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…
Years
1909
31 films in this collection
31 films
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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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #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. #124012 minNero
Luigi Maggi
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Nero's desire for Poppea leads him to reject Octavia and arrange her death. The outrage spreads into revolt, while the emperor responds with further…
Collection no. #12467 minUkhar Kupets
Vasily Goncharov
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
At a village fair, Masha's father accepts drinks from a merchant and allows him to court his daughter. The bargain leaves the young woman exposed to…
Collection no. #12557 minThe Diabolic Tenant
Georges Méliès
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
A new tenant enters an empty room with a small bag and produces furniture, decorations and an entire household from it. When the bill arrives, 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. #137112 minThe Renunciation
D. W. Griffith
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. · No subtitle track in this language
Two longtime friends working in a mining camp fall for the same woman. Their rivalry threatens to turn violent, until she interrupts their quarrel…