Tag Archives: 1910s

Charles Darnay is the nephew of the Marquis St. Evremonde in pre-Revolutionary France, but disagrees with the French feudal system and emigrates to England, where he is falsely accuses him of being a spy.

Because the Baron of Chanterelle wants to preserve his family line, he forces his timid nephew Lancelot to choose one of the village maidens to wed.

A poor student rescues a beautiful countess and soon becomes obsessed with her.

Based on Johann Strauss’s operetta Die Fledermaus, the actions of ‘The Merry Jail’ occur over the course of a single eventful day and night.

Edith Hardy uses charity funds for Wall Street investments in hopes of buying some new gowns.

A young man proposes a lottery with himself as the prize in marriage. However he finds himself very much in love with a woman other than the winner.

With her brother killed Sonya is given Turkish captive Mahmud to do the hard work on the farm. After they become fond of each other he strikes a Turkish officer.

M’liss, a feisty young girl in a mining camp, falls for Charles Gray, the school teacher. Charles is implicated in a murder of which he is innocent, and the two must fight to save him from a lynching.

Outlaw leader “Draw” Egan, believed dead, turns up in the town of Yellow Dog. The townsfolk believe him to be William Blake, a strong and law-abiding man. They appoint him sheriff to rid the town of the hoodlums who have nearly taken over.