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Heart of Hearts

Heart of Hearts

1913 • 10 min
Will Power

Will Power

1913 • 15 min • United States of America
Pearl's father disapproves of her sweetheart, Chester, and tries to use a mind-over-matter technique to keep him away. However, Pearl discovers the secret behind Chester's strange behavior and, with her own willpower, turns the tables, ultimately leading to a change of heart.
Arthème Sorcier

Arthème Sorcier

1913 • 6 min • France
Artheme is fascinated when he sees a conjurer do some simple tricks with a magic wand, and so he steals it, proceeding to change a horse into a cow,an auto into a donkey cart,and a man into demon in a park.
Under the Basque Sky

Under the Basque Sky

1913 • 5 min
French travelogue about the coastal region of the Basque Country, with shots of San Sebastián and the area between Hendaia and Hondarribia.
When the Studio Burned

When the Studio Burned

1913 • 13 min • United States of America
A recreation of the Thanhouser Studio fire of 13 January 1913, it includes the rescue of a small child from the flaming building.
The Idol of the Hour

The Idol of the Hour

1913 • 11 min
The young artist had searched Paris for a suitable model to pose as a shepherdess in a new picture which he hoped would win him fame. But none of the models pleased him, and at last, feeling that he could not do justice to the picture, he decided to postpone his work and take a walking trip through France.
Bill's Sweetheart

Bill's Sweetheart

1913 • 11 min • United States of America
Bill, who is with a bunch of cowboys on their way to town, picks up from the wreckage of a prairie schooner a little baby girl. Five years later the little girl, while running after butterflies, gets lost. Bill, waking up from his siesta, goes in search of her, but she cannot be found. The little girl, in the meantime, has climbed into a freighter's wagon. For twelve years she lives with him. One evening, while gambling with Mexican Pete, the freighter loses his money, and the girl, whom he had staked against the Mexican's winnings. But before the Mexican can take the girl away, Bill wins her from the Mexican, places her in the care of a woman neighbor and eventually marries her.
Arabia: The Equine Detective

Arabia: The Equine Detective

1913 • 11 min • United States of America
Arabia, the intelligent horse that does the detective work
The Tiniest of Stars

The Tiniest of Stars

1913 • 16 min • United States of America
Family drama of a a brother and sister who take to the stage.
A Winter in Stockholm

A Winter in Stockholm

1913 • 3 min
Images of Stockholm in the snow, children sledding. Ships covered in a layer of ice, workers at work, birds on the ice and people skating.
Billy's Strategy

Billy's Strategy

1913 • 14 min • United States of America
Billy and his sweetheart have had a little quarrel, and just to make him jealous, she accepts the attentions of another suitor. When she thinks she has punished Billy enough, she decides to break her engagement with Billy's rival, and to again accept Billy's attentions. But before doing so she requests Billy's rival to return to her the letters that she had written to him during their short courtship, which he absolutely refuses to do. He informs her that he is going to Europe, and that when he returns he will amuse the boys at the club with the letters. In desperation she informs Billy of his rival's intention, and informs him that she cannot accept his offer of marriage while his rival retains those letters. On Billy learning that his rival, whom he has never met, is about to sail for Europe, he decides to burglarize the house and get his sweetheart's letters. But, unfortunately for Billy, his rival misses the boat and returns in time to catch Billy robbing the house.
Lost in the Night

Lost in the Night

1913 • 12 min • United States of America
Pearl White as a sleepwalking jewel thief.
The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened

The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened

1913 • 13 min • United States of America
Left destitute by the death of her young husband, Ethel Wynne lives with her old nurse, Hester O'Brien, a laundress. During the day Ethel works as a clerk in a toy store, leaving her babies in the care of Hester, and in the evenings, helps out by doing ironing and housework. One day, while she is at the store, Harley Clarke, a wealthy bachelor, comes in with a group of boys and lets them select whatever toys they fancy. It is his birthday, and. seeing the children hungrily eyeing the window display, he has decided to celebrate the day by treating them. Ethel is very much impressed by Mr. Clarke's evident kindliness, and after he has left the shop, she gets his name and address from Mayme, the girl who waits on him. When she arrives home, she finds Hester very sick and is obliged to call a doctor, who has her taken to the hospital. Ethel is now in a sorry plight. She has no one to take care of the baby while she is away at work, and no means of supporting herself at home.
The Understudy

The Understudy

1913 • 14 min • United States of America
Stella Le Vere, an ambitious but struggling actress, is abandoned by her husband and is forced to leave her baby girl, Grace, in the care of an orphan asylum. Later, the child is adopted by a well-to-do and kindly family named Thornton, who bring Grace up in ignorance of her identity.
Tigris

Tigris

1913 • 48 min • Italy
One of the most exciting crime thrillers of its era, Vincenzo Denizot’s Tigris depicts a cat-and-mouse game between a renowned detective, Roland (Alessandro Bernard), and the criminal gang led by the man called “Tigris” (Edoardo Davesnes, who also plays the roles of Leblanc and Il Commissario).
The Ex-Convict

The Ex-Convict

1913 • 11 min • United States of America
Wilbur Stone is falsely accused of a crime, convicted on circumstantial evidence and "railroaded" to the penitentiary. As an odd coincidence. Frank Fink, a hardened degenerate, is sent up at the same time and he becomes a prison parasite on Stone. Both men are released about the same time.
The District Attorney's Conscience

The District Attorney's Conscience

1913 • 30 min • United States of America
Tony Gazeco, one of the workers in the factory, is an anarchist and agitator. Being of excitable nature he is looked upon by the other men as a leader and during the lunch hour makes impassionate speeches. Will and May Mason passing in an auto are witnesses to one of the tirades and going to the office of Fred Jackson, the owner, tell him of the probable strike...
At the Old Maid's Call

At the Old Maid's Call

1913 • 8 min • United States of America
At the Old Maid's Call
Max Linder Does All the Sports

Max Linder Does All the Sports

1913 • 16 min
Max reads in a newspaper, that Gladys Maxence, a rich American woman, seeks a young sportsman for marriage...
The Unwelcome Throne

The Unwelcome Throne

1913 • 30 min • United States of America
Kathlyn Hare, daughter of Col. Hare, a collector of wild animals, is modeling a pet leopard in her alfresco studio, when her younger sister, Winnie, comes in with a collie dog, which excites the leopard into such ferocity that the sister has to seek safety in a cage.
Papa's Dream

Papa's Dream

1913 • 8 min • United States of America
Papa Ward, a portly and dignified person, sits drowsily smoking in his study as his adorable daughter, Fannie, comes and bids him good-night. Shortly thereafter Toby Bates appears on the outside of the house muffled up in auto garb and throws pebbles against the window of Fannie's boudoir.
A Husband Won by Election

A Husband Won by Election

1913 • 15 min • United States of America
Edna Dusenberry, the charming twenty-year old daughter of Senator Dusenberry, is in love with handsome young Walter Force. John Cartwright, a corrupt politician and candidate for mayor, makes a deal with the Senator whereby he is to receive the hand of Edna in marriage.
The Inside of the White Slave Traffic

The Inside of the White Slave Traffic

1913 • 28 min • United States of America
A dramatization of the methods in which young women are abducted or otherwise procured for prostitution.
Onésime's Theatrical Debut

Onésime's Theatrical Debut

1913 • 10 min • France
Onésime came down and threw himself on stage, starting into the great aria at which he excelled. We must say, in respect for the truth, that he earned what critics calls "the estimated success": Onésime, who has the voice of a barrel salesman, sings like the pulley in a well.