James Morrison

James Morrison

Born: November 14, 1888
Died: November 15, 1974
in Mattoon, Illinois, USA
James Morrison, born James Woods Morrison, was an American silent movie actor with over 180 film credits. He later published two novels, Road End (1927) and April Luck (1932). He taught speech and drama classes at Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn for many years.

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Twin Flappers
Title: Twin Flappers
Released: September 26, 1927
Type: Movie
Twin Flappers is a 1927 silent film.
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The Impostor
Title: The Impostor
Character: Gordon
Released: April 18, 1926
Type: Movie
The debauched son of a wealthy family, Dick Gilbert, is forced to raise money to pay off gambling debts and uses a valuable family jewel as security for a loan from Prince Borkoff, but it is stolen by Morris, a gambler.
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The Seventh Bandit
Title: The Seventh Bandit
Character: Paul Scanlon
Released: April 18, 1926
Type: Movie
The story of David Scanlon - a former gunfighter turned farmer, who sells the family homestead in favor of adventure in the California gold fields.
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The Count of Luxembourg
Title: The Count of Luxembourg
Character: Anatole
Released: February 1, 1926
Type: Movie
Silent version of the Franz Lehar operetta.
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Don't
Title: Don't
Character: Abel
Released: November 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Don't is a 1926 silent Comedy
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The Pride of the Force
Title: The Pride of the Force
Character: Jimmy Moore
Released: September 11, 1925
Type: Movie
The Pride of the Force s a 1925 silent crime film
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Captain Blood
Title: Captain Blood
Character: Jeremy Pitt
Released: September 21, 1924
Type: Movie
Young Irish physician Peter Blood is exiled as a slave to Barbados, where he and his friend Jeremy are purchased by Colonel Bishop at the behest of his niece Arabella. With other slaves he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the terror of the Caribbean privateers until offered a commission in the English Navy. He defeats the French at Port Royal, and as a reward he is named governor of Jamaica and marries Arabella.
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Wine of Youth
Title: Wine of Youth
Character: Clinton (1870 prologue)
Released: September 15, 1924
Type: Movie
Based on a play be Rachel Crothers, WINE OF YOUTH is a solid drama about "the modern young generation" and how they think they know it all. It's also a play about love and marriage.
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Held to Answer
Title: Held to Answer
Character: Rollie Burbeck
Released: November 22, 1923
Type: Movie
John Hampstead gives up his career as an actor and his actress sweetheart, Marian Dounay, to become a minister in a western town. Marian appears, and failing to win him back she tries to ruin his reputation. Hampstead is accused of stealing some jewelry though actually he is protecting the scapegrace brother of his current sweetheart, Bessie.
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On the Banks of the Wabash
Title: On the Banks of the Wabash
Character: David
Released: October 22, 1923
Type: Movie
An inventor, David Hammond is the son of a ship's captain. He leaves his sweetheart, Lisbeth Bixler, and goes to the city to promote his invention. Lisbeth's father, an unsuccessful artist, deserts his family, secretly intending to commit suicide.
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The Unknown Purple
Title: The Unknown Purple
Character: Leslie Bradbury
Released: October 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Inventor Peter Marchmont has discovered a purple light that renders the user invisible. On his release from prison, Marchmont, disguised as Victor Cromport, uses the light to revenge himself against his former wife, Jewel, and her partner, James Dawson, who framed him for theft. Making himself invisible, Marchmont gradually ruins Dawson. He so wins Jewel's confidence and love that she is willing to kill Dawson at Marchmont's request. Finally, Marchmont leaves the scheming couple to their own misery and marries Jewel's sister, Ruth Marsh.
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The Man Next Door
Title: The Man Next Door
Character: Jimmy
Released: May 28, 1923
Type: Movie
The story to this comedy-drama is based on the book by Emerson Hough, who was experiencing a surge of popularity because his book The Covered Wagon had recently been made into a hit film. Ranchman Colonel Wright sends his daughter Bonnie to an Eastern college to receive an education. She decides to stay in the city and sends for her father, who arrives with his foreman Curly. Even though they live in the midst of society, they are snubbed by the Easterners as uncouth.
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The Little Girl Next Door
Title: The Little Girl Next Door
Character: Jim Manning
Released: April 28, 1923
Type: Movie
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The Nth Commandment
Title: The Nth Commandment
Character: Harry Smith
Released: March 18, 1923
Type: Movie
A department store clerk decides to marry a withdrawing colleague with tuberculosis, over another dashing, ambitious suitor, leads to a life of hardship and struggle. Though The Nth Commandment survives incomplete, enough exists of director Frank Borzage’s last film while under contract with William Randolph Hearst’s Cosmopolitan Pictures for scholar Hervé Dumont to declare “it the first truly Borzagian work.”
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The Dangerous Age
Title: The Dangerous Age
Character: Bob
Released: February 4, 1923
Type: Movie
Married for 22 years, Mary Emerson treats her husband, John, more like a son than a husband. He is stung by her rebuffs and, therefore, succumbs to the youthful charms of Gloria Sanderson, whom he meets on a business trip. But just after he mails a letter to Mary telling her that he will not return, John finds Gloria in the arms of her fiancé.
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Only a Shop Girl
Title: Only a Shop Girl
Character: Charles Black
Released: December 15, 1922
Type: Movie
Dann Mulvey (William Scott), just released from prison, is falsely accused of murder. The real culprit is the least-suspected person, who makes a deathbed confession.
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Shattered Idols
Title: Shattered Idols
Character: Lt. Walter Hurst / David Hurst
Released: February 6, 1922
Type: Movie
This exotic adventure drama was based on the novel, The Daughter of Brahma, and went through at least one title change before reaching the screen as Shattered Idols. Jean Hurst, the widow of a British Army officer in India, hates her crippled son David because she thinks he is a coward and a weakling. She sends him away to England for his education. When he returns to India, he falls in love with native girl Sarasvati, who he saves from being burned on a funeral pyre.
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Handle with Care
Title: Handle with Care
Character: Phil Burnham
Released: January 22, 1922
Type: Movie
Handle with Care is a 1922 silent comedy.
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The Little Minister
Title: The Little Minister
Character: Gavin Dishart
Released: January 1, 1922
Type: Movie
A Lord's fiancée poses as a gypsy and falls in love with the new minister.
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Danger Ahead!
Title: Danger Ahead!
Character: Norman Minot
Released: August 8, 1921
Type: Movie
The impoverished Harlow family of New England is forced to take in summer boarders. Teenaged niece Tressie welcomes the change and promptly falls in love with a wealthy young guest named Norman Minot. Although Norman returns Tressie’s affection, he is driven away by a fortune-hunting mother who wants him to marry her daughter. Robert Kitteridge, a scheming artist friend of Norman's, takes Tressie on a sailboat outing, during which they narrowly escape death when their boat is rammed by a steamship. After being put ashore the next morning in Boston, MA, Robert takes Tressie to his studio and attempts to seduce her.
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A Yankee Go Getter
Title: A Yankee Go Getter
Character: Barry West
Released: July 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Popular action heroine Neva Gerber played the dual roles of Lucia and Vera Robilant in this low-budget silent melodrama produced by Benjamin F. Wilson, Gerber's frequent collaborator. Two almost identical women claim ownership to a pocketbook found by author turned adventurer Barry West (James Morrison). Barry is hired by nefarious Nicholas Lanza (Joseph W. Girard) to marry heiress Lucia, who surprisingly turns out to be one of the claimants. Meanwhile, Lucia's lookalike sister Vera is plotting to install herself as Lucia and claim the inheritance. After the wedding, Barry discovers a secret passage and finds the kidnapped Lucia. The villains are brought to justice and Barry and Lucia can finally plan a future together.
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Sowing the Wind
Title: Sowing the Wind
Character: Ned Brabazon
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
When Rosamond, a convent girl, discovers that her mother is Baby Brabant, a notorious queen of Petworth's gambling house, her ideals are shattered and she denounces her mother's life.
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Black Beauty
Title: Black Beauty
Character: Harry Blomefield
Released: January 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Anna Sewell's "autobiography" of a horse named Black Beauty is here expanded to include the adventures of the humans who surround the horse.
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When We Were Twenty-One
Title: When We Were Twenty-One
Character: Richard Audaine
Released: January 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Dick Audaine, known affectionately as the "Imp," is engaged to Phyllis Ericson, even though she is in love with his guardian, Richard Carewe. Meanwhile, the Imp has fallen in love with Kara Glynesk, who is only interested in his money.
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Love Without Question
Title: Love Without Question
Character: Robert Blackburn
Released: March 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Old Silas Blackburn, a wealthy recluse, lives alone with his butler and his ward Katherine. One night, Katherine discovers Silas murdered in the room where three generations of Blackburns have mysteriously died. Silas' grandson Robert, whom Katherine loves, comes to visit the next day, suffering from amnesia.
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The Woman Game
Title: The Woman Game
Character: Leonard Travers
Released: January 5, 1920
Type: Movie
To please her once wealthy mother, Amy Terrell fraternizes with members of high society who find her entertaining because of her beauty and charm. At one of Mrs. Van Trant's house parties, Amy is requested by her hostess to amuse Andrew Masters, an influential businessman who has an aversion to society women. Impersonating an old-fashioned girl, Amy wins Masters until he learns of her deception and denounces her.
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The Midnight Bride
Title: The Midnight Bride
Character: Robert Pitcairn - Jeanne's sweetheart
Released: January 1, 1920
Type: Movie
While waiting on a New York park bench for the return of her friends, country girl Jeanne Sterling meets Forrest Chenoweth, a rich young wastrel who, while drunk, registered for a marriage license with fortune-hunting Helen Dorr. Enchanted with Jeanne's innocence, Forrest proposes to Jeanne, and they are married by an alderman friend of Forrest's with the license that Forrest had taken out with Helen. That night Forrest drinks too much, falls in his room and kills himself. The scandal appears in the papers, forcing Jeanne to confess the marriage to her sweetheart Robert Pitcairn. However, Helen, in an attempt to acquire the Chenoweth fortune, claims to be Forrest's widow, thus disgracing Jeanne.
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Sacred Silence
Title: Sacred Silence
Character: Lt. Ralph Harrison
Released: October 12, 1919
Type: Movie
Lieut. Ralph Harrison is in love with Major Marston's wife, who pretends to love him. Harrison's mother implores Capt. Jim Craig to intervene to save her son from dishonor. When Craig visits Mrs. Marston, Harrison appears, precipitating a quarrel during which Harrison is wounded in the shoulder. Craig then leaves, and the major discovers Harrison. The major kills Harrison, and places the blame on Craig. To avoid a scandal, Craig runs away. Madge Summers of the Secret Service tracks him down and the two fall in love, but Craig is arrested and taken back to the army post.
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Miss Dulcie from Dixie
Title: Miss Dulcie from Dixie
Character: Orrin Castleton
Released: March 24, 1919
Type: Movie
To receive the $5,000 promised in her Uncle Stephen's will, Dulcie Culpepper must live with her Uncle John in New York for six months so that her father, a Confederate colonel, will be reconciled with his brother whose marriage to a Northern woman long ago caused a breach.
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I'm on My Way
Title: I'm on My Way
Released: March 8, 1919
Type: Movie
Harold Lloyd's character loves Bebe Daniels' character and is about to marry her. But then he meets the clan of Snub Pollard where it's a riot all the time.
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A Marriage of Convenience
Title: A Marriage of Convenience
Character: Billy Emerson, Mildred's Fiancé
Released: December 21, 1918
Type: Movie
Billy Emerson and Mildred Girard are secretly engaged to be married after Billy graduates from West Point and becomes a lieutenant. A very serious setback to their tentative understanding occurs when Mr. Girard loses heavily in a stock transaction that places himself under obligations to his friend Morley, whose son Paul, is anxious to marry Mildred.
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How Could You, Caroline?
Title: How Could You, Caroline?
Character: Bob Worth
Released: May 5, 1918
Type: Movie
Caroline Rogers, a spirited young girl with a taste for highly romantic novels, comes home from boarding school to attend her sister Ethel's wedding. Having read a particularly lurid novel entitled Twin Souls recently, she arrives at the rehearsal wearing a daring gown in the hope of ensnaring a "soul mate." Because of his poetic name, Caroline becomes involved with Reginald Van Alden, a married fortune-seeker. On the morning of the wedding, she abandons her old sweetheart, Bob Worth, to take a ride with Reginald, but when he takes her to a disreputable roadhouse, she escapes and then tries to commit suicide by drinking cologne.
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Over the Top
Title: Over the Top
Character: Albert Lloyd
Released: March 31, 1918
Type: Movie
The film is based on a book of the same name by Arthur Guy Empey, detailing his service as an American volunteer with the British Army on the Western Front.
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Moral Suicide
Title: Moral Suicide
Released: March 12, 1918
Type: Movie
Wealthy Richard Covington, although aging and lonely, distresses his children, Waverly and Beatrice, by marrying a heartless seductress named Fay Hope. Because Fay's extravagant spending threatens to ruin Richard, Beatrice confronts her, which prompts Richard, who is hopelessly in love with the beautiful vampire, to order his daughter from the house.
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Life or Honor?
Title: Life or Honor?
Character: James Manly / Aguinaldo
Released: March 1, 1918
Type: Movie
When retired merchant J. T. Manly is murdered, his son James, with whom he had quarreled, is arrested and finally convicted through the testimony of Manly's valet Aguinaldo. Shortly before James's execution, Sidney Holmes reveals to retired criminologist Martin Cross that on the night of the murder, he saw Aguinaldo commit the crime
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Bashful
Title: Bashful
Released: December 23, 1917
Type: Movie
In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.
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Sins of Ambition
Title: Sins of Ambition
Character: Franklin Church
Released: September 19, 1917
Type: Movie
Andrew Maxwell is so intent on creating a universal language that he completely neglects his wife, Laurette, and daughter, Ruth. Laurette decides she wants to return to the stage and is encouraged by Charles Prescott, a former suitor. When Maxwell discovers Laurette and Prescott together, he berates her, and she angrily moves out, taking Ruth along with her.
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Crazy by Proxy
Title: Crazy by Proxy
Released: September 12, 1917
Type: Movie
A young man is about to marry; it is the dawn of his wedding morn. The bride-to-be is also present; but while she eagerly pursues preparations for the wedding, the bridegroom is kidnapped by a jealous cousin who is envious of his position as heir of a fortune.
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Babbling Tongues
Title: Babbling Tongues
Character: Paul Savary
Released: August 13, 1917
Type: Movie
When elderly Joseph Moreau and his young wife Therese offer refuge to starving young dramatist Paul Savary, gossips begin to spread rumors of a love affair between the wife and the writer. For the good of all concerned, Paul moves into separate quarters. One day Paul overhears the gossip again at a café and challenges the purveyor of the lie to a duel. Moreau, for his own satisfaction, takes Paul's place in combat and is mortally wounded. Moreau staggers to Paul's apartment where he discovers Therese, who has come to beg the writer to refuse to fight.
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One Law for Both
Title: One Law for Both
Character: Ossip Pulaski
Released: May 13, 1917
Type: Movie
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Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
Title: Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation
Character: Philip Ward
Released: April 9, 1917
Type: Movie
When the nation of Ruthania declares war on the United States, an army of enemy soldiers invades the U.S. and captures New York. But the American forces have prepared adequately for such an event, and hidden booby traps, trick fortifications, and remote-controlled bombs...
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Enlighten Thy Daughter
Title: Enlighten Thy Daughter
Character: Harold Winthrop
Released: January 28, 1917
Type: Movie
Lillian Stevens was raised without care, attention, or education on the ways of the world. When she becomes pregnant by the reckless Harold Winthrop, her mother takes her to an abortionist. Harold then falls for Ruth Stevens, raised by an attentive and loving mother, who is not so easily taken advantage of.
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The Sex Lure
Title: The Sex Lure
Character: Arthur Reynolds
Released: November 3, 1916
Type: Movie
Wealthy capitalist, Clinton Reynolds, and his wife, Laura, have lost their son, Arthur, kidnapped and possibly dead. Attempting to write a wrong in his factory, he adopts the daughter of one of his workers who is killed on site. The girl, Rose, grows up resentful of her adoptive father and as she grows older, seduces him in order to break up his marriage. Long lost Arthur returns and, finding his parents' married life in disarray, becomes romantically involved with Rose in order to end the relationship she has forged with his father. Reynolds comes to his senses and makes amends with Laura, at which point Arthur leaves Rose.
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Phantom Fortunes
Title: Phantom Fortunes
Character: Bob Deering
Released: September 11, 1916
Type: Movie
Bob Deering on his way to business meets his sweetheart, Molly Sherman. He arrives at Milliken and Co., stockbrokers, his place of employment, just in time to save Herman, Zalmon Pinsker's 14-year-old son, from a very rough engagement with the other messengers in the office. For this act Herman takes him to his father's shop and obtains a suit at wholesale, and it is here that Bob meets Ike Mandell, who is in love with Dora, the daughter of Pinsker.
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The Dawn of Freedom
Title: The Dawn of Freedom
Character: Dick Cartwright
Released: August 14, 1916
Type: Movie
"The Dawn of Freedom" is a stinging satire on the death of those ideals that prompted the founders of the United States.
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The Alibi
Title: The Alibi
Character: Arthur Mansfield
Released: August 7, 1916
Type: Movie
To help his dying father, assistant bank cashier Arthur Mansfield enters a fake sum in the bank's account book, but before carrying out the pilferage, he confesses to cashier Slayton, his superior. Slayton, who needs money to pay for his unsuccessful speculations, goes at night to take the money that Mansfield planned to embezzle, so that Mansfield will take the blame.
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The Redemption of Dave Darcey
Title: The Redemption of Dave Darcey
Character: Dave Darcey
Released: June 12, 1916
Type: Movie
Crook Dave Darcy gets reformed by working in a steel mill owned by someone who witnessed his crime.
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The Man Hunt
Title: The Man Hunt
Character: Richard Ralston
Released: April 29, 1916
Type: Movie
The Twelfth Regiment is to leave for the front in the morning at seven, and Captain Steadwell, who has been missing for three days, has not yet appeared. Unless he is found and returned to the head of his company by seven the next morning, disgrace will fall on him and his fiancée, Ellen Ferguson. Ellen is also loved by the new assistant secretary of war, Richard Ralston, who does not know of her engagement, Worried by Steadwell's continued absence, Ellen appeals to Dick to find him. Dick sets out to locate him, and the trail leads to Gladys, an actress whose photo was on Steadwell's table.
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The Hero of Submarine D-2
Title: The Hero of Submarine D-2
Character: Gilman Austen
Released: March 13, 1916
Type: Movie
Lieutenant Commander Colton, U.S.N., is in love with Caroline Austen, daughter of a prominent political power in Washington. Colton has a rival in James Archer, a journalist of prominence, unscrupulous and secretly in league with the Ruanian Ambassador, who is endeavoring to obtain for his country inside information as to the United States naval resources.
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The Little Trespasser
Title: The Little Trespasser
Released: January 3, 1916
Type: Movie
Lillie's parents are caretakers of the property adjoining Mr. Montgomery's estate. He is a wealthy bachelor. Lillie's pleasures consist in shooting, boating and gathering flowers, while roaming through Mr. Montgomery's woods and gardens. Cobbs, the grouchy gardener, has orders to keep all trespassers off the grounds and in vain to keep the troublesome Lillie away. Jack, the owner's nephew, arrives on a visit, and starts out to frighten away the trespasser, but instead falls in love with Lillie and she introduces him to her parents. A pleasing romance follows and the young people get a bead of fun out of fooling the old gardener and Mr. Montgomery, but Jack always reports that the little trespasser cannot be found.
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For the Honor of the Crew
Title: For the Honor of the Crew
Character: Dick Morgan
Released: November 9, 1915
Type: Movie
Robert Brent and Dick Morgan, the former wealthy, the latter poor, are chums at one of the big colleges until they both fall in love with Viola Scott, a college girl.
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The Ruling Power
Title: The Ruling Power
Character: Hugh Williams - the Son
Released: October 23, 1915
Type: Movie
Mr. Williams, a stern father and man of wealth, disinherits his son Hugh, for marrying Rose, a seamstress. Twenty years later, although Sose is practically supporting her sick husband, their little store is taken from them and they are obliged to move, with Martha, their daughter, to the tenement district.
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The Third Party
Title: The Third Party
Released: October 14, 1915
Type: Movie
Dr. Williams is so deeply immersed in his work he unconsciously neglects his wife. Newell Russell, a young society idler, becomes acquainted with them and Bobby, the doctor's son, takes a great fancy to him. Harmon, a former suitor of Mrs. Williams, sees an opportunity to make trouble and sends an anonymous note to the Doctor warning him to "watch his wife." This, followed by the discovery of an apparently compromising snapshot Bobby had taken, sends the Doctor in a rage. He demands an explanation from Newell at the point of an automatic, but Mrs. Williams saves the situation by proving the note was written by Harmon.
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From Out of the Big Snows
Title: From Out of the Big Snows
Character: Harris
Released: September 25, 1915
Type: Movie
Harris, a young adventurer into the big snows of the Northwest, through an accident, becomes a great friend of Dr. Brandon, who warns him against his fascination for Marie, woman of the dance hall. He tells him of Jean, her half-breed lover, and that he is a bad man. Harris disregards this and Jean, returning from a trapping expedition, finds Marie in his arms. Concealing his hatred, he contrives a fiendish plan, and in pursuance of this, wins the friendship of Harris.
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Mortmain
Title: Mortmain
Character: Tom Forsythe
Released: September 6, 1915
Type: Movie
Surgeon Crisp announces to his student doctors and friends that he has solved the problem of limb-grafting, and shows proofs. Among those deeply interested is Mortmain, a musician and a friend of the surgeon.
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What Did He Whisper?
Title: What Did He Whisper?
Released: August 9, 1915
Type: Movie
Under an assumed name, Phineas courts a widow and makes love to his own wife. He lands in court with a Breach of Promise suit looming big. He confesses, whispers in his wife's ear, and all is forgiven.
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The Battle Cry of Peace
Title: The Battle Cry of Peace
Character: Charley Harrison
Released: August 5, 1915
Type: Movie
Enemy agents under the leadership of "Emanon" conspire with pacifists to keep the American defense appropriations down at a time when forces of the enemy are preparing to invade. The invasion comes, and New York, Washington, and other American cities are devastated.
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The Greater Motive
Title: The Greater Motive
Character: Bob Hammond aka The Battler
Released: July 30, 1915
Type: Movie
Bob Hammond, a promising young boxer, is taken east by his manager to meet some of the better men in his class. Bob promises his sweetheart, Maggie Dowling, he will return and marry her. In the past he becomes champion in his class, and is known as "The Battler."
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Four Grains of Rice
Title: Four Grains of Rice
Character: Sidney Rance
Released: June 12, 1915
Type: Movie
The leader of "The Sons of the Brazen Joss," one of the Tongs, or Chinese social organizations, is murdered by Moy Wong, cunning leader of The Four Grains of Rice," a Tong of higher class and bitter enemies of the "Sons." Sworn to vengeance, the "Sons" await an opportunity to get even.
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In the Days of Famine
Title: In the Days of Famine
Character: Jan De Bar
Released: May 22, 1915
Type: Movie
Jan De Bar, a young French-Canadian, is sent out from the Hudson Bay Company's post at God's Lake to perform the perilous task of burning the plague-stricken cabins of those who have died of the dreaded smallpox. In one of them he finds Jeanette, a little girl, who, by some miracle, has escaped the plague.
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Pawns of Mars
Title: Pawns of Mars
Character: John - Florence's Brother
Released: April 24, 1915
Type: Movie
Conducting experiments with a new explosive of tremendous power, Dr. Lefone, a celebrated chemist, receives a visit from Rizo Turbal, secretly acting as spy for the emperor of a foreign country. Lefone's friend, John Temple, is experimenting with a discovery he has made of a new wireless wave, with which he expects to explode bombs at long range.
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The Wheels of Justice
Title: The Wheels of Justice
Character: Ralph Brooks
Released: April 22, 1915
Type: Movie
Ralph Brooks, although engaged to Julia Dean, meets and becomes infatuated with Rita Reynolds. She gains his sympathy by telling untrue stories of her husband's brutality. They plan to run away together but while Rita is taking a large sum of money from her husband's safe, he returns early from a business trip and a fight ensues which results in her husband's death.
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A Fortune Hunter
Title: A Fortune Hunter
Character: Rupert
Released: March 31, 1915
Type: Movie
When Rupert's uncle tells him he must quit his writing and offers him a real job in his tannery, the young man rises in his wrath and dramatically leaves his uncle's home, saying that he will go forth to the big city and carve out his fortune with his pen. After many hardships and cold rebuffs from the cruel publishers and editors he begins to despair
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A Wireless Rescue
Title: A Wireless Rescue
Character: Polly's Sweetheart
Released: March 23, 1915
Type: Movie
A romance of the rail, this two-part "thriller" uses wireless telegraphy as the means of averting a disaster to an express train.
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Twice Rescued
Title: Twice Rescued
Character: Stephan Royston - Younger Son
Released: February 20, 1915
Type: Movie
Saved from a terrible shipwreck by Stephan Royston, son of a farmer. Nana, orphaned by the catastrophe, is adopted by the family and the two sons, Stephan and Godfrey, fall in love with her. Stephan's artistic tendency for painting, etc., is classed as foolishness by his stern father, while Godfrey, realizing that the girl favors his brother, determines to get rid of him.
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A Madcap Adventure
Title: A Madcap Adventure
Character: Guy Dunbar
Released: February 19, 1915
Type: Movie
Willfull, headstrong and inclined to be sporty, but withal, a very lovable girl, Thomasin Webb (called Tommy for short) keeps her Aunt Sarah, with whom she lives, on the jump. Guy Dunbar becomes deeply interested in Tommy, first from a psychological point of view, then fascinated by her personality. George Hilton, a society rounder, is after Tommy's money
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Mother's Roses
Title: Mother's Roses
Character: Payne Morrison
Released: February 13, 1915
Type: Movie
John Morrison, Wall Street financier, is in the habit of bringing home to his wife daily a bunch of beautiful roses. Delevan, a recognized Money King, meets Helen, the financier's daughter, upon whom he seems to immediately exert a hypnotic influence. She becomes infatuated with him.
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The Man, the Mission and the Maid
Title: The Man, the Mission and the Maid
Character: Hal Gilman
Released: January 17, 1915
Type: Movie
Living in adjoining homes at Oakdale, Hal Oilman and Alice Blanchard are childhood friends and playmates. Some years later. Hal goes to college, and while there makes a bitter enemy of Bert Peyson by exposing him as a card cheat and a thief.
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The Greater Love
Title: The Greater Love
Character: John Brown
Released: December 14, 1914
Type: Movie
Shortly after the engagement of John Brown and Hope Avery is announced, he receives an offer of a fine position in South America. She demurs at his going, but he overcomes her objections and after a tender farewell, leaves her with the promise to return within a year and make her his wife. Philip Lane is injured in an auto accident near the Avery home, and Hope discovers him. She has him taken to her home and during his convalescence, he falls deeply in love with her.
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Saved from a Life of Crime
Title: Saved from a Life of Crime
Character: Tom
Released: December 1, 1914
Type: Movie
Becoming imbued with a lawless spirit, Tom, a street waif of twelve, holds up an old woman with a toy pistol, robs her of a dollar and gets away. Exhibiting the money to some of his companions, the boy proceeds to give them all an ice cream treat. The feast is interrupted by the police, who nab Tom.
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Netty or Letty
Title: Netty or Letty
Character: Freddy - the Young Sweetheart
Released: November 25, 1914
Type: Movie
Twins in all but disposition, Netty and Letty quarrel continually. Letty goes to spend a few days at a friend's cottage at a nearby summer resort. Netty also goes later. Freddy meets Netty and they are mutually attracted. They are not allowed to be together much, however, as they are always being interrupted.
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Too Much Burglar
Title: Too Much Burglar
Released: November 19, 1914
Type: Movie
An exceptionally capable girl, Trixie Joyce, proves a great help, to her mother, a widow with a large family of girls. They receive a proposition from Henrietta Joyce, Mrs. Joyce's wealthy sister-in-law, to take Trixie as a companion, feed and clothe her and in place of wages, send her mother an allowance sufficient to support the rest of the family. Both realize it is the solution of a hard problem, and Trixie accepts the offer. Henrietta is close-fisted and selfish in money matters, but she also has a strain of morbidly-romantic sentiment in her nature, so the largest part of Trixie's work is reading aloud to her mistress quantities of swashbuckling, mid-Victorian novels.
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Within an Ace
Title: Within an Ace
Character: Dick Anderson
Released: October 31, 1914
Type: Movie
On shipboard, Edwin Forrester, a middle-aged Scotchman, makes the acquaintance of Tom Munroe, a confidence man. Forrester discloses the fact that he is going to visit his ranch in western America, also that he has but one relative, a niece, Ethel, in England." Munroe's greed aroused, he determines to kill Forrester, then gain possession of his property
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The Love of Pierre Larosse
Title: The Love of Pierre Larosse
Character: Jacques Javillier
Released: October 1, 1914
Type: Movie
When Pierre Larosse, a trapper, calls on his sweetheart, Jeanne Coudert, to present her with the skin of a silver fox, he finds a stranger. Jacques Javillier, at the Coudert cabin. Jealousy is aroused between the two men by the girl's evident preference for the stranger. Pere Coudert, her father, is called away and announces that one of the men must accompany him.
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Regan's Daughter
Title: Regan's Daughter
Character: Detective Phil Riordan
Released: September 29, 1914
Type: Movie
Known as a saloon-keeper, a politician and a bad man, Regan becomes the sworn enemy of Phil Riordan, a young headquarters detective. The only bright spot in Regan's life is his love for his daughter, Mary, who is being brought up in the Tennessee hills in ignorance of her father's character.
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The Unwritten Play
Title: The Unwritten Play
Character: Old Silas Liversedge - the Father
Released: September 7, 1914
Type: Movie
A new theatrical star is born when Ivy Liversedge, daughter of Silas, an unsuccessful playwright, scores a big success in Paul Hesseltine's new play, "The Fatal Silence." Paul falls in love with Ivy. but her father exhibits an intense dislike for him at their very first meeting.
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The Honeymooners
Title: The Honeymooners
Character: Jimmy - the Nephew
Released: August 21, 1914
Type: Movie
No sooner have Jimmy and Mary, a newly-married couple, entered their new home when Jimmie receives a note from his wealthy uncle, announcing his intention of paying his nephew and heir a visit that evening.
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The Wheat and the Tares
Title: The Wheat and the Tares
Character: Jim Stillwell
Released: August 15, 1914
Type: Movie
In a game of cards, Stillwell, a young Southerner, incurs the hatred of Collins, an unscrupulous scoundrel. Seeing a chance for a double revenge, Collins goes to LaVinge, father of Edith, with whom Stillwell is in love, and demands payment of an old gambling debt.
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The Apple
Title: The Apple
Character: Hugo Hunfalvy
Released: July 23, 1914
Type: Movie
Promising to send for his sweetheart Roza, when he gets settled, Hugo Hunfalvy leaves Hungary for America. In New York he meets Louis Kaplan, an old friend, who owns a fruit store. Louis' sister, Marie, is pretty and flirtatious, and is much impressed by Hugo. He soon falls under the influence of her wiles and buys part interest in Louis' store.
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The Soul of Luigi
Title: The Soul of Luigi
Character: Luigi
Released: July 13, 1914
Type: Movie
In the poor Italian quarter of New York lives Luigi, an Italian peasant and inventor, who is so absorbed in his work that he greatly neglects his wife, Nedda. She is younger than he and fond of pleasure. Not understanding his neglect, she strongly resents it.
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My Official Wife
Title: My Official Wife
Character: Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Released: July 12, 1914
Type: Movie
This LOST film was Clara Kimball Young's first feature, and her last film for Vitagraph, where she had made all of her short films. It was a sensational success and launched her as the most popular star that year. Its Russian setting was drawn upon by Young for many more of her features. Two short clips of the film exists in Warner Brother's 1931 Vitaphone short "The Movie Album," and have been mounted on Internet Archive and Google Video. One scene shows the meeting of Helene's terrorist cell with an extra alleged to be Leon Trostky. The other clip appears to be when she and Lennox are visiting the Weletsky's. (cont. http://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/CKY/reviews/mow.htm)
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The False and the True
Title: The False and the True
Character: Tom Saunders
Released: July 6, 1914
Type: Movie
Betty, the only daughter of Jenkins, a wealthy farmer, is secretly loved by Tom Saunders, a farm hand. Tom's scapegrace brother, Dick, returns from the city and is befriended by Tom. Dick later wins Betty's love. While Jenkins is blasting out a tree stump with dynamite, Betty and Dick are passing close by unnoticed, and the explosion destroys Betty's sight.
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The Toll
Title: The Toll
Character: John Steele
Released: July 4, 1914
Type: Movie
While traveling in Italy, John Steele, a young American millionaire, is kidnapped by Antonio Perino, and fellow members of the Camorra. They demand an immense ransom, but he defies them. Marta, Antonio's wife, feels sorry for Steele. She is left to guard the prisoner alone and Steele induces her to help him escape.
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Two Stepchildren
Title: Two Stepchildren
Character: Joe Leigh - an Artist
Released: July 2, 1914
Type: Movie
Born with an artistic temperament, Joe Leigh feels keenly the bitterness and drudgery of life on a small farm and longs to get away from it. Jabez, his uncle, who owns the farm, is a hard, matter-of-fact man, utterly out of sympathy with his nephew's ambitions.
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The Passing of Diana
Title: The Passing of Diana
Character: Rodney Miller
Released: June 23, 1914
Type: Movie
Geoffrey Brooke, an African explorer, becomes a friend of Rodney Miller, a struggling young artist. Through his influence Miller becomes celebrated. Brooke is called to the Congo, leaving behind his bride of a few months. Miller is about to despair of finding a suitable model for his supreme artistic effort, a painting of Circe, the temptress, when Cleo, a bewitchingly beautiful woman enters and offers to pose for it.
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Miss Raffles
Title: Miss Raffles
Character: Ralph Lyons
Released: June 1, 1914
Type: Movie
On account of an urgent business call, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie hurriedly close their summer home at Hudsoncliff and leave with their daughter, Jane, for the city. Bob, their son, decides to visit his parents at Hudsoncliff with his friend, Ralph Lyons. Bob and Ralph find the house locked up and, after some reconnoitering, enter through a window. Ralph hurts his ankle and is unable to attend a dance that evening, so Bob goes instead. Jane, on her arrival in the city, finds she has left her necklace in the safe at their summer home, and leaves a note for her mother, saying she is going back for it.
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Dorothy Danesbridge, Militant
Title: Dorothy Danesbridge, Militant
Character: Ernest Lardner
Released: May 18, 1914
Type: Movie
Dorothy Danesbridge is spoiled by her father and aunt, and through the influence of Phyllis, an old school friend and an ardent suffragette, becomes interested in Women's Suffrage.
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The Antique Engagement Ring
Title: The Antique Engagement Ring
Character: George Darrel
Released: May 9, 1914
Type: Movie
George Darrel presents Helen Gray, his fiancée, with a very valuable engagement ring of antique design, which is an heirloom. They have a serious quarrel over Dave Brower, one of her friends, and Darrel leaves for the west.
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Fanny's Melodrama
Title: Fanny's Melodrama
Released: April 22, 1914
Type: Movie
Although deeply in love with his wife, Smith is intensely jealous of her and when she receives a note from her cousin, Tom, to the effect that they have decided to give the melodrama, "The Wicked Earle," as a surprise to Mr. Smith on his birthday.
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The Vanity Case
Title: The Vanity Case
Character: Jack Upton
Released: April 18, 1914
Type: Movie
In a jewelry store, Grace Norris, a wealthy girl, unnoticed by the salesman, absent-mindedly takes a vanity case. She is seen by Fred Wright, who thinks she stole it.
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He Never Knew
Title: He Never Knew
Character: Earle Castro
Released: April 14, 1914
Type: Movie
Unable to support her baby boy, Grace Devereaux, a widow, leaves him at an orphan asylum.
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The Christian
Title: The Christian
Character: Brother Paul
Released: March 16, 1914
Type: Movie
Glory Quayle, a natural-born mimic, leaves her country home, reaches London, goes on the stage, gains fame and affluence. John Storm, her country sweetheart, believing he has lost Glory forever, enters a monastery, tries to forget her, cannot kill his love, returns to the world, becomes a famous slum worker and friend of the poor.
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The Portrait
Title: The Portrait
Character: David - Mrs. Blair's Son
Released: March 10, 1914
Type: Movie
Keen competition is aroused among a group of young artists in New York City by the announcement of a valuable prize for the greatest portrait of the year, six months being given as the time limit of the competition.
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A Pair of Frauds
Title: A Pair of Frauds
Released: March 4, 1914
Type: Movie
Young and pretty, Margery Dean, companion to Mrs. Sawyer, a wealthy lady, chances to meet Jack Drislane, a young clerk. It is raining hard; she has not an umbrella; he secures one and escorts her home. He is duly impressed when she enters a large brownstone mansion, particularly as the girl does not enlighten him as to her real social position; Later, they see each other again in passing autos and then Jack, who has been unable to forget Margery, asks permission to call, neglecting to mention, however, that he is a working man and not a wealthy idler.
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The Hero
Title: The Hero
Released: February 25, 1914
Type: Movie
Very pretty, very attractive, very young; her name is Maude and she has a beau. He is very fat. Maude is simply crazy about him. She will not consider the attentions of Syd, her brother Bert's pal. One day Maude sits dreaming in the parlor, a book of daring adventures lying open in her lap. Syd enters and tries to make love to her.
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Iron and Steel
Title: Iron and Steel
Character: Carl Heiner
Released: February 21, 1914
Type: Movie
Herr Ludwig Kronitz is a king in his own works and rules with a controlling hand. He is known as the "Man of Iron." He has made a fortune out of the manufacture of guns, and is hard and unscrupulous.
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The First Endorsement
Title: The First Endorsement
Character: John Wild - Allen's Son
Released: February 19, 1914
Type: Movie
An adjutant comes in and lays before Colonel Allen, the charges against John Wild, a young soldier accused of theft. When the adjutant goes out, the Colonel remembers about his own wayward son, how he had left his home one evening, after a quarrel, never to return, shipping as a stoker on a big liner, and how, later, he had received word of his death in a shipwreck.
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Children of the Feud
Title: Children of the Feud
Character: Boone Morton Sr.
Released: February 14, 1914
Type: Movie
Jabez Morton goes to a nearby field to drive some cows to an upper pasture. He pulls down part of Carson Belfield's pasture fence so as to drive the cows through. Belfield, who is sitting on a stump smoking his pipe watching his two children, Walton and Hulda, rises angrily and, rifle in hand, goes toward Jabez.
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Marrying Sue
Title: Marrying Sue
Character: Percy
Released: February 6, 1914
Type: Movie
Sue's father has chosen Percy; Sue's mother has chosen Patterson, while Sue has chosen Jack. Mother and father decide that they can never be reconciled while each champions a candidate for their daughter's hand.
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Wooing the Cook
Title: Wooing the Cook
Released: February 3, 1914
Type: Movie
A rural comedy.
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The Crime of Cain
Title: The Crime of Cain
Character: Wylie Stone
Released: January 15, 1914
Type: Movie
The two sons of Judge Stone, William and Wylie, are both in love with Nancy Sevier. Wylie is of a jealous temperament and believes he sees in Nancy's acceptance of his brother's attentions a proof of her preference for him. William monopolizes Nancy until Wylie is almost beside himself with rage and jealousy.
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A Christmas Story
Title: A Christmas Story
Character: Jack Harvey - the Artist
Released: December 22, 1913
Type: Movie
Though her father forbids her to marry Jack Harvey, a poor young artist, Molly Wilson becomes his wife and goes away with him to another town. Bessie, the eldest daughter, an attractive widow with two baby boys and a baby girl, pleads with her father in Molly's behalf, but he is obdurate.
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Up in a Balloon
Title: Up in a Balloon
Released: December 16, 1913
Type: Movie
The Simpsons go for a picnic in the woods. After luncheon, while mother and father enjoy a nap, Betty, their beautiful daughter, strolls away, picking flowers. When near a hillside, Betty sees a snake and screams. She starts to run away, but bumps into Billy Gilwater. He kills the snake and Betty calls him a hero.
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The Swan Girl
Title: The Swan Girl
Released: December 4, 1913
Type: Movie
A wealthy young fellow during vacation becomes infatuated with a poor country girl.
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A Homespun Tragedy
Title: A Homespun Tragedy
Released: October 7, 1913
Type: Movie
Although deeply in love with his wife, Dorothy, Mr. Thomson's jealousy is aroused by her attentions to his son. Dorothy herself is unconscious of this since she is only trying to help her stepson. Things gradually go from bad to worse until one morning at breakfast Jack, the stepson, shows too plainly the effects of the "night before."
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He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law
Title: He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law
Character: The Husband
Released: August 28, 1913
Type: Movie
That the way to a man's heart is by means of his appetite, is strikingly shown. Mother-in-law comes to visit the newly wedded couple and finds the young man somewhat discontented. It is no wonder, for his wife is so engrossed in her "art," although only an amateur, that she forgets all about cooking dinner and such like trivialities.
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The Sale of a Heart
Title: The Sale of a Heart
Released: July 18, 1913
Type: Movie
To avoid ruin, an impoverished count arranges a marriage between his daughter and a wealthy man she does not love. After an accident, she is taken in by a gifted artist who saves her from an unseemly fate.
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The Tiger Lily
Title: The Tiger Lily
Released: July 2, 1913
Type: Movie
Thinking that her husband is paying more attention to his work and to their little daughter, Nina, than to her, Cleo Morin runs away with Henri Mordan. On the afternoon of their elopement, Morin, who is a ballet master, is seriously injured on the stage, and the doctor tells him that his spine is so affected that he will never be able to walk again.
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The Butler's Secret
Title: The Butler's Secret
Character: Wallace Dixon - Alfred's Son
Released: June 6, 1913
Type: Movie
After a serious quarrel with his father concerning his debts, Wallace Dixon leaves the house in anger, declaring that he will live his life as beat pleases him. That night, Alfred Dixon, the father, hears a noise by the safe in his bedroom, where he is sleeping, and shoots at the intruder who escapes unharmed.
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Tricks of the Trade
Title: Tricks of the Trade
Released: May 27, 1913
Type: Movie
Jack Breen and his wife, Lizzie, are professional crooks, who live in a fine house and set themselves up as belonging to the best. Breen gets his living by various means, including begging. He dresses in ragged clothes and picks up crusts in the street, which he pretends to eat, thereby exciting the sympathy of passers-by.
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Cupid Through a Keyhole
Title: Cupid Through a Keyhole
Character: Harry Eschert - Lila's Sweetheart
Released: May 24, 1913
Type: Movie
While making preparations for the entertainment of Aunt Maria, who had announced her arrival by telegram, Lila Lane gets herself shut in the storeroom. Here she is found later by her sweetheart, Harry Eschert, who has returned for some forgotten papers.
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A Lady and Her Maid
Title: A Lady and Her Maid
Character: Billy
Released: May 21, 1913
Type: Movie
The photographer sends miss Ophelia a dozen photographs of her in different poses. Selecting the best one, she presents it to her favorite boarder, Billy, who does not think much of it and who gets very indignant when it is compared with the photo of his sweetheart. Miss Ophelia goes up to her room in tears and tells her faithful maid, Belinda, that her heart is broken. Belinda goes down and forcibly tells Billy what she thinks of him. Miss Ophelia resolves on suicide, because no one seems to love her. Belinda gets back in time to prevent this and, to divert her mistress, she suggests that they go together to a beauty specialist. Arriving there, both receive attention. Miss Ophelia gets a new complexion, while Belinda gets new teeth. Both invest in new gowns and dresses and the transformation is complete. At supper time, the boarders are all astounded.
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Vampire of the Desert
Title: Vampire of the Desert
Character: Derrick Corday, William's Son
Released: May 16, 1913
Type: Movie
Ishmael, the son of Hagar, an old hag, living on the edge of the desert, falls completely under the charms of Lispeth, a vampire. One day there passes the miserable hut in which these three strange people live, a wealthy banker, named William Corday, his wife and son. Derrick. Lispeth wields her magic power over the husband and soon has him in her power. When he attempts to kiss her, she repulses him. So clever is she that the wife has no idea of her husband's unfaithfulness.
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The Web
Title: The Web
Character: Francis Phillips
Released: April 11, 1913
Type: Movie
Lester Phillips finds that the allurements of Beatrice Esmond, an adventuress, have attracted him, and he endeavors to disentangle himself. But she loves Lester and is trying to keep his love inveigles her admirer, Zolan, into going to the home of Lester's sweetheart to poison her mind against him, which he does, Beatrice then fascinates Lester's young brother, Francis.
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The Modern Prodigal
Title: The Modern Prodigal
Character: Jack Gray, Their Son
Released: March 28, 1913
Type: Movie
With all the good influences and favorable surroundings of a model home, Mr. and Mrs. Gray cannot understand why their son, Jack, does not prefer it to all other places. Jack seeks pleasure elsewhere and his father finds fault with him for his non-appearance at supper-time or his delay in getting home a certain hour at night.
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Getting Up a Practice
Title: Getting Up a Practice
Character: One of the Doctor's Friends
Released: March 27, 1913
Type: Movie
Becoming impatient waiting for patients, young Doctor Bob Lyons is about discouraged. To add to his misery, his sweetheart's father, Mr. Irving, distinctly objects to Emily, his daughter, marrying Bob until he has a practice.
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Beau Brummel
Title: Beau Brummel
Character: Lord Alvanley
Released: February 19, 1913
Type: Movie
In the early part of the Nineteenth Century, Beau Brummell was the most talked-of person in all the world, the extreme of fashion, the personification of elegance and the most pretentious individual imaginable.
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Stenographer Troubles
Title: Stenographer Troubles
Character: Office Employee
Released: February 6, 1913
Type: Movie
A comic one-act film featuring the character Bunny, which takes place in an office.
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The Volunteer Strike Breakers
Title: The Volunteer Strike Breakers
Character: Chester Colton
Released: January 22, 1913
Type: Movie
A strike among the hotel waiters is on. The papers are full of it. Chester Colton, and Harris Baldwin, young college chaps, read that waiters are needed in all the big hotels and restaurants. They apply for positions at Belfonte's restaurant. Harris secures a job as head-waiter and Chester is appointed as one of the regular staff. Harris's fiancée has an engagement with her chum to take dinner with her at the restaurant. They boys pay so much attention to the girls that they neglect the other patrons, who make a kick and complain to the proprietor.
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Betty's Baby
Title: Betty's Baby
Character: George
Released: January 19, 1913
Type: Movie
At the circus, Betty takes a notion to a baby elephant and induces her father to buy it. He takes it on a week's trial. Betty discovers that it is too big a plaything and it is returned. George, her fiancé, hoping to please her, goes to a costumer's and hires an imitation elephant outfit. He induces two of his friends to fill the front and hind legs.
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Two of a Kind
Title: Two of a Kind
Character: Wallie
Released: January 9, 1913
Type: Movie
So much alike, you can't tell t'other from which, Edna and Alice, two twins, are receiving the attentions of two young friends, Wallie and George. Edna receives her caller in the front parlor and Alice in the back parlor.
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A Cure for Pokeritis
Title: A Cure for Pokeritis
Released: December 31, 1912
Type: Movie
This domestic comedy depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin stage a fake police raid on the weekly poker game.
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Following the Star
Title: Following the Star
Character: John Tobin
Released: December 20, 1912
Type: Movie
Helen Winthrop has ambition for the stage and when, during his summer sojourn at her home town, she is introduced to De la Marre, a popular star and dramatic favorite, she is elated and asks him to give her a part in one of his plays. He consents and from that moment she becomes restless, and longs to shake the dust of her village home from her feet. Her old sweetheart, John Tobin, is no longer in her class and receives a very cold goodbye when she leaves to shine in the limelight.
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The Signal of Distress
Title: The Signal of Distress
Character: The Stranger
Released: December 9, 1912
Type: Movie
Dolly Dillard jumps at the conclusion that George Gordon is playing her false, as he affectionately greets his sister at the train when she comes to pay him a visit. Dolly, who is not acquainted with his sister, sends back her engagement ring. Sad and disconsolate, she saunters to the cliffs overlooking the seashore, trying to forget her imagined wrong. As she is climbing down the side of the rocky prominence, her foot slips and she falls into a narrow crevice. She finds herself helpless with a sprained ankle. Remembering George's returned match-case, she tears a piece of cloth from her skirt; writes with a burnt match a note, telling of her accident. She ties it around her shoe and throws it over the cliff to her collie dog Jean, who carries the missive to George, who at once, after summoning aid, goes to her rescue, accompanied by his sister.
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Romance of a Rickshaw
Title: Romance of a Rickshaw
Character: Lt. Graham
Released: November 19, 1912
Type: Movie
Mabel, the beautiful daughter of General Lewis, has considerable variety of her love affairs when she finds herself loved by Lieutenant Graham, of her father's staff, and very much sought after by a rich Indian Rajah, whom she meets at a garden party. The Rajah proposes, but is refused. He abducts her. Dennis, Graham's servant, meets the abductors and picks up Mabel's locket, which she drops. He hastens to the Lieutenant and tells him what he saw.
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A Modern Atalanta
Title: A Modern Atalanta
Character: Jim - Third Suitor
Released: November 8, 1912
Type: Movie
Fresh from her college matriculation. Ruth Grantland returns to her country home. She is courted by two of the village beaux, who propose marriage. She likes the boys, but not sufficiently to marry them. Her preference is for Jack Hall, a young man of extreme culture and refinement. She tells the two boys that she will consent to marry them if they can beat her in a footrace, taking each one on separately. They agree, and she, being fleet of foot, runs away from them, crossing the line far in the lead. Jack, riding horseback, happens along and takes in the fun. Later, he proposes to Ruth.
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When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
Title: When Persistency and Obstinacy Meet
Character: Young Man at Cotillion (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1912
Type: Movie
Short comedy about a arguing couple in which the man is doing everything to make up with his girlfriend. Henri has a fight with his girlfriend, Dora. He tries to make excuses by phone and by mail, but his girlfriend wants to know nothing about him. Henry tries dressed as parcel delivery and as a woman, but even then it does not work. Eventually the opinion of his girlfriend changes, and the quarrel is over.
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As You Like It
Title: As You Like It
Character: Silvius, a Shepherd
Released: October 6, 1912
Type: Movie
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
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The Adventure of the Italian Model
Title: The Adventure of the Italian Model
Character: Aubrey, The Artist Under Suspicion
Released: September 21, 1912
Type: Movie
Master detective, Lambert Chase, unravels a case of poisoning
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The Indian Mutiny
Title: The Indian Mutiny
Character: Jack Wilson - an Officer of the British Regiment in India
Released: September 20, 1912
Type: Movie
Beatrice Wilson, visiting her brother, a British officer in India, is sought in marriage by a native prince. She refuses him and he plots revenge. He incites the Sepoys to mutiny and they set fire to Jack Wilson's home and endeavor to abduct Beatrice. She is defended by her brother, who in the midst of the excitement is taken captive.
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A Vitagraph Romance
Title: A Vitagraph Romance
Character: Charles Mackay, A Young Author, Caroline's Sweetheart
Released: September 17, 1912
Type: Movie
After meeting a handsome writer, Senator Carter's daughter leaves home and enters the employ of the Vitagraph Company as an actress. After waiting wistfully for her return, Senator Carter passes a theatre one day and sees his daughter featured in one the "Movies". He goes to the studio and after being shown through the plant he finds his daughter and reconciliation takes place. Besides being an interesting drama, the picture shows in detail the entire plant of the Vitagraph Company.
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The Loyalty of Sylvia
Title: The Loyalty of Sylvia
Character: Suiter
Released: September 12, 1912
Type: Movie
The daughter of an old friend is staying with Dr. Laurence. Sylvia is a naughty girl; she puts sneezing powder into a bunch of flowers to make everyone in the house sneeze. After the doctor introduces her to the son of a friend, the two fall in love and get engaged. Dr. Laurence is also hopelessly in love with Sylvia, but keeps it a secret. After a ball he gets smallpox. Sylvia takes care of him and falls in love with him. She breaks off the engagement.
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The Higher Mercy
Title: The Higher Mercy
Character: Jasper Brinton, Mrs. Brinton's Son
Released: September 10, 1912
Type: Movie
No matter how absorbed with affairs of state, Abraham Lincoln was always ready to give audience to his little son Tad. Little Tad, playing at the boat landing of the White House lake, falls into the water and is saved from drowning by a young fellow named Jasper Brinton. When young Brinton carries Tad into the White House, the president is very grateful to him and says if there is anything that he can do for him at any time he will be glad to do it. Young Brinton's mother is an enthusiastic supporter of the Federal cause, and when the war breaks out, she urges her son to join the Union army. He has an inherent dread of danger and naturally hesitates. He finally enlists. On the battlefield his natural fear takes possession of him.
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Coronets and Hearts
Title: Coronets and Hearts
Released: September 3, 1912
Type: Movie
Leaving England, in search of an American wife, young Cyril, son of the Earl of Creston, on reaching America meets Lilly Penn, and immediately lays siege to her heart and her fortune when he learns that she is an heiress.
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Tommy's Sister
Title: Tommy's Sister
Character: Tommy Morgan
Released: September 2, 1912
Type: Movie
Left with two small children, Mrs. Morgan finds it difficult to make both ends meet. Polly, her daughter, does the housework. Tommy is looking for a situation to help his mother. He applies for one in the office of Hervey and Porter, real estate, etc. Porter refuses him because he has had but little experience, but Jack Hervey, touched by the boy's earnestness and hard story, takes him on.
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Saving an Audience
Title: Saving an Audience
Character: Mark
Released: August 23, 1912
Type: Movie
Four young college students find themselves with no money and a lot of debts. Each has received a peremptory refusal from home to send any more money to them and they are in despair. Suddenly Claude has an idea. They will hire Susan B. Gabonthy to lecture for them, clear about one hundred dollars apiece, and have enough to tide them over into the next term.
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The Two Battles
Title: The Two Battles
Character: Young Mayford - Gladys's Brother
Released: August 17, 1912
Type: Movie
Just previous to his departure for South Africa and the Boer War, Gordon Frazier, a young officer in the English Army, bids an affectionate farewell to his fiancée, Gladys Mayford. In Africa, engaged in battle, Gordon is rescued from death by a young soldier, with whom he formed a slight acquaintance.
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The Heart of Esmeralda
Title: The Heart of Esmeralda
Character: Duncan Miller
Released: August 13, 1912
Type: Movie
Esmeralda Foster, an attractive girl, is very much impressed with Duncan Miller, a crafty country swain, who makes love to Esmeralda because of her father's wealth.
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Suing Susan
Title: Suing Susan
Character: James - Gordon's Valet
Released: August 9, 1912
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy in which two new neighbours initially cannot get along, but their staff get along just fine.
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The Miracle
Title: The Miracle
Character: The Palace Poet
Released: July 29, 1912
Type: Movie
A story of that famous adventurer, Haroun al Rashid, the Caliph of Bagdad.
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The Black Sheep
Title: The Black Sheep
Character: Percival Summers - Clara's Sweetheart
Released: July 19, 1912
Type: Movie
You would think that the death of his wife through his dissipation and neglect would have brought Jack Moreland to his senses. Instead he is more dissipated, and deserts his child, Clara, who is taken by her uncle, Harold Moreland, and brought up in ignorance of her father's existence.
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The Foster Child
Title: The Foster Child
Character: Jack - the Adopted Son
Released: July 12, 1912
Type: Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Caspar, home-loving, industrious people, long for a little one to bless their lives and their home. Their hopes are not in vain. One night, when they are sitting in the quiet, they hear the voice of a baby. Mr. Caspar, opening the door, finds a deserted child lying on the door-step. Tenderly lifting it in his arms, he brings it to his wife, who cares and nurtures it with a mother's love. Their adopted child is just one year old when a son is born to Mrs. Caspar, and an added joy comes to bless their union.
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On the Pupil of His Eye
Title: On the Pupil of His Eye
Character: Herbert - Senator Walker's Nephew
Released: July 5, 1912
Type: Movie
The household of Senator Walker consists of himself, his ward, Mary, and his nephew, Herbert. The other members of his household are John, an old servant, Lucy the maid, and a half dozen more servants. John is smitten with Lacy. She doesn't take him seriously, owing to the difference in their ages. Mr. Walker, rather old and feeble, draws up his will and leaves the bulk of his property to Mary and Herbert. He bequeaths $5,000 to his faithful servant John. Herbert is very fond of his uncle. The old gentleman is very much attached to Mary and very desirous that she and Herbert should be wed at the proper time.
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The Cylinder's Secret
Title: The Cylinder's Secret
Released: June 17, 1912
Type: Movie
Employed as secretary to Howard Abele, Marjorie Abbott attracts the attention of Sydney, her employer's son, who falls desperately in love with her. Mr. Abele is strenuously opposed to their marriage and he quarrels with his son. Marjorie has a half-brother, Dave, who is of an inventive turn of mind.
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Yellow Bird
Title: Yellow Bird
Character: Edith's Sweetheart
Released: June 12, 1912
Type: Movie
Disregarding the sanctity of "Song Bird's" feelings, John Strong, a young surveyor in the pioneer forests of the west, makes love to the Indian maiden whenever he chances to meet her, until she longs and looks for his coming and going, and finds that he has made himself part of her life.
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An Eventful Elopement
Title: An Eventful Elopement
Character: Jack Moss - the Girl's Sweetheart
Released: June 1, 1912
Type: Movie
Emphatically opposed to Jack Moss, old Mr. McGillicuddy puts the ban on his marriage to his daughter Dolly. The old gentleman is adamant to the appeals of the young lovers and interposes his interference on every occasion, when they get together. McGillicuddy is seized with an attack of the gout, which handicaps him, and it is then Jack arranges with Dolly to elope.
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The Picture Idol
Title: The Picture Idol
Character: Beth's Sweetheart
Released: May 31, 1912
Type: Movie
A short comedy about a girl (played by Clara Kimball Young) who is in love with a movie star (Maurice Costello) and who follows him everywhere. Her parents want to teach her ​​a lesson, and invite the actor to their home.
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The Serpents
Title: The Serpents
Character: Gregg
Released: May 8, 1912
Type: Movie
Wending their way and locating in a land far from the contentions through which they passed a few weeks before, Eric and Chloe are located in a garden spot of primeval beauty, surrounded by all the imposing grandeur of nature. Chloe is pursued by the covetous desire of Haakon, a false friend, who strives by subtle charms to lure her from Eric, who in turn is tempted by Linda, her cunning and beauty, to desert Chloe and live with her.
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Dr. LaFleur's Theory
Title: Dr. LaFleur's Theory
Character: The Criminal's Right-Hand-Man
Released: May 5, 1912
Type: Movie
Dr. Lafleur is convinced that crime is an illness and can be treated like that.
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The Pink Pajama Girl
Title: The Pink Pajama Girl
Character: James Davidson - Cecilia's Fiancé
Released: April 26, 1912
Type: Movie
Mrs. Wentworth and her daughter Cecile are living at one of the fashionable hotels in the city. James Davidson, who is engaged to Cecile, has agreed to join a theater party with them. At the last minute he sends word that business will detain him and he will be unable to go. Cecile is inconsolable and refuses to go to the theater with the rest of the party. She is so upset over the disappointment she gets a severe headache and decides to retire. In her pink pajamas she is about to go to bed when she decides to write "Jamsie," giving him to understand she is not at all pleased with his conduct. She sneaks out into the hall, puts her letter in the drop and hastens back to her rooms, to find the door has sprung locked.
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Captain Jenks' Diplomacy
Title: Captain Jenks' Diplomacy
Character: Sir Brian's Son, Gerald
Released: April 13, 1912
Type: Movie
Sir Brian, an irascible old gentleman, who suffers from gout, receives a note saying his son Gerald is very ill at college, and asking him to come to Dublin. He is too ill to go so he gets his friend, Captain Jenks, to go instead of him. Jenks finds Gerald being nursed by a pretty girl and soon discovers that Gerald is in love with her.
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At Scrogginses' Corner
Title: At Scrogginses' Corner
Character: A Young Sculptor
Released: April 9, 1912
Type: Movie
The general store at Scrogginses' Corner is the favorite lounging and meeting place for the citizens of the locality. On an eventful day a rich couple call at the store and ask Si Bunny, the storekeeper, permission to leave a bundle there, to be called for on their return. The storekeeper discovers that the bundle contains an infant.
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The Seventh Son
Title: The Seventh Son
Character: Harry Beecham, Janet's Seventh Son
Released: April 3, 1912
Type: Movie
At the outbreak of the Civil War in the United States, the six sons of widow Beecham enlist. The seventh son is very anxious to join the army and fight for his country, but his brothers insist upon his remaining home with his mother.
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She Never Knew
Title: She Never Knew
Character: James
Released: April 2, 1912
Type: Movie
Left with the care of his little grandchild through the death of his daughter, old Mr. Blinn tries in every way to give her the cure and attention which she needs.
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Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
Title: Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
Character: Harry Brown - the Young Man Who Finds Belle's Dancing Shoes
Released: March 23, 1912
Type: Movie
The night of the grand reception and dance finds Belle Oakley in high glee as she leaves for the reception. She arrives at the reception and discovers that she is without her dancing shoes. She announces her loss and immediately all the young men volunteer to go in search of them. Harry Brown, who was not as quick as the others, is left behind and sits dejectedly on the curb while the others drive away.
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Lulu's Anarchist
Title: Lulu's Anarchist
Character: Tom - a Reporter
Released: March 4, 1912
Type: Movie
Lulu Leach is a reader of dime novels. One day she is reading a terrifying tale of anarchists. A foreign-looking man enters the office and asks to see her employer, who is out. He hands her a card and strangely enough bears the same name as the anarchist in her novel. She at once imagines him a nihilist. He is joined by a friend and together they look at the next office and rent it from Pearson, Lulu's employer. When they are gone, Lulu warns her boss, but he only laughs at her. It happens that Lulu's employer goes away for a day or two and leaves the office in her charge. This is her chance.
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The Struggle
Title: The Struggle
Character: Howard Peyton
Released: February 19, 1912
Type: Movie
Howard Peyton served two years for forgery. Jerry Grafton, a genteel crook, is on the lookout for him when Howard comes out of prison. He is met at the jail door by his young wife. Jerry also meets him and offers him help, but urged on by his wife, Howard refuses it. When they reach home, his wife, who has a little money, induces him to go to New York and start life anew, and send, for her when he has a position. In New York, he manages to obtain a position in the office of Arthur Jamieson, an importer. Howard sends for his wife to join him. While he is waiting, Grafton finds him and insists that he forge his employer's name, or he will expose his past offense. Naturally weak, Howard yields.
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The First Violin
Title: The First Violin
Released: February 2, 1912
Type: Movie
Old Von Shultz, the first violin, finds as he grows older a longing for companionship. Hurrying from the theater the old musician finds little Helen sleeping on the steps of the stage door. He picks her up and takes her to his comfortably furnished home. The old man even grows childish, he is so pleased with the little tot's presence and he gives her the love with which his heart abounds. The next day he learns from the morning papers that Helen's mother and father were lost in a fire. He spends many happy hours with her, playing with her toys. He takes her to rehearsals with him, where she is the pet of the musicians. One year later Helen shows an aptness for the stage. This delights the old musician and the child grows nearer and dearer to his heart. A sad blow, however, comes to him when the Children's Society take the little girl away from him and once more he finds himself a lonely old man.
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Willie's Sister
Title: Willie's Sister
Character: Willie Green
Released: January 13, 1912
Type: Movie
Willie Green, off for college, tearfully kisses Ma and Pa and Sister good-bye. Arrived on the campus, he approaches a grave and reverend senior to ask where the proctor is located. The senior knocks off his hat. Willie replaces it and laughs feebly at the joke. The senior sternly tells him to take it off and be respectful to his betters. Willie obeys, and awe-stricken, repeats his question. The senior points, Willie dodges, gathers up his suitcases and exits cautiously, watching the senior. The proctor places him in a room with a senior, who makes life a burden to him, using him as a valet.
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The Seepore Rebellion
Title: The Seepore Rebellion
Released: January 1, 1912
Type: Movie
Also known as The Sepoy Rebellion
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The Younger Brother
Title: The Younger Brother
Character: The Younger Werner Brother
Released: December 26, 1911
Type: Movie
When the two Werner brothers are called to the front it is not strange that the mother is very solicitous about the younger brother and enjoins the older boy to care for and defend him at all hazards. The English army is transported lo the Soudan and is now encamped in the midst of the activities of the campaign.
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The Life Boat
Title: The Life Boat
Character: The Son
Released: November 25, 1911
Type: Movie
Old Captain Bill and his wife have an only son, whom they idolize. He loses all his money at gambling and drinking, and determines to do better in the city. After a short absence he writes his people that he has secured a good position, is saving money, and will be home before long. A year or two later he arrives in town and on his way to his home passes the old saloon he used to patronize. He cannot resist the temptation, and goes in. He falls in with a lot of bad fellows and is robbed. Ashamed to go home, he ships on board a sailing vessel.
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A Message from Beyond
Title: A Message from Beyond
Character: Jack Morrison - the Son
Released: November 4, 1911
Type: Movie
Brought up in the lap of luxury and indulged in extravagance, Jack Morrison is gradually led into a life of ease and idleness, from which his father tries to arouse and induce him to interest himself in the large steel business, of which he is the head. Jack refuses to go to work: his father disowns him and tells him to leave the house.
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Kitty and the Cowboys
Title: Kitty and the Cowboys
Character: Cowboy
Released: October 27, 1911
Type: Movie
Life on the ranch has a heap of fun attached to it and where they can get hold of a good-natured butt like "Fatty" they are always happy and they keep him guessing and make him the subject of their pranks. "Fatty" stands their joshing and kidding without complaint and generally with a smile, but notwithstanding his seeming good nature, he is looking for a chance to get lack at them.
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The Fighting Schoolmaster
Title: The Fighting Schoolmaster
Character: Phil Gardner - Nellie's Brother
Released: October 16, 1911
Type: Movie
Before the Civil War, George Harris, a Yankee schoolteacher, takes charge of a southern country school. He is attracted by Nellie Gardner, his prettiest pupil, but his attentions are resented by her big brother Phil, also a pupil. They quarrel and a fight ensues, in which the teacher gets the better of Phil. Nellie will not forgive Harris for striking her brother.
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The Mate of the 'John M'
Title: The Mate of the 'John M'
Character: Mandy's School Chum's Brother
Released: October 4, 1911
Type: Movie
Jim, the mate of the ship "John M.," is in love with Mandy, the daughter of Captain Dale. Before she leaves for boarding school, she hurries to the ship to say good-bye to it, her father and Jim. Six years have now passed, and Mandy has grown to a big and handsome girl. As Captain Dale is going to make another trip, Mandy asks him if she cannot go along. Mandy's school chum's brother wishes to go also, and the Captain gives his consent. Jim grows a little jealous at the young man's presence on board.
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Over the Chafing Dish
Title: Over the Chafing Dish
Released: September 23, 1911
Type: Movie
This is an extraordinary novelty, telling the story of love, courtship and marriage, simply through the actions of the hands and feet, without displaying the features. Just imagine, if you can, the actions of the hands and feet alone thoroughly and perfectly telling the story of a young couple making love, becoming engaged, going through the "lovey-dovey" period of courtship, getting married, keeping house, and the demonstration of that ecstatic bliss of their first born to bless the little home and fill their lives with the wellspring of future hope and ambition.
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Cherry Blossoms
Title: Cherry Blossoms
Character: The Classmate
Released: September 8, 1911
Type: Movie
Billie and Dollie are very much in love with each other, and they declare their love under the cherry trees. In later years Billie receives news of his appointment as a cadet at West Point: he promises to return to Dollie as soon as he graduates and claim her for his wife.
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Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father
Title: Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father
Released: August 20, 1911
Type: Movie
This is basically a two practical-joke comedy. Bunny is a businessman father and Mabel plays Betty, his lovable daughter. The first practical joke is Betty getting her girlfriend to be daddy's secretary. The secretary sprays perfume on all his papers and tries to make out with him. The second practical joke has Betty getting her boyfriend to put on a wig and old man's outfit and apply for the job of daddy's secretary.
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The Death of King Edward III
Title: The Death of King Edward III
Released: August 5, 1911
Type: Movie
King Edward III reigned from 1327 to 1377. He was a son of Edward the Second and he was born at Windsor Castle, November 13th, 1312. He was celebrated for his wars with the Scottish king and his battles with France. He started the "One Hundred Years' War." In his invasions of France, he was accompanied by his eldest son, "The Black Prince,"
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The Strategy of Ann
Title: The Strategy of Ann
Character: Bob
Released: July 29, 1911
Type: Movie
A Short comedy starring Mabel Normand. The film is considered lost.
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She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
Title: She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
Character: Jack Hally
Released: July 26, 1911
Type: Movie
Rose Leigh is a young schoolteacher. She sees a paragraph in the paper, saying that in a certain small village they have had in six months, three teachers (men), and all have left because the boys are so unruly and impossible. She resolves to try the experiment of giving them a woman teacher, and applies for the situation. The trustees of the school, who are at their wits' end, gladly accept the offer.
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The Geranium
Title: The Geranium
Character: Daniel Briton, the Huckster
Released: July 15, 1911
Type: Movie
One glance at the poor and disordered home of the Tunisons shows us there is something still lacking. Mrs. Tunison is obliged to provide for her crippled daughter Ethel, her son, who does what he can to help her and her older daughter, who aids in every way possible. Daniel Briton, a young peddler, notices Ethel as he passes by, and gives her one of his wares, a geranium, for which she is very thankful. On successive days as the young peddler passes she waves her hand to him. One day he brings with him a doctor, who takes her to the hospital where she will get good care and attention. After a few weeks, Ethel is carried home in the arms of her generous friend, entirely restored to health. Everybody is made happy, and more so with Daniel, who marries one of Ethel's sisters.
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The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
Title: The Subduing of Mrs. Nag
Released: July 14, 1911
Type: Movie
Mrs. Nag objects to her husband having a pretty female stenographer in his office, and orders him to employ one of his own sex. So Miss Prue, the good-looking stenographer to whom Mrs. Nag objects, dresses in man's attire. On her way to business one morning she sends a bouquet of flowers to Mrs. Nag, with the inscription, "Compliments of an ardent admirer." Miss Prue apprises her boss of her deed, and when Mrs. Nag arrives at his office, he accuses her of having another admirer. Miss Prue is victorious and when we see her in the last scene she is her own admirable self once more, seated before the typewriter in Mr. Nag's office, with every prospect of being an uninterrupted and permanent employee. Mild and docile, Mrs. Nag modestly enters the office, but offers no objections or interruptions, submissively waiting for her husband to escort her home.
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Title: The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Released: June 30, 1911
Type: Movie
This patriotic and historic picture portrays the writing of the famous national hymn by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. In the early part of the Civil War President Lincoln was very much discouraged at the lack of enthusiasm and the tardiness with which the people answered the call for volunteers to join the army.
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When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
Title: When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
Character: Jack Howard
Released: May 16, 1911
Type: Movie
Jack Howard, through hard work, has at last placed himself in a comfortable position and finds himself with his dear little wife, Mabel, located in a little apartment with all the comforts of home. He is now ready to enjoy married life; the strain has been too great, however, and he is almost on the verge of nervous prostration, sick and irritable. Mabel tries to cheer and comfort him; she waits on him and is a truly good and faithful wife, very much concerned about her hubby. She insists he must take a vacation.
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Easter Babies
Title: Easter Babies
Character: The Father
Released: April 15, 1911
Type: Movie
When little Dot and little Tot hear about the Easter Eggs, the stork and the Easter Babies, they are very anxious to be the possessors of a little baby brother and sister.
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Betty Becomes a Maid
Title: Betty Becomes a Maid
Released: March 14, 1911
Type: Movie
Margaret is the older and Betty the younger of two sisters. Their brother Jack brings a young unmarried millionaire friend to spend a few days with them. Margaret gets in line for the young visitor and warns Betty not to be too presumptuous, for Betty has the advantage in winsomeness. In order to give her sister every change, Betty plays waitress. Jack's friend is so smitten with the pretty maid, that he can see nothing else. Margaret loses, Betty wins. Her identity is made known and the young fellow proposes there and then, the father's consent is gained and Margaret joins in with all the rest offering congratulations.
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A Tale of Two Cities
Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Character: Peasant brother
Released: February 20, 1911
Type: Movie
A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.