Romance of a Jewess
This early D.W. Griffith short shows the director’s interest in Jewish ghetto life, portrayed here with sympathy and sentimentality. The melodramatic plot involves the conflict between generations in an immigrant Jewish family.
Genre Drama
The Devil
Mack Sennett appears as a waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
The Heart of O Yama
Pretty Miss Chrysanthemum has but little to say as to the disposal of her heart, at least, such is the custom in Japan. Her parents attend to that for her. However, pretty little O Yama Sum had a will of…
The Reckoning
Mack Sennett appears as a lover in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
The Song of the Shirt
Adaptation of a poem written by Thomas Hood.
Where the Breakers Roar
A group of collegiates decide to go for a splash. A lunatic, having escaped from a nearby asylum, heads for the surf, brandishing a knife. Innocent seaside fun becomes a struggle against a maniac on the water.
A Fool’s Revenge
A court fool believes the Duke is after his beautiful daughter, and arranges to have the Duke murdered. The daughter overhears the plot and, disguised in the Duke’s cloak, sacrifices her life to save him.
A Trap for Santa Claus
The children of a household attempt to capture Santa, but they catch something else entirely.
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
Seven years after the death of their first child, a couple has grown apart and decides to divorce. Their second child asks a question about who will keep the first child’s most cherished toy after they separate. This leads the…
At the Altar
At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the landlady’s pretty daughter, but she was of a poetic turn of mind and her soul soared above plebeianism and her aspirations were romantic.…
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