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- An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.
- An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.
- Much to our amazement, an elegant and masterful illusionist detaches his own head effortlessly from his shoulders for a once-in-a-lifetime performance.
- A complete performance of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO filmed as a stage play with curtains between the five acts: Act I. "The Sailor's Return," Act II. "Twenty Years Later," Act III. "Dantes Starts on His Mission of Vengeance," Act IV. "Dantes as the Count of Monte Cristo," Act V. "Dantes Accuses His Enemies," and "finis" at the end. This is the oldest known film of THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. Also, it depicts the oldest known film of the San Diego coast.
- Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
- The daughter of an adventurer in India is kidnapped by a native king, whom she is forced to marry. She has several adventures battling natives and wild animals.
- Two staid judges, Hay and Holt, are close friends. They have but one child each, an attractive daughter. These old fellows are very dignified and old-fashioned in their ideas, and they guard their girls with jealous care. Two young men of the town are enamored of those pretty girls and pay court to them. They are both surprised in their love-making, by the judges, who angrily order them from their houses, thereby humiliating the young men in the eyes of their sweethearts. The boys swear to get even. They determine to humiliate the judges. So they enlist the services of two gentlemen of shady reputation. The old codgers are enticed from their houses, carried off to a lonely shack in the woods, their beards are shaven off and they are dressed in the garb of children. Frightened half to death by their experience, the old fellows are turned loose to make their way back home as best they can. Their experiences are most amusing. The matter gets into the papers next day, but the names are withheld pending further investigation. Now the boys have them on their hips and threaten to reveal their names unless they give their consent to their daughters' marriage. Of course, the boys win, much to the gratification of the girls and the chagrin of the two crusty old jurists.
- Blackbeard sacks the town and takes the governor and his family prisoners. A maid helps the governor escape. A British Man O' War arrives, rescuing the governor and leading a daring attack on the pirate ship to rescue the others.
- A burlesque on the John Rice/May Irwin kiss in "The Kiss" (1896).
- Satan appears in a convent and takes the guise of a priest. Before long he is causing all manner of perturbation and despair.
- General Lee finds it necessary to dispatch one of his trustworthy young officers into the enemy's lines, for the purpose of gaining such valuable information as would enable him to anticipate the movements of his wily foe. Gerald Haines, a scion of one of the aristocratic families of the south is the man selected for the perilous undertaking. The opening of the story shows him returning from his mission. He has papers upon his person that would hang him as a spy should he be captured. Thinking he is well withing the Confederate lines, Gerald is riding fast towards the general's headquarters, when suddenly he comes upon a troop of Federal cavalry. The officer in command rushes forward to effect the spy's capture, but, wheeling his horse, Gerald dashes away into the thicket. A chase ensues and the Confederate's jaded horse is soon overtaken. The command to surrender is followed by a shot from one of the troopers and the spy plunges unconscious from his horse, a glancing ball stunning him. The troop rides on to see if there are others in the vicinity, leaving one man to look after the spy. Little Joe Wheelock, a boy too young to participate in actual warfare, but whose heart and soul is wrapped in the cause of the south, happens to be hunting with his old squirrel gun in the neighborhood and seeing the soldier standing over the prostrate body of the spy, takes aim and blazes away, the ball passing through the hat of the startled trooper. Now begins a pursuit of the reckless boy by the infuriated trooper, ending with the escape of little Joe, who by a circuitous route, returns to the wounded Confederate and helps him to the cabin of an old negro mammy, who ministers to his wound until the family of the daring spy, who is notified of his condition by little Joe, hasten to the cabin and have him conveyed to the old home. The Federal trooper, upon returning to his post of duty, discovers the absence of his prisoner and informs the commander of the spy's escape. The manhunt is started at once, which leads directly to the home of the Haines family. The situation is becoming desperate, when once more little Joe's active mind sees a way out of the difficulty. The escape from the house is made in a most thrilling manner and after many perilous adventures, Gerald Haines stands before his beloved general (his mission accomplished) and receives the warm praise of that grand old man for his bravery and devotion to his sworn duty.
- The adventures of two U.S. Secret Service men sent to Africa to bring back a man wanted for murder.
- "Company F, 1st Ohio Volunteers, initiating a new man. Nineteen times he bounces in the blanket, and each toss is funnier than the last one."
- Surrounded by a group of children, poet James Whitcomb Riley narrates the story of Little Orphant Annie, who loses her mother at an early age and is sent to an orphanage. Annie charms the other children with her stories of goblins and elves until her uncle comes to claim her. He and her aunt force Annie into a life of drudgery, treating her so cruelly that Big Dave, a neighboring farmer, takes her from them and places her in the charge of the kindly Squire Goode and his wife. Big Dave, who intends to marry Annie, is called away to fight in World War I. When Annie hears the news that he has been killed, she pretends to be gravely ill but wakes up to learn that it has all been a dream.
- Lost film that adapted L. Frank Baum's books "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", "The Marvelous Land of Oz", "Ozma of Oz" and "John Dough and the Cherub". Only the narration script, read by L. Frank Baum himself, and production stills survive.
- Colonel William Ryan, a ranch owner, in the Lone Star State, has named his only daughter Texas. Jack Parker, a devil-may-care cowpuncher, loves only two things, one is his horse and the other a photograph of Texas Ryan, whom he has never seen. He has named his horse "Dream Girl" after the girl of the photograph. After several years in an eastern college, Texas return home. Her father is happy and she is idolized by the cowboys of the ranch. Antonio Moreno is the head of a band of cattle rustlers. His lieutenant, "Dice" McAllister, a former road agent, uses his office as marshal as a cloak for unlawful deeds. Moreno and McAllister have long plotted to secure Ryan's wealth, and Moreno resolves to pay court to the girl. In the "Last Chance" saloon and dance hall a shooting scrape occurs. Jack Parker, enemy of McAllister, is charged as being an accessory. Harsh words are exchanged and Parker overcomes McAllister in a desperate conflict, and then crosses the border until the disturbance blows over. He returns on the Fourth of July and proceeds to celebrate. Colonel Ryan and Texas meet him and Parker learns she is the girl of the photograph. Moreno and his gang, under pretense of friendship, visit the Ryan ranch during the round-up, and when Texas spurns the Mexican's offer of marriage, he threatens her, and is driven from the ranch. When Texas and her girlfriend, Marion Smith, are riding in the hills, they are seen by Moreno's men. Texas is pursued and made prisoner. Marion brings the news to Colonel Ryan. Jack Parker resolves to free the girl. By an offer of money, he persuades the bandits to free her. Moreno and McAllister rustle the Ryan cattle and are discovered by Parker. During a night of rain and wind he slips into the camp of the outlaws, takes Moreno a prisoner, and leaves a note telling McAllister of what he has done. When McAllister finds the note in the morning, he decides to leave the country. Moreno later makes his escape. Parker decides to go on the trail. He bids Texas farewell, telling her he is not worthy of her. As time passes Texas comes to understand that she loves the cowpuncher. Moreno continues his lawlessness. After a desperate conflict Parker is taken prisoner. Word is brought to Texas Ryan that he is to be shot that evening. The girl tells her father she believes the cattle thieves will spare Jack's life for money and starts in an automobile on her race with death. Moreno gloats over the revenge. The executioner awaits the order to fire. Just as Moreno is about to give the order, Texas arrives. The cupidity of the Mexican bandits is aroused by the gold, and the cowpuncher is freed and takes Texas into his arms.
- Who stole "The Millionaire Baby?" Did the plotting Doctor Pool finally accomplish his bold determination? Did Valerie Carew, former Burlesque Queen conquered by Mother-Love seize an advantageous opportunity and steal away her loved one? Did Marion Ocumpaugh have knowledge of Gwendolyn's disappearance? Did Justin Carew, finally recognizing his wife and desiring a reconciliation, see the light and kidnap his own child?
- Trilby, a ranch hand, is in love with Mathilda, cook for the "Big G" Ranch. Vicky, the ranchman's daughter, and her chum Betty, plan with the cowboys to have fun at Trilby's expense. While Trilby is courting Mathilda, Vicky, Betty and the boys perform all manner of practical jokes upon them. Trilby calls at the ranch in his buggy, to take Mathilda for a ride. Vicky and Betty, by poking the horse with sticks get him fractious, and when Trilby and Mathilda arrive and try to get into the buggy, the horse kicks, breaks free from the buggy and runs off. This is the last straw for Mathilda who is tired of Trilby's manner of making love. Trilby also is disgusted, and shaking his fist at the girls who are laughing at him, leaves the ranch and his love affair.
- As two couples enjoy their evening promenade in a nice but rickety open motor car, without notice, an explosion blows the vehicle to smithereens.
- Jim and Bertha are boyhood sweethearts. Bertha, budding into womanhood, has higher ambitions than the simple country life, and yearned for the big city. It is circus day, and all was excitement. Reginald Black, a city chap, calls to take her to the big circus. Jim is sent by her father to keep an eye on them. She is persuaded to leave with Black for the city. She leaves a note for her father, telling him that she and Black are to be married when they reach the city. Upon arriving, she finds the insincerity of Black's promise, and, realizing her mistake, slips away and applies to the circus manager for work. She is given a chance. Jim secures a position as hostler with the same show that he may look after Bertha. Upon making her entrance to the ring, she is hurt in a fall, picked up and cared for by Jim, who takes her home where she is nursed back to health.
- In a square room, two men and two women, in white body-hugging clothes, try on wrestling holds, each with a partner of the same sex.
- Buck Minor was the most detested man in Wolf Hollow, partly because he was quarrelsome and treacherous, partly because he abused and neglected his little wife, Molly, whom all the camp adored, and for whose sake it tolerated Buck. A bright baby girl was Molly's only comfort and gave her courage to endure the hardships which otherwise must have crushed her. The opening scene of the story shows a street in Wolf Hollow. Buck is on one of his usual rampages, and running into an athletic cowpuncher who is in town to spend his money, he makes an insulting remark and is soundly drubbed by the younger Hercules of the plains. Buck is proud of his fistic ability, and his defeat by a stranger before the denizens of the camp is more than he can stand, so he determines to pull up stakes and migrate to other parts. Stumbling along home to his cabin, he bursts into the one little room where his patient wife is rocking the little child to sleep, and with an angry growl informs her that he is going to "pull his freight" out of Wolf Hollow forever, and that she must accompany him, but leave the baby behind. Molly clasps the child wildly to her breast and begs piteously to be allowed to take her little one, but Buck is obdurate and gains his point by threatening to kill the infant unless she consents to leave it. Scrawling a note which he intends to leave, offering the child to anyone who may find it, he makes preparations for his immediate departure. Clinging wildly to her little one, the distracted mother is soon dragged from the house and told to mount one of the horses waiting without. Thus we see them riding away toward the setting sun, an inhuman father rejoicing in the prospects of shaking the dust of the hater camp from off his boots, a broken-hearted mother choking with sobs, thinking only of the helpless baby alone and deserted in the little cabin on the hill. Slippery Ann, a half-witted girl of the camp, meets Buck and his wife while on her return from a journey into the foothills, and is entrusted with the note Buck has written regarding the child. Hurrying on to Wolf Hollow. Ann turns the note over to Judge Honk, the father of the camp and dispenser of law and justice. The Judge is greatly exercised over the heartlessness of Buck, and calling the inhabitants of the camp about him, soon organizes a rescue party to repair to the deserted cabin of the Minors' and ascertains what truth there was in the strange letter. No time is lost in reaching the shack on the hill, and there, sure enough, lying on the bed is the infant. Taking it up rather gingerly in his arms, as though he were afraid of breaking it. Judge Honk heads the procession out the door and down the hill to the camp where a mass meeting is at once held to discuss ways and means of taking care of the kid. Cherokee Jim, the bartender of the "thirst emporium," suggests that they raffle off the youngster and whoever draws the winning card shall be the kid's adopted daddy. The raffle is quickly pulled off, and Ben Brooks, a good-natured, big-hearted cowpuncher, draws the lucky number. Ben almost reneges when he realizes what he has on his hands, but the cheers of good wishes of the rest of the bunch brace him up and they all retire to the "thirst parlor" to have one on the new daddy. After that "Ben's Kid" (as the baby is christened) becomes the one absorbing topic of conversation. Around the camp that night in the bunk house, a half-dozen sleepy punchers are trying to get some rest, while Ben in his bare feet is prancing around the room, jolting the baby up and down, while the youngster, terrified at its new surroundings, is making the welkin ring with its screams. "Fatty Carter," the heaviest weight on the range, does an Indian war dance, but to no avail. At last they all agree that the kid is sick, and a puncher is at once dispatched on the fastest bronco on the ranch to bring Judge Honk to the scene of battle at once (every one, of course, having absolute faith in the ability and knowledge of the Judge in all matters) to bring them out of the difficulty. The Judge soon arrives loaded down with mustard, and old-fashioned remedies of all kinds, and at once starts in to bring order out of chaos. Now, to return to Buck and his heartbroken wife. All afternoon they have traveled until near nightfall. The horses are unsaddled, the pack removed from the lead animal, and preparations are made to camp till morning. Now Molly has been turning over in her mind a plan, although a desperate one, it seems, the only loophole out of her present misery. Waiting until Buck has fallen into a sound slumber, she cautiously steals away from the camp fire and makes for a clump of trees in which are fettered the horses. Releasing her pony, she springs on his back and dashes away in the black night over the homeward trail. Aroused by the sound of her horses' hoofs. Buck awakes, and with a terrible oath upon realizing that Molly has outwitted him, goes crashing through the brush to his horse, and quickly saddling him, gallops away in pursuit of the fleeing woman, determined to overtake and kill her rather than let her escape from him for good. But he does not reckon on the swiftness of Molly's mount, and though he plies both whip and spur, his jaded horse is unable to gain a foot on the game little sorrel. On over rocks, through the stream, now down the slope of the mountain and across the gulch speeds the desperate woman, every nerve pounding on her brain, and every muscle strained to its utmost tension, her lips moving in silent prayer that she might outstrip the dread pursuer and regain the child fur whom her mother's heart cries out in bitter anguish. At last, brave girl, the goal is reached. Her way leads past the ranch on which Ben Brooks and the U.X. outfit are quartered, and seeing a light in the bunk house, the terrified woman heads her horse toward the beacon ray of hope. She barely reaches the door when the infuriated husband dashes up, bursting into the room. Molly startles the boys and the Judge into action. Buck, losing his head beyond control, follows her. "Save me," shrieks the terrified Molly. In an instant Buck finds himself in the grasp of a dozen willing hands. With a strength born of frenzy, he dashes them aside and draws his gun to shoot the cowering girl, when his aim is spoiled by quick action on Ben's part, and the Judge gets the bullet in his arm. Howling with pain, he yells to the punchers to hang the "varmint." But Buck is too quick for them, and knocking down a couple of the buys, he rushes his way out the door, and throwing himself into the saddle, plunges away into the night. No time is lost in going after him. Twenty swift riders are in the saddle before ten minutes have elapsed and they are off after the hated Buck, whose horse, already worn out from the other chase, is soon overtaken. A lariat hurls through the air and settles down about his neck, thus ending all hopes of escape for the fugitive. A letter written a year later to the Judge tells us what they did to Buck, while Molly, the pretty widow, is persuaded to let Ben retain his title to the kid by allowing Judge Honk to tie the knot, and Mr. and Mrs. Brooks start out on life's journey together, taking with them the good will and well wishes of the entire camp. -- The Moving Picture World, June 26, 1909
- Jack Thornton, an American traveler, while touring Europe meets the daughter of an old French nobleman and falls in love with her. He is persistent in his suit for her hand, but outside of a seemingly cordial friendship the lady apparently does not return his affections. There is a reason for this. Osman Bey, a Turkish nobleman, desires the hand of this charming girl. He has expressed his love for her to her father, who is an ambitious, worldly man and who aspires to obtain that social recognition which is so dear to the average man of wealth. Mons. Dupont is well aware that he is selling his daughter, and so cleverly does he arrange matters by pretending that he is facing financial ruin, that he persuades Flora into giving her consent to the marriage in order to save his credit. Several months later, whilst sightseeing in Constantinople, Jack by accident meets Flora, who is driving in a closed vehicle. He is startled at the change in her appearance and indignant over the revelation of her misery and ill-treatment. Almost a prisoner in the house of Osman Bey, she is denied friends and relatives. Her one great desire now is to get away from her tyrannical and brutal husband. Jack determines to aid her, and tells her that he will gain admittance to the grounds of the palace after sundown, where he may talk with her and if possible formulate a plan whereby she may gain her freedom. True to his word Jack is on hand at the appointed time, but is unable to pass the guards at the gate. Nothing daunted, this daring American determines to scale the massive walls, which he does after a great deal of difficulty. Making his way through the beautiful gardens, he manages to see through a lighted window Flora's face and form, Gently tapping on the pane of glass her attention is attracted, but a female spy, ordered by Osman Bey to keep an eye on his wife, observes the signal from the window and immediately acquaints her master with the knowledge of his wife's indiscretion. Burning with rage, the infuriated husband summons his slaves and orders them to take the American prisoner. Jack has just greeted Flora, when he is startled by a sharp word of command, and turning suddenly he is seized by the stalwart slaves of the palace and dragged away. Flora appeals to her enraged husband for Jack's release, taking all the blame on herself, but to no avail. The prisoner is carried to an underground dungeon, where he is left to ponder over the perplexing situation in which he now finds himself. Maddened by grief, the poor girl determines in her desperation to go to the Sultan and beg his clemency. Escaping from her chamber window she makes her way to the Sultan's palace, and gaining admittance is granted an audience by his majesty. Struck by her beauty and fired by the crafty thought that he might gain this helpless woman for his harem, he promises her the pardon, but instead of letting her take it he dispatches one of his officers with the papers, at the same time commanding the bewildered Flora to remain at his palace. How Jack is led out to execution and how the pardon arrives just in time to save his life, much to the chagrin of Osman Bey, is all vividly shown. Jack has learned of Flora's detention in the Sultan's palace, and so embittered is he at this outrage that he joins the cause of the revolutionists. The last scenes of the picture show the attack on the Sultan's palace, and the meeting of Osman Bey and Jack in a hand to hand conflict in which the Turk is bested, which is followed by the rescue of Flora and the capture of the despised Sultan.
- In the wild west, Tom's wife, Nell, yearns to return to big city life. Slippery Jim offers her a way--and she takes the couple's young daughter with her. Will Tom ever see his child again?
- Part One. The first reel opens with the departure of the ship Pharaon from Marseilles, with Dantes and Danglars, the man who later incomes his deadly rival, as supercargo. During the voyage the captain dies. At the moment of his death he gives the charge of the ship to Dantes, and also entrusts to him the secret message to Napoleon, with the imperial ring which will admit him to private audience with the illustrious exile. Dantes succeeds in his mission to Napoleon, and sails back to France with a communication from Napoleon to Noirtier, who dispatched the original missive. On arrival at Marseilles, Danglars tries to get the command of the Pharaon away from Dantes, but Morrel, the ship owner, is well satisfied with Dantes, and gives him his captain's papers. Dantes, after an affectionate reunion with his old father, visits his sweetheart, Mercedes. Fernand, a fiery young fisherman, who has been trying to win her for himself, is much incensed at Dantes' return. He discovers Danglars' enmity for Dantes, and conspires with him and several habitues of the Reserve Inn to bring trumped up charges against Dantes. Their nefarious scheme succeeds so well that Dantes is torn from a jolly prenuptial feast by the magistrate's guards and hustled from the distracted Mercedes' side to a dungeon in the Chateau D'If, in Marseilles harbor. Part Two. The second reel depicts the awful years spent in the dungeon by Dantes. He grows grizzled, ragged and unkempt in the solitude. He manages finally to get into communication, through a secret passage, with a fellow prisoner, an old Abbe, who is being persecuted by political and religious enemies. The Abbe is an eccentric person, whose one thought in life is the recovery of immense buried riches, the key to the finding of which he holds in the form of an old chart. Finally the Abbe comes to die, and entrusts the chart to Dantes. After the discovery of the Abbe's corpse by the guards, and while the latter have gone out to fetch shots with which to weight the sack in which they have wrapped the Abbe preparatory to casting him into the sea, Dantes manages to drag the corpse into his own cell and substitute himself for the remains. He is cast from the parapet of the castle in the sack which is supposed to contain the dead body. He has supplied himself with a knife beforehand, and as the sack sinks Dantes rips it open and swims to an isolated rock, from the top of which he shouts, in his exultation over the escape: "The World is Mine!" Part Three. The third reel opens with the rescue of Dantes from the rock by a smuggler's schooner. During the cruise of the schooner, Dantes induces the captain to put him ashore on the isle of Monte Cristo, the spot named in the Abbe's chart as the depository of the hidden treasure. He discovers the exact cave and unearths the treasure. He makes his way to the mainland and lives in luxury among the Arabs, falling in love with the beautiful slave girl, Haidee. Captain Albert, of the French army, gets into difficulties during an attack upon his troops by the Arabs and Dantes, by his daring, saves his life. Albert, on taking his departure from Dantes' tent, thanks him profusely and invites him in Paris. Dantes, who has seen something familiar in the captain's face, starts when he reads his card, but promises, without comment, to attend the reception at Albert's. Dantes, in disguise, and known as the Count of Monte Cristo, visits Paris with Haidee. There he comes face to face with his old sweetheart, Mercedes, who has married his enemy, Fernand. Mercedes informs him that the young captain, Albert, is his own son. The final scene is a desperate duel between Dantes and Fernand, in which Fernand is killed.
- Manuel Paquito and Tom Warner are rivals for the love of Jean Dixon. Knowing that Paquito is an outlaw, Jean favors Warner. In difficulties with the cattlemen, Tom Warner is captured by them one night; they peg him out on the desert to starve him to surrender. Paquito finds Warner and tortures him. Jean comes upon the scene, and is forced by Paquito to promise to marry him, or see her lover killed. She reluctantly chooses the former. Dixon, Jean's father, returns to Warner, who tells him what has happened. Together, they summon the other cattlemen and start to run down the Mexican. Paquito and Jean reach the nearest village and ride to the house of a clergyman. However, Tom and Dixon ride up in time to prevent the marriage. After a revolver duel, the Mexican is captured and is forced to stand by and see the marriage of his rival to Jean.
- Sheriff Billy goes on the trail of Desert Joe, an outlaw. Desert Joe lives in a shack with Old Mary and Vicky, her adopted daughter, who thinks Old Mary is her mother. Billy falls in love with Vicky, although he has suspicions regarding the character of Desert Joe. Desert Joe also loves Vicky. The sheriff and Joe meet on the desert, and Joe believes that after a struggle he has killed Sheriff Billy. The sheriff recovers and finds Old Mary wandering, lost in the desert. Desert Joe, while trying to cross the desert, finds a note in his canteen saying that the water is poisoned, and he finally dies of thirst. Vicky finds Sheriff Billy and Old Mary in the desert. She revives them and Old Mary places Vicky in the arms of the sheriff.
- After years of mining, Steve Brant finally strikes it rich and plans to use his new fortune to give his wife Helen all of the things that she has had to do without. Helen, however, is already fed up with her lifestyle, so she agrees to run away with the mysterious Craig Wells. Even the elopement cannot change Steve's plans and he sends Helen a package filled with money. The gesture makes her realize how much she loves Steve, and she insists on turning back, but Craig, who is wanted for stealing government funds, refuses. Helen and Craig fight, and during the struggle, she is shot accidentally, after which Craig deserts her. Eventually, Steve finds Helen and nurses her back to health, while the authorities capture Craig and hang him.
- The characters in this comedy introduce themselves in the home of "Ma" Katzenjammer. She is expecting company for the weekend and is making preparations accordingly. She starts her baking and has a goodly supply of dough on hand when she is called to the front part of the house. Uncle Heinie, in his favorite chair by the kitchen stove, tires of the dullness attendant upon the occasion and falls asleep. The kids meantime have been wandering around in search of amusement and not finding any they repair to the kitchen to see what "Ma" is baking. They find the bread dough and start right in to stimulate some excitement. Poor Heinie is made the target for a veritable shower of bread dough. Consternation follows and the kids make a successful getaway taking refuge in the captain's room. They find a pair of scissors and proceed to cut up everything in sight. The kids are caught and kicked out. They buy all the toy balloons in town and send them in a box to the captain. When he opens the box he is dumbfounded by the action of the contents. The captain decides upon a course of physical culture and goes to the gymnasium to dress for the ordeal. The kids beat him to it, however, and his stay at the gymnasium results in physical torture, instead of physical culture.
- Edythe, an eastern girl, receives an invitation from Alice, her school days' chum, to visit her in the west. Alice sends a photograph of her brother Tom, who is a stagecoach driver. The gambler finds a letter lost by Tom, telling of the arrival of a shipment of money. With the aid of bandits he resolves to overtake the stagecoach on its return trip. Tom meets Edythe at the station, and gets the express box. and they start on their homeward journey. In the wilderness a wheel is broken, and as Tom is fixing it, he spies the bandits on a distant hill. There is a wild drive, and the pursuing bandits shoot down a horse. The horse is taken from the harness and the journey is continued with three horses until the front wheel comes off and the stagecoach upsets throwing Edythe and Tom to the ground. Bullets are flying around Tom and Edythe and one strikes Tom in the arm. However, the stagecoach guard gets the sheriff and posse in time capturing two of the bandits. The stagecoach driver is rewarded by the affections of his beautiful girl passenger.
- Elsie's idea of a real man was a dummy dressed like a cowboy, reckless and wild and woolly. Wallace Carey, a gallant city businessman, rich, attractive, and well dressed, was in love with her, but she wanted a real cowboy for a husband. Elsie departed for the west to visit relatives on a ranch, but Elsie's mother favored Carey, and planned to bring them together. Carey applied at the ranch where Elsie was staying for a job, intimating that he had lost his fortune. He mixed with the cowboys, became a "good fellow," defeating them all at their sports and games, and cut a striking figure on horseback, so that Elsie finally began to believe that she had made a mistake. He rescued Elsie from a perilous situation, and proved himself to be a "man" in every way. So Elsie was won after all by an easterner, who admitted after their engagement that he had not lost his fortune, but was merely playing a part to win her love.
- Princess Elyata of Tirzah (Juanita Hansen) 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).
- An entire evening of magical entertainment is included in the 100 feet which composes the film. Hermann himself would have been proud of the result obtained. Our friend, the magician, first steps forward and produces an ivory billiard ball from space. With a wave of his hand he changes it into a full sized bowling ball, and in order to show that there is no limit to his ability makes one more change and holds in his hand a large cloth, known in magician circles as a "foulard." From this he produces a sleek and prosperous-looking rabbit, and then, apparently from nowhere, the stage is graced by the appearance of a charming lady in fancy costume. Holding the foulard in front of the lady, but allowing her head and shoulders to appear, he gradually raises the lower part of the cloth when it is seen that her "visible means of support" have entirely disappeared, leaving only the head and shoulder pendant in the atmosphere. These in turn disappear and the stage is empty until a large hoop covered with paper is seen to swing from side to side and, upon a pistol being fired, the lady makes her final appearance by jumping through the hoop as it swings and the film closes with her final bow to the audience. This also is a new film and one which in itself is an entire evening's entertainment. Don't overlook it.
- John Howland travels to the frozen North to build a branch of the Hudson Bay Railroad. There he meets and falls in love with Meleese Thoreau who warns him that her three bloodthirsty brothers--Max, Pierre, and François--have sworn vengeance against a man named John Howland, the son of a man who killed their mother, and that torture and death await him along the route to his station. Just as Meleese said, Howland is pursued by the vengeance starved brothers. Captured and near death several times, Howland manages to escape with the assistance of Meleese and the Jean Croisset, until the brothers discover that they have been pursuing the wrong Howland, and all ends happily with the union of the two lovers.
- Tom, Pat and Sid, three cowpunchers, arrive in a small western town, and seeing a motion picture company at work taking scenes in front of the bank gives Tom an idea. That night Tom and his two companions steal the movie camera, and the next day they start a fake scene in front of the bank. While Tom grinds the camera, Pat and Sid enter the bank, get a bundle of money and the onlookers think it is a scene. The three cowpunchers then escape into the hills with the money. The real movie company form a posse after the sheriff refuses to interfere, thinking the whole thing a joke. The company follow the boys into the hills, accompanied by the leading lady. She discovers the boys, tells them they are real good actors, and can make more money in the movie business, and so the boys follow the leading lady's advice and return the money to the bank.
- A picture dramatization from Sir Ed Burne-Jones' famous painting, with suggestions from that world famous poem by Rudyard Kipling, each conceded a peer in the literary and world of art. This great subject handles deftly the realms of the imaginary inner circle of society. (Even as you and I) A fool there was and he made his prayer, To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair (We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool called her his lady fair (Even as you and I). Guy Temple, as "the fool there was" marries his brother's ward, his boyhood sweetheart, Emily. The young husband becomes ensnared in the toils of the Vampire (a destroyer of souls). Clandestine meetings are arranged and the cunning, unscrupulous, satanic actions of the Vampire compels the poor weakling, Temple, to falter and fall before her charms. John Temple, the other brother, determines to save the young husband when he discovers his perfidy, and to recover the jewels given the Vampire by Guy. In a dream he remembers where he had seen Loie before. She it was who had ruined the life of Emily's father and rendered the then slip of a girl an orphan. Seeking out the brother, John Temple told him Loie was a Vampire, that she had ruined his own wife's father and to quit her under threat of his life. He offers Loie a large sum of money to leave America. But her promise is soon forgotten; her direful work continues, the tightening strands on wrecking souls of mortals. The fool was stripped to his foolish hide (Even as you and I). Which she might have seen when she threw him aside (But it isn't on record the lady tried) So some of him lived but the most of him died (Even as you and I). The young husband's mind is rent; his honor gone and the yawning abyss of the great beyond seeks its own.
- Former college football hero Kirk Anthony, to the disappointment of his father, a railroad magnate, refuses to enter the business world. Kirk prefers to coach the university team and carouse, until he is drugged during a drunken victory party and put aboard a steamer bound for Panama by an embezzler who switches clothes with him. During the trip, Mrs. Edith Cortlandt, who has married her diplomat husband for convenience, falls in love with Kirk. In Panama, Kirk and Allan Allan, a Jamaican friend, are arrested when Kirk's efforts to use American firefighting methods cause a riot. After Mrs. Cortlandt's influence gets Kirk out of jail and into a job, he falls in love with Chiquita Garavel, the daughter of a Spanish grandee. When Mrs. Cortlandt warns Kirk not to marry Chiquita, her husband overhears. He insults Kirk in public, and Kirk vows revenge. After Cortlandt commits suicide, and Kirk, who has secretly married Chiquita, is arrested, Mrs. Cortlandt withholds Cortlandt's suicide note, but Kirk's father arrives and convinces her to help arrange Kirk's release.
- A scientist who is married to an amoral woman lives next door to a happily married couple. At first envying their happiness, the scientist eventually falls in love with his neighbor's wife. When her husband goes on a business trip to Africa, the scientist also goes abroad to avoid temptation but finds himself sailing from Cairo aboard the same ship as his neighbor's wife, who is traveling to join her husband. The ship is wrecked when it collides with another vessel, and the two are marooned together at the edge of the jungle, with the woman suffering from amnesia and mistaking the scientist for her husband. About to kill himself to save the honor of his neighbors' marriage, the scientist is saved by the return of the woman's memory and by the subsequent arrival of her husband. Electing to remain in the jungle, the lonely scientist toasts the couple's happiness from afar.
- Those memorable words had just died upon the lips of the grand old general, as he gave Lieutenant Allen orders to reach Thomas. In order to do this, Allen had to pass through the heart of the enemy's country. Both men realized the excessive danger, and the younger officer salutes and leaves upon his mission. The message delivered, returning, the Lieutenant finds himself in close quarters. He feigns illness and is cared for at the home of Virginia Johnson, the sister of Robert E. Johnson, who is at the front. She unexpectedly receives a message from her brother, saying he will visit them that night. Allen, fearful of recognition even though he is disguised in Confederate uniform, plans his escape, only to be followed and captured. Later in battle Johnson and Allen are wounded and Johnson, feeling the end was near, places a little miniature in the hands of the Union soldier and asks him to find her. He recognizes it as that of Virginia, and the, "the heart of the rebel gray beats close to the stronger one of Union blue."
- The conjurer appears at a blackboard and shows the head of a knight on it. He seizes the picture of the head, removes it from the blackboard, and it turns into life and bows and smiles apparently with a body being attached to it. The conjurer then seizes a sword and runs it completely through the head, entering at the neck and going right through the top of the skull. He then takes the head and places it upon a camera, which is mounted upon a tripod; then throwing a cloak around the legs of the tripod, the young lady to whom the head belongs appears instantly the cloak is removed, with head properly attached to her body. The conjurer then runs toward a door which stands in the middle of the wall, and making a jump in the air, vanishes into space.
- Another stirring picture story with the Boer War in the background. The interest centers around the lives of two members of the British nobility: Lord Arthur Ralston and Lady Mary Grey. Lord Arthur and Lady Mary are betrothed and the wedding is to take place in Mafeking. As Lord Arthur's regiment is quartered in South Africa indefinitely, rumors are rife of coming conflict with the Boers and on the very eve of Lady Mary's embarkation from England Lord Arthur cables her as follows: "Our wedding here out of question, war certain, postpone until my return." Lady Mary reads the cablegram and proves to have a will of her own. "Father, he is in danger, my place is by his side. I am going to South Africa to marry the man I love." A few months pass. The war has begun and Mafeking is filled with soldiers. Lord Arthur and Lady Mary are to be married at St. Paul's. We see the church crowded with English officers, their wives and the friends of the dashing colonel. Just as the ceremony concludes, a Boer shell crashes through the side of the edifice, scattering death and destruction among the assembled spectators. Lord Arthur carries his bride to a place of safety and rushes to the barracks and takes his place at the head of his regiment. One of the most sanguinary battles of the war is reproduced. Cannon Kopje stormed and captured early in the siege was the key to the whole position, as it allowed the Boers a commanding point from which they could shell the besieged town without fear of reprisal. An order comes to English headquarters: "Cannon Kopje must be retaken." A stubborn resistance is met by the English, but the Boers are at last driven back, but at what a cost. The last drop of water has been drained from the canteens, the wounded beg piteously from thirst. Lord Arthur sees that the end of human endurance has been reached. He calls for a volunteer, and sends the following appeal: "Commissary Department, Mafeking: My men have fought here twelve hours without water. Unless it reaches us soon we must surrender." The water cart is brought to the well, the native workmen start to fill it, a shell bursts twenty feet from the pump. Lady Mary is ministering to a wounded officer in a rough bombproof when the news comes of her husband's plight. She reads his appeal herself, taking the note from the nerveless grasp of a young officer that is killed by a bursting shell almost at her feet. The scenes that follow depict the courage a woman may display when she finds the man she loves is in danger. At the point of a revolver she forces the natives to fill the waiting cart with the life-giving water those gallant soldiers must have if they are to live. Then taking the reins herself, she drives through the line of the Boer fire and reaches the trenches to fall fainting into the arms of her husband. Then later we see the army of relief wading the Tugela on their way to save Mafeking. "London, three months later." Lord Arthur has been wounded and with his wife is home on a furlough. A message from Lord Roberts comes announcing to Colonel Ralston that he has been promoted to the grade of Brigadier General for bravery at Mafeking.
- The first of many filmed adaptations of Rex Beach's adventure novel of the Alaskan gold-rush.
- Tom, a cowpuncher, is in love with Vicky, Wilson's only daughter, but Wilson objects. Ginto, a Mexican, is secretly in love with Vicky. Ginto discovering that Wilson is to receive a large amount of cash for cattle plans with other Mexicans to hold up the stage and get the money. Vicky overhears the plot and tells Tom. The outlaws hold up the stage and get the money. Just as they blow up the strong box Tom and Vicky surprise them. Vicky rides back to town to tell her father and the two ride back to meet Tom with the prisoners. They come upon Tom with the three outlaws secured to a rope and Tom holding them in line with a six-shooter. When Wilson sees that the money is safe and that Vicky really loves Tom, he gives his consent to their marriage.
- The sheriff is in love with a beautiful widow. The widow has a brother who is in secret a rascal and a member of a gang of bandits. The sheriff and the widow have arrived at an understanding and she is wearing his ring. One day four masked men ride into the village, loot the bank, terrorize the community and ride away with a big sack of gold. The sheriff goes in pursuit, and after a lot of shooting, fast riding and acrobatic horsemanship, the bank looters are caught. When the masks are removed, the sheriff discovers to his consternation that the brother of the handsome widow is the chief of the band. Duty stares at him with unsmiling face. The widow pleads for the release of her brother, but the sheriff resists her request. He keeps the prisoner and gives up the woman.
- Kenneth Traynor goes to South Africa to investigate conditions in a diamond mine in which he is interested. He is about to return home when he meets his wayward twin brother Jack, who starts home with him. The ship is blown up and everyone reported lost. Signor Keralio, a friend of Kenneth Traynor's, suddenly surprises Kenneth's wife with the news that her husband has been saved. In reality it is Jack Traynor. He has conspired with Keralio to impersonate his brother, for which Keralio agrees to pay him well, Keralio's purpose being to secure Kenneth's wife for himself. Eventually the real Kenneth returns, but is demented. He visits his home and is recognized by his son Mickey. Keralio sees Kenneth with the boy and brings them both to his apartment, then sends for Mrs. Traynor and gives her a glimpse of her real husband and boy. He is forcing his attentions upon the wife when Kenneth suddenly becomes his normal self, recognizes his son, and rushes to his wife's rescue.
- John Colter, a backwoodsman of the northwestern coast, earned a reputation for his speed as a runner and his resourcefulness in face of danger. Once when trapping he was captured by a marauding band of Black Feet, who gave him a chance for his life to run the gauntlet in a rather singular way. He was set loose and the Indians were ordered to pursue him until he was worn down, giving opportunity to prolong torture at their pleasure. The crafty Colter led them such a swift pace that when the strongest runner was so far ahead that his fellow men were out of sight, he turned, tripped the Indian, and finished him with his own spear. Then he took to the water and by hiding like a beaver beneath a driftwood raft, escaped.
- Buck Madden, a sportive cowboy, backs his pinto against anything on the reservation for speed. Chief Swiftwind puts up all his possessions on his own horse. Being shy on cash, he puts up White Fawn. The cowboy wins the bet, but will not accept the girl, as his wife is due at his ranch that very afternoon. White Fawn, however, is obsessed with the idea that she belongs to Buck Madden, and she bobs up serenely wherever he goes, much to his embarrassment, until he seeks the protection of his wife who explains the release to the matter-of-fact maiden.
- A magician has a picture frame set up. He then proceeds to make a second version of himself appear inside it.
- "Showing them in a game called 'cock fight,' in which they hop around on one foot with their arms folded. The whole affair is very laughable and sure to provoke a great outburst of mirth."
- A magician presents a wreath which in turn transforms into other things.