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By the Cross

By the Cross

1913 • 49 min • Italy
A costume drama from Roman times. Three out of the original six reels survive.
A Lady of Quality

A Lady of Quality

1913 • 50 min • United States of America
News is received by Sir Jeoffrey, a dissolute roué, whose contempt for the other sex extends even to his own daughters, of the arrival of another female child in the family. The mother dies shortly after, and the child, Clorinda, is brought up among the servants without a guiding hand. True to his vow to ignore his offspring, Sir Jeoffrey does not come in contact with Clo, until her sixth year, when he finds her playing with his powder horn in the great hall of his castle, Wildair, and sternly upbraids her.
The Secret of Adrianople

The Secret of Adrianople

1913 • 45 min • Denmark
Smithy's Grandma Party

Smithy's Grandma Party

1913 • 11 min • United States of America
Smithy's Grandma Party
Made a Coward

Made a Coward

1913 • 10 min • United States of America
Bud Harris, a young miner with a reputation for courage, goes prospecting in the desert with Tom Jones in an attempt to locate a turquoise mine. Their water gives out and their horses die on the way. Bud thinks that Tom has water in his canteen and strikes him down.
The Diver

The Diver

1913 • 20 min • United States of America
Rita, who is in love, makes a false accusation against the “Nymph”, one of her rivals in love. But when the “Nymph” rescues Rita's daughter from the water, she has regrets, and retracts her accusation.
Dollars-Pounds-Sense

Dollars-Pounds-Sense

1913 • 11 min • United States of America
"You're worth your weight in gold!" This is what Charles Watson, a young spendthrift, told every girl he met. His father threatened to disown him unless he would marry a girl and settle down, and if he married inside of thirty days.
Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time

Cinema Tragedy at Carnival Time

1913 • 8 min • Italy
Antonio is jealous of his wife Clara and follows her everywhere; one day he sees her walking with a man on the street. He immediately becomes convinced that they went together to the movies (instead they went separate ways). Blinded by jealousy, Antonio wants to enter in the cinema hall and make a killing; but the director of the cinema stops him, and goes into the cinema room saying: "Outside a husband is waiting for his unfaithful wife to come out and kill her. Please, those of you who do not have a clear conscience, go to the emergency exit." In a moment almost all the spectators disappear.
Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

1913 • 6 min
The young granddaughter of a banker plays a game of hide-and-seek with her mother, Mabel. After Mabel walks away, the child disappears. A clerk, realizing the time, closes the vault she’d been hiding in. Mabel, unbeknownst to her child’s wandering, believes her daughter is locked in the now closed vault. Mabel frantically calls for help, resulting in a comedic rescue.
A Loyal Deserter

A Loyal Deserter

1913 • 16 min • United States of America
Paul Worthington, a Federal private, receives a letter from their family physician apprising him of the dangerous illness of his mother. He takes the letter to the commanding officer with a request for a "leave of absence," but Col. Colfax refuses emphatically. Paul determines to visit his mother at any cost, however, realizing the gravity of his offense at the time of war. He leaves the camp, does his filial duty, and while at home General Buchner and his aides from the Confederate side use the lower part of the house for a consultation as it is in the war zone. Paul manages to overhear an important plan to trap General Grant. He memorizes, gets through the lines, warns the great Commander in time, and is pardoned for his loyal desertion.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1913 • 26 min • United States of America
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
His Secret

His Secret

1913 • 7 min
A melodrama about a poor couple. To get money, the woman goes looking for a job, but the man can no longer handle the rejections and begins to steal.
Max Takes a Picture

Max Takes a Picture

1913 • 13 min
Max attempts to take a photo of a woman in a bathing suit, waiting while she swims around. He's waiting for her to emerge so he can snap the photo, but she fools him by diving beneath the sea and running ashore some distance away so he doesn't see her. He then goes to great lengths to rescue her from the deep while she hides and laughs.
The Marshal's Capture

The Marshal's Capture

1913 • 10 min • United States of America
The marshal is compelled to arrest his brother-in-law for accidentally shooting a Mexican. His wife pleads for his release, but it is ineffectual. When he is asleep, she takes the calaboose keys from his pocket, but finds that the prisoner has been helped out by a "half-breed.". The marshal is awakened by her return and discovers that his keys are gone.
The Mistaken Masher

The Mistaken Masher

1913 • 8 min • United States of America
Georgie Burns is a conceited, athletic individual, who has turned his home into a gymnasium. His pretty wife is exceedingly vexed but cannot cure him of his love for strenuous sports. A forlorn tramp comes to the floor begging for a meal, and George promptly knocks him down.
Sallie's Sure Shot

Sallie's Sure Shot

1913 • 14 min • United States of America
Rob Ralston is forced to go to "town" for supplies, and "Injun" Jim, a sneaking rascal, announces that he proposes to jump his claim. This arouses the official ire of Fred "the star wearer," and he soundly trounces the half-breed rascal. Now Fred has an intrepid sweetheart. Sally, who is a well-spring of information and is naturally hated by law-breakers. "Injun" Jim gets reinforcements and carries off the girl as a hostage. Fred senses they are making for the mine, so he girds on his guns and goes in the same direction. The desperadoes arrange to "dynamite" Sally, but she cuts the fuse in two by a well aimed shot after they have sought safety at a distance. This saves her sweetheart Fred, who rushes to her rescue, and they both retreat to a cabin. The dynamiters are obstinate and place another cartridge, so that the cabin will be blown to pieces. The daring Fred picks up the keg of powder and rushing out rolls it down on Injun Jim and his fellow mischief-makers. They are so dazed ...
A Mistaken Accusation

A Mistaken Accusation

1913 • 12 min • United States of America
An Italian laborer is mistakenly accused of kidnapping the child of one of his clients.
Saïda Makes Off with the Manneken Pis

Saïda Makes Off with the Manneken Pis

1913 • 7 min • Belgium
A cheetah runs away from a fair and steals Belgium's national symbol: Manneken Pis.
Taming a Tenderfoot

Taming a Tenderfoot

1913 • 10 min • United States of America
Willie Clever, city born and bred, having been spoiled with plenty of money, thinks he knows it all, or nearly all. His father buys a ranch in Arizona and sends Willie out to run the business. He comes with "all the fixin's," and has not been on the place an hour before he tries to run, or reform the outfit. The cowboys decide he needs some experience.
The Ragtime Band

The Ragtime Band

1913 • 11 min • United States of America
Professor Smelts the band leader gets into a romantic rivalry with one of his musicians over the affections of a pretty girl.
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life

Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life

1913 • 14 min • United States of America
When Mabel romantically rejects a villain, he ties her to the railroad tracks, leaving her bashful suitor to appeal to famous racecar driver Barney Oldfield for help.
The Gypsy Queen

The Gypsy Queen

1913 • 14 min • United States of America
The Gypsy Queen is a 1913 movie starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle.
The Waiters' Picnic

The Waiters' Picnic

1913 • 11 min • United States of America
Louis, the chef and Oscar, the head waiter, are in love with Mabel the pretty cashier. The Waiters' picnic is held, and Mabel is the cause of much trouble between Louis and Oscar.
The Deaf Mute

The Deaf Mute

1913 • 6 min
Civil War drama of a Confederate spy who is captured by Union soldiers.