An honest worker, John Whitney, finds himself unemployed and unable to provide for his family. Desperate, he robs a rich man’s home and is arrested. One of the police officers is an old friend and accompanies Whitney home to allow…
A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.
During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a mob attacks a nearby chateau an aristocrat bursts into the couple’s home. They save his life by disguising him as a servant, but he soon…
“A pathetic story of mother’s grief. No more intense emotion can be imagined than a mother’s grief for her dead child. and this Biograph subject beautifully portrays a story of maternal bereavement. It also shows the seemingly cruel workings of…
A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.
A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he’s supposed to take their daughter out to a play. While watching the play, he’s faced with his own drinking evils and how his life would…
A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.
Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she’s coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister’s apartment, she comes face to face with her misdeeds.
A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.
A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an interior room, but the criminals are well-equipped for breaking in. When…
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