The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man

The Fable of Higher Education That Was Too High for the Old Man 1914

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Buchanan Bartlett, shiftless son of Hiram Bartlett, farmer retired, is sent to college to learn things. Father becomes peeved when he receives a bill of expenditures a month later from his son, amounting to two hundred and fifty dollars. The old man decides to investigate things, and the following day finds him at the university.

1914

His Musical Career

His Musical Career 1914

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Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St.

1914

The Million Dollar Robbery

The Million Dollar Robbery 1914

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Falsely accused of the theft of a million dollars in securities from the safe of his wealthy employer, an honest young private secretary finds himself powerless to prove his innocence because of the perjury of an unprincipled butler who has been bribed to testify against him. For 23 chapters/adventures he and his boss's daughter set out to clear his name and catch the real culprit.

1914

Woman Against Woman

Woman Against Woman 1914

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Woman Against Woman is a tale of two sisters. Bessie, the older and more sensible one, is forever losing her boyfriends to Miriam, the younger, prettier and flightier of the two. While "doing the town," Miriam is lured into the apartment of a pair of letches named Crooke and Craven, who ply her with drugged liquor, then have their way with her. Holding Bessie's libertine friend, Rachel, responsible for all this, she heads to Rachel's flat and tries to strangle the life out of the woman. She also sees to it that Crooke and Craven are thrown out of their lodgings for their wanton behavior

1914

The Spoilers

The Spoilers 1914

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The Spoilers is a 1914 film directed by Colin Campbell. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a spectacular saloon fistfight between Glennister and McNamara. It was adapted to screen by Lanier Bartlett from the Rex Beach novel of the same name.

1914

Sweedie Springs a Surprise

Sweedie Springs a Surprise 1914

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Sweedie, the cook at the Prim household, is a little too rough to suit Mr. Prim, who is about three feet shorter than herself. He decides to discharge her, but finds it rather difficult. After being handled like a rag doll, he goes to his friend for help and is overjoyed when told he might have their maid, as they are leaving for the country that evening.

1914

Sweedie the Trouble Maker

Sweedie the Trouble Maker 1914

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Sweedie has two admirers, and is undecided as to which one she prefers to marry. Her parents are in favor of Fritz, a little fat German. Sweedie is then determined to wed the other suitor.

1914

The Shadow

The Shadow 1914

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Driven to desperation by the enmity of Jane, her step-daughter, Sarah, Dean's second wife, turns to Ware, a friend of the family and a former suitor, for advice. Jane learns that her stepmother has gone to call upon Ware. Realizing the unhappiness her conduct has caused, the girl is stricken with remorse. Knowing that her father would misconstrue Sarah's visit to Ware, the girl hastens to the man's home to meet her stepmother. Sarah is fallen aback when Jane finds her with Ware, but is filled with happiness when the girl announces her desire for a reconciliation.

1914

Without Hope

Without Hope 1914

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To pick up material for his latest play, Kendall poses as a waiter at a fancy restaurant. In a twinkling, he gets mixed up with a gang of sinister foreign agents, who hope to get their hands on a noiseless explosive device

1914

The Exposure

The Exposure 1914

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Helen and Joe are in love. He receives a letter from his uncle offering him a good position in his law office. He shows Helen the letter and she shows him one from the Standard, also a check for a short story. They have a quarrel over a slight thing and he leaves for his uncle's place. Six years go by and Helen is now a very successful writer on a large daily.

1914

The Crucible

The Crucible 1914

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Jean finds the boyish manner in which her late father raised her, is now causing quite a lot of trouble for her, and she ends up in a reformatory. After escaping this prison she meets Craig Atwood, a handsome artist, and now Jean must prove through a series of trials, that she is worthy of his love.

1914

The Laundress

The Laundress 1914

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Wallace Beery dresses up as a lady to fool the man.

1914

The Million Dollar Mystery

The Million Dollar Mystery 1914

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This twenty-three episode serial told the story of a secret society called The Black Hundred and its attempts to gain control of a lost million dollars.

1914

Fifi's House

Fifi's House 1914

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Comedy in which two fellow lieutenants vie for the favor of Fifi, owner of a clothes shop in a Garrison Town. The two friends, each married to a daughter of the General buy a dress for their wife and Fifi is the real winner.

1914

The Strategy of Broncho Billy's Sweetheart

The Strategy of Broncho Billy's Sweetheart 1914

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Broncho Billy shoots an outlaw for making a disrespectful remark about his sweetheart. After the shooting he hastens to her home and tells her he has shot a man, but does not know who he is. Shortly after the remainder of the gang of outlaws arrive and, to learn the direction Broncho went, tell her it was her father who was shot.

1914

Svengali

Svengali 1914

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Based on the novel Trilby by George du Maurier. A girl named Trilby meets Svengali, a musician and hypnotist, who claims he can turn her into a talented singer via hypnosis.

1914

The Jungle

The Jungle 1914

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Lithuanian immigrant, Jurgis Rudkus, gains a job in the Chicago stockyards. Once working at the stockyards he meets and marries Ona. But due to cut backs at the stockyards, loses his job, and they fall into financial hardship. Ona, in order to get money to feed their child, engages in sexual activity with her husband's foreman, Connor. Connor, rapes her. When Rudkus finds out about the affair, he throws Connor into a cattle pen where he is killed. While in prison Ona dies. When Rudkus gets out of prison he becomes an advocate for women via the Socialist Party. Considered a lost film.

1914

Max Wishes He Hadn't

Max Wishes He Hadn't 1914

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In consequence of a first kiss, poor Max finds himself claimed as a property of a persistent damsel. Even his approaching marriage does not deter the lady, who leads him a merry dance.

1914

Heilig recht

Heilig recht 1914

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A courtroom drama involving a father and daughter who find themselves on opposite sides of the bar, because the father is accused of murdering his daughter's fiancé and must prove his innocence to the judge. He is acquitted but soon dies of grief.

1914