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

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

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

In the Year 2000

In the Year 2000 1912

1

A remake for the US market of Alice Guy's Les Résultats du féminisme. The film is considered to be lost.

1912

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

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

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

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

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

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

Starting Something

Starting Something 1911

5.30

A suffragette gets her husband drunk, leading to an escalating parade of mishaps as more people get drunk on their "lime juice."

1911

Cupid and the Comet

Cupid and the Comet 1911

1.00

A young couple is trying to get together while the girl's father is trying to break them up.

1911

A Severe Test

A Severe Test 1913

7.00

Daisy Jones had been married just a year when her husband failed to kiss her one morning, and she decided that he did not love her any more.

1913

Dick Whittington and His Cat

Dick Whittington and His Cat 1913

1.00

Dick, a young boy hears wondrous tales of London, where the streets are paced with gold. At night he dreams of the capital. The next day he leaves his country home to see his fortune in London. He fails to find work at first and is almost starving when a wealthy sea-merchant takes him in as a cook's help. The cook takes an instant dislike to him and tortures him mercilessly. His garret is full of rats and he often goes without food. One day, a man on the street takes him for a beer and gives him a coin, which he uses to buy a cat.

1913

A House Divided

A House Divided 1913

6.00

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

1913

Broken Oath

Broken Oath 1912

1

Vinnie, Colonel Beggs' daughter, complains to her father that Lieutenant Sterling is paying her unwelcome attentions. The Colonel assures his daughter that she has no cause for fear. He immediately forgets the incident, as important military developments occupy his time. But soon Vinnie has a more serious complaint, and the Colonel is forced to act.

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

Frozen on Love's Trail

Frozen on Love's Trail 1912

6.00

A white girl, living with her father at the barracks near an Indian reservation, is very kind to a half-breed Indian. He falls in love with her but she does not encourage him. However, she one day is about to accept a trinket from him, when one of the soldiers, who is also in love with her, intimates something that does not sound nice to a good girl's ears.

1912