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- In honor bound, Stephen Fiske, Jr., son of a supposed millionaire, tells Doris Myhtle, his fiancée, that the death of his father has revealed that he has died penniless and left him a poor man. She is so disappointed she returns her engagement ring to him, which he throws into the fire. He is obliged to go to work as an ordinary laborer. She tells her Aunt Patience, with whom she lives, and the old lady confides the romance of her life to her. She was engaged to Stephen's father. She rejected him and it was the regret of her life, and almost broke her heart when he married another woman. One evening, Aunt Patience, after a day's shopping, entering her home, slips, injuring herself, and Stephen, returning from his day's work, finds her on the area step, and carries her into the house. He calls a doctor, who pronounces her injuries fatal. The old lady recognizes Stephen, of whom she is very fond, and who closely resembles his father. She expresses a hope that he and Doris will be wedded to each other, and again repeats the romance of her life. As she does so, visions of the happy retrospect appear before her and she passes away in thoughts of that past happiness, and a full realization of the joys that await her in the life beyond. Grieving at the loss of their good friend, Doris and Stephen, kneeling at her bedside, touch hands, and looking into each other's eyes, they ask each other if they will fulfill Aunt Patience's hope. The mutual fervor with which they silently embrace each other is their answer.
- The cartoonist, Winsor McCay, brings the Dinosaurs back to life in the figure of his latest creation, Gertie the Dinosaur.
- Larry falls afoul of wanted criminal Gentleman Joe, who runs a saloon full of tough guys and gunslingers.
- A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
- Enemy agents under the leadership of "Emanon" conspire with pacifists to keep the American defense appropriations down at a time when forces of the enemy are preparing to invade. The invasion comes, and New York, Washington, and other American cities are devastated.
- A reel of mirth-provoking stunts that will draw the pennies from the children, but which is of much interest to young and old alike. It opens with a crowd of children leaving school and marching through the streets to the "Humpty Dumpty Circus." We see them crowd into the tent and at the end of each act they vociferously applaud the performers These are the little wooden toys that are familiar to all, and which are made to perform all the usual acrobatic stunts of the circus performer in a remarkably realistic manner. Some of the scenes are really comical and it is hard to believe that the elephants and donkeys are not alive.
- An account of the life of Jesus Christ according to the New Testament, told as a series of tableaus interspersed with Bible verses.
- Outside Cleopatra's palace a youth and maiden are observed. They are evidently very much in love with each other. While conversing, the gates open, Cleopatra and Mark Antony come forth, accompanied by soldiers, dancing girls. Etc. He bids farewell to Cleopatra and, accompanied by a bodyguard, starts on his journey. The youth takes no further notice of his sweetheart, but gazes fascinated at Cleopatra, who, after waving farewell to Antony, re-enters the palace. The youth continues to gaze after Cleopatra, pushes his affianced aside, falls to his knees and kisses the step where Cleopatra stood. He then goes into the grounds, underneath her bedchamber, writes on a scroll of his ardent love, wraps the paper around his arrow and shoots it through the window. Inside the chamber Cleopatra and her servants are startled, take the arrow and read the note. Looking outside, nobody can be seen. Shortly afterward Cleopatra goes outside to the bathing pool, poises on the brink, when, looking toward a clump of bushes, she spies the lovesick youth. He is brought out and Cleopatra imperiously demands what his presence means. He is not abashed, but kneels and tells of his love. Cleopatra orders her attendants away, takes the youth and leads him off. When alone he again reiterates his love. Cleopatra orders her servants to bring wine, fruit, perfumes, etc. Dancing girls appear, execute a few manoeuvres, then leave. Cleopatra then rises and dances before the youth. A servant enters, delivers a message to the mistress, then departs. Cleopatra hands a goblet to the young man, who drinks its contents, then falls dead. Cleopatra bows over his body a moment, then springs up and sits on the throne as Mark Antony comes down the steps. He salutes and embraces Cleopatra, observes the corpse and demands an explanation. Cleopatra carelessly replies: "Just another slave l was experimenting on with poison."
- The persecution of the children of Israel by the Egyptians. Now there arose up a new king in Egypt. And he said unto his people. Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we. Let us set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. (Exodus, chapter I.) The first scenes show the Egyptian court and King Pharaoh commanding the slave drivers to beat the Hebrew toilers who show signs of rebellion. Pharaoh notices this and, calling his scribes, orders that a decree be published that every man-child born to the Hebrews be killed. The parchment is prepared and is read in Pharaohs court in the presence of Pharaohs daughter, who hears and pleads in vain for his clemency. Pharaohs Decree: Every male child that is born to the Hebrews shall be cast into the river. The Egyptians ruthlessly proceed to carry out the decree and seize the male children from the arms of the Hebrew mothers. Here we are shown the interior of a Hebrew dwelling. The child Moses is in a cradle and his mother is bending over him, utterly unconscious of the cruel edict of King Pharaoh. The sister of Moses is shown attending to household duties and she takes a pitcher and goes to the well to draw water. There she learns of the slaughter of the innocents and hastens back and tells the mother of the cruel scenes she has witnessed. They decide to hide the child Moses by the river, and the cradle or ark is covered and carried between them to a marsh, where they plaster the outside with soft mud to keep out the water, and placing the child therein, his sister remains nearby to watch what will become of him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the rivers edge; and when she saw the ark among the flags she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it she saw the child; and, behold, the babe wept, and she had compassion on him. Pharaohs daughter fondles and pets the crying child and decides that she will keep him for her own. The sister of Moses approaches and suggests that she call a nurse of the Hebrew women and she, of course, called the childs mother. And Pharaohs daughter said unto her, Take this child away and nurse it for me and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it. Pharaoh is informed of his daughters caprice and demands to see the child. He orders it away, but his daughter embraces him and pleads so hard for the life of the child that he consents and gives it his protection and blessing. A fitting ending is a picture of the mother and sister of Moses again fondling their own and giving thanks to God for their unexpected good fortune. The first reel of this series ended with the child Moses being adopted by Pharaohs daughter. The Hebrews are still under bondage, and we see them laboring in the brick fields, beaten by the taskmasters, as they build those gigantic specimens of Egyptian architecture, many of which stand to this day. Moses has been reared and educated in the Egyptian court, and is now in the prime of life, but he does not forget that he is of Hebrew blood, and, as he watches his brethren in their slavery, his blood boils at the outrages and he looks toward Heaven and cries, How long, oh Lord, how long? A number of Hebrews are digging clay, which is filled into baskets. The load is too heavy for one of the laborers, and the taskmaster beats him unmercifully. Moses sees this and kills the taskmaster. T The other Hebrew slaves, horrified at the enormity of the act, run away, and Moses, afraid of the consequences, hastily buries the body in the clay pit. Two days after this, Moses seeks to separate two of his brethren who are quarreling, and one of them says: Wilt thou kill me as thou didst the Egyptian? Moses is terrified when he knows that his crime is known, and decides to flee from the country. He seeks refuge in the home of a Hebrew laborer and bargains for a suit of the laborers garments, with which he disguises himself; he also purchases provisions and a water bottle, and departs. Moses is seen crossing the desert. Tired and dusty, he rests and drinks from his water flask. Still toiling on through the arid desert, he reaches an eminence and looks hack to see if he is being followed, and, seeing no one, he gives thanks for his deliverance. Moses has at last reached the land of Midian. He discovers a well and refreshes and rests himself. While he is resting seven daughters of Jethro, a Midianite, come to the well to draw water for their sheep and cattle. Other herdsmen also come to the well and ungallantly drive away the maidens, but Moses comes to their aid, and draws the water for them. The home of Jethro, the priest of Midian, father of the seven maidens. They enter and tell of the encounter at the well, and how they were aided by a Hebrew traveler. He says the man must be his guest, and hastens to the well and greets Moses and invites him to the shelter of his house, which offer is accepted. Moses enters the home of the priest of Midian, where he is effusively greeted by the whole household, and we see him seated and enjoying a meal with the family. (And Moses was content to dwell with the manand he gave Moses his daughter, Zipporah, to wife.) (Forty years later). Moses is now a shepherd, and, while tending his flocks in the land of Midian. The voice of God speaks to him out of a burning bush and commands him to return to Egypt and deliver his brethren out of the bondage of the Egyptians. Moses bids farewell to Jethro, his father-in-law, and, with his family, journeys to Egypt. On the way he meets Aaron, who had been, commanded by the Lord to meet Moses, and together they arrive at the Egyptian court. The court of Pharaoh, a young man, the elder Pharaoh having died while Moses was in Midian. The officials announce the new arrivals, and Moses and Aaron are ushered in and demand, in the name of the Lord, that the Children of Israel be set free. The Egyptian king refuses, and Moses tells him that if he does not consent the wrath of God will come on all the Egyptians. Moses prays to the Lord for advice, and is commanded to work a miracle before the Egyptian monarch to convince him that it is the Lord, the God of the Israelites, who demands the deliverance of His people. Moses and Aaron appear before Pharaoh again. Aaron casts his rod upon the ground and it becomes a serpent. Pharaoh is amazed, but he still refuses to free the Children of Israel. Pharaohs continued refusal brings upon Egypt the ten plagues. Moses finds Pharaoh near the rivers edge and again asks that his people be allowed to go free. When Pharaoh denies again. Aaron smites the water of the river with his rod and the waters are turned into blood. Again Moses appears before Pharaoh and again Pharaoh refuses his request. As God had commanded, Moses stretches his hand toward heaven and immediately a great storm of hail and lightning, such as they had never seen, descends on Egypt, killing man and beast and striking terror to the heart of Pharaoh. Pharaohs heart was again hardened and he still refuses to free the Hebrew children. Again Moses stretches his hand toward heaven, and a thick darkness, a darkness that might be felt, covered the land for three days, so that no one was able to rise from his place. The last and most terrible plague visited on Egypt for Pharaohs continued refusal is the death of all the Egyptian first born. The Feast of the Passover is instituted at this time. Moses directing all the Hebrew people to observe the Feast by killing and preparing a lamb. Moses commands the Children of Israel to sprinkle the door posts on both sides and on top with the blood of the lamb and on every house where they are to eat the Feast of the Passover, and to prepare the Feast. The Feast of the Passover is observed, according to the instructions of Moses, by every Jewish family in Egypt, the Feast consisting of roast lamb with unleavened bread and herbs. The same night that the Feast of the Passover is being observed by the Israelites, the Angel of Death passes over the land of Egypt in the last plague, the death of the first born. The Angel of Death enters every Egyptian home where there is no blood on the doorposts, and the first born of every Egyptian family is slain, from the first born in Pharaohs household to the first born of the captive in the dungeons. The Angel of Death, however, passes by every Jewish home, as God had promised to Moses that where He saw the blood on the doorposts He would pass them over and the plague should not be upon them. In Pharaohs palace Pharaoh and his court are feasting, when the Angel of Death enters and Pharaohs own first born is slain. Pharaoh is overcome with grief at this terrible visitation and sends for Moses and Aaron immediately. The death of his first born softens the heart of Pharaoh and when Moses and Aaron now appear before him he commands them to take the Children of Israel and to depart out of the land of Egypt. Moses and Aaron give the command to the Hebrew people, who immediately gather together their possessions and prepare to leave the land of their bondage with reverent and thankful hearts. With Moses and Aaron as leaders, the Israelites begin their exodus from Egypt, the land of the Pharaohs, where they had been slaves for so many years.
- A young woman discovers a seed that can make women act like men and men act like women. She decides to take one, then slips one to her maid and another to her fiancé. The fun begins.
- An imperious Egyptian princess awakens from a 3000-year trance and wreaks comic havoc in the modern world, but it all turns out to be the dream of a young man, inspired by a mummy left in his care overnight.
- On a dark and stormy night, a traveler takes a room at a spooky hotel in the forest. As soon as the proprietor leaves, the room comes alive with ghosts and poltergeists who torment the man as he tries to unpack, eat, and go to sleep.
- Brown & Robinson advertise for a stenographer and typewriter. The next morning an applicant puts in an appearance. The clerk greets her, but when he sees her face he is paralyzed. She is very capable, but extremely homely. When the heads of the concern arrive at the office they are introduced to the lady, and they are pained when they see her "phiz." As a business proposition she is all right; as an ornament she is a mistake. She manages to hold down her position with credit to herself and profit to her concern. At the end of a few months she becomes indisposed and asks for a few months she becomes indisposed and asks for two weeks' leave of absence, which is granted, with the understanding that she will provide a substitute. She sends her cousin to take her place, and she is a "beaut," who wins over the bosses and the clerk. They in every way try to make themselves agreeable. She accepts their presents, but withstands their invitations to dine and a night at the show. On the last day a very funny looking "sawed-off" and "hammered-down runt" puts in an appearance. She greets him as "honey," and introduces him to Messrs. Brown and Robinson as her husband. With crestfallen countenances they declare themselves "stung." At this climax old "funny face" returns. She is left alone in her glory, while Brown and Robinson go out for a nerve tonic and the clerk gets undercover to escape the agony.
- 19117mNot Rated7.1 (1.9K)ShortCartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style.
- A convict morphs into different forms to escape from prison.
- Peter Blood, a young Irish physician, treats a rebel soldier wounded in battle, and he is arrested, tried for treason and sent into slavery to Barbados. He and his friend Jeremy are bought by the vicious Col. Bishop, who purchases them for his niece Arabella. Blood rallies the other slaves to rebel against their slavery; they escape and take over a Spanish galleon. Blood and his crew become pirates and the scourge of the Caribbean. England, at war with France and losing, offers him a commission in the Royal Navy if he will fight for them. Blood, who has no love for the French but even less for the English, has to decide whether it's better for he and his men to fight with the English or against them.
- Chalmers, young space writer on the Beacon, is approached by a seedy man named Tripp from the mechanical department of the paper, who says he has knowledge of a big story that may be obtained, worth $15 in space rates, if he will but spend $4 to get it. Chalmers has just earned $5, but will not risk it until he hears more about the matter. Tripp then confides that the story is about a young runaway girl from the country. He found her on the streets utterly bewildered, and she told him about venturing to New York to find one George Brown. She said she was about to marry a rich young farmer at home, but she couldn't forget George Brown, the lover who had gone to the city four years before, promising to come back. Tripp, therefore, had taken her to a boarding house and put her in hock, so to speak, until he could raise money to send her home, for she had arrived with but 25 cents, all of which she had spent on gumdrops. The chivalry of Chalmers is aroused, and he goes with Tripp to the boarding house, pays the girl's board bill and advances fare back home. The girl shows him a broken silver dime, the keepsake Brown had given her, the other half of which he had put on his watch chain. He urges her strongly to forget about Brown, who is doubtless a worthless fellow, and to marry the rich farmer. All of this good advice Tripp seconds. Chalmers now has his story, but as he turns from the ferry station he sees Tripp's shabby coat fall back and discerns on his cheap silver watch chain the other half of the dime. Tripp is the missing George Brown. The reporter realizes that this is a drama of human souls too sacred to be profaned, and brings into the office the report, "No story."
- Ira Wilton and his son-in-law Harry Bennett resort to the subterfuge of telling their wives that they are members of the Thirteenth Regiment, to be sure of having a night off each week, Friday night, for the regiment drills. They substantiate their deception by bringing into their little game Ira's daughter Laura and her fiancé Jack Brent, a genuine member of the Thirteenth. Their deception runs along nicely until one Friday night when the men have gone to the club, their wives find the invitation, and are just about to start out when they discover that the water pipe has burst. Laura informs the men by telephone what is discovered, and warns them to hurry home. They arrive and find that the kitchen and dining room are flooded, and, after all has been given a good soaking, Lord Dudley, an admirer of Laura, manages to stop the flow of water. Just as the trouble concerning the flood has subsided, Jack Brent arrives home and tells the men that the Thirteenth has been ordered to the front. The husbands, seeing a good chance to take a little vacation, purchase soldiers' clothing and fall in behind the Thirteenth Regiment as it passes their wives, but slip out as soon as it is out of sight. They then go to the barn, where they substitute their soldiers' habiliments for civilian clothes and then make all possible haste to the lake, where they intend to spend a little vacation. But their vacation is short-lived, for one day they see in the newspapers that the entire Thirteenth regiment has been wiped out. They hurry home to the old barn, where they get into their regimentals as quickly as possible--not forgetting to add a few rents here and there, to make it appear as if they have had a terrible struggle at the front and in escaping. When they arrive home they observe that Mrs. Wilton's brother has returned from the West and promised to take care of the "widows." In reply to Lena's (the fat cook), question concerning her lover Conrad, they were just about to tell her that he died with her name on his lips, when in come Harry and Conrad with the news that the newspaper report was all wrong. Ira and Harry fix it up with Conrad, and Jack, desiring to keep on the right side of the old man, tells the women that the men had a terrible fight, and brother Tom forgets about asking questions when a couple of good cigars are shoved into his mitt.
- A large sum of money is exchanged between Mr. Doyle and another man, who pays the money to Mr. Doyle. During the transaction Mr. Doyle's son is sitting at the window and his little daughter is playing with her collie dog, "Jean," on the floor. The father sees the man to the front door, leaving his son and daughter in the room where he left the money on the table. The son leaves the room and the little girl, who is now alone in the room, sees the money, and thinking it is only paper, takes it out in the garden and puts it in the little cradle with her calico doll and cuts one or two of the bank notes into dolls. After the child has gone out the father returns to the room and cannot find the money. He calls the wife; she knows nothing about it, and the father accuses the son of stealing it. The son is indignant, and leaves home. He has hardly left the house when the little girl comes in with the money and gives it to her mother and shows her the pretty paper doll she has made out of one of the bills. The dog follows with another bunch of the money which the child has dropped. The mother calls her husband, and the child explains that she thought the money just paper and she is grieved to hear her brother, whom she dearly loves, has been accused of stealing and has left home. She starts out with her calico doll to find her brother, her collie dog following after her. She wanders through the fields and wood, where she falls, trying to reach a flower, down a steep embankment onto some rocks, spraining her ankle and lying unconscious. The faithful dog tries to rouse her, and, finding it impossible, runs home to get the child's parents to understand him in his efforts to report the child's accident. He rushes back to the child, carries her calico doll to the parents and makes them realize that the child is missing and in danger. While worrying over the loss of their son, here is another loss of their daughter. The son is brought back home by his attachment for his little sister and mother, and when he learns of the loss of his sister and sees "Jean" with her calico doll, he follows him to the place of her accident and brings her safely home.
- Hurriedly making preparations to go in pursuit of the outlaw "Red Rube," who has broken out of jail, Sheriff Sanders is accosted by "Spotted Snake," an Indian from the reservation who enters his shack and abusively demands whiskey. The sheriff promptly kicks him out. The Indian swears vengeance. The sheriff takes leave of his wife and child and starts after Red Rube. After his departure, Spotted Snake returns to the sheriff's shack and orders Sanders' wife to furnish him with liquor; she orders him off at rifle-point. As he leaps upon his horse, he snatches up the sheriff's little girl and rides rapidly away into the desert with her and leaves her there to die. At Silver City, Sheriff Sanders catches up with Red Rube. In the "Silver King's" saloon, Rube shoots the sheriff in the arm and flees, followed by a posse of enraged citizens determined to lynch him. Rube makes his way across the desert and comes upon the sheriff's daughter wandering aimlessly about. He knows that shooting the sheriff means lynching for him if he returns to Silver City. The child's confidence in and dependence on him touches his heart and he decides to square up his career by returning her to her parents and taking his punishment like a man. The sheriff is carried to his home, where his distracted wife tells him of their child's kidnapping. The report is spread and the neighbors gather at Sanders' house to organize a search party. While they are considering what course to pursue, Red Rube rides up and places the child in her mother's arms and surrenders himself to the sheriff. Immediately the neighbors form a Vigilante Committee and propose to lynch Red Rube, and. in spite of the sheriff's protests, they slip a rope over his head. The rescued child lifts her arms to the unfortunate man and he clasps her tenderly to his breast, while she hugs and kisses him, then she lifts the rope from his neck and casts it aside, pleading mercy for her rescuer. Red Rube hangs his head at her simple faith and trust in him. The neighbors silently steal away with tears in their eyes. The sheriff clasps Red Rube's hand in gratitude.
- Betty and Howard Lynch, the children of a ruthless New York millionaire, are reared in a life of ease and irresponsibility. Richard Keith, a poor British artist, is hired by Betty's father to paint her portrait, and she and Richard fall in love. Richard, however, refuses to share in her father's fortune and prepares to return to London. Betty arranges passage on the same ship, and they are married on the high seas. They settle down in respectable poverty, and Betty has a child. Howard Lynch is shot and killed by the daughter of a man who was crippled in one of the elder Lynch's factories. Betty's child becomes ill and needs an operation that Richard cannot afford. Her father advances her the money, but the price of the operation is her divorce from Richard. Richard becomes entangled with Lady Atherton, whom he does not love. Betty secretly returns to England, determined to live moderately. Her father dies, and she inherits his fortune--only to give it all to charity. She and Richard are later reunited.
- A series of 12 2-reel episodes, each a separate and unrelated story, relating the adventures of Christopher Race and his high-powered automobile, The Scarlet Runner. Each episode has a different cast, except for the continuing role of Earle Williams. Episode titles are: #1: The Car and His Majesty (1916); #2: The Nuremberg Watch (1916); #3: The Masked Ball (1916); #4: The Hidden Prince (1916); #5: The Jacobean House (1916); #6: The Mysterious Motor Car (1916); #7: The Red Whiskered Man (1916); #8: The Glove and the Ring (1916); #9: The Gold Cigarette Case (1916); #10: The Lost Girl (1916); #11: The Missing Chapter (1916); #12: The Car and the Girl (1916).
- With lots of patience and no patients, old Dr. Clinton finds business mighty slack. He consults an old friend, and they unanimously decide to employ a good-looking young physician from another city. They engage Dr. Baldwin, who fills the bill precisely. He is married, but for business reasons, they keep this to themselves. It is soon known among the inhabitants that he has taken Dr. Clinton's business, and all the love-sick maidens begin to feel so badly, they are unable to find relief for their heart troubles until they have consulted Dr. Baldwin, who, the moment he feels their pulse, or writes them out a prescription, feel better and recover. Dr. Clinton's business booms. His consulting room, under the direction of his young physician, is always filled with attractive patients. After a few months, Dr. Baldwin sends for his young and pretty wife. Her husband tells her that she, too, for business reasons, must not let on that she is his wife. Mrs. Baldwin is just as popular with the young men as Dr. Baldwin is with the ladies. Dr. Clinton's business capacity, by this combination of persons and circumstances, is overtaxed. He and his assistant find themselves in a state of nervous prosperity.
- A hungry mosquito spots and follows a man on his way home. The mosquito slips into the room where the man is sleeping, and gets ready for a meal. His first attempts startle the man and wake him up, but the mosquito is very persistent.
- Mary, a poor but well-born girl, is invited to join a sorority club in the high school she attends, while her chum, Sophie, is ignored. Mary is flattered by the attention, accepts the invitation and gradually drifts away from her former friends. The spirit of snobbishness and unrest enters her life, and in her attempt to keep up with her richer companions, who are purse-proud and pretentious, she changes from a lovable girl into a discontented one. A sorority dance is arranged and Mary, unable to pay the assessment for the dance, steals the amount from one of the members of the club, in order to keep up with her new associates. The other members are so self-centered they do not realize the influence of their false pretenses and mistaken ideas of true worth. They are entirely unaware of the demoralizing effects of their example. Having taken the first step, Mary is still further tempted when she finds a new gown for the dance to be an impossibility. While shopping with a club member, she steals a pair of stockings and a roll of silk. A house detective sees her commit the theft, taking the two terrified girls into the manager's office. The silent partner of the firm is the father of the girl from whom Mary has first stolen. He investigates Mary's actions by gentle questions. She breaks down and sobbingly confesses that she did not wish the girls of the sorority to be ashamed of her. The father understands the situation. He takes the two girls with him to the sorority rooms, where he explains Mary's temptations and their false notions of the real standards of life, also explaining that character is the only criterion of personal superiority. The girls are convinced of their error, forgive Mary and dissolve the sorority. Mary once more becomes a normal sweet girl with wholesome surroundings.
- A man decides to stage a fake robbery in front of his girlfriend's father (who doesn't like him), hoping it will make the father change his opinion. Unfortunately, real crooks wind up taking the money from the "robbery", and the boyfriend has to get it back.
- A young female boarding house tenant becomes an unwanted object of male attention.
- A young girl is reared on a desert island by natives and led to believe that she is a goddess. One day an outsider comes to the island, and persuades her to accompany him to preach about the kindness and love she has experienced. She agrees, but she's soon confronted by the problems and travails of the "outside" world.
- PART I. The incidents of this story are some of those preceding and lending up to the Civil War in 1861 and the Declaration of Emancipation. The central figure in the drama is Uncle Tom, a slave in the possession of the Shelbys of Kentucky. Tom is a peculiarly extraordinary character, possessing all the virtues and none of the bad qualities of his race, a possession brought about by a gradual realization, absorption and practice of Christian principles through a close study of the Bible. To the Shelbys he is an invaluable asset, because of his honesty and trustworthiness. Mr. Shelby, although owner of vast estates, has become greatly involved in debt, as is often the case with aristocracy. His notes have come into the hands of a slave trader named Haley, who presses Shelby for money long overdue. While visiting Shelby on one of his periodic "duns," he agrees to purchase "Uncle Tom" and Harry, a child of a quadroon, Eliza, Mrs. Shelby's maid. It is a hard bargain, but necessity, which is apt to drive to extremes, succumbs and the deal is made. Eliza overhears the transaction, and, loving her child with all her heart, decides to flee with him to the Ohio side of the river. She escapes from the house during the night, goes to "Uncle Tom's" cabin and tells him and his wife, "Aunt Chloe," all about her trouble, and also that Tom has been sold to the slave dealer, and advises him to get away while there is yet time. Tom, feeling it his bounden duty to live up to the tenets of his sale as well as his own conscience, refuses, but blesses Eliza and wishes her Godspeed. When Haley discovers the flight of Eliza he is frantic, and, calling into service some of Shelby's slaves and the ever-ready bloodhounds, he starts in pursuit of his prey. Eliza has made her way with her dear Harry clasped to her bosom to the banks of the Ohio River in a driving snowstorm, with the piercing cold winds carrying the baying of the bloodhounds to her ears as they follow mercilessly in her tracks. The ferryboats are not running, and the boatmen who usually ply their traffic across the river are afraid to encounter the fierce storm and the ice floes at the risk of their produce and their own lives. Spurred on by mother love and courage born of liberty and protection of the helpless, Eliza unhesitatingly jumps down the river's bank onto a large cake of floating ice, which rafts her down the stream, then from one piece of ice to another she leaps like a deer until she reaches the Ohio side of the river, where she is assisted up the bank and seeks shelter for herself and child. Haley and his negro aides are baffled in the capture of their quarry. Haley is furious, the negroes delighted, and while Haley goes to the tavern to appease his wrath the darkies show their pleasure in fits of laughter, and return to the Shelby place to report Eliza's escape. Haley, after a night of it in company with Marks, the lawyer, and Tom Rorer, a human bloodhound, goes back to take possession of "Uncle Tom," by the sale of whom he hopes to make up the loss of Harry. Uncle Tom, after a last farewell to his wife and little pickaninnies, and a hearty good-bye from young "Mars" George Shelby, who promises he will purchase "Tom" himself some day, gets into Haley's wagon, shackled hand and foot, with a sad heart but Christian resignation, bids farewell forever to his old Kentucky home. PART II. Haley, with Uncle Tom and his other slaves, boards the steamboat and starts down the Mississippi for Louisiana. On the boat going home from a visit to Vermont is Mr. Augustine St. Clare with his little daughter, Eva, a beautiful child of delicate temperament, and a maiden aunt named "Miss Ophelia." On the way down the river poor Tom makes himself helpful and cheerfully obliging to everybody, lending a hand with the freight and saying a kind and courteous word whenever spoken to. Whenever he can find time he reads in his laboring way his Bible, which is a source of great comfort to him. Eva is especially attracted to Tom. He has his pocket stored with odd toys of his own manufacture, which furnishes her great amusement during the long and tedious progress of the boat. One day Eva falls overboard. Uncle Tom with unhesitating courage jumps into the river and brings her safely back to the boat. This cements her attachment for Tom. She begs her father to buy him for her own. The father, always ready to satisfy her every wish, makes a deal with Haley, and Tom is purchased for Eva, who makes him her companion and attendant. "Miss Ophelia," although a northerner, is shocked at the readiness with which Eva associates and confides in Tom, but as she learns afterward it is not misplaced and well deserved. The St. Clares arrive at their home in New Orleans. Tom is initiated as a member of the household, and while officially the coachman he is personally the bodyguard of Eva and he is her confidant fides achates. We can see the sensitive nature and constitution of the child gradually succumb to the climatic changes and the rackings of the severe cough and cold which has settled upon her lungs. Her father decides to move the family and household to his country home where he hopes Eva will improve and get well. It is here we are introduced to "Topsy," a coal black little negress whom St. Clare buys for "Miss Ophelia" to call her own and bring up in the way she would have her go. From this time on to the close of the film "Topsy" is a noticeable and amusing person. For two years Uncle Tom's life with the St. Clares is an uninterrupted dream, excepting the thoughts of his separation from his dear old wife and his children. After two years little Eva's illness becomes so bad she appears to be undergoing a process of translation and looks more like a vision of immortality in the midst of mortal things. Often she talks with Uncle Tom about Heaven with an understanding that makes Tom think, and everybody else for that matter, that she is not long for this world. These suppositions are well founded, for it is not long before Eva is seen on her bed surrounded by her parents, Aunt Ophelia, Uncle Tom and the servants of the family. She bids each one good-bye, giving each some little keepsake, then peacefully passes away to join the other angels in Heaven. PART III. The sorrow following the death of little Eva has scarcely passed when the house of St. Clare is again thrown into mourning by the death of Mr. St. Clare, who was stabbed while trying to stop a quarrel between two men. Mr. St. Clare had promised Uncle Tom his freedom, in anticipation of which he is inspired with new hope and great ambition to work for the liberation of his wife and children, but all this is doomed by his master's untimely end, and all the servants of the St. Clare place are sold to speculators and other masters. Tom is sold to Legree, who is brutal in the extreme, and treats poor Tom with little less consideration than a dog. Legree has established as his mistress Cassie, a quadroon slave, whom he treats as badly as he dares, for she has a strong influence over him and despises him with a heartiness that she cannot hide. One day, working in the cotton field, Cassie meets Uncle Tom, and is impressed by his generosity and gentleness of spirit and his all-abiding faith in God. At the same time Legree bought Tom he bid on a young mulatto girl named Emmeline, whom he also introduced into his household to displace Cassie, whom he tries to relegate again to the cotton picking rank of slaves. Emmeline likes Cassie, abhors Legree, and keeps as far from him as possible. Tom is subjected to every sort of indignation and uncomplainingly does his duty. It is not until he is asked to flog a poor slave girl that he refuses to obey his master, and is himself unmercifully whipped by Legree and two of his slaves. Cassie finds life with Legree unbearable, and hates him with an indescribable intensity. She plans to accomplish escape for herself and Emmeline, and asks Uncle Tom to go with them, but he refuses to leave while others suffer for no more reason than himself. Cassie plays upon Legree's superstition and fear, for, in reality, he is an arrant coward, and she makes him believe there are ghosts in the garret of his house, and when she and Emmeline take flight and he pursues them with bloodhounds and slaves, the women retrace their steps, after passing through the swamp to throw the dogs off the trail, and return to the garret, where they remain for three days and make good their escape when favorable opportunity presents itself after Legree has given them up as gone. Legree, filled with rage, for want of better excuse accuses Uncle Tom of knowing something about Cassies escape and being party to it. Tom denies that he had any hand in it, and refuses to reveal his knowledge of it. Legree vents his spite and cussedness by administering a severe beating to Tom and felling him with a savage blow. Young Shelby, who promised Tom at the time his father sold him to Haley that he would repurchase him as soon as he could, now comes to Legree's place to buy him back. Too late! Poor Tom has gone to his eternal freedom to dwell with his Master, who makes no distinction in color, creed or class and prepareth a place for all those who love Him and keep His Commandments, and of whom Tom was a faithful disciple. - The Moving Picture World, August 6, 1910
- Mike Callahan has but one collar, and that soiled, to attend the annual outing of the Bricklayers' Union with, so he sends it to Wing Lee, the Chinaman's, to have it done up in a rush. The boy loses the very important half-ticket; consequently when Mike calls for his collar he is told with many gestures, No tickee, no washee. Mike gets mad and gives battle to the Chinks, but they are too many for him and he has to run for his life, pursued by the whole crowd of Chinamen. An exciting chase follows, and the police force are dragged from their various pursuits of fishing, sleeping and guiding schooners over the bar to join in the chase, and they finally succeed in corralling the pursuers and the pursued. All march back to the laundry, where Mike, escorted by the police, searches until he finds his collar, just in time to join the Local Union in the parade.
- After a night at the club, old Boggs returns home, filled with good cheer and spirit. His daughter Madge, is in love with Jack Farnum, to whom her father very much objects as a son-in-law. Hearing her father coming, Madge tells Jack to hide. Jack hastily jumps up from the old rocking chair which Boggs usually occupies. Boggs sees it rocking back and forth and thinks he is "seeing things" and not in his right senses. His discomfiture gives Jack and Madge an idea. They attach a string to the rocker and pass it through the window, out into the garden, where, by pulling the string, they cause the chair to move back and forth whenever the old gentleman enters the room. Seeing no reason for his favorite sitting place acting in such a queer manner, he comes to the conclusion that he is surely going out of his head. He requests an interview with Jack and Madge, consenting to their marriage, with the agreement that after they are married they will come to live with him and care for him the rest of his life. The bargain is made and after they are married Jack and Madge tell Papa Boggs all about their little joke on him.
- Banker and financier Graham Lawlor is persuaded to invest in the Silver Shield Mines and become president of the company. Harris, Brennen and Lester, the promoters, are frauds. Lawlor sends word to his son Trevor who is practicing law in a small town, and tells him to give up his practice and take the secretaryship of the company. Trevor comes to look things over. He is convinced there is something wrong, refuses the secretaryship and warns his father; the two quarrel and Trevor returns to his practice. Lester, the mine's junior partner, makes love to his stenographer Brenda Wray, then casts her off. Ugly rumors get about regarding the stability of the Silver Shield Mine. The others try to throw all the blame for the failure on Lawlor, He declares, however, that he has papers in his possession which will exonerate him. They determine to get these incriminating papers. They bribe Lawlor's servant to steal them. Brenda, who has visited Lester's rooms to demand justice, overhears the plot. Trevor comes to town to defend his father. Brenda calls on him and tells him who the thief is. Thompson, the servant, is arrested and turns State's evidence. On his evidence Lawlor is exonerated, and Brennen, Harris, and Lester are arrested.
- Carlyle, the railroad president, visits his old friend, Hamilton, and is so impressed with Richard, his friend's son, that he offers him an opening in the railroad business. Carlyle notes the marked difference between him, a fine, manly young fellow, and Herbert, his own son, a ne'er-do-well at college. Herbert is in debt and writes home for money. The railroad president refuses his request. In desperation the boy writes to Genevieve, his attractive young stepmother. She confides in Richard. Herbert calls home secretly and his stepmother promises to help him. Carlyle comes in and sternly demands to know to whom she was talking. She cannot tell him. A note arrives for Genevieve. She tells Carlyle it is from a girl. It is from Herbert, who wishes to meet Richard that evening to get the money. Genevieve goes to acquaint Richard of the appointment and is followed by her husband. He witnesses the meeting and hears Genevieve say, "On the bridge tonight at eight." Carlyle meets Richard at the bridge, seizes him by the throat, and pushes him into the water. John Squires, a surly, cowardly bully, who has been discharged from the railroad, sees the deed. As Carlyle sneaks back Squires insolently steps out and points meaningfully toward the lake. Carlyle is forced to reemploy him on the railroad. Herbert coming to meet Richard, sees his father. When questioned he tells the truth about his appointment. Carlyle can hardly bear the weight of his sorrow. Carlyle goes west, away from the scene of his crime. His son Herbert accompanies him. Engineer Squires, driving the Westbound Express, stands intoxicated, swaying from side to side in the cab. Squires attacks the fireman and tries to throw him from the window. While this is happening, the train tears on toward a runaway engine several miles down the track. In the head-on collision which follows, the cars are thrown from the track and splintered into pieces; clinched locomotives are demolished, belching fire and steam, passengers are hurled from seats and crushed in debris. Carlyle searches for his son. He finds him among the dead. Raising his eyes heavenward, his expression tells he realizes that his punishment is the retributive Justice, "A Life for a Life."
- In order to make money, a man hires a bum to pretend to be a mummy, so he can sell the "body" for scientific experiments.
- The film consists of a single shot of a hand tearing down a Spanish flag.
- A bumbling sawmill employee tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter while staying out of the clutches of the mill's bullying foreman.
- (Reel One) Amelia Sedley, accompanied by Miss Becky Sharpe, returns from boarding school. Becky is a natural born flirt. Bashful Joseph Sedley falls desperately in love with her. He takes her to Vauxhall Gardens, where he makes an ass of himself, is very much ashamed, and refuses to keep his appointment with Becky the next day, sailing for Scotland to escape her wiles. Amelia, with her gentle sweetness, hands Becky a letter from Sir Pitt Crawley, requesting her to repair to Queen's Crawley at once. The next morning, bright and early, she takes her departure to enter Sir Pitt's household as a governess, where she meets Rawdon Crawley, youngest son of Sir Pitt, who falls captive to her charms, bringing upon himself the displeasure of the whole Pitt family. He, notwithstanding, marries Becky. (Reel Two) After their marriage, Becky Sharpe and Rawdon Crawley take up elegant lodgings at Mayfair. Rawdon, who is a captain in the English Army, is resplendent in his uniform. They are visited by their military friends; Captain Dobbin is there with Amelia Osborne and her husband, Lieutenant Osborne, who is fascinated by Mrs. Crawley. A week later they sail for Brussels. At Brussels they attend a ball given by the Duchess of Richmond, at which Becky meets the Marquis of Steyn and where they receive notice of the Battle of Waterloo. All is excitement and the others are soon on their way to the field of action, where Lieutenant Osborne is killed. A month after the battle, Becky Crawley turns to the ensnaring of Lord Steyne, who with crafty and villainous intent, lays siege to the overthrow of Captain Crawley in order that he may continue his alliance with his wife. Crawley gets heavily in debt at the gaming tables of Lory Steyne, is unable to pay and the unscrupulous Steyne throws him into prison. (Reel Three) Colonel Rawdon Crawley writes a note to his wife to raise money to secure his release. She replies falsely that she is sick but will implore Lord Steyne to show Rawdon leniency, signing herself, "Yours affectionately, Becky." Colonel Crawley, in despair, sends to his brother for assistance. Pitt hastens to his brother's succor. Rawdon immediately goes to big wife's apartments and finds her with Lord Steyne, whom he throttles, and leaves Becky forever. Major William Dobbin marries Amelia Osborne. Amelia and Major Dobbin learn of Becky's downfall. They visit her in her misfortune and find her dissipated but unconquered. She refuses aid from Mr. and Mrs. Dobbin and is left by her friends to her own waywardness.
- Wah-Ta-Wah, or Hist, the lady-love of Chingachgook, a Delaware chief, has been captured by the warlike Hurons. Chingachgook asks the aid of Deerslayer, a white man brought up among the Indians, in rescuing her, and. the two men arrange to meet at Lake Otsego, then called Glimmerglass. Deerslayer sets out for the meeting place, accompanied by Hurry Harry March, a trapper, who acts as his guide. Hurry takes him to meet Hotter, another hunter, who has established a permanent home on the lake. With his two daughters, Judith and Hetty, Hutter lives in a peculiar fortress, called the Castle, set on piles in the middle of the lake, and also spends much of the time on a strange vessel called The Ark, similar to the Castle, but built on a scow. It is on this vessel, fishing up a small stream, that they are found by Deerslayer and Hurry Harry. The two men receive a hearty welcome from Judith, who is betrothed to Harry and who at once greatly admires the evident strength of Deerslayer. News arrives that the Hurons are on the warpath, and all hasten to get the Ark out of the stream and out into the lake. That night, Hurry Harry, Hutter and Deerslayer take the canoe and land on shore. The others wish to go on a scalping expedition to the now unprotected Indian encampment, but Deerslayer will not accompany them. When the camp is attacked, both men are captured and Deerslayer is obliged to return without them, Hatter having charged him with the care of his daughters in case harm should have befallen him. The next day, Deerslayer goes to the foot of the lake, where he meets his friend, Chingachgook, and brings him to the Ark. Hetty, the simple-minded daughter of Hutter, secretly takes the canoe and goes off to shore to plead for her father and Harry whom she loves greatly. She is treated kindly by the Indians, who always revere the simple-minded and given the freedom of the camp. While there, Hetty meets Hist, and having told her that Chingachgook is at the Ark, she is given a message for him. She is brought back the nest day to the Ark by one of the Indians, who is given a present for his chief by Deerslayer, who offers a ransom for his friends. Harry and Hatter are exchanged for a pair of ivory chessmen, castles mounted on elephants, and are soon back again with Deerslayer and the anxious girls. Hist had sent a message saying that she would be awaiting her lover at sunset, and accordingly Chingachgook and Deerslayer set off to fetch her. By heading off the Indians in another direction, Deerslayer makes good the escape of Hist and Chingachgook, but is himself captured. Rivenoak, the Huron chief, promises Deerslayer his life if he will join the tribe and marry Samac, wife of a brave he had killed in the struggle, but he will not accept the offer. Hutter has not been near the Castle for some days and goes there with Hurry Harry, notwithstanding the warning they receive from Chingachgook. They are ambushed by the Hurons, who scalp Hutter. Harry gets away and brings the dreadful news to his daughters at the Ark. He proposes that Judith, long betrothed to him, now marry him, that he may have the right to protect her and her sister. She refuses because of the secret love she had conceived for Deerslayer from the moment she first saw him. Hurry then leaves the two girls in the care of Chingachgook and Hist and goes to the British fort, where he tells of the death of Hutter and the capture of Deerslayer, and asks for aid. While he is gone, Judith, who would give her life for the man she loves, goes to the camp, masquerading as a queen, seeking the release of Deerslayer. The Indians, who have never seen her before, are at first taken in, but her identity is unwittingly betrayed by Hetty to Chief Rivenoak. The chief tells Judith that at sunset the brave Deerslayer must die. Meanwhile, Hurry Harry March is bringing the soldiers towards the Indian camp. They arrive just in time to prevent the death of Deerslayer and rout the Indians after a short but sharp skirmish. When all fighting is over and examination made of the wounded, it is found that Hetty has been hit by a stray bullet and is dying. In her last words she confesses her love for Hurry Harry, and, asking a kiss from him, dies in his arms, Judith, now deprived of father and sister both, is offered a home by the captain of the soldiers, who will take her back with him to his wife and sisters at the fort. She will not at once answer him, however, but asks time to consider what she shall do. She goes with Deerslayer a little apart from the camp and there confesses her love for him, telling him that if he returns her love, she will understand by his silence. Deerslayer listens to her gravely and with all respect, but answers not a word. -- Moving Picture World synopsis
- It came as a genuine surprise when old Mr. and Mrs. Jones inherited a large fortune with the distinct proviso that they occupy the swell town house of the deceased to properly sustain the social distinction and dignity of their acquired wealth. With many misgivings and regrets they close the old farm house in which they have lived for over fifty years and start for the city. On the train they are very much "upsot" by the novelty of things. Crossing the river on the ferryboat, they are astonished at the skyscrapers which loom up before them and which they have a sneaking feeling will fall over on top of them. A gentlemanly stranger on the boat who volunteers some information is looked upon with suspicion by the unsophisticated couple, who take an extra grip on their goods and chattels. In the great city at last, they try to find their way unaided to upper Fifth Avenue, where the inherited mansion is located. Unaccustomed to trolleys and elevated roads, they decide to take "shank's mare" and so plodding on, followed by a constantly increasing crowd of "ragtag and bobtail" as they are passing through the thickly populated tenement districts of the west side, when they are greeted as "Rubes." Reaching one of the city parks, they seat themselves on a bench, heated and exhausted; in the cool of the evening they become drowsy and the old gentleman takes off his boots and hat, while the old lady removes her bonnet, and thus making themselves comfortable, they fall into a restful doze. Their slumbers are disturbed by a policeman, who awakens them, and, after questioning them, learns where they want to go, calls a taxicab, sends them on their way, and they are taken speedily and safely to their place among the upper ten. They press the button and a stiff uniformed lackey appears at the front door and bids them enter, which they do with much fear and trembling lest they offend the gents in brass buttons, whom Mr. Jones wants to shake hands with and make friends, which friendliness is received with coldness and contempt. The old folks are disturbed and wish themselves back on the farm, where every neighbor around the place is nearer "'an a relation." In the quiet of the elegant boudoirs they feel like cats in a strange garret, and don't know how to make use of the elaborate furnishings; everything looks so grand "they don't jest look like they was meant to be used, only admired, museum-like." The maid and valet appear upon the scene and insist upon dressing Mr. and Mrs. Jones for dinner. Mrs. Jones is too frightened to resist, but Jones says, "By heck! I ain't no infant, and nobody has put on my clothes but my mother, and I can't so far forgit myself as to allow any other fellow to deprive me of my manful right as a natural and free-born independent citizen, and what's more I ain't going to rob another feller of his manhood by allowing him to do it." The valet insists, and Jones submits with the remark, "I don't mind a little help, but it ain't my style." At dinner the butler and servants await their coming. Mr. Jones offers to shake hands with the help, who stand as rigid and cold as icicles. When the old couple are seated at the table they are waited upon like infants until the old countryman tells his wife, "They was bein' treated as if they'd reached their second childhood and couldn't feed their own faces." The last straw comes when they are escorted to separate bedrooms. Mrs. Jones is snugly tucked in bed, and Mr. Jones is provided by the valet with a suit of pajamas, which he indignantly slams on the floor and exclaims, "Goshamighty! This is beyond all tolerance. I ain't never wore my clothes to bed yit, and I'm dang sure I ain't going to begin now. The old fashioned nightgown is good enough for me and anybody else that's got common sense enough to be sensible." During the night the old couple manage to have a little private conversation, arrange an escape from all this "pesky" style and nonsense, get their things together, stealthily leave the mansion and all its "vanity and vexation" behind them and return to the old home, where we leave them located and thoroughly satisfied to be content in the peaceful enjoyment of all its blessings, quietly musing, "What's the use of all this grand life and high situation, with nary a pink or hollyhock a-blooming 'round the door? Let's be content in our own life and station, just where we've always been so happy and so poor."
- Harold Brandon, a young broker, seeks rest and recuperation in the mountains. He is welcomed into the home of David Lewellyn, whose daughter, Gwymeth, takes upon herself the office of nurse and companion to the invalid. He is attracted by the athletic beauty and wholesome nature of the girl, and it is not long before they grow very fond of each other. She accompanies him in his strolls, and whenever his strength fails she is at his side to administer to him. He grows stronger every day, and at the end of three or four months he returns home, physically a strong man, morally a weak one. He promises to Write Gwymeth, but the fact is, he is engaged to a girl in the city and soon forgets the girl of the mountains and all his fair promises. Six months later Harold marries the society girl. A friend of his wife extends an invitation to her and Harold to spend part of their honeymoon at her mountain home. Harold has never told his wife about Gwymeth. They visit the mountain home of their friend, located in the same region as the Lewellyns. Harold and his wife, taking a long ramble through the mountains, are overtaken by a storm and lose their way. Night fast approaching, he goes in search of help. Unexpectedly he finds himself again in the home of Gwymeth, to whom he appeals for assistance and begs her to save his wife. Notwithstanding her indignation, Gwymeth goes out and brings his wife safely to her home and shelters them for the night. On the following day she directs them to their friend's home and scornfully rejects all recognition of her kindness, reflecting upon the perfidy and weakness of man's moral cowardice.
- A government official staying in a hotel puts some important secret papers in the hotel safe. A ring of spies out to get the papers manages to steal them from the safe, and a lady government agent enlists the help of the hotel's bumbling bellhop in getting back the papers and breaking up the spy ring.
- Bashful Willie Wiggins courts Jane Brown, the village belle, but after nearly wearing out the sofa cannot find the courage to pop the question. Jane finally resorts to the old ruse of jealousy. That night the village folks of Mudville are scandalized to see Jane in the arms of a stranger silhouetted against the window shade. The whole town rises up in protest, and Willie, backed by the minister, demands an explanation of Jane. She guiltily denies the impeachment and the crowd, calmed by the dominie, disperse, but Willie camps on the doorstep to catch his "rival." Jane during the night regrets the scandal her little trick caused and flings the dummy she used into the well. Willie sees this and is horrified, believing it is the body of his rival, whom Jane has murdered. Frantic with excitement, he arouses the whole village. The indignant mob rush to Jane's home in their nighties and drag her forth dramatically. The sheriff goes down the well, and of course Jane has a good laugh on them all when the dummy is hauled up. Willie now realizes the depth of Jane's love and pops the question right then and there.
- 19101h 40mNot Rated5.8 (144)Billed as the "Fight of the Century", reigning champion Jack Johnson takes on former champion James J. Jeffries in a gruelling 15-round beatdown.
- After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
- At the reading of her uncle's will, Honoria Spavin, a spinster lady, learns that his entire fortune is to be left to her on condition that she marry her cousin, Benvenuto Torrini, a young man who is not an Italian, but an American, living in America. If she refuses to marry Ben, all the fortune goes to him, but if he refuses to marry her, she is to get the money. Ben happens to be already engaged to Ella Cunningham, and when he receives a copy of the will, together with the pleasing news that Honoria, who has never seen him, is coming from England on the next steamer, he agitatedly shows it to Ella. She thinks up a plan, and after securing the assistance of their friends, Ben and Ella make up to resemble Italians of the laboring class. Ben meets Honoria at the pier carrying a spade, hoping to make such a show of himself that she will be disgusted and refuse to marry him. He makes a scene right at the dock which would have disheartened most women, but she has a keen eye for that fortune. He takes her to a restaurant to "get something to eat," and gets them both put out by his antics. At Ella's home, Ben introduces his fiancée as "his sister." Ben gives her a drink of vinegar, pretending it is wine, and at the dinner table every proper procedure of table etiquette is broken by Ben, his "sister" and their friends. Honoria finally announces to Ben in no uncertain tones that she can stand it no longer and that she would rather give up the fortune than marry him. She then stalks majestically out, and hurling off their wigs, the whole party give vent to whoops of delight. Poor Honoria has another sea-sick journey back to dear old England.
- A young couple and their new baby are walking down the street when the wife decides to stop in at a store, and the husband agrees to wait outside with the baby in the carriage. He spots a pretty maid sitting on a bench with a baby in the same kind of carriage and goes over to flirt with her. Meanwhile, a black lady pushing a baby also in the same kind of carriage leaves it in front of the store and goes in. Matters are further complicated when one of the carriages is stolen by kidnappers.
- A grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out.
- A one-armed man obtains an artificial limb which he cannot control.
- Two playful young ladies make the acquaintance of two idle sons, who follow them, persistently forcing their way into a dancing academy, much against the dancing master's will. One of them gets a bright idea, and with the help of two pieces of mirror and a long pipe making a periscope, watch the dancing lessons. They are much interested in the dance of the seven veils, when the dancing master spies the periscope. He comes down, scares Monte away, and takes his place beside the unsuspecting Joe. Joe finally evades him, the two again resume their persistently in forcing their way into the place, assuming two suits of armor, being brought to the academy. Queer things follow rapidly on top of one another, winding up with the two running, as the picture fades.
- The Hollisters, a bright, spirited, wholesome family, are compelled to move into the country. After many efforts to secure a home, Shirley, eldest of the Hollisters, contrives a way out by renting a magnificent old stone barn at a ridiculously low price, transforming it into a house. The owner of the barn is not an ordinary landlord, as you will see, for he is a young man with fine ideals, and he is not content with establishing Shirley and her family in the quaintly beautiful old place, but makes the world a much happier place to live in for all of them