Genre Drama

An Arcadian Maid

A young maiden is seduced by a charming traveling peddler who persuades her to steal from her host family in order to repay his gambling debts.

In the Border States

During the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he leaves, Confederate troops forage on his property, where a soldier encounters one of his daughters. The father himself is wounded on…

In the Season of Buds

It is springtime when little Mabel arrives at her Uncle Zeke’s farm. Henry and Steve, two farmhands, are chums, having spent the years of their adolescence together on Uncle Zeke’s farm. They have never experienced any love but brotherly love,…

The Cloister’s Touch

A peasant family comprising the father, mother and little boy child are happy in their own sphere until one day several courtiers of a hunting party stopped at the humble home for refreshments. The men are particularly struck with the…

The Slave

A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can’t support her and their baby, she offers to sell herself as a slave to allow them to buy food.

The Son’s Return

A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his parents’ inn. They don’t recognize him, but noticing his fat wallet, plan to rob him.

Through the Breakers

A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl becomes seriously ill, the father realizes the errors of his ways and stays home with her, demanding his wife do likewise. She sneaks out…

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