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Mabel's Stratagem

Mabel's Stratagem

1912 • 6 min
Fred Mace plays a businessman with two secretaries. He gets playful with the second secretary, Mabel Normand. His wife, Alice Davenport walks in on him. He does some nice embarrassed husband pantomime. Davenport fires the two secretaries and tell Fred that he will only have male secretaries from now on. The next day, Mabel arrives in drag as a boy to apply for the job. The wife takes him into the next office and starts to make a pass at him.
Jim's Vindication

Jim's Vindication

1912 • 12 min
An express rider is wrongly suspected of theft. When he is sentenced to imprisonment, friends help him to escape. In the pursuit that emerges, he manages to unmask the real thief.
The Passer-by

The Passer-by

1912 • 17 min • United States of America
A random passer-by is invited to a bachelor party of rich men where he tells a tale of loss to those present.
Broken Oaths

Broken Oaths

1912 • 12 min • United States of America
Vinnie, Colonel Beggs' daughter, complains to her father that Lieutenant Sterling is paying her unwelcome attentions. The Colonel assures his daughter that she has no cause for fear. He immediately forgets the incident, as important military developments occupy his time. But soon Vinnie has a more serious complaint, and the Colonel is forced to act.
Olympics Games 1912

Olympics Games 1912

1912 • 8 min • United Kingdom
Awe-inspiring images of women athletes rope climbing demand attention in this Pathe newsreel, celebrating the sporting achievements of competitors from across the world at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. The film engagingly captures a range of sports, illustrating the mass scale of the event as well as the more personal achievements of individual athletes, such as Swedish javelin competitor Eric Lemming.
Max and the Statue

Max and the Statue

1912 • 10 min • France
Max starts out at a costume store to get a costume for a party. He sees a suit of armor and purchases it. He wears it to the party and gets kind of drunk and passes out. In the meantime, a museum has a suit of armor ready for a new display. It is to be dedicated and some such. It comes up missing, so Max, passed out and still in his armor is put on display.
Friscot Does a Rest Cure

Friscot Does a Rest Cure

1912 • 6 min
Italian comedy about a guy who won't be dragged OUT of bed.
Fine Feathers

Fine Feathers

1912 • 15 min
The story of a male painter who rises to fame after completing two portraits of his maid, a woman who later becomes his companion.
1812

1812

1912 • 41 min • France, Russia
Made in 1912, this film has become known as one of the greatest pieces of pre-Soviet cinema. The silent film tells the story of the Patriotic war of 1812 when Napoleon attempted to invade Russia. This joint French and Russian film sparked major excitement in Moscow at its premier screening and continues to entertain audiences throughout the world today. The 32-minute silent film was the point of origin for some of the more advanced camera techniques used today. Sirotin of the Voice of Russia said that, “The film is interesting to spectators even today and is frequently shown both in Russia and abroad.”
The First Violin

The First Violin

1912 • 20 min • United States of America
Old Von Shultz, the first violin, finds as he grows older a longing for companionship. Hurrying from the theater the old musician finds little Helen sleeping on the steps of the stage door. He picks her up and takes her to his comfortably furnished home. The old man even grows childish, he is so pleased with the little tot's presence and he gives her the love with which his heart abounds. The next day he learns from the morning papers that Helen's mother and father were lost in a fire. He spends many happy hours with her, playing with her toys. He takes her to rehearsals with him, where she is the pet of the musicians. One year later Helen shows an aptness for the stage. This delights the old musician and the child grows nearer and dearer to his heart. A sad blow, however, comes to him when the Children's Society take the little girl away from him and once more he finds himself a lonely old man.
Under the Claw: A Story of the Transvaal

Under the Claw: A Story of the Transvaal

1912 • 26 min • France
A mine owner discovers a vein of gold but unfortunately dies. His wife doesn't want to sell the mine and so the forman decides to lock her up in a cottage with a dangerous and hungry leopard.
The Prospector

The Prospector

1912 • 9 min • United States of America
On his way to file a claim, a lone prospector stops overnight with a settler and his family. The miner little suspects that his host plots to steal the gold. But the settler’s daughter overhears the plan and warns the visitor just in time. The couple escapes with the woman’s younger sister. In store-bought finery suggesting new wealth, they return to the scene of the attempted crime and make peace with the settler. “We’ll work the mine together,” promises the prospector.
Butalin spazzacamino per amore

Butalin spazzacamino per amore

1912 • 6 min • Italy
A young lover is visiting the married woman he is wooing. the two sweeps cleaning the chimney are cramping his style, so he gives them some money to go away. When the woman's husband returns home unexpectedly, she hides him in the chimney.
The Organ Grinder

The Organ Grinder

1912 • 14 min • United States of America
A short romantic crime drama in which a wealthy American tourist is robbed and taken hostage in the mountains of Italy, but is then rescued thanks to an organ grinder.
An Indian Summer

An Indian Summer

1912 • 17 min • United States of America
A lonely old widower arrives in town and seeks out a pleasant boarding place. The house he selects may be pleasant and homelike, but most of all it is owned by a widow, and managed by her daughter. The widow and the widower are impressed with each other at first sight and a romance is imminent. However, the widower realizes his hair is both white and scant and feels that unless he looks a little younger, his chances with the widow are slim. He writes to a hair tonic manufacturer for aid. While trying to keep the letter hidden from the widow, she becomes suspicious and imagines it is from another woman, so she turns about to make him jealous. Eventually a unique trick of fate smooths out all their misunderstandings.
The Three Valises

The Three Valises

1912 • 20 min • United States of America
Jim Allen accidentally finds a valise full of burglars' tools. At the same time he discovers that he has fallen heir to a $10,000 legacy. In order to secure the legacy he must be in a distant city on the following day. Being hard up, he decides to borrow the necessary carfare from his double, an unscrupulous broker named Harrington.
The Unusual Honeymoon

The Unusual Honeymoon

1912 • 15 min • United States of America
Newly married Thomas and Mary MacGregor attend the village fair on their honeymoon. The balloon ascension is advertised for the afternoon. Everything is in readiness and Mary induces Thomas to enter the basket of the balloon. Some mischievous boys cut the ropes holding the balloon and it rises, taking the pair on a honeymoon trip entirely unexpected. They travel fast and long until the balloon collapses upon a desert island, among a tribe of cannibals, who think the couple are gods descended from the skies. Thomas deposes the king and runs things with a high hand. The natives, however, as they become better acquainted with Thomas and Mary, realize that they are only human beings like themselves. They decide to put an end to their reign and begin preparations for their execution and cooking. The night before the day they are to be put to death, Thomas and Mary escape to the seashore, where they hail a passing vessel, which lands a boat loaded with men, who rescue the terrified couple.
The In-Law

The In-Law

1912 • 29 min • Russia
Lusha is suffering from her drunken husband. One day her father-in-law rapes her. Of course, she doesn’t dare admit it to her husband. So, unable to move this incident, Lusha commits suicide...
How a Mosquito Operates

How a Mosquito Operates

1912 • 6 min • United States of America
A hungry mosquito spots and follows a man on his way home. The mosquito slips into the room where the man is sleeping, and gets ready for a meal. His first attempts startle the man and wake him up, but the mosquito is very persistent.
The Invaders

The Invaders

1912 • 41 min • United States of America
The U.S. Army and the Indians sign a peace treaty. However, a group of surveyors trespass on the Indians' land and violate the treaty. The army refuses to listen to the Indians' complaints, and the surveyors are killed by the Indians. A vicious Indian war ensues, culminating in an Indian attack on an army fort.
The Wreck of the Vega

The Wreck of the Vega

1912 • 18 min • United States of America
Five years ago the world was shocked to hear of the sinking of one of the finest and fastest ore boats on the Great Lakes. During one of the worst storms in the memory of sailors this great boat, the Vega, became suddenly lost and almost without warning, was driven ashore on the rocks near the Fox Islands in Northern Lake Michigan.
Alexander Karadjordjevic Visiting Bitola

Alexander Karadjordjevic Visiting Bitola

1912 • 4 min • Macedonia
Early Balkan footage.
In the Year 2000

In the Year 2000

1912 • 6 min • United States of America
A remake for the US market of Alice Guy's Les Résultats du féminisme. The film is considered to be lost.
Max Wants to Grow

Max Wants to Grow

1912 • 3 min • France
Commonly confused with Max ne se mariera pas