All Films

Sharps and Chaps

1912 • 10 min • United States of America

Professor De Risque, anxious to escape for a time the too solicitous attention of Madame De Risque, arrives at Roaring Gulch and, noting that the town numbers some very pretty girls amongst its population, he hangs out his shingle announcing the fact that he teaches the piano and violin. The professor is charming and the young ladies are impressionable, they readily desert the constant cowboys for the professor. The cowboys get their heads together and plan a counter-move.

So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law

1912 • 19 min • United States of America

Red Reagan, and two companions, Brooks and Mathis, lose their way while on a prospecting trip in the mountains. Fortunately they come to an Indian camp where they get food and water, and So-Jun-Wah a beauteous Indian maid, shows them the trail to the settlement.

Mr. Bolter's Infatuation

1912 • 11 min • United States of America

Mr. Bolten is hoping to woo the dancer Céleste and invites her for coffee. Her answer is that she will wait for him in hotel "Des imbeciles' in New York. He obviously cannot find the hotel, and to make matters worse he is robbed by a pickpocket. As a consequence he cannot pay his restaurant bill and is arrested. Luckily for him, a friend pays his bill so he can return home. There he picks up a dictionary and sees what "imbécile" means.

Samhällets dom

1912 • 59 min

Harald steals money in order to pay a personal guarantee. The crime is discovered and he is sentenced to imprisonment. After the penalty is served he travels to America to begin a new life.

The Fickle Spaniard

1912 • 8 min

A Mack Sennett comedy from the time he worked for Biograph starring Mabel Normand & Fred Mace.

She Never Knew

1912 • 13 min • United States of America

Left with the care of his little grandchild through the death of his daughter, old Mr. Blinn tries in every way to give her the cure and attention which she needs.

A Spanish Dilemma

1912 • 8 min

Fred Ward and Mack Sennett are two Spanish brothers seeking the hand of a lovely senorita played by Mabel Normand. They provide some simple amusement in this pleasant little ditty. They cut cards, do shooting tricks with a gun and duel with swords to determine who will be the one to get Mable.

The Springtime of Life

1912 • 56 min • France, Sweden

A motherless child has a tumultuous existence, but she eventually becomes a famous international opera singer. Past and present meet when she performs in her original home town.

Cohen Collects a Debt

1912 • 5 min • United States of America

After second hand clothier Cohen receives $1000 from a rival firm (unaware that the amount was borrowed to force his bankruptcy), he must dodge a disguise-wearing bill collector. Filmed in the For Lee, New Jersey area, probably in July or early August, 1912.

The Mystery of the Rocks of Kador

1912 • 44 min • France

Count Fernand De Keramic plots against his niece in order to acquire her wealth to pay his debts.

The Hand of Fate; or The Mysterious Blonde

1912 • 12 min • United States of America

Emil Kiznoff a German nobleman, marries Stella, a pretty gypsy barmaid. She reads his palm and warns him of a mysterious blonde. He laughs at her superstitions, but that night he meets the blonde. She is a high society gambler and in his new infatuation he neglects Stella. Gradually he becomes the tool of the blonde woman. He loses all his money and is forced him to steal a valuable diamond necklace. They leave for America and is soon followed by Stella, bent on revenge.

A Dash Through the Clouds

1912 • 10 min

Aviation enthusiast Josephine rescues her suitor, Chubby, from an angry mob with the help of Slim and his airplane.

The New Neighbor

1912 • 8 min • United States of America

When a new neighbor attempts to save a young wife from an intruder, her husband misunderstands; the jealous husband raises a ruckus and winds up in court, where the judge turns out to be the new neighbor.

Love and Friendship

1912 • 37 min • Denmark

Boarding school friends Edith and Yvonne's intimate friendship is put to the test by fate in this tragic love triangle. Their paths diverge when Edith's father dies and she has to move back home to her mother. Years pass, Edith marries a handsome officer, while Yvonne pursues an artistic career. Time and again she declines Edith's invitations to come and live with her and her officer, Kai Hornung. When she finally comes to rest for a few weeks, sparks fly between Yvonne and Kai – and the drama ends with bloodshed. (Stumfilm.dk).

Don't Go on the Spree

1912 • 7 min • Denmark

A long, wet night in the city results in a serious case of hangovers. Mr. Knold must realise this when he has to start his day’s work after only a few hours of sleep. From the moment he leaves the house until he returns and collapses in the middle of his wife’s coffee gathering, his day is filled with troubles. It’ll probably be a while before Knold is up for another round. Stumfilm.dk

Mabel's Lovers

1912 • 6 min • United States of America

At a summer resort, Mabel puts ugly bumps under her bathing suit to discourage fair-weather suitors; however, Black sees her doing it, and earns the inside track to her affections.

Miss Peasant

1912 • 15 min • Russia

Riley and Schultze

1912 • 8 min • United States of America

A constable and his sergeant are rivals for a girl, and to impress her they both attempt to apprehend an escaped convict. Probably the first Keystone film with comedic cops; Keystone trade ads upon its release heralded as, "An uproarious 'Cop' picture."

A War Time Romance

1912 • 8 min • United States of America

Among the many beautiful and exciting romances that saw birth, blossomed and grew, during the dark and foreboding days of our great Civil War period, was that of Arthur Deming, the young Confederate officer, and his Southern sweetheart, Alice Munroe.

Lucha de corazones

1912 • 44 min • Spain

Paco, a jealous and bitter man who is in love with Rosario, conspires in the shadows to bring about the downfall of Manuel, her husband.

Diamond Cut Diamond

1912 • 14 min • United States of America

A silent comedy in which a jealous woman wants to catch her husband in the act of infidelity.

The Hobo's Rest Cure

1912 • 20 min • United States of America

Bill Grogan, a happy hobo, having successfully eluded all sorts of allurements to go to work and having discharged himself from several easy jobs after numerous attempts to get painlessly injured, frightens a chauffeur into believing that he had been injured by a baby carriage. Eventually he reaches the limit of his restful ambition by getting a cot in a hospital.

The Distant Relative

1912 • 9 min • United States of America

The distant relative is a scheming woman who installs herself as the guardian of the two orphan girls and then tries to gain possession of their ranch. Cowboy friends of the orphan girls expose the schemer and her accomplice.

Max Juggles for Love

1912 • 6 min

Max wants to marry a lady. Inexplicably she insists she won't marry him until he learns to juggle! Perhaps she was just trying to blow him off--but you are left wondering WHY! Max goes home and tries to learn but is pretty hopeless. So, he gets a brainstorm that he hopes might work...