D.W. Griffith – The Usurer (1910)
A wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money’s limitations. 281MB | 17m 55s | 706×480 | mkv...
View ArticleCecil M. Hepworth – Baby’s Toilet (1905)
QuoteBaby’s Toilet is a 1905 British short film directed by Cecil Hepworth. The film features Hepworth’s baby daughter Elizabeth being bathed and dressed by her nurse, and was categorised by Hepworth...
View ArticleLouis Feuillade – Le pain quotidien AKA Our Daily Bread (1910)
A dour ten minutes during which a young woman takes the job a family man. Mostly of interest as a “glimpse of views on women’s emancipation and employment at a time when they were invading the office...
View ArticleAugust Blom – Den hvide slavehandel AKA The White Slave Trade (1910)
Quote:Anna, a young girl from a poor but honest household, is offered an attractive position as a lady’s companion in London. Her childhood friend is worried, but she goes anyway. To Anna’s horror,...
View ArticleD.W. Griffith – Rose o’ Salem Town (1910)
Mark David Welsh wrote:A young girl living in Salem attracts the romantic attentions of both a frontiersman and one of the village elders. When she rejects the latter, he attempts to force her to...
View ArticleD.W. Griffith – The Golden Supper (1910)
The Golden Supper (1910) Quote:Lionel and Julian both love Camilla, but she marries Lionel. After half a year, she falls ill and dies. Julian visits her in the tomb, and kissing her hand seems to...
View ArticleWalter R. Booth – The Sorcerer’s Scissors (1907)
The Sorcerer’s Scissors (1907) This stunning example of Edwardian cut-and-paste creativity, powered by magical scissors and Hunts Fish Glue, is part of the origin story of British animation. Former...
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