Bessie Learn

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A Short Life and a Merry One
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An imp makes a tramp change places with a scarecrow who is permitted to roam about changing other scarecrows into living beings and having merry times with them so long as he keeps the magic wand in his hand.
Comedy
Through Turbulent Waters
1
The west is the stamping ground for Paul Temple and his thespian associates. He is talking with his sweetheart, Jane Dinsmore, as Alice Robinson, Jane's intimate friend, enters with a letter from an erstwhile associate, advising her to go to New York and accept a place in the chorus. A word from Temple, and Alice has made up her mind. She leaves for New York. Temple and Jane have been married some time and are living unhappily, apart from the old folks. The former's reputation as a heavy actor is wide, but drink has degraded him. Subsequently, Jane dies, due to Temple's abuse of her.
Drama
The Call of the City
5

The Call of the City

Sep 18, 1915
A naive young lady comes to the big city but is unfortunately befriended by a couple who probably are up to no good. However, she is unaware of this and accepts their offer to help. Soon, and completely out of the blue, another crook accosts them--and the two men struggle until one of them is killed.
The Lone Game
4.3

The Lone Game

Feb 11, 1915
A brother, a sister, and a friend all battle against the deadly disease of tuberculosis.
Drama
Across the Great Divide
5
Short western melodrama. A cash-strapped operator is working far from his beloved. A criminal and his accomplice trying to force him to cooperate with the cause of a train crash.
The Doctor's Duty
5

The Doctor's Duty

Nov 11, 1913
A socially-minded drama about a doctor who keeps his fiancée waiting at their engagement party, because a sick child needs help.
Drama
The Doctor's Duty
5

The Doctor's Duty

Nov 11, 1913
A socially-minded drama about a doctor who keeps his fiancée waiting at their engagement party, because a sick child needs help.
Drama
Revenge Is Sweet
4.5

Revenge Is Sweet

Jul 16, 1912
A short comedy in which the newest employee is teased by the office girls, but he retaliates by putting black polish in a powder-box. Ultimately the girls use the resulting black powder on the young employee himself.
Comedy
A Romance of the Rails
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For years, William West has been living in a little house owned by the railroad. He has never paid rent. One day, railroad employee. George Lessey is ordered to go collect back rent. When he arrives, he discovers two things: West has no intention of paying any money, and he has a pretty niece staying with him, Bessie Learn.
Over the Back Fence
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Over the Back Fence

Feb 03, 1913
Harry Beaumont and Bessie Learn are in love, but their respective uncle and aunt, back fence neighbors, feud bitterly with each other and insist the youngsters have nothing to do with each other. The young leads come up with a plan in this pleasant Edison comedy.
Comedy
The Lost Battalion
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The Lost Battalion

Jul 02, 1919
Les unités de la 77e division d'infanterie des États-Unis, surnommées « Lost Battalion », engagées dans la Première Guerre mondiale lors de l'offensive Meuse-Argonne d'octobre 1918, se retrouvent encerclées par les forces allemandes.
Drama