Joan the Woman

Joan the Woman 1916

5.60

A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.

1916

Rübezahl's Wedding

Rübezahl's Wedding 1916

5.00

In this film, the people of a Tyrolean town climb up into the nearby mountains, searching for a place where they can hold a picnic and a spring festival: ideally, a place where they can eventually erect dwellings and cultivate crops. Led by the local nobleman (Arthur Ehrens), they find an appropriate spot, and the festivities begin. Some children briefly perform a charming folk dance. Suddenly the Rübezahl arrives and threatens to kill all the townsfolk if they don't leave immediately.

1916

The Half-Breed

The Half-Breed 1916

5.80

In an attempt to brand himself as a serious actor, the smiling swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks starred in THE HALF-BREED (1916), a Western melodrama written by Anita Loos and directed with flair by Allan Dwan. Fairbanks stars as Lo Dorman, who has been ostracized from society because of this mixed ethnicity - his Native American mother was abandoned by his white father. When Lo catches the eye of the rich white debutante Nellie (Jewel Carmen), he becomes a target for the racist Sheriff Dunn (Sam De Grasse), who wants to break them up and take Nelli for his own. This love triangle becomes a quadrangle with the arrival of Teresa (Alma Rubens), who is on the run from the law. Through fire and fury Lo must decide who and what he truly loves.

1916

One A.M.

One A.M. 1916

6.74

A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.

1916

American Aristocracy

American Aristocracy 1916

4.00

A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.

1916

Judex

Judex 1916

6.84

When an unscrupulous banker ruins his family, a young man swears to bring him to justice, so he adopts a new identity, the mysterious Judex, and ominously disguised and sunk into the muddy path of vengeance, punishes the crooks and protects the innocents. (Originally a twelve-part epic serial.)

1916

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1916

6.19

Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away.

1916

The Great Problem

The Great Problem 1916

1

A young pickpocket is taken in by an attorney who attempts to 'civilize' her.

1916

Wife and Auto Trouble

Wife and Auto Trouble 1916

5.00

A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.

1916

Where Are My Children?

Where Are My Children? 1916

6.02

Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.

1916

The Rink

The Rink 1916

6.60

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

1916

The Pawnshop

The Pawnshop 1916

6.60

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

1916

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes 1916

6.30

When a couple of scammers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will to discover the whereabouts of letters whose dissemination could cause a scandal affecting the royal family, Sherlock Holmes decides to take over the case. (Considered lost, a copy was found in 2014, in the vaults of the Cinémathèque Française.)

1916

Behind the Screen

Behind the Screen 1916

6.51

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.

1916

Gretchen the Greenhorn

Gretchen the Greenhorn 1916

6.00

Gretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who has already spent several years in America, where he owns an engraving business. In the tenement community where the Van Houcks live, there are residents of many nationalities. Gretchen soon becomes close friends with Pietro, a popular resident, and she also takes an interest in the widow Garrity and her children. Another resident, Rogers, is more mysterious. One day Rogers tells Mr. Van Houck that he could help him get a job printing money for the government. Van Houck eagerly agrees to try, but when he finds out what Rogers is really doing, he is placed in a painful dilemma.

1916

For the Defense

For the Defense 1916

1

Two playboys stumble drunkenly home, where the owner falls asleep and the other attacks the maid. The butler intervenes and a fight results in the death of the assailant. A French girl, escaping from a pimp who kidnapped her, witnesses the crime. The butler convinces his master he is the killer, and must flee. He joins the girl but is caught. She helps police expose the real killer by going undercover as another maid.

1916

What Darwin Missed

What Darwin Missed 1916

1

Prof. Alonzo Bozzle, an eccentric zoologist, has taken up the study of evolution as promulgated by Darwin and is pondering especially on the idea that there is a "missing link." One night he dreams that he is an explorer and that he has just landed upon a foreign shore; he secures the aid of a mahout and an elephant to move his tent and belongings to the jungle, where he will take up the study of trying to find the "missing link."

1916

La Baraja de la Muerte

La Baraja de la Muerte 1916

2.00

In 1916 the Santiago society shuddered with the crime of a wealthy businessman. Corina Rojas, his young wife, was the first woman sentenced to death in Chile and her story inspired the first national feature film.

1916