best man wins film best man wins american silent short drama produced company film features leading players anna martin frank crane marie drama morality hand julia propose day asks month decide time caliber men tested asked young girl named help dying mother doctor refuses help lawyer offers assistance mother soon dies orphan taken family personally character men julia choose writer director unknown released film met positive reviews critics film presumed lost plot film presumed lost surviving synopsis published moving picture world states julia rich john wealthy physician richard poor lawyer propose evening inclined prefer john julia definite choice tells come month answer scene shifts home smith ill bed unable earn rent money evicted tiny daughter mother weakness rushes doctor sees sign window asks help mother man shows caliber money turns away lawyer meets learns plight poor pays rent family moved house suffered proved fatal mother tiny left orphan death bed smith found miss visiting poor quarters charity work passing society girl adopts poor little child happy member family end month fast friend kind hearted julia end month julia prepares decide shall life partner promised little decides sight recalls physician turned away miss julia face recognizes friend need tells miss julia feels real man splendid husband best man wins cast anna julia rich martin john wealthy physician frank crane richard poor lawyer marie young daughter production writer scenario unknown lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions important script writer averaging scripts year director film known directors possible barry stage thomas mccarthy direct important pictures including romeo juliet lloyd stage little director stay company short time moving company summer attribute director particular production credit blair smith company soon joined louis gregory years experience motion picture photographer role uncredited productions leading lady anna leading ladies year productions martin frank crane leading men numerous productions frank crane involved beginnings company crane leading man company acted numerous productions director hand marriage credits martin important actors role productions went uncredited role young daughter marie soon known famous kid possible film exists work identity actors complimentary identical silent film collection description identifies man center martin notes possibility comes work description identifies actors harry frank crane asserts worked release reception single reel drama feet long released film feet feet long subject debate notes sources state film feet long example advertising film lists approximately length advertising film recognized friday 13th promote film date instead bring joy film shown united_states advertisements showing included theaters kansas texas pennsylvania identifying theaters showing work complicated named best man wins silent western produced shown advertised theaters time release film ambiguous advertisement likely reference seen hawaiian star hawaii published day release reviews film generally positive moving picture world found story interesting acted giving criticism production new_york dramatic mirror review criticized weak plot satisfactory acting diminished camera consciousness review found scene child taken mother death bed little attention paid corpse times included review favorable praised film photography arkansas city daily traveler advertisement lotus theater stated films independent moving pictures known existing copies complete partial known exist


mother film mother american silent short drama produced company film melodrama focuses allen runs away home violently abused stepfather mother keeps lit return home years later returns home having successful lawyer find parents later takes case defend lady prosecuted client company successful recognizes lady mother reunited film cast included anna frank crane carey hastings credits uncertain film released september met mixed reviews film presumed lost plot film presumed lost synopsis survives moving picture world september states play deals allen country unhappy home owing fact little prefers books farm work displeasure stepfather rough farmer book learning appeal runs away home mother keeps light window hoping guide boy home returns years later boy place world successful lawyer goes farm find little mother left widow gone away knows mother meantime left world goes city supports shopping department store accused person believes innocence discharged daring correct superiors girl efforts help old lady aid knows lawyer great ability refuse case dry goods company client girl describes lonely old lady begs sake mother clear statement case judge testimony mother counsel approaches offer mutual recognition results cast anna frank crane carey hastings production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions plot production criticized film reviewer new_york dramatic mirror boy grows unaware stepfather died mother moved city search work reviewer states think kept communication mother loved appears film director unknown barry film historian david attribute production possible candidates exist blair smith company soon joined louis gregory years experience motion picture photographer role uncredited productions cast includes anna frank crane early leading actors company carey hastings real carey sister actress featured numerous productions hastings earliest known work adaptation hastings known credit silent era website states harry roles production credits attributed harry known joined company credit cited old curiosity shop january cites having intermittent appearances early life david october credits cast unknown credits productions release reception single reel drama approximately feet long released september film distributed motion picture distributing sales company film released listed productions bearing ambiguous listing likely film crystal theatre kansas known theaters advertising film noted indiana arizona reviewer moving picture world wrote film little domestic tragedy shows boys driven home results picture goes direct heart makes place characters magic word mother key situation new_york dramatic mirror took issue depiction step father violent abuse young son found melodrama ending appeals sympathies


delightful delightful american silent short comedy produced company film follows marie allen orphan girl lives grandfather sees large doll window shop night visit shop doll finds gone shop ends hiding box prevent discovered store clerk taken home rich little girl taking doll clothes marie hides box approaches opens box marie acts like doll takes break food marie secretly takes food drink marie grandfather arrives home explains situation marie receives doll family little known production cast film marie played role marie film released october met praise trade publications film presumed lost plot film presumed lost synopsis survives moving picture world october states little marie allen orphan lives walk huge doll shop window night fallen asleep slips look doll arriving toy shop sees doll gone unseen enters store finds wonderful doll lifts box admire hearing clerk approaching frightened gets doll box doll rolls counter clerk sends boy box thinking contains doll ordered rich little girl arriving house marie steps box soon room removes doll clothes box greatly decides try soon little cap shoes figure hears coming box enters takes supposed doll box falls love instantly enthusiastically works arms limbs marie lives role imitating stiff movements limbs belong real dolls eats marie grows hungry watches sets bowl milk marie reaches drinks amazed misses milk marie helps food amusing finally falls asleep chair marie falls asleep floor found managed trace toy shop mother laugh marie adventure reward doll cast marie marie allen roles grandfather likely played members company roles uncredited apparently given trade publications production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions film director unknown barry film historian david attribute production possible candidates exist blair smith company soon joined louis gregory years experience motion picture photographer role uncredited productions role marie played marie cast credits unknown productions cast credits late company released list important personalities films list includes barnes frank crane crane violet martin thomas fortune george grace moore john noble anna george release reception single reel comedy approximately feet long released october film wide national release known theaters north_carolina washington montana arizona kansas minnesota film shown vancouver canada review received barely sentence moving picture news stated good moving picture world offers little highlighting film children offered brief summary devoid criticism praise new_york dramatic mirror gave substantial treatment subject stated film intended juvenile patrons charm older spectators tells pretty story pretty way narrative frankly impossible plot makes entertaining youthful little believe best men acting heroine wonderful spontaneous lively graceful charming rich girl played entrusted smaller younger woman size actress makes film look bizarre scenery desired effect usage living doll attempted doll apparently better success delightful


way way american silent short drama film produced company film focuses grandmother seeks support son makes comfortable house grandmother welcomed befriended marie crippled granddaughter son wife bear live mother law delivers ultimatum husband mother leave house husband decides mother old folks home wife informs leave immediately little marie upset grandmother leave way decides marie letter effect runs away old people home parents search marie discover note rush home relieved find marie safe family departs grandmother film released january met generally favorable reviews moving picture news critical noting similarities film released days prior film company film survives library congress plot official synopsis establishes story seen referenced beginning film stating turned son support losing savings seeking support arrives house shown granddaughter marie son mother wife strongly objects having mother law residence house shown room marie makes comfortable gives marie quickly friends little marie wife struggles presence patience tested knocks knocks box mother delivers ultimatum husband mother leave house shown husband decides mother scene wife appears informs leave marie assists grandmother departure old folks home son upset grandmother leave way different marie writes letter explaining gone live departs old folks home marie journey arm difficult way loses brook onward parents search marie discover note parents head old folks home relieved find marie grandmother wife informs nurse leaving packing belongings family depart production little known production cast film despite survival status known credit cited david marie cast role marie director scenario writer unknown company film preservation states dramatic theme film family took expected sentimental approach era marie identifies grandmother resolves way virtue site states special sensitivity feelings children reflected film release reception single reel film approximately feet long released january billboard praised marie acting noting good photography review moving picture world review states played grandmother played child fail touch heart person sit feel tears eyes strangely human grief emotion new_york dramatic mirror open praise film portrayal subject good acting noted technical faults film continuity reviewer wrote noticed old lady bag brought immediately packed left son house left home looks planned similar incidents hurt excellence number company superior films time life split film things illusion spectator moving picture news typically praised films norm immediately dismissing film stating theme getting foreign film identical son wife acts brutally husband mother things set right child compare twilight soldier life etc acting child charming old lady concept details wife grabbing old lady bag umbrella etc said sat bit rushed criticism theme accurate film company release nearly identical plot elderly soldier similarities films likely film released days prior david wrote modern synopsis production contains details official publication company present showing film college new october stated film met cheers audience persons print film preserved library congress


cent robbery cent robbery american silent short drama produced company film features debut marie main role robinson young girl attempt robbery family home thief manages toy bank containing cents ends taking catch thief police fail task reviewed positively critics viewed united_states film split reel containing short old shoe came single reel plot thief robinson home intention looting discovered young girl robinson flees taking toy bank containing sum cents usd equivalent upset theft bank parents decide inform police police station report robbery police laugh parents home inform police makes determined goes police station informs police captain robbery details assigns officers work case arrest men carrying toy banks ask identify says present police set men free decides task gets police whistle starts investigating eventually finding thief cast marie robinson grace production director film known certain directors possible barry stage thomas mccarthy direct important pictures including romeo juliet lloyd stage little director stay company short time moving company summer american_film_institute credits barry director film historian david attribute director particular production credit blair smith film debut marie soon known famous kid older sister grace later recalled production grace official member company release reception reel drama approximately feet released friday april short old shoe came included reel making split reel split reel release company release friday release company switching tuesday weekly release according advertisement moving picture news weekly release dates changed request film received favorable reviews critics morning telegraph said story far believable amusing way moving picture world stated acting satisfactory film advertised numerous states comedy theaters indiana kansas new_york pennsylvania


woman film woman american silent short drama produced company film focuses tom taylor woman sells property play order transaction taylor hotel subject bet bennett win affections succeeds bet taylor finds preparing leave forever speaks little known production cast single credit violet bennett film released june know reviewed trade publications film presumed lost production released year rediscovered new_zealand plot film presumed lost synopsis published moving picture world june states tom taylor owner pretty cottage lives believes woman friend john sparks tries cottage posters women taylor property valuable opening play purchases satisfactory figure close deal taylor obliged hotel attracts attention pretty young girl guests bennett played violet asks john introduce tom john declines grounds tom woman girls tom fall love propose week bet knowing tom lives follow horse borrowing built waiting outside hotel meets tom wins bet falls love incidentally girl loses heart tom finds tricked preparing away forever arrives speaks ends nicely production writer scenario lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions important script writer averaging scripts year film director unknown barry film historian david attribute production possible candidates exist blair smith company soon joined louis gregory years experience motion picture photographer role uncredited productions credit film known violet bennett members cast production unknown cast included leading players productions anna frank crane leading ladies year company crane involved beginnings company acted numerous productions director release single reel drama approximately feet length released june theater advertisements film found newspapers indiana pennsylvania maryland ohio film alternatively known advertised woman theater pennsylvania advertise jane magnificent costly production follow woman generic advertisement promotion great film unknown published trade reviews work exist absence citation given absence possible additional details commentary obtained advertisements local newspapers outside typical trade publications film labeled comedy advertisement woman new_york dramatic mirror june identification film reviews complicated existence pat power woman bears film released november powers film rediscovered new_zealand


millionaire millionaire american silent short drama produced company film focus jack young millionaire affections society girl named moore jack receives letter warning real interest money jack decides decides test suspicions character having newspapers announce ruin mind fortune calls jack confirm story breaks engagement orphan girl family treats servant expresses sympathy jack jack day married learns jack lost fortune cast production credits unknown film released december met mixed reviews film presumed lost plot film presumed lost synopsis survives moving picture world december states moore society girl won affections jack young millionaire thinks loves money prompted letter warning jack decides prove sweetheart love reason privately way mother treated poor relation orphan girl left care instead giving home servant jack plot works like charm faithful gives newspapers story failure jack mind young man ruin reads jack calls admits reports correct returns ring says fact person house shows sympathy jack poor relation naturally compares society girl jack wants unique way buys serves family way able everyday liking soon love agrees jack thinking world salary marriage told truth finds husband money supply wish lost chance win prized millionaire production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions film director unknown barry henderson employed company era included blair smith louis gregory alfred moses specifically credited role uncredited productions cast credits unknown productions late company released list important personalities films list includes barnes frank crane crane marie violet martin thomas fortune george grace moore john noble anna george film early example use character names jack repeatedly productions film historian david mentions patrons watched film know protagonist studio joke decide play jack play names jack printed track names usually mentioned film subtitles previous usage leading character roles dots release reception single reel drama approximately feet long released december theater advertised film comedy instead drama film wide national release theaters showing film include kansas pennsylvania south arizona film shown singapore new_york dramatic mirror praised film execution didn miss chance balance criticizing actor played jean style romance presented usual success purchase milk delivery job convincing talked camera picture seriously detail moving picture world gave positive review concluding life action characterize productions present photography satisfactory helps good picture unrelated comedy film title released december


playwright love playwright love american silent short drama produced company film focuses poor playwright named john russell approached poor dying woman death john takes daughter named grace decade passes grace young woman john struggles love approaches grace denied loves john john learns proposes accepted released july film received positive reception film critics reviewer noted similarity productions reviewer said film recalled prince film presumed lost plot film presumed lost synopsis survives moving picture world july states john russell unsuccessful playwright circumstances generous despite poverty poor woman falls exhausted doorway takes death cares child kind action bring luck play unable dispose sold good sum starts high road prosperity years later girl grown john finds deeply love ward passion believing hopeless eyes opened love grace told refuses loves john john hears promptly proposes promptly accepted girl production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions new_york dramatic mirror points plot film resembles popular stage production prince years ago plot play bear striking production play focuses william sculptor takes young girl request dying mother grows young woman rejects concludes deciding marry mention film morning telegraph stated story told times pictures film character playwright film director unknown kid marie known credit cast plays role young orphan grace members cast included leading players productions anna frank crane violet surviving film shows playwright process interview leaving hope credit attributed lost film despite lack production details quality films general stood independent producers editorial spectator new_york dramatic mirror contained specific praise productions stating practically independent american companies lack thought production crude stories handled giving impression rushed hurry thousand feet negative ready market pictures course cost produce class reputation company shows consistent effort things worthwhile editorial warned american audiences subject entertained novelty moving images cautioned distinct danger quantity quality editorial written frank woods american company licensed company like publication considerable slant licensed companies release reception reel drama approximately feet long released july film known indiana maryland film advertised possibly error simply playwright love playwright love film received numerous reviews trade publications positive moving picture news review positive stated love knows creed class unsuccessful playwright falls love daughter woman taken charitable interest time death fact wondered plays noble rewarded film reaches final scene story rich feeling sympathy settings touching appropriate photography pretty good review publication agreed film high quality release moving picture world spared brief summary film simple approval romantic story new_york dramatic mirror found reason film worth seeing absence villain


battle existence battle existence american silent short drama produced company fictional drama follows susan young woman luxury chooses fiancé breaks engagement susan father loses money life susan tries support fails role decides kill rushes stops suicide married little known production film released split reel sand man cure april film presumed lost plot official synopsis published moving picture world states susan brought luxury jim chooses opening picture informs jim choice change comes fortunes susan father speculation claims wealth life discovers fiancé love breaks engagement goes europe avoid girl susan starts earn living applies job lawyer office leaves man insults place department store discharged day counter took seat duty applies work factory rejected owing lack experience finally desperation takes place maid home gray offensive lawyer meets spirit revenge thief mistress susan decides end life fortunately susan meets jim rejected street tells brought susan discharge jim knocks rushes gray residence arrives time dissuade susan purpose ends happily wedding production director film known directors possible barry stage thomas mccarthy direct important pictures including romeo juliet lloyd stage little director stay company short time moving company summer film historian david attribute director particular production credit blair smith company soon joined louis gregory years experience motion picture photographer role uncredited productions indicate cast roles provides information production work release reception film released april production split reel containing battle existence sand man cure estimated length feet american_film_institute refers specifically entire reel feet length distinguish lengths productions filmography analysis provided company film preservation lists film comprising quarters reel approximately feet reasoning provided previous release follow split similar lengths billboard identify film split release length split reel followed film advertisements theaters united_states locations included missouri arizona new_york wisconsin vermont california film received mixed reviews film critics review film moving picture world found fault acting photography believe ending believable second review favorable noted scenario women aid occupation support life new_york dramatic mirror stated number inconsistent incidents film story rob interesting strength acting good scenic backgrounds appropriate reviewer makes references plot consistent official synopsis film presumed lost


guilty film guilty american silent short drama produced company film focuses harry martin bids goodbye blind mother leaves house soon encounters fleeing thief thief deposits stolen purse harry pocket police promptly discover arrest harry home bids goodbye jailed blind mother ill false belief son away journey learns breaks returns home police surround search house harry flees building successfully having police harry buys paper following morning discovers real thief turned film known early use close shot portray complex action thief purse harry pocket film released september met mixed reviews film survives library congress archives plot film begins harry martin saying goodbye blind mother leaving house time thief committed robbery chased street policemen harry thief encounter street struggle slips stolen purse pocket fleeing police encounter martin find stolen purse promptly arresting harry sweetheart visits martin mother police harry apartment harry bids mother sweetheart goodbye inter title car states harry want mother know gone away journey instead jail time passes harry receives note kate sweetheart mother ill wants return note kate states impossible prove innocence harry escapes passing wagon concealed corn hay returns home police gather surround search home harry escapes building successfully police following morning harry buys newspaper reads innocence real thief confesses crime proven innocence cast frank crane harry martin marie newspaper boy production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions film director unknown barry film historian david attribute production possible candidates exist blair smith company soon joined louis gregory years experience motion picture photographer role uncredited productions cast credits unknown productions film survives library congress actors production listed film shows novel techniques film production assist viewer understanding narrative beginning film harry thief struggle shot thief placing purse harry pocket struggle previous scene close shot men standing charlie author early american cinema transition cites attempt improve narrative allowing complex sequence events examined viewer states shot trade press objections close views showing value narrative development harry jail mother shown upper right film months film released robert wrote column moving picture world praised attention detail production newspaper shown camera seconds states unable seconds effect view means taken create illusion know producers aspiring reach great heights matters analysis frame shows illusion headline edition august new_york_city herald film shows real dangerous stunt executed crane seen sliding feet liberty scene couldn faked release reception single reel drama approximately feet long released september film likely wide national release similar productions theater advertisements known missouri minnesota indiana kansas years national release pennsylvania state board moving pictures reviewed film approved content modification film received mixed reception trade publications moving picture news stated tender end mother good acted said doctor carriage repeat theme far convict stripes unnecessary helm picture little bit mixed course moving picture world review neutral stated film engaging audiences interest reviewer find specific praise fault actual production new_york dramatic mirror detailed review reviewer states strong situations picture story based efforts young man sweetheart prevent young man mother knowing sent prison series melodramatic scenes convincing son officers later returns openly home newspaper printed confession criminal committed offense son convicted scenes handled abruptly best results acting appears satisfactory notes mirror detractors accused tool trust companies reviews films


stolen invention stolen invention american silent short drama produced company film focuses john inventor invention interests rejects small sum offers invention decides drugs effect drug makes temporarily insane sent asylum signature secure invention daughter breaks father asylum nurses health girl sweetheart tom lawyer takes court reveals arrested film released september received neutral negative reviews film presumed lost plot film presumed lost synopsis survives moving picture world september states john poor inventor living wife daughter approached capitalist proposition share profits new invention providing capital swing comes model invention greatly impressed offers small money invention refuses accept having failed invention fair means determines secure foul drugs result poison inventor temporarily insane condition transferred insane asylum inventor bill sale thinks crime discovered daughter grace failing induce sweetheart tom aid rescuing breaks asylum takes father conveys camp woods tender care health takes home demands rights denies owes cent inventor goes law tom acts counsel shows enlarged views signatures traced overcome revelation crime arrested family faithful tom happy production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions film director unknown barry film historian david attribute production possible candidates exist blair smith company soon joined louis gregory years experience motion picture photographer role uncredited productions cast credits unknown productions couch include credits brief summary film filmography listing listed film detailing cast credits surviving film gives possibility identifying actors daughter reviewer new_york dramatic mirror stated difficult understand magic signatures appear court room human agency come legal fashion evidently appearance taken symbolically final review difficult film lost synopsis states confused type slide projects image according synopsis production employs possibly display different signatures compare reveal reviewer state appearance unnatural referencing dissolve effect ability project dissolve known ability advanced according reviewer film included shots long_island sound release reception single reel drama approximately feet long released september film wide national release known theater advertisements pennsylvania kansas minnesota washington north_carolina arizona indiana film shown vancouver canada province theatre reception film mixed praised highly main trade publications moving picture news merely commented water scenery reviewer moving picture world stated interesting domestic story representing capitalist secure poor man invention detailed review negative published new_york dramatic mirror states film good trademark lead expect story long acting notable point forged escape insane asylum villain points threads woven result looks good deal like crazy work sheer plot relieved details mounting action wild escape asylum row river hiding woods cut absurd pattern probably like highly seasoned drama film prove entertaining mellow


lucky shot lucky shot american silent short drama produced company plot follows jack hunt son wealthy woman chorus singer jack mother son error rejects wife jack killed strike duty local militia child struggle poverty begs mother law aid woman enraged drops dead property goes young boy saves future family finding hidden fortune lucky shot playing indian released july film received positive attention saw international release film presumed lost plot film presumed lost synopsis survives moving picture world july states shot found fortune jack hunt son wealthy woman falls love chorus musical comedy married jack mother informed declares willing forgive son jack sticks wife time happy jack militia called strike duty meets death fight widow takes news mother law retains hatred despite tragedy time passes hunt property receiving exchange money hides secret place room meantime hard time roof head little boy desperate circumstances finally pride appeals mother law old woman fit rage brings stroke drops dead leaves property goes little george woman left search fails locate family homestead sell makes discovery playing indian boy shoots arrows room hits secret spring treasure vault accident puts boy mother want rest lives synopsis odds reviewers film state arrow reveals hidden shot little boy mother image shows woman large bow details reviewers state boy toy bow arrow shot production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions film seen having loose aspect labor issues film directly followed film address subject girl strike leader film loosely refers labor relations jack hunt killed riot strike duty young widow struggles ends meet subjects deal pressing social issues girls july release plot lucky shot employed technique resolve financial needs widow child plot family suddenly finding concealed fortune house reused film director unknown credits known cast marie little boy george role woman members cast included leading players productions anna frank crane violet release reception single reel drama approximately feet long released july film minor praise morning telegraph interesting story plot review moving picture world liked novelty film premise new_york dramatic mirror gives detailed review recognizes film appealing films recognizes obvious error production marie picks seemingly bag gold film wide release united_states known advertisements appearing pennsylvania kansas indiana film looks way canada province making series advertisements lucky shot states film comedy contains partial summary film saw united_kingdom release january


city dreams city dreams american silent short drama produced company film focuses brown sent live aunt living boarding house father heads alaska prospect gold life aunt home miserable dreams going new_york_city dreams city money buy receives word father returned alaska fortune wants wants cast staff credits unknown film includes scenes new_york_city film released november saw wide national release film presumed lost plot film presumed lost synopsis survives moving picture world november states brown child poor home small town middle west seen new_york city wanted father finding times hard decides chance gold fields alaska play opens start leaves care aunt sour old person runs boarding house promptly makes girl relatives submit sitting room evening tired day hard work looks magazines showing views pet city giving latest fashion girl filled longing travel wear pretty clothes falls asleep dream transported new_york finds money enable buy pretty things greatly enjoys visit extremely unhappy wakes finds dream reality long father returned gold fields fortune desire fulfill wishes pretty daughter production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions film director unknown barry henderson employed company era included blair smith louis gregory alfred moses specifically credited role uncredited productions cast credits unknown productions late company released list important personalities films list includes barnes frank crane crane marie violet martin thomas fortune george grace moore john noble anna george plot film focuses father leaves alaska gold rush possibly referring gold rush gold rush concluded time film produced dreams shot new_york_city states evident loved new_york_city years background numerous films scenarios played faults balance depicted city ultimate destination seeking culture entertainment spend final years life apartment fifth avenue scenic background new_york_city island falls created films appeals addition merits plot release reception single reel drama approximately feet long released november film wide national release advertising theaters known kansas north_carolina oklahoma nebraska arizona missouri texas pennsylvania known trade publication review moving picture world positive reviewer states clear presentation visions child wanted city vision bit actual city represents imagined city seen awakening rude happily vision real father appears sufficient money city acting mechanical work picture excellent quality minor review theater productions arkansas city daily traveler said good production


poor jake demise poor jake demise american silent short comedy film directed allen curtis featuring max film focuses jake finds wife position man later takes revenge bottle comedy films universal start career credited screen role film presumed lost fragment film discovered england restored plot jake comes home finds wife position enraged jake throws house wife threatens kill fearful jake commit suicide wife calls police officers sent find jake stopping bar commits suicide jake finds drowning jake takes revenge bottle cast max jake small servant production poor jake demise directed allen curtis produced independent moving pictures company imp distributed universal film manufacturing company screenplay author credited film notable having billed appearance debut release reception film released august texas north_carolina pennsylvania wisconsin illinois contemporary review film moving picture world described simply horse play special appeal harmless lacks film presumed lost fragment film discovered england restored laboratory amsterdam films paris restored fragment minutes seconds long film shown silent film festival film shown 31st international film festival evening march article jim record chronicle cited films don smith book horror film star claims film refer claim encyclopedia vampires monsters released film confirmed credit billed release according blake appear honor family ways fate earlier films credited


free ride free ride known grass sandwich film silent era considered earliest extant american hardcore pornographic movie depicts picks women later engages sex acts scholars consider free ride film sources claim produced later film director pseudonym cast remained anonymous filming location known produced new_jersey contradictory theories emerged identities cast sources suggest people low social status assert opposite institute print film collection free ride screened inauguration museum sex lisa new_york based artist remade film plot free ride opening denotes film setting wide open spaces men men girls girls hills romance adventure film shows women walking alongside road near home wealthy male right hand drive model touring car arrives offers lift women accept offer sit seat man kisses later tree women watch finish women quickly return car return women tree man secretly watches sexually aroused women return car man offers drink man woman walk woods standing woman left car curious follows woods seeing sexually aroused man previous woman sex missionary position soon woman joins man sex style later women subsequently gives man finishing sexual acts return car production british author dave thompson book black white blue erotic cinema victorian age notes credited source director free ride claim rejected film historian kevin author thompson identities cast disclosed credits title card says starring jazz girls thompson asserts cast resemble identifiable contemporary silent film stars claims crew cast noting actor wears large fake hat actor detached end film hid face thompson notes historical accounts describes casual histories suggested cast early pornographic films drawn people low social status homeless drug mentally ill prostitutes petty criminals thompson argues documentary evidence claim suggests actors likely higher social status free ride shot outdoors according cultural historian joseph legend shot new_jersey scholars including ross believe film produced earliest surviving american hardcore pornographic film los_angeles_times columnist jay jones notes free ride believed pornographic film commercial purposes production date disputed sources according institute research sex gender reproduction film film scholar williams writes assertion free ride earliest surviving american film doubtful kevin writes book mask innocence judging film actually thompson says evidence presented support later production date notes experts agree assertion evidence cited support production date includes similarity women mary actress dominated american film industry 1920s proponents later date claim woman wore style wig thompson indicates style hair popular 1910s citing interview magazine said felt exhausted incoming letters hair thompson disputes claim woman film actually wearing wig release free ride shown target audience time possible screen films public theaters victorian moral views contemporary society like pornographic films era free ride released circulated underground avoid censorship likely shown gentlemen clubs illegal gatherings men public places parties male venues film kept hidden society large government critical analysis according williams free ride representative genre early pornographic movies included film shows sexual intercourse like film german film free ride begins simple narrative frames shows signs conventional cinema short period finally shows hardcore scenes fragmented manner author described early films free ride editing like films 1910s film superior quality non commercial pornography preceded journalist luke ford writes sex given emphasis story free ride film uses humor opening credits false cast crew names wise guy director hard photographer title writer williams describes crude humor asserts common american films produced time professor frank university buffalo writes film production standard indicates previous experimentation films writes despite elementary nature movies like free ride films restricted visual experience short period time notes free ride contains fundamental constituents characteristics pornographic film identifies basic constituents carefully planned complicated state affairs provide introductory motivation visual sexually women theme generally rare reality straightforward quick sex acts film central theme reception legacy free ride known film 1910s according williams regarded classic pornographic film earliest pornographic films collection institute documentary film history blue movie includes scenes film museum sex new_york_city showed free ride inaugural exhibition lisa new_york based film director remade film actors instead events film represented landscape trees


wrath gods film wrath gods american silent drama film directed starring frank thomas henry lead roles feature film appearance directorial debut film based american sailor comes family ship ocean sailor falls love daughter family unaware fact cursed god marries nearby volcano destroy entire island family lives writer producer thomas got idea film volcanic eruption island paid week highest paid oriental stars time filming started january completed february film released warm reception june large scale publicity campaign visual effects film widely appreciated critics premiered japan september later banned bringing country played father film married film premiere plot baron fisherman lives daughter san island island inhabited cursed ancestors rage altar nearby temple curse daughter married nearby volcano finds difficult form relationships boys village prophet thomas spread cursed unwilling continue father acceptance curse takes san shrine garden house pray try curse removed feelings god american sailor tom wilson frank ship wrecked storm comes help shelter wilson falls love teaches christianity father decides convert marry tom local japanese american mission father converts locals stirred family chapel evade beach house instead mob reaches house throws statue set house puts cross place villagers infuriated beat death beneath cross burn house eventually volcano village destroyed dies tom wilson san survive taken away destroyed village united_states merchant vessel end film tom tells bride gods powerful san proved saved race cast lord san frank tom wilson thomas henry production january volcano erupted island southern japan biggest disasters history japan producer thomas immediately decided film based incident blade reported january news eruption hardly day old built santa canyon japanese village constructed large village studio city california decided possible use japanese people instead americans extras gathered workers southern_california work peasants film approximately japanese extras film shooting began january days eruption ceased actress badly injured production scene lava flow destroys village surrounded smoke nearly recovered film total help production reported newspapers lead actress native island lost relatives eruption actually city miles north biography appeal middle class audiences heroine melodrama claiming daughter japanese artist biographical type publicity added emotional psychological authenticity character played film soon husband played father film married film release paid week seeing chance production stated highest paid oriental stars film scene shot coast santa volcano included lavish effects feature film appearance directorial debut publicity release targeted middle class large scale publicity campaign organized new_york motion picture corporation months prior release new_york motion picture corporation advertisement february edition new_york announcing wait wrath gods major journals carried page advertisements film week pictures lines photographs taken film set advertisement film featured angry looking statue young woman praying marriage lead actors included publicity campaign film released new theater called strand june variety noted special incidental music written joseph pianist orchestra stage strand given air atmosphere management wrath gods purported attracted spectators marcus screened bill opening evening entertainment field brooklyn reception film received critics particularly visual effects especially volcano eruption scene advertisement film sun gazette stated like wrath god seen thrilling superb reading times called film genuine masterpiece stating contained greatest volcano scenes filmed time new_york critics hailed film masterpiece brooklyn daily eagle considered best film washington_post wrote scenic effects obtained especially picturesque volcano action central sensation chicago daily called film impressive spoke scenic vigorous beauty outdoor settings true republican wrote motion picture field film greater gods drama madame butterfly opera wrote volcanic eruption typhoon scenes mind film praised happy ending character lost village critic proposed book tragic love forbidden city film simultaneously warning celebrating romantic love lead actress acting highly appreciated adding sense narrative japan united_states japan lead actors considered insults country japanese film critics labeled film anti japanese portraying country people primitive manner film premiered theater september banned weeks later bringing country father sacrifices order cut ties daughter japan hoping protected tom christian god referring film particular film theorist said isn huge loss japanese producers don film export greatly unique landscape japan foreigners oxford handbook japanese cinema states film narrative religion collision emphasize difficulty japanese woman christianity american family system stating film foremost pitting west embodied american sailor primitive east embodied japanese woman told religious battle buddhism christianity film screened dragon painter stars 30th los_angeles asian pacific film festival film dvd released united_states march


film released britain american silent short drama produced company film focuses jack loves attend traveling comes little town consists hindu proves popular interest away telling message spirit world later gets leave town jack knocks takes costume follows hotel rescues aside william russell role film production cast credits unknown film released december met positive reviews film presumed lost plot film presumed lost synopsis survives moving picture world december states simple little country girl jack youth known childhood love traveling consisting hindu comes opera house little town young people interested spectators flock performance youth beauty attract plans lure away home sends message communication spirit world protest jack escort goes scenes performance meet great villain seeing thoroughly impressed tricks considers follow leaves town jack proves youth resource courage important played hindu told picture finally shown true light disillusioned comes decide jack kind protection needs world uncertainty according reviewer jack comes stage hindu knocks jack takes costume follows hotel rescues cast william russell production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions film director unknown barry henderson employed company era included blair smith louis gregory alfred moses specifically credited role uncredited productions according cast credits unknown productions production shows william russell film late company released list important personalities films list includes barnes frank crane crane marie violet martin thomas fortune george grace moore john noble anna george film example use character names jack repeatedly productions writes developed lloyd liked names years come imagine studio joke decide play jack play names jack printed track names usually mentioned film subtitles patrons watching picture theatre idea hero named jack usage leading character roles dots release reception single reel drama approximately feet long released december film released britain title april film likely wide national release known advertising theaters include arizona pennsylvania kansas theaters provide production credits identification film received positive review moving picture world said good story told audience intensely interested new_york dramatic mirror offered review commended criticized production summary review film


immortal films immortal american silent film released immortal earliest film version events surrounding battle film directed william produced film cast included francis ford storey william cadets military academy film said minutes length focused pretty girl shy hero villain formula battle mexican army lays siege mission lieutenant departs dispatch general sam houston makes sexual advances wife saved colonel william travis ousted mission provides information general santa anna marry lieutenant returns reinforcements wedding kills final scene film shows santa anna surrendering common soldier film noted historically inaccurate plot tries accuracy setting reviews film mixed criticism film striking contemporary account film depiction known copies film exist today considered lost film plot film historical drama depicts general santa anna attack mission san_antonio battle film location introduced historical figures william travis film romance element mexican spy affections lieutenant wife mexican army lays siege colonel travis calls men send word general sam houston lieutenant volunteers soon departs attempts charm repulsed advances saved colonel travis forced proceeds provide general santa anna information mission return right survivor bride falls women survive holds general santa anna promise prepares marry day marriage performed lieutenant reinforcements arrive capture lieutenant wife honor sword final scene film shows santa anna surrendering common soldier cast francis ford david storey william william young response inquiry motion picture story magazine section answers inquiries noted men leaning tree hand william private leaning tree young production release order shoot film moved production distribution unit star film company location new_york san_antonio january promised produce historically correct depiction battle film directed william film shot san_antonio texas location cadets military academy portrayed mexican army conceived idea designed plot formulated scenario film film produced permission mayor film released estimate cast claimed people present picture supported details production advertisement film highlighted bombarded real cannon ride lieutenant dispatch general sam houston arrival dave death escape rose surrender santa anna theaters film wonderland theater premier film advertisement film gave film length feet historical accuracy richard analyzed lost film notes production claimed minutes length significant depiction battle historical accuracy film compromised carry plot pretty girl shy hero villain lieutenant real person wife present mission infant daughter survived battle evidence mexican spy marriage attempt instead santa anna sent north inform victory mexican forces general sam houston cites labeling productions hybrid documentary fantasy notes early attempt historical documentary based attempt faithful setting uses form cinematic motifs frank thompson analysis production notes states william archives produce accurate depiction studio altered time battle thompson noted despite battle living memory exact reproduction painted canvas backdrop focused entirely fictional plot reception included brief review film states presented historical subject action breadth historical perspective stirring scenes large time human plot way historical background giving action specific interest scene showing santa anna surrender common soldier obscure wonders scenes action clear effective audience failed respond thrilling scene inside moving picture world review stated thrilling altogether satisfactory reproduction important historical episode company deserves highest picture way produced negative review column moving picture world found great faults production wrote hardly commander informed approach column enemy far away visible field glasses getting sufficiently panic stricken send immediately help saying besieged thousand look scene labelled attack short look said attack men thin line pointing guns interior people stop desperate defense line fighting death fight death talking original fighters line drawn floor stunt agree fight till died desperate fighters didn stop fighting discuss matter miss storey small usual gave convincing presentation woman utter despair deserved better crude setting received subject june issue motion picture story magazine included adapted story written john scenario written known copies film exist today considered lost film movie film survived


thanksgiving surprise thanksgiving surprise american silent short drama produced company film follows jack clyde young man lives vain idle life city rich friends wealthy uncle decides test morale character lawyers announce death giving fortune charity jack learns death left friends assisted poor jack struggles survive decides host thanksgiving dinner poorer uncle sees jack learned lesson secretly prepares feast set jack sleeps guest arrives uncle reveals ends film released november met favorable reviews film presumed lost plot film presumed lost synopsis survives moving picture world november states jack clyde rich young fellow brought wealthy uncle small western town jack decides wants new_york uncle sends faithful old servant welfare heart city jack expensive apartments leads vain idle life jack uncle hears conduct scheme thorough test boy instructs lawyers announce death entire fortune gone charity jack left jack turned rooms rich friends poor despised treated share crust ends marrying falling love humble little flower girl jack finally situation porter hotel uncle discovers planning thanksgiving dinner poorer decides jack learned lesson jack brings poor room provisions week salary permitted buy waiting guests arrive jack goes sleep uncle old servant watching closely seize opportunity enter jack room substitute poor meal real thanksgiving feast guests arrive host uncle returns jack assured prosperity real dream cast marie likely newspaper boy gibson claimed flower girl disputed william russell production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions film director unknown barry henderson employed company era included blair smith louis gregory alfred moses specifically credited role uncredited productions marie cast film likely newspaper boy previously played newspaper boy guilty role flower girl claimed gibson answer column motion picture story magazine gibson known single credit company release nicholas time gibson appearing studios productions immediate credit gibson employed leading speculate appearance film special project different film shows william russell opens possibility identifying actors cast credits unknown productions late company released list important personalities films list includes barnes frank crane crane marie violet martin thomas fortune george grace moore john noble anna george release reception single reel drama approximately feet long released november drama film labeled comedy film wide national release shown theaters north_carolina south washington kansas pennsylvania california hawaii state shown new release july film positively reviewed critics moving picture news affirmed stating film staged naturally acted story lesson stern reality mixed fidelity anxiety making story power moving picture world summarized film remarked contrasts human nature constitute principal points interest worked appreciation dramatic varieties implied false friends good counterparts way depicted graphic misunderstood new_york dramatic mirror took pictures new_york motion picture company powers picture plays praising camera posing film acknowledging acting flower girl portrayed


ways fate ways fate american silent short romance film produced american film manufacturing company film directorial producer roles attributed sources point wallace director film fictional plot centered jim conway grew wanting avenge father death headed west seek father killer lost mountains saved young woman fall love weeks conway reveals reason came west young woman father old man confesses killing conway father game cards chest conway refuses revenge love diminished feelings film released april widespread national release survival status film unknown presumed lost plot surviving description lost film published moving picture world states men playing cards argument flash revolver lay dead murderer fled little girl baby west bound train heard years passed jim conway grew sole purpose seeking father murderer deal justice went west day lost mountains called help help came form sweet faced woman led home spent flying weeks aged father learned love mountain beauty soul fair face day asked reasons hill country lover like secret door sat white haired father rose shook like leaf invited young man house confessed deed chest expected blow fell love poison thought summary film provided american film manufacturing company cast wallace jim conway rich single line motion picture story magazine notes rich played opposite wallace ways fate according author wallace life death hollywood idol cast marks debut disputed credits bush role disputed production release illustrated guide film directors credits directing film sage attribute wallace wallace life death hollywood idol credits producer director gives incorrect release date states film december injured day horse fell work mid january april announcement fired american film manufacturing company dismissal came shock stemmed personal dispute warren author rise decline hollywood studios suggests learned firing april based telegram sent company april employment opportunities newspaper article tried rumors dismissal termed retirement having resulted dissatisfaction company april announcement bush van leaving company says actresses personal reason follow departure announcement bush van joined universal film manufacturing company film released april american film manufacturing company known flying american company described film half social half western film release legacy film saw widespread release united_states advertising theaters included washington utah pennsylvania texas kansas north_carolina missouri film released internationally advertisements canada london united_kingdom book credits ways fate debut disputed documentary thousand faces states film debut occurred wife suicide attempt april earliest films studio open hollywood jon notes website film certainly feature directed wouldn interesting worked studio universal michael blake historian author books life work notes possibility exists performed role period unemployment blake notes occurred rejoined max company san_francisco california september furthermore encyclopedia early cinema states american film manufacturing company moved santa barbara california location summer later work left company dispute warren appearance film cited historians film survival status unknown presumed lost


american silent short historical romantic drama film directed turner starring robert film follows scottish duke falls love woman woman father refuses let marry wants daughter marry wedding steals away battle clans film produced film company released september film saw widespread national release garnered positive attention claimed appeared film disputed film presumed lost plot synopsis film provided moving picture news action laid eighteenth century story revolves young duke determined marry seeking money searches adventure highlands disguised meets daughter fall love sight unaware real identity old father refuses match prefers daughter wealthy girl carries news lover tells good cheer pipe tune class wedding day fixed leads melancholy forth visits feast guests throwing disguise escapes window previous called clan speeding away mansion cover retreat follows remarkably thrilling fresh piece business battle clans title youth discovered ends cast robert fischer hills joseph member scottish clans disputed production film produced film company august new_york announced joined universal_studios star new series films directed film listed titled restless spirit restless spirit second film unknown change production mistaken credited instead turner direct film film star robert fischer prior motion picture debut previously noted stage career california opera company variety roles sung light operas joseph played credited answer column photo play journal cast film billed credited production michael blake credits role film book films jon states confirm deny appearance notes surviving film release reception reel film released september times gave review prior release stating bright sunny pictures fail everybody action laid eighteenth century margaret fischer daughter rich takes pictures shown screen herald said film remarkably fresh interesting subject described film scottish ballad film kansas indiana texas chicago illinois missouri lincoln nebraska north_carolina pennsylvania wisconsin include indian territory oklahoma seattle washington arizona vermont oregon utah advertisements film december announcing showing durham north_carolina film considered lost unknown film lost universal deliberately destroyed remaining copies universal silent era films


everybody saves father girl camp everybody saves father girl camp american silent short films produced company films released single reel january everybody saves father comedy focusing father life planned saved succession daughter plan men work attempts daughter whilst girl camp drama film focusing girl mining town armed robbery use bear traps girl camp identified deposited library congress preservation known credits production come film film reviews everybody saves father positive girl camp met neutral reception plots official synopsis films published moving picture world january film everybody saves father focused gear young woman affections sought men father thinks daughter young married drives men john plan save life win man approval plan heard george decides hire save old man heard george rescue foil george plans failure successive plan works actions henry wins approval father married bill mean time second film girl camp focuses gates daughter woman mining camp come camp plan rob miners leader bill announces professor watson says lecture locating gold deposits town hall miners lured building save girl bill proceed rob men realizes meeting unusual goes town hall witnesses robbery way reporting stopping armed men struck idea returns home father bear traps sets steps town hall town hall step traps captured cast production film historian david cite credits everybody saves father cite credits girl camp rediscovered film identification film provided credit frank crane william violet tom fortune cast credits unknown productions late company released list important personalities films list includes barnes frank crane crane marie violet martin thomas fortune george grace moore john noble anna george writer scenarios likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions film director barry henderson role uncredited productions employed company era included blair smith alfred moses louis gregory release reception everybody saves father girl camp released single reel approximately feet length january total length everybody saves father approximately feet long girl camp feet long films split reel films advertised independently listed everybody saves father theaters showing possibly films known north_carolina indiana texas kansas arizona pennsylvania california surviving print girl camp sold film purchased deposited library congress preservation everybody saves father met positive reviews trade publications billboard review stated comedy american makes good subject photography excellent acting clever moving picture world affirmed good lively comedy reviews backed new_york dramatic mirror positive review comedy production publications review girl camp neutral billboard highlighted prop traps work hold man film moving picture world new_york dramatic mirror offered praise novelty production criticism

Everybody Saves Father and The Only Girl in Camp


film american silent short drama film produced company focusing subject convictions evidence plot french baron american businessman affections chooses american french baron aunt revenge american falls trap accused stabbing baron conspirators evidence convict sent prison aid homeless looks like fiancé substituted prison original forces confession aunt plot baron convicted sent prison released february film critical failure plot prison scene film presumed lost plot film focuses young french baron american businessman named jack aunt favors french noble desire status hurt learn chosen marry american businessman baron vows revenge schemes aunt aid plot businessman comes house fiancée learns house sits baron aunt moments later servant rushes room attracted cries jack bending wounded baron knife hand aunt baron accuse stabbing servant policeman saw jack knife court jury finds clear case jack sentenced years prison fiancée determined prove innocence knows establish meets homeless man closely resembles jack commit crime smashing window man desires prison believing way food shelter girl recognizes opportunity plans pay taking place fiancée prison man clever proves successful change clothes jack free confronts aunt believes aunt confesses baron wounds self inflicted evidence servant policeman seen erroneous substitute convict pardoned released prison swap known plot french baron convicted sent state prison production known credit film starred william film historian david notes plot dealing evidence focused lloyd social issues produce scenarios featuring problems evidence obtain convictions notes convictions known social issue pressing film tackle subject love law released december love law film garnered criticism plot web evidence intrigue resolution comes female detective novel prison original needed confession nature film highlighted advertising film states carries message lesson value evidence process convictions obtained criminal courts reel demonstrates easily evidence sort totally innocent man release reception single reel drama approximately feet long released february film met wide variety reviews critics majority proving negative morning telegraph like found story completely accounts reviewer stated magistrate sent man jail assault blunt knife jail changing clothes proved impossible moving picture news found baron lady hand glove wondered able film prison scenes moving picture news summed film stated good teaching woman class details sadly new_york dramatic mirror panned film beginning inconsistent seen screen time reviewer concluded review plot having dreamed year old girl film presumed lost film known held archive collector


bold bank robbery bold bank robbery short crime film produced distributed manufacturing company silent film depicts group plan execute successful bank company employee jack film director coming story serving cinematographer cast identities unknown silent film manufacturing company release feature original narrative film created commercial success porter film great train robbery intended similar released july reception mixed credited having motivated porter direct film capture bank print seven minute film public domain preserved library congress film released dvd compilation silent films plot learning short money group decide execute bank create plan hire drive location soon reach isolated road force car gag throw ditch drive car bank entering kill security guard use explosives force bank vault open thieves steal money possible quick retreat car park young couple walk discover unconscious body man calls police band home start splitting stolen goods equally police barge subdued fight manages escape window ends roof policeman chase criminal jumping rooftop rooftop jumps street runs railroad station boards departing train police officers arrive late left officers tell train send telegram station informing fugitive asking catch soon possible train reaches station exits train runs right path policemen caught sentenced years jail work jail quarry group review failure pinning blame production bold bank robbery directed jack produced manufacturing company worked company serving general manager devised stories films bold bank robbery exception film company feature original narrative served cinematographer film relaxed approach making films use numbered scenes assembling films sole material editors rely pad notes identities cast bold bank robbery film silent shot black white filmed philadelphia shot camera company creator built bold bank robbery inspired created success western film great train robbery inspirations included american european crime films manufacturing company known produce films similar popular ones film historian observed like good idea film producers making money pop simply appropriated title remade motion picture filed copyright film july finished product comprised feet film release bold bank robbery released july distribution handled manufacturing company optical company promote film placed advertisement billboard appearing october issue film advertised magazine advertisement offered film purchase price dollars free victor talking machine purchase films advertisement film new_york declared bold bank robbery sensational film film shown theaters played alongside device record replay audio audio synchronized action owing fact operate machines hand received positive review writer american newspaper victoria advocate branded film adversely author jay writing film quarterly criticized film obviously derivative porter directed film entitled capture bank distributed studios filmed august september year film features group execute porter motivated produce bold bank robbery man belleville ontario held screenings bold bank robbery paired films crime genre screened films fair man surprised ovation received audience writing applause amazing thought collapsed film survived print bold bank robbery preserved library congress film archive film released dvd international movies begin dvd collects silent short films released film public domain


nights bar room film nights bar room american silent short drama produced company adapted novel nights bar room saw arthur production focuses joe morgan hopeless morgan young daughter mary comes father return home day appears fight men fatally struck bottle thrown saloon keeper mary dies asks father promise swear alcohol accepts reformed successful saloon keeper killed fight irony fate film released november met mixed reviews film presumed lost plot work adaptation arthur novel nights bar room saw moving picture world synopsis states despite fact loving husband father joe morgan ruins life fondness drink finally seemingly hopeless spends time money saloon kept man took away joe mill largely caused financial ruin saloon opened furnished landlord customers happy seemingly unaffected surroundings time passed change worse noted probably escaped joe notice sharp shot needed reform shock came joe daughter mary habit going saloon urging father come home knew matter harm evening appeared father threw bottle morgan missile struck child entering blow resulted fatally mary died extracted promise grief stricken father drink promise afterward kept later years joe wealthy respected influenced thought daughter heaven kept straight narrow path saloon keeper killed mary punished law irony fate taking like joe morgan helpless child cast frank crane joe morgan marie little mary production production based nights bar room saw arthur plot focused dangers alcoholism downfall taken effects 1850s sales novel second uncle tom cabin production adapted stage perform broadway proved lasting success dozens productions cross united_states years play proved major influence movement resulting passage laws likely writer scenario lloyd film director unknown barry henderson employed company era included blair smith louis gregory alfred moses specifically credited role uncredited productions roles frank crane marie known cast credits unknown productions late company released list important personalities films list includes barnes frank crane crane marie violet martin thomas fortune george grace moore john noble anna george release reception single reel drama approximately feet long released november film released outside planned order scheduling conflict originally american queen planned released date instead pushed november film received mixed reviews critics moving picture news stated lace windows home betrayed supposed poverty morgan family moving picture news stated title completely misunderstood majority moving picture sporadic reformer know original seen film fill space moving pictures founded title film necessary power terrible reality common incident daily life new_york dramatic mirror wording praise stating supposed company finally present familiar drama form reviewer feel glad film doesn level film output review found acting good found fault shadows actors fell lamp instead away new_york dramatic mirror neutral party reviews took shot company running article stated company announces production nights bar room confined reel given film requires proper production departure restrictive limit feet gives promise drama adequate treatment states paper acting role version released half year later june spite reason mention thomas author american literature stage screen works adaptations claims production earliest known film adaptation novel error produce adaptation feet length october


girls girls american silent short drama produced company film focuses works save money little sisters new_york john encounters girls urges attend classes outbreak fever john suddenly taken ill nurses health time production term focus struggling survive focus productions film released july received criticism having character appear jewish incorrectly portraying place work film presumed lost plot film presumed lost synopsis survives moving picture world july states immigrant girl work great city saving time manages money send old country little sisters meets island escorts battery park new home girls live uncle aunt poor room smallest sisters playing day gets lost suddenly finds dismayed entirely strange surroundings found john young settlement worker tears takes safely home john attracted meets time brings little family little bringing flowers books girls attend classes settlement teaching class evening john suddenly attacked fever epidemic time pupils flee fear remains nurses health recovery john makes wife work bringing knowledge happiness poor east new_york_city cast marie immigrant child anna production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions author bridge light film worlds writes lower east reached total population world films subject included yankee child author jew american cinema says films highlight hard working melodramatic situations resolved solutions setting film included scenes manhattan advertised study settlement conditions great east new_york_city produced right heart assure faithful presentation east life representatives races pass picture slow stepping russian details production recorded flaws depicting fact hebrew characters recognizable film director unknown kid marie anna known credits members cast included leading players productions frank crane violet despite lack production details quality films general stood independent producers editorial spectator new_york dramatic mirror contained specific praise productions stating practically independent american companies lack thought production crude stories handled giving impression rushed hurry thousand feet negative ready market pictures course cost produce class reputation company shows consistent effort things worthwhile editorial warned american audiences subject entertained novelty moving images cautioned distinct danger quantity quality editorial written frank woods american company licensed company like publication considerable slant licensed companies release reception single reel drama approximately feet long released july film wide national release known advertisements theaters found indiana nebraska missouri pennsylvania north_carolina texas production met negative attention film critics reviewer moving picture news wrote isn lot story acting class finds favor public pictures taken far depicting east conditions photography particular scenes ideal productions new_york dramatic mirror moderate criticism identifying specific faults portrayal found story good parts acted morning telegraph offered similar criticism story picture fairly good details wrong place producers evidently representing store like custom tailor shop thriving business people supposed hardly resemble objection settlement worker falls faint girl slow picking story tells poor immigrant hebrew girl falls love settlement worker returns affection finally results marriage advertisements bill production seeing new_york_city life


hoax detective hoax detective american short comedy film produced distributed manufacturing company silent film features detective named hoax tries solve murder unbeknownst practical joke played young boys shorts designed derive humor similar holmes character hoax based minor character film story rejected finished film released april split reel presented comedies black white short received positive reviews journalists praising film humor unclear surviving print film identities film cast crew recorded plot hoax detective little respect small tropical town lives despite fact thinks better holmes pair boys decide play trick hoax tell murder hoax rushes scene crime discovers cloth later finding wearing type clothes found runs away hoax gives chase people helping pursuit eventually hoax captures aid police officer returns victim body man hoax comes realization body dummy stuffed leaves crowd laugh hoax expense boys punished production hoax detective produced manufacturing company company founded german american film pioneer known producing films similar successful time author ron wrote book holmes watson screen hoax long growing line comedies having fun names similar holmes featured character hoax originally minor character film story rejected appeared hoax detective silent film filmed black white finished product comprised feet film identities cast crew recorded release reception hoax detective released april distributed manufacturing company advertising touted film comedy funny film split presented alongside comedies jones watch man believes watch robbed fisherman luck fisherman causes lake day hoax detective received positive reviews release article film journal moving picture world written unnamed journalist opined fact films totaled feet strong comedy subjects reel notable reviewer wrote topics entirely different reel best comedy offerings long time moving picture world reviewer wrote positively film opining acting clever developing amusing features proceeds detective hunting glass funny review indiana newspaper herald described film positively comical detective picture exciting situations review connecticut newspaper new london day lauded films writing pictures trio laugh hoax detective screened late october october unclear surviving print hoax detective likely lost film rediscovered film public domain


lives film lives american silent short drama produced company plot focuses john hill bank decides death manager finds accounts short plan reporter interviews wife decides suppress story years pass reporter decide marry john returns day wedding house sees love decides disappear attempts leave accidentally falls death reporter removes body leads altar film described variant reviewer differs execution cast credits film unknown surviving film shows principal characters film released september positive reviews film presumed lost plot film presumed lost synopsis survives december states shortage discovered accounts john hill young bank manager bank agrees days time good shortage john young wife young reporter interviews husband shortage interested young woman decides suppress story husband fails raise money leaves clothes note telling intended suicide wharf water edge years young reporter wins bride day wedding john attracted house ceremony place hearing rich gifts bride received enters house witnesses love scene young reporter john wife finds impossible escape way entered attempts leave floor window falls ground killed hastings finds body carried away leads altar production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions plot likened moving picture news story differs ways published alfred lord poem tells eponymous character desert island returns home decade later find wife remarried new child sake wife happiness lets know alive plot differs husband willingly death returns day wedding announce attempts leave dies process body removed prospective husband marrying similarity poem comes refusing confront wedding revealing fact alive ensured john true death climax new_york dramatic mirror noted journalists arrived photograph cover apparent suicide quickly making fake suicide revealed film director unknown barry film historian david attribute production possible candidates exist blair smith company soon joined louis gregory years experience motion picture photographer role uncredited productions cast credits unknown productions surviving film gives possibility identifying leading actors release reception single reel drama approximately feet long released september film wide release theater advertisements known kansas maryland pennsylvania indiana later advertisements film referring company lives released film extant rare errors resulted reliance film company having film advertisements error lines film released britain december reviews film positive moving picture news stating variant resurrected undesirable husband eliminated suit plain new_york dramatic mirror agreed premise plot film stated people fairly added details logical new interest moving picture world offered neutral summary plot concluded film graphic illustration conditions arise time develops dramatic story proceeds local review film called splendid error reasons unknown gives different story plot stating wife fell death accident attempting


kansas saloon kansas saloon comedy short film produced distributed studios directed porter satire american activist nation film portrays nation followers entering destroying saloon nation water policemen order identities actors known inspiration film provided editorial cartoon appeared new_york evening journal kansas saloon success march release inspired films nation produced manufacturing company company film produced studios mock nation released year nation wants divorce parodied relationship nation husband print film preserved library congress released dvd plot working saloon serving drinks customers fills irish man bucket beer nation followers burst inside assault irish man pulling hat eyes dumping beer head group begin bar smashing fixtures mirrors breaking cash register water nation face group policemen appear order everybody leave production american activist nation attacked saloon december silent motion pictures dealing subject alcohol began produced testament nation national notoriety influence studios time kansas saloon produced studios parody nation crusade charles film historian writes page new_york journal excellent indicator events considered worthy department attention director kansas saloon porter came work eventually porter director responsible studios output porter based set photograph wrecked saloon appeared journal characters plot based editorial cartoons published paper porter frequently read publication wanted inspiration topics interested production supervised james white porter assisted george creation kansas saloon actor scenic designer studios joined studio january porter operated camera film developed footage kansas saloon marked short films created porter partnership identities people appeared picture recorded known women film played men drag rendering sexually kansas saloon features stop action techniques portray nation destroying bar shot black white copyright filed film february finished product comprised feet film kansas saloon satire nation produced studios nation wants divorce comedy picture released year inspired news articles nation husband requesting divorce critical analysis kansas saloon categorized enactment political satire based recent news event noted helping visual newspaper style film short portrays positive places immoral establishments book emergence cinema writes women invasion male refuge seemingly attributed sexual frustration need revenge author karen opined kansas saloon suggests women attacking present establishments film critic dave noted new_york_times article nation wants divorce film dated fact evil influence liquor longer burning question critic wrote village_voice film worked evidence things visual mass media culture sold audience comic impulse clean release initially advertised nation brigade kansas saloon distributed studios released march unique publicity created film rare occasion time release film screened ninth arch street museum philadelphia received entire bill short nation followers nation found view porter film offered disturbing film proved successful inspiring films nation produced studios company nation smashing saloon april manufacturing company produced film entitled nation brigade early march attempted capitalize success kansas saloon making film nation appeared unable contact actress hired play arranged bar owner film staged destruction scene actress proved convincing began destroy bar real forced pay seven dollars damage kansas saloon film public domain paper print preserved library congress paper print recover film dvd release compilation social issues american film compilation treasures american film archives produced national film preservation foundation features films period particular focus common issues releases produced nation film nation wants divorce included


actor actor american silent short film produced company brand written philip directed arthur release production supervised produced new studios plot film farmer disliked entire town decides head new_york actor farmer returns farmer village makes popular work actor tells farmer return home farmer finds liked marries love interest reel comedy production saw wide united_states release released united_kingdom alternate title actor reviews positive focused good acting originality execution plot new_york finding welcome relief pie smashing antics comedies plot farmer dislike village including wants marry takes big losses playing poker heads new_york forget problems new_york actor takes interest accidental meeting arranged actor studies goes farmer hometown popular people actor wins poker regains interest actor returns informs silent returns home returns finds liked marries love interest longer cast riley actor marshall actor friend edward known leo post john morgan jones kenneth production actor production new brand company production personally supervised new studio new productions place princess brand films poorly audiences scenario written philip production directed arthur single reel film approximately feet length production included actors like riley princess brand actors like marshall advertisement film stated marshall riley chamberlain lead actors production reception reception film released april later british release title actor september film widespread release united_states advertised oregon illinois pennsylvania south_carolina kansas atlanta georgia indiana new_york california review said good comedy funny tells story leaves good humor new_york dramatic mirror praised film having produced having consistently good acting review moving picture world favorable found production original pleasing new_york found comedy relief pie smashing throwing affairs long suffering public come regard sort film comedy seen motion picture news called amusing clever detailed review written peter said story original concept role actor executed riley chamberlain film presumed lost


film american silent short film produced company film details story jack businessman love professor daughter jack purchases plans win respect jack room live electrical wire takes immediate interest jack rejected professor cut jack returns saves jack explains film concludes professor marrying production films produced met favorable reviews film presumed lost plot original synopsis film published moving picture world follows professor won fame scientist collected objects egyptian centuries old enthusiasm associates jack active ahead young businessman interested professor home tries pretend interests professor fair young daughter jack decides win old man respect posing start collection purchases auction sale takes home expecting later great hit sweetheart father presenting gift jack room live electric wire accident brought contact body perfectly electric current necessary vital spark jack amazed dancing forth case thought contained bones beautiful egyptian princess soon released makes violent love jack causes sweetheart quarrel plain businessman explain presence room beautiful love visitor distant past having jack placed case heart time save cut professor sharp knife starts investigate contents case ends happily jack plain statements seemingly impossible facts proved true professor jack reunited sweetheart professor ardent admirer antique leads recreated egyptian lady altar spite fact difference thousand years ages cast william jack harry likely professor production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions film director unknown barry henderson employed company era included blair smith louis gregory alfred moses specifically credited role uncredited productions according cast credits unknown productions production shows william russell film late company released list important personalities films list includes barnes frank crane crane marie violet martin thomas fortune george grace moore john noble anna george film given production code number code word catalog listed film length feet film expected run time minutes billed company having comedic nature released march listed drama moving picture world distributed motion picture distributing sales company production came time renewed interest urban films release films titled followed studios release soul meets soul film company vengeance egypt film unique special effect bodies cast dissolve aerial flight egypt end film reception film known states including wisconsin pennsylvania kansas advertisement lyric theater indiana noted film debut included notes miss dot bill miss dot credited film source likely acts theater bill march review moving picture world confirmed novelty walking case egyptian princess sufficiently unusual create interest interest increased young man love forces case review reflected production exceptionally good photography acting staging alongside productions reviews billboard new_york dramatic mirror morning telegraph positive emphasis special effects maria book ancient world silent cinema provides additional noting film erotic past present marriage animated egyptian princess film erroneously claimed earliest film monster book notes films including tomb earlier examples film presumed lost


assisted assisted american silent short comedy produced company film focuses charlie meet train home romantically interested turns parents friends wish married relationship ploy children fathers bitter enemies public couple enjoyment intention surviving film shows members cast including frank crane violet film released august saw wide national release film presumed lost plot film presumed lost known surviving copies film exist synopsis film published moving picture world states door neighbors old friends daughter son young people met away school old folks friendship men adjoining places believe best thing younger people married try bring charlie meet train returning home start married end old folks hadn lose interest fathers try decide bitter enemies public hoping opposition bring children new plan works like charm charlie realizing parents shortcomings decide satisfaction cast frank crane violet production writer scenario unknown likely lloyd experienced employed new_york evening world writing scripts productions film director unknown barry film historian david attribute production possible candidates exist blair smith company soon joined louis gregory years experience motion picture photographer role uncredited productions identification members cast come surviving film advertisement credits included anna leading ladies company era actors film frank crane leading male actor company involved beginnings company states credits productions release reception reel comedy approximately feet long released august film saw wide national release advertisements kansas wisconsin pennsylvania north_carolina nebraska arizona oklahoma film shown province theatre vancouver canada released years prior examination pennsylvania state board moving pictures film approved need modifications new_york dramatic mirror review positive despite plot having produced previously reviewer wrote film story independent producer prompts wonder avoid borrowing producers excuse particular case telling story sad failure pleasing qualities fathers determined children shall young folks object cut dried procedure fathers pretend quarrel children love assisted secretly parents trick having boy join girl apparent hiding trunk note plausible human comedy moving picture world brief acknowledging scenario acting convincing moving picture news review brief stating film calls laughter deserved built human nature story enjoy american film manufacturing company released similarly titled assisted company released assisted