The Way of the World
The mission bells ring but men are too busy with work and revelers are unwilling to interrupt their amusements. An old priest with an empty church is full of sorrow. However, he encourages a young priest to go among the…
Genre Short
Wilful Peggy
Peggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lord, who proposes marriage and wants to introduce her into his social circle. But complications arise when the lord’s nephew also…
The Politician’s Love Story
A haughty politician, on seeing a satirical cartoon in a newspaper, rushes to the paper’s offices to shoot the cartoonist. On discovering the cartoonist is a pretty woman, he falls instantly in love and wastes no time in trying to…
Tragic Love
Bob Spaulding, a manly fellow, meets Dr. Rankin and his wife on the street while they are engaged in a violent tiff. The doctor is about to strike his wife when Bob interferes, incurring the resentment of the doctor. During…
The Redman’s View
An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one young Indian woman stay behind. This woman is thus separated from…
The Rubes and the Bunco Men
A Gilbert M. Anderson film directed by , released in 1909.
The Sacrifice
Oh, the woe of simultaneous birthdays, as were Mr. and Mrs. Hardlucks’, and both being of a generous nature, were seized with an insatiable desire to make on this anniversary of their nativity suitable gifts, each to the other, Hardluck…
The Salvation Army Lass
A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight turned deadly, her life seems directionless– that is, until she’s saved from the streets by a band of Salvationists. She enrolls,…
The Seventh Day
A David Wark Griffith film directed by , released in 1909.
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.
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