Falling Leaves

Falling Leaves 1912

6.60

It's early autumn and Dr. Headley eagerly demonstrates what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Not far from where he is working, the disease seems preparing to soon claim yet another life, a teenage girl named Winifred. Winifred's mother and little sister Trixie are devastated. When Trixie hears the family doctor say of Winifred that "when the last leaf falls, she will have passed away," she interprets the doctor's words literally. Thinking over what she has heard, she determines to do everything possible to save her sister.

1912

Canned Harmony

Canned Harmony 1912

6.00

The Professor will not allow his daughter to marry a non-musician, but Billy, her would-be suitor, cannot play a single note. When he is about to give up, Billy’s roommate suggests bluffing his way into the Professor’s favor with the aid of a suitably musical disguise and a well-hidden phonograph player.

1912

Matrimony's Speed Limit

Matrimony's Speed Limit 1913

5.50

A man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.

1913

The Ocean Waif

The Ocean Waif 1916

5.40

An abused young woman finds safety and love in the arms of a famous novelist.

1916

The Girl in the Arm-Chair

The Girl in the Arm-Chair 1912

5.40

Peggy Wilson has recently become an orphan and a ward of the Waston family. She’s also inherited the late Robert Wilson’s vast fortune, which puts her very much in Mr. Waston’s favor. He would like his son, Frank, to marry Peggy, but Peggy “is not his style” and “her money is no inducement”. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

1912

Cousins of Sherlocko

Cousins of Sherlocko 1913

6.00

Two mediocre detectives try and catch a notorious pickpocket. Meanwhile, an innocent man is mistaken for the pickpocket and is forced to put on a disguise to evade capture.

1913

A Fool and His Money

A Fool and His Money 1912

6.60

Sam the white-washer pines for the affluent Lindy, but she has dumped him in favor of another. Sam finds a large sum of money, and goes to New York to enjoy a shopping spree, buying new clothes, jewelry and a car with a driver. Back home, Lindy flips for Sam and his newfound wealth, and dumps the rival. Sam throws an engagement party where he indulges in a friendly game of cards with his former rival and another man, who unbeknownst to Sam, is a card shark.

1912

Algie, the Miner

Algie, the Miner 1912

4.80

When Algie Allmore asks to marry Clarice, the young woman's father gives him one year to prove that he's a man.

1912

A House Divided

A House Divided 1913

6.00

A married couple, suspecting one another of infidelity, decide to "live separately together."

1913

The Pit and the Pendulum

The Pit and the Pendulum 1913

4.70

Alice Guy's version of Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum. This film is partially lost.

1913

Making an American Citizen

Making an American Citizen 1912

4.90

A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.

1912

Two Little Rangers

Two Little Rangers 1912

5.00

"Wild Bill" Gray is a renegade and a wife-beater. He is about to start on some expedition of crime and his wife implores him to stay at home. She receives a beating for her trouble. Jim, a cowboy, rides past the shack, hears Mrs. Gray's screams and interferes, and takes Mrs. Gray over to his friend, the postmaster, so that she may have a good home. "Wild Bill" plans vengeance. Paxton, the postmaster, starts for the station with money and gold, and is accompanied a short way by Jim. Gray sneaks after them. After going with Paxton a short distance, Jim takes a turn in the road and Paxton rides on alone. Gray closes up on the postmaster, gets the drop on him, but Paxton is quick and there's a hand-to-hand struggle. Bill, however, worsts Paxton, and finally sends him over a precipice. But in falling, Paxton falls into a tree and thus is saved from sure death.

1912

A Man's a Man

A Man's a Man 1912

6.00

A Jewish man is treated poorly by a member of the upper-class. When tragedy strikes, the Jewish man has an opportunity for revenge, but he turns the other cheek.

1912

The Dream Woman

The Dream Woman 1914

1

In this story the hero is haunted by a beautiful young woman who tries to stab him to death with a knife. This fantasy recurs on each of his birthdays, becoming more and more real as the years go on. He leaves home to secure a place as groom, but arrives at his destination too late. Forced to retrace his steps, he seeks shelter in a little inn, forgetting that the hour of his birth is approaching. In the middle of the night he awakens, terrified with fright… Based on Wilkie Collins' novel “The Dream Woman”.

1914

The Detective's Dog

The Detective's Dog 1912

5.70

When Kitty's family adopts a homeless dog they couldn't guess how much it would be of help in her fathers detective work.

1912

Tramp Strategy

Tramp Strategy 1911

1

A woman plans to dress her fiancé as a heroic tramp in order to impress her father, but a real tramp intervenes in his place.

1911