The 20 Best Films of Siegmund Lubin
The twenty best films from hyper-productive producer Siegmund Lubin.
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- DirectorJack FrawleyA gang of criminals plans and executes the robbery of a bank in Philadelphia. However, the police are alerted and a chase through the city's streets ensues.
- StarsEvelyn NesbitDramatization of the real-life shooting of Stanford White by Harry K. Thaw.
- StarsHarry MyersEleanor CainesAlbert McGovernSeth Marshall makes trouble for his relatives even after his death, for his will declares that unless Gladys Bailey and Percy Ticklewit are married within three days of the reading of the will his fortune is to go to a home for cats and dogs. Percy is his nephew and Gladys the daughter of Marshall's partner, but the two have never met. Both decline to be married in this offhand fashion and not the least of their reasons is the fact that each is in love with a stranger met in a chance encounter on the street. They cannot know that they have met in this informal fashion and the executor of the estate is in despair until the thought of marriage by telephone suggests itself to him. To this they accede and over the wire they say the words that make them man and wife in name only. Then they go their separate ways each vowing never to set eyes upon the other. Mr. and Mrs. Carter, happy in their own married life, set out to bring the young couple together in their country home and in pursuance of this plot invite them down for a week end. They meet and find, each in the other, the object of the admiration that followed the chance encounters. A rattling little comedy plainly told in spirited action.This is a comedy that displayed the growth of Lubin as a filmmaker.
- Consequences result when a father breaks up his son's engagement.
- Dr. Fletcher, while on a professional visit, finds a young girl homeless and penniless. Her father, a poor laborer, had just died. He offers her home and protection which she thankfully accepts. A year has passed. The new ward has found her way to the heart of the doctor. He finds that she is more to him than a child. He proposes marriage and is accepted. The doctor's busy life keeps him much away from his young wife which time she uses for a little innocent flirtation. Some evening one of her admirers hands her a note and asks her to see him after her husband has retired. She reads the note and laughingly hides it in her bosom, never intending of taking the flirtation serious. The company has gone. The doctor decides to work before retiring while his young wife stays in his office until he had finished his work. She lays down upon the couch and is soon fast asleep. She dreams that she met her admirer outside of the gate. He induces her to run away with him. He is soon tired of her and drives her from his home. Reverses come, her lover loses everything. He becomes a drunkard and drives her and her child from shelter. Weak from lack of food, she breaks down on the road where she is found by Dr. Fletcher and revived. At this point of the dream the doctor has finished his work. He goes over to his young wife lovingly awakening her. She relates the dream and wants to show him the note but he smilingly tears it up; he does not want to read it. He has full confidence in his young wife which confidence is never betrayed.
- StarsHarry MyersEleanor CainesGeorge ReehmThree Fingered Jack Doyle, a product of the slums, is by environment, a thief. A companion proposes an enterprise of burglary and Jack consents. But a few moments before he threw away a schooner of beer at the urging of a Salvation Army lassie. The robbery is successful. The following day the Salvation Army girl while on a collection trip visits the office and is accused of the crime through circumstances. He recognizes the imprint of Jack's hand on a blotter. When she is permitted to go she hurries to Jack. She accuses him and he confesses at the same time returning all the money. He has learned to love the woman. She leads him to a church before they go to the home of the victim to make restitution. At her plea the charge of robbery is not pressed and Jack is given a chance to make a man of himself with the aid of the girl.
- One at a time, we meet eight members of the Dam family. I.B. Dam is a beleaguered patriarch, mopping his brow and sneezing. Mrs. Hellen Dam is loquacious. Jimmy Dam is a dandy, smoking and smirking. Miss U.B. Dam, a damsel of perhaps 20, fixes her hair and puts on a fancy hat. Miss I.P. Dam is still a kid, prancing in her new outfit. Baby Dam rubs his eyes. The Dam Cook cleans and dries a pot, and the Dam Dog leaves his post to exit stage right. It's the whole Dam family.Lubin has copied the Edwin S. Porter hit featuring the Dam family of characters. Nothing original or added to the Edison one.
- StarsGeorge ReehmEleanor CainesHarry MyersThe Booths, a young married couple, envy a friend who recently moved to the country. They learn that she located the new home in the new in the newspapers and Mrs. Booth urges her husband to get all of the Sunday newspapers that they may find a home of their own where healthful breezes blow and city nuisances do not exist. Blissville, the Beautiful, seems the most attractive name and they decide to investigate. The city agency of the new suburb is visited, but they want to see the place itself and insist upon going down. Accompanied by a man from the agent's they arrive at Blissville, a tiny flag station, and their hopes are rudely dashed, but they are still under the thrall of the persuasive talker and they permit him to take them over the land. They fall into mud holes and tiny lakes, they suffer all sorts of mishaps, not the least of which is getting caught in a heavy shower. When the skies clear they find that they have a long wait for a train and in their hurry to get back to town they borrow a handcar and escape from the still eager agent.
- DirectorSiegmund LubinDirector Lubin was first Jewish-American filmmaker. In the film, Moses uses his last pennies to help a friend in need. 25 years later the men meet again. The film is remarkable in its depiction of tradition in the face of oppressive circumstances.Produced and directed by Lubin.
- A distinguished gathering is present at Lord Avalon's castle. Suddenly Lord Avalon enters, stops the music and tells his guests that speculation in gold mines has made him penniless. At once the guests remember pressing engagements and one by one they leave the house under vague excuses. Only one remains, Earl, a lad of about 23, who is in love with Dolly, the Lord's daughter. The Lord pays off his servants and then, as poor as his poorest servant, leaves for California, accompanied by Dolly and Earl. Two months later they arrive at Rocky Camp. Blind Mike, the terror of the camp, tries to get fresh with Dolly, but he is promptly floored by her father. Blind Mike swears revenge. Three years have passed. Lord Avalon with the assistance of Earl, has made his mines pay. Blind Mike, knowing that much gold is hidden in the cabin, hires two outlaws to strike down the Lord and rob him of his hard earned gold. Mike's wife is an unwilling witness to the plot. Dolly had been very good to her and she does not wish to see Dolly's father harmed. She follows the outlaws and witnesses the black deed. The three strike down Lord Avalon and steal important papers, besides all the gold they can find. Blind Mike then accuses Earl of having committed the crime. The enraged miners are just preparing to string him up, when Bessie, Blind Mike's wife, comes to tell the truth and thus liberates Earl. The miners now go after Blind Mike and his two accomplices and they are soon swinging from the highest tree. Lord Avalon recuperated. He sells his mines, the young couple are married and Bessie accompanies them as housekeeper to their old home.A slightly more ambitious showing from the producer Lubin, this story starts in a castle and ends in California, in a mining camp.
- DirectorSiegmund LubinStarsRandolph FeelgoodSiegmund Lubin
- DirectorFred J. BalshoferThe horse is largely responsible for the advance of civilization in America. Upon his sturdy limbs and trusty back depended the life of the hardy pioneers. For this reason the theft of a horse was regarded as a heinous crime, for which capital punishment was but meet. In this story Bob and Edna indulge in lariat play. She runs away and he casts his rope, pinioning her arms to her side. She laughingly capitulates, and turns her face expectantly toward him for the kiss which he tenderly bestows. A typical western corral is shown, with the cowboys lassoing and saddling their mounts, after which they ride out on the range. A vagabond arrives, astride of a sorry looking animal, who ropes the best horse at hand and makes away with it. Edna has witnessed the deed, mounts her horse and dashes off to sound the alarm. The cowboys take up the pursuit, the terror-stricken thief using whip and spur to outdistance his avenging pursuers. Nearer and nearer they come, however, and finally a lariat settles over his shoulders and he is jerked to the ground and swift justice meted out. The boys ride gravely back to the ranch where they discuss in hushed tones the unpleasant duty they have been compelled to perform.Lubin was now making more realized films, with different locations and more plot. The acting in his films were also reaching a new height, with Harry Myers leading the way.
- StarsHarry MyersEleanor CainesHoward M. MitchellJack Ferris has gone west to take possession of his uncle's mine, the sole possession his relative had to leave. It is a lonely situation for a young man used to the life and bustle of the city, but Ferris bravely sticks it out, sustained by the thought that he is working for the little girl "back east." He is rejoiced when a letter comes that tells him he is to receive a visit from Agnes and her father: the latter coming west to look into some investments. The thought that the lonely little cabin will be informed by her presence delights him. But a telegram follows the letter telling him that her father is injured and cannot come. Jack works at the baffling rock that hides from him the pay streak he knows must be there somewhere. A blast does not explode and Jack rashly goes back to see what the matter is before waiting a proper time. The fuse is still burning, but it bums slowly, and just as the young miner bends over it flashes up, the force of the explosion throwing him down the face of the cliff. The mass of debris that follows crushes his foot badly and he is unable to free himself. Shooting his pistol into the air to summon help, the intense pain causes him to faint. But the shots have been heard and help soon comes. He is taken to the cabin and made as comfortable as possible while his friend rides for the physician. In the delirium of pain Jack, tossing upon the rude couch, sees himself and the girl of his dreams go through the meeting that he had so fondly planned. She comes into the cabin to receive his welcome and he kneels beside her to tell again the story of his devotion. Then the vision fades and he awakens to the realization of the pain at his heart that is even more acute than the ache of splintered bone and bruised muscles. The doctor comes and binds up the injured member, applying soothing lotions and cooling ointments, and leaves him in a more natural sleep. Meantime Agnes and her father arrive at the nearest station, her father's injury having proven less severe than was supposed, and the chum who has helped Jack happens to be at the station to direct them to the little cabin. He procures a conveyance for them, and Jack's joy when they enter may well be imagined. The aching foot is forgotten as he kneels beside the girl he loves and tells her that the unfortunate blast disclosed the high grade ore for which he had searched so long.Lubin is at his best when his films are sentimental and, of course, a little melodramatic. This is another example that was starred Harry Myers and was well received by the movie-going public.
- StarsHarry MyersRita DavisEleanor CainesGertrude Morton comes to visit her uncle's ranch. Red Eagle falls madly in love with her. Red eagle is always a welcome visitor at the Morton ranch and is there when Gertrude makes her first appearance on the scene. She regards with approving eye the lithe, sinewy figure, the clean cut features and that unconscious, half deferential, half masterful manner that is his mien. Gertrude is a born flirt. From babyhood she has been accustomed to queen it over men and her most commonplace remarks are uttered in a tone so caressing as to capture the masculine fancy. It is distressing to find that it is the round up period and that her rides are to be taken under the guidance of her uncle. But even this relaxation seems about to be denied her when a cowboy hurriedly summons Morton to the round up camp. Red Eagle's opportune appearance solves Morton's difficult problem of riding two ways at once and at Morton's request the Indian obtains a horse and prepares to squire the girl from the east. Tactfully he rides behind his fair companion but this does not please her and she makes an excuse for calling him to her side. She gets him interested in the ways of the east, induces him to learn to read and when at last the vacation comes to an end she expresses the hope that some day she will see him in the east. It is a careless speech but Red Eagle takes it seriously. Little Morning Bloom, his Indian sweetheart, who has patiently waited for the white girl to go that she might reclaim her lover, is dismayed to find that Red Eagle has decided to go to the Indian school at Carlisle. As a member of the football team Red Eagle is a person of some importance. Meeting the young men from other colleges he acquires what he considers to be the correct taste in dress and upon his graduation he seeks Gertrude Morton's home. The idea of a call from an Indian appeals to her guests and when Red Eagle's card is brought he is told to enter. His clothes are more gaudy than fashionable and despite his life in the open and the splendid training of the football field he carried himself awkwardly. Self-consciousness adds its torments and it is a thoroughly uncomfortable Indian who enters the parlor. Carried away by the sight of the girl for whom he has made the sacrifices Red Eagle proposes marriage only to be met with derisive scorn and, angrily tearing off the stiff collar and flaming tie, he decides to go back home where he finds little Morning Bloom still faithfully waiting for him. Content to remain an Indian he discards the clothes of civilization and returns to native dress and customs happy in the love of his squaw and the homage of his own people.Lubin was starting to produce longer and more full productions. This one follows a love affair's unlikely beginning to its happy ending.
- StarsHarry MyersEleanor CainesGuy OliverDon Devereaux, returning suddenly to the home of his fiancée for a pair of forgotten gloves, is shocked to find her in the arms of another man. His faith in women destroyed, he becomes a woman hater and his dislike of the sex causes him to seek the west where on a ranch of his friend Jenkins, he feels certain that the hated sex will not be seen. He is delighted to find that even the cook is a man on the Jenkins ranch and he is enjoying himself mightily until he encounters Emily Grey, who owns the ranch adjoining the Jenkins place. Several times incidents force Emily upon his attention and at last when he loses his footing and slips over a precipice it is Emily who discovers the body of the unconscious man on a ledge far below and when she had summoned help, it is Emily who, because of her lighter weight, makes the descent and fastens the rope about the still form. Shock and exposure have brought on a fever and again it is Emily who nurses the sick man through the weary watches of the night and brings him back to health and strength. And finally it is Emily who brings back to him his faith in love for he finds that he is again assured that true love is the most precious gift if only love be true. It's a pretty western story with beautiful scenic settings done in splendid photography.Another sentimental weepy, that nevertheless engages the audience. It stars Lubin regulars Harry Myers and Eleanor Caines.
- StarsHoward M. MitchellA story of Chinatown that has seldom been excelled for gripping interest. Sung Loo and his cousin, Sung Pho, are star pupils at the Chinese Mission, their close attendance serving as a moral alibi for their characters. Sung Loo is janitor of the Mission and the favorite of all the teachers, but when away from the Mission he is a hatchet man for one of the powerful tongs, working in conjunction with Sung Pho. Pretty Bessie Radcliffe is his particular teacher, and she is very proud of her apt pupil. When the Reverend John Grismer comes to Chinatown and recognized the teacher as a schoolmate, she introduces Sung Loo as her most able pupil. Sung does not fancy the intrusion of the good looking minister, for he has hopes of winning Bessie for his own wife, and this dislike is brought to a focus when the minister discovers the Sungs to be hatchet men, and prevents the murder of a Chinese merchant who has refused to pay blackmail to the Tong. The two Sungs linger in the Mission room after class is dismissed and decide that the minister must be put out of the way. Bessie has come back to obtain a forgotten book and hearing Grismer's name slips behind the window curtains. The hatchet men depart on their bloody mission, but Bessie gets to the telephone in time to warn Grismer, and then hurries to the police station to take aid to the imperiled man. The police arrive just in time, and there is the hint of a marriage as the scene closes.Of course, being from 1910, this film is racist when it comes to the white actors playing the Asian characters. Still it was a hit in it's time and was well produced.
- StarsAlbert McGovernHarry MyersHoward M. MitchellPercy Condon announces his intention of visiting his old chum, Ernest Langdon, at the latter's ranch. Percy was the weightlifting champion in his college days and Langdon tells the cowmen that there will be some fun. Percy comes and creates an impression at the start by lifting from the rig the trunk that taxes the strength of two of the punchers. The trunk contains dumbbells and other training apparatus and it is not long before Percy puts on the gloves with the boys. Joe Haines, the foreman, makes but a poor showing as a boxer, and Rita, Langdon's sister, is attracted by Percy's skill and rather inclined to forget that there was a pretty good understanding between herself and Joe. She and Percy ride the range together and he is fast winning her love. But the Indians are out and Joe discovers them. He rides back to Rita and Percy, Indian fighting differs from weight lifting and boxing and in a panic of terror Percy mounts his horse and rides off, leaving Rita with her lame mare. Joe mounts her on his own pony and forces her to ride after Percy. He makes his way to where they have entrenched themselves behind some rocks, and here Percy still further shows the white feather by refusing to go for water when the canteen is found to be empty. Joe gets the water for Rita, but is wounded as he does so. The sound of shots brings Langford and his men to the relief and at the last Percy redeems himself. The story abounds in thrills and is splendidly played.Lubin makes a Western, which is quickly becoming one of the most popular genres in the early teens of the 20th century. It starred his usual cast of Harry Myers and Albert McGovern.
- DirectorSiegmund LubinStarsEmily LowryUnauthorized shot-for-shot remake by the Lubin Manufacturing Company of Edwin S. Porter's 1903 film of the same name. Two bandits break into a telegraph station to board and rob a train before being shot down in a standalone final.
- DirectorSiegmund LubinA young lady is seen entering a book store. While selecting a book she sees the announcement of a new publication, "The Murderer of His Seventeen Wives," "A Thrilling Detective Story." She buys this book and immediately a begins to read. She is so interested in the story that she does does not notice the clerks bringing in a box filled with books. She falls over the box but continues reading her interesting book. While leaving the store she bumps into an old gentleman who is just passing. Turning the corner she falls over a cigar sign but still continues reading her "Thrilling Detective Story." She proceeds reading and throws over a book-stand. to the great delight of the passersby. She still continues reading on the street and walks into a boy who is delivering bread. She next runs into a gentleman who is coming out of his house reading a newspaper. To find a quiet spot she goes to the park, falls over the step of the music-stand, proceeds and seats herself on the railing of the stand. She loses her balance, falls upon the floor, but still continues reading. Not seeing a bench she falls over it. Glad to have a place where to sit and read, she sits upon the bench, but an automobile is passing and throws her off the bench. This does not disturb her equilibrium and she continues reading. Crossing the street, she is just in the way of the steam roller which passes over her. The people are horrified over the sight, but hardly had the steam roller passed than she gets up and continues her "Thrilling Detective Story." She now sits upon the railing of a bridge, high above the water. She is so interested in her story that she becomes excited and falls from the bridge, far down into the water, from where she is rescued while reading her book. Even this cold bath did not cool her anxiety to know the end of "The Thrilling Detective Story." Sitting home in the comfortable Morris chair, with her head bandaged, she finishes "The Thrilling Detective Story," and then pulls down the shade.
- Christ is here seen at the table, with the disciples seated right and left. Before continuing with the supper, Christ washes the feet of His disciples. Rising from feet washing, He resumes His place at the table and the supper proceeds. The animation throughout this picture is symbolical and the effect is particularly sublime.
- Jesus is rudely reviled by the excited Jews and is seized and laid upon the cross, where He is nailed, hands and feet, to the rough timber, ready to raise it in Crucifixion. The cross is then raised, and Christ is seen between the other crosses, upon which are hanging the two thieves who were placed there before the Saviour had arrived. Jesus is seen writhing in agony as the cruel soldiers pierce His side with spears and place the sponge filled with hyssop to His mouth. In the end the revilers are startled by the cry, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me." Then, with a look of forgiveness, He said: "It is finished," and the end came.
- StarsEmily LowryMarguerite SesslerThis is a very amusing scene, showing three little girls indulging in a pillow fight. The fight grows fast and furious until at length the feathers fly all around.
- DirectorJames H. WhiteTwo men have a contest to see which one can be the first to eat a large slice of watermelon.