All Films

Between Men

1916 • 50 min • United States of America

When Ashley Hampdon becomes the target of a scheme to ruin him by his daughter's suitor, Hampdon sends for his old friend Bob White. Bob discovers that the suitor, Gregg Lewiston, cannot hope to win Lina Hampdon while her father's wealth remains intact. Lewiston hopes that if her family becomes destitute, she will turn to him. But Bob White is there to upset the scheme.

The Pawnshop

1916 • 26 min • United States of America

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

The Little Lombard Lookout

1915 • 6 min • Italy

A boy meets a squad of Italian soldiers. The commanding officer, fearing to meet the Austrians on the road, asked the boy to get on the ash to lookout. The guy actually discovered a group of Austrian short distance away, but the Austrians notice it and begin to fire. The small lookout, however, continued observation of the enemy, until a gunshot mortally wounding. His body is covered with a flag, strewn with flowers and honored as a heroic patriot.

Old Jane of the Gaiety

1915 • 16 min • United States of America

A chorus girl in a theatrical show is being pursued by a "Stage Door Johnny" while her somewhat prudish boyfriend tries to "rescue" her from a life in the theater. Old Jane, the show's wardrobe mistress, takes the girl under her wing and gives her advice on how to handle her situation.

The Portage Trail

1915 • 16 min • United States of America

This strange, silent film "The Portage Trail" dates to 1915. The film tells the story of a romance between a minister's son and a banker's daughter, but the narrative also pays attention to the city of Akron, Ohio. It's highly possible that the film was made in an attempt to clean up that city's reputation, since in the 1910s there was a deadly outbreak of typhoid fever caused by a bad water supply. To whit, the film has a segment, inserted into the middle of the romance, explaining how the city now has a new "five million dollar water treatment plant".

The War Zoo

1915 • 4 min

The War Zoo is the original title of this animated cartoon by the renowned Australian caricaturist Harry Julius. The miserable fez-wearing turkey represents the battered Turkish forces. The ferocious German eagle is approached by the dove of peace and the British lion still the king of all. Cartoons like this one, screened about 1915, were a direct and light-hearted form of war news and propaganda for the public at home.

Kungälv, One of Sweden's Most Memorable Cities

1915 • 3 min • Sweden

Images of Bohuslan.

Japan of Today

1915 • 14 min

Silent film about the sights, special customs and habits of Japan in 1915.

On the Banks of the Viege

1915 • 6 min

Train ride through the narrow valley of the district of Visp in Switzerland.

Clapton's Khaki Team

1915 • 1 min • United Kingdom

After playing their last match of the season, ten Clapton Orient players enlist for the 'Footballer's Battalion'.

School outing with Dr Maestre to the Ciempozuelos mental asylum (Madrid) in 1915

1915 • 8 min • Spain

Spanish short documentary film.

Nordisk Films Co. animationsfilm

1915 • 6 min • Denmark

A man falls asleep in the middle of the street and dreams that he is far away from the noise and clamour of the big city. The dream quickly becomes a nightmare in which he finds himself in life-threatening situations involving cowboys and tribal people. Just as things are about to reach a sticky end, he is jolted back into the real world by a police officer. (Stumfilm.dk)

Clarissa's Charming Calf

1915 • 30 min • United States of America

Clarissa spins the tale for her children of how when she was a young girl, she was the belle of the small town of Cherry Pit Siding. Winning the title of “the most popular young lady” at the annual fireman’s ball she is awarded the prize of a beautiful calf. Loved by artist Josh Jiggers she poses for a painting to be known as "Clarissa's Charming Calf." Unfortunately for the lovers New York variety manager Omar Commerstein espies the portrait and yearns to make Clarissa a roof-garden attraction. When she spurns him, he takes desperate measures to ensnare her but thanks to the efforts of Josh and the firemen the villainous manager and his confederates are soon thwarted. Reunited Clarissa and Josh marry.

The Night and The Moon... The Man and The Woman...

1915 • 13 min • Russia

Miss Bellboy

1915 • 40 min • Germany

Miss Lo leaves finishing school and returns to her parents’ hotel “Zum Weißen Schwan”. One of the chambermaids eloped with the bellboy and now the daughter has to help out – sometimes as a maid, sometimes in the guise of a bellboy. When she falls in love with Lieutenant Clairon, her male disguise begins to stand in her way. At a ball she has to to look on helplessly while he’s flirting with other women. But with the help of her friend Röschen, who’s the cousin of Clairon, a happy ending is attained.

The Soap Suds Star

1915 • 14 min • United States of America

Comedy about a down-and-out vaudeville team who attempt Shakespeare and destroy their career.

Beautiful Holland

1915 • 8 min

Family Film of the family Van den Bussche. Takes place in the Netherlands, Japan and Indonesia.

The Pitch o' Chance

1915 • 25 min • United States of America

One of the earliest surviving short films by Franke Borzage. A simple western about a man who enjoys boozing, gambling and women.

Don Leandro, el inefable

1915 • 12 min • Venezuela

A 1914 short film from Venezuela.

Pasionaria

1915 • 25 min • Spain

One night, after saying her boyfriend goodbye, Adriana has to go to the chemist’s to buy some medicine to her mother. On the way she is assaulted by the Marquess del Olmo and two mates who bring her to a brothel where they perpetrate the rape. With the father of Adriana claiming damages, the Marquess just offers him money because he asserts that she went there of her free will. The father rejects the money but he believes in the infamy of the Marquess and, wounded his honour, throws Adriana out. It is at the home of her old dance teacher that Adriana finds solace. Some months later, now a genuine artist, she leaves Spain for the distant shores of America. Under the name of Tórtola Valencia, Adriana becomes a famous dancer.

Grand Canyon Film Show

1915 • 44 min • United States of America

In 1902, Emery and Ellsworth Kolb opened a studio in the Grand Canyon and began making photographs of mule parties, landscapes, river adventures, and nearly every other dramatic scene and incident that occurred in the area. They also successfully navigated the Green and Colorado Rivers in 1911, filming their journey. This film ran in the Kolb Studio in the Grand Canyon from 1915 until Emery's death in 1976.

The Drama of October 15th

1915 • 5 min • Colombia

Reconstruction one year later of the assassination of Colombian liberal leader Rafael Uribe Uribe; with the participation of the perpetrators: Jesús Carvajal and Leovigildo Galarza.

Keeping Up with the Joneses: Men’s Styles

1915 • 3 min • United States of America

A domestic comedy about the McGinis family—husband Aloysius, wife Clarice, daughter Julie, and housemaid Belladonna. The simple story lines often parody society's concern with material goods as an indicator of social standing, but the series was not as narrowly focused as the title implies. The Joneses were the McGinis's neighbors, but were not depicted. They were referred to as objects of envy, with whom the McGinis family was "trying to keep up." In this film, Pa McGinis decides to buy a new hat.

Under galgen

1915 • 42 min • Denmark

Colonel Bjelke is disturbed by the fact that his beautiful wife Yelva spends a lot of time with Lt. Sparre. Yelva is planning a visit to the fortune teller to find about her future.