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.

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.
To help a woman whose purse has been snatched, two college boys stage a murder scene and trap the purse snatcher.

A Gilbert M. Anderson film directed by , released in 1908.
Mack Sennett appears as a man in the crowd in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the college football team. At a reception given in his honor by Lieut. Penrose, an Indian…
A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.
Mack Sennett appears as one of character Mike McLaren’s assistants in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

The children of a household attempt to capture Santa, but they catch something else entirely.

Mack Sennett appears as a waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
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…