All Films

The Forced Marriage

1914 • 20 min

Again Max is forced into marriage. If he doesn't marry soon he won't get any more money from his uncle. As all three candidates refuse his proposal he talks his servant into playing the bride. He manages to fool his uncle and both get actually married. As soon as he holds in his hands the treaty that grants him a huge amount of money the hurry home. When his uncle pays them a visit they are found out.

The Cavalry

1914 • 29 min • France

A French silent film directed by Louis Feuillade.

Bigorno fume l'opium

1914 • 7 min • France

Bigorno gets a visit to his seaside estate from a traveler, who brings a monkey and bric-a-brac for his wife and mother-in-law, and some opium for him.

Fifi's House

1914 • 39 min • Germany

Comedy in which two fellow lieutenants vie for the favor of Fifi, owner of a clothes shop in a Garrison Town. The two friends, each married to a daughter of the General buy a dress for their wife and Fifi is the real winner.

For the Fatherland

1914 • 48 min • Sweden

A spy from a foreign country charms upper-class girl Ebba to infiltrate circle of powerful people.

How Things Do Develop

1914 • 7 min • United Kingdom

A professor takes daughter's suitor's camera by mistake.

Miseries of the Needle

1914 • 13 min • France

The central story of a young woman driven to suicide by the cares of earning piecework money to support her child.

The Crucible

1914 • 50 min • United States of America

Jean finds the boyish manner in which her late father raised her, is now causing quite a lot of trouble for her, and she ends up in a reformatory. After escaping this prison she meets Craig Atwood, a handsome artist, and now Jean must prove through a series of trials, that she is worthy of his love.

The Professional Scapegoat

1914 • 15 min

A man is hired by a department store just so he can be 'fired' every time there's a customer complaint.

The Noise of Bombs

1914 • 10 min • United States of America

Four miscreants get revenge on the police chief by planting bombs in his house.

A Cashier's Novel

1914 • 45 min

I Shall Revenge

1914 • 43 min • Denmark

Professor Andrew Bobileff leads a quiet and withdrawn life with his daughter Anja. Then, out of the blue, he is accused of taking part in a conspiracy against the government. He proclaims his innocence, yet is imprisoned before the eyes of his daughter, who vows to exact a bloody revenge on the governor. Anja flees to the capital, finds work as an actress at the court theatre and becomes engaged to fellow actor Jean Fort. Meanwhile, Bobileff dies in prison, and when Anja accidentally comes across the governor on the street, she cannot resist the temptation to repeat her vow of revenge. (Stumfilm.dk)

The Sheriff's Reward

1914 • 12 min • United States of America

Rose Boland, a pretty young ranch owner, quarrels with her foreman because she dislikes his attentions. She discharges him from her employ, and her cowboys eject him from the ranch. The disgruntled foreman proceeds to join a band of cattle rustlers and engages with them in the looting of cattle.

The Cabaret Dancer

1914 • 22 min • United States of America

Don Packard, an artist, forgets his country sweetheart, Martha, and falls in love with his model, Linee. The boy marries Linee and takes her to his home. Martha conceives a hatred for Linee when she discovers that the girl has robbed her of her lover. Don's father, a parson, is horrified when he learns of his son's worldly wife. When Linee realizes the trouble her marriage to Don has caused, she runs away, Martha does her utmost to stir up trouble. For two years Don searches in vain for Linee, who has become a cabaret dancer. Dupree, a Frenchman, falls in love with the girl, but she repels his advances, Don enters the restaurant just as Dupree, mad with jealousy, attempts to shoot Linee.

La maschera pietosa

1914 • 30 min

Italian drama from the Società Anonima Ambrosio company.

Arthème Opérateur

1914 • 7 min • France

Arthème decides to become a film projectionist.

The Epidemic

1914 • 11 min • United States of America

Argentino Boldo has a valuable book in his possession that Texas Tommy, Hesitation Nell and One-Step McGinnis desire to appropriate. The hero. Prancing Daly, and his sweetheart, Tango Kate, try to prevent the intruders from stealing the book. The tangoists have a lively time, which brings about many comical scenes.

The Spirit of the Poppy

1914 • 60 min • United States of America

A psychological study of the effects of drug addiction on humanity. Helene Ford has been injected with heroin by an unscrupulous physician, causing her to act irrationally. Her husband Stephen, a noted artist, hires a model whom Helene, inflamed by their friend Jack Murray, suspects of having an affair with Stephen. The model is also addicted to drugs and convinces Stephen to try heroin to forget his troubles. Both Stephen and Helene then become addicted to drugs. They abandon their home and then separate, after which Stephen resorts to crime to support his heroin addiction. During an escape from the police after a robbery, Stephen encounters Helene again, this time near death. She sacrifices her own life to shield her husband, but Stephen and his former model plunge to their deaths.

Cupid's Crooked Ways

1914 • 19 min • Denmark

Mr Bing, a merchant and confirmed bachelor, receives a letter stating that his uncle will disinherit him if he does not marry his cousin, Ingeborg Nielsen. Bing in no way intends to comply with that demand, imagining this cousin to be some tawdry peasant girl. By chance, he meets a young, beautiful woman with whom he becomes deeply smitten and whose heart he sets his sights on winning. What Bing does not yet know is that the young woman is a friend of his business partner’s wife – and is in fact none other than Ingeborg Nielsen. (Stumfilm.dk)

The Man from Mexico

1914 • 50 min • United States of America

A young man gets arrested after a drunken night. Sentenced to 30 days in jail, he tells his wife he has to go to Mexico for a month.

Hearts and Diamonds

1914 • 33 min • United States of America

Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores baseball players, Tupper starts up a team.

Beans

1914 • 11 min • United States of America

Mary, a farmer's daughter, is noted for the delicious beans she takes. When her father engages a cook, Mary is terribly hurt and leaves her home for the city, where she finds employment as a cook in a restaurant. The old saying, "The best way to a man's heart is through his stomach," proves true, and she soon has a host of admirers.

The Heir to Skjoldborg

1914 • 50 min • Denmark

Count Adam sends his son Jørgen abroad to thwart his relationship with Grete, a common miller’s daughter. On the trip, Jørgen is captivated by the exotic Baroness Tarnowa. When news reaches him that Grete has had a stillborn child, he considers his commitment over and proposes to the baroness. But as it soon turns out, Jørgen has been led astray. (stumfilm.dk)

The Cat's Paw

1914 • 20 min • United States of America

In this adventure the diplomatic free-lance and his brilliant aid in war, Nan Tremain, are again pitted against their relentless enemy, Pfaff.