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Rejuvenation

Rejuvenation

1912 • 10 min • United States of America
A rich man who finds that there is nothing in life worth living for, is worse off than is a poor man in similar circumstances, for the poor man may he stricken with ambition, and in a last effort to attain fame and fortune, redeems himself. But what is a man to do if he has wealth, health, all the fame he desires, and yet looks at life through blue spectacles?
A Comedy of Errors

A Comedy of Errors

1912 • 14 min • United States of America
A man mistakes a woman's blown kisses as being directed at him. When he comes over to call on her, she attempts to shoo him away, but must hide him when her husband comes home unexpectedly.
Diabolical Physics

Diabolical Physics

1912 • 4 min • France, Spain
The devil performs his magical powers.
The Two Convicts

The Two Convicts

1912 • 18 min • Denmark
Students Lind and Beck are on a hiking trip in North Zealand. They enjoy the summer sun, eat apples by the roadside and soon come across the idyllic estate Sølyst, where they fall in love with the estate owner’s two beautiful daughters. Soon, however, dark clouds loom on the horizon: the simple-minded farmer they gave a shilling on the way is in fact an escaped criminal named Black Carl, and he has sinister plans. (Stumfilm.dk)
The Redemption of Riverton

The Redemption of Riverton

1912 • 11 min • United States of America
When a minister tries to clean up Riverton, he finds an unexpected ally in the barkeeper's daughter.
A Romany Spy

A Romany Spy

1912 • 37 min • Germany
Gypsy girl Zidra falls in love with the lieutenant she is supposed to spy on.
Making an American Citizen

Making an American Citizen

1912 • 15 min • United States of America
A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave.
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape

Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape

1912 • 14 min • United States of America
While looking for work, Broncho Billy meets a girl and falls in love with her. Broncho is then accused of horse theft by a jealous lover of the girl. At the moment that he is to be hanged, Broncho’s beloved girl comes to his rescue.
Comedians

Comedians

1912 • 29 min • Germany
Comedy superstar Kamma has her professional life and her relationship strained when her son Maurice becomes fatally ill. Only a small fragment of the film remains.
Friends

Friends

1912 • 17 min • United States of America
The orphan Dora is courted by two different gold miners.
After All

After All

1912 • 12 min • United States of America
A spurned suitor threatens to kill Margie's sweetheart if she does not give him up.
Kings of the Forest

Kings of the Forest

1912 • 21 min
A romantic drama that unfolds in part in British India. Sona, who leaves home with her ​​child because of the quarrel between her two suitors, is threatened along the way by wild animals. The quarrelling suitors put their dispute behind them, and rescue her.
Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins

Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins

1912 • 12 min • United States of America
Noah Clayton, an old coster, who has made a bit of money, lives with his daughter Liza. He is very cranky and very gouty. Henry Hawkins, a young coster, and Bill Brown, a teacher of boxing, and an ex-pugilist, are both in love with Liza. Old Clayton favors Bill, because he is well off. Liza likes Henry, and they meet down near the old church and do their love-making. Bill lays siege to Liza, offering her presents, which she refuses. At last he offers to take her to a music hall and she yields and goes with him. There they are seen by Hawkins, who becomes furiously jealous and upbraids Liza. She loses her temper and claims the right to do as she likes. Henry on this swears he will fight Bill, and Liza tells him not to be a fool, that Bill could lick him with one hand, and they part in anger. Hawkins meets Bill and challenges him. The result is a foregone conclusion. Poor Hawkins is knocked out and laid up in bed for repairs, tended by his landlady.
A Grocery Clerk's Romance

A Grocery Clerk's Romance

1912 • 8 min • United States of America
Ford arranged for lazy Brown to be kidnapped and dynamited by thugs, so that he can move in and marry Mrs. Brown. Locations include Rambo's Hotel, First Street in Coytesville, New Jersey, and Ford Lee, New Jersey area, probably in July or early August.
The One She Loved

The One She Loved

1912 • 17 min • United States of America
Roy Norris, a young author, proposes to pretty Mary Ford and is accepted. The first year or more of their married life is one of bliss, made all the sweeter by the arrival of their first-born. The little trio, father, mother, baby, are bound together by love, until unreasonable jealousy possesses the young couple. While at work in his studio, the young author is visited by his wife just as he is complimenting his stenographer on her valuable aid, and from this the wife sees grounds tor suspicion. On the other hand, the young husband, seeing his wife talking to a stranger, becomes suspicious.
The Detective's Dog

The Detective's Dog

1912 • 11 min • United States of America
When Kitty's family adopts a homeless dog they couldn't guess how much it would be of help in her fathers detective work.
Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth

1912 • 50 min • France, United States of America
Episodes from the life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603), focusing on her ill-fated love affair with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.
The Burglar’s Dilemma

The Burglar’s Dilemma

1912 • 15 min • United States of America
In this latter day Cain and Abel story, a jealous brother strikes down his sibling just as a young burglar is about to enter the house. The jealous brother summons police, who then charge the intruder with murder.
Andalusian Superstition

Andalusian Superstition

1912 • 10 min • Spain, France
A woman imagines the revenge of a gypsy that she sent away. This piece is told in multiple scenes, in an increasingly artificial world, as the venue shifts from a realistic courtyard to a wild, stagebound prison in which various stage monsters appear.
A Terrible Lesson

A Terrible Lesson

1912 • 14 min • United States of America
The story involves a man who goes to a gambling den regardless of the protestations of his wife. He is extremely lucky and his luck attracts attention. Strangers become friendly with him and he being a "good feller," "sets up" the crowd. After the night's playing, he is advised by the owner of the den that it would be hazardous for him to attempt going home alone with so much cash on his person. Chance decides to remain over night. He is shown to a room. During the night, he not only finds that he has been trapped, but an attempt is made on his life. (Moving Picture World)
The Hater of Women

The Hater of Women

1912 • 15 min • United States of America
Bob Burton is a misogynist who spends time with other men who share his views, but Bob's friends play a role when he shows that he's not completely disgusted by his friend Harry's sister.
Two Little Rangers

Two Little Rangers

1912 • 15 min • United States of America
"Wild Bill" Gray is a renegade and a wife-beater. He is about to start on some expedition of crime and his wife implores him to stay at home. She receives a beating for her trouble. Jim, a cowboy, rides past the shack, hears Mrs. Gray's screams and interferes, and takes Mrs. Gray over to his friend, the postmaster, so that she may have a good home. "Wild Bill" plans vengeance. Paxton, the postmaster, starts for the station with money and gold, and is accompanied a short way by Jim. Gray sneaks after them. After going with Paxton a short distance, Jim takes a turn in the road and Paxton rides on alone. Gray closes up on the postmaster, gets the drop on him, but Paxton is quick and there's a hand-to-hand struggle. Bill, however, worsts Paxton, and finally sends him over a precipice. But in falling, Paxton falls into a tree and thus is saved from sure death.
Der Nähkasten

Der Nähkasten

1912 • 2 min • Germany
Prym ad by Pinschewer.
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy

Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy

1912 • 13 min • United Kingdom
When rancher Arthur Mackley welcomes his daughter (Florence Perkes) to his ranch for a visit, all of the cowboys compete for her affections.