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Under Burning Skies (1912)

Joe, "The Bad Man of San Fernand," is one tough customer. He sets his sights on a lovely young lady who spurns his advances and elopes with a fresh-faced young cowpoke. An angry Joe eventually gets his revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Blanche Sweet  •  Wilfred Lucas  •  Christy Cabanne  •  Robert Harron

Joe, "The Bad Man of San Fernand," is one tough customer. He sets his sights on a lovely young lady who spurns his advances and elopes with a fresh-faced young cowpoke. An angry Joe eventually gets his revenge.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Blanche Sweet  •  Wilfred Lucas  •  Christy Cabanne  •  Robert Harron

With the Enemy's Help (1912)

A discouraged prospector is about to give up his search when he hears his two little children praying, "Please, God, help papa find gold." Their faith gives him new hope and their prayer is efficacious, for he does find it and so stakes the claim, intending to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilfred Lucas
CAST:  Charles West  •  Blanche Sweet  •  Mary Pickford  •  Charles Hill Mailes

A discouraged prospector is about to give up his search when he hears his two little children praying, "Please, God, help papa find gold." Their faith gives him new hope and their prayer is efficacious, for he does find it and so stakes the claim, intending to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilfred Lucas
CAST:  Charles West  •  Blanche Sweet  •  Mary Pickford  •  Charles Hill Mailes

A Temporary Truce (1912)

A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later he kidnaps the prospector's wife. In the meantime a group of drunkards shoot and kill an old Indian man. His son (Robert Harron) vows revenge and asks the tribal chief for help. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Charles Hill Mailes  •  Claire McDowell  •  Blanche Sweet  •  W. Chrystie Miller

A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later he kidnaps the prospector's wife. In the meantime a group of drunkards shoot and kill an old Indian man. His son (Robert Harron) vows revenge and asks the tribal chief for help. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Charles Hill Mailes  •  Claire McDowell  •  Blanche Sweet  •  W. Chrystie Miller

A Sailor’s Heart (1912)

A short film directed by Wilfred Lucas for the Biograph Company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilfred Lucas
CAST:  Wilfred Lucas  •  Bess Meredyth  •  Blanche Sweet  •  Claire McDowell

A short film directed by Wilfred Lucas for the Biograph Company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilfred Lucas
CAST:  Wilfred Lucas  •  Bess Meredyth  •  Blanche Sweet  •  Claire McDowell

Broken Ways (1913)

In this story the young wife concerned is called upon to solve a rather momentous question. After separating from her husband, whom she has discovered to be a brute and a criminal, she is about to give herself to another man, believing her husband dead, when he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Henry B. Walthall  •  Blanche Sweet  •  Harry Carey  •  Charles Gorman

In this story the young wife concerned is called upon to solve a rather momentous question. After separating from her husband, whom she has discovered to be a brute and a criminal, she is about to give herself to another man, believing her husband dead, when he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Henry B. Walthall  •  Blanche Sweet  •  Harry Carey  •  Charles Gorman

At the Altar (1909)

At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the landlady's pretty daughter, but she was of a poetic turn of mind and her soul soared above plebeianism and her aspirations were romantic. Most persistent among her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Marion Leonard  •  David Miles  •  Charles Inslee  •  Barry O'Moore

At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the landlady's pretty daughter, but she was of a poetic turn of mind and her soul soared above plebeianism and her aspirations were romantic. Most persistent among her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Marion Leonard  •  David Miles  •  Charles Inslee  •  Barry O'Moore

The Cord of Life (1909)

Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic, provident husband and father. His demands are met with a positive rebuff, and when he becomes insistent be is forcibly ejected by Galora. As he leaves the tenement ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Charles Inslee  •  Marion Leonard  •  George Gebhardt  •  Linda Arvidson

Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic, provident husband and father. His demands are met with a positive rebuff, and when he becomes insistent be is forcibly ejected by Galora. As he leaves the tenement ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Charles Inslee  •  Marion Leonard  •  George Gebhardt  •  Linda Arvidson

An Awful Moment (1908)

After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken forcefully out of the courtroom. Later the gypsy follows the judge to his home and plots a vicious revenge on his wife ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  George Gebhardt  •  Marion Leonard  •  Harry Solter  •  Florence Lawrence

After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken forcefully out of the courtroom. Later the gypsy follows the judge to his home and plots a vicious revenge on his wife ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  George Gebhardt  •  Marion Leonard  •  Harry Solter  •  Florence Lawrence

The Fatal Hour (1908)

This one-reeler has been regarded as a classic example of a Griffith thriller. It engages with the Chinese White slave traffic from the perspective of a female detective, played by Marion Leonard, whose assignment is to expose and break the traffic ring. A fragment ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  George Gebhardt  •  Harry Solter  •  Linda Arvidson  •  Florence Auer

This one-reeler has been regarded as a classic example of a Griffith thriller. It engages with the Chinese White slave traffic from the perspective of a female detective, played by Marion Leonard, whose assignment is to expose and break the traffic ring. A fragment ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  George Gebhardt  •  Harry Solter  •  Linda Arvidson  •  Florence Auer

A Sister of Six (1916)

A young woman and her five little brothers and sisters are left orphans by the murder of their father over gold found on his ranch. Together the seven offspring fight against their greedy neighbors to keep what is rightfully theirs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin  •  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Ben Lewis  •  Bessie Love  •  Georgie Stone  •  Violet Radcliffe

A young woman and her five little brothers and sisters are left orphans by the murder of their father over gold found on his ranch. Together the seven offspring fight against their greedy neighbors to keep what is rightfully theirs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin  •  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Ben Lewis  •  Bessie Love  •  Georgie Stone  •  Violet Radcliffe

The Primal Law (1921)

silent cowboy western starring Dustin Farnum as a rancher whose partner is killed by rustlers. He takes in his partner's young son, and begins to sell his ranch, but the boy finds oil on the land.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard J. Durning
CAST:  Dustin Farnum  •  Mary Thurman  •  Harry Dunkinson  •  Philo McCullough

silent cowboy western starring Dustin Farnum as a rancher whose partner is killed by rustlers. He takes in his partner's young son, and begins to sell his ranch, but the boy finds oil on the land.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard J. Durning
CAST:  Dustin Farnum  •  Mary Thurman  •  Harry Dunkinson  •  Philo McCullough

For Love of Gold (1908)

It is often said there is honor among thieves, but not so, as we shall see in this story. Two denizens of the underworld are seen in their squalid furnished room planning a robbery. Their intended victim is known to hold at all times in his safe at home a large sum ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Harry Solter  •  George Gebhardt  •  Charles Gorman  •  Charles Inslee

It is often said there is honor among thieves, but not so, as we shall see in this story. Two denizens of the underworld are seen in their squalid furnished room planning a robbery. Their intended victim is known to hold at all times in his safe at home a large sum ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Harry Solter  •  George Gebhardt  •  Charles Gorman  •  Charles Inslee

For a Wife's Honor (1908)

Irving Robertson, a successful playwright, has just received a message from out of town to witness the initial performance of one of his plays. As he is about to leave, Henderson, the manager, calls to pay a sum due him for royalties. At the same time, Frank Wilson ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Charles Inslee  •  Harry Solter  •  George Gebhardt  •  Linda Arvidson

Irving Robertson, a successful playwright, has just received a message from out of town to witness the initial performance of one of his plays. As he is about to leave, Henderson, the manager, calls to pay a sum due him for royalties. At the same time, Frank Wilson ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Charles Inslee  •  Harry Solter  •  George Gebhardt  •  Linda Arvidson

Treasure Island (1917)

Jim Hawkins and his widowed mother run the Admiral Ben Bow Inn, but when they are threatened by a pirate attack, they stay with friend, the squire, for the night. He is given something from Mrs. Hawkins. The squire discovers it's a map showing the location of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin  •  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Francis Carpenter  •  Virginia Lee Corbin  •  Violet Radcliffe  •  Lloyd Perl

Jim Hawkins and his widowed mother run the Admiral Ben Bow Inn, but when they are threatened by a pirate attack, they stay with friend, the squire, for the night. He is given something from Mrs. Hawkins. The squire discovers it's a map showing the location of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin  •  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Francis Carpenter  •  Virginia Lee Corbin  •  Violet Radcliffe  •  Lloyd Perl

The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (1912)

The Goddess, the prettiest and best natured girl that ever graced that little mining town, meets the tenderfoot prospector and leaves him another worshiper of her. His chances, however, are slim for Blue-grass Pete has won her affections, he having at an opportune ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Blanche Sweet  •  Charles West  •  Dorothy Bernard  •  W. Chrystie Miller

The Goddess, the prettiest and best natured girl that ever graced that little mining town, meets the tenderfoot prospector and leaves him another worshiper of her. His chances, however, are slim for Blue-grass Pete has won her affections, he having at an opportune ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Blanche Sweet  •  Charles West  •  Dorothy Bernard  •  W. Chrystie Miller

The Doll-House Mystery (1915)

When a stack of valuable bonds go missing from the Grant household, suspicion falls on little Carmen Grant's playmate Georgie, whose father is a poor ex-convict trying to go straight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin  •  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  'Baby' Carmen De Rue  •  Georgie Stone  •  Marguerite Marsh  •  Jack Hull

When a stack of valuable bonds go missing from the Grant household, suspicion falls on little Carmen Grant's playmate Georgie, whose father is a poor ex-convict trying to go straight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin  •  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  'Baby' Carmen De Rue  •  Georgie Stone  •  Marguerite Marsh  •  Jack Hull

A Timely Interception (1913)

A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired from his job on the oil rig, the wedding must be postponed and the money put to the more pressing need. The farmer, now himself destitute, is forced to put his house up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  W. Chrystie Miller  •  Lillian Gish  •  Robert Harron  •  Lionel Barrymore

A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired from his job on the oil rig, the wedding must be postponed and the money put to the more pressing need. The farmer, now himself destitute, is forced to put his house up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  W. Chrystie Miller  •  Lillian Gish  •  Robert Harron  •  Lionel Barrymore

The Enemy's Baby (1913)

A 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  William J. Butler  •  Kate Bruce  •  Harry Carey

A 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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  William J. Butler  •  Kate Bruce  •  Harry Carey

When Love Forgives (1913)

Bessie, the bookkeeper, and Harry, the confidential clerk, are sweethearts. Harry does not fully realize the strength of Bessie's affection, but later, on the eve of a false step, he is made to appreciate her devotion and grit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony O'Sullivan
CAST:  Charles West  •  Frances Nelson  •  George Beranger  •  Charles Gorman

Bessie, the bookkeeper, and Harry, the confidential clerk, are sweethearts. Harry does not fully realize the strength of Bessie's affection, but later, on the eve of a false step, he is made to appreciate her devotion and grit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony O'Sullivan
CAST:  Charles West  •  Frances Nelson  •  George Beranger  •  Charles Gorman

Holy Smoke (1921)

Jimmie Adams comedy produced by Educational.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack White
CAST:  Jimmie Adams  •  Elinor Lynn  •  Charles Gorman  •  Lige Conley

Jimmie Adams comedy produced by Educational.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack White
CAST:  Jimmie Adams  •  Elinor Lynn  •  Charles Gorman  •  Lige Conley
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