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A Desert Wooing

A Desert Wooing

1918 • 58 min • United States of America
When wealthy cattleman Bart Masters (Jack Holt) comes East, he falls in love with social butterfly Avice Bereton (Enid Bennett). She marries Bart for his money, all the while promising to continue her romance with society doctor Van Fleet (Donald MacDonald). Bart knows what's going on behind his back, but he insists that Avice return with him to his ranch and at least make an effort to be a dutiful wife.
Good Night, Paul

Good Night, Paul

1918 • 50 min • United States of America
Mrs. Richard is happily married, but still agrees to pose as the wife of a businessman to hoodwink the businessman's rich uncle. Unfortunately, uncle plans to extend his visit, forcing the two schemers to keep up the pretense.
Hear 'Em Rave

Hear 'Em Rave

1918 • 11 min • United States of America
Hear 'Em Rave is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Winner Takes All

Winner Takes All

1918 • 50 min • United States of America
Saul Chadron, a brutal cattle baron, is distressed that homesteaders are intruding on his domain and hires outlaws to drive them away.
A Model's Confession

A Model's Confession

1918 • 60 min • United States of America
An important customer at Armande's, where Iva Seldon works as a model, is Billy Ravensworth, who purchases expensive gowns for a heartless vampire named Rita Challoner. When Billy pays for a number of gowns with a bad check, Iva is sent to Rita's home to collect the finery, and there she meets Bertrand Seldon, whom she recognizes as her own father, a society man who had deserted his wife years earlier and never acknowledged Iva. Rita learns that Billy is poor and breaks off their affair, after which Iva persuades him to pose as her fiancé so that she might enter society. Billy is content to maintain the masquerade in exchange for Iva's money, but soon finds himself jealous over her apparent romance with Bertrand. Iva agrees to accompany Bertrand on a drive, but the car plunges down a cliff, whereupon she reveals her identity. Before his death, Bertrand at last recognizes his daughter, and with his fortune, she and Billy begin a new life.
The House of Gold

The House of Gold

1918 • 50 min • United States of America
After Pamela Martin's fiancé, lawyer Frank Steele, leaves for South America on business, her mother and another suitor, Douglas Martin, trick her into marrying Douglas by telling her that Frank is a thief. Douglas commonly hosts Bacchanalian parties at the couple's home, and after one of these revelries, during which Pamela explained the reason for her marriage to Frank, who had recently returned from South America, her husband in a drunken rage insults and then attempts to embrace her. Pamela reaches for a knife, but at that instant, she faints and awakens to find Douglas dead and herself charged with murder.
Little Women

Little Women

1918 • 56 min • United States of America
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

1918 • 60 min
Wharton creates a portrait of a stunning beauty who, though raised and educated to marry well both socially and economically, is reaching her 29th year, an age when her youthful blush is drawing to a close and her marital prospects are becoming ever more limited. The House of Mirth traces Lily's slow two-year social descent from privilege to a tragically lonely existence on the margins of society.
Believe Me, Xantippe

Believe Me, Xantippe

1918 • 50 min • United States of America
George MacFarland, a wealthy young man who loves adventure, bets his friends Thornton Brown and Arthur Sole $20,000 that he can commit a crime and elude the police for a year. After he forges a check, George heads West and does escape arrest for nearly a year, despite the proliferation of police circulars bearing his name and his favorite expression, "Believe me, Xantippe." In a Colorado hunting lodge, he meets Sheriff Kamman's pretty daughter Dolly, who recognizes and tries to arrest him. According to the terms of the bet, however, he must be captured by a genuine officer of the law, which Dolly is not.
Every Woman's Husband

Every Woman's Husband

1918 • 50 min • United States of America
A young woman whose domineering mother almost ruins her marriage eventually learns that mother does not always know best when her father commits suicide.
The Leopard's Spots

The Leopard's Spots

1918 • 3 min • United Kingdom
British propaganda piece warning against buying German goods after the war, summer 1918.
Knight's Spirit

Knight's Spirit

1918 • 48 min • Russia
A romance in the upper-classes develops as the Bolshevik revolution is at hand.
A Daughter of France

A Daughter of France

1918 • 50 min • United States of America
During World War I, Louise, a French girl, refuses to leave her château after the invading Germans take it over for use as their headquarters. A German officer, Col. von Knorr, makes repeated advances on her, but she rebuffs him.
The Empty Cab

The Empty Cab

1918 • 50 min • United States of America
Henry Egbert Xerxes' big chance as a cub reporter comes when he is assigned to track down a gang of counterfeiters which gathers regularly at the Red Dog Inn. As he leaves the office, Henry witnesses a girl being dragged into a cab -- the same girl he had seen that morning passing counterfeit money. Henry follows, but on overtaking the cab, he finds it empty. At the Red Dog Inn, he discovers that the girl is being held captive. After a series of rough and tumble adventures with the resident thugs, he and the girl escape, after which he rushes home to write up the story. When it fails to appear in print, Henry storms into the city room only to discover that the entire business was a hoax, intended to test his reporter's instincts.
Ein neuer Dreibund

Ein neuer Dreibund

1918 • 3 min • Germany
Produced as a promotional film for "Deutsche Reichsbank".
Jenny the Maid

Jenny the Maid

1918 • 60 min • Russia
After the death of Count Chambery his wife and daughter were left without means of subsistence. Seeing no other way out, a young woman settles maid in the house of Baroness Angers.
Ein Boxkampf mit John Bull

Ein Boxkampf mit John Bull

1918 • 1 min • Germany
A German propaganda animation.
The Woman Between Friends

The Woman Between Friends

1918 • 50 min • United States of America
The friends of the story are John Drene, a sculptor, and Jack Graylock, a painter. Both men swear eternal friendship on the night before Drene's marriage.
The Firefly of France

The Firefly of France

1918 • 50 min
The "Firefly of France" is an elusive master criminal of uncertain loyalties. When the Firefly disappears from view with a satchel of important government documents in his possession, his sister Esme Falconer is suspected of beings in cahoots with him. Dashing aviator Devereaux Bayne believes in Esme's innocence and accordingly dons civilian garb and heads to Paris' Latin Quarter to get the low-down on the Firefly's whereabouts.
The Adventures of Nickel-Feet

The Adventures of Nickel-Feet

1918 • 21 min • France
Émile Cohl produced independently an animated series titled "Les Aventures des Pieds Nickelés". There were four series of these produced, all released between 1917 and 1918.
The Honor of His House

The Honor of His House

1918 • 50 min • United States of America
Marooned on a desert island, Dr. Robert Farlow and wealthy toxicologist Count Ito Onato both fall in love with Lora, a beautiful Japanese-American girl. Lora prefers Robert but decides to reject him because of his excessive fondness for drinking. After their rescue, Lora marries Count Ito, but Robert, still in love and resolving to win her, stops drinking, and soon attains a reputation in medicine matched only by the count's.
Ann's Finish

Ann's Finish

1918 • 50 min • United States of America
Wild young Ann Anderson keeps getting expelled from boarding schools because of her passion for pulling pranks. She is finally enrolled at Madame D'Arcy's Finishing School.
Bride and Gloom

Bride and Gloom

1918 • 10 min • United States of America
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
Engineer Prite's Project

Engineer Prite's Project

1918 • 31 min • Russia
A man is caught between his friendship with a young engineer wishing to open his peat-powered electric plant and his love for a young woman, whose father owns an oil company.