Oh, Doctor!
The Clemenceau Affair
The Clemenceau Affair (Italian: Il processo Clémenceau) is a 1917 silent Italian adventure film directed by Alfredo De Antoni. The film features the first onscreen performance from Vittorio De Sica.
Over the Fence
The Villain
Little Women
The first silent adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. It is considered a lost film.
Roses for the Rose Queen: Topical Budget 304-2
Flower girls hand baskets of flowers to Queen Alexandra on ‘Rose Day’. Included on the BFI DVD “A Royal Occasion”.
The Little Orphan
Her Fractured Voice
Released June 11, 1917, Her Fractured Voice is a one-reel Black Diamond Comedy filmed and produced by the United States Motion Picture Corporation (USMPC) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The film was…
The Devil’s Assistant
As Luck Would Have It
Eddie Barry wants to keep wife Betty Compson happy, and she wants him to be a race car driver, so he hires a driver to impersonate himself on the track;…
The Vicar of Wakefield
The production vindicated the new feature-length movie format by restoring several characters, plot complications, and atmosphere that had been truncated in Thanhouser’s 1910 version of less than one-sixth the length.
Luke’s Fireworks Fizzle
The Price of Silence
The Rink
The Place Beyond the Winds
Fifty-Fifty
The Half-Breed
The Grasp of Greed
The Fireman
Midnight at the Old Mill
“Midnight at the Old Mill” has some nice “Guignol” touches with mysterious doctors in black and Ham having to play a corpse at one moment.
Napoleon and Sally
The Moment Before
The film begins by presenting the elderly and elegant Duke and Duchess of Maldon, engaged in charitable acts in a Dickensian village. The following day, the duke falls off his…
Ham and the Masked Marvel
The Immortal Flame
A Burlesque on Carmen
Kal Napoleon Kalsson’s Farm Ride
Uncle Kalsson has won the lottery and decides to visit the family for a spending spree.
The Raven
After a brief view of Edgar Allan Poe’s family background, his grandfather, David Poe, Sr., an Irish immigrant to America, and his father, David Poe, Jr., the poet’s life is…
The College Orphan
Angered by his son Jack’s wild behavior, Mr. Bennett sends him to college on a limited allowance. Jack is engaged to Irma Brentwood, the daughter of his father’s partner, however,…