Plebeian

Based on the play Miss Julie by August Strindberg.

1915-03-04 | ru

Little Ellie

A perverted town mayor who murders a young girl and, overcome by guilt, commits suicide. Based on the short story La petite Roque by Guy de Maupassant.

1918-01-19 | ru

Greed

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

1924-12-04 | en

Mr. Dolan of New York

After his defeat at the hands of "Spider" Flynn, the welterweight champion of Europe, boxer Jimmie Dolan and his trainer, Thomas Jefferson Jones, leave for a principality near Paris. Having lost all their money on the fight, Jimmie accepts Count Conrad's offer to impersonate Prince Frederick in return for a large sum of money.

1917-04-09 | en

Molly and Me

1929-03-01 | en

Flowers Belated

1917-03-19 | ru

Behind The Doors Of The Salon

1913-08-31 | ru

The Sins of Rosanne

Roseanne (Ethel Clayton) has grown up near some diamond mines in South Africa. As a child, she became ill and a Malay nurse, Rachel Bangat (Fontaine La Rue) promised to cure her. That she did, but she also worked some voodoo on the child, who, as a grown up now displays a powerful desire for diamonds and the ability to throw evil curses on those who displease her.

1920-11-07 | en

Beyond

Avis Langley's dying mother begs her to look after Avis's errant brother and continues after death to reappear in spirit form to remind Avis of her promise. Avis follows her brother to New Zealand in hopes of protecting him from his own ways, but on the trip tragedy apparently strikes.

1921-09-04 | en

The Stolen Paradise

1917-06-18 | en

Lying Wives

Duplicitous Patricia Chase schemes to break up the new marriage of Margery and Wallace Graham because she yearns for Wallace despite her marriage to another. She nearly succeeds but the revelation of a secret thwarts her at the last moment and she gets her just desserts shortly after.

1925-06-13 | en

The Eternal Flame

A 1922 film directed by Frank Lloyd.

1922-09-17 | en

Orphan of Lowood

A film based on novel Jane Eyre.

1926-12-05 | de

A Daughter of the Poor

A young girl, Rose Eastmen lives with her lazy Uncle, who works as a janitor in a publishing house. Lacking education, both Rose and her Uncle are susceptible to the socialist ideas of writer Rudolph Creig. One day Rose encounters Jack Steven's the wealthy son of the publishing house, working on his car. She believes he is a common laborer, and begins seeing him. Through her exposure to Jack, Rose begins to realize the rich are not such an abominable people. Rudolph has also reached this conclusion after learning Steven's has published his book. Now with a hefty royalty check and success, Rudolph is able to marry Rose.

1917-03-17 | en

The Story of the Kelly Gang

Just as Galeen and Wegener's Der Golem (1915) can be seen as a testament to early German film artistry, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolizes both the birth of the Australian film industry and the emergence of an Australian cinema identity. Even more significantly, it heralds the emergence of the feature film format. However, only fragments of the original production of more than one hour are known to exist, preserved at the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra; Efforts at reconstruction have made the film available to modern audiences.

1906-12-26 | en

The Case of Lena Smith

A peasant girl goes to great lengths to protect her child in 19th century Vienna. The film is considered lost, and only four minutes of footage are known to remain.

1929-01-29 | en

Poppy

A 1917 film directed by Edward José

1917-05-04 | en

The Ghosts of Yesterday

After his wife/model has died of starvation with her portrait unfinished, an impoverished artist meets another woman with a striking resemblance to her.

1918-01-19 | en

By Right of Purchase

A 1918 film directed by Charles Miller.

1918-02-01 | en

The Probation Wife

A 1919 film directed by Sidney Franklin.

1919-05-24 | en