the Ohio side of the river. She escapes from the house during the night, goes to "Uncle Tom's" cabin and tells him and his wife, "Aunt Chloe," all about her trouble, and also that Tom has been sold to the slave dealer, and advises him to get away while there is yet time. Tom, feeling it his bounden duty to live up to the tenets of his sale as well as his own conscience, refuses, but blesses Eliza and wishes her Godspeed. When Haley discovers the flight of Eliza he is frantic, and, calling into service some of Shelby's slaves and the ever-ready bloodhounds, he starts in pursuit of his prey. Eliza has made her way with her dear Harry clasped to her bosom to the banks of the Ohio River in a driving snowstorm, with the piercing cold winds carrying the baying of the bloodhounds to her ears as they follow mercilessly in her tracks. The ferryboats are not running, and the boatmen who usually ply their traffic across the river are afraid to encounter the fierce storm and the ice floes at the risk of their produce and their own lives. Spurred on by mother love and courage born of liberty and protection of the helpless, Eliza unhesitatingly jumps down the river's bank onto a large cake of floating ice, which rafts her down the stream, then from one piece of ice to another she leaps like a deer until she reaches the Ohio side of the river, where she is assisted up the bank and seeks shelter for herself and child. Haley and his negro aides are baffled in the capture of their quarry. Haley is furious, the negroes delighted, and while Haley goes to the tavern to appease his wrath the darkies show their pleasure in fits of laughter, and return to the Shelby place to report Eliza's escape. Haley, after a night of it in company with Marks, the lawyer, and Tom Rorer, a human bloodhound, goes back to take possession of "Uncle Tom," by the sale of whom he hopes to make up the loss of Harry. Uncle Tom, after a last farewell to his wife and little pickaninnies, and a hearty good-bye from young "Mars" George Shelby, who promises he will purchase "Tom" himself some day, gets into Haley's wagon, shackled hand and foot, with a sad heart but Christian resignation, bids farewell forever to his old Kentucky home. PART II. Haley, with Uncle Tom and his other slaves, boards the steamboat and starts down the Mississippi for Louisiana. On the boat going home from a visit to Vermont is Mr. Augustine St. Clare with his little daughter, Eva, a beautiful child of delicate temperament, and a maiden aunt named "Miss Ophelia." On the way down the river poor Tom makes himself helpful and cheerfully obliging to everybody, lending a hand with the freight and saying a kind and courteous word whenever spoken to. Whenever he can find time he reads in his laboring way his Bible, which is a source of great comfort to him. Eva is especially attracted to Tom. He has his pocket stored with odd toys of his own manufacture, which furnishes her great amusement during the long and tedious progress of the boat. One day Eva falls overboard. Uncle Tom with unhesitating courage jumps into the river and brings her safely back to the boat. This cements her attachment for Tom. She begs her father to buy him for her own. The father, always ready to satisfy her every wish, makes a deal with Haley, and Tom is purchased for Eva, who makes him her companion and attendant. "Miss Ophelia," although a northerner, is shocked at the readiness with which Eva associates and confides in Tom, but as she learns afterward it is not misplaced and well deserved. The St. Clares arrive at their home in New Orleans. Tom is initiated as a member of the household, and while officially the coachman he is personally the bodyguard of Eva and he is her confidant fides achates. We can see the sensitive nature and constitution of the child gradually succumb to the climatic changes and the rackings of the severe cough and cold which has settled upon her lungs. Her father decides to move the family and household to his country home where he hopes Eva will improve and get well. It is here we are introduced to "Topsy," a coal black little negress whom St. Clare buys for "Miss Ophelia" to call her own and bring up in the way she would have her go. From this time on to the close of the film "Topsy" is a noticeable and amusing person. For two years Uncle Tom's life with the St. Clares is an uninterrupted dream, excepting the thoughts of his separation from his dear old wife and his children. After two years little Eva's illness becomes so bad she appears to be undergoing a process of translation and looks more like a vision of immortality in the midst of mortal things. Often she talks with Uncle Tom about Heaven with an understanding that makes Tom think, and everybody else for that matter, that she is not long for this world. These suppositions are well founded, for it is not long before Eva is seen on her bed surrounded by her parents, Aunt Ophelia, Uncle Tom and the servants of the family. She bids each one good-bye, giving each some little keepsake, then peacefully passes away to join the other angels in Heaven. PART III. The sorrow following the death of little Eva has scarcely passed when the house of St. Clare is again thrown into mourning by the death of Mr. St. Clare, who was stabbed while trying to stop a quarrel between two men. Mr. St. Clare had promised Uncle Tom his freedom, in anticipation of which he is inspired with new hope and great ambition to work for the liberation of his wife and children, but all this is doomed by his master's untimely end, and all the servants of the St. Clare place are sold to speculators and other masters. Tom is sold to Legree, who is brutal in the extreme, and treats poor Tom with little less consideration than a dog. Legree has established as his mistress Cassie, a quadroon slave, whom he treats as badly as he dares, for she has a strong influence over him and despises him with a heartiness that she cannot hide. One day, working in the cotton field, Cassie meets Uncle Tom, and is impressed by his generosity and gentleness of spirit and his all-abiding faith in God. At the same time Legree bought Tom he bid on a young mulatto girl named Emmeline, whom he also introduced into his household to displace Cassie, whom he tries to relegate again to the cotton picking rank of slaves. Emmeline likes Cassie, abhors Legree, and keeps as far from him as possible. Tom is subjected to every sort of indignation and uncomplainingly does his duty. It is not until he is asked to flog a poor slave girl that he refuses to obey his master, and is himself unmercifully whipped by Legree and two of his slaves. Cassie finds life with Legree unbearable, and hates him with an indescribable intensity. She plans to accomplish escape for herself and Emmeline, and asks Uncle Tom to go with them, but he refuses to leave while others suffer for no more reason than himself. Cassie plays upon Legree's superstition and fear, for, in reality, he is an arrant coward, and she makes him believe there are ghosts in the garret of his house, and when she and Emmeline take flight and he pursues them with bloodhounds and slaves, the women retrace their steps, after passing through the swamp to throw the dogs off the trail, and return to the garret, where they remain for three days and make good their escape when favorable opportunity presents itself after Legree has given them up as gone. Legree, filled with rage, for want of better excuse accuses Uncle Tom of knowing something about Cassies escape and being party to it. Tom denies that he had any hand in it, and refuses to reveal his knowledge of it. Legree vents his spite and cussedness by administering a severe beating to Tom and felling him with a savage blow. Young Shelby, who promised Tom at the time his father sold him to Haley that he would repurchase him as soon as he could, now comes to Legree's place to buy him back. Too late! Poor Tom has gone to his eternal freedom to dwell with his Master, who makes no distinction in color, creed or class and prepareth a place for all those who love Him and keep His Commandments, and of whom Tom was a faithful disciple. - The Moving Picture World, August 6, 1910
- DirectorGustaf LindenStarsEmile StiebelGerda AndréCarl Browallius
- DirectorTheodore WhartonStarsLeopold WhartonThe incidents pictured in this film are founded on fact and relate to William Scott, a young soldier from the State of Vermont. Scott is on guard after a heavy day's march, and being found asleep is placed under arrest. He is tried by court-martial and sentenced to death. Meantime we see President Lincoln in his study at the White House in deep thought, and seeing a vision of the Civil War and the sorrow caused by it. The vision disappears and he reads a letter from Mrs. Scott pleading for the pardon of her son. Deeply affected he lays the letter down and sees another vision, that of the gray-haired mother and a nameless grave. We next see being marched off to the spot where he is to be shot. All is in readiness for the fatal word of command to be given, when through a cloud of dust a coach dashes up attended by outriders. The President steps out and pardons the prisoner, who falls on his knees and blesses him. The next scene is that of a battle with the Union soldiers retreating. The color-bearer falls, but William Scott rushes up, grabs the flag and rallies the Union troops, but amid the dreadful carnage he himself is shot. That night the doctors and ambulances are searching among the dead for the wounded who are still alive. They reach Scott. He is dying. A vision of the President appears before him, giving him a wreath of fame. Scott staggers to his feet, and as the vision fades away, drops dead. As a fitting climax, we see a tableau of President Lincoln taking from a Union and a Confederate color-bearer their respective flags, rolling them together and when they are unrolled displaying the Stars and Stripes.
- DirectorGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonStarsGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonClara WilliamsJack Hartley, the foreman of the Triple X Ranch, is engaged to Nellie Monroe, the ranch owner's daughter. A quarrel starts between Jack and "Red" Williams, a cow-puncher, when the latter first makes advances to Nellie, and second, when Williams abuses a faithful Indian ranch hand. On this latter occasion Jack is unable to restrain his temper and the result is a short fist fight in which Williams is defeated. Smarting under the punishment, Williams seeks revenge. For some time the miscreant cow-puncher has been in league with a bunch of cattle rustlers, whose several attempts at a raid on the Triple X cattle, however, have brought them nothing, and due entirely to the alertness of Hartley, the foreman. They have sufficient cause to hate the manly young fellow and when Williams, after having been put out by the foreman, stalks into their camp, begging them to join him in obtaining his revenge, all are willing. That they must be cautious, however, is plain to them when another of the band joins them, bringing in tow Indian Pete, whom he had found spying about the shack. When Williams sees the Indian and recalls that he was the cause of his beating from Hartley he is in favor of killing the Indian, but the others restrain him. Having settled upon a plan of revenge, Williams is dispatched with a slip of paper, bearing a few words scrawled in lead pencil which is to be the undoing of Hartley, providing, of course, the game works right. The others ride off leisurely to the Tripe X horse corral and make away with a dozen or more ponies, while Williams is to work his end of the same with Hartley. He finds Hartley at another part of the ranch and succeeds in establishing a reconciliation, after confessing his wrong and pleading forgiveness. Hartley gives him his hand and brings out his cigarette paper and tobacco when Williams asks for "the makin's." When Hartley is not looking Williams slips the bit of paper in among the rice wrappings, then bids Hartley good-bye and leaves to put the finishing touches to his nefarious scheme. A few minutes later he rides excitedly up to the ranch house and calls loudly for Monroe When the old ranchman appears, Williams tells him of the stealing of the ponies, and adds further, "And I know who's at the back of this dirty trick. It's Hartley. If you don't believe it, I can prove it." The alarm is given and Hartley, unsuspicious of the conspiracy, comes running on the scene. A little crowd has gathered when Williams makes his accusation: "I saw him with a bunch of greasers this morning, and I saw him get a note from them fifteen minutes ago, and that note is in the pocket of his shirt. Search him." The astonished and enraged Hartley is seized and searched. The note is found and reads: "Jack Hartley. Got the horses all O.K. and will divide with you to-night. Meet us at the usual place. The Bunch." Hartley is given no attempt to defend himself, despite Nellie's desperate pleadings. He is ordered to mount his horse and leads the procession on the way to execution. In the meantime, Indian Pete, left with a drunken cowboy, makes his getaway and, with his hands still tied behind him, mounts a horse and rides desperately back to the ranch. There is no one there but the heart-broken girl. He tells her everything as she releases him and the two mount and ride at top speed to the scene of the execution. They are just in time. The Indian proves Hartley innocent and Williams is seized and stood in Hartley's place. The film ends here, with the embrace of the lovers.
- StarsMarie ElineHans is a little Dutch boy, the son of a poor fisherman. He, like all children of Holland, is early impressed with the fact that the safety of the whole community depends upon the strength of the dyke. He is sent upon an errand to his aunt late one evening. Walking along at the foot of the dyke, he discovers a tiny hole, through which the water is pouring. Realizing that if left to flow through even this small aperture, the water would soon break down the dyke and flood the village, he sticks his tiny finger into the hole, and waits for someone to come to his assistance. Night comes on. His family decide that he has stayed with his aunt, and so do not worry about him. In the morning he is found almost unconscious from fatigue and exposure, by his little sister who has been searching for him. She runs back and notifies the villagers, who come to his assistance, repair the dyke, and carry the little hero back to the village in triumph. He is received by the Burgomaster and praised by the Minister. By his night's heroism he has made himself a place in history, and will always be known as "The Little Hero of Holland."
- Knud, a vicar's son, meets Magda, a piano teacher, on a tram. He falls in love with her and introduces her to his parents. She refuses to go with them to the Sunday service and convinces him to go to the circus with her.
- DirectorHolger RasmussenStarsAugust BlomAxel BoesenSvend CathalaThe scenes are laid in London, in the year 1830. Kean, who is admired by all classes, both high and low, receives an invitation to a reception at the house of Count K. The reception is a gorgeous affair, and the scenes thrown on the screen are full of life and animation, and afford splendid scope for the fine photographic quality which is a distinguishing feature of this film. Among the guests is a prince of the period, a great admirer of Kean's genius, although a reckless and amorous courtier. Anna Damby, a popular actress, is also present, and the Countess of K. The former is secretly and deeply enamored of Kean, and the Countess also is fascinated by his charming personality. Anna is quick to observe that Kean has eyes only for the Countess. Following, we are shown Kean, the man of the masses. We find him in a low class inn, in the purlieus of the borough, amidst roystering companions. It is a christening party, and Kean is seen kissing the baby, to the great delight of his boon comrades. They are all drinking together when a dispute arises, and Kean whips off his coat, and after a few rounds, floors his burly opponent. In the meantime Anna Damby has been pestered with the attentions of a certain Lord M., a man of evil reputation. She rejects him with scorn, and he, knowing her infatuation for the actor, sends her a letter signed "Kean" making an appointment at the inn in the borough. Kean discovers the forgery, and a fine picture shows him exposing Lord M. in front of his friends. In the evening we see Kean in his dressing-room getting ready for the play. Owing to financial embarrassment he is in a bad temper, and his facial expressions as he "makes up" are excellent character sketches. The Countess calls, and a love scene ensues; she presents him with her photo. Footsteps are heard and the affrighted Countess has just time to slip into another room before the Count enters accompanied by the Prince, who descries the photo, and a violent scene takes place between Kean and the Prince, who discloses his love for the Countess, and declares that he will have no rival in the field. The actor resents interference in his love affairs and gets so furious that he declines to act that night. However, he is prevailed upon by his confreres on the stage not to disappoint the audience. The next few pictures show the interior of Drury Lane, the crowded boxes and stalls, and the superb acting of Kean on the stage. Suddenly the great actor catches sight of the Prince flirting with the Countess in a box. Jealousy gets the upper hand, and to the astonishment of the audience he throws aside his acting and walking quickly up to the footlights shouts out a terrible accusation against the Prince. This creates a scandal amongst the audience, and Kean has to be forcibly removed from the stage. The final scenes show the intercession of Anna Damby, and the noble generosity of the Prince, who not only forgives the insult, but once again becomes the devoted admirer and friend of the gifted actor, who learns to appreciate the love and affection of Anna.
- DirectorLaurence TrimbleStarsFlorence TurnerCharles KentJeanBent on having a summer's vacation, two working girls hire a tent and pitch their camp on the shore of a beautiful lake amid rural and quiet surroundings. As fate would have it, two farmer lads, living with their widowed mother not far distant from the camp, are making their way through brush and lanes until they unexpectedly come onto the bivouac of the girls. Mutual embarrassments are shown, and the boys, who are bashful swains, stand not on the manner of their going, making a hasty and awkward retreat. The boys tell their mother about the two "peachy" girls, and she decides to send them some freshly cooked doughnuts, and employs the faithful dog, "Jean," as a messenger, and the dog at once carries them to the girls, much to their surprise. The boys make another venture to the camp, but meet with little encouragement; they are not assertive, and their natural timidity and boorishness amuse the girls exceedingly. The young fellows are not discouraged in their advancements, and find "Jean" a ready emissary in their embarrassment. She makes many visits to the camp with tokens of their respect and love. The girls are puzzled by these frequent visits from the dog and decide to discover the source of her supplies and the place from whence she comes. They sally forth, and in going encounter a cow, which stands in their way. They become frightened; their shouts for help bring the two boys and their dog "Jean" to the rescue. The boys now summon up courage and, when the girls tell them about the dog and their wish to learn where she came from, the boys offer them their escort and invite them to their home. The girls accept; the boys introduce them to their mother; they are invited to take dinner, and things progress very satisfactorily and happily to all concerned. The young people go out for a stroll, leaving the mother and "Jean: alone. The mother begins to think that her boys are hopelessly smitten with the girls and gives way to a gloomy foreboding of a double marriage, the innocent and good old dog trying to prove herself her comforter and that she did not know she was being used as a matchmaker.
- DirectorGunnar HelsengreenStarsPhilip BechAage BjørnbakAlfred CohnConsul Bjørn is urgently called to a company meeting in the city. He rushes off leaving his wife Ingeborg alone in their villa. The thief that has lurking outside the house enters through a window. The first thing he sees on is a large portrait of the consul. He eyes the face, discovers a resemblance and decides to become the consul.
- DirectorEnrico NovelliAn Earth astronomer meets a Martian astronomer via their telescopes. They agree to meet on the moon for a wedding ceremony.
- DirectorGérard BourgeoisStarsJean Mounet-SullyHamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- DirectorMax ReinhardtStarsBertha WiesenthalVictor ArnoldRudolf BlümnerEarlier version of Reinhardt Orientalist pantomime, later remade by Lubitsch: a pathetic hunchback performer and a flirtatious dancing girl get involved at the court of a despotic Arabian desert sheikh, complete with sinister eunuchs.