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His Brother's Debt

His Brother's Debt

1915 • 20 min • United States of America
After his brother's death, Arnold Downs, to save the reputation of his brother's sweetheart, Clara Myers, marries her, though he is in love with Sada Block, his employer's daughter. Five years later finds Arnold in business for himself and Block's competitor. The father of the girl never has been able to forgive the young man for giving up his daughter for Clara, and by bribing Arnold's bookkeeper he takes his revenge in driving Downs to the verge of bankruptcy. Clara's child, who is an adept at picture puzzles, takes some torn papers from the waste basket, matches them and shows them to her mother. Clara sees by them how her husband has been underbid by Block. That night she and her father, disguised as robbers, enter Arnold's office and take the traitorous bookkeeper prisoner. They present the evidence to Arnold who is saved from failure, and husband and wife discover that they have come to love one another.
His Bunkie

His Bunkie

1915 • 18 min • United States of America
"Now match him if you can, this Reg'lar Army Man. Rattlin', Rattlin', Colt or Gatlin'. Reg'lar Army Man." The daughter of his old pal and bunkie becomes his ward. He finds they have met before, are already in love, so he proposes and she becomes his wife.
Stolen Goods

Stolen Goods

1915 • 50 min • United States of America
The lives of a poor orphan and a rich kleptomaniac intertwine after the former is framed for a robbery by the latter.
Two Knights of Vaudeville

Two Knights of Vaudeville

1915 • 11 min • United States of America
After getting kicked out of a vaudeville show for misbehaving, they decide to put on a show of their own.
Avenging Bill

Avenging Bill

1915 • 6 min • United States of America
Lucy works for the Grouch family, and is used to being overworked and abused. But when Mr. Grouch punches her sweetheart, Bill, she has had enough. She grabs a knife and chases Mr. Grouch until he apologizes to Bill.
The Fatal Card

The Fatal Card

1915 • 50 min • United States of America
A notorious gambler and card cheat, George Forrester, rules a little western town with an iron hand. The men of the town plot to catch him cheating and do, but his men save him from danger. In the same town lives Gerald Austen, or Aitkens, who had left his tyrannical father in the east and made good in the west.
The Rights of Man: A Story of War's Red Blotch

The Rights of Man: A Story of War's Red Blotch

1915 • 50 min • United States of America
A royal princess gives her time to the Red Cross, and works alongside a young American doctor.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln

The Life of Abraham Lincoln

1915 • 22 min
This short 1915 Edison film stars Frank McGlynn as the famous president from his marriage to assassination by Booth.
East Lynne

East Lynne

1915 • 30 min
An adaptation of the stage warhorse East Lynne featuring a young, curly-haired Alan Hale as the villain.
The Broken Window

The Broken Window

1915 • 11 min • United States of America
A group of boys are playing baseball on a playground, and one of them hits the ball over the fence, breaking the window of a house belonging to a professor. He calls in a repairman, who arrives to fix the window and is admitted by the professor's pretty maid. Attracted to her and wanting to see her again, after he fixes the window he sneaks back to the house that night and breaks it again, hoping she'll call to have him come out and fix it. She does, but it doesn't turn out exactly the way he had hoped.
An Expensive Visit

An Expensive Visit

1915 • 10 min • United States of America
At college, Jack is spending his dad's money and not studying. When dad comes for a visit, Jack gets one of his friends to dress as a woman and flirt with his father. Another friend pretends to be the jealous husband, forcing dad to buy his way out of trouble.
Emmy of Stork's Nest

Emmy of Stork's Nest

1915 • 50 min
Through the death of his father, Benton Cabot is left with nothing but a small mountain cabin which he has never seen. He goes to take up his property and in the mountains meets Emmy Garrett, an untutored but attractive girl, just budding into womanhood.
They Looked Alike

They Looked Alike

1915 • 6 min • United States of America
Two tramps look so much alike that they can outfox the police time after time. When one of them is locked in a shack, the police manage to catch the other one and expose the trick.
The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

The Mettle of Jerry McGuire

1915 • 20 min • United States of America
Helen is operator at Bells. Jerry McGuire, engineer on the local freight, and Tom Thornton, his fireman, are both rivals for the hand of the girl. Jerry is preferred and Tom tries to get Jerry to take to liquor again, a habit that he has overcome. Tom is unsuccessful.
Sweedie Goes to College

Sweedie Goes to College

1915 • 19 min • United States of America
Sweedie, the cook, reads an ad in the newspaper for a maid to give her services in exchange for college tuition. She applies and is accepted.
The New Teacher

The New Teacher

1915 • 10 min • United States of America
The country school board assigns a new teacher, and the lot falls to none other than Sweedie.
The Lone Game

The Lone Game

1915 • 16 min • United States of America
A brother, a sister, and a friend all battle against the deadly disease of tuberculosis.
How Weary Went Wooing

How Weary Went Wooing

1915 • 12 min • United States of America
Miss Satterly, the new schoolteacher, is loved by all the cowboys of the "Flying U" ranch. Weary is shy and only makes the acquaintance of the pretty schoolteacher by main force on the part of his cowboy companions.
Pimple Has One

Pimple Has One

1915 • 6 min • United Kingdom
The mischievous Pimple takes to the bottle.
The Labyrinth

The Labyrinth

1915 • 50 min • United States of America
Café singer Florence Burgess, a café singer secretly supports her lame sister Frances, one day she catches the eye of theatrical manager Oscar Morse, who offers her an engagement. However, when they meet, he makes inappropriate advances, which Florence rejects. Out of work after her café closes, Florence tricks Morse by getting him drunk and having him sign a substitute contract, starring her in a show called "The Green Goddess." Now successful and using the stage name Flo Burke she takes a rest at a country hotel. She meets and falls in love with Fenton, a minister whose earlier efforts led to the closure of her old café. Unaware of her true identity, Fenton tells her about his missionary work. Florence keeps her identity secret, saying she is the sister of Flo Burke, and falls in love with him. After hearing Fenton preach, Florence decides to leave the stage, but Morse demands a large forfeit, effectively binding her to her theatrical contract.
The Marriage of Kitty

The Marriage of Kitty

1915 • 50 min • United States of America
A young woman who agrees to a sham wedding with Lord Riginald Belsize because his inheritance prohibits him from marrying his girlfriend who is an actress. Belsize is convinced if he marries someone else and hires that woman to be his "wife" he can hide his relationship with his girlfriend.
The Campbells Are Coming

The Campbells Are Coming

1915 • 40 min • United States of America
In 1857, Mary McLean leaves her sweetheart in the Scottish Highlands to teach school in India, where her father is a missionary. In India, the new Sepoy leader, Nana Sahib, sends his agent Azimooah to appeal to Queen Victoria to restore the pension given during his father's reign, but the Queen refuses because Nana Sahib is an adopted son. The infuriated Sepoys attack an English town and capture Mary and her father. After Nana Sahib adds Mary to his harem, she pretends to like him to learn information about his plans, which she passes on to British officers when she escapes.
The Lost House

The Lost House

1915 • 40 min • United States of America
Before his niece and ward, Dosia Dale, comes of age, her uncle, who has spent her entire fortune, must think of a way to account for his actions. He proposes marriage, and when Dosia indignantly refuses him, he conspires with his evil friend, Dr. Protheroe, to do away with her. Declaring Dosia insane, the two men lock her up in the doctor's insane asylum, but she manages to drop a note from the window. Her plea for help is found by a reporter named Ford, who feigns insanity in order to gain admittance to the asylum. Dr. Protheroe becomes suspicious of Ford and locks him up with Dosia, whereupon Ford, knowing that his friend Cuthbert will notify the police if he and Dosia do not emerge safely by twelve, barricades the door and waits. In a furious battle with the police and the militia, Dosia's uncle and Dr. Protheroe are killed and the house set ablaze, but Ford and Dosia escape, leaping from the roof into a fire net below. All danger passed, Ford and Dosia become engaged.
The Girl and the Special

The Girl and the Special

1915 • 12 min • United States of America
Disguised as baggage man, Burgess and Whelan board the train to which is coupled the special carrying Nina Mallotte and her theatrical troupe. The thieves plan to steal the actress' gems.