The Ventures of Marguerite

The Ventures of Marguerite 1915

1

As heiress to a large fortune, Marguerite is able to satisfy her love for beautiful clothes and a taste for adventure, while confronted by a multitude of schemers and gangsters bent on reducing her to poverty.

1915

The Leap from the Water Tower

The Leap from the Water Tower 1915

1

Rand, a vengeful discharged fireman, tampers with the airbrakes of a large freight locomotive making them useless on the long descent from the summit of Pine Hill to Lone Point the following day. Learning of the impending peril, Helen dashes to a water tower under which the train must pass, climbs out on the spout, leaps onto the roof of one of the cars, and warns the engineer in time. Helen's heroism wins her another offer of marriage, this time from Wadsworth, the freight engineer, but once again she opts for next weeks hazards instead.

1915

The Girl Detective: The Mystery of the Tea Dansant

The Girl Detective: The Mystery of the Tea Dansant 1915

5.80

A series of 2-reel thrillers in which a society girl has a position as a special investigator for the police and works on various cases where her unique talents can help to solve crimes. Each episode is complete in itself.

1915

A Modern Jekyll and Hyde

A Modern Jekyll and Hyde 1913

1

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

1913

The Pursuit of the Smugglers

The Pursuit of the Smugglers 1913

5.00

A short smugglers’ drama in which a new employee of the harbour police starts working for an export trader, so as to keep an eye on the smugglers. After a wild chase, the smugglers are captured, and it turns out that harbour police agent and the daughter of the export trader get along very well.

1913

The Cave Men's War

The Cave Men's War 1913

1

The dramatized illustration of the invention of the bow-and-arrow through a romantic triangle foregrounded by the bloody conflicts between the Cave Dwellers and the Shell People.

1913

Ben Hur

Ben Hur 1907

4.50

The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

1907

The Vampire

The Vampire 1913

7.00

The story hinges on the redemption of a country boy, an artist, who has fallen among evil companions, and is an outcast.

1913

The Car of Death

The Car of Death 1914

1

In this film Helen Holmes was clearly rehearsing for the role that brought to her fame and recognition in a serial that started getting released two months later. She became the audacious star of "The Hazards of Helen", acting as the heroine of numerous railroad adventures.

1914

The Diver

The Diver 1911

1

A fascinating pictorial document: On an old, cluttered work ship, a man is helped on with a bulky, old fashioned diving suit. It's a complicated process, many layers and sections are carefully applied. He goes over the side. Some men row out to what looks like a wrecked barge and set dynamite. Then the diver returns and now laughs and acknowledges the camera. The other men, now safely away, blow up the barge.

1911

The Governor's Special

The Governor's Special 1916

1

The film is directed by James Davis from a story by Edward T. Matlack. In this episode Helen Gibson performs one absolutely breathtaking stunt, which just shows how dangerous it was to act for silent film pioneers, especially for stuntmen and stuntwomen. There is a twist to the plot, and Helen Gibson not only has to save her governor from mortal danger, but also the life of somebody close to her, who has been sentenced to die without guilt.

1916

The Colonel's Escape

The Colonel's Escape 1912

5.00

A short Western in which a colonel and a resistance fighter help each other out in times of war.

1912

The Flaw in the Alibi

The Flaw in the Alibi 1914

1

It shows how a scheming bank employee manages to get an alibi and fix the guilt of his theft on the assistant cashier.

1914

Captured by Bedouins

Captured by Bedouins 1912

1

An American officer disguises himself as an Arab in order to rescue an American woman kidnapped by Arab tribesmen.

1912

Breaking Into the Big League

Breaking Into the Big League 1913

1

Montjoy Jones, a disgraced baseball player after losing a game due to a dropped flyball, begins to dream of a scenario where he makes the catch, and becomes a hero.

1913