Hector Dion

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One More American
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One More American

Feb 25, 1918

One More American
1918 50 min 1 vues
George Beban plays feisty Italian immigrant Luigi Riccardo, the eternal thorn in the side of New York political boss Regan (H.B. Carpenter). Fed up with Riccardo's interference in his graft-grabbing, Regan pulls a few strings and arranges for Riccardo and his family to be shipped back to Europe. But our hero's cause is championed by muckraking newspaper reporter Bump Rundle (Raymond Hatton), who takes on and exposes the Regan political machine.
Drama
Auction of Souls
5.2

Auction of Souls

Jan 19, 1919

Auction of Souls
1919 90 min 6 vues
A Hollywood biographical film about a survivor's experience of the Armenian Genocide. Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian plays herself in the film which is based on her published memoirs. It is thought to be the first film about made about genocide. All known complete copies of the film have been lost. A restored and edited 24-minute segment of the historic motion picture was released in 2009 by the Armenian Genocide Resource Center of Northern California. It is based on a rare surviving reel of film edited in Soviet Armenia.
Drama
A Man's Duty
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A Man's Duty

Jul 03, 1912

A Man's Duty
1912 137 min 1 vues
When the Civil War was declared, it caused great consternation in the home of John Wilson, as he was of Southern birth, while his wife was a Northern woman, and she favored the Federal cause.
Drama
The Wrong Bottle
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The Wrong Bottle

Mar 06, 1913

The Wrong Bottle
1913 14 min 1 vues
Happy in her devotion to her unfortunate sister and the promise of honest love that had come into her life, the girl was perhaps blind to true values. She became indifferent to her life and its surroundings. Accordingly she accepted the stranger and his doubtful promises. Honest love and duty were forgotten, until, caught near life's uncertain edge, she was called back by her blind sister's peril. Thus was true love separated from blind infatuation and life's lesson learned.
Drama
The Crook and the Girl
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The Crook and the Girl

Aug 25, 1913

The Crook and the Girl
1913 11 min 1 vues
In the guise of a gardener he came to steal the paper telling the whereabouts of the second will. That was so the nephew might enjoy the inheritance alone. Then the girl learned his true mission, but in the end he restored her confidence and beat her enemies at their own game.
Drama
The Stopped Clock
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The Stopped Clock

Nov 01, 1913

The Stopped Clock
1913 12 min 1 vues
No doubt the old antique dealer was prejudiced against his junior clerk. After frequent shortages, the clerk's visit to the gambling house was reported by the detective and he was discharged. In truth, he had gone to find the senior clerk, who owed him money which he needed for his mother, hovering close to the edge of life. By sharp detective work, the designs of the senior clerk were frustrated.
Drama
The Mill Girl
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The Mill Girl

Jan 02, 1907

The Mill Girl
1907 8 min 1 vues
A girl who works in a textile mill suffers unwanted advances from her boss. Her boyfriend, who also works there, sees it and knocks the boss down. In retaliation, the boss hires two thugs to beat up the boyfriend, but he outwits them. Instead, the boss fires him. As the boss is forcing his attentions on the girl again, a fire breaks out in the mill...
The Gipsy's Warning
4.7

The Gipsy's Warning

Oct 04, 1907

The Gipsy's Warning
1907 11 min 3 vues
The story centers on a gregarious but rather undependable man whose attentions to a young gypsy woman lead to complications for them both.
Drama
King Lear
4.4

King Lear

Dec 17, 1916

King Lear
1916 63 min 7 vues
Silent adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear
Drama
The Return of Draw Egan
5.5

The Return of Draw Egan

Oct 14, 1916

The Return of Draw Egan
1916 52 min 17 vues
A small town marshal’s secret past as an outlaw comes back to haunt him when an old associate shows up and threatens to expose his former dark deeds.
Western
Silas Marner
3.5

Silas Marner

Feb 18, 1916

Silas Marner
1916 44 min 2 vues
After having been wrongly accused of murder and robbery, a heretofore kindly and gregarious weaver becomes a nasty, bitter, lonely old miser. Originally a seven-reel picture, a three-reel re-release survives.
Drama
The Wolf and His Mate
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The Wolf and His Mate

Jan 07, 1918

The Wolf and His Mate
1918 50 min 1 vues
When Donald Bayne, known in the North as The Wolf, loses his cabin to Steve Nolan in a backwoods court, he threatens and thrashes the new owner, then leaves him to tend to his traps. Upon his return, he discovers that Nolan has been killed in a shooting accident and that Bess Nolan, his niece, has moved into the cabin with Rose, her sister's child. Unable to evict her, The Wolf camps out next to the cabin, but soon realizes that this act has compromised her honor in the town. To correct the situation, he forces her into marriage, but she maintains a safe distance from him. When Bess's sister and "Snaky" Burns, her brother-in-law, kidnap Rose for use in their criminal activities, Bess implores Donald to intervene.
Drama
A Lodging for the Night
5.7

A Lodging for the Night

May 09, 1912

A Lodging for the Night
1912 14 min 3 vues
Dick Logan, a young writer, stops at a little border town and takes lodging at the Mexican Inn. Two tramps see the amount of money he has and plan to steal it. In the town he befriends a Mexican girl by stopping her uncle from beating her for having broken a water jar. Retiring to his room, he is awakened by the two tramps breaking into his room. He steals out and gets lodging at a nearby house, which happens to be the home of the Mexican girl and her uncle. The tramps follow him and try again. The girl, however, saves him from harm, and it looks as if Dick had found a real heroine for a real romance.
Drama
Painted Lips
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Painted Lips

Feb 04, 1918

Painted Lips
1918 50 min 1 vues
The daughter of a sea captain, the heroine falls in with a bad crowd and is soon working as a "hostess" (wink! wink!) in a cheap waterfront dive.
Drama
Fighting Mad
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Fighting Mad

Nov 18, 1917

Fighting Mad
1917 50 min 1 vues
Doctor Lambert takes his wife west to a mining town, where he can both minister and doctor. His wife is not happy and upon discovering she is pregnant, runs away with a gambler. He soon dumps her, and she comes back and dies giving birth to a baby girl. Lambert, out of his mind with rage, leaves the baby on a doorstep and vows to never have faith again. He returns to the mining town fifteen years later a drunkard. He meets young, kind Lily Sawyer and is greatly impressed by her compassionate nature. Meanwhile, the gambler has returned and decides to abduct Lily, but his partner recognizes Lambert and tells him Lily is his daughter. He kills the gambler before he can harm Lily and soon his faith returns.
Western
A Tender-Hearted Crook
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A Tender-Hearted Crook

Oct 02, 1913

A Tender-Hearted Crook
1913 11 min 1 vues
The girl decided after what happened at the garden party that she did not want his love any longer, but could not live without it. She decided to leave this world. Her unexpected caller had something to say about that. He did not have to read "Sarah Hardcrab's Advice to the Lovelorn" to know what to do. Being a very human and sensible person, he brought two young people together in his own original way.
Drama
The Lost City
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The Lost City

Jan 02, 1920

The Lost City
1920 225 min 1 vues
This 15-chapter serial was produced by Colonel William N. Selig, the former mogul whose large assortment of wild animals became the nucleus of today's Los Angeles Zoo. Selig's ferocious fauna added authenticity to a story about yet another white goddess, Princess Elyata of Tirzah (Juanita Hansen), who comes to the rescue of Stanley Morton (George Chesebro) and his sidekick Mike Donovan (Frank Clark), a couple of Americans who foolishly wander into a village ruled by slave trader Gagga (Hector Dion).
Adventure