Lebenswogen(1917)

Love's Toll(en)

Leaving her small town home and coming to New York to study voice, Marian Lane soon falls in love with Allen Crauben.

Her Bitter Lesson(en)

Aurora Floyd elopes from boarding school with John Conyers, but hardly a week has elapsed before she discovers that she has married a worthless libertine. She appeals to her father for aid and advice and he finally pays Conyers to leave the country for a year, so that she can secure a divorce on the ground of desertion.

The Lost Inheritance(en)

The story of a young man and woman in an apparent arranged marriage that is complicated by a supposed inheritance. D'Orsey, the "bogus duke," tries to secure the fortune for himself.

The Fire Cop(en)

Andy Brannigan was a good-natured policeman, large of frame, but limited in nerve. He has, however, been very successful in posing as a hero, and deceives all but his wife, who laughs at him when he tells her that he has been awarded a medal for bravery.

The Understudy(en)

Stella Le Vere, an ambitious but struggling actress, is abandoned by her husband and is forced to leave her baby girl, Grace, in the care of an orphan asylum. Later, the child is adopted by a well-to-do and kindly family named Thornton, who bring Grace up in ignorance of her identity.

No More Women(en)

When Matt Moore was thrown over by vamp Kathleen Cliffford, he resolved to have no more women in his life. But he didn't take account of wealthy Mage Bellamy who is determined to pursue him until he marries her.

At The Beauty's Altar(ru)

Shackled by Film(ru)

Fantastical story about an artist whose life changes after a ballerina from a film poster comes to life. Mostly lost.

One Precious Year(en)

A classy woman has an affair with a rake after she learns that she has a terminal disease

The Unwritten Law(en)

The Unwritten Law is a 1916 drama

A Bit o' Heaven(en)

A young disabled girl invites a poor family, that she often watches playing in the street, over for Christmas dinner.

The Man Outside(en)

While Ruth is on a visit of charity to one of the poor quarters of the city she is saved from insult by a young fellow of the slums. Out of gratitude she takes him to her home with the intention of having her father help him. Her father, however, forbids her to have anything to do with him and orders her to send him away.

Trilby(en)

Single-camera theater production of Trilby performed live and broadcast on the BBC. Intended to evoke the highly successful Trilby stage plays of the 1890s. Lost.

The Beachcomber(en)

A British beachcomber who lives on a Dutch colonial island in the South Seas. He is banished after missionaries claim he corrupts the native women, but he later tries to save them during a typhoid outbreak.

Her Kingdom of Dreams(en)

A young girl living a secluded and unsophisticated life is suddenly thrust into a great wealth and a frightening social whirl.

At Bay(en)

In his crusade against the city’s gambling houses District Attorney Graham runs afoul of lawyer Judson Flagg who owns a notorious joint. Trying to deflect Graham, Flagg introduces his aide Joe Hunter to the D.A.’s daughter Aline. The slick Hunter convinces Aline to marry in secret. When Hunter shots Graham during a raid he extorts a necklace from Aline by confessing their marriage is a sham arranged to politically harm her father and threatening exposure. Hunter flees but Flagg attempts to put the girl in a compromising position, but she is saved in the nick of time.

In the King's Service(en)

Rupert returns to his Canadian home after five years, an officer of the Royal Mounted Police, under orders to capture some illicit distillers. Jacques, an invalid, being unable to make farming pay, has, unknown to his sister, Philomel, been induced by Antoine, a suitor for the hand of Philomel, to join him in the illicit whiskey traffic.

The Vengeance of Rannah(en)

Henry Ranson, a soldier, returns home and finds his sweetheart is going to marry another man. He seeks consolation from General Craddock, a retired army officer. Craddock tells, young Ranson his story. General Craddock, years before in India, was very happy with his wife. Captain Alva stole the woman's affections.

Young Love(en)

When Jasper Leigh calls on Professor Hunt to ask for his daughter, Mary's, hand in marriage, the Professor tells him that the girl is too young. He also tells Jasper that Mary believes her mother dead, but that she had eloped with another man. Leigh encounters a ragged and worn woman, who proves to be Mary's mother.

His Nemesis(en)

With ruin staring him in the face, Manning, of Manning and Company, commits a theft which averts the crash. The scoundrel cleverly contrives to throw suspicion upon Reynolds, an old and faithful employee. Reynolds receives a three-year sentence. Beatrice, the daughter of Manning's victim, believes in her father's innocence. Led to believe Manning the real cause of her father's tribulations, Beatrice vows to wreak vengeance upon the scoundrel.