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drama film, silent film
Senator Jim Blake and his son-in-law Mark Robertson hires an investigator to find dirt on Senator Matthew Standish, their political opponent. The investigator finds that, years earlier, Standish had spent a night in a hotel with a stranger…
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine reviews, the dog, Rin-Tin-Tin, is accused of having killed his master. Because the fallacy of the accusation hurts him, he escapes to the woods and joins a pack of wolves, with which he lives for a time. Lat…
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drama film, silent film
Tom and Edwin Macauley are directors at a bank owned by their father. Edwin uses the banks funds to speculate, and plans to incriminate Tom with the help of banker Lon Morris. Tom is sent to prison, where he becomes a Trusty.
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drama film, silent film
A simple miner named Daniel Slade and his wife Mary live in the mountains. Mary has a miscarriage and shortly after that Daniel discovers gold. The new wealth divides them; Daniel wants to join high society but Mary wants to continue livin…
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Western film, silent film
As described in a film magazine, Royal Beaudry (Ray) returns from college to a small western town and opens up a law office. His father, a famous sheriff, had been murdered twenty previously by the Rutherford gang, who still own a range an…
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Sir Reginald Knight, a seasoned matchmaker with a taste for decorum and dynastic arrangements, has long planned for his spirited ward Doris Knight to marry his nephew, Herbert Willis. The union is all but assured—until Herbert departs on a…
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romantic comedy, silent film
adventure film, silent film
drama film, silent film
thumb|Advertisement in Motion Picture News Based upon a summary in a film publication, Jean (Tell) teaches school at a settlement in Alaska and is loved by brothers Ned (Austin) and Steve Fallon (Schenck), whom Jean prefers. Ned and Jean's…
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Western film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, civil engineer Paul Wharton receives a letter informing him that he is the heir to Don Fernando in Mexico. Juan Gutiérrez, a cousin, is in reality the leader of a bandit gang, fails in an attempt to …
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mystery film, silent film
When a hypnotist named Norman Osgood mesmerizes a man named Harrison Kirke without his consent, Kirke threatens to kill him. Afraid for his life, Osgood hypnotizes another man named George Clayton and tells him he must murder Mr. Kirke one…
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drama film, silent film
Rev. John Morton, who is determined to follow as closely as possible the teachings of Jesus, inherits a considerable fortune when his uncle dies. Shortly thereafter he succumbs to the wiles of Mary Carlson and marries her.
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comedy film, silent film
drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
During World War I, young Frenchwoman Francine D'Espard meets U.S. Army officer William Holliday at the front, and they become engaged. Returning to America, William finds his father at the mercy of his business rival, Ezekiel Bates.
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drama film, silent film
Frances Nelson works for architect Mortimer Grierson, who desires her. He tricks her into a false marriage so that he can have her. When he tires of her, he begins seeing Elsie MacLeod, among others.
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As the last steamer of the season departs Nome, Alaska, a diverse group of passengers is aboard: wealthy industrialist Joseph Horn, his pampered daughter Ethelyn Horn, her fiancé Bob Newton, the pious missionary Sister Burton, and a lighth…
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drama film, silent film
As described in a film magazine review, Billy, the son of William Craig, rushes to the rescue of Linda Harper when she is almost hit by a taxi. He finds out that she is the daughter of an old employee of his father. Billy wins her friendsh…
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drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
Boston Blackie, a notorious criminal, has his eyes on the jewelry at the Wilmerding mansion. To aid in the heist, his accomplice, Mary, secures a position as a nurse to care for the Wilmerdings' young child, Martin Wilmerding Jr. The thiev…
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drama film, silent film
drama film, silent film
Exhibitor's Trade Review summarised the plot as: "a woman, who learned as a child that man's power was too dominating, strikes out in search of independence. She rears a family as a businesswoman, leaving the children to a governess. Her f…
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