Self (archive footage)
Ossie Davis narrates a history of "race films," films made before 1950 which catered to a primarily black audience.
(archive footage)
This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.
Woman (uncredited)
Фильм рассказывает о миграции умирающих от голода индейцев племени шайеннов из их резервации в Оклахоме на родные земли в Вайоминге. Действие начинается в 1887 году. Когда обращенные к правительству просьбы о пище и жилье остались без внимания, два вождя решают бросить вызов властям и вести народ обратно на родину в Вайоминг. Так начинается героический переход длиной в 1500 миль. Пресса же описывает исход как очередную войну дикарей против истинных американцев.
Family Council Member (uncredited)
Трое американских моряков после войны остаются жить на тропическом тихоокеанском островке. Их спокойная размеренная жизнь нарушается, когда на остров в поисках своего отца приезжает юная англичанка Амелия.
Mourner at Wake (uncredited)
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
Hysterical Passenger
Болезненно-ревнивое поведение Лайла держит Джулию Бентон в постоянной тревоге и страхе. Внезапно Джулия узнает, что Лайл несколько лет назад убил ее первого мужа. Джулия понимает, что должна уйти. Давний друг Джулии Клиф помогает ей бежать, но даже в Сан-Франциско не удается скрыться от преследований Лайла. Полиция ничего не может сделать, несмотря на смертельную угрозу жизни Джулии...
'Grandma' Edwards
An inmate is persuaded to take part in a breakout by cellmates anxious to cash in on loot they believe she has hidden.
Dark Cloaked Woman at Fort Guarding Deranged Woman (uncredited)
Джон Уэйн играет бывшего солдата армии конфедерации Итана Эдвардса, который больше верит пулям, чем словам. Он разыскивает свою племянницу, похищенную команчами, которые убили всю его семью. Ему не страшны ни голод, ни жажда, ни одиночество. За время своих отчаянных пятилетних поисков Итан находит то, что найти не ожидал: свою собственную человечность.
Mrs. Manners
Смерть медиамагната Амоса Кайна вызывает борьбу за власть между руководителями подразделений его империи. Тем временем нью-йоркские женщины становятся жертвами серийного убийцы, прозванного "Помадный убийца". Репортер Эдвард Мобли в этих обстоятельствах становится ключевой фигурой в расследовании этого дела.
Mrs. Cobb, Steve's Landlady (uncredited)
Проведя пять лет в тюрьме за убийство, которое он не совершал, бывший полицейский Стив Роллинс выходит на свободу и ищет в Сан-Франциско тех, кто подставил его. Поиски истины приведут его к беспощадному главарю прибрежной банды Виктору Амато.
Emigrant (uncredited)
Попав в отчаянную ситуацию, два брата решают ограбить состоятельного Натана Старка. Однако ему удается уговорить братьев на сотрудничество: Старк предлагает им перегнать скот из Техаса в Монтану. Здесь-то и начинаются невероятные приключения...
Witch in 'Macbeth' (uncredited)
Prince of Players is a biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth.
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Солистка оркестра выручает изрядно напившегося известного актера на шоу в честь премьеры фильма. В знак благодарности он решает помочь ей раскрыть свой огромный талант. В то время, как ее звезда стремительно восходит, его слава постепенно угасает.
Jerusalem Woman Aiding Demetrius (uncredited)
Римский центурион Галл Марцелл был беден и неудачлив, но он очень любил азартные игры. И однажды ему сказочно повезло — он выиграл одежду распятого на Голгофе за какие-то пригрешения осужденного. Если бы он мог заранее знать, как навсегда изменится его жизнь, если бы он только мог представить себе, что значит выиграть хитон самого Христа…
Anna Swenson (Uncredited)
Две сироты, Полли и Дуг, живут со своей мачехой Линн. Однажды Полли без видимых причин теряет сознание и умирает, похоже, от тех же симптомов, что и отец детей. Вскоре в дом приезжает дядя детей Уитни Саржент, которому сообщают, что причиной смерти девочки могло быть отравление стрихнином. Он узнает, что обнаружить следы яда практически невозможно, из-за чего отравитель всегда остается безнаказанным. Так что может сделать дядя Уитни, чтобы предотвратить появление следующей жертвы?…
GAR Woman at the Ball
John Ford weaves three "Judge Priest" stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town politics in the South around the turn of the century. Judge William Priest is involved variously in revealing the real identity of Lucy Lake, reliving his Civil War memories, preventing the lynching of a youth and contesting the elections with Yankee Horace K. Maydew.
Woman to Whom Norman Gave His Seat (uncredited)
Неудовлетворенная жизнью Джулия Стерджес решает отправиться за океан с двумя детьми. Ее муж, не желая терять контакт с детьми, садится на тот же корабль, чтобы приехать в Америку вместе с семьей. Корабль назывался «Титаник»…
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)
Американский боксер Шон Торнтон возвращается к себе на родину в Ирландию, где влюбляется в чудесную девушку Мэри Кэт. Она — его идеал, такое светлое чувство он испытал впервые.
Однако он подзабыл, что за народ живет в его родных краях. Ему приходится иметь дело с местными традициями и обычаями (включая выплату «калыма»).
Да и тупоголовый упрямый братец юной феи далеко не подарок, он ведь главный забияка и драчун в городке. Но храброму Шону все нипочем — ведь он влюблен, решителен и смел, крепкий парень и может постоять за себя, боксерская школа не забыта.
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)
Джимми Ринго - человек легенда, самый быстрый стрелок на Диком Западе. Он не стар, но уже утомлен жизнью. Дело в том, что он не может спокойно остановиться ни в одном городе.
Везде его преследует, слава самого крутого стрелка. И в каждом салуне находится, какой-нибудь ковбой, который хочет проверить: так ли уж он хорош, как об этом разносит молва. Вот и приходится Джимми убивать, увивать и убивать. В итоге находится один «отморозок», который подло убивает Ринго выстрелом в спину. Его за это не вешают. Но! На него переходит проклятие «самого-кругого-стрелка-убившего-Джимми-Ринго». С этого момента его тоже будут хотеть убить каждом салуне Дикого Запада...
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
После того как Наполеон потерпел поражение в битве при Ватерлоо, его офицеры с семьями были изгнаны из Франции за их преданность своему императору. Они искали страну, где смогли бы жить дальше и Соединенные Штаты великодушно предложили им свою землю. На территории штата Алабама переселенцы получили место для своих четырех городов, которые поднялись среди пустынных мест. В это время, сделав небольшую остановку в городке французских поселенцев Мобеле, кентуккийский полк добровольцев возвращался из очередного похода. Утром отряд продолжил свой марш - впереди было еще шестьсот миль пути, но бравый солдат Джон Брин, решил уклониться от дальнейшего следования в родной штат, предпочтя армии знакомство с Флеретт, дочерью местного управляющего.
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
Успешный бизнесмен из Сан-Франциско Уолтер Уильямс с одобрения совета директоров покупает три завода в Денвере. Его любимая жена Ирэн из-за плохого самочувствия не может поехать с ним, но просит подвезти её двоюродного брата Джима. В дороге Джим, который на самом деле любовник Ирен, пытается убить Уолтера.
Miss Jenkins (uncredited)
Дебора Бишоп, Лора Холлингсвэй и Рита Фиппс собираются в путешествие выходного дня на прогулочном катере вдоль Хадсон-ривер, сопровождая группу подростков. Неожиданно перед отплытием посыльный вручает письмо, адресованное всем трем женщинам от Эдди Росс их лучшей подруги. Текст письма гласит, — «Понимаете, девочки, я убежала с мужем одной из вас!». Корабль отчалил о берега, а подруги озадачено стали гадать, подвергая себя тонкой эмоциональной пытке, чей же муж сбежал из семьи с этой коварной разлучницей. Письмо заставило лихорадочно пересмотреть свои взаимоотношения в семье трех дам, живущих в комфортабельных домах и определенно счастливых в браке…
Mrs. Perley Sweet
Три преступника в бегах встречают женщину, которая умирает и перед смертью просит о спасении ее новорожденного ребенка. Они клянутся отвезти младенца в безопасное место, даже несмотря на угрожающую им опасность.
Molly Thatcher
Ход Стилвелл, рыбак из штата Мэн, берет с собой в море 12-летнего мальчишку-сироту Донни, чьи отец и дядя тоже были рыбаками. Между ними завязывается дружба, но подруга Хода - соцработник Энн, не хочет, чтобы Ход подвергал жизнь мальчика опасности. Донни запрещают ходить в море с Ходом, и тогда мальчик сбегает из приемного дома..
Mrs. Gates
Капитан Кирби Йорк несет службу в богом забытом форте. Он славится своим опытом в борьбе с индейцами. В форт прибывает полковник Оуэн Тьюсдэй, известный своей суровостью. Возглавив форт, он приводит войска в отличную боевую форму и готовится отразить атаки апачей, вставших на тропу войны.
Race Spectator (uncredited)
В этом продолжении "Мой друг Флика" и "Сандерхэд, сын Флики", молодой Кен Маклафлин покупает рысака, лошадь по имени Джуэл(Crown Jewel), собираясь тренировать ее для участия в скачках. Однако Сандерхэд, жеребец, которого он отпустил на волю, возвращается и уводит Джуэл, чтобы добавить к своему табуну. Кен снова находит Джуэл, и также ему удается вернуть домой самого Сандерхэда. Теперь у него есть лошадь, а его главным соперником в гонке будет Бивер(Бобр) Гринуэй, бывший чемпион, в чью внучку Кэри Кен влюблен.
Woman Leaving Apartment (uncredited)
Нью-Йорк, Гринич-Виллидж. Художница Дэйзи Кеньон, работающая в журнале моды, — любовница знаменитого адвоката Дэна О`Мары, женатого мужчины и отца двух детей. Она больше не хочет идти за него замуж и временами думает, что их любовь окончательно осталась в прошлом. Иногда она говорит об этом Дэну, но тот отказывается верить. Она знакомится с Питером — солдатом, до войны рисовавшим корабли. Питер с огромным трудом пытается обрести равновесие в гражданской жизни; его жена погибла пять лет назад. Он предлагает Дэйзи выйти за него замуж, и она соглашается, увидев в этом, в первую очередь, хороший повод порвать неустойчивые отношения с Дэном. Они проводят медовый месяц в коттедже на берегу моря. По ночам он часто видит кошмары, в которых к нему возвращаются воспоминания о военных днях и о погибшей жене.
Дэйзи возвращается на работу в Нью-Йорк. Дэн отказывается признать свое поражение. Он приходит к Дэйзи домой и пытается вновь овладеть ею, пусть даже силой. Дэйзи бьет его по лицу.
Resort Guest (uncredited)
19 июня 1900 года. Окленд, штат Калифорния. Мертл МакКинли закончила среднюю школу и собирается поступать в колледж. Вместо этого она случайно устраивается на работу хористкой в гастролирующую труппу водевиля, где встречает певца-танцовщика Фрэнка Берта и влюбляется в него. Вскоре Фрэнк предлагает ей выступать дуэтом. Они женятся, их дуэт становится очень популярным, но после рождения дочерей Айрис и Майки Мертл уходит из шоу-бизнеса, а ее муж отправляется в турне с другой партнершей. Несколько лет спустя Фрэнк уговаривает свою жену вернуться на сцену...
Woman in Santa Line (uncredited)
Во время парада, устроенного крупным магазином в канун Рождества, актер, который был должен играть Санта Клауса, обнаружен встельку пьяным. Режиссер парада уговаривает прохожего старика Криса Крингла занять место Санты. После успеха парада Крингл получает работу в магазине. Однако когда менеджер магазина говорит, чтобы Крис пытался продать детям залежавшиеся игрушки, тот приходит в негодование. Вместо этого он отсылает детей в другой магазин, принадлежащий их конкуренту. Это провоцирует большие неприятности. Но все усугубляется тем, что Крис настаивает, что он настоящий Санта-Клаус. Ему приходится доказывать это не только словом, но и делом, свидетелями чего становятся Дорис и ее скептически настроенная дочь Сюзан. Растущая без отца Сюзан пытается сделать так, чтобы ее мать и их сосед, юрист, жили вместе. Крис, считающий самым главным на свете счастье детей, пытается помочь Сюзан в достижении ее цели. Постепенно он преодолевает недоверчивость Сюзан в своем настоящем происхождении...
Simpson's Sister (uncredited)
Уайтт Эрп со своими братьями перегоняет скот для продажи. Во время стоянки бандиты нападают на братьев и убивают младшего из них. Для того, чтобы отомстить, Уайтт устраивается шерифом в местный городок. На его сторону становится известный стрелок Джон «Док» Холлидэй.
Woman Watching Parade (uncredited)
Clint Barkley first sees Smoky as a runaway, and drives him back to the ranch where he meets the owner, Julie Richards. He is given a job on her ranch, but the head cowhand is doubtful about Clint and fears that since he refuses to talk about himself, he must have some dreadful secret in his past. Clint and Smoky become close to each other, weathering the hardships of Western life and the suspicions of others together, until one day, Smoky tragically vanishes. Will Clint ever see him again?
Fisherwoman (uncredited)
Писатель Ричард Харланд женится на прекрасной Эллен Берент, однако вскоре счастье молодых супругов омрачается: сначала умирает брат Ричарда, а потом у Хелен случается выкидыш. Ричард начинает понимать, что эти несчастья каким-то образом связаны с болезненной ревностью его жены.
Tynmore Sister (uncredited)
Фильм повествует о взрослении девочки, которая старается сохранить идеализм, несмотря на окружающие ее жестокие реалии, в том числе нищету и алкоголизм отца.
Leah (uncredited)
Юная, простая и бедная Джейн Эйр, пройдя строгий курс обучения и воспитания в Ловудской школе для сирот, поступает в Торнфилд-Холл в качестве гувернантки ребёнка, опекаемого Эдвардом Рочестером. Джейн не могла не увлечься умным, ярким, энергичным мистером Рочестером, который вдвое её старше. Однако тайна Торнфилд-Холла способна разрушить все их надежды на счастье…
Madame Blanche - Townswoman (uncredited)
Этот фильм рассказывает историю, случившуюся в небольшом старинном французском городе, в предгорьях Пиренеев, недалеко от границы с Испанией, где ежегодно бывает около 6 миллионов туристов. Лурд знаменит тем, что, согласно преданию, в 1858 году в здешнем гроте явилась Богоматерь 14-летней девочке Бернадетт Субиру. Тогда же в пещере был открыт источник, вода которого считается целебной. Над пещерой Массабель был построен костел в неоготическом стиле — храм Четок и подземный храм, где могут одновременно разместиться 20 тысяч человек. В городе все сделано для того, чтобы принимать огромное число паломников: с 1864 года в римско-католической церкви он обрел официальный статус как место, в котором произошло 18 явлений Девы Марии.
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)
Фильм состоит из шести новелл о черном фраке, якобы несущем проклятье.
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)
После смерти своего брата, герцога, коварный Артур Блейк похищает собственного племянника, Беджамина, чтобы самому унаследовать герцогство и земли. Племянника он устраивает к себе в качестве слуги. Когда Бенджамин подрастает, он влюбляется в свою кузину. Когда Артур узнает об этом, он нещадно избивает Бенджамина, после чего тот убегает и отправляется в Индию на корабле, чтобы заработать собственное состояние. В Полинезии он и его друг, Калеб, сходят с корабля и устраивают лагерь на райском острове. Здесь Бенджамин и Калеб становятся богатыми добытчиками жемчуга, а Бенджамин тем временем влюбляется в местную девушку, Еву. Так или иначе, разбогатев, Бенджамин полон решимости вернуться в Европу и отомстить дяде Артуру.
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)
A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to town.
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)
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr (Scott) Belle Shirley (Tierney) vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation amongst the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.
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)
Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank's plans to take over the land for more profitable farming.
Maria Liggett
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff.
Muley's Wife (uncredited)
После тюремного срока за убийство, Том Джоад возвращается на свое семейное ранчо, которое к тому времени полностью разорилось и прибывает в запустении. В отсутствие какой-либо перспективы найти работу в засушливой Оклахоме, вся семья собирает свой скарб и отправляется на «землю обетованную» — в Калифорнию. Но трудный путь и тяжкие условия не приносят искомой надежды, и даже единство семьи подвергается испытанию, одному из многих, с которыми приходится сталкиваться.
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)
Время войны за независимость между Англией и американскими колониями. Флаг Соединенных Штатов был усыпан всего лишь 13-ю звездочками. Молодожены Джил и Лана отправляются в приграничный район Долины Махонке перед самым началом революции и войны. Переход от обеспеченной, привилегированной жизни к приграничной потребовал от них недюжинной силы и твердости характера. Спокойная жизнь только-только стала налаживаться, когда в окрестностях небольшого укрепленного форта, стоявшего увыхода из Долины, объявился отряд индейцев, которым руководил жестокий командир-англичанин. Краснокожие грозились уничтожить все и всех вокруг, но обитатели форта стойко выдерживали осаду.
Extra as Empire State Building Tourist
New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.
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
Наивный и жизнерадостный поляк-иммигрант Джо Радек работает в шахте, мечтает купить свиноферму и собирается жениться на соседке Анне. Он вполне доволен жизнью и ему нет дела до борьбы профсоюза с шахтовладельцем. Но незадолго до свадьбы Анна сбегает с другим. Напившись, Джо забредает на собрание профсоюза, где его пьяные выкрики помогают провокаторам развалить профсоюз и начать забастовку.
Джо — лидер нового профсоюза, однако забастовка не приносит успеха, люди начинают голодать, к тому же полиция убивает лучшего друга Джо Майка Шиманского. Во всех этих бедах шахтеры винят Джо. Поняв, что его просто использовали, Джо решает в одиночку исправить ситуацию.
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
Фантастическая причудливая сказка Льюиса Кэрролла о маленькой девочке Алисе, которая провалилась в кроличью нору и попала в Страну Чудес, вот уже почти сто лет остается одной из самых любимых сказок для детей, а также для их родителей.
В кроличьей норе Алиса открыла странный мир, населенный необыкновенными существами. Она попала в стремительный водоворот волшебного приключения!
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
In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. The racket the boys make as they play and fight awakens their father, who spanks the eldest, Isaac. When a visitor chides Pa for not working, Ma sticks up for her husband, saying that he has a weak back and that he is waiting for a promised government job.
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)
Фильм «Нетерпимость» — один из этапных в развитии мирового киноискусства; — это сложная сюжетная конструкция из четырех перемежающихся новелл, показывавших четыре различные эпохи. В ленте, снятой с грандиозным постановочным размахом, был затронут широкий круг философских и моральных проблем. Нетерпимость трактована как зло, отравляющее жизнь во все времена и у всех народов. Обратившись к огромному историческому и мифологическому материалу, Гриффит использовал при его воплощении необычные для того времени кинематографические средства и приемы, определившие новаторское значение фильма.
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
Счастливая семья Камерон живет в доме в Пьемонте, в Южной Каролине. У доктора и г-жи Камерон три сына: Бенджамен, Уэйд и Дюк — и две дочери: старшая Маргарет и младшая Флора. К ним в гости приезжают друзья из Пенсильвании: Тед и Фил. Фил влюбляется в старшую дочь Камерона, а Бен Камерон, влюбляется в Элзи Стоунмен, увидев ее фотографию.
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
Юноша влюбился в девушку, но деспотичный дядя против помолвки. Молодой человек видит видения, а потом совершает страшное убийство. Однако совесть сильно мучает его.
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.
