A Fool's Revenge

A Fool's Revenge 1909

0.50

A court fool believes the Duke is after his beautiful daughter, and arranges to have the Duke murdered. The daughter overhears the plot and, disguised in the Duke's cloak, sacrifices her life to save him.

1909

Modern Education

Modern Education 1909

4.00

The great men of letters and military conquest pose on subsequent pages of a very special history book.

1909

At the Altar

At the Altar 1909

3.80

At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the landlady's pretty daughter, but she was of a poetic turn of mind and her soul soared above plebeianism and her aspirations were romantic. Most persistent among her suitors was Grigo, a coarse Sicilian, whose advances were odiously repulsive. The arrival at the boarding house from the old country of Giuseppe Cassella, the violinist, filled the void in her yearning heart. Romantic, poetic and a talented musician, Giuseppe was indeed a desirable husband for Minnie.

1909

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei 1909

3.00

Scientist Galileo Galilei was engaged in his studies, but a servant of his attempts to seduce his daughter, and denounces Galilei to the Holy Office.

1909

The Doctor's Secret

The Doctor's Secret 1909

5.20

Doctors blow to pieces a patient in a hydrotherapy machine and re-assemble him.

1909

The Eavesdropper

The Eavesdropper 1909

3.50

Hidalgo offers his daughter's hand in marriage when he can't repay a loan to Manuella. But when Manuella overhears the daughter bidding farewell to her lover, he is so moved by their devotion that he cancels the debt.

1909

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe 1909

5.44

As Poe's lover is slowly dying, he struggles to make money to care for her.

1909

Transfigurations

Transfigurations 1909

4.70

A showman invites patrons to step up to his Kinetoscope-style magic box and glimpse the answers to their most burning questions.

1909

The Lure of the Gown

The Lure of the Gown 1909

3.70

"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle appears on the scene clad in a gown that is a masterpiece of the dressmaker's art she easily fascinates the male contingent, among whom is Enrico, the sweetheart of Veronica, a street singer. Enrico is so enraptured at the sight of Isabelle in her resplendent attire that he becomes her abject slave, casting aside the poor, peasant-clad little Italian street singer, who has loved him devotedly. Crushed almost beyond endurance the poor girl stands sobbing at the entrance of the park where the inconsistent lever left her. Her tears attract the attention of a wealthy young couple who happen to pass. In answer to their queries she tells them how contemptibly her sweetheart acted, and all because of the fascinating influence of a gown.

1909

Tom Thumb

Tom Thumb 1909

5.00

This adaptation of Charles Perrault's classic novel briefly presents the story of a poor family who doesn't find means to sustain their home and end up being evicted from it. When the youngest of the seven children overhears his parents conversation about this sad situation, he cries for a while. But barely everyone knew, that he was about to come up with a thoughtful idea that could restore their peace and bring back their home.

1909

The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period

The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period 1909

0.50

During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, Catholic worship is forbidden on pain of death. Three soldiers are arrested as Catholics and condemned to die. Cromwell decides to spare two of them and to determine which should die by chance. The guards bring the first child they meet. Whichever soldier she gives the 'death disc' to shall die. Cromwell is charmed by the girl and gives her his signet ring. By chance the child is the daughter of one of the soldiers and gives the death disc to her father, because she thinks it's pretty. The child is returned home to her mother, who learns of her husband's pending execution and of the power of the ring. She rushes to the place of execution and saves her husband by producing the ring.

1909

Those Awful Hats

Those Awful Hats 1909

6.00

A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.

1909

Hunting the Panther

Hunting the Panther 1909

4.50

A hunter and his native helpers set up a trap, then taunt and shoot a panther. Next we see the locals skin the animal.

1909

The Slave

The Slave 1909

4.20

A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she offers to sell herself as a slave to allow them to buy food.

1909

Briton and Boer

Briton and Boer 1909

3.50

The story opens just before the Boer War at the farm house of Jobe De Larey, just outside Kimberly, S.A. Jobe's family are Boers with all the strange customs and fierce hatreds of this transplanted people, all except his oldest daughter Gretchen. She has attended the English school at Kimberly, and while there met and fell in love with Allen Hornby

1909

The Airship Destroyer

The Airship Destroyer 1909

5.80

An inventor uses a wireless controlled flying torpedo to destroy enemy airships.

1909

Floral Frameworks

Floral Frameworks 1909

4.50

There have been numerous studies of plants and flowers presented to the public, but none which exhibit the perfection of stereoscopic detail. The various plants have been photographed against black backgrounds and are carefully colored. In addition, the various groups were made to revolve during the time of exposure and thus show a succession of lights and shadows which produces the relief which adds so greatly to a picture. (Moving Picture World)

1909

The Boy and the Convict

The Boy and the Convict 1909

5.00

A boy helps a convict to escape after meeting him at his mother's graveyard. The convict gets rich in Australia and when he returns is arrested again but released in the last moment after a dying convict confesses.

1909

A Strange Meeting

A Strange Meeting 1909

4.30

Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister's apartment, she comes face to face with her misdeeds.

1909

The Gibson Goddess

The Gibson Goddess 1909

4.10

A pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. She appears in a leg-revealing swimsuit, but the stockings have been stuffed with cotton to make her limbs appear misshapen. All but one of the men is driven off, and regret it when she removes the misleading leggings.

1909