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. #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. #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. #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. #12923 minThe Little Match Seller
James Williamson
3 min · No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: zxx.
A young match seller faces cold and indifference on Christmas Eve. Lighting her matches brings visions of warmth and plenty, briefly replacing the…
Collection no. #72010 minJeanne d'Arc
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Joan hears a divine call to defend France and leaves her village despite her family's objections. A succession of large tableaux follows her approach…
Collection no. #87115 minMazepa
Vasili Goncharov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian. · No subtitle track in this language
Hetman Mazepa falls in love with Maria, the daughter of Kochubey, and asks for permission to marry her. Her father's refusal turns the proposed union…
Collection no. #91413 minThe Assassination of the Duke of Guise
Charles le Bargy
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: French. · No subtitle track in this language
The Duke of Guise receives a royal summons to the Château de Blois, where Henry III has prepared to eliminate a powerful rival. Movement through the…
Collection no. #93215 minA 16th Century Russian Wedding
Vasili Goncharov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A young nobleman overturns a cart during a chance encounter on the road, meeting a woman who escapes the accident unharmed. At home, his family…
Collection no. #95511 minRobinson Crusoe
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Shipwrecked far from home, Robinson Crusoe gathers supplies and builds a life on an island. His rescue of a captive brings a companion, Friday, into…
Collection no. #9909 minBoyarin Orsha
Pyotr Chardynin
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Back at his estate after serving Ivan the Terrible, a boyar discovers that his daughter has been meeting Arseny, his adopted son. His anger…
Collection no. #101816 minThe Last Days of Pompeii
Arturo Ambrosio
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
In Pompeii, the priest Arbaces uses deception and poison to separate Glaucus from the woman he loves. The blind Nydia becomes caught in the scheme,…
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. #11084 minHistoire d'un crime
Ferdinand Zecca
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A burglary ends in murder, and the killer's conspicuous spending helps bring him to justice. Awaiting execution, he sees his former life unfold on…
Collection no. #117321 minThe Merry Frolics of Satan
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
An inventor accepts magical pills that promise to make a rapid journey around the world possible. He signs the contract without reading it 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. #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…