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drama film, silent film
Margaret (Patsy Ruth Miller) and Don (Lawrence Gray), two intelligent and idealistic young people, begin their life together under a daring new philosophy: "marriage by contract"—a modern, time-limited union allowing each partner to retain…
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comedy film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, Abe Potash and Mawruss Perlmutter are in the automobile business. Abe's niece Hattie falls in love with mechanic Dan, sidetracking the wealthy suitor Schenckmann. Abe has a tough time in court follow…
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mystery film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, the Mystery Club is an organization of millionaires, the youngest member of which is Dick Bernard. At the instigation of Cranahan, they wager that crimes can be committed without detection by the police, th…
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drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
Julian Perryam gets thrown out of Oxford University and returns to the family estate outside London. He discovers that his sister and his mother are caught up in the "jazz" life and their father, who's the editor of a tabloid scandal rag, …
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Mary Grant, an orphan, leaves an Italian convent and goes to Monte Carlo where, with beginner's luck, she breaks the bank. When her unsophisticated ways lead men to make unseemly advances, she is protected …
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comedy film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Alexander Pike, longing for new fields to conquer and willing to give a federal grand jury some time to forget him, takes a trip to Morovenia, where the ruling governor is desperate because Kalora, his olde…
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drama film, silent film
comedy film, silent film
drama film, silent film
As described in a review in a film magazine, Dr. Nye (Marmont) returns to Ostable after spending five years in prison for the theft of church funds. Daniel Copeland (Gillingwater), brother of the doctor’s dead wife Fanny (Clayton), wants t…
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romantic drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Major Tristam Boucicault (Bryant) endeavors to get his father Colonel Boucicault (French) to aid him in fighting the cholera in the distant city of Bjura, where he is the lone physician fighting the disease…
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mystery film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, Jerome Hawksley, confidential secretary to Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, is bequeathed upon the death of the Duke during the Russian Revolution two jewels known as the "Drums of Jeopardy." Because the…
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documentary film, silent film
silent film
drama film, silent film
romance film, silent film
Jim Owens (Frazer) rescues Mary Adams (Hammerstein) from a scheming lawyer. Jim is successful inventor, however Mary is unaware that he has a history as a thief before they met. They fall in love and get married.
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, the village vamp induces the town weakling, who works in the general store, to steal for her. Suspicion of the crimes fall upon Reuben Whitcomb, the son of Uncle Joshua, and he flees from town. The s…
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silent film
As described in a film magazine review, a garage employee in a small town has an inventive mind, and tries to interest a banker in a project to harness waterfalls for energy. He becomes discouraged. Through the kind assistance of the garag…
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drama film, silent film
Chet Wells, a poor farmer who rents land from Deacon Todd, falls in love with neighbor Emily Burke, who often comes to his farmhouse to look after Chet's invalid mother. However, Emily's father wants her to marry Allan Waite, a local man o…
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silent film
As described in a copyright application, Michael Cassidy may be the political boss of the Tenth Ward, popular with everyone, but at home Maggie Cassidy is his boss. When his henchmen prepare the Silver Spoon Nightclub for his annual dinner…
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, gold digging chorus girl Evelyn Vance seeks a rich daddy to take care of her. Evelyn marries the wealthy Marshall Langham thereby double-crossing her boss John Gilmore, who had schemed to use her to …
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silent film, thriller film
After refusing to join the army on the outbreak of World War I, Cyril Hammersley is suspected of being a coward or worse a German spy. In fact he is working for the British secret service to tackle a German spy ring and thwart a plan to bl…
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drama film, silent film
Western film, silent film