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- Loosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the original silent film has been restored and has a new score by Tangerine Dream.
- Dick Blair, the idle son of millionaire parents being born with a "silver spoon in his mouth" like many another of the "Idle rich," abuses his opportunities and becomes in early manhood, a dissipated man about town. In spite of repeated warnings and also threats of disinheritance, he continues in the "pace that kills" until his father, realizing that unless the boy is thrown upon his own resources and made to feel actual want, he would go to an early grave, finally drives him from the home that had sheltered him since childhood, and orders him to make his own way in the world. His new life begins when he saves from drowning the daughter of a famous banker and modestly disappears after the heroic deed. In answering an application for a private secretary, he finds his employer to be the father of the girl whom he had saved from drowning. The daughter of the banker recognizes Dick as her rescuer and the banker takes a special interest in him. Dick's sterling qualities eventually win him a junior partnership with his employer and also the hand of the girl whom he rescued from a watery grave. Proud of his wife and the position in life he has attained, he calls upon his father and a happy reconciliation follows.
- When her father becomes ill, a young woman takes over the telegraph at a lonely western railroad station. She soon gets word that the next train will deliver the payroll for a mining company. The train brings not only the money, but a pair of ruffians bent on stealing it. All alone, she wires for help, and then holds off the bad guys until it arrives.
- A Mormon missionary seduces and kidnaps an attractive young woman, forcing her to accompany him to Utah to become one of his wives.
- 19117mNot Rated7.1 (1.8K)ShortCartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style.
- The news of the murder of a policeman causes terror in two women with an agent in the family who, when he leaves the house, the women see the shadow of a gun on him. But is what they see true?
- After an evening of excessive wining and dining Baron Munchausen must be helped to bed by his servants. Once asleep, he has bizarre and frightening dreams.
- Morin, an honest workingman, is addicted to liquor. Truly, his wife is the one who suffers. The latter has brought up their son Marcel, who very soon becomes an able engineer. His employer takes an interest in him, and gradually he advances himself to a responsible position in the manufacturing plant where he is employed. While testing out a new machine, Marcel Morin is congratulated by all the engineers and Suzanne, the employer's daughter, heartily congratulates him. Suzanne is fond of the young man, but her father does not favor a possible alliance between the two. To end their love affair, he decides to send the young man away. After a touching farewell between the young lovers. Marcel leaves for Chile, his father and mother accompanying him to the railroad station. On their way home, both very depressed, the elder Morin does not hesitate to drown his sorrows at the bar, while his good wife waits without. In an altercation over a game of cards, he is again seized by one of his fits and is sent to his home in an ambulance, where he slowly recovers after careful nursing. But gradually the old workingman falls back into his bad habits. In the meantime, the younger Morin has completed his task in Chile, and returns home after a lapse of three years, Marcel finally induces Suzanne's father to consent to their marriage. The very night of the nuptials, the old Morin is struck with an attack of apoplexy and is taken home. Owing to the good care given him, the wretched creature is saved from death, but is left a helpless paralytic. Nothing has yet intervened to mar the happiness of Marcel and his bride. But, alas, the terrible hereditary influence commences its work of destruction in the mind of Marcel. He is frequently seized with sudden attacks of anger without any treason. In his hallucinations he sees his young wife in the arms of another and is seized with jealous foreboding. One day, while a prey to these thoughts, he hurries home and finds his wife conversing quite innocently with his close friend. An insane desire to kill takes possession of him and, without hesitation, he takes out his revolver and shoots Suzanne, who lingers for weeks at the very door of death while Marcel languishes in prison until the day of his trial. Meanwhile Marcel's mother has engaged an attorney to defend her boy. The day of the trial arrives. Suzanne now recovered, goes to court to implore the pardon of her unfortunate husband whom she still loves. Seated in the prisoner's box, the accused is grief-stricken and sobs aloud while his lawyer points out the sins of the father, and pleads for the liberty of his unfortunate client. The jury retires for a debate. Acquittal seems certain, but the strain has been too much for the weakened Marcel who, crushed by his anguish, and between the arms of his despairing wife and heartbroken mother, dies an innocent victim to the fatal passion of his father who stupidly looks on and grins.
- Jack was in dire distress when he made a desperate appeal to his uncle for money. On account of his reckless habits Jack's allowance from his uncle is cut off. His pleas for restitution have been received with a deaf ear by his uncle, until he is forced to resort to some extreme measure in order to make uncle loosen up. A great idea strikes him and he at once proceeds to put it into effect by writing the following letter: "Dear Uncle, Since you have cut off my allowance I face starvation. Unless we can make peace before 8:00 I shall commit suicide and the family name will be disgraced." The uncle receives this letter while he is superintending the decoration of the reception room preparatory to his daughter's birthday party, and in his excitement he forgets it. Meanwhile, the clock's hands are moving slowly but surely towards the fatal hour, while Jack is preparing for his fake shuffle. First he considers hanging, but that don't seem dignified; poison would be better, hence he fills a bottle labeled "Poison" with water from which he drinks copiously. Still uncle doesn't come. Of course, the reason is clear. It is 8:30 when he remembers the letter, and after reading the contents, he makes a mad dash for his nephew's rooms, only to discover, with the aid of a doctor, the hoax Jack has perpetrated. So instead of giving him financial help, he hands him the "Help Wanted" page of the morning paper.
- Two staid judges, Hay and Holt, are close friends. They have but one child each, an attractive daughter. These old fellows are very dignified and old-fashioned in their ideas, and they guard their girls with jealous care. Two young men of the town are enamored of those pretty girls and pay court to them. They are both surprised in their love-making, by the judges, who angrily order them from their houses, thereby humiliating the young men in the eyes of their sweethearts. The boys swear to get even. They determine to humiliate the judges. So they enlist the services of two gentlemen of shady reputation. The old codgers are enticed from their houses, carried off to a lonely shack in the woods, their beards are shaven off and they are dressed in the garb of children. Frightened half to death by their experience, the old fellows are turned loose to make their way back home as best they can. Their experiences are most amusing. The matter gets into the papers next day, but the names are withheld pending further investigation. Now the boys have them on their hips and threaten to reveal their names unless they give their consent to their daughters' marriage. Of course, the boys win, much to the gratification of the girls and the chagrin of the two crusty old jurists.
- Countess Anna Karenina is torn between her lover Vronsky, and her husband, Count Karenin. Anna's love to Vronsky causes her much pain and social pressure. Her passion to Vronsky drives Anna to leave her husband, but Vronsky goes to war, leaving her helpless. Anna feels so meaningless and lonely, that she becomes suicidal and throws herself under a train.
- Mr. Blowhard is forever throwing bouquets at himself as to his bravery, and as a member of the "Gimlet Club" he would have been awarded medals. On this particular evening he is boasting of his wonderful prowess to a party of friends, stating that he is afraid of nothing, human or beast. He goes so far as to tell them that the bearskin rug adorning his room is a trophy of a bear hunt when he subdued and killed the mighty bruin with no other weapons than his strong arms and hands. They for politeness sakes, pretend to believe him, and he becomes as chesty as a blower pigeon. That night there calls a burglar on an expedition of pilfering. He is a bungling fellow and overturns some article of furniture at every step. The noise arouses the Blowhards and he has a chance to prove his mettle. Well, it was a case of one trying to get away from the other, and in the mixup they fall out of the window with Blowhard uppermost, thereby saving him bodily injury. The burglar is taken into custody by the policeman on the beat. At first glance at the morning paper you would assume Blowhard a hero, but that "but" is the second line of the heading which gives the credit where it is due.
- A young woman forced into servitude by her family gets more than she bargained for when her fairy godmother magically permits her to go to the royal ball.
- Albertina is filled with the rhythm and poetry of grace and motion. She is a celebrated dancer whose fame is widespread. She has overtaxed her strength, is forbidden to appear in public and is obliged to seek quiet and rest. She retires to her Aunt Mary's home, a beautiful and restful country place, where she secures the much-needed seclusion and comfort. Next door to Aunt Mary there lives a very handsome fellow who has often admired Aunt Mary's niece and to tell the truth she admires him. Growing restless under the enforced retirement, Albertina strolls down to the lake where the water-lilies grow. She pulls a number of them into a garland which she holds bewitchingly above her head. They give her an inspiration and involuntarily she pirouettes, bends and swerves her lithe and willowy form like a nymph of ethereal sweetness. The young man who lives next door is rowing upon the lake; he see Albertina dancing on the velvety field of grass, is charmed by her, and rushes toward her. She trips lightly away from him, like a thistle-down wafted by some gentle zephyr. Following, he takes her in his arms and from that moment they are held by Cupid's bonds. Fates are sometimes kind and sometimes harsh; in this instance fate has decreed that Maurice suffer blindness from a lightning strike, which flashes into his eye as he stands enchanted, gazing out of the window at a gathering storm. Albertina hears of his affliction and declares her undying love for him. But he will not have her engage herself to him, blind and helpless, and sacrifice her life for his, so he sacrifices his happiness by declaring that he does not love her. Broken-hearted she returns to the city and again takes up her public career as an exponent of Terpsichore and Delarte, gaining fresh laurels and making new triumphs; these divert but do not lessen her love for Maurice. After one of her exhibitions, a child presents her with a bunch of water lilies; her heart leaps within her and she resolved to return to her blind lover. She goes back to her Aunt Mary's, asks first for Maurice, then wanders down to where the water lilies will remind her of sweet memories of the past. There she finds him groping his way to the symbols of her constancy and love. She glides toward him, he hears her voice and they walk into each other's outstretched arms.
- The old carpenter Geppeto manufactures in his workshop a wooden puppet that will soon come alive. For an hour the doll will live a thousand and one adventures: he will be judged, hanged, swallowed by a whale, taken prisoner by the Indians, saved by Canadian soldiers and, even, returned home mounted on a cannonball that flies through the sky.
- Lorna is a woman and she is all business when it comes to running the "L.L." Ranch and she has no trouble in handling it and the "boys" who work for her, especially "Jeff," her foreman, who gives her a hand. She evidently appreciates his services and thinks him a handy and pleasant fellow to have around, her "Runs" are the best in Texas. There is a question of title to her land. Finally the Supreme Court decides against her and she is obliged to turn the "L.L." Ranch over to Sir Reginald Coutts-Harcourt, in whose favor the decision has been made. He is an overbearing fellow and meets with the dislike of the cowpunchers, who despise him as much on Lorna's account as for himself. Lorna gives him respectful attention but repulses all his familiarities as she explains to him the boundaries of the place, its general workings and stock. After turning things over to him she buys a smaller ranch and starts in business again with fresh hope and ambition. Sir Reginald has very little use for a ranch and places it on sale with a local real estate dealer to whom he gives full power of attorney to dispose of it, little thinking that Jeff, who has suddenly come into possession of money through the sale of a mine in which he had half-interest, would be the buyer. "Sir Reggie" hates Jeff and Jeff returns the compliment and takes great pleasure in getting square with his Lordship through the purchase of the "L.L." The climax comes and Jeff has his sweet revenge. Just as the cowboys, who are "soused," decide to have a "necktie party" by hanging "Reggie," Lorna notifies Jeff by messenger of the doings of the "boys," and he hastens to get his deed of purchase and hurries to the "L.L." Ranch, where he finds Sir Reggie with a rope around his neck and Lorna pleading with the boys not to do anything rash. Jeff jumps off his horse, tells the boys to stand back, sows Sir Reginald his deed to the place and orders him to make himself scarce as soon as possible. The ranchers wave their hats and cheer when they know that Jeff owns the "L.L." Ranch in joint partnership with Lorna who agrees to become his helper for life.
- We show Lord Nelson leaving the admiralty room where he makes his famous speech and then introduce him with his captains giving the details of that wonderful plan of attack which was carried out to the letter at Trafalgar, the inspirations of the captains and their enthusiastic toast. We are then carried along to the day before the battle when the men are writing their last letters home. Here a beautiful scenic and photographic effect is introduced as the vision of the sweetheart of one of the lieutenants fades into view. This gives an opportunity to introduce that famous episode of the letter in which Lord Nelson called back the mail ship for a single message and which is endeared to the hearts of all those who sail the sea. We are then carried along to the morning of October twenty-first, Eighteen Hundred and Five, when the fleet of the enemy is sighted. The decks are cleared for action and the hoisting of the colors is portrayed with all the solemnity of the occasion before entering the battle. The correct incident of the hoisting of the famous signal "England expects every man to do his duty" is splendidly portrayed and carried out in every detail, and we note the pathetic touch in Nelson's life in bidding farewell to his captains having at the time a presentiment of his own death. We now get to the little human touch in his life and learn the true character of the man, for, in his last entry in his diary before the battle, he makes peace with his maker. And now we come to that wonderful spectacular picture of the real battle of Trafalgar. We see the ships in action, the firing of the guns, the ships caught on fire and then the camera switches to a close view of the deck of the Victory where human life is sacrificed by the hundreds, the fighting top of the Redoubtable, the fatal shot and Nelson's fall. We then see that wonderful character in his death, the solemnity, the beauty and the pathos of it all being carried out by the Edison players in all its grandeur; his farewell to Captain Hardy, the last kiss, the news of the victory and finally his death.
- It's said "There's no true love without jealousy," yet Henry Taber overstepped the mark in this direction, and, although Tess was the most devoted of wives. Henry saw in every man upon which her glance fell a possible rival. Jack Wilson, the amateur photographer, stopped at their cabin for a glass of water, and merely because Tess hid him a pleasant good day, Henry was vexed. Indeed, that evening when Jack again chanced that way and showed the little wife a few prints of her estate. Henry displayed his displeasure in no uncertain manner, and coax as she would, he refused to come in to supper, but instead sank wearily down on a bench. As he lay there, he beheld his wife come to the door, look cautiously about, and steal softly around the house. Instantly he sprang up and crept after her, until she came to the Big Rock, where he beheld her clasped in the arms of Jack Wilson. The unhappy husband raised his gun and fired, but it was Tess who dropped. So grasping the photographer by the throat he slowly but surely forced him over the cliff. Turning, he found that Tess had staggered off and from his position on the rock he could see her notifying the woodsmen below. Perhaps after all, Jack had been only wounded, but as he climbed down, his worst fears were realized, and he had scarcely time to hide behind the rocks when Tess and the woodsmen appeared. Then commenced a chase up the mountain. At last he reached the top and laid down to rest. Suddenly the woodsmen's heads appeared. Stealthily they crept upon him, while he lay as one petrified, unable to move hand or foot, until the sheriff grasped him firmly by the shoulder. But, as Henry started up, he looked into the pleading face of Tess, again imploring him to come to supper, just as Jack Wilson appeared to get the camera he had forgotten. The man looked around. There stood his cabin. It was only a dream. Gratefully he clasped his wife in his arms, grasped the photographer's hand, insisting upon his sharing their humble evening meal.
- When the two little daughters of a young widower are told that he is preparing to bring up to the house to see them, a young lady who is to be their new mamma, they are at once plunged into the depths of despair. They feel that their home will be no longer bearable if they are to have a stepmother, so they run away to go out in the world to earn their own living. Their father is very much worried as well as indignant at their departure. He sets the police at work to locate them, and when they are found, determined to bring them home, and teach them once for all that he is master in his own house. But this is where the prospective stepmother, who is a practical business woman and a diplomat, shows her good sense. She persuades the father to allow her to win the girls over in her own way. This she does by taking a room in the same poor lodging house to which the girls have fled. Here she introduces herself to them as the lodger across the hall, and the girls, in a short time, grow to love her dearly and to rely entirely on her judgment. She arranges with them to become reconciled to their father, and assures them that she knows he would not marry if they did not desire it. The girls go back to their home, thoroughly penitent, but full of lowing accounts of their charming new friend, from whom they exact a promise that she will come to see them often. They finally decide that home would be much happier if she were there all the time, so they sternly command their father to marry "their lady" unless he wishes to incur the everlasting displeasure of his daughters. Father, with seeming reluctance, consents, and all family discord is at an end.
- In love with Madame de Pompadour, Latude thinks he can curry favor with her by setting up a phony plot against her and by denouncing it. Alas for him, instead of landing between the sheets of La Pompadour he is put in the Bastille. It is the beginning of thirty-five years in captivity, punctuated by three failed escapes. At long last, a certain Madame Legros, seamstress of her condition, takes an interest in his sufferings and supports him until his final liberation.
- One of the first epics on the History of Movies, it tells the story of the Fall of Troy: Paris seduces Helen, queen of Sparta, and takes her to Troy, city state of his father, King Priam. The Greeks declare war against the Trojans, and after ten years of siege finally manage to invade the city with a wooden horse.
- Young white girls who were kidnapped and held captive and in imminent danger of being sexually molested. And the moor slaveholder will incorporate the poor girls in his harem.
- A sensational detective story, founded on the romance of Leon Sazie. The noted criminal who terrorized all Europe is shown in these three Zigomar reels in a dramatic and intense struggle for supremacy with Paulin Broquet, the celebrated detective, who takes the two in the most varied and finest resorts. It is literally a chase through the entire continent, with Broquet now having the upper hand and again Zigomar in its possession. Zigomar is the leader of a band of men who persist in plundering rich and poor. They know Broquet is on their trail and set a trap for him. However, he escapes, and in the melee which follows, when he nearly captures Zigomar, the latter also flees. A wonderful feature of this production is the "Will o' the Wisp" dance which the noted dancer, Esmée, performs at a ball in the Moulin Rouge in Paris. The festival begins by a magnificent procession, in which the dancer is carried in a litter, bedecked with jewels. In the succeeding darkness, tiny flames light up and Esmée appears clad in white veils. She appears in the semi-darkness as a white apparition. Then the dance becomes gayer, the dancer turns faster, like a flower with changing colors, and finally sinks exhausted to the floor. There are effects of colored light in this picture that never have been seen before. Immediately following there is a scene of great contrast when Zigomar sets fire to the place and the scene ends in wild disorder.
- In the Canadian woods live Jean Caumont, his wife, Marie, and their baby. One day Jean shoots a rabbit and picking it up, forgets to extract the empty shell and reload his revolver. In the evening of that day, he plays cards in a saloon with a member of the mounted police named Burke and accusing him of cheating, he springs to his feet and overturns the table. One of the bystanders, Louis Fabert, who hates Burke, immediately extinguishes the one light in the place and in the darkness a shot is fired and when another light is brought, Burke is found dead on the floor from a bullet wound. Jean is seized as the murderer by the bystanders. Two other mounted officers are summoned, who take charge of the case. They examine every revolver in the place and find all fully loaded with the exception of Jean's, which contains an empty shell. Before the arrival of the police, however, Louis Fabert had disappeared from the room. Then the trial takes place and Jean is awaiting the verdict. The verdict is "Guilty," and Jean is condemned to be hanged. After he goes out, Louis Fabert, who has attended the trial and has been tortured by remorse, rises and fiercely attacks the jury for having convicted Jean on merely circumstantial evidence, but is overpowered and thrown out of the court room. He then rushes off into the woods in the midst of a terrible blizzard and wanders about He falls exhausted near the door of Jean's cabin, with a cry for help. Marie hears the cry, goes out and drags him into the shelter of her house and revives him. As soon as Fabert realizes who it was that saved him, his remorseful feelings are redoubled and he tells Marie that it was he who shot Burke and not her husband. He then begs her to write at his dictation and he makes a full confession of his crime and signs it. She then puts on her snow shoes and starts out for the jail, She has a terrible journey and arrives at her destination after her husband has ascended the gallows, the awful noose has been tightened about his neck and the trap about to be sprung. The arrival of Marie, with Fabert's confession, of course changes the entire aspect of affairs and Jean is released and he and Marie go happily home to their baby. Fabert was never seen again, he having disappeared in the trackless wastes of snow.
- The barnyard gathering in the early dawn of day bring the denizens of the coup and pen in unison with one another, so far at least as the extent of their appetite. Chevalier de Rostrando, a middle aged French gentleman, enters his well-kept barnyard with it sleek groomed cows and horses, brilliant plumed birds and rolling fat swine who pay tribute to his entrée. In the meantime the opposition camp moves into line with Se the Crosse leading the entourage. His rendezvous is in direct contrast with his rival for dramatic honors. American farm pictures grace his wall, the old welcome dinner bell is made of corn, that is, with what was left over after making the crystal liquid that rests peacefully in Grosse's demijohn. The pig, goose, turkey and donkey are bewailing the absence of food and Grosse's headaches from the night before. He is in little frame of mind to further his prospects of out-generaling his rival. When the manuscript of his crowning effort has returned "with thanks" he is desperate, and to add to his agitated feelings he finds an announcement in the morning paper of the "unparalleled success of the one epoch-making drama of the age: 'Chevalier de Rostrand the hero of the hour.'" His rage knows no bounds and in his fury he demands red ink, red as blood, to convey a telegram of death. The challenge given is accepted and the French and American orosters settle the difficulty a la barnyard style.
- Between 1836 and 1839, Diogo Alves, committed a series of crimes and murders, most of them taking place in the Aqueduto of Águas Livres, before being caught by the authorities and being hanged.
- A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
- A Federal spy operating within the Confederate lines, meets Hallie Coburn, a fair Southern girl, with whom he falls in love. The Spy enters into the social life. At a garden party he again meets Hallie and they become better acquainted. Gradually their acquaintance ripens into love. Hallie innocently takes the spy into the Confederate camp where he obtains needed information. Suspicion however has become directed towards him and on his attempt to invade the camp alone at night is discovered by one of the pickets and captured. He, however, makes a logical explanation of his presence in the camp and is allowed to depart. As he is leaving the spy unconsciously gives a military salute and the commander looks after him with a worried look on his face and a feeling that he is not what he claims to be. Hallie is summoned to military headquarters and told that her lover is suspected of being a spy. She indignantly denies the accusation and proposes that she will wring a confession from him and, if guilty, give him over to the military authorities, but resolves to herself that even if guilty, she will aid him to escape. With this resolve in mind she goes out to find the spy. In the meantime the spy's room has been searched and incriminating evidence found and his capture ordered. Hallie meets her sweetheart and tells him of the suspicion pointed towards him and asks if he is a Federal spy. He admits his identity but love proves the conqueror and Hallie determines to aid him to escape and suggests a plan. Her ruse succeeds and the spy, by swimming under water, alludes the soldiers who have been sent to arrest him and makes his way into the Union lines. At the end of the war he returns to claim her as his bride.
- A young artist is a great lover of the beautiful, and has a natural horror of anything repulsive. He fails in love with a girl who satisfies his artistic requirements. The Girl's father, a worldly wise inventor, does not approve of his daughter's choice. He realizes that the young artist has many limitations, and doubts if he will make his daughter happy. The girl, when told of his fears, at first laughs them to scorn. Then she begins to doubt herself. Finally, a chance comes to test the father's theory. There is an explosion in the laboratory, and the girl, in trying to save her father, is badly injured. The artist hurries around to the house, and finds that the girl he loves is disfigured for life. She offers him his freedom and returns him his ring. The young man is not of the stuff of which heroes are made. His love cannot survive the loss of the girl's beauty. He takes the ring and hurries away. And the fears of the father are proven. As time rolls on the artist finds that he cannot forget the girl he once hoped to wed. Gradually he forgets her beauty, and thinks more and more of her character and mental attributes. Humbly he returns to the house, and again pleads his suit. At first the girl repels him, finally she consents to take him back. She is heavily veiled when they meet, but she does not raise the veil, neither does be ask her to. Her physical appearance is of no importance he tells her, and so far as he is concerned, this is the truth. For he is no longer the artist, he is the sincere lover. Still wearing her veil, but her beauty regained, the girl accompanies him to the altar. When they return to his studio, the veil is lifted, and with a radiant smile she goes to his arms.
- Two men of high rank are both wooing the beautiful and famous equestrian acrobat Stella. While Stella ignores the jeweler Hirsch, she accepts Count von Waldberg's offer to follow her home, where she falls in his arms. At her party some days later Hirsch turns up uninvited. He says he wants to give Stella a piece of jewelry, but she repulses his advances. When Waldberg sees this he knocks Hirsch down. Hirsch challenges him to a duel by cards. Waldberg loses all his money, and in the end also has to sign a promissory note on 85.000, which should be paid within 24 hours. To help Waldberg solve his debt Stella goes to Hirsch to receive the brooch he has promised her. While he turns away, she steals a precious necklace from him, but he happens to see the theft in a mirror. He tails her to a park, where he sees Stella giving the necklace to Waldberg. Hirsch tells Stella to come to him at midnight, if she wants him to be silent about the theft. When Waldberg finds out that Stella is going to Hirsch in the night, he becomes jealous and goes there as well. By mistake he happens to shoot Stella, who reveals her sacrifice for him before she dies.
- Col. Prescott, one of the heroes of Bunker Hill, is busily engaged drilling his company of Minute Men. Among them is Jack Harrow, who shows such enthusiasm and ability that Prescott singles him out and promotes him to lieutenancy. .lack is delighted and on the way home tells his sweetheart Jane of his good fortune. He pleads for a promotion in her eyes also and after a few moments' hesitation she consents to become his wife. The wedding takes place in due time, but scarcely are they pronounced man and wife when Prescott bursts into the room with the news that the men are needed to fight. Hastily calling his men to arms he is confronted by Jane, who passionately declares that she will not let her husband go to war. Prescott finally persuades her that it is her duty to let him go. After bidding him a tearful farewell she collapses in her mother's arms. We next see Prescott and Jack under the direction of General Warren, throwing up the earthworks on Bunker Hill, in the middle of the night, while the British across the river are sleeping peacefully. The morning of the 17th of June, the Britishers moved forward to the attack and charged the hill in marching order. The command went down the American line, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." They waited and when the volley belched forth the British fled down the hill leaving their dead and wounded on the field. A second time the British regulars fled before the deadly fire of the Americans. A third time they formed, this time with Gen. Howe at their bead, and charged the hill. But the Americans had but one volley left, their ammunition was exhausted, and fighting with whatever weapons they could muster, such as spades, picks and even stones, they slowly gave way before the British. Jack, in capturing a British flag, was severely wounded and taken to a friendly cottage, where Jane soon arrived to nurse him back to health. General Washington arriving to take charge of the American army, and hearing of Jack's bravery, took occasion to thank him in the presence of his staff, to the great gratification of his charming little wife.
- During the French and Indian war, while America was still under the rule of England, Col. Munro was the commander of Fort William Henry, in New York State. His two daughters arrived from England, and pushed their way into the wilderness determined to join their father. The last stage of their journey was made under the escort of a young army officer. Major Heyward, one of their father's most trusted officers, and who was deeply in love with Alice, the younger girl. Their guide was a treacherous Indian, who had planned to lure them into the wilderness and make them captives. They were saved, however, by a chance meeting with a trapper and his two Indian companions, who were men of reputation throughout that wild region. The trapper, American born, had lived with Indians all his life, and because of his skill with his rifle was known as Hawkeye. The Indians were the last of the tribe of Mohicans, who at one time ruled the country that is now New York City. But they had been driven back by the encroachments of the white men, and made their homes in the then wild region around what is now Lake George. Through the aid of this trio, the little party of whites were led toward the fort, but their treacherous guide escaped, and backed by the Huron Indians, a hostile tribe, followed and attacked them. During the attack the girls were captured, and carried off to the Hurons' village, Heyward and Hawkeye, disguised as a medicine man and his trained bear, by skill and daring, managed to rescue the younger of the two girls, but the elder was still in the power of Magua, their former guide. He was cornered at last with his fair captive, and in an effort to rescue her, Uncas was killed. His death was avenged by the unerring rifle of Hawkeye. The old chief, the last of his tribe, mourned his dead, comforted by Hawkeye, who tells him, "The gifts of our color may be different, but God has so placed us as to journey in the same path. I have no kin, and like you, no people. The boy has left us for a time, but, sagamore, you are not alone."
- Harold and Jack Manning were rivals for the hand of Mrs. Dorothy Loveland, a handsome widow. John Manning, their father, was an elderly widower who hadn't smiled on a woman for many years. One day, Jack received a letter from his firm telling him to report at the office immediately, prepared for a business trip which would take him from home for at least a month. When Harold heard of these orders, he was naturally elated, because Jack's absence would give him a good opportunity to make the final plea for the widow's hand. But his rejoicing didn't last very long, as he soon received a message from the firm ordering him to accompany his brother. Fearing that someone else might win the widow while they were gone, they drew up a contract appointing their father guardian over the widow during their absence. The father was unaware of his trust until he learned it through a letter which he received after his sons had gone. There was nothing he could do but go to see the widow. He looked good to that charming lady and, when father was leaving, she pinned a rose on him. At the same time, the long-absent smile appeared on the widower's face. He called again the next evening, but in the meantime he had visited a tailor and looked at least twenty years younger. Things moved pretty rapidly after that and by the time Harold and Jack returned from their business trip, they found the fair widow was their stepmother.
- Bella is married to engineer Burk who meets with an accident. To provide an income she starts as a performer, but happen to meet an infatuated, intriguing composer. On the brink of marital ruin, she kills the composer.
- During the celebration of his golden wedding anniversary he, a former officer of the Italian army evokes the battle of Palestro in 1859 where he met his future wife.
- A man helps a girl regain her old lover letter.
- A poor man puts food in his pocket at a reunion dinner and is thought to have stolen a curio.
- D'Artagnan having discovered that the girl he has rescued on his way to Paris is none other than the Queen's confidante, Constance, loses little time in becoming better acquainted. The Queen has a secret love affair with the Duke of Buckingham and as a token of her love, she gives him a set of twelve diamond studs. Richelieu's spy, Milady, discovers this and at once reports it to the Cardinal. He sends Milady to steal the studs and persuades the King to give a state ball and ask the Queen to wear the diamond studs, which he does. As soon as she hears this request she writes a note to Buckingham, but finds she has no messenger whom she can trust. Here Constance comes to her aid. The Queen gives her the note and also her handkerchief as a token and she leaves to find D'Artagnan. He is not far away, so she tells him his mission, gives him the note and handkerchief and bids him God-speed. Richelieu's spy has overheard their plans and hurries to report the matter to the Cardinal. He sends the spy out on the road ahead of D'Artagnan with instructions to prevent his reaching Buckingham. D'Artagnan in the meantime has confided to his comrades that he is on a dangerous mission and all three decide to accompany him. The spy manages to leave D'Artagnan's three friends disabled, but our hero arrives safely at Calais, where he finds the port has been closed. Buckingham's boat is about to lift anchor. He forces the Captain of the port to have him rowed out to the ship, where he meets Buckingham and finds that Milady is also on board. Milady manages to cut off two of the diamond studs and hurrying out of the cabin jumps into D'Artagnan's boat, and is rowed ashore, realizing that Milady has taken them they hastily call for a boat to go ashore, but Milady has taken the last one, so there is no way but to swim. Taking two valuable studs from Buckingham to replace the stolen ones, D'Artagnan leaps through the port and swims ashore. He wins the race to Paris, arriving in time to have the two studs set and delivers the twelve intact to the Queen, who generously rewards him by giving him a valuable ring and also his heart's desire, Constance.
- While visiting an old friend, Bach is smitten by his adorable daughter. To spend more time with her, Bach pretends his car has broken down and stays with his friend as the daughter's suitor comes to elope with her.
- A Indian idol changes to a magician when touched by a white man.
- Tony, the barber, on his way to the shop meets little Alice, the newsgirl, who runs a stand on a neighboring corner. He at once becomes smitten and can think of nothing else. Later they are betrothed and little Alice fancies she has made a good catch. However, clouds gather when Alice's sister Florence, who is a vaudeville artist, returns from her road tour with her sketch partner Bobby Mack, for the moment Tony sees Florence he transfers his affections to her. Poor Alice becomes aware of the waning of Tony's love for her and the heavy blow falls when on the night of the Barbers' Ball Tony escorts Florence thither. Alice being excessively romantic reasons that life without Tony is impossible so she is about to emulate the heroine of a novel she has been reading by terminating her unendurable existence with a pistol when Mack enters. The bullet she intended for her own lovelorn head passes through Mack's hat, scaring him stiff. Recovering himself, he wants to know the cause of this rash attempt at self-slaughter, and Alice tells him in detail of the inconstancy of Florence and Tony. At first Mack is wild with rage, but on second thought, he realizes that Florence is not worth worrying over as far as he is concerned, and convinces Alice of the same of Tony, so then and there a new vaudeville team is formed, with prospects of something even more serious. Mack invites Alice to go to the ball with him, which invitation she most willingly accepts. At the ball the two couples meet and for a moment it looks as if there is going to be something doing. However, the ruffled condition of the situation is smoothed out and each swain is well satisfied with the change of hearts and the quartette find significance in the dancing master's call "Hands all around." "Change your partner." Hence it is now certain that Alice and Mack the celebrated protean artists will now delight the hearts of the vaudeville fans, while Tony will lather and shave to maintain a home for the ex-vaudeville artist Florence.
- Rukhele's parents make her marry rich Matteus, but she loves poor Shlomo. In two years Rukhele has a child but she can't forget Shlomo and so she leaves Matteus to be with her lover.
- A young English lord, who has been excavating in Egypt, finds a mummy of a beautiful Egyptian princess, more than 5,000 years old. So well has the Egyptian embalmer done his work that the face is perfect in all its beauty, and the susceptible young man falls deeply in love with this belle of old Egypt, takes the mummy home to his estate in England and there it occupies his whole mind, to the exclusion of all else. Even the proposed visit of a beautiful American girl does not arouse his interest. In his sleeping moments he dreams that his mummy is alive and that he also is a subject of the Pharaohs. The mummy so works on his mind that he is losing his reason, but it is ultimately saved by the appearance of the American girl, who so resembles the mummy that she seems to be its reincarnation.