The Girls and Daddy
Sisters guarding their house from a burglar set upon stealing their daddy’s money.
Genre Drama
1776, or The Hessian Renegades
During the American Revolution, a young soldier carrying a crucial message to General Washington is spotted and pursued by a group of enemy soldiers. He takes refuge with a civilian family, but is soon detected. The family and their neighbors…
The Jilt
John is seduced and abandoned by a cruel flirt. Later he learns that his friend Frank is engaged to the same woman. He relates his story to Frank and convinces him to jilt her at the altar.
The Light That Came
A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love her when his sight is restored?
In a Hempen Bag
A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.
In the Watches of the Night
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…
In the Window Recess
A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.
Nursing a Viper
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…
One Touch of Nature
“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…
Confidence
A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.
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