Amazon: Longest River in the World

Amazon: Longest River in the World 1918

1

Documentary by Portuguese Silvino Santos, about the Amazon, its flora, fauna, its inhabitants and among other wonderful images from the beginning of the 20th century with alternating close-up shots of caimans, jaguars and tropical flora with footage of Indigenous rituals--including some of the earliest known moving images of the Indigenous Witoto people--and longer sequences showcasing the region’s extractive industries: rubber, the Brazil nut, timber, fishing, even the egret feathers that were a staple of women’s fashion at the time.

1918

The Blue Bird

The Blue Bird 1918

6.70

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.

1918

A.W.O.L.

A.W.O.L. 1918

4.20

A soldier impatient for his discharge from the army after the armistice ending World War I goes absent without leave and is faced with the consequences of his actions.

1918

A Dog's Life

A Dog's Life 1918

7.30

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

1918

Stella Maris

Stella Maris 1918

6.80

Stella Maris is a beautiful, crippled girl, who is cared for by a rich family. They shield her from the harsh realities of the world, so that she has no idea of the cruel things that some people do. Unity Blake is a poor orphan all too familiar with the harsh realities of the real world. These two young women both fall in love with John, love which is complicated by the fact that he is still married to (though separated from) a bad wife.

1918

Anniversary of the Revolution

Anniversary of the Revolution 1918

6.70

A chronicle of the Russian Revolution of 1917, from the bourgeois democratic February Revolution to the great socialist October Revolution and the final triumph.

1918

The Outlaw and His Wife

The Outlaw and His Wife 1918

7.18

A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into crime by his family's starvation, they flee and become two of the many outlaws of Iceland's mountains.

1918

Shoulder Arms

Shoulder Arms 1918

6.80

An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.

1918

Tarzan of the Apes

Tarzan of the Apes 1918

5.39

A female ape takes to mothering the orphaned boy (Tarzan) and raises him over the course of many years until a rescue mission is finally launched and the search party combs the jungle for the long-time missing Lord Greystoke. But then, one of the search members, Jane Porter, gets separated from the group and comes face to face with fearsome wild animals. Tarzan saves her from harm just in the knick of time and love begins to blossom.

1918

Hell Bent

Hell Bent 1918

5.32

A cowboy must save his girlfriend from captivity and then cross the desert on foot with a single waterhole on the way.

1918

Mickey

Mickey 1918

6.50

Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.

1918

The Bell Boy

The Bell Boy 1918

6.50

At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.

1918

Hearts of the World

Hearts of the World 1918

6.00

A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies village, bringing both destruction and torture. The young people of the village resist, some successfully, others tragically, until French troops retake the town.

1918

Old Wives for New

Old Wives for New 1918

6.50

Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becomes involved in a murder, he leaves for Paris.

1918

The Cook

The Cook 1918

6.25

In an attempt at greater efficiency, the chef and waiter of a fancy oceanside restaurant wreak havoc in the establishment. Adding to the complications is the arrival of a robber.

1918

The Bells

The Bells 1918

1

A murderer is driven slowly insane by a sequence of coincidences and suggestive events which will not allow him to escape his own sense of guilt for his crime.

1918

Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal

Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal 1918

1

Instead of buying bonds, Lillian buys new clothes. Then she has a dream that her home has been invaded by German soldiers, and her family has been taken away. Two officers enter her room and as she struggles to get away she wakes up. Her relief is so great that she puts all her money in Liberty Bonds.

1918

Good Night, Nurse!

Good Night, Nurse! 1918

5.60

Roscoe's wife, tired of his endless drunkenness, reads of an operation that cures alcoholism and has him admitted to No Hope Sanitarium to get the surgery. Roscoe, wanting out, eventually disguises himself as a nurse to effect his escape.

1918

All Woman

All Woman 1918

1

Susan Sweeney inherits a country hotel. When she arrives to take possession, she discovers it to be not the palatial resort she believed, but a run-down inn with an attached saloon. As she struggles to make something of her new operation, she becomes involved in the life and difficulties of her new community....

1918

The Dream Lady

The Dream Lady 1918

6.20

Upon receiving an inheritance from her late uncle, a woman starts a fortune-telling business designed to make her dreams come true.

1918