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- Balduin, a student of Prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a hideous, shriveled-up old man taps him upon the shoulder and whispers vaguely of a big inheritance for Prague's finest swordsman and wildest student if he will enter into a certain agreement. Balduin rebuffs him, satirically asking his weird companion to procure him "the luckiest ticket in a lottery or a doweried wife." The old man goes off chuckling and thence onward persistently shadows Balduin, exerting a sinister influence over him, while Balduin is still disconsolate under the frowns of fortune. The Countess Margit Schwarzenberg, hunting with her cousin, to whom her father has betrothed her, meets with an accident. She is thrown over her horse's head into a river, but Balduin, who has been directed to the spot by his evil genius, plunges in and rescues her. Subsequently Balduin calls to inquire as to her condition at the castle of her father, the count, but be makes a hurried departure when Baron Waldis arrives, the contrast in their appearance discrediting him. His desire to win the countess and to humiliate the baron becomes so pronounced that he readily accedes to the compact suggested by Scapinelli, the old man, who has so pertinaciously dogged his footsteps, particularly when he learns that untold wealth and power will be his when he assigns to the other the right to take from his room whatever he chooses for his own use as he desires. The agreement is signed. Balduin receives a shower of gold and notes as his portion; Scapinelli takes Balduin's soul exposed in concrete form by his shadow. Balduin prosecutes his love affair assiduously and with apparent success, till the baron is informed of it by a jealous gypsy girl. He challenges Balduin to a duel, and the latter, assured of his superiority as a fencer, readily agrees. Count Schwarzenberg learns of the impending duel and appeals to Balduin not to kill "my sister's child, my daughter's future husband, and my heir." Balduin gives his promise, but when he goes to the venue of the duel he meets, his own counterpart stalking away derisively wiping his gory sword on his cloak. Balduin turns and in the far distance sees the dying victim of the deed he swore he would not do. He rushes from the spot horror-stricken. When he regains sufficient composure he makes his way to the castle of the count, but is refused admission. Determined to explain that he had no complicity in the death of the baron, Balduin climbs into a room in which the countess is seated. She receives him coldly, but soon succumbs to his ardent wooing. Just as he seeks to leave her she notices he has no shadow and that the mirror gives no reflection of him; and she drops back affrighted, the ghastly apparition of himself which takes shape in the corner of the room sends Balduin scuttling away from the castle in a paroxysm of terror. He makes a frenzied flight through a woodland estate and the streets of Prague, but wherever he stops to recover his breath he is haunted by the counterpart of himself. He reaches his rooms and draws a murderous looking fire-arm from its case. As the phantasmagorical figure strides towards him with a sinister grin, he fires, and in a few minutes the blood gushes from his own side from a fatal wound.
- Nelly's mother is a suffragette and persuades her daughter to join the good cause. Placing a bomb under Lord William's chair love develops between the two.
- A man has an accident while out riding his horse one day. He soon discovers that he now has a split personality, and that his alternate is helping a criminal to rob his house.
- The story of the great German composer, from his childhood through his great triumphs in orchestral and operatic music.
- This production tells the story of the famous detective, Coletti, of Berlin. Coletti has taken charge of a bank robbery case, and the editor of the Continental Daily Mail publishes an article in which he chides the detective for mismanagement of the case. As it was known the criminal remained in Berlin for forty-eight hours after the robbery; the article claimed that had Coletti published and distributed inscription of the criminal someone of the millions of inhabitants of Berlin would have captured him. In an open letter to the editor of the paper, Coletti states it is almost impossible to unearth a man hidden away in as large a city as Berlin, and to back up his statement, offers a reward of $25,000 to any person who can capture him within forty-eight hours after a full description of himself, and his photograph, have been printed in every newspaper, and posted all around the city. The challenge is accepted. All the inhabitants of Berlin, except Anton, the barber, and Lolette, Coletti's fiancée, are seeking the detective. Anton disguises as the detective, and Coletti assumes the rough clothes of a street sweeper. Freely mingling with the crowd, Coletti keeps his eyes open for Anton, whom he presently sees boarding a bus. Then a wild mob pursues Anton, but the athletic barber makes his escape by jumping from the fast going vehicle. After running a short distance he sees a Zeppelin airship about to sail away. In a mad jump he succeeds in boarding the airship, which has a good many passengers on board. Taking a seat, Anton calls for a drink, and is very much astonished to find that the waiter who serves him is Coletti himself. Finally a stout lady passenger observes Anton, and feeling confident she has captured Coletti, keeps a firm hold on the collar of Anton's coat. When the airship descends she marches poor Anton off to the editor's office to claim the $25,000. While the mob that has followed the fair stout lady are cheering her to the top of their lungs, Anton calmly removes his disguise, and distributes his business cards, and then they realize they have been tricked. In the meantime, Coletti has constantly mingled with the masses in various disguises. Then a celebrated police dog is put on the trail of Coletti. While Coletti and his sweetheart are enjoying themselves at a nearby café the crowd follows the police dog. The dog is on the scent, tugging at the leash with all his might he makes for the café. As they enter the café Lolette begins to dance, while Coletti goes into an adjoining room and changes back to his own clothing. Time has been flying fast; the mob has been watching in admiration the dancing of Lolette, then the inner door opens and a wild dash is made at the man who enters, Coletti himself, who calmly raising his hand, says, "Yes, you have caught me, but you are five minutes too late."
- The gift of seeing into the hearts of others is given to a young artist by Brandis. He now looks at the people he comes into contact with and realizes they are not what they appear.
- Chafing at a period of enforced idleness, Detective Hayes reads one morning in the paper that the notorious gang of criminals, known as the Black Thirteen, are actively pursuing their nefarious occupation in spite of all endeavors of the police to suppress them. He, however, has already instructed one of his scouts to investigate, and the latter now reports that he has traced the forged notes, which the gang have been circulating, to the house of a certain millionaires, Miss Dennison. Hayes is delighted at the success of this preliminary investigation and at once takes up the case. Obtaining a post as footman at Miss Dennison's house, where the forged notes are put into circulation at a gaming table, he quickly discovers the ringleaders to be a "Dr. Preston" and John Verden, his "nephew" and another known as "Slim Jack," and that these are to meet the next evening in a waterside saloon called "The Blue Lantern." Hayes enters the den and watches, but is discovered. In the scramble, however, he manages to capture "Slim Jack," who to his immense astonishment, is no other than Miss Dennison herself. She pleads with him that she has been forced into it, and implores Hayes to rescue her from these men. Believing her, Hayes takes her under his charge and for better safety disguises her as his servant, Bob. Miss Dennison tells Hayes that "Dr. Preston" is waiting for her in a certain train at the Central Station, and Hayes makes off to capture him. "Slim Jack," however, is playing a double and dangerous game. Hayes is a minute too late, but hailing a motor cab gives chase and reaches a railway bridge as the train is passing under. A daring leap and he is on the roof of the train and quickly makes his way to "Dr. Preston's" compartment. The latter makes a bold bid for freedom. Jumping from the train as it crosses a bridge into the river below. Annoyed at his failure, Hayes returns just in time to see the "nephew" entering his chambers. Inside John Verden and Miss Dennison are hatching a plot to get Hayes out of the way, when two railway porters deliver a large trunk. Out of it springs Hayes and at the point of his revolver seizes Verden, but "Slim Jack" gets away. At the police station Hayes disguises himself as Verden's "uncle" and makes a sham affidavit laying the blame on Verden until the latter, unable to contain his rage any longer, cries out, "It was you who fitted up Lonely Mill!" So Lonely Mill is the place where the forged notes are made. Throwing off the disguise as the "nephew" and assuming that of the "uncle," Hayes loses no time in following up the clue to Lonely Mill. The mill is closely barred, but Hayes gains an entry by swarming up the arm as it moves round until he reaches the top, where he enters by a small window. Inside he discovers "Slim Jack," bat an attempt to capture her is frustrated by her henchmen, and Hayes finds himself, bound and gagged, watching the fuse to a barrel of gunpowder slowly burning away. At this moment "Dr. Preston" reappears and seeing, as he imagines, his "nephew" in this dangerous situation, unbinds him. The detective instantly springs to his feet and fells the "doctor," escaping as he came by means of the mill arm. Scarcely is he on the ground when a terrific explosion occurs and the mill is blown to atoms. "Dr. Preston" loses his life in the catastrophe and as the assembled hands of a neighboring ranch, who have been attracted by the noise of the explosion, stand bareheaded round his body, "Slim Jack" appears above the ruins hurling threats and taunts at Hayes. Goaded by his defeat, the detective seeks the aid of the cowboys to hunt down the girl. She makes a valiant effort to escape by forcing her horse to spring from a suspension bridge into the river, but the boys of the west are too smart for her, and she is captured. Thus Hayes adds another victory to his credit, and the Spider League and the Black Thirteen are relegated to the record of the country's Criminal Investigation Department.
- Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
- Nymphs and gods and their foul play.
- An early silent film about William Tell who is known for being the great archer that lead a rebellion in Switzerland against tyranny.
- Paul, the son of an innocent man convicted of murder, has found a job as secretary to the owner of a major American publishing house. Nevertheless, although the tycoon has adopted Paul as if he was his own son, he refuses him the hand of his biological daughter in marriage, since he believes that Paul may have inherited the traits of his father, the alleged murderer. When it comes to a theft, the tycoon sees his worst fears confirmed and throws his adoptive son out of his villa. Paul breaks all bridges behind him and travels the world as a newspaper correspondent. This takes him to primeval forests and steppes. In one of the distant regions, he can also immediately investigate the evidence of his innocence. The happy ending finally becomes perfect as the tycoon's brother turns out to be a true murderer and Paul's father is finally released. The motive then: jealousy. The rogue takes his life, and Paul gets the tycoon's daughter to be his wife.
- Hanna is a lush and her artist friend abandons her only to reacquaint himself with when she is down and out. His motive is to paint her as a washed up women. When she realizes his intentions she ruins his painting and him.
- Drama about a divorcing stage couple with a dying son. During the opening night of "Death of Pierrot", she removes the tip on her rapier, but, unknowingly accidentally kills her.
- A famous surgeon who places the claims of suffering humanity above considerations of self, and goes blind.
- Documentary on the Second Balkan War of June-August 1913.
- Drama involving bull fighter Gayetano and his enamored girl friend Juanita. After a dramatic abduction by jealous rival Manuel, her following faithlessness to Gayetano climaxes with Manuel's death in the arena and her own demise by the hand of Gaeytano.
- A company of soldiers is visiting a small village. The mayor (?) locks away his daughter because she is very adventurous. She escapes and finds some officers clothes she puts one. She plays soldier with some of her girlfriends but is caught by a real officer who thinks she is one of his sergeants /adjutants. When he finds out she is a girl he falls in love with her. Meanwhile the mayor tries to get rid of the soldiers in some funny ways. In the end the officer asks him to marry his daughter.
- The general's daughter spies on her fiancé to achieve information.
- A girl of the suburbs wants to become a variety star. Working as a model she meets a wealthy sculptor, who offers her money and education. She chooses instead to take the money and run away. Will the "marsh flower" emerge or will she sink ?
- Karl Valentin gets a new desk one of which absolutely does not fit his needs. He tries to solve the problem in some really strange ways.
- Poor fisherman Dirk is in love with Sijtje, but her father wants her to marry a rich fisherman who plots against Dirk to be lost in sea. Instead, he arrives at an island where finds a best friend in a dog. Time goes by and rescue arrives.
- The future film director plays a matchmaker for fastidious gentlemen in this short slapstick style comedy.