All Souls' Eve

Whose Wife?(en)

Mary marries Claude, a rich playboy, to please her invalid mother who becomes ill before they leave for a South American honeymoon.

A Christmas Carol(en)

Scrooge goes into his office and begins working. His nephew, along with three women who wish for Scrooge to donate enter. However, Scrooge dismisses them. On the night of Christmas Eve, his long-dead partner Jacob Marley comes as a ghost, warning him of a horrible fate if he does not change his ways.

Predicamented: The Plant(en)

A young woman has only one friend: a plant. That is, until tragedy strikes. (Promo Short for Predicamented Company)

The Law Divine(en)

A war worker wins back her wounded husband with recollections of their honeymoon.

Greed(en)

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

Die Villa im Tiergarten(de)

Silent film social drama

The Kid(en)

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

Say It with Diamonds(en)

American silent drama film following an early Vitagraph leading man and matinee idol. Prints of the film are held at the Library of Congress and George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.

Seventeen(en)

Seventeen year old William Sylvanus Baxter has fallen madly in love with young coquette, Lola Pratt. After spending all of his money on the fickle girl, she runs off with an older man. William now heartbroken, contemplates suicide, until a friend from childhood, May Parcher, pays a visit and William decides to fall in love with her.

Keechaka Vadham(ta)

This film is a story from the Mahabharatam where Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas, resists the advances of Keechaka, a lustful general in the court of King Virata. The confrontation leads to Keechaka's death, highlighting Draupadi's resilience during the Pandavas' exile.

The Aerial(es)

An entire city has lost its voice. Mr. TV, the owner of the city's only television channel, is carrying out a sinister plan to control all of the city's inhabitants.

Silent Shakespeare(en)

A BFI collection of 7 short films from the USA, England and Italy scored for Piano, Guitar and String Quartet.

The Fox Woman(en)

According to Japanese legend, the Fox Woman was not possessed of a soul. To exist, she was obliged to steal the soul of others.

A Woman's Woman(en)

A woman finds herself being a unpaid skivvy to her husband, two daughters and her son.

The Heart of a Siren(en)

This silent drama's story is based on the Broadway play Hail and Farewell by William Hurlbut.

A Drama of the Air(fr)

An aging engineer pursues a scheme to build a flying machine at the expense of his family's health. When his daughter falls ill, he enters a flying competition to win money for her treatment, even though his design is dangerously untested.

The Enemy(en)

Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front.

Der Meineidbauer(de)

Her Better Self(en)

Yvette, known as a society woman, but in reality a leader of a gang of crooks, sits at the telephone, laughing at the impulsive young man at the other end. Yvette still laughs when Ralph threatens to kill himself if she does not promise to marry him.

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.