Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
to
to
Exclude
Only includes titles with the selected topics
to
In minutes
to
1-50 of 156,415
- "This is one of the greatest war films ever placed on the market. The enemy is seen scouting in the underbrush at the foot of a steep hill. Suddenly our own soldier boys appear under the order 'Forward by rushes,' and gallantly charge up the hill. A struggle takes place, but our boys are victorious and they plant our flag there to stay. The most realistic part of this subject is the explosion of bombs thrown by the enemy in close proximity to a soldier who has fallen, and who is being cared for by the Red Cross staff, who finally carry him on a stretcher. A most exciting picture."
- A husband and wife are in bed asleep when a burglar enters and begins to ransack the room. The wife wakes up and slips out of the room, returning with a policeman, who arrests the burglar. The husband finally wakes up and, frightened by the commotion, hides behind the bed.
- A burglar is trying to open an office safe when he hears someone coming. A man carrying a satchel walks in and opens the safe by simply turning the handle. He puts a stack of money in the satchel and leaves. The burglar comes out of hiding and stares at the safe, scratching his head in bewilderment.
- A devil conjures up a dancing woman from a mystical flame.
- "This scene shows the front of an apartment house; two old gentlemen and two old maids at different windows. The old jokers have amused themselves by rapping on the window where the old maids are seated; and the latter retaliate by ducking their tormentors with water."
- The proprietor is standing in front of his impromptu outdoor second-hand clothing store. A well-dressed man appears and is measured for a coat. The proprietor finishes measuring, takes a drink from his bottle, looks at the customer and finds he has increased in size. He drinks twice more and the customer grows larger each time. With the fourth drink, the customer returns to normal. This is too much for the proprietor and he falls to the ground in a faint.
- The plot outlined the story of the early Christian martyrs with a compendium of horrors guaranteed to jolt audiences into an awareness of terrible suffering for the sake of Christianity. Contained maulings at the Colosseum, crucifixions, beheadings, savage hackings and burnings at the stake, burnings in the limepit, the spectacle of human torches in Nero's garden. Overall "soul stirring stories of the martyrs, illustrated by the most beautiful living pictures by kinematograph and limelight and never before witnessed in this or any other country.
- Current stars of theatre and variety captured on film, some with synchronized sound and hand tinted color.
- A photographer paces the floor of his studio, which has a glass roof. Suddenly the roof caves in. The photographer is delighted to find a person among the debris, and props him in a chair to take his photo. He then collects his fee and sends the new 'customer' on his way.
- A chemist carries out a bizarre experiment with his own head.
- The scene is a theatre stage with a painted panorama of French garden, with a central alley between lawns, with a couple of marble steps and balcony in front, and a line of trees in the background. Two young women step in front of this scenario, one in black, and the other in white knee-length skirts and sleeveless shirts. Both are curly blondes, keeping their hair in place by means of ribbons. They have 8-ounce boxing gloves (228 grams) well tied to their wrists. They box each other in fast, intuitive action, with not much protection. Most punches end on the opponent's leather clad fists, but several reach their bare arms, and they exchange at least 20 punches to head and chest, at close quarter and with considerable power, showing that both sisters had reasonable training in boxing, and were not afraid of taking punches themselves. The girl in black seems to dominate most of the 1m30s round, though near the end the girl in white does a courageous comeback # not enough to win, if points were awarded. The fight, or the film copy from which the tape was extracted, ends suddenly, after a solid head punch by the black skirted girl # but it's not enough to down her similarly strong opponent.
- This picture shows the ground floor and also the first floor front of a modern lodging house. In the lower room the landlord and his lady are having dinner, while above them four young men lodgers are competing as to who can make the most noise. Tiring of this amusement, they bore through the floor and let down an enormous spider, which upsets the dinner party. One of the lodgers falls through the ceiling and upsets the place and drives the landlady into hysterics by very cleverly simulating an elephant by means of a tablecloth and two broomsticks. Finally a policeman appears on the scene, but getting under the hole in the ceiling, is completely overwhelmed with furniture.
- A very amusing and interesting scene in a New York Public Bath on "ladies day."
- The carriage containing President Roosevelt draws up at the door and the new President alights and passes into the City Hall. Next comes the hearse containing the body of President McKinley escorted by the sailors and marines. It stops immediately in the foreground of the field of our lens. The casket is carefully and reverently removed from the hearse and carried on the shoulders of the sixteen stalwart sailors and marines into the City Hall, where it lay in state during the afternoon of September 15. The casket was beautifully decorated with flags and flowers and was within twenty feet of our camera.
- This film is difficult to classify. It opens on a scene showing a mourner with bowed head sitting in front of what appears to be a tombstone. Shortly afterwards, the face of Abraham Lincoln and then of two other presidents, Garfield and McKinley, can be seen on the monument and then they disappear. There is a figure huddled at the foot of a statue of Justice, as if asking forgiveness.
- A picture that is both beautiful and mystical. An Egyptian fountain forms the background of the picture. An old worn out traveller comes into view and lies down in front of the fountain to rest, and here the dream begins. There appears from the depths of the fountain a beautiful fairy who transforms the poor old traveller into a prince. She then causes twelve beautiful maidens to appear before the prince. They proceed to form tableaux and perform for his amusement. A sedan chair then appears and the four servants proceed to carry the prince off on his journey. The scene is then changed to the old traveller lying before the fountain and being rudely awakened by the guard who commands him to go on.
- Two distinct pictures of the Prince when on a visit to Cramp's shipyard, Philadelphia. These pictures were taken at different times in different parts of the great ship builder's plant and show the Prince to an advantage. We had the only permit issued by the authorities in this city on the day the Prince paid his visit here.
- A most astounding film, showing a lady with three heads. These are taken away one after the other, and seem to be quite as lively when separated from the body as they were when united. The conjuror who is performing the trick also removes his own head without suffering any inconvenience, and walks about without it. There are also any number of other changes in this film, which has to be seen to be fully appreciated.
- Here are the funniest fellows that ever appeared on the vaudeville stage. Everyone has seen this great team do their clever act, and their record is and probably always will be "Standing Room Only" wherever they perform. They fall from great heights and throw each other about regardlessly, and one marvels at their acrobatic feats. Extraodinarily good.
- An excellent lifelike picture of the only man who ever successfully swam through the lower Whirlpool Rapids. Shows Mr. Carlysle D. Graham being rubbed down by his assistants and the cork life belts being adjusted. He steps on a flat rock on the American side of the Whirlpool, and slips into the current and starts on his thrilling swim to Lewiston. Shows the swimmer until he passed out of the field of the camera.
- This must not be confused with incomplete or less imperfect bull fight pictures which have been sold in short lengths from time to time. Remember, that we here show in 1,000 feet, a complete bull fight from start to finish. By the aid of a specially designed panoramic camera, and by special arrangement with Sr. Antonio Fuentes and Sr. Luis Mazzantini, we are able to keep the bull within the field of our lens during the entire fight. The bull and the fighters are also very close to our camera and at all times are full life size. This is a complete performance in itself and can be billed as a special feature or a headline, the complete series, 1,000 feet in all, lasting 25 to 30 minutes. This fight, by the greatest bull fighters in the world (the one and only Antonio Fuentes and his companion, Luis Mazzantini), was fought in the City of Mexico before President Diaz and his entire cabinet, on February 2nd, 1902. Its features are many. Only pure blooded Spanish bulls are used. First comes the Grand Herald with his elegant costume, black velvet trappings, and beautiful plumes, his elegant charger prancing up to the Judges' stand. After bowing to the Judges and the audience, he rides out of the ring, and again returns, followed by the entire cuadrilla of bull fighters, including Matadors (Killers), Banderilleros and Picadores (Stickers) and several mule teams (six to each team). At a signal given from the Judges' stand by a bugler, a wild bull rushes frantically into the ring, tail up and eyes darting fire. The Capadores flourish their capes in the bull's face, as he charges at them. The Picadores ride in front of the animal, holding their picks ready to stick him when he charges the horses. In this fight, horses and riders are upset and thrown in every direction. The Picadores pick the bull many times, although five horses are killed before the bull is finally dispatched. The bull, now more furious than ever, charges at the Banderillos, who have been waiting to thrust the wounded animal. They succeed in placing four pairs of Banderillos in the bull's back and shoulders. At last the bugler gives the signal to kill, and the Matador walks proudly up to the bull, shaking his red cloth in his face. The bull rushes madly at the cloth, but the Matador nimbly steps to one side. The Matador sees his opportunity, and thrusts his sword up to the hilt in the bull's neck. Mortally wounded, he staggers around blindly, tearing around the ring, and trying to pierce his enemies with his horns. He repeatedly charges the Matador, Antonio Fuentes, rushing at him with his head lowered. Here one realizes how helpless is this magnificent animal pitted against science and agility. The Matador is obliged to place another sword before the powerful animal succumbs. This time the sword enters between the shoulder blades as the bull is making one of his fiercest charges, and he drops dead. A team of mules now drags the dead bull from the ring. This picture is most exciting, and gives one a perfect idea of the sport which is indulged in by the Spanish and Mexican people. We also sell the separate subjects of the bull fight.
- A henpecked husband gets drunk while his wife shops.
- A policeman confronts a group of boys who have ignored a 'No Bathing Allowed' sign.
- A man is seated at a table looking over his mail. Finally he selects one contained in a black bordered envelope, which he opens in great haste, fearing to receive sad news from home. Judging from the expression on his face, the news is anything but sad, as he learns, much to his surprise, that great wealth has been bequeathed to him by a distant relative recently deceased. This is another film of wonderful facial expression.
- Tommy ties Fido to his grandfather's rocking chair and puts Fido on a chair. Tommy's mother puts Fido's dinner on the floor just out of his reach. Fido jumps for it, pulls grandfather over with a crash, and then gets a cuffing for Tommy's mischief. This is an unusually good comedy, fully as good as "TOMMY'S RINGING GOOD JOKE."
- The finest and most modern train running between New York, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Washington and Chicago. This picture is truly a fine specimen of the art of motion photography. The picture was taken as this handsome train was running at a high rate of speed through the famous Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. The engine was specially built for speed and safety, and the cars are fully vestibuled. The upper part of the coaches is light, while the body of the train is dark. The windows are large French plate glass, so the exhibitor can readily see this train is an innovation on the railroad picture. When colored this picture is truly the most beautiful picture ever placed on a screen.
- Neighbours fight over painting a fence.
- After a builder breaks his leg, he is saved from eviction by the return of his son Jack, a sailor.
- The tomb is here seen, with the great stone rolled away. Outside are two soldiers who have been guarding the body of Jesus. Near the door stand two angels with outstretched wings, invisible to the guards. Mary Magdalene is seen approaching the tomb. She discovers the body of Jesus has been carried away and beckons to Peter and John, who come to the tomb, and stand looking therein. The angels disappear and Mary sees Jesus standing by and mistakes Him for the gardener. Christ is recognized and they all fall upon their faces and worship Him.
- A black man and a white man are seen eating blackberry pie on a wager. The judge stands over them and whenever they raise their heads, he plunges them back into the pies. The white man's face is funny to look at as he besmears himself with blackberries. A good brilliant subject.
- This is in every respect one of the most interesting horse race pictures ever made. Our photographers had the advantage of a clear day, and the race was one of the greatest ever run in the United States. Having had four cameras at the track, we were able to secure: 1st, A view of the horses leaving the paddock and the parade to the post. Second scene shows the horses lined up before the barrier and the efforts of the starter to get the high-strung animals in line for a fair start; this scene ends with the start proper. The next scene shows the pack coming down the stretch on the first time by, well bunched and racing at tremendous speed. Next scene shows all the horses on backstretch, with Hermis and Irish Lad, the two favorites, racing ahead like a team. The next scene shows the horses rounding the turn on the homestretch, with "The Picket" creeping up on the inside. Then the finish comes, with "The Picket" winning by a neck. A close view is then given of "The Picket" in the hands of the rubbers. Throughout the different scenes a very good view is given of the enormous crowd which throng the track for this, the first, and probably the greatest race of the season.
- An office boy at Biograph learns how to operate a camera, and secretly films the boss kissing his secretary. Later, the boss and his wife go to the pictures, and see the kissing scene on the screen. The wife runs out of the theater. The wife replaces the secretary with a young man.
- An escaped convict breaks into a vicar's home and dons the sleeping vicar's clothes. With nothing else to wear, the vicar has to dress in the convict's clothes, and is mistakenly arrested by the police. The police find the convict hiding in a haystack and bring him to the station to be confronted by the vicar.
- A poor woman abandons her younger baby on the steps of a rich couple's house. She returns home to find herself evicted and her older child missing. She returns to the rich couple's house and collapses. Eventually a policeman helps reunite her with her children.
- An old man is seated at a table endeavoring to eat something. He is evidently afflicted with stomach trouble, and it is with great difficulty that he manages to swallow his food. He examines his tongue by looking at it in a hand mirror, and here the scene changes to show what was seen in the looking glass. After satisfying himself that he is in pretty bad condition, he takes some medicine from a bottle, drinks it, and then the fun commences. The facial contortions are extremely laughable.
- A man carries a sign advertising a free lunch and beer for 3 cents a mug. He leans the sign against the front of a liquor store, covering the advertisements on the window. A well-dressed man reads the sign, loses his temper, and attacks the sign carrier and rips up his sign.
- A traveler at an inn is harassed by a mischievous devil in his room.
- Hazel, the miller's daughter, is courted by a country boy and a sophisticated city boy. Her father favors the country boy, but she elopes with the city boy. Before they can marry, his wife shows up and stops the ceremony. Hazel tries to return to her father, but he has disowned her. She jumps into the river, but is rescued by the country boy, who later marries her.
- A father and son are in their office. Both of them want to leave for a romantic meeting, without the other one knowing. The son takes off to meet his mistress who was becoming impatient. After his arrival, the maid comes in and announces that another gentleman has come to visit. Seeing someone already in the bed, the father attacks his rival, only to find out that it is his son.
- A young student goes to his father and asks for money. When this isn't enough he goes to his mother who gives him more. Happy, he meets his friends who are at a cafe with two young women. They eat and drink and the waiter comes with the bill and demands the student pay it. A fight ensues and he is brought back to his parents house in a carriage. His parents wake up and rush to their son who can't furnish an explanation.
- Father stays seated in his comfortable rocking chair while Mother does the washing, the son brings in wood for the fireplace, and the daughter carries in more clothes to be washed. The last scene shows all three standing around Father in the rocking chair making menacing gestures at him.
- A young man is hired as a guard for an insane asylum. Immediately the inmates start harassing him and he flees. The inmates give chase and they finally capture him and tie him up. The director of the asylum arrives and gives each patient a pie, which they sit down to eat and forget all about the guard.
- A girl who works in a textile mill suffers unwanted advances from her boss. Her boyfriend, who also works there, sees it and knocks the boss down. In retaliation, the boss hires two thugs to beat up the boyfriend, but he outwits them. Instead, the boss fires him. As the boss is forcing his attentions on the girl again, a fire breaks out in the mill...
- A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, with the help of two friends, attacks the girl and her rescuer again as they're going for a walk. This time they succeed in kidnapping the rescuer. The girl runs home and gets help from several neighbors. They track the ruffians down to a cabin in the mountains where the gang has trapped their victim and set the cabin on fire.
- There 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.
- A tramp tricks a cook into leaving her wealthy employer's house. While the clubman's house is empty the tramp makes himself at home, starting by helping himself to a good meal, then going upstairs for a bath and a new set of clothes. Attired in the clubman's clothes, the tramp walks around town, where he is continually mistakes for the clubman.
- Hakon Berg is " the first lover " at one of the theatres in the capital. He is a talented young man, and his handsome appearance makes him popular among the ladies. Minna, the only daughter of the rich director Brammer, is one of Mr. Berg's sincerest admirers. Soon the young people meet, and spend a beautiful summer evening together. When Minna's father discovers that an actor is making love to his daughter he gets very angry, but she will not give him up, and at last she elopes with him. They both get an engagement at a theatre in a country town, and one day Director Brammer finds them there, but father and daughter again part in anger. Three years later Berg is on a sure road to destruction, and his faith in his own greatness and wonderful ability grows with his mental and bodily decline. He will never listen to instruction any more, and one fine day he is turned away from the theatre because he, in front of the director, flatly refuses to play the part that is intended for him, and even tears it to pieces. After five years Berg is a perfect wreck, only keeping up life by singing in the yards. One evening the unhappy couple go home together. He is very disappointed, and, letting his rage fall upon her, he shakes her and pushes her all along the street. Neither of them notices an old gentleman, who has been watching the poor unfortunate couple sadly. When they come home to their wretched rooms, Berg becomes insane. He puts a gold paper crown on his head, and with madness in both look and manner he begins to play King Lear. But his wretched, worn-out body cannot stand so much excitement. He gets a convulsive fit and drops down dead. While Minna flings herself down on the bed of her sick child, the door opens and her father appears. It was he who watched them going home, and he followed his daughter in order to save her from further misfortune. Minna draws a long breath of release, and father and daughter are united.
- Miss Louise Leroque was one of those charming young ladies, born, as if through an error of destiny, into a family of clerks, and after she married John Kendrick, she suffered an incessant yearning for all those delicacies and luxuries she felt were her due. John was a bighearted, indulgent husband whose every thought was for his wife's happiness, and while Louise was a devoted wife, still there was the strain of selfishness ever apparent, for she who studies her glass neglects her heart. She yearned for ostentation, and poor John was in no position to appease this desire. However, an occasion presents itself when they can at least bask in the radiance of the social limelight, in an invitation to attend a reception tendered a foreign prince. John is in the height of elation, hut Louise meets him with that time-honored remark, "I've nothing to wear." Well, he feels the strength of her argument, so goes and pawns his watch and chain to procure her a gown fitting for the occasion. The gown emphasizes the absence of jewel ornamentation, so they visit their friend and neighbor, who lends them a handsome necklace. At the reception she makes quite a stir and is presented to the prince, who becomes decidedly attentive. Arriving home after the affair, Louise rehearses the incidents of the event, when suddenly she stands petrified with horror. "My God! The necklace is gone." High and low they search, and even back to the ballroom, but without result, for we have seen it stolen from her neck by a sneak thief while she is talking with the prince. Unable to find the necklace, they swear to give their fingers to the bone, their life's blood until it is paid for. But then there is the humiliation of not returning the jewels, so they hunt for a duplicate. At the jeweler's they find one, in appearance an exact copy, but the price is $20,000. Twenty thousand dollars to ones in their condition meant a large fortune. However, John borrows money on his salary, gets loans from his various friends and is granted a large advance by his employer, giving notes for same: in fact, mortgaging his very life as the result of vanity. With the money he purchases the duplicate and gives it to their friend, who is unaware of the substitution. Meanwhile, the thief has taken the necklace to a pawnshop and finds it is a worthless imitation, and so throws it into the rubbish heap. Five years later we find the couple toiling, toiling, but still in bondage; after night in the endeavor to make a little extra above his ordinary salary. Ten years we find them, still hounded by the note collectors, aged and broken in health, yet determined. Twenty years, and the last penny on the necklace is paid, but at the expense of their bodily strength. Having cleared up his debt with his employer, he is discharged, being too feeble to do the work. As a last resort they write to their friend, confessing the substitution of the jewels, and their plight as a result, begging that she give them some slight assistance. Their friend, of course, is amazed, she cognizant of the worthlessness of her property, so hastens to give Louise back the jewels, arriving only in time to put them about her neck when she sinks back dead. John, poor fellow, is found sitting in a chair at the head of the bed, also dead. They had received vanity's reward.
- In the little Italian city of Cremona there dwelt Taddeo Ferrari, a violin maker and student of Andrea Amati, the most famous of the craft. Ferrari's pretty daughter, Giannina, was beloved by one of his apprentices, Sandro. Filippo, a crippled youth and the best violin maker in Cremona, also loved the girl with a pure, holy affection that is more spiritual than material, but realizing his unattractiveness through his deformity, suffers his hopelessness with resignation. Yearly there is a prize of a precious chain of gold awarded to the maker of the best violin, and all the apprentices strive to win it. On this occasion, however, the hand of Giannina is to be bestowed upon the most proficient craftsman, and this induces the young men to make extra efforts to win. Sandro fully appreciates the rare talent of Filippo and feels sure his wonderful skill will win his sweetheart from him. Crushed and despairing he seeks out Giannina and tells her his fears, she tearfully acknowledging the strength of his reasoning. While thus occupied they are overheard by Filippo, who sees what woe his success would mean for her, and thinking only of her happiness, through his great love for her he makes a great sacrifice. Going to his room he takes his instrument and goes and places it in Sandro's box, taking Sandro's violin and putting it in his own. Sandro, however, thwarts the good intention of Filippo by exchanging the instruments, not knowing what Filippo had done, thereby upsetting the planned munificence of the cripple. When the instruments are placed in competition, and the prizes are about to be awarded, Sandro's conscience pricks him, and calling the cripple aside, confesses his deed. Filippo bursts into taunting laughter, telling him what he, himself, had done, and now he spoiled it all. Judgment is passed and Filippo is, of course, the victor. The chain is placed about his neck, and the hand of Giannina placed in his. But also, he feels she recoils, and thinking only of her happiness he crashes his violin over his knee, thereby putting himself out of the contest and making Sandro the winner. He then places the chain about Sandro's neck, and handing the girl over to him he rushes from the hall. We finally leave him alone in his room, crushed and dejected, yet contented in the thought that he had made her happy.
- A bored rich woman goes slumming as a domestic at a boarding house, where she falls in love with a sensitive young musician.