Set in a small town in southern Russia at the end of the 19th century, the story follows the Ashkenazi family after the mother’s death. The...
The Stranger
Professor Smelts the band leader gets into a romantic rivalry with one of his musicians over the affections of a pretty girl.
The Ragtime Band
Modeled after a popular collection of stories known as "Brother Gardener's Lime Kiln Club," the plot features three suitors vying to win the hand of...
Lime Kiln Club Field Day
The young wife only reflected her aspiring mother's teaching. Her one ambition seemed to be for display and to keep her reputation as a woman of...
So Runs the Way
A recreation of the Thanhouser Studio fire of 13 January 1913, it includes the rescue of a small child from the flaming building.
When the Studio Burned
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police,...
Crime and Punishment
Prison break. A murderer seeks refuge inside a barn.
The Highway
The cruel captain of a schooner dominates the shipwreck victims he picks up.
The Sea Wolf
It was on the night of the Italian ball when Maria, to tease her sweetheart, Tony, indulged in a mild flirtation with Joe, his enemy. At first Tony's...
The Hero of Little Italy
Onésime becomes enamoured of a girl and sends a messenger to her on a motorcycle.
Onésime, You'll Get Married... or Else!
Though her father forbids her to marry Jack Harvey, a poor young artist, Molly Wilson becomes his wife and goes away with him to another town....
A Christmas Story
A political boss antagonizes his constituents when he delivers an oratory while being fed talking points from his daughter who is reading from the...
The Politician
The Dreamer is unhappy with his marriage and runs away. He collapses and is found by The Desert Flower, who convince him to return to his family. In...
The Restless Spirit
At the death of Burke, the bulk of his fortune goes to his only son, Rory, a baby in arms. The child is in the keeping of his uncle. Sir Everett, who...
Rory o' the Bogs
Calino's uncle leaves him an inheritance, but only if he can uncover it hidden in his uncle's house. Detective Onésime is called in to help,...
Onésime: Calino's Inheritance
A careless nurse girl allowing the child to wander away, made the mother realize the poignancy of the little verse: "If we knew the baby's fingers /...
If We Only Knew
Two business partners pursue the same woman. She accepts the marriage proposal of the irresponsible partner, much to her later regret. He squanders...
Death's Marathon
His Sister's Kids is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Minta Durfee.
His Sister's Kids
Hard as nails and as strong winded as a gale in March, Red Hicks may have been a bit "chesty," but he was in perfect trim. The town depended on the...
Red Hicks Defies the World
Stella Le Vere, an ambitious but struggling actress, is abandoned by her husband and is forced to leave her baby girl, Grace, in the care of an...
The Understudy
