Charles Eldridge

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The Wheels of Justice
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The Wheels of Justice

Apr 22, 1915

The Wheels of Justice
1915 40 min 1 vues
Ralph Brooks, although engaged to Julia Dean, meets and becomes infatuated with Rita Reynolds. She gains his sympathy by telling untrue stories of her husband's brutality. They plan to run away together but while Rita is taking a large sum of money from her husband's safe, he returns early from a business trip and a fight ensues which results in her husband's death.
Crime
Hearts and Spurs
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Hearts and Spurs

Jun 07, 1925

Hearts and Spurs
1925 50 min 1 vues
Oscar has been sent to the plains to make a man of himself, is soon visited by his sister Sybil Estabrook, who travels west along with her maid in tow. Oscar, who has been losing at cards to Victor Dufresne, is forced by him to rob a stagecoach in order to pay off his gambling debts.
Western
The End of the Tour
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The End of the Tour

Jan 29, 1917

The End of the Tour
1917 50 min 1 vues
A lonely wife runs off with a traveling actor, taking her boy with her but leaving her daughter behind. The boy, Byron Bennett, grows up, and is stranded back in Mayville with a theater troupe. To make enough money to get out of town, they teach the local fire department how to put on a play. While the village cutie Grace Jessup is being shown how to act, one of the troupe tries to seduce her. Byron, knowing what the lecher is up to, even if Grace doesn't, follows the pair and chokes the man senseless.
Drama
A Reformed Santa Claus
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A Reformed Santa Claus

Dec 22, 1911

A Reformed Santa Claus
1911 12 min 1 vues
The employees of Harrison's mine have been out on strike for a long time. The men wait for him until he is leaving his office in the evening. They try to state their case but he entirely ignores them. They attack him. In terror, he flees before them, escaping by entering the home of a poor widow with two children.
Drama
Made in Heaven
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Made in Heaven

May 01, 1921

Made in Heaven
1921 50 min 1 vues
William Lowry rescues Claudia Royce from a burning building, and upon hearing that her parents are trying to force her to accept millionaire Leland, whom she does not love, he proposes a marriage of convenience to himself. She accepts, and Bill arranges a fake ceremony; but when she falls in love with Davidge, Bill refuses her a "divorce." Later, Bill gets rich in the manufacture of a patented fireman's pole, and when he buys a house for Claudia she realizes her love for him and they are legally married.
Comedy
Eye for Eye
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Eye for Eye

Dec 22, 1918

Eye for Eye
1918 70 min 1 vues
The daughter of an Arab sheik falls in love with a French naval officer, thus breaking the strict rule of social law of her people, as well as her religion.
Drama
A Cure for Pokeritis
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A Cure for Pokeritis

Dec 31, 1912

A Cure for Pokeritis
1912 13 min 21 vues
This domestic comedy depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin stage a fake police raid on the weekly poker game.
Comedy
His Father's Son
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His Father's Son

Mar 19, 1917

His Father's Son
1917 55 min 1 vues
Thrown out of his dad's house without a penny to his name, playboy J. Dabney Barron is told not to return until he has proven that he can keep a job for an entire month. After several false starts, our hero is hired to keep flighty heiress Betty Arden out of trouble. He not only succeeds but manages to get his hands on a valuable jewel that has long been coveted by his father.
Comedy
Captain Jenks' Dilemma
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Captain Jenks' Dilemma

Jan 08, 1912

Captain Jenks' Dilemma
1912 11 min 1 vues
Mrs. Brown, who is a widow, finds it a rather difficult matter to clothe and feed her large family of children, so when she becomes acquainted on the beach with Captain Jenks she is not slow in inviting him to her house. That evening the Captain calls with an engagement ring. He asks the widow to become his wife, but just as he is accepted Mrs. Brown's numerous offspring come running into the room. Upon being told that they are her children the Captain nearly faints and does not know how to break the engagement.
Comedy
The Life Boat
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The Life Boat

Nov 25, 1911

The Life Boat
1911 11 min 1 vues
Old Captain Bill and his wife have an only son, whom they idolize. He loses all his money at gambling and drinking, and determines to do better in the city. After a short absence he writes his people that he has secured a good position, is saving money, and will be home before long. A year or two later he arrives in town and on his way to his home passes the old saloon he used to patronize. He cannot resist the temptation, and goes in. He falls in with a lot of bad fellows and is robbed. Ashamed to go home, he ships on board a sailing vessel.
Drama
The Younger Brother
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The Younger Brother

Dec 26, 1911

The Younger Brother
1911 12 min 1 vues
When the two Werner brothers are called to the front it is not strange that the mother is very solicitous about the younger brother and enjoins the older boy to care for and defend him at all hazards. The English army is transported lo the Soudan and is now encamped in the midst of the activities of the campaign.
Drama
Hearts and Diamonds
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Hearts and Diamonds

Sep 25, 1914

Hearts and Diamonds
1914 33 min 4 vues
Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores baseball players, Tupper starts up a team.
Comedy
Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
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Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes

Mar 23, 1912

Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
1912 13 min 1 vues
The night of the grand reception and dance finds Belle Oakley in high glee as she leaves for the reception. She arrives at the reception and discovers that she is without her dancing shoes. She announces her loss and immediately all the young men volunteer to go in search of them. Harry Brown, who was not as quick as the others, is left behind and sits dejectedly on the curb while the others drive away.
Comedy
The First Violin
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The First Violin

Feb 02, 1912

The First Violin
1912 20 min 1 vues
Old Von Shultz, the first violin, finds as he grows older a longing for companionship. Hurrying from the theater the old musician finds little Helen sleeping on the steps of the stage door. He picks her up and takes her to his comfortably furnished home. The old man even grows childish, he is so pleased with the little tot's presence and he gives her the love with which his heart abounds. The next day he learns from the morning papers that Helen's mother and father were lost in a fire. He spends many happy hours with her, playing with her toys. He takes her to rehearsals with him, where she is the pet of the musicians. One year later Helen shows an aptness for the stage. This delights the old musician and the child grows nearer and dearer to his heart. A sad blow, however, comes to him when the Children's Society take the little girl away from him and once more he finds himself a lonely old man.
Drama
Captain Jenks' Diplomacy
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Captain Jenks' Diplomacy

Apr 13, 1912

Captain Jenks' Diplomacy
1912 11 min 1 vues
Sir Brian, an irascible old gentleman, who suffers from gout, receives a note saying his son Gerald is very ill at college, and asking him to come to Dublin. He is too ill to go so he gets his friend, Captain Jenks, to go instead of him. Jenks finds Gerald being nursed by a pretty girl and soon discovers that Gerald is in love with her.
Comedy
The Reincarnation of Karma
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The Reincarnation of Karma

Dec 27, 1912

The Reincarnation of Karma
1912 52 min 1 vues
In India, Leslie Adams dreams of a priestess who is turned into a snake by Karma, the high priest. While touring a ruined temple, he finds the snake, who is said to resume human form every 100 years. Assuming her human form, Qunitreea give Leslie's fiancée an amulet, causing her to fall into a permanent sleep. Leslie realizes he is the high priest Karma reincarnated, and that Qunitreea has had her revenge.
Drama
The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
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The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance

Jan 10, 1913

The Adventure of the Ambassador's Disappearance
1913 11 min 1 vues
A gang of crooks are employed to get possession of valuable papers of international importance, held by the French Ambassador, Vicomte de Jarlais. They are also instructed to get the Ambassador out of the way and make it appear that he has committed suicide. His mysterious disappearance arouses the United States Secret Service officers
Drama
An Eventful Elopement
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An Eventful Elopement

Jun 01, 1912

An Eventful Elopement
1912 12 min 1 vues
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 appeals of the young lovers and interposes his interference on every occasion, when they get together. McGillicuddy is seized with an attack of the gout, which handicaps him, and it is then Jack arranges with Dolly to elope.
Comedy
Following the Star
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Following the Star

Dec 20, 1912

Following the Star
1912 11 min 1 vues
Helen Winthrop has ambition for the stage and when, during his summer sojourn at her home town, she is introduced to De la Marre, a popular star and dramatic favorite, she is elated and asks him to give her a part in one of his plays. He consents and from that moment she becomes restless, and longs to shake the dust of her village home from her feet. Her old sweetheart, John Tobin, is no longer in her class and receives a very cold goodbye when she leaves to shine in the limelight.
Drama
Two Stepchildren
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Two Stepchildren

Jul 02, 1914

Two Stepchildren
1914 12 min 1 vues
Born with an artistic temperament, Joe Leigh feels keenly the bitterness and drudgery of life on a small farm and longs to get away from it. Jabez, his uncle, who owns the farm, is a hard, matter-of-fact man, utterly out of sympathy with his nephew's ambitions.
Drama
The Pickpocket
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The Pickpocket

Jul 21, 1913

The Pickpocket
1913 13 min 2 vues
A John Bunny comedy short featuring his usual leading lady Flora Finch. Confusion over a stolen ticket puts Finch in jail.
Comedy
The Little Minister
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The Little Minister

Jan 13, 1913

The Little Minister
1913 20 min 1 vues
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 her parents. Fifteen years later, Gavin Dishart, the Little Minister, receives an appointment, his first, at Thrums, Scotland. This was made possible through the self-sacrifices of his widowed mother, to educate him for the ministry. The community of Thrums is made up of weavers, who work hard, have little and accomplish much. They are ultra-religious and look upon their pastor with such reverence that he is a little lower than the angels. While naturally intelligent, they are grounded in dogma and intolerance. Just after the Little Minister takes charge of the "Auld Licht Kirk" and the Manse, the weavers resent a reduction, by the manufacturers, in their pay and a strike is declared.
Drama
The Woman Game
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The Woman Game

Jan 05, 1920

The Woman Game
1920 50 min 1 vues
To please her once wealthy mother, Amy Terrell fraternizes with members of high society who find her entertaining because of her beauty and charm. At one of Mrs. Van Trant's house parties, Amy is requested by her hostess to amuse Andrew Masters, an influential businessman who has an aversion to society women. Impersonating an old-fashioned girl, Amy wins Masters until he learns of her deception and denounces her.
Drama
The Butler's Secret
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The Butler's Secret

Jun 06, 1913

The Butler's Secret
1913 11 min 1 vues
After a serious quarrel with his father concerning his debts, Wallace Dixon leaves the house in anger, declaring that he will live his life as beat pleases him. That night, Alfred Dixon, the father, hears a noise by the safe in his bedroom, where he is sleeping, and shoots at the intruder who escapes unharmed.
Drama
Up in a Balloon
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Up in a Balloon

Dec 16, 1913

Up in a Balloon
1913 11 min 1 vues
The Simpsons go for a picnic in the woods. After luncheon, while mother and father enjoy a nap, Betty, their beautiful daughter, strolls away, picking flowers. When near a hillside, Betty sees a snake and screams. She starts to run away, but bumps into Billy Gilwater. He kills the snake and Betty calls him a hero.
Comedy
The Man, the Mission and the Maid
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The Man, the Mission and the Maid

Jan 17, 1915

The Man, the Mission and the Maid
1915 20 min 1 vues
Living in adjoining homes at Oakdale, Hal Oilman and Alice Blanchard are childhood friends and playmates. Some years later. Hal goes to college, and while there makes a bitter enemy of Bert Peyson by exposing him as a card cheat and a thief.
Comedy
As in a Looking Glass
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As in a Looking Glass

Mar 06, 1916

As in a Looking Glass
1916 50 min 1 vues
Scandalous European temptress Lila Despard, travels to America to escape her lover, criminal Jack Firthenbras. On the ship, she meets Andrew Livingston, a United States Navy planner, and Senator and Mrs. Gales. Her new friends host a party for Lila in Washington, D.C., where a spy named Dromiroff threatens to expose her past unless she steals Andrew's secret naval plans. In order to secure the papers, Lila makes love to Andrew, but the plan backfires when she falls in love with him.
Drama
The Picture Idol
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The Picture Idol

May 31, 1912

The Picture Idol
1912 14 min 3 vues
A short comedy about a girl (played by Clara Kimball Young) who is in love with a movie star (Maurice Costello) and who follows him everywhere. Her parents want to teach her ​​a lesson, and invite the actor to their home.
Comedy
Bunny Backslides
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Bunny Backslides

Oct 30, 1914

Bunny Backslides
1914 6 min 1 vues
While Flora Winslow, a widow is engaged to Bunny, she attends a lecture on eugenics and decides that her intended husband is too fat. She tells him he must reduce, and as she wishes to become stouter, they agree to attend Dr. Sweatem's Sanitarium.
Comedy
The Spider's Web
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The Spider's Web

May 14, 1912

The Spider's Web
1912 12 min 1 vues
Banker Graham Lawlor is convinced to invest in Silver Shield Mines and becomes president, unaware that promoters Harris, Brennen, and Lester are frauds. He asks his son, Trevor, a small-town lawyer, to join as secretary. Trevor suspects foul play, warns his father, and returns to his practice after a disagreement. Lester, one of the promoters, woos and abandons his stenographer, Brenda Wray. When rumors surface about the mine’s instability, the promoters attempt to place blame on Lawlor. Knowing he holds documents to clear his name, they bribe his servant to steal them. Brenda, seeking justice from Lester, overhears the plan and informs Trevor. Lawlor’s servant, Thompson, is caught, confesses, and clears Lawlor’s name, leading to the arrest of Harris, Brennen, and Lester.
Horror
Half a Hero
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Half a Hero

Jun 07, 1912

Half a Hero
1912 10 min 1 vues
A little country village comedy in which Mr. Costello plays a young grocer's clerk. This clerk and the daughter (Clara Kimball Young) of a G.A.R. fire-eater (Mr. Eldridge) are in love, much to the old man's disgust. He wants his daughter to marry a brave man, a soldier. AN unexpected denouement makes the clerk seem to be a hero.
Comedy
The Cross Roads
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The Cross Roads

Aug 06, 1912

The Cross Roads
1912 12 min 1 vues
A melodrama about a girl who has to marry the landlord in order to save her parents’ home.
Drama
Mr. Bolter's Infatuation
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Mr. Bolter's Infatuation

Mar 22, 1912

Mr. Bolter's Infatuation
1912 11 min 1 vues
Mr. Bolten is hoping to woo the dancer Céleste and invites her for coffee. Her answer is that she will wait for him in hotel "Des imbeciles' in New York. He obviously cannot find the hotel, and to make matters worse he is robbed by a pickpocket. As a consequence he cannot pay his restaurant bill and is arrested. Luckily for him, a friend pays his bill so he can return home. There he picks up a dictionary and sees what "imbécile" means.
Comedy
As You Like It
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As You Like It

Oct 06, 1912

As You Like It
1912 33 min 1 vues
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
Comedy
Fortune's Turn
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Fortune's Turn

Sep 09, 1913

Fortune's Turn
1913 15 min 1 vues
A short social drama about an unemployed young man who begins to steal, but then repents and performs a heroic deed.
Under the Daisies
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Under the Daisies

Sep 12, 1913

Under the Daisies
1913 18 min 1 vues
There are many things to admire besides settings and acting in the feature play "Under the Daisies," and perhaps the foremost is the affecting poem on which it is based. It chiefly concerns the bad conduct of a dramatic critic-it is about time his villainy is shown up on the screen-who starts on his downward path by cynical observations on the agonizing efforts of an unsuccessful playwright. As nearly all well-known dramatists of to-day have found their way into one of the most trying of professions through channels of criticism, the selective taste of one serving to determine how much an what kind of creative work of the other will be suited to the tastes of a mixed audience, the playwright in this case is of a theatrical kind, one who uses a pen or pencil in writing and gazes at vacancy in search of inspiration. A very large proportion of authors in real life do nothing of the kind. Perhaps that is why the dramatist in the story failed to make a hit.
Bunny's Honeymoon
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Bunny's Honeymoon

Apr 06, 1913

Bunny's Honeymoon
1913 11 min 1 vues
Bunny's niece has a beau who is so addicted to drink that her father will not permit her to marry him. He has given the lad a chance, but when he comes upon him drink again, he orders his daughter to break it all off. She goes to Uncle Bunny, who thinks up a scheme to cure the drunkard. In pursuance of this, he brings the lad, so drunk that he can't see straight, to his home and by dressing up in woman gear, and by borrowed kids, makes him think he has married a fat widow with many children. The poor lad is so greatly worried that when he wakes up next morning, he really swears off. So. in the end, the lovers are happy.
Comedy
The Meeting of the Ways
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The Meeting of the Ways

Jan 12, 1912

The Meeting of the Ways
1912 15 min 1 vues
Tom and Dick are brothers and are being educated at the same college. Tom is a studious fellow and graduates with honors, while Dick is expelled from college through misbehavior. Dick is ashamed to go home, but before leaving Tom gives him a locket containing a picture of their mother. Ten years later Tom, who is a successful lawyer, is married and has two little children. Dick, who has now been reduced through personal neglect to a derelict, overhears a plan to rob his brother's house. Making up his mind to prevent it, Dick climbs through the nursery window, catches the burglars, but effects their escape. His two little nieces, who have been watching him, kiss and hug him before he makes his exit. When their parents return from the reception they attended, the children relate to them what had happened. Dick gets into a scrape with a gambler a month or two later, who laughs at the miniature of his mother that Dick puts up in lieu of cash.
Drama
The Red Barrier
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The Red Barrier

Oct 04, 1912

The Red Barrier
1912 16 min 1 vues
A short romantic drama about a woman who is worshiped by both a lieutenant and a Russian diplomat; the latter wins, but later turns out to be a brute. A duel in the snow ensures that the lieutenant gets the woman, but both of them suffer from visions in which the deceased appears as soon as they try to get together.
Drama
She Cried
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She Cried

Oct 02, 1912

She Cried
1912 10 min 1 vues
A short comic film about a woman who cannot get the hang of her work in a cardboard factory.
Stenographer Wanted
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Stenographer Wanted

Feb 26, 1912

Stenographer Wanted
1912 13 min 1 vues
Two businessmen need to hire a stenographer, but their wives get suspicious when they notice a parade of beautiful young women entering and leaving their husbands' office.
Fixing Their Dads
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Fixing Their Dads

Nov 18, 1914

Fixing Their Dads
1914 11 min 1 vues
Both deadly rivals for the hand of the Widow Hathaway, Kirkland and Livingston, gentleman farmers, are so bitter, they do all possible to break up the love match between Dick and Florence, their respective children, causing great unhappiness.
Comedy
The Vanishing Vault
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The Vanishing Vault

May 07, 1915

The Vanishing Vault
1915 20 min 1 vues
While stopping at the Bronzegilt Hotel, Slick and Slim, two high-class and well-dressed burglars, overhear Baroness Vodka tell the manager she wishes to place her million-dollar box of jewels in the hotel vault, which is set into the wall at the end of the hallway. The manager accordingly escorts her to the big safe, and she watches him place the little box inside. Next morning the manager goes to cash a check for the Baroness, and finds the whole vault has completely vanished.
Comedy
The Pretenders
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The Pretenders

Aug 21, 1916

The Pretenders
1916 50 min 1 vues
Upon striking oil on his farm, Silas T. Pettingill (Charles Eldridge) moves to Park Avenue at the behest of his social-climbing wife Maria (Kate Blancke) and daughter Helen (Emmy Wehlen). But like Jiggs in the comic strip, Pettingill never loses his common touch, and one evening he goes out on a toot with his new chauffeur Hubert Stanwood (Paul Gordon).
Comedy
The Spirit of Evil
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The Spirit of Evil

Nov 01, 1922

The Spirit of Evil
1922 20 min 1 vues
Nick Carter investigates the mysterious death of a man attending a Spiritualistic seance held in the home of a psychic scientist, friend of the man who suddenly died.
Drama
Unseen Foes
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Unseen Foes

Nov 01, 1922

Unseen Foes
1922 20 min 1 vues
Nick Carter, called to a prominent New York hotel room by a wealthy mine owner, finds him dead when he arrives. His investigation involves a number of supposed reputable business men, but he solves the mystery and brings all to justice.
Drama
The Challenge Accepted
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The Challenge Accepted

Dec 29, 1918

The Challenge Accepted
1918 50 min 1 vues
In the Blue Ridge Mountains Postmaster's daughter Sally Haston loves Steve Carey, but wants him to enlist and fight the Germans during the Great War. Steve is unhappy at the training camp Steve argues with his roughneck tentmate Billy Murphy. When Steve deserts to visit Sally she takes him back to the camp, where Captain Roderick Brooke sympathetically explains the purpose of the war. Later, moonshiner James Grogan holes up with a gun to escape the draft and holds Sally prisoner. Her father organizes a posse, but Steve, home on leave, rescues her and announces that he is leaving for Europe to fight for democracy.
Drama
The Wheel of the Law
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The Wheel of the Law

Sep 18, 1916

The Wheel of the Law
1916 50 min 1 vues
Broadway star Mona Mainard retires from the stage for marriage to rising attorney John Norton and watches his career climb. Over time she becomes concerned with his at times unscrupulous ways of getting convictions. When her brother is accused of murder Norton refuses to give up the case despite being aware of his innocence because a victory could land him the governorship. Mona takes extreme steps to bring him to his senses and exonerate her brother.
Drama