Genre Short

Lucky Jim

Gertrude chooses Jim over Jack, which makes Jack very jealous. Later Jim dies, and Jack marries Gertrude. He finds himself once again very jealous of the late Lucky Jim.

The Younger Brothers

Das Gericht ist sicher, daß Cole Younger (Wayne Morris) und seine Brüder erst durch niederträchtige Geschäftemacher zu Gangstern wurden. Um begnadigt werden zu können, müssen sich die Youngers noch zwei Wochen Ärger vom Hals halten. Ganove Ryckham hat daran jedoch…

Mr. Flip

Mr. Flip flirts with every woman he sees, and ends up with a pie, shaving cream, and seltzer in his face.

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 Burglar’s Mistake

Henry is being blackmailed. When the blackmailer breaks into his house, Henry apprehends him at gunpoint and takes the opportunity to rid himself of the blackmailer’s threat.

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.

Over the Hills to the Poor House

The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve herself of the burden of care of her property, decides to divide it up among her children. To her son Charles, a wild but…

A Midnight Adventure

Mercedes orders her sweetheart to prove his love by doing something dangerously heroic. He agrees, breaking into another young woman’s house in order to steal a photograph. The young woman catches him and has him arrested, but he is released…

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.

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