The Tramp and the Dictator
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released...
See moreSan Francisco
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in...
See moreStar Power: The Creation Of United Artists
The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists...
See moreWhy Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary...
See moreRescued from an Eagle's Nest
A woodsman leaves a hut followed by a woman with their baby. Nearby some men chop down a tree. The baby is left outside the hut, but an eagle flies...
See moreThe Adventures of Billy
Billy witnesses two tramps accidentally kill someone during a robbery. The tramps lock him up and decide that he must be killed, too.
See moreThe Heart of O Yama
Pretty Miss Chrysanthemum has but little to say as to the disposal of her heart, at least, such is the custom in Japan. Her parents attend to that...
See moreAt the Crossroads of Life
At the Crossroads of Life is a typically Victorian-style melodrama in which a girl's wishes to be an actress are condemned by her stern father, a...
See moreMary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, silent film star, movie pioneer and keen...
See moreThe Black Viper
A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, with the help of two friends, attacks the girl...
See moreWhen Knights Were Bold
Two noblemen fight over a lady.
See moreFlashback: The First World War
A collection of 2 minute documentaries that tell not only the historical facts of WW1, but also the stories of those most involved and others...
See moreA Calamitous Elopement
A young couple are enjoying a romantic interlude in the young woman's home, when her father discovers them and angrily chases the young man out of...
See moreTwo Daughters of Eve
Calumny is one of the most despicable crimes against our neighbor, and while the wife in this story acted conventionally, she nevertheless maligned...
See moreDeceived Slumming Party
Mack Sennett appears as a policeman and waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
See more1776, or The Hessian Renegades
During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy...
See moreThe Red Girl
Mack Sennett appears as a man in the bar in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
See moreAt the French Ball
A husband finishes packing a suitcase, and then says good-bye to his wife. As soon as he is gone, the wife has her maid help her to dress for a...
See moreThe Fatal Hour
This one-reeler has been regarded as a classic example of a Griffith thriller. It engages with the Chinese White slave traffic from the perspective...
See moreCaught by Wireless
Crime drama involving an Irish couple immigrating to America
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