A Fool and His Money

A Fool and His Money 1912

6.30

Sam the white-washer pines for the affluent Lindy, but she has dumped him in favor of another. Sam finds a large sum of money, and goes to New York to enjoy a shopping spree, buying new clothes, jewelry and a car with a driver. Back home, Lindy flips for Sam and his newfound wealth, and dumps the rival. Sam throws an engagement party where he indulges in a friendly game of cards with his former rival and another man, who unbeknownst to Sam, is a card shark.

1912

Falling Leaves

Falling Leaves 1912

6.64

It's early autumn and Dr. Headley eagerly demonstrates what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Not far from where he is working, the disease seems preparing to soon claim yet another life, a teenage girl named Winifred. Winifred's mother and little sister Trixie are devastated. When Trixie hears the family doctor say of Winifred that "when the last leaf falls, she will have passed away," she interprets the doctor's words literally. Thinking over what she has heard, she determines to do everything possible to save her sister.

1912

A House Divided

A House Divided 1913

6.00

A married couple, suspecting one another of infidelity, decide to "live separately together."

1913

Fra Diavolo

Fra Diavolo 1912

1

Based on the opéra comique of the same name, the film follows the exploits of Italian brigand Fra Diavolo.

1912

Canned Harmony

Canned Harmony 1912

6.00

The Professor will not allow his daughter to marry a non-musician, but Billy, her would-be suitor, cannot play a single note. When he is about to give up, Billy’s roommate suggests bluffing his way into the Professor’s favor with the aid of a suitably musical disguise and a well-hidden phonograph player.

1912

Algie, the Miner

Algie, the Miner 1912

4.80

When Algie Allmore asks to marry Clarice, the young woman's father gives him one year to prove that he's a man.

1912

His Double

His Double 1912

4.00

A father who is determined his daughter should marry a count leading the boyfriend to dress up as the count to thwart his plans.

1912

Matrimony's Speed Limit

Matrimony's Speed Limit 1913

5.73

A man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.

1913

In the Year 2000

In the Year 2000 1912

1

A remake for the US market of Alice Guy's Les Résultats du féminisme. The film is considered to be lost.

1912

The Ocean Waif

The Ocean Waif 1916

5.60

An abused young woman finds safety and love in the arms of a famous novelist.

1916

A Comedy of Errors

A Comedy of Errors 1912

1

A man mistakes a woman's blown kisses as being directed at him. When he comes over to call on her, she attempts to shoo him away, but must hide him when her husband comes home unexpectedly.

1912

Frozen on Love's Trail

Frozen on Love's Trail 1912

6.00

A white girl, living with her father at the barracks near an Indian reservation, is very kind to a half-breed Indian. He falls in love with her but she does not encourage him. However, she one day is about to accept a trinket from him, when one of the soldiers, who is also in love with her, intimates something that does not sound nice to a good girl's ears.

1912

Mignon

Mignon 1912

1

Noble born Mignon is stolen by a band of gypsies as a child. Her mother dies from grief and her father, unhinged by the double blow, gives up his ancestral home for the roaming life of a minstrel wandering from place to place in search of his child. Ill-treated by the gypsies in time she is rescued by traveling student Guglielno, with whom she falls in love. But he is enamored by the seductive actress Filina. Events come to a climax at a castle where all the participants meet, and drastic actions lead to near fatal consequences until all is resolved happily.

1912

The Girl in the Arm-Chair

The Girl in the Arm-Chair 1912

5.60

Peggy Wilson has recently become an orphan and a ward of the Waston family. She’s also inherited the late Robert Wilson’s vast fortune, which puts her very much in Mr. Waston’s favor. He would like his son, Frank, to marry Peggy, but Peggy “is not his style” and “her money is no inducement”. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

1912