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The Broken Rail

The Broken Rail

1915 • 13 min • United States of America
Spang, a tramp telegrapher, is knocked down by a freight car while walking up the siding near Lone Point. Helen witnesses the accident and by quick work saves him from being run over. The girl is later transferred to the shop's office and, due to her influence.
The Poet of the Peaks

The Poet of the Peaks

1915 • 20 min
Lydia Lovell, a heartless society butterfly, seeks to know more about Dane Strong, a poet known as "the poet of the peaks" who lives in a cabin in the mountains. Based on John Keats's poem "La Belle Dame sans Merci."
Her Painted Hero

Her Painted Hero

1915 • 21 min • United States of America
A stage-struck young woman becomes an heiress, and hopes to use her new-found wealth to fulfill a fantasy.
The Night Operator at Buxton

The Night Operator at Buxton

1915 • 24 min • United States of America
Bob's daughter is sick, so Helen volunteers to take his place on the night run, unaware that the Blackhall gang intends to rob the train which carries a valuable gold shipment. Learning of Helen's peril, Bob and Tracy pursue the train by automobile, arriving just as the hijackers are about to explode a charge of dynamite under the rails.
Pawns of Mars

Pawns of Mars

1915 • 40 min • United States of America
Conducting experiments with a new explosive of tremendous power, Dr. Lefone, a celebrated chemist, receives a visit from Rizo Turbal, secretly acting as spy for the emperor of a foreign country. Lefone's friend, John Temple, is experimenting with a discovery he has made of a new wireless wave, with which he expects to explode bombs at long range.
Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt

1915 • 60 min • United Kingdom
A fantasy from Ibsen's verse drama. Ne'er-do-well and braggart Peer Gynt has many adventures in varied countries, making and losing money, gaining fortune at others' expense, until he finds salvation in the love of Solveig.
Broncho Billy and the Baby

Broncho Billy and the Baby

1915 • 12 min • United States of America
Billy rescues a child and returns her to her mother. When the husband returns and discovers that the savior of his child is a wanted outlaw, he's faced with a moral crisis.
Down on the Phoney Farm

Down on the Phoney Farm

1915 • 3 min • United States of America
An animated short about a farmer and his cow
Lizzie’s Dizzy Career

Lizzie’s Dizzy Career

1915 • 12 min • United States of America
A 1915 Victoria Forde comedy. As Lizzie (Forde) has a beautiful voice, everybody in her tiny hometown encourage her to try a career in show business in the big city. As she arrives there, she discovers she’s too clumsy to even be part of the chorus. Her small town boyfriend, Jeb (Lyons) follows her.
Those of Our Land

Those of Our Land

1915 • 50 min • France
With family connections to some famous French artists, writers, and musicians of the time, Sacha Guitry decided to film the individuals in action, to celebrate the greatness of his culture, threatened by Germany in the ongoing Great War.
Tools of Providence

Tools of Providence

1915 • 30 min • United States of America
Dakota Dan, who runs the saloon and gambling hall, is refusing to take another drink with the boys, who commence to kid him, saying he's been scared to drink ever since he heard the new parson's daughter was going to convert him. Dakota flushes and replies half angrily that he has never seen the parson's girl and don't ever want to. That afternoon Daisy goes to the saloon and invites Dakota to attend church. Dakota refuses her invitation; Daisy tells him she will make a bargain with him to tend his bar for five minutes if he will go to church the next day. Dakota is slightly startled, but he admires her grit and accepts the challenge. Daisy goes behind the bar. The men line up and she is about to serve a fresh guy when he suddenly reaches over and kisses her. Dakota immediately knocks him "cold, and, ashamed of his bargain with Daisy, grimly escorts her to the door. The next day he tells the men that if they don't accompany him to church he will close.
The Lilac Splash

The Lilac Splash

1915 • 20 min • United States of America
A 1915 silent comedy.
The Doll-House Mystery

The Doll-House Mystery

1915 • 29 min • United States of America
When a stack of valuable bonds go missing from the Grant household, suspicion falls on little Carmen Grant's playmate Georgie, whose father is a poor ex-convict trying to go straight.
McQuade of the Traffic Squad

McQuade of the Traffic Squad

1915 • 16 min • United States of America
Policeman Patrick McQuade, of the traffic squad, has a sweetheart. Patrick has a rival in Policeman Flynn, who does not stop at anything to depreciate Patrick in Nora's eyes.
Court House Crooks

Court House Crooks

1915 • 27 min • United States of America
A farce involving an esteemed judge, his young wife, and the District Attorney she's seeing on the side; Misplaced jewelry and a message written on a mirror lead to the DA's undoing.
Ham and the Jitney Bus

Ham and the Jitney Bus

1915 • 12 min
A short comic film in which a bickering duo start a taxi company. A constantly quarrelling duo, consisting of a tall fat man and a short thin man, find a wallet on the street, with twenty dollars inside. They use that money to buy a car, and then set up their own taxi company. The competition is fierce, and their clumsiness creates many problems. They even turn to transvestism and the kidnapping of passengers to boost their business.
Black Eyes

Black Eyes

1915 • 15 min • United States of America
A husband and wife swear never again to sneak out on each other with their friends, and are both faced with complications when they go back on their word.
Der geheimnisvolle Wanderer

Der geheimnisvolle Wanderer

1915 • 56 min • Germany
A mysterious man saves the son of a wealthy couple so they allow him to stay at their place for one night but soon a murder happens.
The Millionaire Baby

The Millionaire Baby

1915 • 60 min • United States of America
Who stole "The Millionaire Baby?" Did the plotting Doctor Pool finally accomplish his bold determination? Did Valerie Carew, former Burlesque Queen conquered by Mother-Love seize an advantageous opportunity and steal away her loved one? Did Marion Ocumpaugh have knowledge of Gwendolyn's disappearance? Did Justin Carew, finally recognizing his wife and desiring a reconciliation, see the light and kidnap his own child? This film is presumably lost.
The Open Drawbridge

The Open Drawbridge

1915 • 13 min • United States of America
Benton, railroad detective, is assigned to run down the crooks who have been breaking into freight cars near Hobart. Helen, the telegraph operator at Hobart, supplies Benton with his first clue. Later in the day, the two see Rand and his band of river pirates rifling a box car.
The Picture of Dorian Grey

The Picture of Dorian Grey

1915 • 22 min • Russia
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
The Commuters

The Commuters

1915 • 50 min • United States of America
The Commuters is a 1915 silent film comedy directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Irene Fenwick in her film debut. It is based on a 1910 Broadway play, The Commuters, by James Forbes. A copy of the film is saved in the Library of Congress collection.
The Girl at Lone Point

The Girl at Lone Point

1915 • 13 min • United States of America
Helen catches two yeggmen who have broken into a freight car which has been detached from a train because of a hot box and are attempting to rifle the safe. The yeggmen escape aboard a passing freight with Helen, who has leaped upon the caboose, in hot pursuit, along with the trainmen.
Guilt Redeemed

Guilt Redeemed

1915 • 48 min • Sweden
The widower Stensson lives a happy life on his farm with his two children.