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- DirectorHardee KirklandStarsJack NelsonFrank WeedWinifred GreenwoodDick Carew, the son of a soap-maker, and Dorothy Wilton, the daughter of a lawyer, meet in Paris, where they have gone from America to imbibe an atmosphere sicklied with artistic buncomb by the Cubists. The young man, visiting a cabaret, the meeting place of frowsy post-impressionists, is impressed with their windy theories, mainly denunciations of everything that common sense and decency understand. Dick is just ignorant enough about art to be impressed with this buncomb, and takes Dorothy to the Cubist. Their fathers come to Paris to visit them, and are allowed to go to a night class where the merry maniacs are studying a model that has been distorted artificially by Cubes in order to impress the unimaginary, so that the face of the boxy model is the only semblance to "the human form divine." The fathers naturally think they need the services of an alienist instead of an artist, to tell them what it is all about. The parents are next dragged to an exhibition of the raw art products, and gaze with wonder at the inscrutable crude color markings on the wall. The judges pick out two lovely nudes, that look like a jumble of jack-straws, the complications of Jacksat-the-easel, and award them the first prizes. These strange things are from the brushes of their children, and, by a trick in photography, they reveal from the seeming wreckage, the faces of their fathers.
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsFraunie FraunholzMarian SwayneA married couple decide to "live separately together."
- DirectorArthur MaudeStarsFrancis X. BushmanEnid BennettJohnnie WalkerGeorge Washington, commander of revolutionary American forces, ends a squabble among the colonies as to under which flag the Americans will fight the British by recommending a new flag for all the colonies. He asks Betsy Ross to design and create the first flag. Meanwhile, British officer Brandon has crossed enemy lines in order to secretly visit his wife, who boards in the same house as Betsy Ross. Ross helps Mrs. Brandon hide her husband, but then Washington himself discovers the hidden enemy and must decide whether love or the rules of war shall prevail.
- DirectorEdmund LawrenceStarsAlice JoyceEarle FoxeJames B. RossSide-showman Jim Burke is attracted by the pretty face of Mary, a country girl who has come to the county fair, and he sends her a note proposing a meeting. The inexperienced country girl, flattered by the showman's attention, joins him and they arrange to elope. Burke's sweetheart Lazelle overhears the conversation and tells Mary's suitor John of the proposed elopement. John goes to warn Mary's parents but finds they have gone to the fair. Running down the road, John meets Mary's father and mother on the way back from the fair. He tells them of Mary's proposed elopement and states that a strange buggy has just driven down the road toward the depot. A wild ride toward the railroad station takes place and Mary's parents arrive just as the young girl is about to board the train. The error she is about to make is impressed upon Mary and she agrees to return home. Just as the train is pulling out, Burke arrives, sees that his plans have been frustrated, and boards the last car. Realizing her fortunate escape, Mary concludes that John is a safer companion than a traveling showman.
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniStarsHenry KraussStacia NapierkowskaRené Alexandre1911 adaption of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" in which three men around the Notre Dame Cathedral are romantically interested in Esmeralda, a Romani girl: Commander Phöebus, Quasimodo the bell ringer and archdeacon Claude Frollo.
- DirectorDavid AylottA.E. ColebyPirates in an airship bomb a bullion ship and kidnap a girl.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsGeorge NicholsGrace HendersonAlfred PagetA wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHenry B. WalthallMarion LeonardDorothy WestIn the Kingdom of Never-Never Land there live a great Lord and Lady, each presiding over their own domain. This great Lord goes for a stroll through his estate and coming to the border of his own land he is struck by the entrancing beauty of the contiguous estate, so like his own, that the inclination to intrude is irresistible. His peregrination is halted by the appearance of the great Lady, who is indeed as fair as the flowers that clothe her land. He introduces himself and invites her to stroll with him in his gardens. She is in like manner entranced by the beauty of his possessions. How alike in beauty are they; a veritable fairyland. If they were only one, for it seems they should be. This thought is mutual, and the Lord proposes a way, a marriage, and so a betrothal of convenience ensues. They know nothing of love and so are content in the anticipation of being Lord and Lady of all Never-Never Land. Little do they dream of the subtle workings of fate, which is, of course, the natural egotism of humankind, but, nevertheless, the lines are being drawn, for as we have viewed the paradisaical side of life, we now go to the homely side, by visiting the sad house in Never-Never Land. Here we find sorrow, toiling and want, and yet we find as in the other a betrothal of convenience between the poor little lace-maker and the humble gardener. They reason that their lot may be more bountiful by joining their meager fortunes. The gardener secures a position in the gardens of the Lady and the lace-maker goes out to find purchasers of her handiwork. The Lord meets the pretty lace-maker and is attracted by her beauty, for he learns for the first time what love is. The Lady meets the gardener and is struck by his rugged, manly beauty and herculean strength, so different from the Lord, her neighbor. She also realizes the power of love, for her inclination to be near the gardener is irresistible. Despite the apparent misalliance in such a step, the Lady confesses she can only be happy with the humble gardener. This intelligence the Lord receives with ill-concealed delight, as it leaves him free to marry the pretty lace-maker.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHenry B. WalthallGeorge NicholsFlorence BarkerThe old priest is deeply grieved over the empty church, when his young assistant decides to follow the Master's footsteps and go among the people as an example. Donning civilian garb, he goes out into the world to work in the fields. Here he learns the extreme thoughtlessness and selfishness of humanity. There are the two classes, the money seekers and the pleasure seekers. The former are shown in the fields and store houses, each struggling for himself unmindful of the condition of his neighbor, all driven by an unreasonable employer. The latter class is seen spending their time in a dance resort. The first have a standard of morals dependent upon their success in life, while the others have no standard of morals whatever, for the simple reason that they know no better. The young priest, incog, becomes a worker at the storehouse, dispensing his earnings in charity, while endeavoring to plant the seed of righteousness in the hearts of his fellow laborers, but his endeavors are met with derision. He is almost on the point of giving up when the dance resort is raided by the police and the women of the place flee in a panic, with the exception of one, who turns to the ones who brought her there for protection. Ah, but how like the world, they not only turn from her, but even assist in her ejection from the place and follow her tauntingly down the road, their crowd augmented by many curiosity seekers until there is a howling mob at her heels. At this moment the young priest appears and driving off her persecutors, leads the poor unfortunate Magdalene away to find some place of healthy safety for her, but again the world shows its unchristian spirit by refusing to receive her. Hopeless, the young priest makes his way back to the mission where he tells the old pastor that "They receive me not." He has hardly uttered the words when the girl appears and prostrates herself before the two holy men to ask their prayers for God's grace, determined to spend the rest of her life penitentially. The old father turns to the young curate and exclaims, "Not in vain if one soul is save." The scenes of the production are laid at the historical San Gabriel Mission, California.
- DirectorGeorges MoncaStarsCharles PrinceMistinguettFernand TauffenbergerA very shy young man is sent by his uncle to be introduced to high society, but the servants receive him and make him drunk.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsJames KirkwoodDorothy BernardArthur V. JohnsonJim and John, two woodsmen, are rivals for the hand of Ruth. John is an honest, unobtrusive fellow, and lets Jim lead in their suit, hence, Jim and Ruth are betrothed. Ruth truly loves Jim, having assumed that John's little attentions were merely expressions of friendship, so John retires. After the betrothal Jim and Ruth are more in each other's company and consequently she learns his true character. She is amazed to find that he is a slave to drink, and realizing her hopes of future happiness with him in vain, she dismisses him. She is crushed beyond measure, but is thankful that she escaped before too late. John learning of the broken engagement, renews his suit and is accepted by Ruth, for she now sees the difference in the two natures. They are married, and we find them five years later happy in their little cabin, a child having blessed their union. Off John goes for his work in the woods felling timber. Jim has meanwhile become in a measure a renegade. He whiles his time hunting, looting and in fact, anything that will bring him drink to his insatiable thirst. He does not know what became of Ruth, nor does he seem to care. It is lunch time in the lumber camp when Jim staggers along to come face to face with John. John good naturedly offers Jim a share of his lunch. This Jim refuses and, furthermore, picks a quarrel with John, for the meeting has revived the old enmity. Friends interpose, but a challenge to fight later is passed, the meeting to take place the same evening. Jim, appreciating his talent as a sure shot, doesn't worry, but goes along with his friend to see where he can raise money for drink. They come to a cabin and break in, not knowing nor caring who the occupant is. You may imagine his amazement at finding himself in the presence of Ruth, whom he learns for the first time is married to John. He leaves the cabin and at first is elated at the extent of the revenge he is about to wreak, but later he realizes what disaster it would work for poor Ruth and her little one. These thoughts arouse his better self, so long benumbed by drink, and he resolves to refuse to fight, for his love for her is stronger than his thirst for revenge. But no. That would not do. To refuse to fight would mean to be driven from the woods as a coward. He must make a sacrifice. Taking the shells from his gun he extracts the bullets, so he meets John on the field of honor with a weapon charged with blank cartridges.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHenry B. WalthallMarion LeonardGladys EganThe children set a trap for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, knowing he has to come through the window because their estate has no chimney. Their father, who abandoned them and his wife before she inherited her fortune, plans to burglarize that very house, unaware of the occupants or the trap.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMary PickfordArthur V. JohnsonAnthony O'SullivanNellie is a struggling artist whose paintings lie unsold. Billy, a successful painter, loves her, but she tells him that she cannot marry until she sells her paintings. Billy recruits his friends to buy her paintings. At first she is excited by the sudden success, but when she learns the truth, Nellie leaves her sweetheart to accept the proposal of a rival painter.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsGertrude RobinsonGeorge NicholsJames KirkwoodPippa awakes and faces the world outside with a song. Unknown to her, the music has a healing effect on all who hear her as she passes by.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsCharles WestHerbert PriorAnita HendrieA son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his parents' inn. They don't recognize him, but noticing his fat wallet, plan to rob him.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHerbert PriorMary PickfordOwen MooreIn the little Italian city of Cremona there dwelt Taddeo Ferrari, a violin maker and student of Andrea Amati, the most famous of the craft. Ferrari's pretty daughter, Giannina, was beloved by one of his apprentices, Sandro. Filippo, a crippled youth and the best violin maker in Cremona, also loved the girl with a pure, holy affection that is more spiritual than material, but realizing his unattractiveness through his deformity, suffers his hopelessness with resignation. Yearly there is a prize of a precious chain of gold awarded to the maker of the best violin, and all the apprentices strive to win it. On this occasion, however, the hand of Giannina is to be bestowed upon the most proficient craftsman, and this induces the young men to make extra efforts to win. Sandro fully appreciates the rare talent of Filippo and feels sure his wonderful skill will win his sweetheart from him. Crushed and despairing he seeks out Giannina and tells her his fears, she tearfully acknowledging the strength of his reasoning. While thus occupied they are overheard by Filippo, who sees what woe his success would mean for her, and thinking only of her happiness, through his great love for her he makes a great sacrifice. Going to his room he takes his instrument and goes and places it in Sandro's box, taking Sandro's violin and putting it in his own. Sandro, however, thwarts the good intention of Filippo by exchanging the instruments, not knowing what Filippo had done, thereby upsetting the planned munificence of the cripple. When the instruments are placed in competition, and the prizes are about to be awarded, Sandro's conscience pricks him, and calling the cripple aside, confesses his deed. Filippo bursts into taunting laughter, telling him what he, himself, had done, and now he spoiled it all. Judgment is passed and Filippo is, of course, the victor. The chain is placed about his neck, and the hand of Giannina placed in his. But also, he feels she recoils, and thinking only of her happiness he crashes his violin over his knee, thereby putting himself out of the contest and making Sandro the winner. He then places the chain about Sandro's neck, and handing the girl over to him he rushes from the hall. We finally leave him alone in his room, crushed and dejected, yet contented in the thought that he had made her happy.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsArthur V. JohnsonFlorence LawrenceMarion LeonardFree adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's powerful novel. The subject opens with the return home of Prince Dimitri, who meets the maid Katusha, a little peasant girl, and is instantly charmed with her beauty. Young, artless and innocent, as pretty as a rose, she unwittingly fascinates the prince. His noble bearing likewise impresses her, and his little attentions flatter her, until at length she is unable to resist his advances. The poor girl is meted the usual fate. An alliance is out of the question. The disparity of their ranks even forbids it, and soon the prince must cast her aside. Five years later we find that the girl, who is now a loathsome sight, has learned the bitter lesson of the eternal truth, "The wages of sin is death." It is death to the soul at all events. She has gone down to the lowest depths and is arrested in a low Russian tavern. As she is carried to the tribunal she passes Prince Dimitri, who now sees the terrible result of his sins. He grows repentant and attempts to plead her cause before the jury, but they are a callous lot and pay no attention to the arguments for nor against, and by force of habit vote to send her to Siberia. She is dragged out to the pen of detention and herded with a lot of poor unfortunates, who scarcely bear any resemblance to human beings. The repentant prince determines to give up his life to right the wrong he has done, and visits her here with a view of turning her now vicious nature, handing her a copy of the Bible. She does not recognize him at first, but when she does she flies into fury, beating his body and face with her fists and the book. He leaves her and she sits moodily on the bench with the book on her lap. Shortly she turns its pages and lo, the Resurrection! Her eyes fall on the passage (John xi, 25), "And Jesus said unto her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead yet shall he live." In an instant her whole being changes. There is hope for her salvation, and she reads on. The guards arrive and we next see her with the poor unfortunates trudging over the snow-clad steppes toward the goal from whence few return. She becomes the ministering angel, sharing her comforts with them. The prince, meanwhile, has secured her pardon and hastens after her. Giving her the welcome notice, he begs her to return with him as his wife: but no, she prefers to work out her salvation helping those poor souls to whom a kindness is an indescribable blessing, and bidding him farewell, she renounces the world for the path of duty, so we leave her kneeling on the snow at the foot of the Holy Cross.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMarion LeonardArthur V. JohnsonAdele DeGardeThe house divided against itself has been united by the child, as was the case in this story. The dentil of the first horn, at the age of two, left the couple almost inconsolable, and the little toy dog, which the baby held in its arms, in its last moments, was indeed a cherished remembrance. Seven years after the husband became so deeply engrossed in his business affairs as to neglect to some extent his wife and second child, a girl of six. The wife complaining of his indifference, a quarrel ensues. She decides to leave him. Arrangements for a separation are made, and a division of effects takes place. Everything is disposed of when the little girl picks up the toy dog of her dead and gone brother, and says, "Mamma, who takes this?" Well the scene that transpires defies description and it is sufficient to say that it is the most touching episode ever portrayed. The separation does not take place.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsAnita HendrieMarion LeonardHarry SolterWith the family of Mr. Holland there is employed a cook who has hitherto proved herself to be an honest, faithful and willing domestic. This evening, the little family, comprising Mr. and Mrs. Holland and their infant child, through dinner, leave Margie, the cook, in the kitchen finishing up her work. She is working about the room in an apparently light-hearted mood, when suddenly there comes a change over her, her usually pleasant countenance taking on a demoniac expression. She tries to shake off the strange feeling that has come over her, but in vain, with her hands to her head. At this moment Mrs. Holland enters, and Margie, In wild frenzy, leaps at her throat. Her screams bring Mr. Holland and they succeed in over powering Margie and tying her to a chair. They go and telephone the police. Meanwhile, the cook, with supernatural effort, breaks from the chair and dashes out of the kitchen door, and with a fiend's cunning takes the key with her. So when Holland returns he finds the cook gone and therefore dismisses the policeman. Discovering the key gone he barricades the door, but they have hardly retired when the cook forces her way in. Picking up a butcher's cleaver she makes her way stealthily through the house. Coming to the bedroom, her first impulse is to behead the sleeping forms of Mr. and Mrs. Holland, but a more fiendish idea strikes her as she sees the infant's cap. Going to the baby's crib, she gags it with a cloth and takes it to the kitchen, places it in the oven of the range, and proceeds to build a fire. In this she is interrupted by Mrs. Holland, who has come to get some hot water for her husband to relieve a sudden attack of indigestion, so she hides. Mr. Holland finds relief in a drink of whiskey, and follows to tell his wife to never mind. Mrs. Holland has already started the fire. As Holland enters, the cook pounces upon him and in the struggle they jar the oven door open, disclosing the baby's peril. The policeman, who have been searching the neighborhood, are attracted by the screams of Mrs. Holland and take the cook in charge, and baby is rescued from her precarious position none the worse off for her experience.
- DirectorD.W. Griffith
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsArthur V. JohnsonDorothy WestGeorge GebhardtA Confederate officer rescues his lady love from a drunken guerrilla.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsCharles InsleeGeorge GebhardtHarry SolterThe Zulu chief of the Amatabele tribe has an only daughter who dies of fever at age 4; in the opening scene of this Biograph story he is burying her. Scarcely has the poor bereft father laid the little one in the ground, when the war cry is heard resounding in the hills. There is an uprising and the chief is summoned to action. Tearing himself from the grave of his little girl, he arms himself with his assegai and oxhide shield and is soon at the head of his band of savages, with sinister designs on the Boers. The Boers themselves have become active, and scouts have been sent out to warn those nomadic South Africans who might be on the road. One family, comprising a Boer, his wife and a four-year-old girl, is trapped, and despite extreme measures to elude the merciless black brutes, soon overtaken. Finding escape hopeless, the Boer leaps from his wagon, and sending his wife and child into the woods, seizes his rifle, in the vain hope of holding the savages at bay while the woman and child seek a place of safety. There is a shower of assegais, one of which pierces the poor fellow, dropping him into the road. Up rush the prancing, jibbing, gibbering barbarians. Finding the man dead, they rush on to find the others. The distracted woman hides the girl in a niche in the rooks, while she goes to find some avenue of escape, but she is at once apprehended and taken by the band to their camp, their chief remaining behind. The baby now comes forward to appeal to the Zulu, who is so reminded by her of his own lost treasure that his cruel nature at once softens as the little one offers her dollie as ransom for her mother. The chief is so moved that he vows to save the mother's life, if it costs him his own. Placing the little one in a crevice in the rocks, where she soon falls asleep, he goes to find the mother. Arriving at the camp, he demands the release of the woman, which his followers grant with protests. Back he goes to get the child, but the wily devils have anticipated him and carried her off. He soon overtakes them, however, and after slaying three in a terrific conflict, delivers the child to its mother, and then sees them safely to their destination. The subject is a beautiful story of parental affection, portrayed in a most novel manner, besides being intensely thrilling.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsGeorge GebhardtEdward DillonFlorence AuerIn the lonely wilds of Southern California there stands a rural tavern, kept by an old trapper, who had been widowed years ago; his wife leaving him a most precious legacy in the being of a pretty daughter. She was indeed the fairest flower that e'er blossomed in the land of the golden sun. At this tavern there stopped the honest, hardy miners and trappers of the neighboring country on their way to and from their claims in the mountains. A sort of a rest-up place for a chat and a smoke with the old keeper, and a mug of ale, served by the fair hands of his daughter. Among those who frequented this rustic hostelry was one of those proletarian half-breed Mexicans, whose acidulate countenance was most odious to all, particularly the girl. On the other hand, her blue eyes, golden hair and sunny complexion inflamed him so as to make bold to kiss her. He is indignantly repulsed, receiving a blow on the face from the girl which sends him from the place, scowling and towering with rage. It is nightfall and the guests all having departed, the keeper leaves for a short jaunt up the road, warning the girl to be sure to lock up during his absence, which she does: then going to her room to prepare for her well-earned rest. She has just removed her waist when there is a knock at the door, and, thinking it is her father returning, she throws a mantilla over her shoulders and opens the door to the Mexican, who had seen her father depart. The cruel, black nature of the brute now asserts itself, and barring the door, he seizes the helpless girl, who screams and struggles until her father, bursting in, engages the half-breed in a fierce conflict, while the girl rushes out into the night. The Mexican having with a blow stunned the father, follows after her. Next we see the poor frail creature dashing wildly and almost aimlessly through the thick forest, coming at last, as morning breaks, to the cabin of her nearest neighbor. Staggering into the place in a state of exhaustion, she relates her experience to the miner's wife, who goes to bring her husband's aid. Hearing the Mexican's approach, the girl hides behind a curtain. In rushes the infuriated beast in search of his prey. While rummaging the place, he is attracted by the childish prattle of the miner's baby, who sits in its cradle playing with her dollie. His heart is softened by the pure, innocent chatter of the child, and he drops on his knees before the crib and prays to God to help him to resist his brutal inclinations. The girl, who Is deeply touched at this scene, comes from her hiding as he rises and is taken by the hand by her persecutor, who implores forgiveness, which is granted, and departs as she takes the baby in arms and kisses it in gratitude, for was it not her deliverer? "And a little child shall lead them."
- DirectorSegundo de Chomón
- DirectorJ.H. MartinMen expose a fake medium's tricks and take revenge.
- A woman offers refreshments to the men painting her storefront. A policeman enters and flirts with the woman. A jealous painter dumps his paint on the officer. A chase ensues in which the officer keeps knocking over innocent bystanders.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothA Swiss tourist knocks the head off a negro waiter.
- DirectorRobert W. PaulA satire on the way that audiences unaccustomed to the cinema didn't know how to react to the moving images on a screen - in this film, an unsophisticated (and stereotypical) country yokel is alternately baffled and terrified, in the latter case by the apparent approach of a steam train
- DirectorWalter R. BoothStarsDaniel SmithIt's Christmas Eve. The miser Scrooge and his assistant Bob Cratchit finish their work in the office and go home. When Scrooge is going to open his front door, he sees the face of Marley's ghost in the door knocker. Inside he takes on his night dress, eats his supper, and falls asleep at the table. Marly's ghost shows Scrooge a vision of himself at a Christmas in the past. Then the ghost escorts him to the present Christmas, and the homes and families of Bob Cratchit and Fred, where Scrooge sees Bob and Fred drink to him in his absence. At last the ghost shows Scrooge the Christmas that might be. Here Scrooge has to face his own grave and the death of Tiny Tim. Confronted with this Scrooge regrets his callousness and egoism.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothMephistopholes causes an artist's model to disappear.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothThe brother, impressed by the wizard's magic, asks to help his sick sister.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothAn express train crashes into a goods train and plunges down an embankment.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothStarsWalter R. BoothA Spiritualist causes a group of table-turners to walk upside down on the ceiling.
- StarsMr. BurnsClog dancing contest winner dances on dinner plate.
- DirectorRobert W. PaulA soldier and a serving-girl are courting on a bench. A fat old lady sits on the bench, interrupting them.
- DirectorRobert W. PaulBeguiling scene of adults frolicking on a small-scale roller coaster in an urban park.
- DirectorRobert W. Paul
- Santa Claus comes down the chimney and delivers toys to the children.
- DirectorRobert W. PaulBookmaker struggles with police and is arrested.
- DirectorBirt AcresA policeman catches a pickpocket, who slips from his jacket but is caught by a sailor.
- DirectorErnest C. WardeStarsFrederick WardeLouise BatesMorgan JonesAfter having been wrongly accused of murder and robbery, a heretofore kindly and gregarious weaver becomes a nasty, bitter, lonely old miser.
- DirectorLewin FitzhamonStarsAlma TaylorChrissie WhiteFrank DentonTomboys drive a fire engine through a fairground and hose the firemen.
- DirectorHenri AndréaniFerdinand ZeccaStarsMadeleine RochJeanne BérangèreStacia NapierkowskaAfter the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor, Octavius.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsArthur V. JohnsonMary PickfordFlorence BarkerA young man and a young woman, each unlucky in love, determine never to marry. But Cupid has other ideas.
- DirectorFrancis BoggsStarsTom MixKathlyn WilliamsThis is a completely bogus title; no film bearing this title was produced by Selig or any other company during this time period.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothFlying pirates torpedo a liner then travel under the sea to salvage bullion.
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniLucien NonguetStarsJulienne MathieuA beautiful daughter having been born to the king and queen, the nine most important fairies of the country are called upon to be godmother of the child, and as the ceremony takes place each blesses the child with a special virtue or talent. The welfare of the child seems assured, when all at once the oldest, ugliest and therefore forgotten fairy, appears on the scene and, furious at the slight, puts upon her, curses the baby princess and predicts that she will die poisoned by the prick of the spool of a spinning wheel. The godmother fairies, however, sooth the grief-stricken mother by telling her that her daughter will not die but only fall asleep, as well as everything living which surrounds her for one hundred years. To avoid this calamity, the king orders that every spinning wheel be destroyed under penalty of death, and the king's messenger is seen reading the command. The next scene shows the grown-up princess closely watched by a stately matron. This trusted servant, however, apparently growing too old for her task, falls asleep, and in a moment the princess is out of her apartment bound on an investigation tour. She comes to a small stairway leading to a garret and there, to her astonishment, finds an old woman spinning. Having never seen a spool, she tries to imitate the old dame, but alas, pricking her finger, falls into a dead sleep. Then is shown on the screen the whole castle in peaceful slumber, the hedges growing up and hiding the castle from view, for thus it must remain undisturbed for one hundred years. The next scene represents a young and dashing prince going out with his suite for a hunt, and one can easily detect by the difference in their attire that they belong to another epoch than that in which the charming princess lived. We follow the prince through the woods and dales until dusk, coming unawares, he finds himself lost in a thick bush. He calls for help, and an old shriveled man appears who, with one movement of his stick, causes the shrubs and trees to make way, and there appears to the eyes of the astonished rider a most beautiful castle. Pushed forward by curiosity, he rushes to the entrance, the doors opening before him as he goes along. In the chambers and halls everything is stillness and sleep, but he does not stop to think, being apparently carried along by an irresistible force, until he reaches the bedchamber of the slumbering princess. At sight of this beautiful, picture of youth, he falls on his knees, kisses the hand of the sleeper, and as by magic everything in the castle awakes and comes back to life. The last scene shows the prince and princess surrounded by their attendants and rejoicing over their good fortune.
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniStarsJulienne MathieuThe old merchant bids his lovely daughters adieu and departs with an assistant on a business trip. After riding for a long distance through the forest the two travelers suddenly realize that they have lost their way. So, dismounting, they walk first in one direction and then in another in an effort to find the path which leads back to the village, and while they are thus exploring they come upon a beautiful garden in a remote part of the wood, where they sit down for a while to rest. The old merchant is attracted by the beautiful roses, stoops to pick up a few, when suddenly there appears out of a flame gushing up from the ground an ugly looking beast who reprimands the old man severely for trespassing on his premises and threatens him with death unless he promises him one of his beautiful daughters. After the old man has given his word the beast directs them to the right path, and the merchant is once more in his family circle. He tells his daughters of his meeting with the beast and of the terrible fate that is in store for her unless he gives one of them up to the ugly monster. The most beautiful of the three girls decides to sacrifice herself in order to save her father. She starts out for the beast's abode. Arriving in the garden, she is helping herself to the roses, when lo! he appears. When she sees what a repulsive creature he is, she spurns him, but on second thought she is touched with pity for the poor creature and follows him to his hut, where she finds him dying of grief at the thought of losing one so beautiful. A few kind words from her and he is suddenly transformed from a horrible beast to a dashing looking youth with whom she immediately falls in love. The last picture shows the young couple hastening to her father's home, where a splendid feast is given in honor of their marriage.
- DirectorMario GalloStarsSalvador RosichEliseo GutiérrezRoberto CasauxThe director Mario Gallo made the first film with an argument from Argentina, although the opinions of scholars are not coincident as to their temporal order.
- DirectorViggo LarsenStarsAxel GraatkjærViggo LarsenKnud LumbyeTwo white hunters accompanied by their servant go hunting in the African jungle. They see various animals and shoot a lion.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothSatan drives a train over telegraph wires, under the sea, etc.
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniStarsLouise LagrangeAn early version of the Cinderella story.
- DirectorLucien Nonguet
- DirectorG.W. BitzerFour prisoners, in convicts' stripes, march backwards down stairs and, under the watchful eyes of guards, hop backwards into their cells. Later, one overpowers a guard and springs his three pals. But, will they be able to pull off an escape? Other guards come to the aid of their fallen comrade before all four felons can flee. Guards and convicts spring forward and backward out of cells, up and down stairs, and into and out of freedom.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterA large group of boys and girls enjoy a sleigh ride, have a snowball fight, and frolic in the snow.
- DirectorFerdinand ZeccaStarsLouis MoretA delightful and typical farce film, ending with the usual Gallic chase.
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniA poor wanderer in the middle of winter is that no one helps him except the priest of a parish who gives him food and room to sleep. But the homeless man pays for it by stealing valuables from the church.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónStarsGabrielle RobinneOn an elaborately decorated stage, the titular troubadour of the title bows. He then proceeds to pull several cards out of mid air and arrange them on the floor. Then, taking a banjo he multiplies himself into seven different troubadours, each playing a different musical instrument. A moment later, they all vanish and we are left with the troubadour who we were first introduced to at the beginning of the film. He explodes in a puff of smoke, and an enormous fan appears and unfolds. On it appears a vision of a castle tower with a maiden in it, and the troubadour outside the tower window, talking to her. The vision dissolves, and the troubadour bows, thus ending his performance.
- DirectorLucien NonguetFerdinand ZeccaA father and son are working in a coal mine. An explosion occurs, which kills the son.
- DirectorWallace McCutcheonEdwin S. PorterHazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy. Her father favors the country boy, but she elopes with the city boy. Before they can marry, his wife shows up and stops the ceremony. Hazel tries to return to her father, but he has disowned her. She jumps into the river, but is rescued by the country boy, who later marries her.
- DirectorGaston VelleFerdinand ZeccaStarsFerdinand ZeccaAn inebriated man falls in love with the moon and climbs a rooftop to reach it. A sudden gust of wind sweeps him all the way to the moon.
- Early footage of a football match between the Blackburn Rovers and Aston Villa.
- DirectorLucien Nonguet
- DirectorWilliam HaggarStarsSid GriffithsWill Haggar Jr.Walter HaggarThree hunters surprise two poachers in the act. The hunters take umbrage and give chase over fences and through fields. The hunters fire away, but the poachers have guns as well, and a fight ensues with casualties for the hunters. Two cops appear and so do dogs as the chase continues. Will the poachers escape, or will they, like the game they were after, be trapped?
- DirectorFerdinand ZeccaA happy family is brought to ruin when the father starts drinking.
- DirectorFerdinand ZeccaA hotel porter tries in his spare time to find out the secrets of the guests in looking through the keyholes of the different rooms. He must see very funny things, judging from his facial expressions.
- DirectorG.W. BitzerStarsMarcus HannaWilliam McKinleyTheodore RooseveltThe first sequence (ca. 49 ft.), views of President William McKinley speaks to the crowd during his inauguration in Washington, DC. We see crowds on Pennsylvania Ave., NW, passing by the Willard Hotel during the inauguration festivities. A military unit on horseback rides down the court of honor, the area on Pennsylvania Ave., NW, going down 15th to 17th streets. President and McKinley and his party reviews the inaugural parade from a stand here. McKinley tips his hat to the crowd as his carriage passes the Willard Hotel. Stting beside McKinley in the carriage is Sen. Marcus A. Hanna of Ohio with members of the President's special escort, Troop A of the Ohio National Guard, and aides aides with guards. The man riding alone in the second carriage is Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothStarsDaniel SmithIt's Christmas Eve. The miser Scrooge and his assistant Bob Cratchit finish their work in the office and go home. When Scrooge is going to open his front door, he sees the face of Marley's ghost in the door knocker. Inside he takes on his night dress, eats his supper, and falls asleep at the table. Marly's ghost shows Scrooge a vision of himself at a Christmas in the past. Then the ghost escorts him to the present Christmas, and the homes and families of Bob Cratchit and Fred, where Scrooge sees Bob and Fred drink to him in his absence. At last the ghost shows Scrooge the Christmas that might be. Here Scrooge has to face his own grave and the death of Tiny Tim. Confronted with this Scrooge regrets his callousness and egoism.
- DirectorCecil M. HepworthStarsMay ClarkCecil M. HepworthIn one glorious point-of-view shot, a vehicle dashes full-speed into an ill-starred passer-by.
- DirectorWilliam HeiseStarsScoops CareyZane GreyScott Stratton"The Reading's [Pennsylvania] pitcher has just let a Newark [New Jersey] batsman walk to first. Our camera is stationed about twenty feet from the bag, and the satisfied grin of the runner is great as he touches first and gets up on his toes for second. Next man cracks first ball pitched for a two-bagger, and races for the base with a wonderful burst of speed. First baseman just misses a put out. Very exciting. Man on the coaching line yells, and umpire runs up and makes decision. Small boy runs past back of the catcher close to the grand stand, where there is great commotion. A most excellent subject, treated brilliantly."
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsJ. Stuart BlacktonThe film consists of a single shot of a hand tearing down a Spanish flag.
- "In this case it is the schoolmaster who comes to grief. He is seated at this desk busily engrossed in private business and letting his scholars run riot. One of the youngsters causes great merriment by tying an artificial spide to a ruler, and shaking it in front of the dominie's face."
- DirectorEnoch J. RectorStarsJames J. CorbettBob FitzsimmonsBilly MaddenDocumentary film depicting the 1897 boxing match between James J. Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons in Carson City, Nevada on St. Patrick's Day. Originally running for more than 100 minutes, it is the world's first feature film.
- DirectorJames H. White"Man milking a Holstein, which becomes frisky and kicks over the milker and the pail of milk. Man blames some farm hands, and a quarrel ensues."Edison?
- DirectorPeter ElfeltStarsJohan Carl JoensenFischerA Danish factor ("colony manager") in Greenland drives a sledge with the help of some Greenlandic sledge dogs in Fælledparken in Copenhagen as an illustration of his life in Greenland in this first film ever shot in Denmark (by Peter Elfelt).
- DirectorAlice GuyStarsAlice GuyGermaine SerandYvonne SerandThe first film directed by a female director, "The Cabbage Fairy" presents a brief fantasy tale involving a strange fairy who can produce and deliver babies coming out of cabbages. Gently moving through the cabbages and using of lovely gestures, she takes one baby out of there, then makes more magic and delivers two more.
- DirectorWray Bartlett PhysiocStarsBernard SiegelJean ScottRichard TraversGordon Townley comes from the city to a fishing village in Maine on secret business, and Nan Corwin finds him sufficiently attractive to rebuff her long-time sweetheart, Ned Weatherby. Ned goes to the city to make something of himself, fails, and returns to find Nan disillusioned with Townley. The latter is able to leave gracefully when he rescues Ned from a fight and learns that his wife has withdrawn her alimony suit.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsDouglas FairbanksMarjorie DawHerbert StandingJerry Martin quits his dull job as a bank clerk and falls in with a band of hobos. He takes on the guise of Bachelor, the "king of the market, " and finds himself pursued by dangerous men who are after the real Bachelor.
- DirectorBarry O'NeilStarsHolbrook BlinnWalter GreenePhilip RobsonMcTeague begins life in the mines. He later becomes an unlicensed practicing dentist. He is a man of violent physical passions, but until he meets little Trina, who visits his dental office, his love instincts have never been aroused. McTeague induces Trina to marry him through the sheer force of his domineering personality. The couple are not happy. Trina develops miserly instincts and when she wins a $5,000 lottery prize, she hoards the money and grows more and more avaricious. McTeague quarrels with Marcus, his former rival for Trina's affections, and the ill feeling between the two men leads to a fierce combat in which McTeague proves the victor. In revenge Marcus has McTeague prevented from practicing dentistry because he has no diploma. McTeague leans on Trina for support but she turns him away. Trina has a severe illness and while recuperating develops a mania for fondling her hoarded gold pieces. McTeague returns to find Trina showering handfuls of gold upon her bed. After a terrific scene he strangles her and steals the money. Marcus, determined to avenge Trina's death, trails the fugitive McTeague into the heart of Death Valley, where the two men come at last face to face in a final battle to the death under the blistering desert sun.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinLeo WhiteStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceBen TurpinA gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
- DirectorMarshall NeilanStarsJohn E. BrennanLloyd HamiltonRuth RolandChief of Police Ivorytop and Chief of Detectives Sherlock Bonehead, of Rottenport, fall in love with Helen, a girl from the city. Ivorytop and Bonehead receive a visit from Bert Smith, Secret Service Agent, who informs them that $1,000 is offered for the capture of Captain Kidd, a smuggler. Determined to secure the reward, Ivorytop and Bonehead go on the trail. The two work independently. Seeing a suspicious-looking character sneaking up the mountainside, Bonehead and Ivorytop follow. Neither suspects that their quarry is Bert in disguise. The chief and the sleuth get into a fight, during which Bert disappears. Accompanied by the entire police force, the two take up the trail again the following day. They see Bert, still in disguise, chasing another man. This individual leaps into a rowboat containing Helen and compels the girl to row the boat toward the other side of the stream. Leaping into another boat, Ivorytop, Bonehead and the police force take up the pursuit. Mere landlubbers, they experienced fifty-seven varieties of trouble, finally upsetting the craft. After floundering about in the stream, the officers swim to shore and get another boat. Helen rows her captor to the shore. When the man turns his back for a moment the girl strikes him on the head with the oar, rendering him unconscious. At this moment. Bert runs up. Ivorytop and Bonehead arrive upon the scene in time to see Bert, who removes his disguise, snap the bracelets on the unconscious man's wrists. The rivals learn with dismay that Bert is Helen's sweetheart. But their anguish is deepened when they are informed that the handcuffed individual is none other than Captain Kidd. and that the reward goes to Helen and the government detective.
- DirectorMax MackStarsAlbert BassermannEmmerich HanusNelly RidonA man has an accident while out riding his horse one day. He soon discovers that he now has a split personality, and that his alternate is helping a criminal to rob his house.
- DirectorMauritz StillerStarsEgil EideRichard LundJohn EkmanTwo brothers compete for the love of a woman while the impending war threatens to separate them from both sides of the border. Based on the novel "La Débâcle" by Émile Zola.
- DirectorThomas H. InceStarsCyril GardnerMildred HarrisFrank BorzageWhen the Civil War begins, young Billy runs away from home to enlist in the Northern Army as a drummer; he's wounded in battle and taken prisoner. He manages to escape and deliver an important message to his commanding officer, but loses his life in the process.
- DirectorGaston MélièsStarsFrancis FordA soldier is always subject to his country's call, therefore it is with a quick response that the young officer of the Confederate army, fighting under the Stars and Bars, answers the call of duty and tells his wife that be must join his regiment and meet the enemy. Bidding his weeping young wife and child a hasty good-bye, we next see him with the cavalry en route to the military camp. His superior officers trust him with an important message and he immediately starts on his way to deliver the document. Passing over many perilous obstacles through a wide stretch of country, he reaches the outposts of the Union forces, where he is captured and made a prisoner of war. Under close guard he tries to send word to his wife, but can get no one to take the letter to her. The poor wife knows nothing of his fate and it is not long before the Federal troops are attacking old Vicksburg, the bombs and shells crashing into the houses, and she is driven from home. When the war is over in 1865, the husband, who has lost an arm and is suffering from fever, returns to his home to find it deserted. Unable to learn the whereabouts of his family, he goes to the hospital, where he is ill, and constantly grieves after his wife and child. Convalescent, he is wheeled about the city park by an attendant in an invalid's chair. His wife and daughter, now a good-sized girl, are in the park. A peddler of fruit passes by and the little girl buys some oranges from him. At the same time she sees the sick soldier, for whom she feels very sorry, gives him one of her oranges, and he kisses her in return. The little girl tells her mother about the incident and insists upon her mother going to see the sick man. To humor the child she goes with her and soon discovers that the man is her own husband and father of their child. This happy reunion of the three loving hearts presents a picture that impresses itself deeply on one's mind and we cannot resist the rising sob and the sympathetic tear.
- DirectorTheodore MarstonBarry O'NeilStarsAnna RosemondMartin FaustFrank Hall CraneThe kings of Bohemia and Sicilia, monarchs of adjoining kingdoms, have been close friends since boyhood. But after each has assumed his regal duties, they find that they are unable to see much of each other. Therefore, as the story opens they have not met in several years, during which each has married and the King of Bohemia has sired a son, now four years old. The King of Bohemia enjoys a visit to his boyhood friend of Sicilia, is royally received and presented to his host's queen who, n fulfilling her hostess duties, unconsciously arouses her royal husband's jealousy. Blinded by jealousy, the King of Sicilia orders his royal guest, whom he considers his rival, poisoned. The King of Bohemia escapes a horrible death through the confession of the courtier who has been employed to kill him. He returns safely to his own kingdom, carrying with him the courtier who saved his life. Enraged at the escape of his victim, the King of Sicilia orders his Queen imprisoned. From her prison the Queen sends her infant daughter to her royal father, hoping to soften his heart. But the King will not be won over. He heartlessly orders the child taken beyond the borders of his kingdom and left in the wilderness to perish. The Queen is tried at a public tribunal and there, overcome with grief at the false accusation, she swoons and is pronounced dead by her lady-in-waiting Paulina. The body is left in Paulina's charge, and when the Queen revives later, she is taken to Paulina's house, where she dwells in seclusion, her existence unknown to all but Paulina. A shepherd of Bohemia finds the infant Princess of Sicilia, takes her to his home, and raises her as his daughter, keeping her costly robes and jewels so that at some future time they might assist in identifying her as the child of wealthy parents. After 15 years, the young Prince of Bohemia is seen starting out from the palace in a mysterious manner. When his father, the King, questions where he is going, he refuses to answer. The King allows him to go, but he trails him accompanied by his trusted friend. The Prince disguises himself as a shepherd, in which guise he romances a beautiful maiden whom he supposes is only the simple shepherdess she appears to be--but she is actually the Princess of Sicilia. The King arrives at the shepherd's hut just in time to hear the Prince announce his intention of marrying the shepherdess. The King forbids the engagement and leaves the Prince in anger. His faithful courtier, however, befriends the young couple and advises them to fly for protection to the court of the King of Sicilia. The lovers arrive in Sicilia accompanied by the old shepherd. Here they are gladly received by the repentant King, who, too late, realizes that his jealousy was groundless. He mourns his lost Queen and his estranged friend. The shepherd, in endeavoring to prove that his adopted daughter is of gentle birth, thus permitting of her marriage to the Prince, shows the King the clothes she had been wearing when he found her as a baby, and the King recognizes the clothes as those his own child wore. The King of Bohemia then arrives upon the scene and is told the glad news amid general rejoicings. As a final surprise the royal party is invited by Paulina to visit her house and there view a statue of the Queen. The statue comes to life before the eyes of the royal party, or rather the Queen who had made up to resemble a statue, extends her hand to her grieving spouse, who is glad to receive her, whom he had thought lost and now found again.
- A woman lies on a bed and masturbates for several minutes, then a male partner enters the room and the two begin to engage in various sexual activities. This ten-minute extravaganza, is considered by most film historians to be the oldest surviving "stag film" known to be in existence.
- DirectorUgo FalenaStarsFerruccio GaravagliaVittoria LepantoCesare DondineThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorWilliam V. RanousStarsWilliam V. RanousJulia Swayne GordonHector DionThe Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- DirectorViggo LarsenStarsOtto DetlefsenHolger-MadsenViggo Larsen
- DirectorJ. Searle DawleyStarsMiss EarleJinnie FrazerD.W. GriffithA family is terrified when an eagle carries off its young child.
- DirectorMichel CarréStarsGeorges WagueHenri GougetChristiane MandelysIt's a play in three parts. This film is supposed to be the first long feature film released in Europe