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- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLinda ArvidsonJohn R. CumpsonFlora FinchSet in an early cinema house, this comic short illustrates the problems with the gals' hats obscuring the movie patron's line of vision.
- DirectorWalter R. BoothAn inventor uses a wireless controlled flying torpedo to destroy enemy airships.
- DirectorPercy StowAn Indian dancer saves a tourist from his lover, follows him to England, sees he is married and dies on his doorstep.
- DirectorAndré CalmettesCharles Le BargyStarsCécile SorelRené AlexandreCharles Le BargyRome, June 1800. Floria Tosca is a celebrated opera singer, better known as La Tosca. Her lover is Mario Cavaradossi, a young artist and Bomapartist sympathizer. When the latter helps Angelotti, the leader of the opposition, to escape from prison and hides him in La Tosca's home, he antagonizes Baron Scarpia, the ruthless chief of police, all the more as his love for Tosca is unrequited. Scarpia has Mario arrested and condemned to death. Upset, Floria begs the Baron for her lover's life. He accepts to have the bullets of the firing squad replaced by blanks if... she sleeps with him. She agrees nominally but when she finds herself with Scarpia, she stabs him to death. She then goes to see Mario in his cell and lets him know about his phony execution. But Scarpia had had time to get the order reversed and in the early hours of the morning, Mario is executed in the proper manner. In despair, Tosca throws herself into the void...
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsFlorence LawrenceFrank PowellOwen MooreRising Moon loves Little Bear, but her father prefers Standing Rock, a richer suitor. Standing Rock takes her to his teepee under guard, but she escapes and joins Little Bear as they attempt to escape.
- DirectorAshley MillerNo sweeter, sadder tale of mother's love has ever been presented to the moving picture audience. Briefly told, it is the story of a youth who leaves his widowed mother to seek his fame and fortune in a great city. Risen to fame and affluence, he is visited by his old mother unexpectedly at a moment when he is entertaining his affianced and her father. The sudden appearance of his mother, whose quaint, old-fashioned clothes and baggage are so strikingly incongruous among such luxurious surroundings, visibly embarrasses him and he ill conceals a feeling of shame before his guests. His changed manner is not lost upon the poor old lady, who, although at first mystified, is finally forced to the conviction that her presence in "Laddie's" house is not welcome. Although brokenhearted at the realization, she determines that "Laddie" shall not be embarrassed by her presence and steals from the house, stopping only to tuck her shawl about him as he lies asleep on the couch and to imprint a loving farewell kiss upon his brow. Awakened from his sleep by a police messenger, he hurries to the hospital to find that she has been the victim of a street accident and is at the point of death. Overcome with remorse and shame, his grief knows no bounds. Willingly would he sacrifice all his earthly possessions, even life itself, if she were spared to him, but in vain! She dies in his arms, a smile of supreme happiness upon her countenance as site unites his hand with that of the lovely girl who is his affianced wife.
- 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. GriffithStarsFrank PowellGrace HendersonJames KirkwoodAn unscrupulous and greedy capitalist speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsCharles ClaudelOctavie HuvierFrançois LallementA man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.
- DirectorArturo AmbrosioLuigi MaggiStarsAlberto CapozziLydia De RobertiMirra PrincipiRoman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces opposition from an outraged populace.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónIn a medieval palace, an astronomer with a telescope shows the king.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsPat HartiganJulia ArthurWilliam HumphreyThe persecution of the children of Israel by the Egyptians. Now there arose up a new king in Egypt. And he said unto his people. Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. Let us set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. (Exodus, chapter I.) The first scenes show the Egyptian court and King Pharaoh commanding the slave drivers to beat the Hebrew toilers who show signs of rebellion. Pharaoh notices this and, calling his scribes, orders that a decree be published that every man-child born to the Hebrews be killed. The parchment is prepared and is read in Pharaohs court in the presence of Pharaohs daughter, who hears and pleads in vain for his clemency. Pharaohs Decree: Every male child that is born to the Hebrews shall be cast into the river. The Egyptians ruthlessly proceed to carry out the decree and seize the male children from the arms of the Hebrew mothers. Here we are shown the interior of a Hebrew dwelling. The child Moses is in a cradle and his mother is bending over him, utterly unconscious of the cruel edict of King Pharaoh. The sister of Moses is shown attending to household duties and she takes a pitcher and goes to the well to draw water. There she learns of the slaughter of the innocents and hastens back and tells the mother of the cruel scenes she has witnessed. They decide to hide the child Moses by the river, and the cradle or ark is covered and carried between them to a marsh, where they plaster the outside with soft mud to keep out the water, and placing the child therein, his sister remains nearby to watch what will become of him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the rivers edge; and when she saw the ark among the flags she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it she saw the child; and, behold, the babe wept, and she had compassion on him. Pharaohs daughter fondles and pets the crying child and decides that she will keep him for her own. The sister of Moses approaches and suggests that she call a nurse of the Hebrew women and she, of course, called the childs mother. And Pharaohs daughter said unto her, Take this child away and nurse it for me and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it. Pharaoh is informed of his daughters caprice and demands to see the child. He orders it away, but his daughter embraces him and pleads so hard for the life of the child that he consents and gives it his protection and blessing. A fitting ending is a picture of the mother and sister of Moses again fondling their own and giving thanks to God for their unexpected good fortune. The first reel of this series ended with the child Moses being adopted by Pharaohs daughter. The Hebrews are still under bondage, and we see them laboring in the brick fields, beaten by the taskmasters, as they build those gigantic specimens of Egyptian architecture, many of which stand to this day. Moses has been reared and educated in the Egyptian court, and is now in the prime of life, but he does not forget that he is of Hebrew blood, and, as he watches his brethren in their slavery, his blood boils at the outrages and he looks toward Heaven and cries, How long, oh Lord, how long? A number of Hebrews are digging clay, which is filled into baskets. The load is too heavy for one of the laborers, and the taskmaster beats him unmercifully. Moses sees this and kills the taskmaster. T The other Hebrew slaves, horrified at the enormity of the act, run away, and Moses, afraid of the consequences, hastily buries the body in the clay pit. Two days after this, Moses seeks to separate two of his brethren who are quarreling, and one of them says: Wilt thou kill me as thou didst the Egyptian? Moses is terrified when he knows that his crime is known, and decides to flee from the country. He seeks refuge in the home of a Hebrew laborer and bargains for a suit of the laborers garments, with which he disguises himself; he also purchases provisions and a water bottle, and departs. Moses is seen crossing the desert. Tired and dusty, he rests and drinks from his water flask. Still toiling on through the arid desert, he reaches an eminence and looks hack to see if he is being followed, and, seeing no one, he gives thanks for his deliverance. Moses has at last reached the land of Midian. He discovers a well and refreshes and rests himself. While he is resting seven daughters of Jethro, a Midianite, come to the well to draw water for their sheep and cattle. Other herdsmen also come to the well and ungallantly drive away the maidens, but Moses comes to their aid, and draws the water for them. The home of Jethro, the priest of Midian, father of the seven maidens. They enter and tell of the encounter at the well, and how they were aided by a Hebrew traveler. He says the man must be his guest, and hastens to the well and greets Moses and invites him to the shelter of his house, which offer is accepted. Moses enters the home of the priest of Midian, where he is effusively greeted by the whole household, and we see him seated and enjoying a meal with the family. (And Moses was content to dwell with the manand he gave Moses his daughter, Zipporah, to wife.) (Forty years later). Moses is now a shepherd, and, while tending his flocks in the land of Midian. The voice of God speaks to him out of a burning bush and commands him to return to Egypt and deliver his brethren out of the bondage of the Egyptians. Moses bids farewell to Jethro, his father-in-law, and, with his family, journeys to Egypt. On the way he meets Aaron, who had been, commanded by the Lord to meet Moses, and together they arrive at the Egyptian court. The court of Pharaoh, a young man, the elder Pharaoh having died while Moses was in Midian. The officials announce the new arrivals, and Moses and Aaron are ushered in and demand, in the name of the Lord, that the Children of Israel be set free. The Egyptian king refuses, and Moses tells him that if he does not consent the wrath of God will come on all the Egyptians. Moses prays to the Lord for advice, and is commanded to work a miracle before the Egyptian monarch to convince him that it is the Lord, the God of the Israelites, who demands the deliverance of His people. Moses and Aaron appear before Pharaoh again. Aaron casts his rod upon the ground and it becomes a serpent. Pharaoh is amazed, but he still refuses to free the Children of Israel. Pharaohs continued refusal brings upon Egypt the ten plagues. Moses finds Pharaoh near the rivers edge and again asks that his people be allowed to go free. When Pharaoh denies again. Aaron smites the water of the river with his rod and the waters are turned into blood. Again Moses appears before Pharaoh and again Pharaoh refuses his request. As God had commanded, Moses stretches his hand toward heaven and immediately a great storm of hail and lightning, such as they had never seen, descends on Egypt, killing man and beast and striking terror to the heart of Pharaoh. Pharaohs heart was again hardened and he still refuses to free the Hebrew children. Again Moses stretches his hand toward heaven, and a thick darkness, a darkness that might be felt, covered the land for three days, so that no one was able to rise from his place. The last and most terrible plague visited on Egypt for Pharaohs continued refusal is the death of all the Egyptian first born. The Feast of the Passover is instituted at this time. Moses directing all the Hebrew people to observe the Feast by killing and preparing a lamb. Moses commands the Children of Israel to sprinkle the door posts on both sides and on top with the blood of the lamb and on every house where they are to eat the Feast of the Passover, and to prepare the Feast. The Feast of the Passover is observed, according to the instructions of Moses, by every Jewish family in Egypt, the Feast consisting of roast lamb with unleavened bread and herbs. The same night that the Feast of the Passover is being observed by the Israelites, the Angel of Death passes over the land of Egypt in the last plague, the death of the first born. The Angel of Death enters every Egyptian home where there is no blood on the doorposts, and the first born of every Egyptian family is slain, from the first born in Pharaohs household to the first born of the captive in the dungeons. The Angel of Death, however, passes by every Jewish home, as God had promised to Moses that where He saw the blood on the doorposts He would pass them over and the plague should not be upon them. In Pharaohs palace Pharaoh and his court are feasting, when the Angel of Death enters and Pharaohs own first born is slain. Pharaoh is overcome with grief at this terrible visitation and sends for Moses and Aaron immediately. The death of his first born softens the heart of Pharaoh and when Moses and Aaron now appear before him he commands them to take the Children of Israel and to depart out of the land of Egypt. Moses and Aaron give the command to the Hebrew people, who immediately gather together their possessions and prepare to leave the land of their bondage with reverent and thankful hearts. With Moses and Aaron as leaders, the Israelites begin their exodus from Egypt, the land of the Pharaohs, where they had been slaves for so many years.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsPaul PanzerGladys HuletteA drowsy pipe-smoker attempts to nap, only to be tormented relentlessly by the mischievous Princess Nicotine and her fairy companion.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsDavid MilesMarion LeonardMary PickfordA gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an interior room, but the criminals are well-equipped for breaking in. When the father finds out what is happening, he must race against time to get back home.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsArthur V. JohnsonMarion LeonardHenry B. WalthallA king exacts vengeance upon his faithless mistress and her lover.
- DirectorJoseph-Louis MundwillerThis is another one of our famous scenic films which is a revelation of the beauties of the historic Russian city, showing it clad in a blanket of snow and giving us a good view of the many points of interest in and about the place. We get a good view of the famous old Kremlin from different angles, then a view of the city taken from one of the high towers. Next we see Petrovsky Park and some of the main thoroughfares during a heavy blizzard in which the inhabitants go about well muffled up and seemingly undaunted by the severe cold atmosphere.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsBarry O'MooreLinda ArvidsonArthur V. JohnsonThe story, while not biographical, is founded on incidents in his life, showing his devotion for his sick wife, Virginia. Desperate from his utter helplessness to ameliorate his dying wife's suffering, owing to extreme destitution, he is in a frenzy of grief, when a raven is seen to perch on a bust of Pallas above the door of their cold, cheerless apartment. An inspiration! He sets to work, and that masterpiece. "The Raven," is the fruit. During his work he has divested himself of his coat, putting it over his wife to protect her from the cold. The poem finished, he rushes coatless and hatless to the publisher, where he meets with scant attention. One editor, however, thinks the work possesses some merit and offers ten dollars for it. Ten dollars for the greatest jewel in the diadem of fame - think of it! Poe thinks of the comforts, meager though they needs must be, for his poor wife and accepts the offer. Hastening to the store, he procures food, a heavy comfortable for the cot, and medicine, and with much lighter heart returns home. Spreading the quilt tenderly over Virginia, he takes her hand and gazes fondly into her sightless eyes, but the cold, unresponsive hand tells him the awful truth. "My God, she is dead!" and he falls prostrate across the cot.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsA magician creates a butterfly woman and then a spider woman.
- DirectorCharles KentJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsWalter AckermanCharles ChapmanDolores CostelloIn ancient Athens, four young lovers escape into the woods. Meanwhile, tradesmen rehearse a play. All of them suffer from the shenanigans of mischievous fairies.
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsHenri DuvalChristiane MandelysMaurice VinotNymphs and cupids dance in celebration of the arrival of Spring.
- DirectorAlfred MachinStarsPitje AmbrevilleBerryerMademoiselle SaunièresDutch girl Johanna loves poor Joachim, but marries the weathy Miller. When the miller finds out, he takes revenge.
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsMary FullerMarc McDermottHerbert PriorThe story revolves itself around a Western cowboy who has been sent to the town of Cedar Gulch to deposit gold in the bank for his boss. Arriving too late in the night to dispose of the gold, he seeks out the pretty daughter of the gambling-house keeper who has given her heart unto his keeping. While waiting for the bank to open in the morning, he becomes fascinated with the sight of the money being won at a gambling table, and starts to gamble with his boss's money. Luck is against him, and scarcely before he realizes it he has lost all. Ruin, disgrace, and prison or lynching stare him in the face. Only seeking to get back what he has lost he tries to rob the gambling house at night, and here he comes face to face with the little girl whom he loves. He confesses to her his crime and shame, and the woman's love spreads forth its hands to shield him. She seeks out Rattlesnake Jim, the Sheriff of Cedar Gulch, who also is in love with her, and implores his aid for her unworthy lover. A warrant for the cowboy's arrest reaches Jim while she is at his cabin and he struggles manfully to follow its mandates to the letter, but his love for the girl causes him to swerve from his strict path of duty and he decides to give the guilty man a fighting chance. Either he or the cowboy must quit Cedar Gulch at once. In other words, one of them must die. To live and not do his duty is a thought that has never entered Jim's mind. So these men of iron and nerve fight a novel duel in the Sheriff's lonely cabin, at which he has ordered the cowboy to report. Baring their arms to the elbow they sit at opposite sides of a table, calmly waiting for a great, poisonous rattlesnake to rise from its bed, which opens in the center of the table, and choose its victim. Slowly it uncoils itself upon the table with fangs darting in and out, it rears its head, the men watching its every move in fearful silence. At a moment when it seems that the awful suspense will be ended by a deadly strike fate interferes, and though justice miscarries, yet Cupid's arrow finds an unsuspecting but not unwilling victim in the person of the lion-hearted Sheriff, whose manly conduct, in contrast with that of her lover, reveals to the girl his true worth. All this is told with a wonderful dramatic strength and power, and one never loses interest for a moment.
- DirectorVan Dyke BrookeMrs. Northfield has been left a widow with three children to support. Only the eldest, Robert, is old enough to aid her in her struggles for existence, and he makes precarious earnings delivering papers on a newspaper route and running errands. Mrs. Northfield is a dressmaker, and in an early scene sets out to deliver a dress to a fashionable patron. Some minor changes are required to be made and the tired seamstress works on the finishing touches in her patron's room. The latter, Mrs. Aldcorn, wife of a wealthy broker, hides her jewels and forgets that she has done so. That evening she is dressing for a theater party and cannot find the gems. She remembers that Mrs. Northfield was in the room alone for some time and her husband swears out a warrant for her arrest. On purely circumstantial evidence, poor Mrs. Northfield is sentenced to a prison term and is led to a cell weeping, but finding some comfort in Bobby's promise that he will look out for his little sister and the baby. It is a tremendous responsibility for a ten-year-old boy to face, but Bobby is a plucky lad. The newspaper route which he serves is for sale, together with the newsstand. Bobby sells most of the furniture to a second-hand dealer and with the proceeds becomes the proprietor of the business. With his childish enthusiasm and courtesy he builds up a large trade. Some time after Mrs. Aldcorn discovers her jewelry and she and her husband lose no time in obtaining Mrs. Northfield's release from the remainder of her sentence and with many abject apologies escort her to her home. On the way they pass the new and prosperous stand which Bobby has had built, and the mother's delight at the bravery and success of the Little Father are so great that Aldcorn induces her to let Bobby accept a substantial sum of money with which to still further enlarge his interests.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsRose KingHerbert PriorCaroline HarrisMiss Louise Leroque was one of those charming young ladies, born, as if through an error of destiny, into a family of clerks, and after she married John Kendrick, she suffered an incessant yearning for all those delicacies and luxuries she felt were her due. John was a bighearted, indulgent husband whose every thought was for his wife's happiness, and while Louise was a devoted wife, still there was the strain of selfishness ever apparent, for she who studies her glass neglects her heart. She yearned for ostentation, and poor John was in no position to appease this desire. However, an occasion presents itself when they can at least bask in the radiance of the social limelight, in an invitation to attend a reception tendered a foreign prince. John is in the height of elation, hut Louise meets him with that time-honored remark, "I've nothing to wear." Well, he feels the strength of her argument, so goes and pawns his watch and chain to procure her a gown fitting for the occasion. The gown emphasizes the absence of jewel ornamentation, so they visit their friend and neighbor, who lends them a handsome necklace. At the reception she makes quite a stir and is presented to the prince, who becomes decidedly attentive. Arriving home after the affair, Louise rehearses the incidents of the event, when suddenly she stands petrified with horror. "My God! The necklace is gone." High and low they search, and even back to the ballroom, but without result, for we have seen it stolen from her neck by a sneak thief while she is talking with the prince. Unable to find the necklace, they swear to give their fingers to the bone, their life's blood until it is paid for. But then there is the humiliation of not returning the jewels, so they hunt for a duplicate. At the jeweler's they find one, in appearance an exact copy, but the price is $20,000. Twenty thousand dollars to ones in their condition meant a large fortune. However, John borrows money on his salary, gets loans from his various friends and is granted a large advance by his employer, giving notes for same: in fact, mortgaging his very life as the result of vanity. With the money he purchases the duplicate and gives it to their friend, who is unaware of the substitution. Meanwhile, the thief has taken the necklace to a pawnshop and finds it is a worthless imitation, and so throws it into the rubbish heap. Five years later we find the couple toiling, toiling, but still in bondage; after night in the endeavor to make a little extra above his ordinary salary. Ten years we find them, still hounded by the note collectors, aged and broken in health, yet determined. Twenty years, and the last penny on the necklace is paid, but at the expense of their bodily strength. Having cleared up his debt with his employer, he is discharged, being too feeble to do the work. As a last resort they write to their friend, confessing the substitution of the jewels, and their plight as a result, begging that she give them some slight assistance. Their friend, of course, is amazed, she cognizant of the worthlessness of her property, so hastens to give Louise back the jewels, arriving only in time to put them about her neck when she sinks back dead. John, poor fellow, is found sitting in a chair at the head of the bed, also dead. They had received vanity's reward.
- DirectorGeorges MoncaStarsEdmond DuquesneDelphine RenotJacques VillaIn the days of Louis XV of France there lived one Diana de Vaudrey, to whom was born a little daughter totally blind. Diana's father-in-law, the proud Count de Vaudrey, insisted that his daughter should get rid of the afflicted child, and it was by his order that the little blind baby was placed on the church steps, where it was rescued by a poor family, who brought it up as their own and as the real sister of their daughter Henriette. After the death of these good people the two girls were left orphans, and Henriette, the older of the two, was the real mother to the little blind girl, who depended upon her for everything. But the sisters, becoming separated by an unfortunate accident, the younger one falls into the hands of an old hag named Mother Frochard, who believed she could raise money by having the pretty blind girl be on the street. The sufferings of the poor child while under the old hag's roof are indescribable; one must see the picture to get an idea of what she endured when compelled to stand for hours in the street and smilingly beg from every passerby. The faithful Henriette, who had never ceased her search for her little sister, finally finds her in the old witch's hovel, and through a chance acquaintance who happens to be related to the blind girl's own father, the sisters meet Diana. Countess de Vaudrey, who has never had a moment's happiness since she deserted her little blind baby so many years ago. Through the means of a tiny locket that the blind girl had always worn and which Henriette bad wrested from old Mother Frochard, who had stolen it when she held the girl prisoner, the Countess discovers that the blind girl that fate has brought in her path is none other than the wee babe she so cruelly deserted. Her happiness knows no bounds now that she can make up to the child for all she suffered during these sad years of separation. Henriette is also received by the happy Countess as her own, and the last pictures show the joy of the two orphans and the just punishment of the wicked old Mother Frochard.
- DirectorFrancis BoggsOtis TurnerStarsMac BarnesWilliam GarwoodAdrienne KroellBud Noble, a handsome specimen of manhood, is foreman on the Circle "D" ranch outside of Circle City, Idaho, and our opening scene pictures Bud as the cowboy roping and tying a steer. With its bucking bronchos, pitching mustangs, bucking steers, and the biggest novelty ever, the acme of all thrillers, "see Bud bulldog a steer." Only three men have successfully accomplished this feat and lived to tell about it. Then Bud receives a shock. The local operator appears with a telegram. "Your Uncle John dead. You are sole heir to his estate valued at several millions. Come to Chicago at once." The astounded cowboys tumble over with sheer amazement. Bud buys and the scene closes with a characteristic rush for the bar. "One year later" Bud tires of society. We see Bud and his new wife entertaining and our cowboy shows plainly that he is desperately weary of the effete East, then Bud goes to the club and the men he meets there and their conversation is getting on his nerves. "After the theater" a return home and Bud longs for the fresh air of the vast West. As he sinks wearily into a chair a Remington painting catches his eye. It is one he had recently purchased, a broncho buster and his locoed horse. The artist had caught the wild spirit of his subject, and as Bud's mind returns to scenes of a similar nature, a happy inspiration comes. "By Jove, I'll do it." He seizes a telegraph blank, rings for his butler, and sends the following message: "Col. Dalton, Foreman Circle 'D' Ranch, "This high-brow life is killing me. Am sending you special train. Bring the whole outfit, band, horses and all. This town needs excitement. Come and help wake it up. BUD." A few days later we see the boys at a swell suburban depot: Bud and his wife in their auto, and the punchers in chaps and sombreros soon create a world of excitement on the city streets. Then Bud takes the boys yachting; next to see a melodrama, where the Colonel takes exceptions to the villain's heartless treatment of "Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl." "Bud, either send those horrid creatures back where they came from or I get a divorce," declares Mrs. Bud. So the boys are next seen in a palatial café car homeward bound. The Colonel gets into an argument with the colored cook and that worthy dives through an open car window to escape the cowboy's wrath. Our closing scene is in the cozy home of the millionaire. He and his wife are enjoying a quiet tete-a-tete when the butler bands in a telegram. It reads; "On root. Everybody enjoyin' theirselves. The Colonel sure some happy, he just shot a coon. Will send the bill to you. THE BOYS." Bud laughs heartily. The wife joins and as she nestles up to her big manly husband, says: "You won't ever want to be a cowboy again, will you, Bud?" Bud turns slowly; looks at the Remington painting which has been the innocent cause of their recent quarrel, and walking over, he turns the picture to the wall, holds out his arms to his wife, and as her head nestles against his shoulder, we plainly catch his words, "Never Again."
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsCharles InsleeMarion LeonardGeorge GebhardtAntonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic, provident husband and father. His demands are met with a positive rebuff, and when he becomes insistent be is forcibly ejected by Galora. As he leaves the tenement he vows to get even, and lies in wait until Galora has gone out on business. Climbing to the fifth floor, on which the Galoras live, he watches his chance, which comes when Mrs. Galora goes for an instant to visit a neighbor on the same floor. Darting into the apartment and raising the window he perceives the awful result of a drop to the ground, five stories below, and so evolves a plan that is dastardly in the extreme. Taking the infant child from the cradle, and placing it in a basket he lets it out with a short rope, the end of which he secures by letting the sash down on it, so that to raise the window would precipitate the baby to destruction. Not content with this he follows Galora and would have killed him were it not for the timely arrival of a policeman, who arrests him. Here he boasts of what he did at the home, and Galora makes a mad race to save his child, who is still dangling five stories from the ground; several times Mrs. Galora has approached the window to hang out clothes, etc., but was always called away by some fortuitous happening, until Galora bursts in followed by two policemen, who have given chase, thinking him crazy. They are now in a quandary as to how to rescue the child, for to raise the window meant certain death. At last Galora suggests they let down the top sash and he is held by the feet as head down he lifts the baby from its perilous position into the room. While the subject is intensely thrilling, it is totally devoid of gruesomeness.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsFrank PowellFlorence LawrenceGladys EganWhile caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's pleas to come home and care for his own daughter, who has taken a turn for the worse.
- DirectorSidney OlcottStarsGuy CoombsMarguerite CourtotAlice JoyceIn the period before the Civil War, a young man returns to his hometown of New Orleans after having been gone for a long time. He soon meets and falls in love with an "octoroon", a young woman who is one-eighth black. However, since the "one-drop" laws--anyone having as little as one drop of "Negro" blood in them is still considered black, and therefore subject to be sold as a slave--are still in effect, the girl is sold at auction and purchased by an evil and murderous overseer. The young man sets out to free his love from the clutches of the evil slaver.
- Don Juan is the typical Don Juan of literature painted so strongly by the masterly Byron, who finds time amidst the trials and tribulations of warfare to loosen the leashes of his heart and pay court to the lassies of the countryside. Yet despite the apparent uncertainties of mind and heart our hero has proven the courage and virtue of a mind capable of love in defense of a woman in a land that lay under the siege of the enemy's guns. A story strong of action, faithful in its interpretation of horrifying and thrilling episodes of an invading army, photographically superb, actors and costumes in a manner characteristic of the French. A remarkable production, destined to be a feature film from ocean to ocean.
- DirectorGeorges BerrStarsRené AlexandreLes Danseuses de l'OpéraJean DehellyA father has two sons, the older one serious and hard-working, the younger one spendthrift and pleasure-seeking. The latter rejects his father's authority and leaves home. It is not long before he wastes all his fortune and falls into poverty. He repents and decides to return home. Despite his older son's resentment, the father welcomes back the lost sheep.
- 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.
- StarsWilliam V. RanousMaurice CostelloWilliam HumphreyThe present subject deals with the imprisonment of Jean Valjean and the incidents immediately following his release. He is first shown in his humble home, his family utterly destitute. Half-crazed by hunger and the sufferings of his wife and children, Jean breaks the window of a bake shop and steals a single loaf of bread, with which he hurries home to his little ones, who eagerly seize the crusty loaf as the gendarmes arrive to apprehend the thief. Condemned to serve in the galleys, his sentence is prolonged by his frequent efforts to escape, but at last the governor of the prison sends for him. He is given his passport, on which is entered the evil record of this law-made criminal, and with a few coins in his pocket he is given his liberty, clad in filthy rags, with matted hair and beard and without a friend in the world. The money avails him little, for the people will have naught to do with a jailbird and they turn him from their doors. He at last arrives at the home of the good bishop, who makes him welcome at his own table and offers him a bed for the night, greatly to the alarm of the women of his household. The clock striking three rouses the ex-convict, and. stealing into the bishop's room, he robs the good man of the household silver. He escapes from the house without detection, but any passing police officer has the right to inspect his passport, and Jean's appearance makes him an object of suspicion to all; no seeks to escape by flight, but is caught and confronted with the bishop in the latter's home. The officers are proud of their capture, but the man of God denies the theft, well knowing what Jean's fate will be if he is returned to the galleys: and to make more convincing his denial of theft, he hands to Valjean his silver candlesticks. "I gave these too," he declares, "You must have forgotten them." The abashed officers retire with the bishop's blessing, and his fervent prayers affect the stony heart of the convict, who kneels in prayer beside his benefactor.
- StarsGuy OliverGeorge ReehmRobert, the judge's son is a vacillating young man. Helen, his father's ward, is devoted to him and he sincerely desires to make her his wife. An old flame, Dorothy Deane, an actress, writes him asking him to call and say good-bye, prior to his nuptials. She is playing with a great success at a city theater and he calls on her in her dressing room, where he meets a merry company and all repair to a roof garden. The judge and Helen happen to attend the performance and drop in at the roof garden for refreshment. Revelry is high when Helen detects her intended in the actress' company. His father, a very stern man, reproaches him for his conduct and soon arriving home drives him from the house. Three years have passed. Robert has married the actress and a child has blessed them. His father's help being gone, the little family suffers terrible privation. One day his wife departs leaving a note saying she will return to the stage. In desperation, seeing his child hungry, he resolves to go to his father and ask his help. When he calls the judge is counting a sum of money and refuses to listen to him. He departs but shortly returns to rob the desk. Helen, by a clever ruse, surprises the son in his work and, broken by shame and remorse, he kneels at her feet. The woman's love cannot be stifled and she resolves to help him. She calls at his squalid home and eventually reconciles the judge to his repentant son.
- DirectorEnrico GuazzoniStarsMaria CaseriniAmleto Novelli
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMarion LeonardAnthony O'SullivanGeorge NicholsA pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. She appears in a leg-revealing swimsuit, but the stockings have been stuffed with cotton to make her limbs appear misshapen. All but one of the men is driven off, and regret it when she removes the misleading leggings.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithMack SennettStarsMack SennettHarry SolterFlorence LawrenceAn upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing entourage chasing him, until he escapes them through a bit of movie magic, only to discover that the pole has already been replaced.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsVerner ClargesKate BruceHenry B. WalthallA stirring episode of the Civil War. At the beginning of the Civil War, Kentucky attempted to hold a neutral position between the belligerents, and her sons decided for themselves which side's cause to take up; hence it was that many a Kentucky home was divided. The sentiment of the people seemed evenly balanced, and when old Mr. Wilkinson entered with the newspaper heralding the proclamation, "War Is Declared," George, his youngest son, took up the Union flag, declaring his intention to fight under its stripes, calling to his brother Robert to do likewise. But Bob's heart is with the Confederates, and he declines to listen to his brother's reasoning and so goes to enlist in the Southern army. The old Kentucky home is divided; it is brother against brother. Later, Robert is selected as the bearer of sealed orders, and as he will probably have to pass the Union lines, he is attired in Union uniform. Starting on his perilous journey, he is soon dangerously near the Union outposts, where George is seen posting sentries. Robert is discovered while climbing up the side of the mountain, and fired on by George, who is ignorant of his identity. Fleeing for safety, he is followed and apprehended by the Union forces, when, for the first time, Robert and George meet. But the soldier knows no kindred, and George secures Rob's papers and places him under guard to be shot. While fording a stream, Robert by strategy manages to bolt, and outdistancing his pursuers, rushes into his old home for shelter. Here he is treated by his father as a fugitive and would have been turned out, but a mother's love knows not the laws of war and shields him. Rushing him upstairs to her room, she bids him get into her bed, while she lies alongside, armed with a pistol. George enters, and searching the house, comes to his mother's room. He at once discerns where Robert is, and would have dragged him from his hiding, but his mother, with the pistol at her head, threatens to fire if he advances one step. In the face of this, George falters in his duty and leaves. Robert later escapes. Finally, the war over, George returns home 'neath triumphant banners, promoted in rank, and with the whole village assembled to greet him. The old home is the scene of great rejoicing. But what a contrast is seen on the outside. There we see Robert, ragged and homeless for the "Lost Cause," staggering up to the house. Reaching the portals, he gets a glimpse of the festive scene on the inside, and sorrowfully starts away, but old Uncle Jasper sees him and drags him in. Here is shown the most impressive scene ever depicted in moving pictures. The mother folds her lost boy to her heart, and George, with the Union flag thrown over his arm, stretches forth his hand to his brother, who, with the old, tattered colors of the Confederacy held affectionately to his breast, receives the warm grasp, typifying the motto of Kentucky, "United we stand, divided we fall."
- DirectorAlbert CapellaniStarsHenry KraussRené AlexandreAndrée MégardMarguerite de Bourgogne had her father, the Duke of Bourgogne, murdered by Buridan, her page and lover. Once her aim achieved, she tried to get rid both of Buridan and of the two sons, Philippe and Gaultier, they had together. But, not only did Buridan manage to escape but Landry, the man assigned to kill the two children, was moved to pity by their lot and could not bring himself to stab them to death. Twenty years later, Buridan is back from war in Paris; Marguerite has become the Queen of France and the two babies are now handsome knights. More pervert than ever, Marguerite lures men into the Tower of Nesle where she makes love to them before getting them killed and thrown into the River Seine. Worse, her present favorite is now Gaultier, who she does not know is her own son. As for Buridan, she tries one more time to eliminate him by accusing him falsely and having him imprisoned...
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónFerdinand ZeccaA man buys the novel The Invisible Man by "G.H. Wells" at a bookshop, and in it finds the recipe for Wells' invisibility potion. Then the opportunity makes the thief.
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsRenée CarlAlice TissotGeorges WagueA rich man, living in a splendid palace, in the city of Jerusalem, with his daughter and many servants, surrounded by every possible luxury, but blind, is healed of his affliction by Christ. Having regained his sight he does not make this known to his household, but quietly observes them for a time and sees how his servants rob him and even his daughter imposes upon him. Discouraged at his findings he goes out upon the highway where he again meets Christ, but this time He is carrying His cross and being led to Calvary. The sight of the suffering Savior teaches him to forgive his offenders.
- DirectorMichel CarréStarsTrouhanovaJean AngeloCanta, known as "the ugly girl," is hooted at by the children, shunned by all men and made a laughing stock of by the women. Sad indeed is her lot and despair is written on her unattractive countenance as she draws her shawl more closely around her and hurries away to some solitary spot where she can rest in peace. The scene is distinctly an Oriental one. Wherever one turns the richest of coloring greets one's eyes. The tiny dark native children in picturesque costumes play in the streets. Everybody seems happy and contented except poor Canta, who passes out of the town into the country where she can be alone with Nature, who kinder than her fellow beings smiles on her and whispers beautiful things to her such as she never heard from human lips. Reaching a cool quiet stream Canta stops to quench her thirst. In the distance she hears someone approaching, and looking around she sees a splendid looking youth coming along with faltering steps in her direction. She crouches as if to hide, as she does not wish him to see her ugly face. As he draws nearer she sees he is handsomer and more splendid than he appeared at first, but she also sees that he is blind and guides himself with a staff. No longer fearful, now that she knows the stranger cannot see, the girl stands erect and when he asks her for a drink hastens to give it to him. He gently kisses her hand in gratitude for her kindness and Canta begs him to allow her to be his guide. These two afflicted mortals therefore start out together each glad of the companionship of the other. One day the blind man, Ivah by name, meets a dervish, who presents him with a lotion which he says will restore his sight. When Canta hears it she becomes alarmed because she is fearful that should Ivah see how hideous his guide is he will flee from her as do the rest of her fellow creatures. But her love conquers her pride and she decides to induce Ivah to use the cure no matter what the consequences might be to herself. Her unselfishness is rewarded and shortly after Ivah has used the liquid they both stand at the feet of one of their gods, he not only regains his sight, but the generous girl, as a reward for the sacrifice she was willing to make, becomes the most beautiful of maidens, and when Ivah looks upon her he makes up his mind that she and no one else will be his bride.
- DirectorFrancis BoggsA lion run is discovered, and, unmindful of promises which must be fulfilled, they prepare to secure a fine specimen. This is accomplished by building a trap, a large hole dug in the soft earth and carefully covered with canebrake and jungle grass. This being arranged, a toothsome goat is bound upon a jutting rock directly in the monarch's path in such manner that the hidden trap must be crossed before the bait can be reached. The party then conceal themselves and await results. The lion soon finds his prey, and unwittingly walks into the pitfall. The bearers rush forward a cage, brought along for that purpose, and a magnificent jungle monarch is soon started on his long journey to America. But our party came to Africa to hunt, and our mighty leader has promised himself that he will add to his list of big game brought down by my rifle, "at least one King of Beasts." Menelik Dodo, a noted tracker of big game, leads our hunter to a spot where his desire can be fulfilled. We first see Menelik on the king's track. Our hunter conceals himself in a thicket to the windward side of a spring, where Menelik declares the forest lord is wont to drink. This proves to be correct, as a handsome male specimen soon trots leisurely into view. There is a sharp report and the startled animal springs in the air, whirls out of sight for a moment, then charges direct at our hunter. The repeating rifle cracks again, and the king is down with an ounce of lead in his brain, and the wish of years has been gratified, he has shot his first lion. The bearers arrive and swing the trophy on a pole and carry it triumphantly to camp. An expert taxidermist is called in and this once lordly beast who has roamed the African jungles as a monarch, soon yields all that is lasting of his majestic beauty, to adorn the floor of a Long Island den. Our hunters prepare to rest after their strenuous labors and all retire, dee-lighted with their first day in the jungles.
- StarsMax CharlierIt would be an impossibility even in three reels to give the complete history of this most wonderful man. In presenting this picture we have selected a few only of the best-known and most famous scenes in his life. Commencing the story with a summer evening at Malmaison we see in progress one of the most magnificent fetes of the kind that took place only in France, during the height of Bonaparte's power, and at which are present Napoleon and Josephine. Following this is the well-known scene when Napoleon on his rounds discovers a sentry asleep behind a haystack, takes up the latter's gun and continues his duties to the astonishment of the soldier when he awakes. We next come to the Battle of Austerlitz and the incident of the guard who was decorated by Napoleon for refusing to allow him to pass without the watchword. The battle itself is shown very vividly in all its varying phases. The following scenes show the little King of Rome; Napoleon endeavoring to compel the Pope to sign an agreement annulling the latter's temporal power; the abdication of Napoleon and his subsequent farewell to his guards. Then follow scenes in connection with his imprisonment in St. Helena and finally his death in May, 1821. The film is staged with the greatest accuracy as to detail in costume and setting. The magnificence of some of the scenes is marvelous, and where practicable the pictures have been taken on the spot. For instance, Napoleon bids farewell to his guards at Fontainebleu Castle, where the event actually happened.
- DirectorRicardo de BañosAlberto MarroStarsJosé ArgelaguésJoaquín CarrascoJosé DuranyFelipe I el Hermoso provokes with his behavior the madness of his wife, Juana de Castilla.
- DirectorRomeo BosettiStarsMax LinderBased on characters from Shakespeare's play: When Juliet's father refuses to let Romeo see her, Romeo resorts to extreme measures.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsArthur V. JohnsonMary PickfordCaroline HarrisAgnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and offers her a job. Over the objections of the curate who loves her, she accepts the offer and goes to the city. Later the curate goes to hear Agnes perform and, fearing that her soul is being corrupted by show business, he asks her to return to the small town with him. When she refuses, he is prepared to kill her in order to protect the purity of her soul. This brings about her change of heart, and together they return to the little church.
- Bill Going is the star pitcher for his local Choctaw baseball team. Gamblers from Jimtown try to persuade him to throw the game and he shoots and kills them. He is given a reprieve to pitch the last game of the year.
- DirectorLéon BoedelsStarsLouis BouwmeesterKo van SprinkhuijsenMien de la MarJean-Marie Hardouin, once notorious for his iron grip he exerted on his family, spends the last of his days in a chair in his son's house. He sees his adulterous daughter-in-law plotting to murder her children and husband. Jean-Marie is mute and cannot warn his family. Eventually, he gathers his strengths and strangles the daughter-in-law.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónOn a fine winter morning, an aristocratic couple of city dwellers decide to have a picnic in the great outdoors, however, everything seems to go wrong, all at once.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsWilliam V. RanousMaurice CostelloHazel NeasonJean Valjean, a good and decent man who has nevertheless been convicted of a crime, escapes incarceration and lives for years shadowed by the vindictive and merciless man of the law, Javert.
- DirectorVasili GoncharovStarsAleksandra GoncharovaVasili StepanovAndrey GromovA dramatization of a wedding in 16th-century Russia, between members of two prominent boyar families (based on paintings by Konstantin Makovskii): Three matchmakers first visit the family of the prospective bride, and then do the same with the prospective bridegroom's family. Later, as the time of the wedding draws near, the bride is dressed with great formality and prepared for the ceremony, as the guests get ready to celebrate the upcoming wedding.
- DirectorGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonStarsBen TurpinA little girl visits her friend in her posh home, and the two girls launch a series of practical jokes on the clueless adults in the house.
- DirectorFrancis BoggsStarsHobart BosworthBetty HarteTom SantschiJack Thornton, an American traveler, while touring Europe meets the daughter of an old French nobleman and falls in love with her. He is persistent in his suit for her hand, but outside of a seemingly cordial friendship the lady apparently does not return his affections. There is a reason for this. Osman Bey, a Turkish nobleman, desires the hand of this charming girl. He has expressed his love for her to her father, who is an ambitious, worldly man and who aspires to obtain that social recognition which is so dear to the average man of wealth. Mons. Dupont is well aware that he is selling his daughter, and so cleverly does he arrange matters by pretending that he is facing financial ruin, that he persuades Flora into giving her consent to the marriage in order to save his credit. Several months later, whilst sightseeing in Constantinople, Jack by accident meets Flora, who is driving in a closed vehicle. He is startled at the change in her appearance and indignant over the revelation of her misery and ill-treatment. Almost a prisoner in the house of Osman Bey, she is denied friends and relatives. Her one great desire now is to get away from her tyrannical and brutal husband. Jack determines to aid her, and tells her that he will gain admittance to the grounds of the palace after sundown, where he may talk with her and if possible formulate a plan whereby she may gain her freedom. True to his word Jack is on hand at the appointed time, but is unable to pass the guards at the gate. Nothing daunted, this daring American determines to scale the massive walls, which he does after a great deal of difficulty. Making his way through the beautiful gardens, he manages to see through a lighted window Flora's face and form, Gently tapping on the pane of glass her attention is attracted, but a female spy, ordered by Osman Bey to keep an eye on his wife, observes the signal from the window and immediately acquaints her master with the knowledge of his wife's indiscretion. Burning with rage, the infuriated husband summons his slaves and orders them to take the American prisoner. Jack has just greeted Flora, when he is startled by a sharp word of command, and turning suddenly he is seized by the stalwart slaves of the palace and dragged away. Flora appeals to her enraged husband for Jack's release, taking all the blame on herself, but to no avail. The prisoner is carried to an underground dungeon, where he is left to ponder over the perplexing situation in which he now finds himself. Maddened by grief, the poor girl determines in her desperation to go to the Sultan and beg his clemency. Escaping from her chamber window she makes her way to the Sultan's palace, and gaining admittance is granted an audience by his majesty. Struck by her beauty and fired by the crafty thought that he might gain this helpless woman for his harem, he promises her the pardon, but instead of letting her take it he dispatches one of his officers with the papers, at the same time commanding the bewildered Flora to remain at his palace. How Jack is led out to execution and how the pardon arrives just in time to save his life, much to the chagrin of Osman Bey, is all vividly shown. Jack has learned of Flora's detention in the Sultan's palace, and so embittered is he at this outrage that he joins the cause of the revolutionists. The last scenes of the picture show the attack on the Sultan's palace, and the meeting of Osman Bey and Jack in a hand to hand conflict in which the Turk is bested, which is followed by the rescue of Flora and the capture of the despised Sultan.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMarion LeonardMary PickfordRuth HartA disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love her when his sight is restored?
- DirectorLewin FitzhamonA boss kidnaps the foreman's daughter. A dog leads the strikers to her and they thrash the boss.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLinda ArvidsonGeorge NicholsJames KirkwoodSoon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown to her, Bill marries another woman from a different port. Emily waits faithfully for six years, finally becoming dangerously ill. When Bill suddenly appears in town with his family, Joe, who has loved Emily all along, forces Bill to make Emily's final moments happy by pretending he has returned to marry her.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsFrank PowellJames KirkwoodRobert HarronEffie marries an honest farmer, rejecting a suitor from the city. Years later he returns and tries to persuade her to run away with him.
- DirectorViggo LarsenStarsSvend BilleAage BrandtGudrun KjerulfRobert Fielding has in his time seen better days, but his carelessness and bad company made him run through the fortune which was left him by his father. Now he walks the streets in rags, being so reduced to poverty. But no one has any sympathy for him, because he is young, and a strong-looking man, and ought to be able to get his living by working. Fielding comes across a newsboy, and cannot help but admire the little chap, who is busy selling papers and taking in the pennies, and notes how he understands to sell to everyone who comes along. He envies the boy being able to take in money in such an apparently easy way. When the boy is through tor the day, Fielding follows him up. The boy makes his way to an old shed outside the town, where Fielding sees him lie down to rest. For a moment Fielding is tempted to rob the boy of his earnings, but his good nature gets the upper hand, and he walks away in despair. Rather would he end his own life than do any harm to the innocent boy. The boy, having noticed him, gets up, runs after him, and asks him if he is hungry. Fielding has to admit it, of course, and accepts from the boy a few pennies to buy food. But the temptation is too great, and he spends this money for drink. The boy, who has been watching him all the time, enters the public house, and takes away the glass from Fielding, saying: "Now let's go and have something to eat; I didn't give you money for drink." The strong will of the boy seems to influence Fielding, and he realizes suddenly that he must do some work, in order to make a living. He succeeds in finding a situation as porter and he and the boy from now on become very great friends. Fielding works very hard, and they can soon afford to take very nice rooms together and also to go on nice outings on Saturday afternoons. One day Fielding is sweeping in front of his employer's house, when be bears a cry, and looking up he is astonished to see the child of his employer just falling from one of the windows of the house. Fortunately he catches her in his arms, and although the child is unhurt by the fall, the weight coming down on him from such a height causes some slight injuries to Fielding's head and arm. He has to be carried home, and his grateful employer accompanies him to his room, where he hears the whole story of Fielding's and his boy friend's struggles. In appreciation to Fielding for saving his little child from an almost certain death, his employer provides him with ample money to nurse himself quickly back to health, and also obtains such a good position from his employer that he is able to marry a nice girl, and the newsboy lives with them, in a very comfortable home, often receiving thanks from Fielding for saving him from ruin.
- DirectorVan Dyke BrookeStarsKenneth CaseyMoe Howard
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsOwen MooreLottie PickfordKate BruceAn Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one young Indian woman stay behind. This woman is thus separated from her sweetheart, whose elderly father needs his help on the journey ahead.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsArthur V. JohnsonLinda ArvidsonAdele DeGardeA drinking man arrives home, late and sozzled as usual. His wife reminds him that he promised to take their child to a play. The play proves to be a morality tale about the evils of drink; he sees the parallels in his own life and swears off the demon brew.
- DirectorGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonStarsBen TurpinMr. Flip flirts with every woman he sees, and ends up with a pie, shaving cream, and seltzer in his face.
- DirectorÉmile CohlA scientist is studying microbes under a microscope when his friend enters the room. He explains all the microbes that his friend is infected with.
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeA prince captures a sea fairy. He falls in love with her and wants to marry her. The fairy wants to return to the sea. The prince allows her to return and then decides to follow her. They live happily ever after.
- DirectorÉtienne ArnaudÉmile CohlTwo lovers perform a fandango dance. A jealous quarrel follows and the heart-broken swain decides to end it all. He throws himself from the window of his room, but instead of being killed the anchor of a passing balloon intercepts his flight and he is taken up high into the clouds. Laughing at the poor, unfortunate mortal, the moon arouses the anger of the desperate lover and a battle between the two ensues. The moon seems to get the worst of it and a comet appears, transforming into a beautiful woman, who remonstrates with him for the trouble caused. The moon enters a complaint against her antagonist and three stars sit as judges to hear the case. The legal battle is terminated in favor of the lover. He, however, implores the pardon of the court and is discharged, whereupon he drops down to earth into the arms of his sweetheart, who is glad to see him.
- DirectorLouis FeuilladeStarsRenée CarlChristiane MandelysMaurice VinotIn the lobby of a court house, we see a family leaving the court room right after the judge has awarded custody of the child to the father. The mother is heartbroken and begs for the child, but the father is adamant that the marriage is over and the child is his. The child becomes bored living in his rich father's mansion, even though he's very well provided for. During one of the child's visits with his grandmother, the child's mother steals him away. They live in a run down apartment as the mother tries to make ends meet, but the child is happy. The father demands the police detectives to find his child. They eventually find the mother and child, but then the father must make a decision on the happiness of his child.
- DirectorSegundo de ChomónSlippery Jim, a captured pickpocket, is brought into the police station. From the valuable jewelry in his pocket, he is evidenced to be guilty of numerous crimes; thus, the policemen escort him to a jail cell where he is chained up around the ankles. Once they have left, the pickpocket's feet become dismembered and the chains drop off, freeing him. The police, spotting him, try shutting him in a box, but yet again he is able to escape. Fed up with these pranks, they attempt drowning the trickster in the river by tying him up and covering him with a sack, but this proves yet again no use. The pickpocket frees himself of his bondage and jumps out of the river. However, the police catch soon catch on to his trail, and so this time he is pursued on a bicycle which he assembles magically. Using this, he is able yet again to evade them by riding the bike through mid air. Then, taking refuge in an apartment building, he is found once more but mystifies the cops further by disappearing into thin air. Having distracted them by this, he cleverly flattens them between the wall and the door, rolls them up like a scroll, and hurls them out the window. A rag-picker, finding the unfortunate policemen, shakes them out and brings them back into shape. Slippery Jim, seeing this, jumps through the window and lands on the ground safely, but is seized by the cops. They jam him into the rag-picker's basket, and sitting on it so he cannot get out. The prankster takes care of this by seeping through a hole in the basket like a snake, and slithering into the police station, and turning back into a person, he is caught. The police are triumphant, but little do they realize the clever trick the pickpocket has in store for them next.
- African animals, including a lookout monkey, await with trepidation the arrival of big-game hunter Theodore Roosevelt.
- StarsMax LinderJacques VandenneA man, his wife and their two sons are having a meal. One of the sons leaves the room pretending to be ill and collects a bunch of flowers form a cupboard and goes out. The other son takes a bunch of flowers from under his bed and he too leaves, followed by their father, also carrying flowers. The two sons and their father call on the same young women one after the other; as each arrives, the previous suitor is hidden in a piece of furniture: the father under a chair cover, one son in a cupboard and the other in a piano. A girlfriend of the young woman visits and the two play pranks on the hiding men by playing the piano and sitting on the chair cover. The three men emerge and the father chases his two sons outside until they remind him of his own folly; he gives his sons some money and urges them to keep silent.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonWilliam V. RanousStarsWilliam V. RanousJulia ArthurFlorence AuerAn aging King invites disaster when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters and rejects his one loving, but honest one.
- DirectorÉmile CohlA showman invites patrons to step up to his Kinetoscope-style magic box and glimpse the answers to their most burning questions. Émile Cohl's irreverent animation takes over from here, painting less than flattering portraits of futures in marriage and business. The only satisfied customer is the one who asks the right question.
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonStarsEdith StoreyWilliam HumphreyElita Proctor OtisAn orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master.
- DirectorRomeo BosettiThe exploits of a policeman who literally has the long arm of the law.