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1. Perils of the Rail (1926)
Passed | 61 min | Action
A section boss for the railroad sets out to catch a gang of thieves who have been stealing ore shipments from his company's trains.
Director: J.P. McGowan | Stars: Helen Holmes, Edward Hearn, Wilfrid North, Lloyd Whitlock
Votes: 23
2. Sold for Marriage (1916)
Passed | 50 min | Drama, Romance
A poor Russian girl's beauty leads her unscrupulous uncle to bring her to the United States. There he is going to sell her into a marriage with a rich old man she has never met. But her ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Lillian Gish, Frank Bennett, Walter Long, Allan Sears
Votes: 117
3. Speed Madness (1925)
Passed | 57 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
To keep the old homestead from being foreclosed, a mother agrees to have her daughter marry the deep-dyed villain who hold the mortgage. However, the daughter has a race-car-driving fiancée... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Mitchell | Stars: Frank Merrill, Clara Horton, Evelyn Sherman, Garry O'Dell
Votes: 22
4. Born to Battle (1926)
Passed | 50 min | Western
Dennis Terhune (Tom Tyler), ranch foreman for John Morgan, an eastern capitalist, discovers that there is oil on Morgan's ranch shortly after Morgan has deeded the ranch to Daley, western ... See full summary »
Director: Robert De Lacey | Stars: Tom Tyler, Jean Arthur, Ray Childs, Fred Gamble
Votes: 23
5. Death's Marathon (1913)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Two 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... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Walter Miller, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 608
6. Olaf-an Atom (1913)
17 min | Short, Romance
After his wife's sudden death, a man's life falls apart and he becomes a derelict. However, he starts to redeem himself when he comes across a young couple who is about to lose their property, and he decides to help them.
Director: Anthony O'Sullivan | Stars: Harry Carey, Kate Bruce, Charles Hill Mailes, Claire McDowell
Votes: 14
7. The Coast Patrol (1925)
63 min | Action, Drama
John Slocum, a retired naval officer, runs a lighthouse, but the job he likes best is taking care of his young ward Little Beth. However, a sly smuggler named Eric Manmont and his beautiful... See full summary »
Director: Bud Barsky | Stars: Kenneth MacDonald, Claire de Lorez, Fay Wray, Spottiswoode Aitken
Votes: 67
8. The Lure of the Circus (1918)
Passed | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Director: J.P. McGowan | Stars: Eddie Polo, Eileen Sedgwick, Molly Malone, Harry Carter
Votes: 38
9. The Courage of the Commonplace (1913)
13 min | Drama, Short
While plowing his fields one day, farmer John Cameron notices that his horse Jerry looks sick, so he stops work and takes the team up to the barn. He looses Jerry and lets him go into a ... See full summary »
Director: Rollin S. Sturgeon | Stars: Charles Bennett, Mary Charleson, Myrtle Gonzalez, Edwin August
Votes: 75
10. By Man's Law (1913)
20 min | Drama, Short
An oil tycoon corners the market, then cuts jobs and causes much suffering. Because she's lost her job, a young girl almost falls into the hands of white slavers.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Charles Hill Mailes, Alfred Paget, Mildred Manning, Donald Crisp
Votes: 11
11. The Masquerade Bandit (1926)
Passed | 50 min | Western
A young woman, Molly Marble, is enmeshed in a train robbery by her crooked step-father. She meets a stranger, Jeff Morton, and suspects he knows where the loot is hidden. For the sake of ... See full summary »
Director: Robert De Lacey | Stars: Tom Tyler, Dorothy Dunbar, Ethan Laidlaw, Alfred Hewston
Votes: 23
12. The King of the Jungle (1927)
Passed | 200 min | Action, Adventure
Director: Webster Cullison | Stars: Elmo Lincoln, Sally Long, George Kotsonaros, Gordon Standing
Votes: 23
13. Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927)
57 min | Action, Adventure
Flora Hawks is in love with the overseer of Tarzan's African estate. After a search for a legendary city of diamonds, Tarzon races with his pet lion Jad-bal-ja to save Haws from being sacrificed to a lion-god.
Director: J.P. McGowan | Stars: James Pierce, Frederick Peters, Edna Murphy, Harold Goodwin
Votes: 226
14. The Show Down (1921)
Short, Thriller, Western
Betty's guardian has robbed her of an inheritance and Snappy tries to get the goods on him. The guardian blackens Snappy's reputation with the girl, and Snappy attempts to get the proof of the villain's guilt.
Director: William James Craft | Stars: Art Acord, Marcella Pershing, Edward Burns, Jack Richardson
Votes: 16
15. Tomboy Bessie (1912)
9 min | Comedy, Short
Bessie is certainly a terror and manages without much trouble to get into all sorts of mischief. She gets tired of playing alone and schemes to have Andrew, the suitor of her Aunt Cissie, ... See full summary »
Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, William J. Butler, Kate Toncray
Votes: 65
16. Before the White Man Came (1920)
46 min | Documentary, Drama
Big Elk and Che-wee-na, both of the Great Bear tribe, are engaged to be married. White Wolf, the son of the chief of another tribe, offers to buy Che-wee-na; when her father refuses, Little... See full summary »
Director: John E. Maple | Stars: Old Badger, Bird Tail, Bear Claw, Mae Old Coyote
Votes: 19
17. The Microscope Mystery (1916)
50 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
When a wealthy hypochondriac is dissatisfied by the care of the town doctor (Doc Arnold), he consults with a new physician in town who swindles him out of a large sum of money. When his ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Powell | Stars: Wilfred Lucas, Constance Talmadge, F.A. Turner, Pomeroy Cannon
Votes: 20
18. Hands Across the Border (1926)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Cattle rancher John Drake sends his son, Ted, to the Mexican border to stop the smuggling that is using Drake's land as the crossing point. Ted meets Ysabel Castro, the daughter of the ... See full summary »
Director: David Kirkland | Stars: Fred Thomson, Silver King the Horse, Bess Flowers, Tyrone Power Sr.
Votes: 22
19. Casey at the Bat (1916)
50 min | Drama, Sport
Casey lives with his sister and works in Hicks' general store and post office. The greatest thing in his life is his love for his little niece. To the people of Mudville, Casey is a hero ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Ingraham | Stars: DeWolf Hopper Sr., Kate Toncray, Mae Giraci, Carl Stockdale
20. When the Night Call Came (1914)
14 min | Short, Drama
When the night call came, it found a young woman struggling with great emotions, the better impulses of her sex battling against the perverted sordid side of her nature. It was the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward LeSaint | Stars: Guy Oliver, Eugenie Besserer, Joe King, Fred Huntley
21. Glenister of the Mounted (1926)
60 min | Drama
Sergeant Glenister of the Mounted Police, caught in the snows of the Northwest, is tended in a semiconscious state by Jack and Betty Danrock, who are fleeing from the police; at Rafferty's ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Garson | Stars: Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Bess Flowers, Lee Shumway, Walter James
22. Hist! At Six O'Clock (1916)
Short, Comedy
A burlesque on the vampire genre.
Director: Al Christie | Stars: Betty Compson, Neal Burns, Billie Rhodes, Eddie Barry
23. Who Wants to Be a Hero? (1915)
Comedy, Short
Count De Swigg is informed by his valet of the arrival of a messenger who proves to be the emissary from General I. Shootem, Commander of the Umgulla army. The messenger brings a military ... See full summary »
Director: William E. Wing | Star: John Lancaster
24. The Brazen Beauty (1918)
50 min | Comedy
Jacala, a strong-willed, temperamental ranch girl, inherits her father's millions and moves from Montana to New York, determined to earn a place in society. There she meets and is strongly ... See full summary »
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Priscilla Dean, Gertrude Astor, Thurston Hall, Katherine Griffith
25. Black Hands and Soapsuds (1917)
Comedy, Short
In the "Scientific Scrubbery" there is rivalry between the head rubber and the engineer. The hand of the cashier is the prize for which they plot and counterplot. The engineer lets the ... See full summary »
Directors: Al Christie, Horace Davey | Stars: Billie Rhodes, Harry Ham, Eddie Barry, George B. French
26. The Angel of Spring (1915)
Short, Drama
Betty, a young society woman, marries Jack, a manly young fellow but a bookkeeper. Betty is supremely happy but early reveals her dislike for babies and her horror of becoming a mother. But... See full summary »
Director: Guy Oliver
27. The Two-Gun Man (1926)
60 min | Western
Dad Randall is forced to mortgage his cattle to pay a debt to Ivor Johnson, who has bought them after stealing the receipts for the money Randall actually has paid. His son, Dean, returns ... See full summary »
Director: David Kirkland | Stars: Fred Thomson, Spottiswoode Aitken, Sheldon Lewis, Frank Hagney
28. His Wedding Night (1916)
Short, Comedy
"Decidedly no, I won't be married on Friday the 13th," says Nolan as he is looking at the calendar the morning of his wedding day, and off he goes to notify Billie, his fiancée. Billie has ... See full summary »
Director: Al Christie | Stars: Billie Rhodes, Nolan Leary, Harry Ham, Stella Adams
29. A Brass-Buttoned Romance (1916)
Comedy, Short
Director: Horace Davey | Stars: Neal Burns, Betty Compson, Dave Morris, Harry L. Rattenberry
30. Eugenics at Bar 'U' Ranch (1914)
Short, Comedy, Western
Martha, an old maid, prim, precise and determined, comes to the ranch to reside, armed with a letter of introduction to Boss, stating that she has a fad for eugenics and believes she "can ... See full summary »
Director: Marshall Farnum | Stars: Hal Le Sueur, Barney Furey, Lester Cuneo, Charles Wheelock
31. The Agony of Fear (1915)
Short, Crime, Drama
A man is literally frightened to death.
Director: Giles Warren
32. The Raiders (1921)
50 min | Action, Drama, Western
Northwest Mounted Policemen Fitzgerald and Herrick, who are later joined by Indian guide Uncas, have been detailed to track down a gang of whiskey-runners. They stop at a farm operated by "... See full summary »
Director: Nate Watt | Stars: Franklyn Farnum, Bud Osborne, Vester Pegg, Claire Windsor
33. Big Jim of the Sierras (1913)
10 min | Short, Western
Big Jim scrawls on a piece of birch-bark, "There ain't no law in those mountings but Big Jim, that's me. Git. Last call. Big Jim." He tacks this to a blasted pine with a big thorn and it ... See full summary »
Director: Edward LeSaint | Stars: Guy Oliver, Stella Razeto, Henry Otto, Scott R. Dunlap
34. The Clam-Shell Suffragettes (1915)
Short, Comedy
Willie marries a rich woman and enjoys a life of luxury and ease. He does nothing but smoke fine cigars and read the "six best sellers," while his wife secretly believes that he should get ... See full summary »
Stars: John Lancaster, Lillian Leighton
35. The War o' Dreams (1915)
39 min | Short, Drama
Arthur Ensign, an aged inventor, and his wife live together in poverty so that Bessie, their daughter, may receive an education. Ensign has long been working to develop a powerful explosive... See full summary »
Director: E.A. Martin | Stars: Edwin Wallock, Lillian Hayward, Bessie Eyton, Alva D. Blake
36. The Puny Soul of Peter Rand (1915)
10 min | Short, Drama
Peter Rand, a vaudeville actor playing on a "small time circuit" of the cheapest type, writes bragging letters to his mother and only brother telling them how great he is and of his ... See full summary »
Director: Francis J. Grandon | Stars: Franklyn Hall, Lillian Hayward
37. The Grinning Skull (1916)
Short, Drama
Donald Harvey is engaged in the conducting of a mission in a large city which is supported by the idle rich. Madame Ward Howe and her daughter Winnifred visit the mission frequently, and so... See full summary »
Director: George Nichols | Stars: Eugenie Besserer, Lew Cody, Virginia Kirtley, Marion Warner
38. The Love of Tokiwa (1914)
Short, Drama
When Yoshisada asks cruel Kajiwara, the wealthy Japanese fisherman, for the hand of his daughter Tokiwa, he is not graciously received. This does not bring tears to the wondrous, ... See full summary »
Director: Ulysses Davis | Stars: Patricia Palmer, Bertie Pitcairn, William Desmond Taylor, George Kunkel
39. The Galloping Devil (1920)
60 min | Western
Andy Green, a colorful cowboy, finds work at the Flying U cattle ranch, owned by Chip. Chip's foreman Dunk, who is Elsie Gray's guardian, attempts to force her to sign papers releasing him,... See full summary »
Director: Nate Watt | Stars: Franklyn Farnum, Genevieve Bert, Bud Osborne, Joseph Chatterton
40. The Melody of Doom (1915)
Short, Drama
Henri, a violinist, nurses a fevered Hindu back to life. Henri receives a letter, reading, "I enclose proofs that the she-devil, Zara, whose terrible influence over your brother led him ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Beal | Star: Eugenie Besserer
41. The Breathless Moment (1924)
Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Crime
Reluctant to arrest Billy Carson, a crook who once befriended him, Officer Quinn forces him and Dan, his confederate, to spend a year in a small town. There, Carson falls in love, reforms, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert F. Hill | Stars: William Desmond, Charlotte Merriam, Alfred Fisher, Robert Homans
42. Vic Dyson Pays (1925)
Western
"Mad" Vic Dyson owns a ranch, through which, unknown to him, a railroad is forced to route its right-of-way. Dayton Keever, a local cattle baron who speculates in real estate, hires the ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Jaccard | Stars: Ben F. Wilson, Archie Ricks, Neva Gerber, Victor Allen
43. Battling Mason (1924)
Comedy, Drama
Young New Yorker Mason (Frank Merrill), who loves a good fight, runs for public office. As part of his election campaign he agrees to not get involved in any fights and refuses to respond ... See full summary »
Directors: William James Craft, Jack Nelson | Stars: Frank Merrill, Eva Novak, Milburn Morante, Joseph W. Girard
44. The Struggle (1921)
50 min | Western
Spirited story of West, which begins after the hero has spent four years overseas and has left the army so much of a fighting devil that he becomes embroiled in a mix-up. Learning that his ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Lederer | Stars: Franklyn Farnum, Genevieve Bert, Edwin Wallock, Karl Formes
45. Hope (1913)
21 min | Short, Drama
The sunshine of Poverty Flat is Hope Anderson, an unsophisticated young girl, who disseminates joy and consolation among the neighbors, and in the darkest hours of her own discouragement ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Campbell | Stars: Bessie Eyton, Tom Santschi, Wheeler Oakman, Frank Clark
46. The Iron Man (1924)
Action, Adventure
Paul is a reporter on a Parisian newspaper and assigned to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the niece of a wealthy American motion picture magnate.
Director: Jay Marchant | Stars: Luciano Albertini, Margaret Morris, Joe Bonomo, Jack Dougherty
47. Jenks Becomes a Desperate Character (1913)
Comedy, Short
Peter Jenkins is the meek and servile husband of his better half. He lurks at home with her, tying the ribbon on the family cat. These fireside propensities are too much for Mrs. Jenkins. ... See full summary »
Director: Dell Henderson | Stars: Dell Henderson, Florence Lee, Charles Murray, Kate Toncray
48. The Woman of the Mountains (1913)
Short, Drama
"In thirty minutes Granite Mountain will crumble," echoed the deep determined voice of Brice, the Trust agent, who broke the silence of the gulch, speaking to Slocum, the treacherous ... See full summary »
Director: Edward LeSaint | Stars: Stella Razeto, Guy Oliver, Henry Otto, Scott R. Dunlap
49. Reckless Speed (1924)
50 min | Drama
Speed Creswell, whose father is an oil magnate, learns that David Brierly, the trusted foreman of the senior Creswell's business, secretly is working for a rival company. The rivals want to... See full summary »
Director: William James Craft | Stars: Frank Merrill, Virginia Warwick, Joseph W. Girard, Gino Corrado
50. Bringing Up Hubby (1914)
11 min | Comedy, Short
Mrs. Smith, intent upon bringing up her daughter, Cecil, who is about to be married to John, gives her a few practical directions about schooling a husband in the beginning, so that he will... See full summary »
Director: Francis J. Grandon | Stars: Tom Santschi, Harriet Notter, John Lancaster, Lillian Leighton