Falling Leaves

Falling Leaves 1912

6.60

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

The Cameraman's Revenge

The Cameraman's Revenge 1912

6.99

A jilted husband takes his revenge by filming his wife and her lover and showing the result at the local cinema. This was one of Starewicz' first animated films, and stars a cast of animated beetles.

1912

The Vanishing Race

The Vanishing Race 1912

7.00

A Native tribe is slowly wiped out after White ranchers in the area exploit the women which leads to conflict.

1912

The Life and Death of King Richard III

The Life and Death of King Richard III 1912

4.70

Shakespeare's tragedy of the wicked and hump-backed Duke of Gloucester, who rises to the throne of England by chicanery, treachery, and brilliance.

1912

The Sunbeam

The Sunbeam 1912

6.30

Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster. Children run amok in the hallways playing pranks on the two. A little girl from the floor above, now alone in the world, brings the pair together and brightens their lives.

1912

How a Mosquito Operates

How a Mosquito Operates 1912

6.11

A hungry mosquito spots and follows a man on his way home. The mosquito slips into the room where the man is sleeping, and gets ready for a meal. His first attempts startle the man and wake him up, but the mosquito is very persistent.

1912

Making an American Citizen

Making an American Citizen 1912

4.90

A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.

1912

The Musketeers of Pig Alley

The Musketeers of Pig Alley 1912

6.24

A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.

1912

The Crime of Carelessness

The Crime of Carelessness 1912

5.20

Edison short about a happy couple about to be married, but the guy's carelessness at their workplace leads to tragedy.

1912

The Prospector's Legacy

The Prospector's Legacy 1912

1

A western prospector, who has been unusually lucky, prepares to return east to his wife. The suspicious actions of a gypsy horse-trader, whom he has seen loitering near his cabin, prompts him to take his gold to the bank, but on the way he is thrown from his horse and suffers fatal injuries. A young man and woman come on the scene and are given the gold, after they promise the dying man to send a portion of it to his wife. Later, the gypsy, learning who got the gold, attacks the mother of the young people and escapes with the treasure.

1912

Algie, the Miner

Algie, the Miner 1912

4.85

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

1912

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1912

5.80

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

1912

The Tourists

The Tourists 1912

3.70

A group of tourists spend too long checking out the Indian Arts and Crafts at the station and miss their train. While waiting, Normand in a picture hat and black outfit, wanders off and takes an interest in Chief Evans, precipitating the usual chase, here by ax wielding Indian wives.

1912

The Conquest of the Pole

The Conquest of the Pole 1912

6.30

A science fantasy film that deals with an extraordinary race to the north pole by rival parties of balloonists. Based on the novel "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras" by Jules Verne.

1912

Lost a Husband

Lost a Husband 1912

1

A 1912 short directed by Stanner E.V Taylor and starring Marion Leonard.

1912

Thus Many Souls

Thus Many Souls 1912

1

A 1912 short directed by Stanner E.V Taylor and starring Marion Leonard.

1912

Lady Clare

Lady Clare 1912

1

A Lord weds a Lady despite knowledge of her lowly birth.

1912

The Virtue of Rags

The Virtue of Rags 1912

1

A grouchy landlord discharges a kind-hearted rent collector for failing to collect the rent from an impoverished widow. After dreaming that he himself is experiencing the sordid experiences of being destitute, the old man sees the error of his ways and becomes suddenly charitable.

1912

The Forest Rose

The Forest Rose 1912

1

Forester and Maywood, two wealthy neighbor planters, volunteered their services to defend their country when the war of the Revolution broke out. Forester was made colonel of his regiment, while Maywood became a captain. The men mortgaged their plantations and gave the benefits to the government, which was hard pressed for funds. Colonel Forester was mortally wounded at the battle of Cowpens, but before he passed away, Captain Maywood promised that he would care for Forester's motherless little girl.

1912