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- A humongous and obese anthropomorphic swine dressed like a fine gentleman in a fancy dinner attire tries to make a pass at a solitary lady having a picnic.
- Pauline, a young maiden, must protect herself from the treacherous "guardian" of her inheritance, who repeatedly plots to murder her and take the money for himself.
- A young girl is given her breakfast of milk and a biscuit by an elderly woman. When her beribboned cart comes up, she shares the meal with her. Later, the cat sticks her paw into a glass of milk and licks it off
- Three friends go on a trip and decided to rest at an abandoned house. Everything seems pretty normal until really weird things start to happen.
- The story of Jesus Christ from the proclamation of his Nativity to his crucifixion. Impressive scenes and dynamism of the actors prelude to the Italian colossal movies of the silent period.
- A demonic magician attempts to perform his act in a strange grotto, but is confronted by a Good Spirit who opposes him.
- Three young children set up a table, and on the table is placed a miniature stage. The stage curtain opens, a carpet appears, and then the carpet unrolls by itself. Two puppet figures then come out and begin to perform a series of routines.
- The mechanic Etienne Lantier is a competent workman out of a job, whose tempestuous disposition is more than atoned for by a good heart. With bundle in hand he looks for work from town to town and in vain until he comes to the coal mines of Montsou. Luckily for him there is a vacancy because of a workman being absent, and the foreman, Maheu, hires him at the suggestion of his daughter, Catherine, who dressed as a man is wont to work like a man in the mine. Lantier creates an impression on her and she takes his part much to the chagrin of her accepted lover, Chaval, an unworthy and violent man. Lantier fails to recognize her as a woman until after sharing her lunch with him in the depths of the mine, her hair falls from under her miner's headgear. From that moment he devotes his whole heart to her. At the end of the day's labor Lantier, who has excited a fierce jealousy in Chaval, is invited by Maheu to become a boarder at his house and he joyfully accepts. The engineer, Negrel, making his daily descent into the mine finds the shoring timbers holding up the earth in a bad state and ready to fall. He makes a report recommending that the woodwork he immediately and properly repaired so as to avoid accident. The company, however, posts a notice saying that because the woodwork has to be repaired the price received by the miners per car of coal mined will be decreased. This arbitrary and unfair notice causes much discontent and anger among the miners. A mass meeting is called for at the Cabaret Rasseneur; Souvarine, an anarchistic workman, advocates violent measures. Lantier opposes this and suggests concerted action. The anger of the workmen breaks out afresh when they begin to receive their reduced wages and urged on by Lantier, whose influence is growing, they vote to strike. In the meantime Catherine, though in love with Lantier, dares not go back on her word to Chaval and marries him. Chaval treacherously carries full information of the strike proceedings to Mr. Hennebeau, the chief director of the company, and accepts pay for being a spy. The strike is now on amid general enthusiasm. In the meantime, Negrel, the engineer, who is in love with Hennebeau's daughter, pleads with Hennebeau to answer the miners' requests. Miss Hennebeau also pleads with her father, but in vain. The stores refuse to extend credit to the striking workmen and famine soon stalks among them. Lantier discovers to his surprise that Chaval is an exception and that he has plenty of food and money. As yet he has not discovered that Chaval is the paid spy of the company. Catherine brings secretly to her starving relative food and money. Chaval follows her, drives her from the house and strikes her. Lantier seeing it interferes in her behalf, and being attacked by Chaval thoroughly thrashes him. Chaval, taking advantage of the growing misery among the miners, urges some of them back to work. While they are in the mines the other strikers cut the elevator ropes. There is a panic in the mine depths. The imprisoned miners finally escape by ladders, but have to run the gauntlet of the enraged strikers, who still hold out. When Chaval is dragged from the mine Lantier rashes at him, but Catherine steps in between and prevents harm being done to her husband. Blinded by hatred Chaval goes to Hennebeau and denounces the miners' leaders, especially Lantier. The police are called upon to arrest him, but warned in time he escapes to the abandoned shaft of Voroux. The strike becomes violent and the troops are called in to reinforce the police. In the absence of Lantier, Souvarine is called in to head the strikers. Hennebeau's house is attacked and stoned. Seeing the soldiers preparing to fire on the mob, the director's daughter rushes from the house to try and avert the coming calamity. She is caught in the storm of bullets and dies together with many of the miners and their wives, among them Catherine's father. This crushes the strikers' movement and instigated by Chaval they vote to resume work. Lantier, emerged from his refuge, tries in vain to dissuade them, but his influence is gone and bowing to the majority he also goes back to work. Souvarine, alone implacable, determines upon desperate measures. He releases the bolts binding the barriers that hold back water from flooding the mine and the flood breaks loose. He is drowned in the cataclysm that follows. The miners, caught like rats in a trap, run madly hither and thither. Some escape, others, among them Lantier, Catherine and Chaval, are caught. These latter three find themselves imprisoned in an abandoned working pit, where they sit in despair with the water up to their knees. They have little food and when after long hours Catherine attempts to give a little of her lunch to Lantier. Chaval furiously opposes. Chaval finally attempts to deprive his wife by force of her morsel of food. In righteous rage Lantier strikes him and kills him. His dead body, floating on the water, haunts them. Forgetting their animosities, directors and workmen unite in the work of rescue. Through an abandoned pit they come near to Catherine and Lantier. Their signals being answered by the prisoners they redouble their exertions. By imprudence, however, an explosion takes place, which kills many of the rescuers and sets back the work. Among those killed is Catherine's brother. When the workers finally pierce the intervening walls they find only Lantier alive, for Catherine lies dead in his arms. When the unconscious man is brought into the daylight and at last opens his eyes it is the bereaved Negrel who, with a heart of sympathy, comforts him in his grief when he sees the body of his dead sweetheart. Broken in spirit he sees injustice rule and the poor pay the piper.
- A sorcerer tosses an iridescent little beetle into a flaming ceremonial cauldron, and much to his amazement, a six-winged fairy in the body of a beautiful young woman emerges. Is his sorcery potent enough to tame her?
- France, at the end of the sixteenth century. Henry III decided to eliminate his rival, the Duke of Guise, and, therefore, calls him in the castle of Blois. The mistress of the duke, warned of the King's intentions, informs him, but the noble, sure of his own authority, went there anyway. In Cabinet-Vieux castle Duke is stabbed by guards of the King, while he attends the murder hidden behind the curtains. Eventually, Henry III does burn the duke body to discard.
- 1911 adaption of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" in which three men around the Notre Dame Cathedral are romantically interested in Esmeralda, a Romani girl: Commander Phöebus, Quasimodo the bell ringer and archdeacon Claude Frollo.
- Depicting well-known incidents in the life of Jesus Christ, this milestone of early cinema won world fame, huge audiences and a screen life of decades when most secular films of the time measured their commercial life in weeks.
- The young devil, bored of being in hell, is advised to go for a walk in Paris where incidents such as a car accident happen to him and find a girlfriend.
- A heavily pregnant woman has a series of irrepressible cravings while walking with her family.
- Stevens, the bank clerk, is ambitious. His great desire is to become a lawyer. He stays at the bank at night to study, but is unable to take a course at college owing to his poverty. He handles immense sums of money every day and is strongly tempted to steal some, but fights off the desire till one evening when a belated customer comes late to the bank with a deposit of several thousand dollars. He sees a way for his ambition to be gratified and takes the money. His wife refuses to go with him, so he deserts her and his small daughter and goes away. Some time later we see him in a strange town living under an assumed name. His ambition has been gratified and through the good will of the political boss he has been made a judge. He falls in love with the daughter of his friend, the boss, but is deterred from marriage by the thought of his wife whom he had deserted. In the meantime Mrs. Stevens has become destitute and unable to support her daughter. She takes her daughter to an orphan asylum and releases all claim on her. Mrs. Stevens is unable to obtain work and at last is found unconscious and taken to a hospital. Her handbag, containing her identification papers, is lost and picked up by another woman who is in the last stages of exhaustion. The woman succumbs to the cold and on being found is thought to be Mrs. Stevens. Her death as Mrs. Stevens is reported to the papers. Judge Harding (formerly Stevens) sees the report of the death and marries the daughter of the boss. The boss decides to run Judge Harding for governor of the state, but his choice is attacked very strongly by a young lawyer, Norris. The boss and Harding try to buy Norris, but finding that he cannot be reached they decide to "frame up" his sweetheart in order to break his determination to prevent the election of Harding. They get her into trouble and Judge Harding is appointed to try the case. He is conducting the case in a very severe manner with a decided feeling against the prisoner. The superintendent of the orphan asylum has followed the course of the little girl's life and comes to the city to see her. She recognizes Mrs. Stevens as the woman who left the child at the orphanage and takes her to see the trial. As Mrs. Stevens enters she recognizes in Judge Harding the man who deserted her so many years ago. While the jury have retired to settle the case Mrs. Stevens accuses Judge Harding. The sudden excitement causes an attack of heart failure just as the jury return with a verdict of "Not Guilty."
- On a fine winter morning, an aristocratic couple of city dwellers decide to have a picnic in the great outdoors, however, everything seems to go wrong, all at once.
- In a bower of giant tulips a boy and girl practice flower magic. They cause flowers and birds to open and human forms to issue therefrom, and on the black background of the wonderful garden there appear myriad flowers, in the center of each of which is a smiling feminine head. Tableaux showing pretty girl and flower effects are plentiful and the film winds up with a burst of multi-colored flame, which shoots in fiery splendor from leaves and petals.
- An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.
- Max needs a tonic after an illness, and the doctor prescribes a Bordeaux glass of wine three times a day. One proves to be enough, as Max drinks a quart glass of wine and proceeds to get into trouble.
- A young English lord, who has been excavating in Egypt, finds a mummy of a beautiful Egyptian princess, more than 5,000 years old. So well has the Egyptian embalmer done his work that the face is perfect in all its beauty, and the susceptible young man falls deeply in love with this belle of old Egypt, takes the mummy home to his estate in England and there it occupies his whole mind, to the exclusion of all else. Even the proposed visit of a beautiful American girl does not arouse his interest. In his sleeping moments he dreams that his mummy is alive and that he also is a subject of the Pharaohs. The mummy so works on his mind that he is losing his reason, but it is ultimately saved by the appearance of the American girl, who so resembles the mummy that she seems to be its reincarnation.
- Proving adept at every possible camera trick, Segundo de Chomón was brought by Charles Pathé to his studio at Vincennes, near Paris, to make trick films in imitation of Jules Verne (such as this one, inspired by A Trip to the Moon (1902)).
- A young woman passing through a cemetery at night is suddenly startled by a voice coming from one of the graves. She wishes to rush away, but the ghost appearing compels her to remain. He explains to the terrified girl that she must go to the kingdom of Satan and get a bottle of the Water of Life, which she must bring back to him. The girl consents to do as he desires and starts forth on her expedition after the precious fluid. She summons a lot of soldiers and friends to her aid, and we follow the whole army down into the bowels of the earth. Arriving at the gate of Satan's kingdom, they mount a chariot of fire and, arriving at the devil's palace, give fight to the demons mounting guard over their king, and after having defeated them rush into the palace. Now Satan, seeing his life in peril, disappears in a cloud of smoke, and thunder, and is seen again as he dashes through his vast domains gathering together his people, and while they await the conquering chariot another fight ensues. The devil is beaten again and the bottle of life is stolen by the leader of the victorious army, and they are all about to depart when a terrible explosion takes place and the chariot and its occupants are dashed to the ground. All are killed: but the brave woman who undertook the expedition, and she goes forth alone, meeting on her way dragons and vampires, who try to stop her progress towards earth. She defeats them all, however, and arriving at the ghost's grave raps on the marble slab, the ghost appears, drinks the water and is immediately transformed into a beautiful prince. The last scene of this interesting film shows the happy marriage of the once-deceased man and the beautiful and courageous bride.
- 191011mUnrated5.7 (535)ShortA frantic child reports to the tribal chief that her father killed her mother. The tribe chases and captures the man, dragging him back for tribal justice.
- Whiffles. the noted comedian, is married to a shrew, who proves more than his match in their many conflicts. A discolored eye is the last straw and Whiffles decides to tame his wife's aggressiveness. He buys the magic wand of Professor Jinks and marches bravely home. He arrives late for dinner and his wife aims a blow at him. He touches her with the magic wand, but, alas, with the wrong end, producing two wives instead of making one disappear. The wives combine forces, take the magic wand away and pound the unfortunate Whiffles until he apologizes.
- It's a play in three parts. This film is supposed to be the first long feature film released in Europe
- In a medieval palace, an astronomer with a telescope shows the king.
- Max at an evening party takes a necklace from one of the guests and makes good his escape. The guests and the police set out in pursuit but Max employs some novel methods and among others mounts a boat on the water chute and finally makes good his escape in a balloon which soars far out of reach of his would-be captors. This film is just cram full of novel situations and laughable episodes.
- Max is a stage struck youth, and because of a deep-seated desire to go on the stage, refuses to consent to a marriage his father has planned for him. The girl, whom Max has never met, is also stage struck, and entertains no wish of marrying him, though her mother is anxious to see her make the alliance. The parents finally manage to bring the young people together, and they, in turn, exert all their skill in an attempt to disgust each other. An accidental meeting between the two when they are off guard causes them to change their minds, and, as a climax of the scene, we see them gently clasped in each other's arms. The scene following, and the last one, is subtitled, Six Months Later. The girl appears with a baby in her arms in a filthy tenement house. Max enters as a broken-down sport, and demands money from her. She refuses to part with her last cent, and, in the quarrel and struggle that follows, he kills her, and then - the curtain falls and the spectator discovers that he has been witnessing Max and his wife in a drama within a drama. They have fulfilled their stage ambitions, besides satisfying their parents.
- Part One: The opening scene shows the interior of the squalid little home, where Gervaise has waited all night for Lantier's return, but when the latter enters the place, he casts the tearful woman aside with a gesture of ill-humor, begging her to leave him in peace. Gervaise takes her bundle of clothes and starts for the public wash house, where, after being assigned to a place, she begins her toil. A young woman named Virginie enters, and taking her place at a tub next to Gervaise, taunts the latter about the loss of her lover, for it is Virginie who has supplanted Gervaise in the affections of Lantier. Soon a little boy arrives at the laundry with a note which he hands to Gervaise, and the latter on opening it reads the following soul-crushing words: "I have had enough of your jealous outbursts, and have decided to leave you. Don't worry about me: I have found consolation. Lantier." The disconsolate woman's rival stands by with a triumphant sneer on her face and under her breath makes slurring remarks, whereupon Gervaise turns on Virginie, giving her a terrible heating. Gervaise has still another shock in store for her, for on leaving the place she is horrified to see her rival Virginie enter a cab with Lantier and drive away. The next scene takes place a few months later, when we see Coupeau, who has been Gervaise's staunch friend all through her sorrow, meet the latter in the park and propose marriage to her. The happy Gervaise accepts the generous hearted fellow, and on their way home they stop to inform their friends of the coming event. Gervaise, who has a strong aversion to drink, makes Coupeau swear that he will never touch a drop of intoxicating liquor. The couple are married and live happily together for five years, for Coupeau, who is a tinsmith, works steadily and is devoted to his wife and proud of their little home. Virginie, however, has never forgotten the humiliation she endured that eventful day In the laundry, when Gervaise attacked her, and she is ever on the alert to have revenge. One day when Gervaise and her little daughter carry Coupeau his lunch, we see the latter come down from the housetop where he is working, and going with his little family to a secluded spot, he enjoys a hearty repast. Virginie, who has been haunting the neighborhood, climbs upon the scaffolding and loosens some of the boards. As Coupeau climbs the ladder to return to work he stops for a moment to wave good-bye to his dear ones, when suddenly the planks give way under his feet and he is precipitated to the ground below. The other workmen who hurry to the scene tenderly raise the injured man and carry him to his home. Part Two: During Coupeau's convalescence, Gervaise has a birthday, and in honor of the event the happy couple give a little party to their few good friends. It is at this function that Gervaise sees her husband take his first drink. From that day, Coupeau loses all ambition and self-respect, and refuses to return to work. His poor wife is made to shoulder the responsibilities of the household while he spends his time in the tavern. One day Coupeau happens to meet Lantier in the saloon and in the course of conversation bets the latter than be can drink eight brandies while the clock strikes eight. The wager is placed, but Coupeau loses, for he is only able to finish six before he is helplessly intoxicated. At this juncture Gervaise enters the place and, seeing the condition of her husband, begs him to go home with her, but the drunken man positively refuses to move. Finally Conpeau is attacked with delirium tremens and after a difficult struggle with his companions, is carried a raving maniac to the hospital, where he remains for two years. On leaving the hospital, Coupeau is warned against the use of strong liquors; the smallest glass, he is told, will cause immediate death; he may, however, partake of a very little red wine. He is accompanied home by a friend, who stops on the way and purchases a bottle of wine. Great indeed is the joy in the little home when Coupeau arrives, and after an effusive greeting, Gervaise takes her basket and hastens off to purchase some food for the poor invalid. While Gervaise is absent the heartless Virginie slips into the room and substitutes a bottle of whiskey for the wine. Soon the sick man feels the need of a drink, so going to the closet he picks up the bottle and raises it to his mouth, but scarcely has it touched his lips when he realizes that he is doomed. Burning with the desire for liquor, the unfortunate man drains the bottle of its contents and is immediately seized with delirium tremens. After much suffering the victim of drink falls prostrate upon the floor, where his lifeless form is found by his unhappy wife upon her return.
- Canta, known as "the ugly girl," is hooted at by the children, shunned by all men and made a laughing stock of by the women. Sad indeed is her lot and despair is written on her unattractive countenance as she draws her shawl more closely around her and hurries away to some solitary spot where she can rest in peace. The scene is distinctly an Oriental one. Wherever one turns the richest of coloring greets one's eyes. The tiny dark native children in picturesque costumes play in the streets. Everybody seems happy and contented except poor Canta, who passes out of the town into the country where she can be alone with Nature, who kinder than her fellow beings smiles on her and whispers beautiful things to her such as she never heard from human lips. Reaching a cool quiet stream Canta stops to quench her thirst. In the distance she hears someone approaching, and looking around she sees a splendid looking youth coming along with faltering steps in her direction. She crouches as if to hide, as she does not wish him to see her ugly face. As he draws nearer she sees he is handsomer and more splendid than he appeared at first, but she also sees that he is blind and guides himself with a staff. No longer fearful, now that she knows the stranger cannot see, the girl stands erect and when he asks her for a drink hastens to give it to him. He gently kisses her hand in gratitude for her kindness and Canta begs him to allow her to be his guide. These two afflicted mortals therefore start out together each glad of the companionship of the other. One day the blind man, Ivah by name, meets a dervish, who presents him with a lotion which he says will restore his sight. When Canta hears it she becomes alarmed because she is fearful that should Ivah see how hideous his guide is he will flee from her as do the rest of her fellow creatures. But her love conquers her pride and she decides to induce Ivah to use the cure no matter what the consequences might be to herself. Her unselfishness is rewarded and shortly after Ivah has used the liquid they both stand at the feet of one of their gods, he not only regains his sight, but the generous girl, as a reward for the sacrifice she was willing to make, becomes the most beautiful of maidens, and when Ivah looks upon her he makes up his mind that she and no one else will be his bride.
- The legend of Aladdin and his magic lamp: Aladdin finds a magic lamp which brings him wealth, luxury, and marriage to a princess. But his rival, an evil magician, steals the lamp for himself. Aladdin must regain the lamp or lose everything.
- The classic story about the jealous and evil queen who tries to kill the beautiful maiden by giving her a poisoned apple. Snow White falls into a deep sleep and can only be awakened by a kiss from a prince.
- A man buys the novel The Invisible Man by "G.H. Wells" at a bookshop, and in it finds the recipe for Wells' invisibility potion. Then the opportunity makes the thief.
- A pretty girl is the ward of an old man who is extremely solicitous as to her welfare, and takes it upon himself to interfere in her love affairs and keep a close watch over her lest she should marry beneath her. The old man's secretary is in love with the maiden, and when the old guardian sees them together, he becomes so infuriated that he cruelly remonstrates with the girl. The latter, having a will of her own, goes to her room and writes to her lover, telling him of the unpleasant interview with her guardian, and asking him to demand her hand, and if it is refused, they will elope. The youth goes to the old man and states his case, but meets with a cruel rebuff, so returns to his home determined to have the girl at any risk. He writes to the maiden, telling her to steal out at a certain time and meet him, and when the appointed hour comes, the youth is there and soon the girl joins him. The old man, expecting this, is keeping a close watch, and when he sees the pair meet, he rushes out and fires a shot, killing the girl in the presence of her lover. The old fellow drops the revolver at his victim's feet and gives the alarm, and when the police arrive, they find the grief stricken youth bending over the form of his loved one. Immediately the blame is thrown on him and the heartbroken boy is led away to face the results. The next scene is in the office of the chief of police where the youth is being examined and the old guardian bearing false witness, with the result that the evidence is strong against the young man, and he is locked up to pay the penalty. The old man, realizing the seriousness of the youth's situation, is conscience stricken, and as he sits brooding over the affair his victim appears to him, accuses him of the deed, and tempts him to end it all with a revolver lying on the table. The miserable fellow can bear no more, and seizing the gun, he fires. At the sound of the shot the police rush into the room, in time to hear the old guardian's last words, exonerating the young man.
- A laundry man parks his horse-drawn cart to make a delivery. While he is inside, his horse sees a bag of oats and starts to eat them. By the time the man comes back outside, the horse has eaten a whole bag of oats, and has so much energy that he begins to race out of control.
- Madame Bartlett, a celebrated biologist, employs Vera Knight as her assistant at the suggestion of a friend and soon comes to love her for the many good qualities the girl possesses. Chilton, Mme. Bartlett's secretary, is hard up for money through steady and severe losses at gambling, and begins to falsify the account books in order to replenish his funds. In the meantime, his charm of manner has created a profound impression upon Vera's heart, and when he proposes marriage she accepts with a happy heart. Relying upon his honor and promises, Vera becomes a victim of abused confidence and soon finds herself in an embarrassing position. She asks for and obtains a leave of absence and retires to a farm in the country where her child is born. Chilton, in the meantime, continually postpones their marriage on various pretexts. While the secretary is talking to one of his creditors one day, Mme. Bartlett overhears the conversation which makes her suspicious. A little later in Chilton's absence she examines the ledgers and finds proof of the secretary's speculations. Shortly afterwards Vera comes down to the city to make one last plea to the man who abused her trust in him. While she is beseeching him to keep his promise and marry her, Mme. Bartlett enters the room, confronts the secretary with his double guilt and tells him he must marry the girl or go to jail. Frantic with the fear of public exposure, Chilton that night enters the Bartlett library, and, finding the ledgers, tears the incriminating pages from the books. He also seizes the opportunity of taking whatever valuables he finds. While he is engaged in doing this, he is overheard by Mme. Bartlett, who enters and catches him. A struggle follows in which the woman is shot and killed. The commotion is heard by Vera who rushes in just as Chilton has escaped through the window. While she is bending over the body of her friend the servants come in and accuse her of the crime. She is arrested, tried and found guilty on circumstantial evidence, and receives a life sentence. While the years of her life in jail roll away her infant son. Adopted by the farmer and his wife, grows up to manhood in ignorance of his real parentage. By good conduct Vera becomes a "trusty" and, as such, enjoys the confidence of the prison officials. By a strange accident she uncovers a plot among the convicts to overpower their guards and escape. By means of her warning the revolt is nipped in the bud. For this Vera is rewarded with a pardon and freedom. Twenty years have now elapsed and the eager mother longs to see again her boy. Going back to the farmhouse where she left him, without disclosing her identity, she learns that her son has become a successful business man and is engaged to the daughter of Senator Bristow. Determined not to cast a shadow upon the young man's happiness, Vera leaves the words unsaid that a mother's heart prompts her to speak. She accepts a position in the Secret Service and soon becomes of value to the organization. She is soon assigned to a case wherein a certain Baron Metzger is reported to be attempting to steal plans of certain fortifications of the United States Government. While running down the clues she finds that her own son is strangely implicated in some way with Metzger. Her astonishment is increased when she recognizes in the Baron the Paul Chilton who betrayed her. She does not know that Metzger has persuaded the young man to gamble and that her son has lost beyond his means. To further her investigations, Vera has Senator Bristow make her his secretary. Metzger gets Walter so completely in his power that he is able to persuade the young man to aid him in securing the much-desired papers. Walter invites his prospective father-in-law who ride with him in an auto driven by Metzger disguise. By means of a drugged cigar the Senator becomes unconscious. In tardy revulsion at his complicity in the unworthy act, Walter refuses to steal the papers. Metzger does so instead. The Senator recovers consciousness and a struggle follows which ends in him being hurled dying from the car to the road. How Walter becomes suspected of the crime but through his mother escapes the implication; how Metzger is pursued until finally the runaway locomotive in which he is attempting to escape leaves the track and carries him to his death end a most absorbing drama.
- This is another one of our famous scenic films which is a revelation of the beauties of the historic Russian city, showing it clad in a blanket of snow and giving us a good view of the many points of interest in and about the place. We get a good view of the famous old Kremlin from different angles, then a view of the city taken from one of the high towers. Next we see Petrovsky Park and some of the main thoroughfares during a heavy blizzard in which the inhabitants go about well muffled up and seemingly undaunted by the severe cold atmosphere.
- An alchemist in the 18th century creates a potion that will temporarily turn anyone who drinks it invisible. While he is away two drunk burglars steal the potion and wreak havoc about town.
- The daughter of the general manager of the telegraph company becomes interested in telegraphy and calls at the office every day to get her lesson in the art. Morton, the operator, who teaches her, loves her from the first and this love soon begets an answering emotion in the girl's breast. In response to an invitation from his sweetheart Morton goes to her father's office to meet her and accompanies them to dinner. What is his surprise to find the office empty! He doesn't know that within the great safe vault behind the massive door closed and locked by a careless employee, is the General Manager and his daughter, suffocating in the rapidly diminishing air; nevertheless he learns the awful secret, and how he saves them from a frightful death by his sweetheart's knowledge of telegraphy, provides a dramatic situation seldom if ever equaled in motography.
- The well-known story of Cleopatra and Mark Antony has stirred students of history and human nature in every generation since the famous drama and its origin. Mark Antony's triumphing over the fleeing assassins of Julius Caesar, at Phillipi, made him the greatest man in all the world. It remained for Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, to end his glorious career. Heedless of the inevitable consequence, Cleopatra had abandoned herself to the luxurious extravagances and riotous living of the times. The advent of Mark Antony threatened her ease and happiness. Consequently, she set about to save her crown by practicing her seductive charms upon the victorious Antony. The hitherto invulnerable warrior was immediately enslaved. Dreams of power and ambition were ruthlessly disregarded to make room for his new and overwhelming love for the Egyptian sorceress. Mark Antony for the first time found something that rivaled in his affections his wonderful devotion to his country. Octavius Caesar, realizing the situation, sought to save Mark Antony from himself, but Mark Antony was not the man to listen to suggestions. Consequently, Octavius determined to vent his wrath upon Antony for deserting the Roman cause, excited the people against their former idol, and in a short while an army was ready to avenge Rome even against their once beloved Mark Antony. So busy and so happy in his love-making was Mark Antony in the palace of Tarsus that the possibility of a plot against him never entered his mind, until he was called upon to defend himself. He fought with all his old time valor, but he was fighting Romans now and soon the tide of battle turned against him. A messenger hurried with the news to Cleopatra. Cleopatra read the evil tidings and immediately ordered the messenger poisoned. Embittered by his disgrace, Mark Antony made his last effort to prove his love for Cleopatra. He returned to the palace of Tarsus and ended his life by his own hand at the feet of his charmer. Unwilling to survive the triumph of Octavius, Cleopatra bares her breast to the deadly sting of a serpent.
- An obsessive astronomer desperately wishes to fulfill his impossible dream of reaching for the stars - in this particular scenario, a beautiful female star that seduces him from the skies. With the assistance of his helper, he manages to find a unusual transportation that can take him all the way to reach his destiny: he enters on a giant soap bubble who'll take him there and present him some surprises.
- After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor, Octavius.
- Another fine travelogue which carries the spectator through the quaint streets of this town on the edge of the earth. The people present a novel and interesting appearance in their daily labors, amusements and recreations. Few can see this picture and not come away with greater knowledge of the world and its inhabitants than they did before.
- In the middle of a theatre stage, much to our surprise, a modern sculptor's minuscule creations come to life, until the grand finale where an astonishing metamorphosis awaits.
- The story of Verdi's well-known opera is generally known. Briefly the old Count Di Luna gives his two young sons a locket. Manrico, still a youth, is carried off by the gypsy Azucena. Their father having dies, Count Di Luna is a rival with Manrico for the affections of Leonora. After many sensational adventures Manrico is caught and placed in a dungeon by the Count. Leonora to free him promises to marry the Count, and then takes poison. The Count, finding Leonora is dead, orders Manrico to be executed. He then discovers from Azucena, who sees his locket, that Manrico, whom he has had beheaded, was his long-lost brother.
- Mistaking a tiger's tail for a snake, Colonel Heeza Liar puts himself in wrong with a big tiger, who gives him a very bad quarter of an hour, until the matchless courage and ingenuity of our hero overcomes him. Next our friend mistakes a bear's ears for a butterfly, and tries to net them, with the result that soon he is up a tree only a breath or two in advance of the bear. Things look very dark for him, especially as the bear energetically tries to shake the colonel from his perch like a ripe apple, but again his resourcefulness finds a victory. As a final grand windup he makes the biggest bag of game, all at one shot that anyone ever secured under similar circumstances.