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- StarsLionel BarrymoreThere is no confirmed documentation that any film bearing this title was ever produced or distributed at this time. Most likely the correct title is The New York Hat (1912). Lionel Barrymore did not enter films until 1911, but did, indeed, appear in The New York Hat the following year.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsGeorge NicholsKate BruceRobert HarronAn old soldier on the frontier, the father of a dozen children, a staunch patriot himself, brings these children up with rigid military training. He conducts his household as a garrison with strict discipline, drills, etc. On the evening of the day the picture opens, the oldest boy wishes to go out to make a call on his sweetheart, but the old soldier commands the boy to stay at home. This command the boy is loath to obey, but his father, himself brought up under rigid military rule, rails at his insubordination of the boy, and threatens that if the boy goes out he goes for good. The boy does go, however, and returning finds sure enough the door barred against him. Sad and homeless he wanders, but it is fortunate he goes for the next morning he views from a distance a tribe of Indians starting out on the warpath. With this lead, he with valiant effort, secures the aid of a troop of patrolling soldiers, who rescue the boy's family and sweetheart just in time. The military training imbued by the old soldier stood in good, as it was the means of holding the Indians at bay until help arrived.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsCharles WestBlanche SweetCharles Hill MailesUnion soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the Union Army, one soldier runs away, hiding in his girlfriend's house. Ashamed of his cowardice, he finds his courage and crosses enemy lines to bring help to his trapped comrades.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsAdolph LestinaYnez SeaburyWilfred LucasThieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a girl who lives in his building.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMary PickfordCharles Hill MailesKate BruceA stern father rules his little family by what he thinks to be the Bible's precepts, but it is simply the influence of his own narrow mind, he forgetting entirely his own youth. Hence when his boy suggests going to a barn dance, he flies into a rage and commands that the boy remain at home. The boy, however, becomes rebellious and goes, and for this act of disobedience the father drives him from the house and forces the rest of the family to swear never to mention his name again. A short time later they move to a new neighborhood, and the boy's sister meets and marries the village blacksmith. The old father has often regretted his harshness to the boy, but his stubborn nature prevents his admitting it. The sister, though, realizes his feelings and writes to her brother, who begs to come home. This almost causes trouble of another nature, for the blacksmith, who knew nothing of the brother, saw his wife in the apparent stranger's arms, and suspicious, was about to leave without asking an explanation.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMary PickfordHenry B. WalthallLionel BarrymoreThe orphan Dora is courted by two different gold miners.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsWalter MillerMary PickfordL.M. WellsA very pretty girl is always surrounded by many male admirers, much to the dismay of one very shy fellow, who gets his chance to impress her when two burglars break in.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLionel BarrymoreBlanche SweetW. Chrystie MillerWhen the Great Chief's body is placed before the funeral pile by his mourning braves, his sacred blanket is covered over it and a sentinel left to watch that this, his last resting place, is not desecrated. The tribe has just departed for their village when a mountain outlaw appears and succeeds in stealing the blanket, having given the sentinel doctored whiskey. When the Indians discover this they exile the unfaithful sentinel until he can recover the blanket. About this time there comes to the mountains a little family, which is forced into the location on account of the ill health of the old father. They meet the outlaw, who is stricken ill, and dying, he presents the sacred blanket to the wife. Later on, the blanket is seen in her possession by the exiled Indian and he vows to recover it. In his attempt he yields his life, but the blanket is retained to the tribe through his sacrifice.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHenry B. WalthallMary PickfordLionel BarrymoreYoung author Roy Norris proposes to pretty little Mary Ford and is accepted. This is the golden dawn of their life, while the first year or more of their married life is the sweet noontime, made all the sweeter by the arrival of their firstborn. The little trio--father, mother, and baby--are bound together by the ties of that most holy love, until unreasonable jealousy possesses the young couple. While at work in his studio, the young author is visited by his wife just as he is complimenting his stenographer on her valuable aid, and from this the wife sees grounds tor suspicion. On the other hand, the young husband, seeing his wife talking to a stranger, is a bit suspicious, although the stranger is simply returning a bottle of smelling-salts his wife had borrowed, Later on, the young wife thinks she has further grounds for her suspicion and so when the author returns home he finds the house deserted and a letter addressed to him from his wife. It simply reads: "I have left here forever with the one I love." Both are innocent of any wrong, but a tragedy is narrowly averted.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsBlanche SweetMadge KirbyCharles Hill MailesA lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an ice cream social, she meets a young man you seems interested in her. However, unknown to her, he is a burglar who is only interested in breaking into her father's house. One night she is awakened by a noise. Grabbing a pistol, she enters her father's downstairs office where she confronts a masked intruder . . .
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsElmer BoothLillian GishClara T. BracyA tender young woman and her musician husband attempt to eke out a living in the slums of New York City, but find themselves caught in the crossfires of gang violence.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHarry CareyMadge KirbyJack PickfordAt the edge of the Indian village, where the renegade white man is occupied with trading, he meets the Indian maid, who later becomes his purchased bride. A son is born. Playing with his kind the child, who inherits his mother's Indian character, passes on to boyhood. Then the racial difference between the father and son is felt. At length the father, angered at the reluctance of the youth to leave his people and accompany him on a trading trip, compels the boy to do so by threats and violence, but later during the journey he becomes ashamed of his Indian wife and child. Broken guns and bad whiskey, sold to the Indians by the trader, inflame their desire for vengeance. In the coming attack the war-cry of his ancestors stirs the young Indian's blood. The father's crimes prove his own destruction, while the boy and his mother are claimed by their own.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsElmer BoothGrace LewisLionel BarrymoreAs the husband leaves for the lumber regions, his wife gives him a memory message to be opened after his arrival. Attracted by a maid, cherished by the love of two old brothers, he forgets it until sometime later. The message serves its purpose, however, for through it, after a thrilling experience, the maid learns the true value of the man's love, while he in his turn, goes back to his waiting wife and finds there, along with his shame and regeneration, his heart's desire.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMary PickfordHenry B. WalthallEldean SteuartWhen the double wedding takes two daughters away from the old man at once, the youngest, now the only one left, in outraged spirit promises never to leave her father, but soon she too is departing for a new home. Then comes a cold hard fact of life. The son-in-law claims his right to make a home alone for his wife. In his bitterness and anger, the father denies them both the house. Several years later the lonely old man meets at the gate a babe in arms. When he learns whose baby it is, heart hunger craves another sight, and sought, brings with it the only natural result.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsWalter MillerMary PickfordHenry B. WalthallThe young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his brother to take care of his fatherless sweetheart during the perilous times which are to follow. But the brother weakens and fails to be true to his trust. He permits her to believe that her lover is dead. Caught in the neighborhood, however, between the lines of the enemy, the brother appears before them at the crucial moment. In retaliation the false brother turns informer. Both forces are aroused to arms and during the attack upon the girl defending her wounded lover and family alone in the negro's cabin retribution comes in the form of a stray bullet.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsWalter MillerMae MarshJoseph GraybillAn abusive father and husband attends a play one night and sees that the "villain" in the piece does to his family exactly what he is doing to his own family.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMary PickfordCharles Hill MailesKate BruceA dying mother bequeaths money in trust for her teenage daughter to the pastor. When he buys the girl an expensive new hat, scandal breaks out, as local gossips assume something fishy is going on between the pastor and the pretty girl.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHenry B. WalthallDorothy GishRobert HarronStern parents have ever been relentless obstacles in love's young dream, but it is perhaps quite doubtful if ever love could equal the accentuated bliss and anguish of these two. She refused to eat for her hero and for her he bore the marks of battle, an eye made black by a cruel parent's fist. Tired of such an unsympathetic world, they sought the wilderness, where, had it not been for Indian Charlie, these two "babes in the wood" would have ended their dream in a manner quite too disagreeable to think of.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLionel BarrymoreHenry B. WalthallRobert HarronIn this latter-day Cain and Abel story, a jealous brother strikes down his sibling just as a young burglar is about to enter the house. The jealous brother summons police, who then charge the young intruder with murder. How can the burglar prove his innocence?
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLionel BarrymoreLillian GishWalter MillerKnocked down by an automobile, the intoxicated tramp is taken to the doctor's house, received and treated to a square meal. The husband of a patient has just died, calls on the doctor, intending to kill him. The grief-crazed man is foiled several times by the return of the tramp, whom the maid at last pushes out of the house. She hears the doctor struggling with his assailant and faints. The tramp hears the doctor's cry for help and enters by a rear window, despite the objections of a policeman, in time to save his benefactor.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHenry B. WalthallClaire McDowellBlanche SweetThe woman of the camp implores her lover to marry her, and he promises to do so, but goes away and does not return. Target of the camp's jeers, she lives alone until her child is born dead. The doctor fears for her reason if she discovers that all her shame and anguish have been in vain. He has another maternity case on the outskirts of the camp, where the Saint, as the trapper's wife is known, dies in childbirth. For the sake of the baby and the bereft woman, the doctor gains the trapper's consent to a plan and brings his two patients together. The woman's quarters being squalid, the doctor insists that she go to the trapper's cabin, and the trapper moves out to make room for her. The sight of his child drawing life from an alien breast has awakened the trapper's soul. And the touch of baby hands the strangeness of human kindness, stir the God within the woman. The doctor hopes to see her marry the trapper. At this moment the woman's former lover returns, bent on making such amends as he can. He, too, has discovered the living God within him. At the doctor's suggestion the woman chooses between the two men. For a long time she hesitates, then places her hand in the trapper's palm.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHenry B. WalthallBlanche SweetJohn Francis DillonEach night, after the day's work at the factory, the three bachelor friends met and declared anew their attachment over a social glass. They bound themselves to remain thus as long as life might last, never to marry. But one was a traitor, while the other two were called away. A widened breach, a quarrel, fanned the resentment, but true friendship at last claimed its own.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMae MarshClaire McDowellAlfred PagetA telephone operator hears a robbery in progress over the 'phone and goes in search of help.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMae MarshW. Chrystie MillerLionel BarrymoreSummoned to the trading post, granddad promised the girls the money from the deal. He remained true to the end, though it seemed for a time as if his purpose would never he fulfilled. Cunning minds were thwarted and the girl received a double promise.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsRobert HarronKate BruceMae MarshA butcher boy steals meat to give to a beggar woman and is ultimately rewarded for his kindness.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsBlanche SweetHenry B. WalthallLionel BarrymoreAfter a dancer marries, she discovers that she has little in common with her husband.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsBlanche SweetCharles Hill MailesHarry CareyThe jealous husband saw a flirtation; the Raffles, a necklace. The husband's suspicions were further confirmed when the Raffles came out of his hiding. The Raffles permitted the deception, until his manhood came to the surface. He realized how his own happiness might have been so jeopardized, and the little wife concerned was restored to her own.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsBlanche SweetAdolph LestinaHenry B. WalthallIn the apartment hotel lived the aspiring maid, whose solicitude maintained order in the bachelor's apartment. He was her ideal, and the all-adoring bellboy was firmly but gently given to understand that maids who read "Heliotrope Glendening's Advice to Young Ladies" look higher than ice-water toters. A compromising complication with an unexpected visit from a beautiful lady, quite convinces the aspiring one that wealthy young bachelors might be the grandest men ever, but when it comes to the crucial test, their aspirations are not for chambermaids. Science influences his actions so much that he gets into trouble with the police. When they are through with him he lands in a hospital, but as the clock nears the midday hour the thought of the bomb at home sends him scurrying from the hospital, with patients, nurses, and orderlies in pursuit. He reaches home breathless, to find that Mrs. Pietro has cooked the pig and that the bomb was merely a test to prove his loyalty to the tenets of the society.
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsClaire McDowellCharles Hill MailesPearl SindelarHappy in her devotion to her unfortunate sister and the promise of honest love that had come into her life, the girl was perhaps blind to true values. She became indifferent to her life and its surroundings. Accordingly she accepted the stranger and his doubtful promises. Honest love and duty were forgotten, until, caught near life's uncertain edge, she was called back by her blind sister's peril. Thus was true love separated from blind infatuation and life's lesson learned.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMae MarshJoseph GraybillCharles WestThe young man has been deceiving his mother in his letters home and upon the reception of a letter from her his better self is for the moment aroused, but only for the moment, as he finds evil associates hard to ignore. But it seems that the letter has brought with it a blessing and his mother's prayers have been heard because his meeting with a young woman in the tenement district proves to be his moral uplift. She, by a clever scheme, prevents him from committing a crime which would have been his irretrievable downfall.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMary PickfordW. Chrystie MillerCharles Hill MailesJust before she dies, an elderly married woman stashes the horde of money she's secretly accumulated beneath the false bottom of an old shipping trunk. After her death, her husband, believing himself penniless, has to leave their old home and move in with his son's family, where he's treated with no respect or consideration. Also on the scene is a newly-hired kindly young housekeeper (Mary Pickford); she and the old gentleman become close friends and eventually run away together (taking the old shipping trunk with them).
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLionel BarrymoreRobert HarronGertrude BambrickItalian immigrant Gato lives with his wife Marie and his younger brother Giuseppe on a small truck farm in the West. Gato becomes so intent on his work that he neglects to show his wife the little attentions she demands. A foppish wandering Italian, Sandro, sees in this an opportunity to work his ends, but he is prevented by Giuseppe's timely interference.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsCharles Hill MailesRobert HarronJohn T. DillonSim Sloane and his beloved son were the reprobates of the village, not what would be called lovers of peace and kindness. But granddad dwelt in a house filled more with love, and when Sim came in for his brutal sport, he soon went out assisted by granddad. Incited by ridicule and drink, Sim swore to get even. That was where granddad's new supply of powder came in. Sim appropriated it and although he wrecked the house of love, he destroyed through his venom the only thing he cherished in life.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsAlfred PagetHenry B. WalthallHarry CareyThree outlaws, pursued by the posse, are crossing the desert when a child's cry halts them. Near a deserted wagon they see a mountain lion about to devour a baby, whose late guardians lie dead of thirst nearby. Driving off the beast, the outlaws rescue the baby, first feeding it and then taking it with them, despite the handicap of its presence. Attacked by Indians, they still refuse to desert "Little Pardner." In a running fight one outlaw is killed; another dies of thirst. The survivor escapes and, seeing the posse in the distance, fires a shot to attract their attention. The sheriff, coming up, is amazed to see, in the outlaw's arms, his own motherless baby, which he had left in the care of an old settler and his wife. The story told, he bids the outlaw go where he will, for he will never take him prisoner.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsDorothy GishMae MarshWalter MillerRose and her cousin Mary dwell in the land of romance, but real Romeos are scarce in this prosaic age. Yet Rose, in spite of a gay young Lothario who steps in the way of her own true love, finds her way to love-land. That was where Mary's perfidy came in. It showed up Lothario's true character, while at the same time it brought Mary back to her own determined young lover.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMae MarshW. Chrystie MillerKate BruceThe supposition was that she was born a tease, for from her first teeth to the time she was almost grown, she vented her witcheries on her unsuspecting parents and the wild things of her mountain home. But that was before the man from the valley lost his way and later found it back again, bearing away the little tease to the valley. While she suffered the qualms of broken faith, her father passed through a like struggle, for he felt the precepts of the "beloved book" had failed him. He closed the door of his cabin upon the world and the light from his window, lighting the wayfarer over the mountain path, disappeared. The struggle over, it came hack in its place in time to beckon the little tease as she left the valley behind.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLionel BarrymoreKate BruceLillian GishEverything he did seemed to be misconstrued, except by the little lady he loved. The town roisters made fun of her and his love. That made trouble and the chief vigilante believed him the cause of it all. So he was "in wrong" all around. The girl's father also sided with the opinion of the world, and sent both the boy and girl away. Mother was on a visit at the time, and therein the need of such a one at home was proved, for once back she sent the father out to bring them home again. The boy in the gold hills had been misunderstood again. Marauding merchants had left their victim on the mountain pass and the boy, coming on the scene, was again accused, but the lie in the end destroyed itself.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishDorothy GishLionel BarrymoreThe question is, would the young tramp really have fallen in love with the groceryman's daughter if he had not caught her in the heart struggle. Be that as it may, she could not find it in her to drown the unwelcome visitor to the pantry, so she let it go and the silent little drama witnessed by the tramp greatly impressed him. Not so the strict aunt, she declared the whole thing to be in exact accordance with everything else in the family. Their hearts ran away with their heads. That was why they lost money on credit, could not pay off the mortgage and send the sick sister to a better climate. As for the tramp, they had no business to take him in. He could not pay for his keep. But the tramp surprised them all.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsHenry B. WalthallCharles Hill MailesChristy CabanneThis story is somewhat in the nature of a poetical fantasy, and may be construed as the spectator pleases. It is the story of a wanderer who prefers to seek, through his flute, the spirit of truth, that he may give it out into the world as he passes through his various journeys and experiences in life and thus make earth a better and fairer place. He prefers this to the perpetual strife for gain.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLionel BarrymoreClaire McDowellCharles Hill MailesA potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano. But shortly afterwards he breaks free, eludes his pursuers, and acquires a gun. He soon comes to a house where a young wife is home alone, and there is a tense confrontation.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsRobert HarronKate BruceWalter MillerThe prospector had taught the Indian boy the doctrine of peace. When his tribe resisted the attack of another tribe the boy did not take part. The din of the battle, as the horsemen circled them again and again, the moans of men caught under falling horses struck terror in the boy's heart The incensed warriors cast him from the tribe with the brand of a coward. It was then that his opportunity came to follow the white man's wonderful doctrine. "Big love man lay down life for friend,"
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLionel BarrymoreAlfred PagetCharles WestThe brothers choose between love and gold. The three brothers sought the gold regions. The fourth chose to be a stay-at-home. He sought just love, and love was his reward: in the happiness of two old parents and the heart of a sweet girl. But those in the gold regions, each for himself, seeking just gold, found their ill rewards in the sordid earth of the Bad Lands.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLionel BarrymoreHarry CareyClaire McDowellThe heartless woman with her partner answered the ranchero's call for a wife. Then the adventuress soon discovered she was not as heartless as she at first imagined. She learned to love and when the other man appeared to perpetrate the infamous design, true woman nature came into the struggle, saving both herself and the ranchero. That was his revenge,
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsW. Chrystie MillerLillian GishRobert HarronAfter a hard struggle the old man has just saved enough money to justify the marriage of his daughter and adopted son, when word comes from the oil fields nearby that his brother has lost his job, the little girl is very ill, and there is no money in the house. The sacrifice is a big one, but it has to be made. The wedding is postponed. One day his brother rides over on a bicycle to pay a visit to his benefactors, but does not bring the money. The little family is at a desperate pass; the house has been put up for sale. An oil prospector discovers oil on the premises and takes an option on the property, then hastens away to form a syndicate. The old man's brother and the boy go out in a field to dig postholes, and strike oil. The importance of the discovery is appreciated by the former oil man, and the pair rush off to the house. On the way they fall into a disused well, from which the boy contrives to escape. The oil syndicate is on the way in a fast motor car when they are intercepted by a traffic policeman who has seen a little girl clinging to the back of the car. She is the old man's niece, who has risen from her sick bed, put on her roller skates, and gone on a lark. The oil men bundle the half-fainting girl into the car, rush to the house, and are forcing the old man to sign the papers when the boy enters and stops the transaction. The syndicate is foiled, and the great event takes place after all, some days later.
- DirectorDell HendersonStarsCharles MurrayEdward DillonDorothy GishHard 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 champion, O'Shea, the fighting Irishman, to make soft putty of the world famous pugilist, but on the day of the fight there was no O'Shea. The supposition was he did not have the price: and other domestic difficulties interfered. O'Shea's trainer, however, solved the problem and Red Hicks found his Waterloo.
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsLionel BarrymoreClaire McDowellHarry CareySuccess is often coveted instead of honestly earned. Through honest effort the farmer was enjoying the fruits of his labor. A large irrigation well was among his new acquisitions. Therein his designing helpers held him prisoner while they left with his wealth and his daughter. There is an old saying, however, that an evil purpose always defeats its own end by some committing act.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsBlanche SweetHenry B. WalthallWalter MillerTwo business partners pursue the same woman. She accepts the marriage proposal of the irresponsible partner, much to her later regret. He squanders money on gambling, as his interest in her gradually wanes. One day after losing the company money in a card game, he decides to commit suicide. He telephones his wife from the office, as he puts a revolver near his head. The wife tries to keep him talking while the reliable business partner races to the office in an attempt to save his old friend. Will he make it in time?
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsHenry B. WalthallClaire McDowellMarion EmmonsHe was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad and spent his play hours around, the switch-tower. Thus at the crucial moment he was able to save his father's honor as a switchman, when the struggle between love and duty came and later to come to the aid of his parents in the hands of the desperate counterfeiters, eventually causing their capture.
- DirectorDell HendersonStarsCharles MurrayGus PixleyEdward DillonRooly, Pooly, and Dooly were "picture sandwiches," but hardly shining lights, even in that capacity. Consequently they were "canned" by the management. A brilliant idea; one would play the wild man in the village square, a real live show of their own. Rooly and Pooly then basked in the society of fair country belles, but Dooly at length was rescued by Miss Smart, looking for excitement. She was not disappointed.
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsWalter MillerWilliam J. ButlerConstance JohnsonThe reporter assigned to obtain a copy of the message from the Japanese Government unraveled the mystery of its disappearance in a clever manner. Every foreign government naturally was eager for a copy ahead, while the meeting of the Japanese Ambassador and Secretary of State was surrounded with greater risk than they imagined. But the well laid plans of the diplomatic spies were undermined and the innocent lover freed.
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsWalter MillerClaire McDowellCharles WestThe stakes were to go to the one who outlived the other two. In a quarrel one ended the chance of another. In the mountain the two survivors of the bet came together again, one now an outlaw but through a woman's subterfuge the money fell to the less likely of them all, Reed, declared to be "on his last legs."
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLionel BarrymoreWilliam J. ButlerKate BruceA feud began with a political argument. Then the justice declared if granddad did not pay up he would attach his household goods. Granddad was that mad all he left of the furniture was kindling. When he learned his act had made him liable to the law he fled with his family, but came back after a lost baby, now in the hands of the enemy.
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsHenry B. WalthallClaire McDowellLionel BarrymoreThe girl's lessons from the young station agent on the manipulation of the telegraph code served her in good stead. By it, hemmed in on all sides at the lonely farmhouse, she was able to save both herself and her father's money from desperate tramps, an experience which is grippingly illustrated in this Biograph melodrama.
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsHarry CareyCharles WestClaire McDowellIn this picture it is shown how a convict's life still remains under the ban of the law, even after the expiration of his term. With the detective continually on his track, he is able to save both a young woman's honor and her weak brother from the hands of a designing employer.
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsCharles WestClaire McDowellHarry CareyTheron is Lavina's natural choice, though she imagines herself in love with Luke, who is secretly loved by Lavina's sister, Susan. Susan sees that the couple are ill-suited to each other and adopts her own means to break the match. She is successful, but it is not until all have passed through a stirring and leavening experience that each couple realizes they were meant for each other.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsFrank OppermanLillian GishEdward DillonSuspected of theft, the Indian was discharged on the ranch-hand's accusation, but the foreman's suspicions against the hand were confirmed in time to reinstate the Indian. In gratitude the Indian captured the thief with the ranchero's money and saved the girl as well.
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsLionel BarrymoreKathleen ButlerClaire McDowellAfter a lifetime of hard work, Dad consents to live with his married daughter in the city. The young couple try to make him forget work. Ill at ease under his enforced idleness, he makes a deal with a disabled old street cleaner to keep his job. Finding him out, the young folks give in, and it's "back to the farm" for Dad.
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsLionel BarrymoreHarry CareyClaire McDowellIn the guise of a gardener he came to steal the paper telling the whereabouts of the second will. That was so the nephew might enjoy the inheritance alone. Then the girl learned his true mission, but in the end he restored her confidence and beat her enemies at their own game.
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsKate BruceHarry CareyLionel BarrymoreHer mother heart leans to her weak son, and dying, she asks the other to bring him to her. On the lookout for the thief, he comes face to face with his brother. At a fearful cost to himself, he sends the brother back to the mother and learns thereby the strong must bear the burden of the weak.
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsLionel BarrymoreClaire McDowellJames CooleyOn the day of the meeting which should settle the controversy regarding the Panama Canal, the Japanese Embassy commissioned Olga to obtain a copy of the agreement. The young Secretary to the Secretary of State became her dupe, but the detective succeeded in recovering the stolen treaty by a clever unwinding of threads taking thereby a desperate and thrilling chance.
- DirectorAnthony O'SullivanStarsJames CooleyHarry CareyJoseph McDermottAfter all, the young chemist proves himself quite human. He would have ended his life because he had not the money to spend on his desired research for a cancer cure, had not his uncle prevented. The old man became a thief "for science, not personal gain." The young man, however, fell in love with the very girl who was sent to track him, and thus forgot his original intention.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsMae MarshLeslie LoveridgeAlfred PagetThe fact that an Indian tribe is eating puppies starts an action-packed battle in a Western town.
- DirectorJames KirkwoodStarsBlanche SweetLionel BarrymoreJames KirkwoodIn her youth the mother was saved from the fatal mistake by an accident, but it caused her years of separation from child and husband. It had occurred primarily through her self-righteous sister-in-law's domination and interference. A like fate and downfall threatened the daughter, now reaching maturity. The mother's insistence separated the child from her environment. Love and understanding did the rest.
- DirectorJames KirkwoodStarsBlanche SweetHenry B. WalthallMarshall NeilanBert Stafford is in love with his mother's ward, Sylvia Randolph. She does not reciprocate his feelings as she is in love with Duncan Irving, son of Old Irving, the store-keeper of Pine Level, South Carolina. Although Mrs. Stafford has a daughter, Phyllis, Bert is her favorite child and she has spoiled him by her indulgence of his every whim. Duncan Irving, on the contrary, is a manly chap but unfortunately his father is a habitual drunkard. On account of Sylvia's preference for Duncan, Bert is jealous and tries to pick a quarrel with him, which results in Duncan being ordered from the grounds by Mrs. Stafford. Duncan passes his entrance examinations for West Point and before leaving home tells Sylvia of his ambitions. His father resolves to stop drinking which he realizes might disgrace his son. Two years later Duncan writes his father of his promotion at West Point and the old man shows the letter to Sylvia. When Mrs. Stafford hears of Duncan's success, she decides to send Bert to West Point. A year later the cadets are shown preparing for their annual dance, to which Mrs. Stafford, Sylvia and Phyllis are invited by Captain Lane. Duncan is now a first class man while Bert is a plebe. Bert naturally resents being compelled to take orders from Duncan or Duncan's friend Dumble. Dumble falls in love with Phyllis but she does not give him much encouragement. Duncan's father also goes to West Point but does not attend the dance, fearing his clothes might embarrass Duncan. Bert asks Sylvia to marry him but she puts him off. Bert becomes furious when he sees her talking with Duncan and resolves to get Old Irving drunk in order to humiliate Duncan. When Bert takes Old Irving to his tent he is seen by Duncan's friend, Dumble, who reports the matter to Duncan. As Sylvia has previously asked Duncan not to be hard on Bert, he resolves to respect her wishes and keeps from her the knowledge of Bert's cowardly act. Duncan finds his father in a drunken condition and Bert gloats over Duncan's humiliation and insults him. Duncan demands an apology and when Bert refuses to retract his accusation, Duncan knocks him down. When Bert is picked up he is blind and Duncan and his friends, Dumble, Clay and Lindsay, are put under arrest. Duncan and his chums are court martialed and suspended, despite the fact that Duncan declares he alone is to blame. The Staffords move to New York and although Bert recovers his eyesight, he is declared ineligible for further military service. He again proposes to Sylvia and this time she consents to become his wife. They quarrel as to when the wedding shall take place and Bert accepts an offer from an engineering concern to go to South America. Duncan goes to Washington hoping to induce the President to lift the suspension of his friends. Their reinstatement is made subject to Mrs. Stafford's signing the petition which she refuses to do. Nothing is heard of Bert and Mrs. Stafford is led to believe that he has died of fever many miles up the Amazon. When Duncan and his friends are informed of this they offer to lead an expedition in search of Bert. Mrs. Stafford agrees to sign the petition on condition that they bring her son back with them. Phyllis agrees to marry Dumble and have Duncan act as best man if he finds Bert. Duncan wishes to save Bert in order to win back Sylvia's respect. She gives him a message for Bert which discloses to Duncan her engagement to Bert, but he refuses to give up hope as he believes she is still in love with him, despite the engagement. The relief party arrives in South America and are soon in the heart of the jungle. As their supplies are running short, Lindsay volunteers to return for a fresh supply. During his absence, Duncan finds Bert, who is in a half-crazed condition, and delivers Sylvia's message to him. Bert curses Duncan for his failure to arrive sooner. Lindsay tries to locate his friends by calling them but is unsuccessful. Duncan gives up all hope of being rescued. He climbs a tree in a final effort to let Lindsay locate him and while there receives a message that Lindsay is on his way to rescue them. Duncan urges Bert to keep up his courage. Lindsay arrives and succeeds in rescuing the party, who are now on the verge of collapse. The scene shifts back to New York again where Bert is just recovering from the effects of his trip and although Sylvia nurses him she does not show any affection toward him. Dumble, Clay and Lindsay receive commissions as lieutenants. Dumble cannot understand why Duncan has not received a commission. Preparations are made for the wedding of Dumble and Phyllis. Bert goes away on business and cannot understand Sylvia's change of heart. Sylvia reminds Mrs. Stafford of her promise to Duncan and secures his commission for him but does not want Duncan to know of her part in the matter. When Bert returns he finds Clay and Lindsay thanking Sylvia for securing Duncan's commission for him. He tries to get Sylvia to make up with him but she evades him, having realized that it is Duncan whom she really loves. Bert informs Duncan that Sylvia has secured his commission so that she will be under no further obligation to him. Duncan refuses to accept the commission and tells Bert of his love for Sylvia and Sylvia overhears this. Duncan insists that Bert shall tell the truth in reference to getting his father intoxicated and as Bert is about to strike Duncan, Sylvia appears and sides with Duncan. Bert pleads with her in vain. Following the wedding of Dumble and Phyllis comes the engagement of Duncan and Sylvia, thus showing that virtue will always triumph in the end.
- DirectorDonald CrispStarsHarry CareyClaire McDowellDorothy GishAfter his daughter's return the jeweler attempted to break the partnership he had with the crook. His partner, however, won the girl's love, and threatened to expose the father if he attempted to break off the match. By a clever ruse the father set the gangsters against their leader. His plan did not prove altogether successful.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsWilfred LucasBlanche SweetCharles WestThe story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsBlanche SweetHenry B. WalthallMae MarshA religious woman seeks to save her people from destruction by seducing and murdering the enemy leader, but her plans get complicated once she falls for him.
- DirectorJames KirkwoodStarsAntonio MorenoBlanche SweetHenry B. WalthallFrank Nelson and his sister Dorothy are on a hunting trip. Soangataha, "Strongheart," a chief's son, saves Frank from drowning. Frank and Dorothy are deeply grateful to him for his kindness. Strongheart is so impressed with Frank's tales of the east that he decides to return with them to acquire the wisdom of the white man for the benefit of his race. When Strongheart reaches his destination he gives Dorothy a string of beads and a knife to Frank as a parting gift. Later Strongheart is a star on the Columbia College eleven and a great favorite with the boys. They are all enthusiastic over their big football game which they are training. Ralph Thorne is in love with Dorothy Nelson, who treats him with indifference. Dorothy favors Dick Livingston, her brother's chum, and Thorne, insane with jealousy, plans to disgrace Dick by getting him intoxicated and persuading him to gamble. Dick yields to the temptation and loses heavily. Thorne makes him a proposition to loan him $3,000. Dick consents and bets the entire amount on Columbia, thereby hoping to get out of the debt. Thorne exchanges his list of signals for Dick's and sends them to the opposing team. Billy Saunders makes love to Molly, Dick Livingston's sister. As a proof of his love she asks him to give her something he has sworn never to part with. He gives her the football signals (which are in Thorne's handwriting) and warns her of their importance. Dick is very devoted to Dorothy, but she gives him no encouragement for she realizes that she has fallen in love with Strongheart and leads him to hope she cares for him by giving him a rose. The signals are received by the opposing team, who are too honorable to take advantage of the stolen information. Their manager, Farley, decides to take the matter up with Buckley, the manager of the Columbia team. Thorne suggests that perhaps you can tell who sent the signals by the handwriting. Strongheart recognizes Dick's handwriting and refuses to show the signals till after the game. In trying to shield Dick, Strongheart allows himself to be suspected of having sent the signals and is not allowed to play the closing half of the game. Under the promise of secrecy, Strongheart allows Billy to see the signals. Billy believing that Molly has double-crossed him, Dorothy and Molly, unaware of what has transpired, are astonished at not seeing Strongheart in the game. Strongheart is frantic with excitement when Columbia wins the second half. Mrs. Nelson gives a dance in honor of the winning team. Billy accuses Molly of sending the signals to the opposing team. She denies this and gives the signals she has to Strongheart. They are astonished to find them in Thorne's handwriting. Thorne attempts to make love to Dorothy, but she repulses him. He leaves her and meets Billy, who asks him to send a telegram, merely a scheme to compare his handwriting with the signals in Strongheart's possession. Strongheart is convinced that Dorothy cares for him, and asks her to be his wife. Dorothy tells him of her love for him and tells him to come the following day for her answer. Frank enters just as they are in a fond embrace. Strongheart tells Frank that he loves Dorothy and wants to marry her. Frank upbraids him for daring to love a white girl and orders him out of the house. The following day a banquet is given to the football team. Billy begs Molly to forgive him for ever having doubted her. She finally relents and when he asks her to marry him she consents. Dick treats Strongheart coldly until he learns that the signals sent to the opposing team were in his own handwriting. He is overcome and apologizes to Strongheart. The members of the team hold a meeting for the purpose of discovering the guilty man. Dick is unable to explain how his signals were sent. Strongheart is called next and he accuses Thorne of having sent Dick's list to the other team and produces Thorne's own copy which Billy has given to Molly. Thorne realizes that he is caught and confesses his guilt. He leaves at once in disgrace. Strongheart cannot be urged to join the boys' dinner, saying that he has been taught that he is not one of them. He prepares to leave for home and Dorothy tells him of her great love and that she is ready to go away with him. Black Eagle arrives with the news of the death of Strongheart's father. He tells Strongheart of the great need his people have for him and forces Strongheart to realize that Dorothy could not live the life of his people. Strongheart struggles between love and duty. Dorothy entreats him to take her with him. He begs her to leave him while he has the courage to do what is right and despite her pleadings he decides to follow the path of duty and return to his people. He kisses her a sad farewell and is led away by Black Eagle.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsRobert HarronMae MarshWilliam J. ButlerA primitive tribe are attacked by apemen and menaced by various prehistoric monsters.
- DirectorPaul PowellStarsLionel BarrymoreBetty GrayMillicent EvansBessie Barton and John Tressider are sweethearts. Rachel Westwood, a friend of Bessie, is in love with John and jealous of his attentions to Bessie. John escorts Bessie to a dance and Rachel upbraids him. He shows plainly his love for Bessie and Rachel vows to be revenged. Bessie's father is killed and her sister, Miriam, and she are compelled to work. Rachel tells them about the fine opportunities in the city and urges the Barton girls to accompany her. Rachel, instead of going to work, spends her time with George Crooke, a man about town, Rachel introduces Bessie and Miriam to Crooke and his friend, Gilbert Craven, who invite them to take an automobile ride, but they refuse. Bessie and Miriam find employment. Rachel, eager to be revenged, tries to lead Bessie astray and invites her to a show. Bessie has to work that night and Miriam consents to go. Rachel writes to Crooke asking him to meet her after the show and to bring Craven for Miriam. Rachel and Miriam meet Crooke and Craven and they invite the girls to supper. Miriam protests, but Rachel persuades her to stay. Rachel plies Miriam with drink and leaves her alone with Craven. Bessie is frightened when Rachel returns without Miriam and implores her to tell her where Miriam is. Rachel sneeringly tells her she left Miriam with Craven. Miriam returns home later and confesses all to Bessie. Bessie demands an explanation from Rachel, but Rachel refuses to answer. Bessie throws Rachel out of the room and when the landlady learns what Rachel has done she orders her to leave. Bessie sends for Craven and tells him he must marry her sister. He refuses his name, but offers his money. Bessie resents the insult and tells him she can care for her sister alone. Crooke, Craven, Rachel and a few of their friends go horseback riding. Craven is thrown from his horse and seriously injured. Bessie and Miriam happen on the scene and meet Rachel. Craven is carried to a clergy house nearby and when he hears Rachel tell Crooke that Bessie and Miriam are outside, he indicates he would like to speak to Miriam. Craven begs Miriam's forgiveness and marries her before he dies. Miriam becomes a mother and Bessie assumes the care and responsibility of the child. Later Miriam meets Henry Chesterton, a wealthy bachelor, who falls in love with her. Miriam implores Bessie to keep her secret and Bessie tells Chesterton the baby is hers. Bessie is taken ill and the doctor orders rest. She returns home. Miriam places her baby in the care of Mrs. Crone, a nurse near her mother's home, and Bessie promises to look after it secretly. With mother's care and John's lore, Bessie is restored to health and marries John. Miriam marries Chesterton and writes Bessie that she cannot go to see the baby anymore, because it would mean her ruin if Chesterton knew. Bessie calls on Mrs. Crone to see the baby and is seen by Rachel. Curious to know what Bessie is doing at Crone's, Rachel peers in at the window and sees the baby. John meets Rachel and is amazed when she remarks about Bessie having a fine baby. He denies it and she tells him his wife is a hypocrite. Rachel leads John to Crone's cottage and the evidence is all against Bessie. Rachel tries to console him, but he angrily pushes her away. Bessie's mother is puzzled at John's actions when he returns home and when Bessie enters and tries to kiss him, he stops her and asks her where she has been. Bessie tells him she has been to the village, but he becomes enraged and tells her she lies, adding, "There is a child at Crone's that calls you mother." Bessie is horrified and tries to explain, but John will not listen. He leaves the house in a rage and surprises his friends by taking his first drink of liquor. Bessie thinks of her promise to Miriam and when questioned by her mother, who has guessed the truth, Bessie confesses and tells her mother the story of Miriam's misfortune. John, drunk and miserable, meets Rachel, who taunts him. John grabs Rachel and is about to strike her when Crooke interferes. Rachel jumps between John and Crooke and Crooke shoots her. Mrs. Barton determines to see Miriam and have her set Bessie right with John. Miriam is overcome with grief when informed that John believes the baby to be Bessie's. Miriam determines to tell the truth and leaves with her mother. John is ashamed and overcome when Miriam confesses she is the guilty one and implores Bessie's forgiveness. John and Bessie adopt Miriam's baby and it brings sunshine into the Tressider household.
- DirectorJames KirkwoodStarsLionel BarrymoreClaire McDowellBlanche SweetRobert Stevens robs the bank where he is employed, and through the efforts of Calvin Stedman, the prosecuting attorney, he is sentenced to six years' imprisonment. While in jail his wife dies and his little daughter, Agnes, is placed in a convent. At the expiration of his sentence, Stevens locates his daughter and settles in Arizona, assuming the name of Stephen Rodman. He prospers and later is elected governor. Agnes, now in an Eastern school, is first to hear the good news, and tells her chum Dora Prescott. Will Prescott, Dora's brother, is in love with Agnes, and before the closing of school, he sends her his photograph. Dora returns to her home in New York and Agnes to Arizona. Will Prescott is cashier of the Jefferson National Bank, and Ned Seabury, his chum and assistant, is in love with Dora. Calvin Stedman, now counsel for the bank, is in love with Dora, and when he learns that she is engaged to Ned, he plans to be revenged. Agnes confesses to her father that she is in love with Will. She receives an invitation to visit the Prescotts and is delighted when her father gives his consent. Ned and Will speculate in stocks through Arnold Kirke, a broker, and Ned wins. Stedman sees Ned in Kirk's office, and, knowing that speculating is contrary to the rules of the bank, he decides to tell Israel Cohen, the president. Kirke is on the brink of ruin, and, to save himself, he begs Will to lend him some bonds, promising to return them after showing them to his creditors. Will is indebted to Kirke, and lends him bonds belonging to the bank. Stedman informs Cohen that Ned is speculating. Governor Rodman comes east to meet his prospective son-in-law and is introduced to Will. A panic occurs, and Kirke disposes of the bonds loaned by Will. Cohen's bank is also in trouble, and Will is worried. Governor Rodman decides to tell Will his secret before the latter marries Agnes, and confesses that he served time in prison for a bank theft. Will realizes that he is not worthy of Agnes, but if he breaks his engagement Agnes will believe it is on account of her father's crime. Kirke commits suicide. Calvin Stedman is instrumental in bringing about Ned's discharge, and when the bonds are discovered missing, Ned is placed under suspicion. Stedman is introduced to Governor Rodman and recognizes Robert Stevens, the ex-convict. Rodman is overcome at his discovery. Stedman tries to turn Dora against Ned by stating that her lover is a defaulter, but he is unsuccessful, as Dora believes Ned to be innocent. Will confesses to Agnes that Ned is innocent and that he took the bonds. Agnes half faints when she realizes that Will is telling the truth, but assures him of her love despite everything and plans to save Ned. The directors of the bank hold a midnight meeting at the president's home to decide what action to take. Agnes accompanies her father to the meeting, and pleads with him to make any proposition that will save Ned. Cohen is surprised when Agnes and her father are announced. Rodman is granted a private interview and tells Cohen that he is willing to supply the funds to save the bank if Ned is not prosecuted. Cohen promises to do all he can and to present the Governor's proposition before the directors. The meeting is called to order and the investigation is conducted by Cohen and Stedman. Ned pleads that he is innocent of the charge. Due to his having speculated in stocks, sentiment is not in his favor, and his statement in his own defense is not impressive. Stedman accuses Ned and Ned is wild with rage. Cohen submits Rodman's offer, but Stedman opposes its acceptance and discloses the fact that Rodman is an ex-convict. Rodman admits the charge, and pleads with the directors to allow him to save Ned from the disgrace he suffered. Stedman again refuses to agree. John Pendleton, one of the directors, realizing that the bank is on the brink of ruin, offers to advance the funds necessary to tide the bank over the panic. Ned refuses to confess and is left in the hands of the law. Will contemplates suicide, but his courage fails him and he finally gives himself up. Governor Rodman makes good the amount of Will's defalcation. Governor Rodman returns to Arizona and resigns his office. Ned is reinstated as cashier of the bank and marries Dora. Will, due to the bank affair, is unable to hold the humblest of positions, and returns home time and again utterly discouraged. Agnes has been loyal to him through all his trouble, and comforts him. Will is overjoyed when Cohen hands him a letter from John Pendleton offering him a position in his factory. Will accepts, and leaves with Agnes to start life over again.
- StarsLionel BarrymoreWilliam RussellVivian PrescottAn innocent man, serving a sentence of five years in prison through the perjured testimony of the real criminal, Steve Carson, foreman of a shipyard, strikes up a warm friendship with his cellmate, Harold Norwood, a defaulting paying teller. No less strange than their friendship is the befriending of Steve's wife, Annie, by Julia Seymour, prima donna, who is Norwood's wife. As a reward of good behavior, the men are released on Christmas morning. Annie is bewildered by the receipt of a bank book which shows that large deposits of gold have been made in her name and that of her sister, Mary, by their uncle, George Hosford, who, dying in Alaska, has entrusted the book to Joe Hawes, a fellow prospector. Hawes, coming to New York, has met Turner Morgan, Steve's predecessor as foreman of the shipyard, who bears Carson a lasting grudge and has fastened upon him the crime for which he was imprisoned. Morgan has tried to get the money, failed and lost the book. Anstey, a cub reporter on a daily paper, gets wind of the case and by clever work discovers the truth. In his big story, through "the power of the press," Steve is vindicated, and Morgan's infamy bared to the world after his counterfeiting den is raided by the police.
- DirectorLawrence MarstonStarsLionel BarrymoreAlan HaleMrs. Lawrence MarstonYoung gypsy girl Mary, is seduced by the immoral Robert Crane and abandoned. She is exiled from the gypsies and, along with her mother Zenda, known as "The Woman in Black," she vows revenge. Meanwhile, Crane blackmails Stella Everett's father into forcing her to marry him, even though she loves Frank Mansfield, Crane's rival for a congressional seat. Frank wins, but Stella still faces the prospect of marriage to Crane until Zenda comes to her with a plan. On their wedding day, after the vows are recited, when Crane lifts the veil from his wife's face, he is shocked to discover, that his new bride is Mary. Now Stella and Frank are free to marry, and Zenda has gained her revenge.
- DirectorEdward MacKayStarsLionel BarrymoreGladys WynneLyster ChambersDunstan Leech, an unscrupulous gambler, victim of drugs, plans to marry his mother's ward, Kate Heathcote, that he may hide the embezzlement of funds entrusted to his care. His mother summons him from London to their country home, where he discovers Kate to be in love with Richard Blunt, who is tutoring his crippled half-brother Cecil. Unable to make Kate listen to his love, Leech plans to kill Cecil to gain possession of the money which will revert to him upon Cecil's death. He injects morphine into a prize bunch of grapes which is being saved for Cecil's birthday. The boy eats the grapes, dying from the effects. Leech's mother, Mrs. Jelf, determines to ruin Blunt in Kate's eyes by making it appear that a robbery has been committed and having the money discovered upon his person. The plot fails, and Blunt, whose suspicion had been aroused in connection with Cecil's death, leaves the house. Determined to stay in the neighborhood to protect Kate, he visits the keeper of the lighthouse, where he is followed and trapped in a closet by Leech. Leech, who is in a half-drugged condition, is pursued by the vision of the murdered Cecil and upsets the lamp in the lighthouse, causing it to catch fire. The rescuers, guided by the burning building, reach Blunt in time to effect his escape. Upon recovering, Blunt urges Kate to immediate marriage, and they depart for the diamond mines of South Africa, accompanied by three ex-acrobats. Leech later follows and with a band of Arabs abducts Kate and her child. They are rescued by Blunt and the three acrobats but later, when upon the point of recapture, the acrobats form a span of life by throwing their bodies across a chasm, over which Kate escapes. Blunt is made prisoner in an Arab camp. Kate, believing him to be dead, returns to England. With the assistance of a Christian Arab girl Blunt manages to escape and makes his way to an English army post. In England Leech's mother, finding herself upon the point of death, summons Kate to her bedside, divine her a key to a silver box, indicating that through its contents she can protect herself against Leech. Leech learns of her possession of the box and determines to steal the evidence it contains. He goes to her room at night and is horror-stricken when he discovers the hypodermic needle left in the grapes years ago, which had been found by his mother. Blunt, arriving at the house, is startled by Leech's cry of horror. He hastens to Kate's room and overpowers Leech, who tries to escape, but is confronted with the phantom of his drug-crazed mind by the spirit of Cecil. Before anyone can prevent him, he takes an over-dose of morphine and dies, thus bringing Kate and Blunt together.
- DirectorT. Hayes HunterStarsLionel BarrymoreMillicent EvansLois MeredithThe keen rivalry between Du Barry and La Pompadour for the favor of King Louis XV of France comes to a climax when La Pompadour intercepts a letter from Du Barry to Sir John Godric, an Englishman. Du Barry rescues the letter and destroys it before La Pompadour can carry out her plan of ruining her rival by showing the letter to the King. Hoping to secure other similar Du Barry letters from Sir John Godric, La Pompadour enlists the services of her friend and ally, Doltaire, high in the King's council, and commands him to get the Du Barry letters at any cost. Meanwhile Sir John leaves England to visit his bosom friend, Robert Moray, in Virginia Colony, America. A warning received from Du Barry before his departure causes him to hide her letters in a secret compartment in the fireplace of his home. In America, while hunting, Sir John is fatally wounded by the accidental discharge of his gun, but before dying he reveals the secret hiding-place of the letters to Robert Moray and exacts an oath from Robert to guard the letters, with his life if need be, until he can destroy them. As Doltaire, fulfilling La Pompadour's commands, visits Sir John's ancestral home in England, Moray's messenger arrives, bearing the tidings of Sir John's accidental death to the servants on the Godric estate. Upon learning that Robert Moray is now in charge of all of Sir John's papers and effects, Doltaire starts for America. The call of war between Canada and Virginia Colony takes Moray from home and when Doltaire arrives there he finds that Robert has joined Major Washington 's command. Doltaire thereupon goes to Fort du Quesne, the nearest French stronghold. Meantime, Captain Moray, while reconnoitering, has been captured by French soldiers and is brought a prisoner to the Fort, where he renews acquaintance with M. Duvarney, a soldier and gentleman of Quebec, homeward bound. Doltaire learns of Capt. Moray's presence in the Fort and offers to free Robert in exchange for information that will enable him to secure the Du Barry letters. As Captain Moray steadfastly refuses to barter Sir John's secret for his liberty, Doltaire transfers Robert to Quebec, where authority from "Ihe Seats of the Mighty" is supreme, and takes him before Bigot, the Intendant, who, at Doltaire's behest, gives Robert the freedom of the city. At Bigot's palace, Robert meets Juste Duvarney, son of M. Duvarney, who has recently become a member of Bigot's Court. The friendship between the young men grows. Robert is presented to Alixe Duvarney while visiting Juste at the Duvarney Chateau, and recognizes in Juste's father his old-time friend. Ere long, the young Virginian and the fair maid of Quebec find their hearts enmeshed in Cupid's net. Doltaire, himself enamored of Alixe, discovers Capt. Moray's love for the girl is returned. Jealous of Robert's successful wooing, Doltaire plans his ruin. Through Labrouk, his tool and henchman, whom he has installed in Moray's quarters as guard, Doltaire secretes plans of the Quebec fortifications in Robert's quarters, where he later brings Bigot to discover them. Robert is denounced as a spy and is arrested while calling on Alixe. Doltaire meets Bigot on the palace steps as he convoys Moray to prison and directs the Intendant to invite Robert to dine that evening at his palace. Winning the sympathy of Gabord, the prison guard, Captain Moray induces him to send a letter to Alixe. In order to further discredit Moray, Doltaire poisons Juste's mind against Moray and precipitates a duel between Robert and Alixe's brother, Juste, by inciting him, while under the influence of wine, to insult Robert at the dinner. Moray is loath to quarrel with Alixe's brother and Juste taunts him with being a coward as well as a spy. In the duel which follows Robert wounds Juste, who is carried to Duvarney Chateau by Doltaire. The crowning test of Alixe's love comes when Doltaire informs her that her sweetheart, the spy, fought with her brother. Alixe remains loyal, nevertheless, and contrives to send Robert assurance that Juste will live. Alixe has a staunch friend in Voban, the barber, and in Mathilde, his pretty peasant-girl sweetheart, whose voyage to America Alixe arranged, but who, unfortunately, on her arrival, Bigot lured to his palace and seduced. Bigot's inhuman treatment of her there temporarily unbalances her mind and he permits her to leave the palace. Mathilde is entrusted with Alixe's message to Robert and delivers it to Voban, who takes it to Robert's dungeon. The day of Captain Moray 's trial arrives. Vaudreuil, the Civil Governor of New France, presides. Doltaire's testimony and Labrouk 's evidence convict Robert, who is found guilty and sentenced to die at dawn the following day. That evening, Alixe, disguised in her brother's court uniform, visits Robert's dungeon. Robert embraces and comforts her at their final parting and the friendly guard, Gabord, hurries her away before her identity can be discovered. Returning home, Alixe finds a note from Doltaire, who has called during her absence, praying her to attend the Governor's dinner, as he has matters concerning Robert to discuss with her. Accompanied by her father, Alixe goes to the dinner at the Governor's palace and there meets Doltaire who, at the first opportunity, declares his love for her and offers to save Robert's life if she will surrender herself to him. Alixe indignantly spurns Doltaire's advances and, pleading illness, beseeches her father to leave with her immediately. Doltaire cynically watches Alixe depart. Arriving home, Alixe, overwhelmed by despair, falls fainting to the floor. She is terrified by a vision of Robert's approaching ignominious death and, after a night of anguish, realizes that she cannot let him die. As the first blush of the morning lights the East, she snatches up her cloak, and fearful that she may be too late, hurries to Doltaire promising acceptance of his degrading terms in exchange for Robert's life and pardon, and implores him to save Robert. Doltaire, triumphant over the success of his plot, stays Captain Moray's execution and Robert is sent back to the dungeon, where Doltaire visits him and taunts him with his loss of Alixe. Finding he is still obdurate with regard to disclosing Sir John's secret, Doltaire decides to torture Captain Moray and has him heavily chained and maltreated. Unable to get news of Robert for some weeks, Alixe appeals to Vaudreuil, the Civil Governor. Vaudreuil visits the dungeon, and, angered by the indignities to which Robert has been subjected, has him removed to better quarters. Labrouk, who has been censured by Vaudreuil for his participation in Robert's abuse, informs Doltaire, also telling him that Alixe is responsible for the Governor's intervention. Doltaire appoints Labrouk Captain Moray's prison guard and, angered at Alixe, accuses her of duplicity. Alixe now plans to aid Robert to escape but, desiring to avert suspicion, offers to accompany Doltaire to the prison and return Captain Moray's love tokens, among which she has concealed a knife and a note assuring Robert of her constancy. They go to the prison and Alixe flings Robert 's letters at his feet. Doltaire jeers at Moray and in triumph escorts Alixe from the dungeon. Maddened by Doltaire's insults and Alixe's seeming infidelity Robert proceeds to destroy the packet of letters and discovers the knife and Alixe's note. Overjoyed, Robert takes the knife and prepares a way of escape. M. Duvarney and his son, Juste, depart to join the French forces defending Quebec. Doltaire later returns to the dungeon to gloat over his "vanquished" rival. Captain Moray simulates despair and hands Doltaire a cleverly worded note which informs Alixe that he will decamp that night but which leads Doltaire to believe Moray will end his life. In he same night Bigot, planning an all-night carousal, sends a command for Madame Jamond, the court dancer, to appear at the palace and aid his revelry. The messenger returns to the palace and reports to. Bigot the dancer's absence. Infuriated at the dancer's non-appearance, Bigot, who has been drinking freely, incites his wine-maddened guests to vent their spleen on "that spy Robert Moray," as a substitute pleasure. Some of the more sober oppose this whim and Bigot tipsily argues the point. Mathilde, who, unperceived, has gained entry to the palace, comes upon the scene of revelry and overhears the brawl. Her mind slowly comprehends its import and forgetting her intention to kill Bigot, her seducer, she sheathes the knife she has drawn and rushes to the Duvarney Chateau to warn Alixe of her lover's new danger. Fearing Robert's plan to escape will miscarry, Alixe hopes to appease Bigot's wrath by impersonating Jamond, the absent dancer, so that Robert may have time to gain his freedom. Her arrival is opportune, for Bigot, thinking she is Jamond, bids her dance. Meanwhile Robert has loosened the bars of his window and wrenched them apart. He is surprised by Labrouk as he is about to climb through, and a terrific fight between the two ensues. Robert's victory and escape is just in time, for Alixe, exhausted by her dancing, is about to be made the sport of Bigot's courtiers. Becoming frightened, Alixe screams, and Doltaire, recognizing her, rescues her from the drunken crowd. The revelers cry "If not the woman, then the spy" and led by Bigot, they rush forth to wreak their vengeance on Captain Moray only to find that their prisoner has fled. The news of Captain Moray 's escape infuriates Doltaire and, realizing that he has been duped by Alixe, he is about to strangle her when Bigot, recognizing her, intervenes. Turning from Alixe, Doltaire denounces Bigot, produces his authority from "The Seats of the Mighty, " and deposes him from office. Doltaire orders Labrouk, Captain Moray's guard, to bring back his prisoner or lose his life. Alixe flees from the palace and takes refuge in a convent to escape Doltaire's persecution. Captain Moray reaches the camp of General Wolfe and makes known to him a secret pass by which the English army can safely approach the otherwise impregnable Quebec. Robert conducts a party of officers to the pass leading to the Plains of Abraham. They report their find to General Wolfe while Captain Moray returns to Quebec to rescue Alixe. Labrouk, seeking Moray, meets him at the top of the pass and is killed by Robert in a hand-to-hand encounter. The English army, at dawn, has scaled the heights, and the battle for supremacy between England and France begins. Doltaire learns that Alixe has fled to the convent. Captain Moray, disguised in Labrouk's uniform, re-enters the city and searches for Alixe. Hearing of the battle and knowing that Alixe's father is one of Montcalm's staff, Doltaire conceives a plan to lure Alixe from the convent. Forcing a wounded soldier to accompany him, he sees Alixe and tells her M. Duvarney, her father, is seriously wounded. Robert, who is near the convent, sees Alixe depart with Doltaire and follows them to the palace. Once Alixe is in his room, Doltaire lays aside all pretense and seeks to embrace her. Robert, overcoming the guard stationed before the doors by Doltaire, breaks into the room and attacks Doltaire. In the fight, Captain Moray kills Doltaire and carries Alixe, fainting, from the room. The deposed Intendant Bigot, alarmed by the noise of battle on the Plains, loots the palace strong-box, intending flight. Voban the barber, whose sweetheart, Mathilde, Bigot had seduced, breaks into Bigot's quarters to avenge her wrong. Perceiving Bigot's preparations he goes into the powder magazine beneath the palace and plants a lighted fuse. Robert revives Alixe and conducts her to a place of safety just before the fuse ignites the powder. The terrific explosion which follows lays the palace in ruins. Mathilde sees her former sweetheart among the ruins. Her kiss of reconciliation brings peace to a tortured soul. Robert and Alixe, united at last, set out for the old Virginia home, its beckoning portals holding promise of their future happiness.
- DirectorLouis J. GasnierGeorge B. SeitzLeopold WhartonStarsPearl WhiteArnold DalyCreighton HaleWith the help of a private detective, Elaine tries to catch the masked criminal mastermind The Clutching Hand, who has murdered her father.
- DirectorLawrence MarstonStarsLionel BarrymoreWilliam RussellIrene HowleyJudas, the Courtland family servant, is discharged for stealing and returns to her husband William Byke and her baby daughter, who is being cared for by girl waif Blossom. Judas, eager for revenge, plans to substitute her baby for the Courtland infant, confident that she can carry out her scheme as the babies bear a striking resemblance to each other. The change of babies is successfully made. A few years elapse and Pearl, Byke's daughter is raised as Courtland's, while Laura, the Courtland child, is brought up as Byke's daughter and taught to steal. Laura is caught stealing by her own father and mother, the Courtlands. Laura's tale of how her "papa" makes her steal touches the Courtlands and they adopt her (their own child) after making a money settlement with Byke. Laura and Pearl are about 20 when the Courtlands die, leaving their fortune equally divided between the two girls. Pearl is secretly in love with Ray Trafford, Laura's suitor. Byke plans to blackmail Laura and gets Snorky, an ex-soldier to deliver her the following note: "My darling daughter, I think it's about time you had a talk with me. I am outside waiting to see you. Your own father. Wm. Byke" Laura faints and Pearl reads the note. Byke enters the house but is thrown out by Ray. Pearl tells Ray Laura's story and hands him the note Ray gives vent to his shocked feelings and Laura interprets his action to mean that he is ashamed of her. Laura takes off her engagement ring and goes to her room. Through the prevarications of Pearl, Laura is led to believe that Ray does not care to see her again, and Ray likewise believes that his dismissal is final. Ray writes Laura that he loves her although her parents are of low origin. Through Pearl's craftiness this note is never delivered to Laura. Byke and Judas attempt to kill Blossom, as she knows the truth about Laura and Pearl, but they are frustrated by Snorky. At the Rensaeller reception, Pearl plans Laura's disgrace. She drops Ray's note to Laura, which is found by Mrs. Rensaeller, whereupon Laura is snubbed by all. Humiliated, Laura goes away, leaving a note saying that her share of the estate goes to Pearl. Ray at once begins a search for Laura and engages Snorky to assist. Byke and Judas, seeking to obtain hush-money from Laura find Laura's note, stating that she leaves her money to Pearl. They discover Laura's lodging-house and abduct her. Laura is taken to Byke's den on the riverfront. Unless Laura agrees to sign over her fortune, her chances of living are dubious. Blossom discovers Laura's plight and notifies Snorky. Through Snorky, Laura is saved, but Snorky is caught by Byke. Snorky, firmly bound to the piling and left to drown by inches, is rescued by Ray and Blossom. Laura, escaping across the river, is found by Snorky. She seeks safety in a tool house by the railroad track. Snorky is again caught by Byke and bound to the track, and left to his fate. Laura, observing, is frantic when she finds the tool house door locked. With the aid of an axe, she breaks open the door and reaches Snorky just in time to save him from certain death, as the train is bearing down upon him. Byke and Judas go to Pearl at the Courtland's summer home and Judas tells Pearl she is her mother. Pearl realizes the bitter truth of her parentage when Blossom confirms Judas' assertion. Pearl upbraids Judas and turns her from the house. Snorky brings Laura to Ray at the Courtland home, where they meet Byke. Snorty shoots Byke, who staggers out and falls dead at the feet of Judas. Judas, widowed and disowned by her daughter, leaves in despair. Pearl confesses that she and not Laura is the daughter of Judas and Byke and begs Laura's forgiveness for the wrong she has done, which Laura in her newfound happiness readily grants.
- DirectorEdwin MiddletonStarsLionel BarrymoreWilliam C. ChamberlinJames J. GormanThe story relates how Bob Barrington conducts a racing stable on Long Island without the knowledge of his daughters, Henrietta and Myrtle. Barrington is traveling in the west and meets John Keefe, a gambler. They play cards alone and Keefe kills Barrington and steals the bill of sale to his racing stable, leaving a sheet of the inventory on the floor, together with a curious cigarette holder, taking all the papers of the dead man. There is an inquiry as to the cause of the death conducted by John Garrison, the young sheriff. The verdict is suicide, the body being unidentified. Gorman, a pal of Keefe's, is the only person who knows the truth. Keefe goes east and claims the stables, but Matt Donovan, the trainer, suspects foul play. Keefe changes his name to Buffy and becomes infatuated with Henrietta. John Garrison also goes east and sees Henrietta and thinks he recognizes in her a striking resemblance to the picture found in the watch of the dead man. Keefe and Garrison meet at the home of Henrietta. Keefe denied his identity, but Garrison incidentally shows him the curious cigarette holder and Keefe betrays himself. Garrison sends west for the watch and the missing sheet of the bill of sale. He starts with the watch for the home of Henrietta but loses it en route. It is found by a street beggar and pawned. Henrietta happens to be passing the pawnshop and is attracted by an article in the window. She enters and finds her father's watch with her picture in it. She overhears Keefe tell Donovan that he bought the stable of her father and her suspicions are aroused. She shows Keefe the watch and picture and he again betrays himself and she is certain her father met with foul play. While playing tennis with Henrietta the missing sheet of the bill of sale falls from the pocket of Garrison and she finds it and the mystery deepens. Henrietta resolves to take no one into her confidence. She visits the office of Keefe, secretes herself outside the window, and overhears a conversation between Keefe and Gorman. They leave the office and she finds the complete bill of sale and compares it with the missing sheet. Ralph Woodhurst, the fiancé of Myrtle, has been induced by Keefe to bet large sums at his pool room. The day of the big handicap is approaching and Wildfire, the crack filly in the Keefe stable, is being backed to win. Keefe sends Donovan to rob Henrietta of the missing sheet, but she covers Gorman with a gun and the plan is frustrated. Henrietta, on the day of the big race, seeks out John Garrison, and accuses him of being in collusion with Keefe or Duffy. She shows Garrison her proofs, the watch and the missing sheet. Garrison tells her the truth. Keefe realizes that he must flee the country and he prepares for a final coup. He backs another horse to win, bribes Chappy Raster, the rider of Wildfire, to use the whip on the mare, which will cause her to sulk, if the flag on the racing stable is up when the horses start. Henrietta overhears the plot and goes to the office, where she has a terrific struggle with Keefe. She succeeds in pulling down the flag while fighting Keefe, Garrison coming to her assistance and dragging Keefe down the stairway, where a furious struggle ensues. The story closes with Henrietta on the roof, the flag down, in the arms of her lover, Wildfire having won the race.
- DirectorWill S. DavisStarsCathrine CountissLionel BarrymoreWilliam H. TookerUnhappy surroundings and cruel parents force Katinka Jenkins to lead a very dissatisfied existence. The mill foreman becomes attracted by her, and makes advances which Katinka resents. Joe Mercer, a worker, is in love with Katinka, but the desperate girl chooses Lindsay, the rich mill owner. The girl's father, in order to obtain a petty loan, promises his daughter's hand to Joel Brinker, a money lender, who forces his attentions until Katinka leaves home. Katinka, ignorant of the fact that Lindsay is already married, proceeds to live a gay and reckless life, never forgetting, however, to send her family enough money to live on. Later, through Lindsay's influence, Katinka becomes the famous "Madcap" dancer. A reform movement, headed by John Strong, is started, in order to stop Katinka's disgraceful performances. Katinka's extravagance forces Lindsay to borrow money in order to pay the mill hands' wages. Ignorant of Lindsay's financial condition, Katinka continues her reckless living. The men demand their wages, and a strike at the mill is barely averted. Believing John Strong, who has fallen in love with her sister, Olivia, to be a reformer in name only, Katinka invites him to join a gay party which is given by Lindsay in her honor. Strong is at first shocked, but the gaiety of the occasion, and Katinka's hospitality towards him, soon makes him forget the real purpose of his visit. The mill owner is unexpectedly called away as the strikers, on the verge of riot, are only held back by Joe Mercer's great influence with them. As Strong is making desperate love to Katinka, Olivia and her father enter, and Strong is shown up in his true colors. After all the others have gone, Brinker, who is also a guest at the party, remains and tells Katinka of Lindsay's financial condition, at the same time telling her of his great love for her. Remorseful, Katinka orders Brinker out of her home, and for the first time realizes how much her reckless life has cost. Joe Mercer learns of Katinka's affair with Lindsay. Losing control of himself, he returns and arouses the workers to riot. They attack Lindsay as he is leaving the mill. Lindsay's wife leaves him, and later the mills are destroyed by fire which makes his ruin complete. The unhappy Katinka learns of the life she has wrecked. Remorseful, she decides to end her misspent life by suicide. This is prevented by Joe Mercer. After strong persuasion, Katinka promises to reform, and become a nurse in the United States Army. Joe also enlists. Her reformation becomes complete when she shows great bravery in the yellow fever camp. Joe has been stricken with the disease and is aided to recover by Katinka. who at last realizes that love from the poor is far better than luxuries from the rich.
- DirectorWill S. DavisStarsLionel BarrymoreEdna PendletonWilliam H. TookerRandolph Legarde, a senior judge of a criminal court, betrothed to Agnes Caverly, is injured by the kick of a horse at the base of his skull. The injury has the effect of establishing in Judge Legarde a dual personality. Miss Caverly, together with her father, a lawyer, is a guest of Judge Legarde and his sister at their apartments. In his courtship, inspired by a feeling of affectionate sentiment, he requests that her "good night" wishes to him be expressed by her playing on the piano, Schubert's Serenade. A few evenings after the accident, as she is rendering this selection, and he listening, he feels an uncontrollable impulse stealing over him to perform some act of lawlessness or violence. The dual personality has its inception, and Judge Legarde, with distorted countenance and the carriage of a thief, suddenly becomes metamorphized into a being of the underworld. He steals out of his house, and on his ramblings through the city, ultimately finds himself the habitué of a den known as the "Lame Duck." Each night this same impulse steals over him, and each morning finds him unconscious at his desk, restored to his original personality. He endeavors to fight off and battle with this evil influence, but without avail. Several thefts and acts of violence occur in the city, which the police authorities are unable to settle upon any one man, but of all these, Judge Legarde is the moving spirit. Allying himself with this band of denizens of the underworld, he becomes infatuated with Amelia, a girl of bewitching beauty, who at the time when Judge Legarde was presiding over his court, was sentenced by him to prison for the theft of a necklace from Miss Caverly, whose maid she was at one time. Amelia meets Legarde in "The Lame Duck" and there charges him with being Judge Legarde. Under the influence of the dual personality he cannot recognize the truth of the accusation, and the girl and the other habitués of the place, impressed by his vehement denial, fail to pursue the subject. He plans a robbery of his own home with the air of "Big Charles" and others. "The Quill," a stool pigeon of the police, reveals the plan of the contemplated theft. They arrive at Judge Legarde's house just at the moment that Big Charles and his pals attempt to escape, and when Judge Legarde undergoes the transformation from the thief to his former good self. Miss Caverly and her father are under the belief that over work and attention to his professional duties are the causes of his strange lapses of memory which Judge Lagarde is subjected to, but never suspecting the real truth. Miss Caverly's marriage to Judge Legarde is deferred until his complete restoration to health. Caverly engages, without Legarde's knowledge, the services of an eminent brain specialist who undertakes to eradicate the dual personality, and at a time when the good personality is about to pass away and the evil one to find its inception, the specialist merges the two into one, finally restores Judge Legarde to permanent health. His marriage to Miss Caverly is consummated.
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzLeopold WhartonTheodore WhartonStarsPearl WhiteCreighton HaleLionel BarrymoreEpisode 1: "The Lost Torpedo" Craig Kennedy's marvelous invention, a super-force torpedo to revolutionize warfare, has been stolen. Kennedy himself has disappeared, although Elaine has a note from him begging her not to grieve whatever happens, for he is safe. And then, one night, on a barren strip of land jutting out into the Atlantic, a fisherman, concealed behind a rock, sees the periscope of a submarine rise; sees a man's head and shoulders rise seemingly out of the sea, and sees a pair of athletic arms strike out bravely for the shore. That night, at a hotel in New York, a distinguished-looking foreigner, much resembling the man who seemed to rise up out of the sea, is shadowed by a fussy old gentleman resembling the fisherman of the coast scenes. The foreigner goes out and the fussy old gentleman goes to his room, where, after a short, sharp struggle with a valet, he searches through all drawers and papers. One paper he pockets with glee, and then departs. Elaine and Jameson are visited by the distinguished-looking foreigner who tells them he is a secret service agent from Washington, and begs to get information with regard to Kennedy and the lost torpedo. Elaine's dog, digging with its forepaws in a pot of palms, unearths the lost torpedo and carries it to the attic, where he drops it behind a trunk. The torpedo's propeller, however, has been left in the palm-pot. where Marcius Del Mar, the foreigner, finds it. Elaine is suspected by him of having concealed the torpedo. The fussy old gentleman, in Del Mar's tracks since he left his rooms, is an interested spectator. He is unaware that Del Mar has spies guarding the house, and is set upon by them. Rushing madly into the conservatory, he faces Del Mar. Both draw their guns, but the fussy old gentleman fires first. His gun is loaded with bullets containing an overpowering gas. Both Del Mar and Elaine fall suffocated to the floor. How the fussy old gentleman escapes is a fitting climax to this episode.
- DirectorEdwin MiddletonStarsLionel BarrymoreJane GreyEdith DiestelAfter a life of dissipation, Steve, a young college chap who has been unfortunate in his business career, concludes that life is not worth living and contemplates suicide. Among his associates is a girl named Maisie with whom his name has been coupled by his intimates. Steve gives a banquet and announces that he is bankrupt and that his friends are looking upon him for the last time. After the affair Steve goes to his apartment, puts his affairs in order and slowly walks to the waterfront where he hires a small boat and the last seen of him is his boat, sail set leaving the inlet for the open sea. Maisie, realizing that Steve intends to injure himself, attempts to follow, but is too late. Steve drifts out to sea and after days of misery is washed up on a beach of a small island where he is found by a girl named Meera who lives there with her father and several servants. Meera's father had suffered a great wrong in his early life and took the position as lighthouse keeper on this island where he could live as a hermit and forget his troubles. Meera has never seen anyone except her father and the servants, and to her Steve appeared as a Viking. A strong attachment springs up between the two. Meera's father, who has refused to allow anyone but Government officials to enter the island, takes a liking to Steve and is prevailed upon to allow him to stay there. However, when Calhoun learns that Steve is the son of the man who wronged him, his sentiment takes a different turn. In the meanwhile Maisie learns from a traveling beachcomber that Steve is safe and living with Meera's father on the island. Engaging a boat, she follows him and in her awful rage and jealousy tells Meera's father that Steve is her husband. Calhoun, shouting "Like father, like son," convulsed with anger, falls into an unconscious state and Maisie, realizing that she has caused enough trouble, confesses that she falsely accused Steve. Calhoun recovers and Steve and Meera sail for New York, where the story ends as it should.
- DirectorLawrence MarstonStarsLionel BarrymoreWilliam RussellMillicent EvansRonald, heir to Lord Earle in Earlescourt, England, secretly loves Dora Thorne, a desirable but working-class woman. When Lord Earle hears of the relationship, he brings Valentine Charteris to the estate to distract his lovesick son. True to his love, however, Ronald refuses Valentine and marries Dora. After emigrating to Italy, Ronald earns a modest living as a painter, and Dora gives birth to twins. When Ronald receives a generous commission to paint a portrait, he asks Dora to pose for him, but overly preoccupied with the children, she refuses. Wounded by the rejection, Ronald calls on Valentine Charteris and quickly becomes infatuated with her, forcing Dora to return to Earlescourt with the twins. Years later Ronald appears in Earlescourt and is surprised to find one of his daughters engaged to a poor sailor. Like her father before her, the daughter deserts the sailor for a nobleman, but when scorned by the former, drowns herself in her despair. In the wake of the tragedy, Ronald and Dora are reconciled.
- DirectorO.A.C. LundStarsLionel BarrymoreGrace ValentineEdgar L. DavenportDorian Keene, a broker, who has lost most of his money in Wall Street, and his wife, Florence, dissatisfied with her lot, wants a divorce. Out of his great love for her, Dorian agrees to allow her to have it. While the papers are being prepared Sanders, Florence's god-father, confesses to Dorian that he has misappropriated funds belonging to Florence. He fears an exposure, since she is getting a divorce, and may demand an accounting. Dorian promises to do what he can to protect Sanders. They go to Dorian's hunting lodge, where Florence agrees to meet Dorian with her lawyer. There Sanders weakens and tells Florence of the missing funds. She turns upon him in a violent temper. A maid hears them quarreling and soon afterward hears a shot. Hurrying into the room she finds Sanders dead with a bullet wound in his temple. She tells Dorian that Florence has killed Sanders. In his devotion to his wife, Dorian takes the blame for the crime. Then he escapes in an automobile. Down the road Dorian encounters a highwayman who holds him up, takes his clothing and the machine, and leaves his outfit with the bewildered broker. Further along the road the automobile goes over a steep embankment and the car is burned. The body of the highwayman is charred beyond recognition, and everyone thinks it is Dorian. Dorian, penniless, wanders to the water front in New York, intending to take a ship for Europe. There he learns that Henry Morgan, a fellow broker, who was instrumental in making Florence dissatisfied with her lot, has bought his old yacht, the Sea Gull, and is arranging for a smuggling expedition. Morgan has lost nearly all his money, and, in desperation, has taken a contract to smuggle Chinese into this country for a thousand dollars a head. Dorian succeeds in getting a job aboard the yacht as a stoker. The yacht puts to sea, and when some distance from land, meets another vessel, from which the Chinese are taken aboard. As the yacht nears New York, Dorian, after many thrilling incidents, gains control of the wireless apparatus, and notifies the Federal authorities of the smuggling scheme. A revenue cutter meets the yacht and the captain and crew are arrested. The captain names Morgan as the man higher up. Meanwhile Morgan has been pressing his suit with Florence, who, believing her husband dead, has agreed to marry Morgan. Instead, he urges her to come to him without a ceremony. Florence then spurns him, and realizing his true nature turns her thoughts to Dorian. Then the government agents call to arrest Morgan, and at the same time she learns that her husband is alive. Florence sends for Dorian, welcomes him home, and together they tear up the papers for the proposed divorce, which she has kept in her possession.
- DirectorCharles HoranStarsLionel BarrymoreMarguerite SkirvinPaul EvertonThe miners at Paradise Gulch are bored. In a session at the "Three Cheers" saloon, owned by Seth Moore, they decide that the trouble with their existence is the fact that there are no women in the place. The verdict is that one of them must marry, and they choose "Happy Jack" Lewis, because he is not present. They go to "Happy Jack" Lewis, make him write out an advertisement for a wife, and sent it to neighboring towns. They stipulate that she must be blonde and pretty. At Gold City, Glad Mason, who answers every requirement, is working in the office of Willet and Condon, mining promoters. Since her father's death she has been obliged to shift for herself. Willet's attentions have become so obnoxious that she is at her wits' end to know what to do, when Lewis' advertisement is pointed out to her. In desperation she answers it, enclosing a photograph. Lewis lines the boys up against the bar and holds them up. Since they have got him into the trouble of getting married, he makes them furnish his shack. He gives a whoop of joy when he sees Glad's photograph among all the ugly ones he receives in answer to his advertisement, but Ben, the bartender, discourages him by saying that probably some old hag sent the picture. "Happy Jack" leaves in haste, first making over his house and his mine to her in recompense for her disappointment. He goes to the junction as Glad is changing trains for Paradise Gulch, and sees for himself what a beauty she is. But one of the boys with whom he has been fighting sees her, too, and without a word the miner gives "Happy Jack" a knock-out blow, and then puts him on the train, bound in the opposite direction. Each of the boys tries to win Glad. They tell her that Lewis is a quitter. Jumping off at a small station, Lewis is arrested as a suspicious character and thrown into jail. His wire to the boys for identification results in the answer that he is a cardsharp and crook. He escapes, and meets Willet, who offers to buy his mine. He accepts, taking the money, forgetting that he has made over the property to Glad, but robbers soon relieve him of his cash and he reaches Paradise Gulch penniless. Willet goes to take charge of the property, which he is anxious to claim because "Sid," the assayer, has told him it is of immense value. He finds Glad in possession and has "Happy Jack" arrested for obtaining money under false pretenses. Glad turns over her claim to Willet and Condon on the condition that they will free Lewis, although he implores her not to do so. But "Sid," the assayer, has made a discovery. He whispers something to Glad, and the last cloud is dispelled. He has made a mistake. The sample ore he has thought Lewis' belonged to Glad's father, who had brought it in to be assayed the day before he died. Glad and "Happy Jack" have lost control of the worthless mine, but they begin life together as owners of the magnificent Mason property.
- DirectorCharles HoranStarsLionel BarrymoreMarguerite SkirvinFranklyn HannaOn Jim Gordon falls the political mantle of his father, "Big Jim" Gordon. The father has been the leader of a corrupt ring, but the son determines to be true to the teaching of his dead mother, and use his position for good purposes. However, he is not given credit for altruism. It is taken for granted both by the general public and by the politicians whose leadership he has inherited that he is a grafter, as his father has been. He succeeds in getting the Utilities Bill passed. The New American, a newspaper under reform management, warns the public against what it calls his hypocrisy. When he gets the Water Rate Bill passed they still accuse him of having some nefarious scheme "up his sleeve" to defraud the public. Gordon's only mistake is in making Sidney Benson Director of Public Safety. Benson is a fraud, who is posing as a reformer to further his own ends. He is engaged to Joan Madison, who is interested in the passing of the Sanitary Bill to provide for better conditions among the tenement dwellers. She goes to Benson for aid in the matter, but he gives an evasive answer. She then goes to Benjamin Waters, the editor of the New American, and he asks her to write a series of articles exposing local conditions. She consents, but goes to a mountain resort for quiet in order to write. Through an accident she meets Gordon, who has also gone to the same county for a rest, and they fall in love. On her return to the city she decides to plead with Gordon himself to have the Sanitary Bill passed, and is surprised to meet her friend of the mountains. He tells her that her own father is the owner of the houses in the debated district and that the destruction of these buildings will mean penury for her. Principle triumphs over selfishness and she tells him to go ahead and have the bill passed. He does so, and her father is left without means. Gordon tells him that all his money difficulties will be solved if he will influence Joan to become his wife. Joan's instinctive fondness for Gordon is clouded by what she thinks is his contemptible bargaining, but she consents. They are married, but she still believes that her husband is a grafter. A new traction company comes into the field to fight the methods of the old one. The original company accuses Gordon of no longer looking after its interests. His answer, which is an offer to buy the concern, is gladly accepted. Joan learns of the transaction and tells Benson, thinking her husband intends to defraud the public. An accusation of Gordon is made on the front page of the New American on the morning the franchise bill is to come up before the city council. A great crowd congregates, determined to fight Jim Gordon and any measure he may advocate. He demands a hearing. Briefly outlining the benefits he has conferred on the city, he tells them he has bought the company in order to make a present of it to the city in honor of his dead mother and to atone for the wrongs his father has done the community. Gordon and Joan are left penniless, but they begin a new life together.
- DirectorJohn W. NobleStarsLionel BarrymoreGrace ValentineRobert CummingsCyril Van Cortlandt Hamilton, one of the wealthiest young bachelors in New York, has led a life of ease. He is engaged to be married to Marcia West, the daughter of an Army Colonel. While Cyril and Marcia are at a house party, news comes that the National Guard has been called into service. Cyril, a member of a militia regiment, not caring to be subjected to discomfort, declines to accompany his regiment to the border and resigns his commission. For this Marcia breaks her engagement, and accompanies her parents to the border, where Col. West is to take command of his regiment. Upon his return home Cyril considers his act and later enlists as a private in an Irish regiment and goes to the border. His society manners annoy the rough-and-ready men among whom he has cast his lot, and they proceed to make life miserable for him. Corporal Mallin especially loses no opportunity to bully him. Cyril wanders about by himself when not on duty, and meets Idiqui, a Mexican Indian, whose gratitude he earns by aiding his daughter, Rana, who has fallen and hurt herself. The Mexican bandit chief Navarete comes into camp. He has been educated in the United States, and has fallen in love with Marcia, who has refused him. He gets Mallin to steal one of the machine guns for him. When the theft is discovered Mallin accuses Cyril and Idiqui of the crime. Cyril and Idiqui are ordered to the guardhouse. The Indian attempts to escape to his daughter, whose condition is critical, and Mallin raises a gun to shoot, but Cyril overcomes him. Then, realizing that he has placed himself in a serious position and can hope for no leniency from Mallin, he deserts, Idiqui going with him. They set out afoot on the Mexican side of the river. Marcia has come across the river on her early morning ride and stumbles upon the bandits taking the automatic away. She is seen and captured, and Cyril and Idiqui, unarmed and helpless, follow in pursuit, to find out where she is being taken. Idiqui is struck by a rattlesnake, and Cyril cauterizes the wound. The Indian goes to warn the American troops, and Cyril goes on to the Mexican village, where the Mexicans are carousing in front of Navarete's house, where Marcia is held prisoner. Cyril draws the villagers away from the chief's house by setting the village on fire, and then enters the house in time to save Marcia from Navarete, killing the bandit. They escape. They are overtaken in the morning, and ensconced in a sand pocket put up a brave fight. When one cartridge alone remains, Marcia. now acknowledging Cyril's bravery, asks him to kiss her and then kill her with the remaining cartridge, to save her from falling into the hands of the Mexicans. He is about to do so when he himself is shot down. The bandits swoop upon the two, but are stopped by Col. West and a number of his men. A squadron of cavalry and a battalion of infantry also come to the rescue from different directions, cutting off the escape of the Mexicans. Cyril is lifted into Col. West's auto in a dying condition. By the blessing of Providence and his own vigorous constitution, Cyril recovers, and two months later, as he watches the return of the regiment with his beloved wife, Marcia, the men recognize him and discipline is forgotten while the marching troops turn to cheer him.
- DirectorGeorge D. BakerStarsLionel BarrymoreEthel CorcoranFrank CurrierCol. Jessup of Mayville does not waste any affection on his young wife, who finally runs away with a theatrical company, taking her son with her, but leaving her baby daughter. Later, she dies, and the boy, Byron Bennett, known as Buddy, is leading man for a theatrical company playing one-night stands, but this season has been disastrous and the company is about to disband when they receive word that the house is sold out for the performance at Mayville, so they hang on. However, the manager collects the receipts for the performance and takes the first train, leaving the company stranded. Buddy secures a position as Instructor for the Jessup Volunteer Hose Company which is to give an amateur theatrical performance. He persuades Grace Jessup's father to allow her to take the leading part in order to out-do Hose Company No. 1, which also plans a performance. Grace becomes interested in traveling salesman Percy Pennington. He tries to persuade her to elope, but she refuses until he makes a definite promise of marriage. He boasts to Buddy and his friend Skinny and intimates that the promise will not be carried out. Soon after, he starts out riding with Grace. Buddy is suspicious and follows on a bicycle, but is outdistanced. At last, however, he sees the horse tied by the roadside, and hears Grace scream. Rushing to her assistance he overcomes Percy, and carries a wilting Grace home.Col. Jessup, thinking Bud is the culprit, fires at him twice. One bullet lodges in the shoulder; the other is stopped by Buddy's watch in which he carries a picture of his mother. Grace regains consciousness and explains matters, and Jessup is amazed to find that the picture in the watch is that of his wife. The doctor advises that Buddy will recover, and there is a reconciliation among father, son, and daughter.
- DirectorGeorge D. BakerStarsLionel BarrymoreIrene HowleyFrank CurrierCollege youth J. Dabney Barron regularly fails in his examinations; in disgust, his father deprives him of money and tells him to go to work, betting him $6,000 that he cannot hold a $60-a-month position for that time period. J. Dabney agrees, and with his valet Perkins he goes to look for a job. In a park he meets heiress Betty Arden, whose car has broken down. Her guest, Lord Lawrence, is incapable of helping her, and Dabney hastens to her assistance. She hurries away as soon as her car is repaired. Installing himself and his valet in a room in a lodging house, Dabney reads the want ads. Answering an advertisement for a bookkeeper, he stands in a long line of applicants until he grows tired; his valet, who has taken his place, gets the job. Finally Dabney obtains work through his friend Jim Foley of a detective agency. John Arden, millionaire gem collector, has a priceless emerald called "The Lady of the Sea." He fears it may be stolen and as a matter of fact his guest Lord Lawrence, better known to the English police as "London Larry," is planning to steal the emerald. Foley tells Dabney that to guard the emerald he must pose as butler in the Arden home. No sooner does Dabney enter upon his new work than he discovers Betty Arden, his employer's daughter, to be the girl he helped in the park. In an attempt to retain his dignity in her eyes he tells her he and his sister inherited an enormous fortune from an uncle; that the uncle had a secretary a villainous chap named Slime who forced him to make a will disinheriting Dabney and his sister; that Slime and his accomplices made the old man drink nitroglycerin but unfortunately for them permitted him to fall down when he exploded burning up the will; that the villainous secretary had then overpowered Dabney and run away with the girl, whom Dabney had ever since been seeking, hence his presence in the Arden household as butler. Betty pretends to believe the story, although she has been aware of Dabney's identity all along. Dabney continues to attend to his duties as butler and to guard the jewel from "London Larry." Finally the month is up, and Dabney, in great glee at having won the bet from his father, dares to make known his love to Betty. She returns his affection, and they are discovered in a fond embrace by John Arden, who instantly discharges Dabney. That night he is about to take his departure when he surprises "London Larry" opening the safe in Arden's library. He overpowers the would-be jewel thief, and throws him into the safe. Arden, coming downstairs, liberates Lord Lawrence, who tells him Dabney is the real culprit, and together they overpower him and tie him to a chair. Dabney urges them to send for Foley, to identify him, and the detective, arriving, makes haste to free Dabney and arrest "London Larry." Dabney, cheered by Betty's promise to marry him, goes home to collect his $6,000, having proved himself his father's son.
- DirectorHarry DavenportStarsLionel BarrymoreEvelyn BrentHarry NorthrupUpon finding out his faithless wife has died, millionaire Bide Bennington decides that it is time to return to New York from abroad. He arrives on Christmas Eve, and confronted by his desolate, empty home, decides to continue traveling across the continent. After he leaves, a robber breaks into Bennington's house and steals his fur coat and wallet. The burglar is then ambushed by thugs, who kill him and throw his body into the river. When the coat is found by the pier and Bennington is presumed dead, the thug's leader, Richard Glendon conceives a plan. Glendon approaches Constance Brent and threatens to expose her father, an escapee from a English prison, unless she impersonates Bennington's widow and claims the estate. To save her father, Constance reluctantly agrees, and when Bennington reads of his own suicide, he decides to return incognito and investigate. Impressed with Bennington's resemblance to the supposed dead man, Glendon enlists him in his scheme to collect the estate. Bennington gladly complies, outwits the crook and falls in love with Constance. When Constance receives word of her father's death, she confesses all to Bennington, and after Glendon's arrest, becomes Mrs. Bide Bennington in reality.
- DirectorChristy CabanneStarsEdith Wynne MatthisonDouglas WoodEthel BarrymoreThe National Red Cross Pageant (1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to sell war bonds, support the National Red Cross, and promote a positive opinion about American involvement in World War I. This pageant was a production put on in support of funding for America's participation in World War I, also known as the Great War. It was also an all-star revue silent film, now considered a lost film.
- DirectorCharles MaigneStarsLionel BarrymoreWilliam P. CarletonFrancis JoynerMilt Shanks lives a shamed life, hated by his neighbors for having been a traitor to the North in the American Civil War. But Shanks carries with him a secret, one he promised Abraham Lincoln to tell no one.
- DirectorKenneth S. WebbStarsLionel BarrymoreGypsy O'BrienRalph KellardThe defense attorney who was unable to obtain the acquittal of an innocent young man concocts a complicated and diabolical scheme to revenge himself upon the prosecutor.
- DirectorKenneth S. WebbStarsLionel BarrymoreDoris RankinH. Cooper CliffeTo help her husband keep his job, a woman gives in to her employer's advances. When the husband finds out, he kills his rival.
- DirectorKenneth S. WebbStarsLionel BarrymoreDoris RankinOctavia BroskeAn artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman's advances. He marries another woman but must keep painting in secret to make enough money.
- DirectorKenneth S. WebbStarsLionel BarrymoreDoris RankinAnders RandolfA bank clerk forges a check to help his girlfriend's father. He's found out, but instead of being arrested he becomes a member of a gang of forgers.
- DirectorTom TerrissStarsLionel BarrymoreMarguerite MarshMargaret SeddonWhen New York City police officer O'Malley learns of a young man who is about to embark on a life of crime by taking part in a robbery, he takes the boy aside and tells him the story of Boomerang Bill, another wanna-be gangster who wanted to be a big shot in the New York crime scene. It seems that Bill fell for a pretty young dance-hall girl, and went up against local gang boss Tony the Wop when he insulted her. Tony, who never forgot a slight, found a way to make things very, very tough for Boomerang Bill, in a way that he never saw coming.
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsLionel BarrymoreSeena OwenLowell ShermanBoston Blackie Dawson gets some jewels that belonged to the imperial family of Russia. A gang of terrorists is after the jewels.
- DirectorAlan CroslandStarsLionel BarrymoreAlma RubensPedro de CordobaA Russian prince has to flee his country after fighting a duel. He falls in love with a duchess, but becomes jealous when he finds out she has a lover.
- DirectorEdward H. GriffithStarsLionel BarrymoreSeena OwenLouis WolheimThe sister of a silver mine owner hires a renegade pilot to fly her to her brother's rescue.