All Films

La Leggenda di Pierrette

1916 • 16 min • Italy

Pierrot and Pierrette fall in love. But soon, Pierrette meets another man... Only the first part of the movie (282m, 16min) is preserved.

Marraines de France

1916 • 35 min • France

In times of World War I, a group of boisterous young ladies occurs to them that they could help the boys of the front writing letters to them and, thus, becoming their godmothers of war. Madeleine writes to the soldier Jacques Bertin, but, out of prudence, instead of giving her true identity, she impersonates her late grandmother. When the soldier comes on leave and wants to see her, the mistake will bring humorous consequences.

Clash of the Titans

1916 • 50 min • Germany

Titanenkampf is a 1916 German silent science-fiction film written and directed by Joseph Delmont.

A Flickering Light

1916 • 18 min • United States of America

Jim, a cowboy, comes to town with the boys of the Lazy B, and stops at the Last Chance Saloon. One of the girls of the dancehall is Madge. Hardy, owner of a distant ranch, comes to her and offers her a position as housekeeper, which proposition she spurns. Jim has a flirtation with Madge, and she interests him. Late that night, Jim, well under the influence of liquor, chances to meet her again. On the impulse of the moment he asks her to marry him.

Shulamith

1916 • 44 min • Hungary

Shulamith was written in 1883 by the father of modern Yiddish theatre, Abraham Goldfaden. The opera, based on an ancient legend, tells the story of Shulamith, a girl who is trapped in a well in the desert and falls in love with her rescuer. Although they vow to be faithful he marries someone else, but years later are reunited. Shulamith was the opening performance at the Hebrew Dramatic Club in Princes Street in 1886 and ever-popular with the crowds, it returned to the Yiddish stage in London a number of times in the 1910s and 20s. The well-loved lullaby Raisins and Almonds was written by Goldfaden for the opera.

The Man from Bitter Roots

1916 • 50 min • United States of America

The Man from Bitter Roots is a 1916 Americant silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel.

Undine

1916 • 50 min

In a prologue, a child asks her parents to read a bedtime story to her and her father selects the fairy tale of Undine, the most skillful aquabatic water nymph in the undersea kingdom of Queen Unda.

The Man with the Glass Eye

1916 • 26 min • United Kingdom

A society cracksman is caught when his dying victim pulls out his glass eye. There's a hint of Holmes' nemesis Professor Moriarty to the criminal mastermind of this WWI crime entertainment.

The Stepping Stone

1916 • 50 min • United States of America

Layabout Al Beresford is in a position of responsible in the brokerage film he works in only because of his smart and self-sacrificing wife Mary. While he dawdles and wastes his time she works behind the scenes to complete his work in order to save his position. One day when Al is out wandering Mary delivers important documents she's completed to Wall Street broker Elihu Jasper. He in turn is charmed by her and offers Al a job, though he recognizes his worthlessness. Jasper offers him many tips and with Mary's support Al prospers. Foolishly not realizing it is due to the work of others Al leaves Mary and is soon ruined, taking desperate measures he frees Mary to enjoy a life with Elihu.

The Potato Chips

1916 • 5 min • Spain

After eating a full bag of popato chips, Cardo is very thirsty, but he hasn't got a penny to buy a drink.

Fedora

1916 • 55 min • Italy

An Italian melodrama. Only the final reel survives.

The Innocent Lie

1916 • 50 min • United States of America

Nora O'Brien leaves Ireland to visit her brother in America. On the trip she suffers a concussion, and soon is mistaken for another Irish girl named Nora who is on her way to visit her aunt in the US, Mrs. Watson, who has not seen her niece in many years. Nora, still somewhat dazed from her injury, is taken to the Watsons' home, and when Mrs. Watson's son Jack returns from college, he falls in love with her but cannot express it to her because he believes she is his cousin. Complications ensue.

The Victim

1916 • 52 min • United States of America

Ruth Merrill and her father both are serving prison terms but her's is lighter and she is released. She becomes the wife of the wealthy Dr. Richard Boulton, who knows nothing of her past. Ruth's father escapes from prison and the unscrupulous detective, the same one who sent both to prison while knowing Ruth was innocent, is sent on Merrill's trail. A lost film.

Czech Castles and Palaces

1916 • 8 min

The film begins with shots of the castles of Bezděz, Točník and Karlštejn. In a restaurant at Karlštejn the guests remind Hašler that he is performing at the Varieté club. Hašler misses the train so he starts walking along the main road in the hope of getting a lift. In despair he forces a car to stop and makes the chauffeur to drive backwards to Prague. They stop at the wharf but, because he misses the steamboat , he uses a motorboat. The rest of the journey is spent on a tram. Hašler then quickly changes his clothes in his flat he reaches the Varieté club across the rooftops.

The Men She Married

1916 • 50 min • United States of America

Tricked into marriage with a villain, the woman, believing him dead, marries another, only to have the first husband reappear and cause her much worry.

The Vanishing Box Car

1916 • 13 min • United States of America

Film 111 of the Hazards of Helen film series

The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve

1916 • 12 min • United States of America

Steve Nelson, a clever crook, arrives at the little station where Helen is operator. He lives quietly at the village's little boarding house preparing for a coup when Helen receives instructions that lead her to suspect Steve.

The Trial Run

1916 • 12 min • United States of America

Film 108 in the Hazards of Helen series

And the Law Says

1916 • 50 min • United States of America

Under an assumed name, law student Lawrence Kirby courts the daughter of Dr. Cartmell. When she becomes pregnant, however, Lawrence leaves town to escape the responsibility of rearing his illegitimate child. Years later Kirby, now a judge and a stern proponent of capital punishment, unknowingly sentences his innocent son to death in the electric chair on the basis of circumstantial evidence. As the youth is about to be executed, his identity is revealed and the horrified Kirby relents. The judge's plea for mercy is ignored, however, and his son electrocuted. Immediately afterwards, Dr. Cartmell, a longstanding opponent of the death penalty, revives the lad and restores him to his mother.

Futurist Life

1916 • 3 min • Italy

De mystiske Z-Straaler

1916 • 35 min • Denmark

Karsakow is a circus dancer who's just lost his job. How will his little brother Vladir and himself survive? In the paper Karsakow reads about the inventor Berg, who has constructed a light beam that shines through everything. The Z beam. Professor Berg seeks persons to participate in scientific research with the development of the Z beam. When Karsakow's agent can't find him any new work, he decides to contact Berg.

The Capture of Red Stanley

1916 • 13 min • United States of America

Red Stanley's band has successfully robbed the express car and the members are making good their escape when they come upon Helen and her girl chum riding in the woods. The girls are set upon but they succeed by desperate riding in making their escape temporarily and, when danger seems near again, are saved by the approaching railroad detectives searching for the Stanley band. A running fight results in the capture of one of the band, but Stanley and his chief aide escape. Under cover of darkness, as Helen is working alone in the desolate station, the two enter and bind and gag her.

The Circus of Death

1916 • 60 min • Italy, Switzerland

A girl and a prince fall in love and plan to elope. But the prince's father dies, and the prince must ascend to the throne. The prince is forced to marry someone with royal blood.

With the Aid of the Wrecker

1916 • 12 min • United States of America

Greggs, returning from abroad with a large consignment of precious stones, thwarts the first attempt of Gentleman Joe and his accomplice to rob him at his hotel, but they follow him aboard the train the when he is alone on the observation platform they attack him, and a struggle ensues in which Greggs is finally thrown to the ground from the speeding train. Helen, riding through the hills in an auto, comes upon him before Joe and his pal can alight from the train, Greggs gives her the diamonds and tells her to speed away and rush help back to take care of his injuries.