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1916
Little Partner
Little Partner0 1916 HD
Agnes Vernon is the daughter of an old prospector whose hard luck leads him to turn holdup. The father is hanged and the girl, unknowing the real...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Franklyn Farnum
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1912
The Serpents
The Serpents0 1912 HD
Wending their way and locating in a land far from the contentions through which they passed a few weeks before, Eric and Chloe are located in a...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Edith Storey
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1912
Yellow Bird
Yellow Bird0 1912 HD
Disregarding the sanctity of "Song Bird's" feelings, John Strong, a young surveyor in the pioneer forests of the west, makes love to the Indian...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Helen Gardner
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1907
The Haunted Hotel
The Haunted Hotel5.613 1907 HD
A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings.
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Paul Panzer
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1909
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream4.767 1909 HD
An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.
Genre: Fantasy
Cast: Maurice Costello
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1913
The Hindoo Charm
The Hindoo Charm0 1913 HD
Advised by his friends to seek a second wife so that his children, Helen and Dolores, may know a mother's care, Sir Edward Tilbury marries Phyllis,...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Maurice Costello
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1913
The Little Minister
The Little Minister0 1913 HD
To start a little in advance of our story, Lord Rintoul, of the English nobility, finds a little Gypsy girl three years old, who had been deserted by...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Clara Kimball Young
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1913
Getting Up a Practice
Getting Up a Practice0 1913 HD
Becoming impatient waiting for patients, young Doctor Bob Lyons is about discouraged. To add to his misery, his sweetheart's father, Mr. Irving,...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Maurice Costello
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1908
Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers0 1908 HD
Francesca, surrounded by ladies-in-waiting at the palace. Her father enters, and together they read a letter from Lanciotto, asking for the hand of...
Genre: Drama
Cast: William V. Ranous
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1911
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair9 1911 HD
A silent short film telling the classic story of Becky Sharp.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Helen Gardner
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1908
The Gentleman Burglar
The Gentleman Burglar0 1908 HD
The Proposal: The gentleman burglar walking with his lady love. They admire the grandeur and beauty of nature. He proposes and she accepts. She does...
Genre: Crime
Cast: William V. Ranous
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1908
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice0 1908 HD
Genre: Drama
Cast: Julia Swayne Gordon
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1913
Delayed Proposals
Delayed Proposals5 1913 HD
It is sometimes decidedly difficult to get a little privacy on shipboard. Several times Jack Hardy almost reaches the proposal point with Marion Van...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Maurice Costello
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1913
The Lonely Princess
The Lonely Princess5 1913 HD
A young American millionaire in Venice falls in love with the beautiful princess Ione.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Maurice Costello
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1909
King Lear
King Lear4.2 1909 HD
An impressively tactile, if slightly over-ambitious, adaptation of King Lear from Vitagraph Studios.
Genre: Drama
Cast: William V. Ranous
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1908
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian2.5 1908 HD
A short film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was the first film to dramatize the ill-fated romance between Mark Antony and...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Maurice Costello
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1908
Richard III
Richard III3 1908 HD
Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.
Genre: Drama
Cast: William V. Ranous
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1908
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy4 1908 HD
Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.
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Cast: William V. Ranous
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1909
Love's Stratagem
Love's Stratagem0 1909 HD
A short romance starring Florence Lawrence.
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Cast: Florence Lawrence
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1909
Hiawatha
Hiawatha0 1909 HD
Drama Short
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Cast: Gladys Hulette
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1912
Yellow Bird
Yellow Bird0 1912 HD
Disregarding the sanctity of "Song Bird's" feelings, John Strong, a young surveyor in the pioneer forests of the west, makes love to the Indian...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Helen Gardner
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1912
Yellow Bird
Yellow Bird0 1912 HD
Disregarding the sanctity of "Song Bird's" feelings, John Strong, a young surveyor in the pioneer forests of the west, makes love to the Indian...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Helen Gardner
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1912
The Heart of Esmeralda
The Heart of Esmeralda0 1912 HD
Esmeralda Foster, an attractive girl, is very much impressed with Duncan Miller, a crafty country swain, who makes love to Esmeralda because of her...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Edith Storey
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1913
Alixe; or, the Test of Friendship
Alixe; or, the Test of Friendship0 1913 HD
Alixe is courted by many admirers. Her most persistent companion is Morton Shaw. Arlington Tappan also loves Alixe, and urges her to give up her...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Helen Gardner
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1912
An Eventful Elopement
An Eventful Elopement0 1912 HD
Emphatically opposed to Jack Moss, old Mr. McGillicuddy puts the ban on his marriage to his daughter Dolly. The old gentleman is adamant to the...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Edwin R. Phillips
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1912
Tommy's Sister
Tommy's Sister0 1912 HD
Left with two small children, Mrs. Morgan finds it difficult to make both ends meet. Polly, her daughter, does the housework. Tommy is looking for a...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Zena Keefe
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1912
The Higher Mercy
The Higher Mercy0 1912 HD
No matter how absorbed with affairs of state, Abraham Lincoln was always ready to give audience to his little son Tad. Little Tad, playing at the...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Ralph Ince
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1913
Getting Up a Practice
Getting Up a Practice0 1913 HD
Becoming impatient waiting for patients, young Doctor Bob Lyons is about discouraged. To add to his misery, his sweetheart's father, Mr. Irving,...
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Maurice Costello
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1913
The Skull
The Skull0 1913 HD
Just as the bead clerk and his assistants are closing up the jewelry store for the day, a package containing a very costly necklace arrives by...
Genre: Crime
Cast: Florence Turner
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1912
The Anarchist's Wife
The Anarchist's Wife4 1912 HD
In this Vitagraph short, anarchism threatens to ruin lives and families. Luigi and Rosa are a couple with an adorable child, but trouble is afoot...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Florence Turner
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1908
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy4.8 1908 HD
Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Charles Kent
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1912
The Signal Fire
The Signal Fire4 1912 HD
A short romantic drama in which a captain and his wife are separated by a shipwreck. The woman ends up on a desert island with another man, and they...
Genre: Western
Cast: Herbert Berry
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1909
King Lear
King Lear4.2 1909 HD
An impressively tactile, if slightly over-ambitious, adaptation of King Lear from Vitagraph Studios.
Genre: Drama
Cast: William V. Ranous
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1912
At the Eleventh Hour
At the Eleventh Hour0 1912 HD
Much ado about a necklace - short film based on the story "The String of Pearls"
Genre: Crime
Cast: Harry Northrup
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1913
The One Good Turn
The One Good Turn0 1913 HD
A political crime film in which a militant, anarchist father allows his political ideals to prevail over human dignity. The father uses his young...
Genre: Drama
Cast: Florence Turner
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1907
Francesca di Rimini
Francesca di Rimini0 1907 HD
The story of Canto V of the Inferno is briefly summarized. The film is the first edition of the better known The Two Brothers directed by James...
Genre: Drama
Cast: William Raymond
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1908
Richard III
Richard III3 1908 HD
Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.
Genre: Drama
Cast: William V. Ranous
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1907
Spy: A Romantic Story of the Civil War
Spy: A Romantic Story of the Civil War0 1907 HD
In the midst of the Civil War, a wife saves the day by swapping places with her captured and soon-to-be-executed husband.
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Cast: Charles Kent
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1909
Hiawatha
Hiawatha0 1909 HD
Drama Short
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Cast: Gladys Hulette
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