All Films

Versus Sledge Hammers

1915 • 12 min • United States of America

A count shows up in Snakeville to deliver a letter telling matronly Margaret Joslin that she has inherited a lot of money, so of course he wants to romance and marry her.

Moving Day

1915 • 13 min • Denmark

Escaping the moving day mess at home, Holm seeks refuge with a good friend. Many hours, and a lot of whisky, later, Holm mistakenly returns to his old address, where the new tenants have long since gone to bed. (stumfilm.dk)

Hogan's Romance Upset

1915 • 11 min • United States of America

Charles Murray out romancing in the park.

Cash Parrish's Pal

1915 • 20 min • United States of America

Cash Parrish, a bandit, is betrayed to the sheriff by his pal, Jud Ross, who covets Parrish's treasure and his wife, Rose.

The Renegade

1915 • 20 min • United States of America

A white slaver impersonates the heir to an English estate, but the rightful heir reappears and exposes the imposter.

His New Job

1915 • 29 min • United States of America

When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and replaces the actor. While waiting, he plays in a dice game and gets on many people's nerves. When he finally gets to act, he ruins his scene, accidentally destroys the set, and tears the skirt of the star of the movie.

Peculiar Patients' Pranks

1915 • 11 min • United States of America

In pursuit of a pretty miss, Luke gets admitted to a hospital.

Bad Buck of Santa Ynez

1915 • 24 min • United States of America

An outlaw on the run comes upon a widow and her small child. When the child is bitten by a snake, the outlaw risks his life by riding into town to get a doctor.

I prövningens stund

1915 • 41 min

Sven Nilsson has a wife and a little child. One day the child gets very sick and Sven has to find a doctor.

Wanted, a Nurse

1915 • 13 min • United States of America

After witnessing a minor accident, a wealthy man falls in love with the nurse who treats the injured person. He cooks up a scheme in which he pretends to be sick in order to see her again.

Rene Haggard Journeys On

1915 • 20 min • United States of America

Rene, condemned to execution for murder in the first degree tells his mother the story of the crime. His sister had been lured from home and abandoned by the villain. Desolate at first after some time she married a man who became governor but when the villain shows up again and threatens her happiness Rene kills him.

The Lure of Drink

1915 • 37 min

A married man's mistress has her revenge by making him an insane dipsomaniac.

Mabel Lost and Won

1915 • 17 min • United States of America

Mabel has just gotten engaged during a housewarming party of which her mother is the hostess. When an annoying party guest persuades Mabel to dance with him, Mabel hurries through the dance and then goes to look for her fiancé, only to discover him caressing another woman. Her fiancé finds not only Mabel, but also her mother, very displeased, and not inclined to believe his explanation.

The Fairy and the Waif

1915 • 50 min • United States of America

Viola Drayton (Minter) has a fascination for fairies, but real life intervenes when her father, a colonel (W.T. Carleton), is called off to the European War (that's what they called World War I in early 1915). He leaves Viola in the care of the Nevisons (Herbert Wilke and Ina Brookes) and gives them thirty thousand dollars to invest on her behalf. When word arrives that Drayton has been killed in battle, Mr. Nevison takes Viola's money for himself, but he squanders it and his wife has to take in boarders. Viola hates her life at the Nevisons so she runs away and gets a job at a theater playing...a fairy.

The Man with the Missing Finger

1915 • 33 min • Denmark

The first of the Danish crime films about a master criminal with 9 fingers.

Bughouse Bellhops

1915 • 10 min • United States of America

Lonesome Luke and his accessory, Moke Morpheus, are discovered in bellhop uniform, blissfully dozing on a bench in the lobby of the Bughouse Hotel. Comes a guest, and the desk clerk rings a bellhop. But, in the words of Aristotle, or Ted or someone, "you can ring and you can ring, but the house is boarded up."

Alice in Wonderland

1915 • 59 min • United States of America

Alice goes with her sister to a picnic and then she falls asleep and starts dreaming about a wonderland full of talking animals and walking playing cards.

A Mixup for Mazie

1915 • 10 min • United States of America

Maisie Orpe is a dispenser of victuals in a second rate "beanery," and is the light of the lives of several of the town "swells". But Luke de Fluke, an all-round gay lad, and Shorty Magee, the local tough nut, seem to lead the field in Maisie's blue orbs.

Asta Nielsen als Mannequin

1915 • 8 min

In this film, Nielsen plays the role of a mannequin, using her body as a clotheshorse. She makes a striking entrance on a flight of stairs, which serve as a stage on which to present sumptuous gowns and precious accessories. An outdoor shot shows Nielsen wearing an extravagant hat, posing in front of a Wilhelminian building in Berlin.

Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco

1915 • 19 min • United States of America

Frequent comedy co-stars Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand take viewers on a tour of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Attractions shown include the U.S. Battleship "Oregon", the Australian convict ship "Success" (complete with such punishment devices as a flogging rack and a spiked Iron Maiden), the world's tallest flagpole (251 feet), the Court of Abundance, the Court of the Universe (with sunken garden) and the Tower of Jewels. Fatty and Mabel also visit Frisco's still-under-construction City Hall, accompanied by Frisco's then-Mayor James Rolph Jr. Also appearing in the film is opera star Ernestine Schumann-Heink.

Destruction

1915 • 50 min

Fernande marries a man and schemes to get his wealth when his expected death occurs. But he dies before he can change his will. She next tries to kill the son who inherits, but he outfoxes her.

The Heart of a Bandit

1915 • 20 min • United States of America

With a price upon his head. Texas Pete takes to the open country.

The Second in Command

1915 • 45 min • United States of America

Lt. Col. Anstruther vies for the attention of Muriel Mannering with Major Bingham. The latter tricks Anstruther into believing that the girl loves Bingham, when in reality she has refused the major's proposal of marriage. When Anstruther saves Bingham's life during the Boer war, the deceitful major finally tells the truth.

The Rent Jumpers

1915 • 11 min • United States of America

The plot is driven by the confusion that results when two pairs of trousers are mixed up. One pair is owned by the landlord of an apartment building and the other by one of his lodgers. The lodger also has a wallet that contains rent money except when it doesn't, and the wallet passes from one pair of trousers to the other at unexpected moments. But neither the landlord nor the owner of the wallet are the central figures here, for The Rent Jumpers is primarily a love story between the landlord's daughter, played by the ever popular Mae Busch, and the lodger's roommate, young Charley Chase.