Collection no. #69413 minA Corner in Wheat
D. W. Griffith
13 min · Subtitles: English
A financier gains control of the wheat market while farmers continue their exhausting work and families struggle to buy bread. His success is…
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Collection no. #75313 minThe Great Train Robbery
Edwin S. Porter
13 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
Bandits seize a railway office, stop a train and rob the passengers before escaping with their loot. A rescued telegraph operator raises the alarm,…
Collection no. #78115 minA Trap for Santa Claus
D. W. Griffith
15 min · Subtitles: English
An unemployed father abandons his family, believing they will be better off without him. An unexpected inheritance subsequently gives his wife and…
Collection no. #7861 minThe Enchanted Drawing
J. Stuart Blackton
1 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
An artist sketches a man's face and adds objects that suddenly seem available outside the paper. Drawing, performance and camera tricks allow him to…
Collection no. #89512 minThe Adventures of Dollie
D. W. Griffith
12 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
A family outing by the river becomes a search when a rejected peddler abducts the young daughter. Hidden inside a barrel, the child is carried away…
Collection no. #9567 minMoscow Clad in Snow
Georges Meyer
7 min · Subtitles: English
Snow changes the appearance and movement of Moscow as the camera visits streets, markets, riverside views and a public park. Workers, shoppers and…
Collection no. #128613 minThe Salvation Army Lass
D. W. Griffith
13 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
Mary loses her home and work after becoming associated with a fatal saloon fight. The Salvation Army offers her a new direction, but her former…
Collection no. #110110 minBen Hur
Sidney Olcott
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Judah Ben-Hur's conflict with Roman power is presented through a succession of brief tableaux, from imprisonment to the challenge against Messala.…
Collection no. #113317 minThe Taming of the Shrew
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Petruchio pursues the combative Katherina despite her determined resistance. After carrying her away from the wedding, he turns meals, clothing and…
Collection no. #117911 minThe Lonely Villa
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Burglars lure a homeowner away, leaving his wife and daughters inside with an unloaded pistol. A telephone call reveals the attack while he is…
Collection no. #11822 minThose Awful Hats
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An audience struggles to watch a film as extravagant hats block the screen. Complaints and attempts to improve the view turn the auditorium into its…
Collection no. #118710 minThe Hessian Renegades
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A young messenger carrying vital information to General Washington is pursued by Hessian soldiers. A household gives him shelter, but the enemy…
Collection no. #11948 minAn Awful Moment
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
After a judge sentences a man, a woman seeking revenge follows the conflict into his home. She binds his wife and arranges a gun to fire when the…
Collection no. #128912 minResurrection
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Prince Dimitri abandons Katusha after seducing her, then encounters her years later when she is facing punishment in court. Recognizing his part in…
Collection no. #13007 minEdgar Allen Poe
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Poe tries to sell a newly written poem so that he can buy food and medicine for his gravely ill wife. Rejections and a brief success delay his return…
Collection no. #130211 minThe Sealed Room
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A king builds a private chamber for himself and his lover, then discovers that she uses it to meet a court musician. His response turns a room…
Collection no. #132015 minThe Country Doctor
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A doctor is called to treat a poor woman's child while his own daughter is seriously ill. Messages from home grow more urgent, forcing him to choose…
Collection no. #132514 minThe Call of the Wild
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A Native American graduate returns from an eastern boarding school and declares his love for an officer's daughter. Her family's rejection drives him…