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Tag Archives: 1910s
Traffic in Souls (1913) George Loane Tucker, Jane Gail, Ethel Grandin, William H. Turner
An early social commentary on the New York sex trade, this film attempts to sensationalize prostitution Read More »
Civilization (1915) Reginald Barker, Thomas H. Ince, Howard C. Hickman, Enid Markey, Lola May
Allegorical film about peace. A king starts a war, many of the women are against it, people are pressed into service. Read More »
The Mirages AKA Mirazhi (1916) Pyotr Chardynin, Arsenii Bibikov, Tamara Gedevanova, Andrej Gromov
Marianna advertises for work as a reader and is employed by the reclusive millionaire Dymov. Read More »
The Captive (1915) Cecil B. DeMille, Blanche Sweet, House Peters, Gerald Ward
With her brother killed Sonya is given Turkish captive Mahmud to do the hard work on the farm. Read More »
The Plague in Florence AKA Die Pest in Florenz (1919) Otto Rippert, Theodor Becker, Karl Bernhard, Julietta Brandt
Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city’s ruler Read More »
Joan the Woman (1916) Cecil B. DeMille, Geraldine Farrar, Raymond Hatton, Hobart Bosworth
John Trent, a World War I British officer, finds an ancient sword in his trench bunker just prior Read More »
A Gun Fightin’ Gentleman (1919) John Ford, Harry Carey, J. Barney Sherry, Kathleen O’Connor
“Cheyenne Harry”, owner of the biggest cattle ranch in his corner of the west Read More »
Sherlock Holmes (1916) Arthur Berthelet, William Gillette, Marjorie Kay, Ernest Maupain
When a couple of swindlers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will in order to discover Read More »
Cinderella (1914) James Kirkwood, Mary Pickford, Owen Moore, Isabel Vernon
Based on the fairy tale: Cinderella is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, and is forced to live as their servant. Read More »
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) Stuart Paton, Allen Holubar, Dan Hanlon, Edna Pendleton
Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. Read More »
Straight Shooting (1917) John Ford, Harry Carey, Duke R. Lee, George Berrell
Cattleman Flint cuts off farmer Sims’ water supply. When Sims’ son Ted goes for water, one of Flint’s men kills him. Read More »
The Marathon (1919) Alfred J. Goulding, Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ Pollard
A beautiful young woman has a number of suitors who would like her hand. Read More »
Bucking Broadway (1917) John Ford, Harry Carey, Molly Malone, L.M. Wells
A ranch foreman battles a rich stockbroker for the affections of a beautiful young woman. Read More »
A Man There Was AKA Terje Vigen (1917) Victor Sjöström, August Falck, Edith Erastoff
Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Read More »