The Best of 1911
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- DirectorFrancesco BertoliniAdolfo PadovanGiuseppe de LiguoroStarsSalvatore PapaArturo PirovanoGiuseppe de LiguoroLoosely 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.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothPutty models itself into shapes.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsBlanche SweetGeorge NicholsFrancis J. GrandonWhen 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.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsWilfred LucasLinda ArvidsonFrancis J. GrandonEnoch Arden, a humble fisherman, marries Annie Lee. He signs on as a sailor to make more money to support their growing family. A storm wrecks his ship, but Enoch swims to a deserted island. Annie waits vainly for his return.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsWilfred LucasLinda ArvidsonFrancis J. GrandonAnnie remains faithful to her husband, Enoch, even though he's been lost at sea for many years. Finally her grown children convince her to marry Philip, her former suitor. Enoch is rescued from the deserted isle where he has been stranded, and returns home. He discovers Annie's new life, and decides not to interrupt her happiness.
- DirectorMax LinderStarsMax LinderGeorges CoquetLucy d'OrbelMax needs a tonic after an illness, and the doctor prescribes a Bordeaux glass of wine three times a day. One proves to be enough, as Max drinks a quart glass of wine and proceeds to get into trouble.
- Old film of New York City in the year 1911. This film was taken by the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern on a trip to the United States. It was released two years later.
- DirectorThomas H. InceStarsFrancis FordAnn LittleJ. Barney SherryWhen Indians attack a white settlement, a brave kidnaps a white baby to give to his wife as a replacement for their dead baby. The white mother goes to the Indian camp to look for her child and is captured by the Indians who plan to torture her. The settlers attack the Indian camp, destroying it completely and killing the braves, while the Indian wife returns the baby to the white woman and allows her to escape. The Indian wife mourns her baby at its grave, unaware of the destruction of the Indian camp.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsDorothy BernardWilfred LucasAlfred PagetSome tramps assault the telegraph office trying to rob $2000 delivered by train. The telegraphist girl, trying to help, telegraphs the next station and then the men are captured.