All Films

The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver

1913 • 10 min • United States of America

It was a time when men thought quick and shot quick, self-preservation being Nature's first law. The stage-coach, having the precious freight of two fair girls and much of Uncle Sam's mail, goes through on schedule time, despite the fact that a band of outlaws leagued to rapture the mail coach.

Safe in Jail

1913 • 14 min • United States of America

Safe in jail is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Edgar Kennedy.

Bewitched Matches

1913 • 7 min • United States of America

Three girls seeking to have their fortunes told invite a witch over. When the girls' father offends the witch, she puts a hex on him and his matches.

Die Sünden der Väter

1913 • 45 min • Germany

Hanna is a lush and her artist friend abandons her only to reacquaint himself with when she is down and out. His motive is to paint her as a washed up women. When she realizes his intentions she ruins his painting and him.

The Little Minister

1913 • 20 min • United States of America

To start a little in advance of our story, Lord Rintoul, of the English nobility, finds a little Gypsy girl three years old, who had been deserted by her parents. Fifteen years later, Gavin Dishart, the Little Minister, receives an appointment, his first, at Thrums, Scotland. This was made possible through the self-sacrifices of his widowed mother, to educate him for the ministry. The community of Thrums is made up of weavers, who work hard, have little and accomplish much. They are ultra-religious and look upon their pastor with such reverence that he is a little lower than the angels. While naturally intelligent, they are grounded in dogma and intolerance. Just after the Little Minister takes charge of the "Auld Licht Kirk" and the Manse, the weavers resent a reduction, by the manufacturers, in their pay and a strike is declared.

The Grasshopper and the Ant

1913 • 5 min • Russia

An ant works to prepare for winter while a drunken grasshopper plays his violin and dances away his time. When the snow arrives, the grasshopper pleads with the ant for shelter and is turned away to die.

Rory o' the Bogs

1913 • 27 min • United States of America

At the death of Burke, the bulk of his fortune goes to his only son, Rory, a baby in arms. The child is in the keeping of his uncle. Sir Everett, who had a son of Rory's age. That his own son might inherit the fortune Everett causes Rory to be kidnapped.

Juggling with Fate

1913 • 10 min • United States of America

Dare Devil Tom Wallace, so called because of his seeming lack of fear, is held up while riding in the stage and robbed by a masked desperado named Morgan. Wallace finds the trail of the robber and follows it to the face of a cliff.

Her Birthday Present

1913 • 6 min • United States of America

Two thieves burgle a necklace from a policeman, but then begin to quarrel between themselves, leading to a shootout.

Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn

1913 • 48 min • United Kingdom

A wealthy landowner kills his pregnant mistress and buries her body, but his mother has a strange dream that just may bring his crime to light. Based on an actual murder that happened in 1828.

The Black Diamond

1913 • 50 min • Belgium

On instructions of the French company Pathé Frères, Alfred Machin develops a film industry in the Netherlands and Belgium from 1912 to the advent of World War One. He directs several quality films including La Fille de Delft, Maudite soit la Guerre and this wonderful gem Le Diamant Noir. A man is accused of theft and decides to quit the country. Machin's favourite pet, the panther Mimir shares the lead roll in this film with a magpie.

The Tiger Lily

1913 • 30 min • United States of America

Thinking that her husband is paying more attention to his work and to their little daughter, Nina, than to her, Cleo Morin runs away with Henri Mordan. On the afternoon of their elopement, Morin, who is a ballet master, is seriously injured on the stage, and the doctor tells him that his spine is so affected that he will never be able to walk again.

The Black Masks

1913 • 13 min • United States of America

In the film, Cunard plays a jewel thief pursuing the same wealthy marks as another thief, played by Francis Ford.

One Enjoyed, the Other Paid

1913 • 8 min • Russia

Death in Seville

1913 • 49 min • Germany

Melodrama set in Spain. This film is considered lost.

Alexia's Strategy

1913 • 23 min • United States of America

Walter Young and John Osgood are both in love with Alexia Trexell, daughter of the president of the trust company where both young men work.

The Strong Man's Burden

1913 • 16 min • United States of America

A crime drama in which a police officer does everything possible to help his criminal younger brother.

The Web

1913 • 20 min • United States of America

Lester Phillips finds that the allurements of Beatrice Esmond, an adventuress, have attracted him, and he endeavors to disentangle himself. But she loves Lester and is trying to keep his love inveigles her admirer, Zolan, into going to the home of Lester's sweetheart to poison her mind against him, which he does, Beatrice then fascinates Lester's young brother, Francis.

Monsieur Beulemeester, Civic Guard

1913 • 14 min • Belgium

Commissioned by Pathé Frères, Alfred Machin shoots several local stories in Belgium, in a typically Belgian setting. Machin produces not only historical dramas, but also some comedies mainly portraying the Brussels "zwanze", the typical humour of the city's inhabitants, which is characterised by a finely-balanced mix of self-deprecation and exaggeration. In doing so he made his films accessible and recognizable to his audience. Mr Beulemeester, notorious member of the local militia and very possessive when it comes to his daughter, is in this film fooled by charmer and suitor Van Soest.

The Strength of Men

1913 • 22 min • United States of America

Two men, rescued from the elements at different times by a father and daughter who live in a remote spot in the forest, become bitter rivals for the girl's love and eventually agree to a river-race to decide the issue between them.

A Life in the Balance

1913 • 10 min

A Keystone Kops short about a landlord discovering three "anner-kist" tenants building a bomb.

The Woman Haters

1913 • 14 min • United States of America

The Woman Haters is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Nick Cogley.

The Rustler's Step-Daughter

1913 • 27 min • United States of America

The sheriff of Mendocino County receives a letter from Bill Kato, proprietor of a ranch, stating that he is tired of losing his cattle and that if he can't find time to do something in the matter, he will have to see the higher authorities. The sheriff at once starts out on the trail of the rustlers.

The Man Outside

1913 • 14 min • United States of America

While Ruth is on a visit of charity to one of the poor quarters of the city she is saved from insult by a young fellow of the slums. Out of gratitude she takes him to her home with the intention of having her father help him. Her father, however, forbids her to have anything to do with him and orders her to send him away.