Self (archive footage)
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
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Este perspicaz documental presenta algunas de las actrices más importantes y bellas que adornan la pantalla grande. Muestra cómo la industria del cine cambió su descripción de la representación del sexo y las actrices del sexo desde la era del cine mudo hasta el presente. Las escenas clásicas se muestran desde la película muda, True Heart Susie, protagonizada por Lillian Gish, hasta Love Me Tonight (1932), mezcla de sexo y sofisticación, protagonizada por Jeanette MacDonald (antes de Nelson Eddy) y Elizabeth Taylor en A Place in the Sun (1951), además de mucho, mucho más.
Woman (uncredited)
En 1868, trescientos indios cheyennes vivían miserablemente, lejos de sus tierras, en una reserva de Oklahoma. Para sacarlos de la pobreza, sus jefes decidieron emprender un largo viaje hasta sus praderas natales. Pero la huida fue descubierta y la caballería salió en su persecución. En el primer combate murieron el comandante Braden y ocho de sus hombres. Cuando se supo la noticia, millares de soldados fueron enviados a combatir contra los valerosos cheyennes.
Family Council Member (uncredited)
La vida en una isla al sur del Pacífico es casi perfecta para dos amigos ya retirados del ejército: pasan su tiempo en la taberna, lugar donde discuten, pelean y se liberan de la monotonía de la vida tropical. Y a este auténtico paraíso, llega una estirada bostoniana que busca a su padre.
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
En un mundo cambiante en el que la televisión se ha convertido en la principal fuente de información, Adam Caulfield, un joven periodista deportivo, es testigo de cómo su tío, Frank Skeffington, un veterano y honesto político, alcalde de una ciudad de Nueva Inglaterra, intenta ser reelegido mientras banqueros y empresarios conspiran en la sombra para colocar en el ayuntamiento a un candidato débil y manejable.
Hysterical Passenger
Julie Benton vive atemorizada, bajo la constante amenaza de su actual marido, un hombre de personalidad psicópata y obsesiva. Además pronto descubrirá que fue él el que asesinó a su primer marido, haciendo creer a todo el mundo que había sido un suicidio.
'Grandma' Edwards
Anne Carson (Joan Taylor) es enviada a una cárcel de mujeres por su presunta participación en un atraco a un banco con otros dos, entre ellos Paul Anderson (Lance Fuller), que sigue en libertad. El dinero nunca fue recuperado y todos los ojos están puestos sobre Anne que niega saber el paradero del dinero.
Dark Cloaked Woman at Fort Guarding Deranged Woman (uncredited)
Texas. En 1868, tres años después de la guerra de Secesión, Ethan Edwards, un hombre solitario, vuelve derrotado a su hogar. La persecución de los comanches que han raptado a una de sus sobrinas se convertirá en un modo de vida para él y para Martin, un muchacho mestizo adoptado por su familia.
Mrs. Manners
Los periodistas del Sentinel están a punto terminar la edición del periódico. En los pasillos y en las mesas se conspira y se intriga para hacerse con la dirección del diario. Mientras tanto, un criminal que se dedica a matar mujeres jóvenes, tras cada asesinato, deja a la policía un mensaje escrito con pintalabios. En el periódico se establece una feroz competición: el primero que consiga la noticia de la captura del asesino "del pintalabios", tendrá todas las de ganar. Un redactor sin ambiciones consigue convencer a una secretaria de la que está enamorado para que sirva de cebo a fin de atraer al asesino, contando, por supuesto, con vigilancia policial.
Mrs. Cobb, Steve's Landlady (uncredited)
Cuando el policía Steve Collins está a punto de desmantelar la organización de Vic Amato, un mafioso de San Francisco, cae en una trampa y va a parar a San Quintin, condenado por asesinato. Tras cinco años de reclusión, recobra la libertad y se lanza a la caza del responsable del complot.
Emigrant (uncredited)
Recién terminada la Guerra Civil americana (1861-1865), dos hombres se proponen la difícil tarea de conducir ganado desde Texas hasta Montana. Para ello deberán luchar contra los forajidos, los indios y la propia Naturaleza. Uno de ellos, Ben Allison (Gable), ayudado por su hermano Clint (Cameron Mitchell), se propone conseguir una gran fortuna robando ganado. Pero para ello tendrá que asociarse con Nathan Stark (Ryan), un importante ganadero que tiene que conducir una gran manada. Durante el peligroso viaje, entre ellos surgirá, además, una gran rivalidad por el amor de la hermosa Nella (Jane Russell)
Witch in 'Macbeth' (uncredited)
Prince of Players is a biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth.
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Norman Maine, un famoso actor adicto al alcohol, descubre a Esther, una joven con un gran talento para la canción y decide impulsar su carrera cinematográfica. Ella consigue la fama y, a los pocos meses, la pareja contrae matrimonio. Pero, a medida que el éxito de Esther aumenta, decae el de Norman, y esta situación lo empuja a la autodestrucción.
Jerusalem Woman Aiding Demetrius (uncredited)
Siglo I d.C. En la Roma de Tiberio, el joven y noble Marcelo Galio encuentra en una subasta de esclavos a la bella Diana, enamorada de él desde que eran niños, y ahora pupila del emperador. Marcelo se enfrenta en una violenta puja con Calígula, hijo y sucesor de Tiberio, y consigue quitarle al esclavo griego Demetrio. Enterado el emperador de la disputa, castiga a Marcelo enviándolo a Palestina en calidad de tribuno. Cuando llega, Poncio Pilato acaba de condenar a Cristo a morir en la cruz.
Anna Swenson (Uncredited)
Cuando la sobrina de Whitney Cameron fallece, un matrimonio amigo le sugiere que por los síntomas que presentó pudiera haber sido envenenada. Whitney, pensando en el otro sobrino que sigue al cuidado de su madrastra, y a pesar del afecto que se tienen, da parte a la policía.
GAR Woman at the Ball
Ambientada en 1905, narra la sentimental historia de un afable y popular juez de Kentucky que se presenta a la reelección contra un fiscal yanqui.
Woman to Whom Norman Gave His Seat (uncredited)
El Titanic era el trasatlántico más grande de su tiempo, una maravilla de la ingeniería. Sus constructores estaban convencidos de que era insumergible. En 1912 partió del puerto de Southampton con destino a Nueva York. Sus pasajeros eran la flor y nata de la sociedad de aquel tiempo.
Maid (Uncredited)
Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he committed a murder.
Father Paul's Mother (uncredited)
Después de matar a su oponente durante un combate, un boxeador decide volver a su Irlanda natal para dejar atrás su pasado. Nada más llegar, se enamora de Mary Kate Danaher, una mujer muy temperamental, y decide casarse con ella a pesar de que su hermanastro se opone al matrimonio.
Maid (uncredited)
Radio star Kitty Moran, long married to partner Jack, finds she's pregnant, but miscarries. For a change, the couple turn their act into a series on early TV and try to adopt a baby. Finally they acquiring a girl in a somewhat back alley manner.
Mrs. O'Brien (uncredited)
Jimmie Ringo, un legendario pistolero, se siente tan viejo y cansado que está decidido a retirarse y llevar una vida más tranquila como granjero. Sin embargo, sus propósitos tropiezan con la incomprensión y la intolerancia de la sociedad. Aunque ya no será perseguido por la ley, la región está llena de jóvenes pistoleros que desean demostrar que son más rápidos que él para ocupar su lugar y heredar su fama.
Harris
Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures her all the more. So when she decides to try again to become an opera singer he indulges her. While organising a concert for her he meets glamorous Cecil Carver. She in turn discovers Leonard has a splendid voice, and encourages him to use it for reasons very much her own.
Sister Hattie
John Breen es un soldado de Kentucky que regresa desde Nueva Orleans a su tierra. En Alabama, conoce y se enamora de Fleurette De Marchand, hija de un general francés, quien se opone a la relación. John comienza a buscar trabajo en la ciudad y descubre que existe un plan para echar de Alabama a la comunidad francesa y acabar con el padre de su amada.
Greenleaf's Maid (uncredited)
A scientist discovers a formula that makes a baseball which is repelled by wood. He promptly sets out to exploit his discovery.
Mrs. King
Una mujer (Helen Walker) y su amante deciden matar al marido (Brian Donlevy) para quedarse con su dinero.
Miss Jenkins (uncredited)
Tres mujeres reciben una carta de una amiga llamada Addey Ross en la que les dice que se ha fugado con uno de sus maridos. A partir de aquí veremos las dudas y los temores de las tres esposas sobre sus respectivos matrimonios, en una narración articulada en flashbacks en los que vemos diversas escenas de sus matrimonios.
Mrs. Perley Sweet
Tres atracadores de bancos, perseguidos por un sheriff, se adentran en el desierto y allí se encuentran a una mujer moribunda que está a punto de dar a luz.
Molly Thatcher
A state welfare agent persuades a Maine lobsterman to take a troubled orphan boy aboard.
Mrs. Gates
Owen Thursday, general durante la Guerra civil (1861-1865) y recientemente degradado, llega a Fort Apache como teniente coronel acompañado de su bella hija Philadelphia para hacerse cargo del mando. Fort Apache, situado en medio del desierto, es un puesto militar fronterizo y sus soldados estan curtidos en las luchas contra los apaches mescaleros.
Race Spectator (uncredited)
Un joven compra una potranca con la esperanza de entrenarla para las carreras. Pero su plan fracasa porque un famoso potro salvaje libera a la yegua para llevársela a las tierras indómitas. Clásico familiar que es una secuela de Mi Amiga Flicka. (FILMAFFINITY)
Woman Leaving Apartment (uncredited)
Daisy Kenyon es una creativa de una agencia de publicidad atrapada en un triangulo amoroso con dos hombres, uno que ama sin esperanzas y otro al que no puede amar. Envuelta en una aventura amorosa con un abogado casado Dan O'Mara, que no tiene intención de dejar a su esposa, conoce al sargento Peter Lapham - un buen hombre y un gran caballero, el cual se enamora de ella. Aun teniendo sentimientos por Dan, Daisy es consciente de que Peter puede proporcionarle la vida segura que desea y acepta casarse con él. Pero cuando Dan se divorcia de su mujer, Daisy se ve atrapada entre sus obligaciones y sus deseos.
Resort Guest (uncredited)
Primera colaboración entre Betty Grable y Dan Dailey, una pareja con mucho menos glamour que la formada por la mítica Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, pero que alcanzó en Estados Unidos cierta popularidad -en especial la "pin up" Miss Grable que ofrece aquí una de sus mejores y más aclamadas interpretaciones-. Un musical colorido y con cierto encanto cuyo mayor atractivo es su nostálgica banda sonora -ganadora del Oscar-. (FILMAFFINITY)
Woman in Santa Line (uncredited)
Durante un desfile navideño organizado por las grandes almacenes Macy de Nueva York, el hombre que encarna a Santa Claus ha de ser sustituido porque se encuentra indispuesto. Un anciano llamado Kris Kringle es contratado para el trabajo, pero todo se complica cuando asegura que es el auténtico Santa Claus.
Simpson's Sister (uncredited)
A Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda), antiguo sheriff de Dodge City, le ofrecen el puesto de comisario de la ciudad de Tombstone, pero lo rechaza porque le interesa más el negocio ganadero al que se dedica con sus hermanos. Sin embargo, cuando uno de ellos muere asesinado, acepta el puesto vacante y nombra ayudantes a sus hermanos. Contará también con la amistad y la colaboración de un jugador y pistolero llamado Doc Holliday (Victor Mature).
Woman Watching Parade (uncredited)
Smoky era un hermoso caballo salvaje antes de ser capturado y domado con todo cariño con la idea de hacerlo participar en importantes carreras. Cuando roban al animal, su dueño se lanza en su búsqueda, pero lo encuentra en unas condiciones tan lastimosas que lo hacen poco apto para la competición.
Fisherwoman (uncredited)
Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde), un joven escritor, conoce en un tren a Ellen (Gene Tierney), una bellísima mujer con la que se casa pocos días después. La vida parece sonreírles, pero Ellen es tan posesiva, sus celos son tan enfermizos que no está dispuesta a compartir a Richard con nadie; tanto amigos como familiares representan para ella una amenaza de la que intentará librarse.
Tynmore Sister (uncredited)
Crónica de una humilde familia de inmigrantes irlandeses que viven en el barrio neoyorquino de Brooklyn a comienzos del siglo XX. El padre es un hombre amable, pero con problemas de alcoholismo; la madre una mujer luchadora, y la hija pequeña es una brillante muchacha que sueña con salir del barrio para emprender una nueva vida.
Leah (uncredited)
Adaptación de la célebre novela de Charlotte Brontë con un reparto de lujo, encabezado por Joan Fontaine y Orson Welles sobre la profunda historia de amor de una institutriz y un rico heredero que se verá truncada por un trágico acontecimiento del pasado de éste.
Madame Blanche - Townswoman (uncredited)
Historia de Bernadette Soubirous (Jennifer Jones) y el misterio de la aparición de la Virgen en Lourdes (Francia) en 1858. Cuando a Bernadette, una niña asmática, se le aparece la Señora vestida de blanco, cambia sustancialmente la vida del pueblo de Massadiel, donde surge un manantial cuyas aguas curan a los peregrinos enfermos. Estos hechos serán exhaustivamente investigados por la Iglesia, los médicos y toda suerte de expertos.
Miss Hartwig
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.
Villager
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.
Mrs. Sloan
Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman Power for War. He takes a cab driven by Dixie Dugan, who hopes that being a cabbie while the country's men are away fighting will help the war effort. Her incompetent driving, however, results in an accident for which Roger must take responsibility in order to reach the radio station in time. Dixie then returns home, where she lives with her father Timothy, who is constantly practicing his air raid warden duties, her mother Gladys, an aspiring Red Cross worker, and cousin Imogene, who studies incessantly to become a "quiz kid." The Dugans rent out their spare rooms to Dixie's fiancé, Matt Hogan, and to blustering Judge J. J. Lawson. Matt, who works in a munitions factory, wants Dixie to settle down and marry him, but Dixie is determined to help her country.
Old Lady (uncredited)
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's a ruthless heel. Suddenly he's the most popular lawyer in town -- but he could lose his fiancée.
Mrs. Inge (uncredited)
The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.
Mrs. Stone (uncredited)
Wartime documentary propagandizing for greater participation in the U.S. war effort during the Second World War.
Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
Biography of Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life.
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!
Molly (Robinson sequence)
Película ambientada en Nueva York y dividida en varios episodios independientes, pero enlazados entre sí por un traje de hombre que va pasando de unas manos a otras. Cada personaje vive una aventura especial relacionada con el traje.
Aunt Mae (uncredited)
A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is eager to prove that he is a loser.
Mrs. Purdy (uncredited)
Benjamin Blake, hijo ilegítimo de un noble, tendrá que vérselas con su autoritario tío Sir Arthur Blake para hacer valer sus derechos como heredero, lo que da lugar a una auténtica batalla legal. Mientras tanto, se enamora de su prima Isabel y de una indígena a la que llama Eva.
Mrs. Bertha Toby
In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and get a job as riveter in an aircraft plant. He quickly finds himself investigating the theft of industrial diamonds from the plant's safe and, utilizing a variety of false identities, traces them first to a dress factory and later to a Hawaii-bound ocean liner. Escaping several attempts on his life, he is able to uncover a Nazi smuggling ring, but the location of the missing diamonds continues to elude him.
Teacher
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.
Mrs. McCord (uncredited)
La historia de un cazador (Andrews) que encuentra a un fugitivo (Brennan) y su hija (Baxter) viviendo en un pantano en Georgia. Él se enamora de la chica y trata de convencer al fugitivo para que vuelva al pueblo.
Aunt Martha
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted.
Preacher's Wife (uncredited)
Terminada la Guerra Civil norteamericana (1861-1865), las tierras de la familia de Belle Starr (Gene Tierney) han ido a parar a manos de los yanquis. Durante el conflicto, Belle, muy comprometida con la causa sudista, se casó con el líder confederado Sam Starr (Randolph Scott). Una vez concluida la contienda, la hermosa Belle se convierte en una proscrita y se dedica a combatir contra el expolio yanqui de los estados del Sur. (FILMAFFINITY)
Night Manager (uncredited)
A woman-hater who inherits a beauty salon gets a new perspective on females after capturing a gang of thieves.
County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)
Jeeter Lester, un perezoso y pícaro padre de familia, es expulsado de sus tierras por no pagar la renta. Todo el que intenta ayudarle se ve abocado a la pobreza.
Maria Liggett
Los padres de Wendy Ballantine deciden retirarse del negocio del espectáculo para que pueda tener una vida normal. No son bienvenidos en la pequeña ciudad hasta que una tormenta le permite a la familia mostrar sus cosas.
Muley's Wife (uncredited)
Tom Joad regresa a su hogar tras cumplir condena en prisión, pero la ilusión de volver a ver a los suyos se transforma en frustración al ver cómo los expulsan de sus tierras. Para escapar al hambre y a la pobreza, la familia no tiene más remedio que emprender un larguísimo viaje lleno de penalidades con la esperanza de encontrar una oportunidad en California, la tierra prometida.
Mrs. Stetson
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
Albany, Nueva York, 1776. Después de casarse, Gil y Lana viajan al norte para instalarse en una pequeña granja en el valle del río Mohawk; pero pronto su creciente prosperidad y felicidad se ven amenazadas por el siniestro sonido de los tambores que anuncian oscuros tiempos de revolución y guerra.
Extra as Empire State Building Tourist
Un oficinista de Nueva York se une a un vagabundo y a un inmigrante ilegal que se dirigen a unas tierras de Arizona que acaban de comprar.
Carlotta Blakeford
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to write his memoirs for magazine-publisher Jordan Winston. When Blakeford's daughter, Patricia, ask him to desist for the sake of his ex-wife, Carlotta Blakeford, he attempts to break his contract with Winston.
Mrs. Mary Novak
Una mina de carbón donde trabajan inmigrantes es el centro de una amarga disputa laboral entre los trabajadores y sus propietarios.
His Wife
A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.
Sheep
Historia de magia y fantasía en la que Alicia se adentra en el sorprendente País de las Maravillas y conoce a extraordinarios personajes como Tweedledee y Tweedledum, el Sombrerero Loco, La Reina de Corazones y el frenético Conejo Blanco. Adaptación de las novelas de Lewis Carroll.
Mother Scott
Featuring members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern California Trojans, with team members Russell Saunders and Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian also cast in roles other than just team members.
Aunt Jane
A young girl from Sunnybrook goes to live with her wealthy relatives and falls in love with a doctor. Adapted from Kate Douglas Wiggin's famous novel.
Ma Shelby
Ma Shelby (Mae Marsh) es una madre que lo da todo por sus cuatro hijos; pero estos, cuando se hacen mayores tomarán caminos dispares y no se preocuparán por ella.
Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
Odile Etrange
When bored courtesan Zelie de Chaumet begs her lover, the corrupt and powerful Stetz, to take her slumming, the pair encounter Pierre Boucheron, alias 'The Rat' , boy-king of the Paris underworld, and the innocent Odile. Love, life and jewels are risked and lost in this powerful romantic melodrama as the four characters' lives are changed by this chance encounter for ever.
Arabella
Bessie
A wealthy young Southern aristocrat, Joseph, graduates from a seminary and, before he takes charge of his assigned parish, decides to go out and see what "the real world" is all about. He winds up in New Orleans and finds himself attracted to a poor, unsophisticated orphan girl, Bessie. One thing leads to another, and before long Bessie finds that she is pregnant with Joseph's child.
Paddy Adair
A girl refuses the attentions of a young playboy with whom her sister is in love.
Dorothy Hawke
Dorothy, a young girl, is seduced by her father's chauffeur. She gives birth to a child who is given to the chauffeur's wife. The chauffeur, on a drunken binge murders the child, unaware that the child is his own.
The Little Dear One
After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The second of these was 'The Mother and the Law', which demonstrates how crime, moral puritanism, and conflicts between ruthless capitalists and striking workers help ruin the lives of marginal Americans.
Lucille Cameron
Lucille Cameron, the spirited daughter of a Kentucky colonel, discovers that her father is nearly bankrupt as a result of his dealings with New York horseman and stock promoter Jim De Luce....
Belgian Girl
The Kaiser is playing cards with King Albert of Italy, who loses, but is rescued by Miss Liberty Loan.
Susan Sweeney
Susan Sweeney inherits a country hotel. When she arrives to take possession, she discovers it to be not the palatial resort she believed, but a run-down inn with an attached saloon. As she struggles to make something of her new operation, she becomes involved in the life and difficulties of her new community....
Marjorie Caner
When Marjorie Caner returns from abroad, she is quite lonely in her millionaire father's big house. Learning that a young poet, Anthony Quintard, is living in poverty next door while working on the libretto of a great opera, she skips across the roofs and brings him a Christmas banquet. The poet sees Marjorie, and knowing that he detests wealth, she pretends to be the secretary of the Caner family.....
Nell
In the poorest section of the city lives Nell, who spends her days at her grandfather's bird store, finding constant delight in the companionship of her feathered friends. One day Nell's grandfather is run over by a car driven by Mr. Morris, a millionaire, who offers to purchase a bullfinch at a large price in order to forestall a damage suit.
Polly
When circus aerialist Polly Fisher is injured, she is taken to the nearby home of minister John Hartley. The two fall in love and marry secretly. But when the news leaks out, the minister loses his pastorate over disdain by the parishioners for Polly's background as a performer. Polly must decide whether to stay with the man she loves or leave him for the good of his calling.
The Dear One (Modern Story)
Clásico del cine mudo que muestra a través de varios episodios históricos las injusticias provocadas por la intolerancia religiosa y social. La idea inicial de Griffith era narrar las sangrientas huelgas de 1912 en EE.UU. (un huelguista es acusado de la muerte de su patrón), pero después decidió rodar tres episodios más: "La caída de Babilonia, "La Pasión de Cristo" y "La noche de San Bartolomé" (sangriento episodio de las luchas entre hugonotes y católicos que tuvo lugar en París en 1572). De presupuesto y recursos desmesurados para la época -una sola escena reunió a 15.000 extras y 250 carros- aún hoy sigue asombrando por su espectacularidad.
Molly-O
Brutal rental agent Joseph McGuire demands that Molly-O marry McGuire's son Denny, lest her family be thrown out of their humble shack. But Molly-O prefers the company of carriage driver Larry O'Dea, who unfortunately is just as broke as she is. Or is he?
Julie / the Child-Wife
When the son of a leader of a Paris underworld family known as The Apaches is arrested and tried in court, the boy's mother asks the judge for mercy, but he refuses. In retaliation, the family kidnaps the judge's young daughter, and raises her to be one of their own, schooling her in the ways of crime.
Hoodoo Ann
A teenage orphan is taken in by a childless couple and quickly falls for the boy next door.
Flora Cameron
Clásico del cine mudo que narra los acontecimientos más importantes de la creación de los Estados Unidos de América: la guerra civil, el asesinato de Lincoln, etc. Ha sido tachada de racista por su glorificación del Ku Klux Klan, pero tiene el mérito de ser la primera película que cuenta una historia de modo coherente: hasta ese momento una película era un conjunto de escenas con muy poca relación entre sí. Obtuvo un enorme éxito en su tiempo.
Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
This shows the regeneration of a gang leader, who remains true to his first sweetheart after his change of fortune.
Molly Boone
Molly Boone's father has been sent to prison for twenty years for alleged complicity in the killing of a revenue officer, Uriah Hudson, whom she secretly suspects of having a hand in sending her father to prison, is her persistent suitor.
The Maid
Un hombre comprueba cómo su relación con una hermosa muchacha se ve constreñida por el comportamiento de su tío. Una vez tomada la decisión, por fin decide asesinar al tío; sin embargo, cometido ya el crimen, la conciencia comenzará a pesar sobre él... (FILMAFFINITY)
Jennie Joyce
A dramatic comparison between the mating habits of animals and the way humans choose their own partners. The film is now considered to be a lost film.
Apple Pie Mary Smith
John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and his sweetheart, Payne begins to lead a life of dissolute habits, and this soon leads to ruin and misery. In deep despair, he thinks of better days, and writes a song that later provides inspiration to several others in their own times of need.
American lover
Silent biographical action–drama film starring Pancho Villa as himself. The movie incorporates both staged scenes and authentic live footage from real battles during the Mexican Revolution.
Lilywhite
A thin gent in formal wear, amid a club or party, reads a book about primitive man after he's ignored by a pretty lady. We see the book enacted: Weakhands loses his girlfriend to Bruteforce, but chances upon a design for a weapon to vanquish his rival and win her back. His tribe sees this and sets him up as their leader. With the club, he fends off various creatures (a winged lizard, a snake, a dinosaur) and a rival tribe led by Monkeywalk. The women even manage to repel an attack. But the rival tribe discovers the secret of the club themselves, and capture the women. Weakhands, sitting in despair, chances upon a new weapon: the bow and arrow.
Naomi
Griffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrian tyrant Holofernes, a widow named Judith forms a plan to stop the war as her people suffer in starvation, nearly ready to surrender.
Sally Cameron
Two young girls are sent away to live with their uncle, which sets off a chain of events resulting in an Indian attack on the town.
Ann Calvert - Sister Owner
An oil tycoon corners the market, then cuts jobs and causes much suffering. Because she's lost her job, a young girl almost falls into the hands of white slavers.
The Young Woman
In the home of ease and refinement a new life opens to the girl. She no longer is obliged to resist the sordid way of poverty and sin. The woman's indulged son, overcome by his weakness and debt, robs his mother. It is then the girl saves the home from disgrace.
The Daughter
Behold in this film the Uplifter, a peculiarity of the human species, quite convinced that all that is, is wrong. Forth to the uplift he minds everybody's business but his own, until that business is as clean, pure and spotless as himself. Verily in these later days is there no school of art named, "Minding One's Business."
The Daughter
The hardship of earning an existence for the family made it impossible for the mother to approve the little pretty things which her daughter liked. Lack of attention made her son dissolute, but later the sturdy stock of his mother showed in him and the cozy home he provided for dad and sister made them forget the past.
The Other Parents' Daughter, as an Adult
A little over six minutes survive of this Biograph short. Not to be confused with another Biograph short, Olaf- An Atom (1913, starring Harry Carey, later re-released as The Wanderer), a film not directed by Griffith.
The Little Tease, as an Adult
The supposition was that she was born a tease, for from her first teeth to the time she was almost grown, she vented her witcheries on her unsuspecting parents and the wild things of her mountain home. But that was before the man from the valley lost his way and later found it back again, bearing away the little tease to the valley. While she suffered the qualms of broken faith, her father passed through a like struggle, for he felt the precepts of the "beloved book" had failed him. He closed the door of his cabin upon the world and the light from his window, lighting the wayfarer over the mountain path, disappeared. The struggle over, it came hack in its place in time to beckon the little tease as she left the valley behind.
Mary
Rose and her cousin Mary dwell in the land of romance, but real Romeos are scarce in this prosaic age. Yet Rose, in spite of a gay young Lothario who steps in the way of her own true love, finds her way to love-land. That was where Mary's perfidy came in. It showed up Lothario's true character, while at the same time it brought Mary back to her own determined young lover.
Mother, Loving Family
Sim Sloane and his beloved son were the reprobates of the village, not what would be called lovers of peace and kindness. But granddad dwelt in a house filled more with love, and when Sim came in for his brutal sport, he soon went out assisted by granddad. Incited by ridicule and drink, Sim swore to get even. That was where granddad's new supply of powder came in. Sim appropriated it and although he wrecked the house of love, he destroyed through his venom the only thing he cherished in life.
One of Gato's Sweetheart's Friends
This is the story of Gato, an Italian immigrant, who lives with his wife, Marie, and his younger brother, Giuseppe, on a small truck farm in the west. Gato becomes so intent on his work that he neglects to show his wife the little attentions she demands. A foppish wandering Italian, Sandro, sees in this an opportunity to work his ends, but is prevented by the timely interference of Giuseppe.
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
In this story the young wife concerned is called upon to solve a rather momentous question. After separating from her husband, whom she has discovered to be a brute and a criminal, she is about to give herself to another man, believing her husband dead, when he appears before her fleeing from justice. Shall she deliver him to the law or surrender to his claims? She yields in one instance, but not in the other. Then justice intervenes.
Angelina Millingford - a Maid
In the apartment hotel lived the aspiring maid, whose solicitude maintained order in the bachelor's apartment. He was her ideal, and the all-adoring bell-boy was firmly but gently given to understand that maids who read "Heliotrope Glendening's Advice to Young Ladies" look higher than ice-water toters. A compromising complication, however, with an unexpected visit from a beautiful lady, quite convinces the aspiring one that wealthy young bachelors may be the grandest men ever, but their aspirations, when it comes to the crucial test, are not for chambermaids. Science influences his actions so much that he gets into trouble with the police.
The Tender-Hearted Boy's Sweetheart
A butcher boy steals meat to give to a beggar woman and is ultimately rewarded for his kindness.
The Girl
Summoned to the trading post, granddad promised the girls the money from the deal. He remained true to the end, though it seemed for a time as if his purpose would never he fulfilled. Cunning minds were thwarted and the girl received a double promise.
The Telephone Girl
D.W. Griffith short intercuts two different stories before mixing them together at the end. The film focuses on a telephone girl (Mae Marsh) who leaves work for her lunch break at the same time as "The Lady" (Claire McDowell) goes to a jewelry store to pick up some priceless jewels. When the telephone girl returns to work she gets a phone call from the house of "The Lady" as a robbery (Harry Carey) has broken in and is trying to steal the jewels.
The Wife's Friend
Each night, after the day's work at the factory, the three bachelor friends met and declared anew their attachment over a social glass. They bound themselves to remain thus as long as life might last, never to marry. But one was a traitor, while the other two were called away. A widened breach, a quarrel, fanned the resentment, but true friendship at last claimed its own.
A Town Gossip
To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a stylish hat, and gossip spreads through the town.
The Young Woman
An abusive father and husband attends a play one night and sees that the "villain" in the piece does to his family exactly what he is doing to his own family.
Calumny is one of the most despicable crimes against our neighbor, and while the wife in this story acted conventionally, she nevertheless maligned the other woman simply because of her profession, an actress. While out on a shopping tour, the wife and her husband enter a store, leaving their little child in the auto in the care of the chauffeur. This gentleman pays but scant attention to the child, so the little one wanders off and strolls into the stage door of a theater during the matinee. The parents upon their return to the auto discover the child's absence and trace him to the theater stage, where they find him in the arms of one of the show girls. The mother matches the child from the girl's arms, scornfully exclaiming, "How dare you contaminate my child with your touch?" For this remark, together with the derisive laughter it occasions, the girl vows to be avenged.
Lillywhite
An old man tells his grandchildren about prehistoric man: Caveman Weakhands is unable to court a woman because of his physical weakness. Humiliated by Bruteforce, he bumps into Lillywhite, who has also been cowering in her cave in mourning. The two new lovers form a connection, but Bruteforce separates the couple and sends Weakhands scrambling. In his cave, Weakhands thinks up the design of a stone club. With this equalizer, he soon vanquishes Bruteforce and wins Lillywhite back again-- An early step in human progress.
Schoolgirl
Nora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends her against the taunts of some of the students, but when she's made to wear a dunce cap, she flees the schoolhouse in shame. Unsupervised by her alcoholic father, Nora becomes a determined truant, wandering the town during school hours. There she catches the attention of a huckster, who convinces her that they will run away and be married. The schoolmaster, meanwhile, preoccupied by Nora's absence, leaves his other students to go find her. He encounters her at a crossroads, being spirited away by the huckster, and calls the man's bluff by saying that he'll find them a minister.
The 'Adopted' Daughter
A first-born baby girl, is sent away and placed in the care of Gretchen, a trusted peasant woman, who is the widowed mother of a child about the same age. The two children grow up as sisters. Later, upon her deathbed, the noble lady repents and sends for her child to reinstate her. Gretchen takes this opportunity to make a great lady of her own daughter Lena, the goose girl, by sending her to court instead of the real heiress. Hence Lena is taken before the noble lady as she breathes her last, happy in the belief that she has made reparation. Lena is now a great lady, but the title does not fit well. She longs to be back with Gretchen and her "geeses".
A Murdered Settler (uncredited)
A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later he kidnaps the prospector's wife. In the meantime a group of drunkards shoot and kill an old Indian man. His son (Robert Harron) vows revenge and asks the tribal chief for help. The chief, however, knows better and tells him that revenge is useless. Robert Harron disobeys and mobilizes all young warriors for battle. The plot thickens. The prospector and the Mexican, who holds his wife captive, start shooting each other. However, when the Indians attack, these two make a temporary truce and join forces against the common enemy.
The Young Woman's Friend
Mary Pickford as "The Young Woman", is quite taken with Edwin August; in fact, he is her "ideal". But Mr. August's refusal to get mixed up in a street brawl makes him look like a coward to Ms. Pickford. Meanwhile, convict Alfred Paget has escaped from prison; and, he is "A Beast at Bay". While Pickford and August go for a ride in her automobile, criminal Paget ambushes one of his guards, taking the man's clothing and gun. Pickford drops off August, still arguing he is a coward, and drives off. Alone, Pickford gets out of her car to retrieve a fallen garment; then, on-the-lam Paget moves in to carjack her. From a distance, August witnesses Pickford being taken at gunpoint - can he save his girl, and prove he's not a coward?
First Mexican Couple - the Woman
Dick Logan, a young writer, stops at a little border town and takes lodging at the Mexican Inn. Two tramps see the amount of money he has and plan to steal it. In the town he befriends a Mexican girl by stopping her uncle from beating her for having broken a water jar. Retiring to his room, he is awakened by the two tramps breaking into his room. He steals out and gets lodging at a nearby house, which happens to be the home of the Mexican girl and her uncle. The tramps follow him and try again. The girl, however, saves him from harm, and it looks as if Dick had found a real heroine for a real romance.
An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because he is considered too old. On his way home from the theatre he panics at the thought of telling his family the bad news and decides to disguise himself as a beggar. His daughter's beau accidentally gives him a five dollar gold piece, thinking that it was a smaller coin. A chase ensues with a policeman, the daughter, and her beau in hot pursuit. When caught he is recognized by his shocked daughter, but is quickly forgiven by all. Meanwhile the actor hired to replace him has already been fired and a messenger is dispatched to rehire the Old Actor to the delight of his wife, daughter, and fellow actors.
The Young Woman's Companion
A young woman's peaceful existence is shattered when she is abducted by the crew of a boat of smugglers, who then also turn against their captain.
On Beach
Percy and Harold are rivals and both take the object of their affections for an outing.
Mary
A young girl who lives by the sea with her parents, is the object of one fellows affection. One day she meets a wily artist painting on the beach, he seduces the young girl and gives her a ring, with the promise of marriage. When the young admiring fellow comes to propose, she proudly announces her engagement to the artist. Shocked he leaves and her parents demand meeting her husband to be. She goes to bring him home, and finds he already has a sophisticated fiancée. Distraught she hurries home, and when her father realizes what she has done, he orders her out of the house. As she wanders despondent along the sea, the young fellow who has found out about her betrayal, immediately goes to see her. Finding she has been disowned by her father, he goes looking for her...
After the Civil War, an ex-soldier and his family settle in the Dakota Territory. The son quarrels with the father and leaves home. Riding in the hills, he spots a band of Indians attacking a neighboring homestead, and he races back to warn his family as the Indians chase him.
Ramona, a young girl growing up on her adoptive mother's rancho in California, falls in love with the Indian lad Alessandro. When Ramona is denied permission to marry Alessandro, the two lovers elope, only to find a life of great hardship and unhappiness amidst the bigotry and greed of the white landowners.
