Lois Wilson

William Wolbert

Laura Oakley

Jack Hoxie

In the beginning of the Seventeenth Century, the Spanish Viceroys who had been sent to rule Italy, grew rich from the heavy taxes imposed on the poverty-stricken people. From the Kingdom of Naples alone, Spain extorted an annual revenue of fifteen millions of dollars. A tax was placed on fish, flour, poultry, wine, milk, cheese and salt, making bare existence a bitter problem. Fenella, "The Dumb Girl of Portici," as history describes her, was an unusually romantic character at this period. That she came of an unusual family is proven by the fact that her brother and guardian, Masaniello, although, only a poor fisherman, was able to sway the people that he reigned as king while the revolution was at its height. Unlike their neighbors, are the widow Rilla and her worthless brother, Pietro, who is in love with Fenella. A new tax is levied on fruit by the Duke d'Arcos, Viceroy of Naples. The people become embittered by this added burden and Masaniello is appealed to for advice. With the help of his friend, Don Francesco, he gives the people wise counsel. Conde, the Duke's younger son, reports their attitude, but the Duke laughs at Conde's tears. The elder brother, Alphonso, realizes the seriousness of the situation. Disguising as fishermen, he and Conde go to the Market Place to investigate. Here Alphonso first meets Fenella. The dumb girl, needing flour and not possessing sufficient money to pay for it and also meet the heavy flour tax, smuggles a bag of meal into the city by hiding it under her shawl. At the gate, a hole is accidentally torn in the bag. From this escapes a tiny stream of meal unnoticed by Fenella. The tax collector discovers the little trail of flour and soon the dumb girl is under arrest, threatened with fine or imprisonment. Masaniello and Pietro hurry to her assistance, but they have no money with which to pay the fine. Alphonso has watched the arrest of the girl and pays the fine, still keeping his disguise. Masaniello informs Alphonso that, if Fenella had been imprisoned, the government would have paid dearly. Alphonso cannot understand and Masaniello calls his people about him. Eagerly they proclaim him their leader and Masaniello then explains to the young stranger the unjustness of the Viceroy's laws and taxes. Fascinated by Fenella, Alphonso becomes a frequent visitor to the fishing village, neglecting Lady Elvira, his betrothed wife. Alphonso returns to the city, leaving the dumb girl weeping silently. Later, when Masaniello finds her clinging desperately to Alphonso's scarf the story is plain to him. Alphonso has been missed from the palace and Conde sets out in search of him. Having heard of the youth's infatuation for Fenella, the courtier goes at once to Masaniello's hut, where he learns what has happened. Knowing that Masaniello is leader of the people, Conde reports the affair to the duke, prophesying an uprising. The duke laughs at his fears, but is curious to see the girl who has turned his son's head. With Conde's help, the duke plans a trap for Fenella and she is thrown into prison. The Viceroy visits her there. When the dumb girl does not speak in answer to his questions, he thinks it is stubbornness and has her flogged. Masaniello finds his sister has gone and sacrifices everything in his search of her. When he gets behind in the rent, collectors take his furniture as payment. Rilla, the widowed sister of Pietro, in trying to stop them, is arrested and taken to jail. The shock kills Rilla's aged mother and Pietro makes a solemn vow to avenge her death. In spite of this oppression, the people assume a happier mood on the day of the wedding of Lady Elvira and Alphonso and throng into the Market Square in gala attire. Even the guards of the prison celebrate the wedding, enabling Fenella to make her escape. Returning home, Fenella meets the wedding party returning from the church and appeals to Lady Elvira for protection. Lady Elvira, seeing Alphonso's scarf in possession of the fishergirl, questions her and learns the truth. She orders that Fenella be conducted safely home, but Perrone, captain of the guard, intercepts and has the girl taken back to prison. The Viceroy foolishly celebrates the day by increasing the already onerous tax. The added tax is all the people need to incite them to madness. The duke, hearing of the disturbance, sends his soldiers led by Alphonso and Conde to quell the uprising and a fight ensues. The robbers, murderers and the scum of the city leave their hiding place to join the rioters. The first step toward freedom is the blowing up of the Custom House. Then the prison doors are opened and the prisoners, including Rilla and Fenella, are released. The mob, having burned everything in its path, march to the Viceroy's Palace. Fenella, discovering their intention, reaches there in advance and warns Alphonso. The duke takes advantage of her presence and showing her from the balcony of the palace, threatens her life if Masaniello does not quell the disturbance. Massaniello is forced to choose between his sister and the people and chooses the people, demanding their rights. When the mob breaks into the palace, Masaniello rescues Fenella and takes her home. The people proclaim Masaniello their leader and the dictator of all public affairs. Pietro plots with a bandit to get Masaniello out of the way. They give him a slow poison and as the drug gradually takes effect in his system Masaniello is more and more influenced by Pietro and gradually loses all control over the people. Under these conditions, it is a simple matter for a small party of the Duke's forces, under the leadership of Alphonso and Conde, to gather quietly in the secret passage-ways. At a given signal they attack the rioters, driving the wine-mad mob from the palace. Under the shock of the unexpected and disastrous attack, Masaniello regains his sanity. Recognizing in Alphonso his sister's betrayer, Masaniello makes a wild lunge at him, but Fenella has been watching them and it is into her heart that the blade plunges. Wild with grief her brother kills himself. And the broken-hearted Alphonso can only gather into his arms the dying body of the Dumb Girl of Portici.—Moving Picture World synopsis

The Dumb Girl of Portici

The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)

Ernst Lubitsch

Julius Falkenstein

Louise Schenrich

Helene Voß

Husband is hounded by his nagging mother-in-law who lives with him and his wife. After coming home drunk one night he is kicked out by the mother-in-law. He disguises himself as a servant and gets a job at his own house.

Where is My Treasure?

Where is My Treasure? (1916)

Tully Marshall

Bessie Love

Donald Crisp

Erich von Stroheim

Intolerance and its terrible effects are examined in four historical eras: In ancient Babylon, a mountain girl is caught up in the religious rivalry that leads to the city's downfall. In Judea, the hypocritical Pharisees condemn Jesus Christ. In 1572 Paris, unaware of the impending St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, two young Huguenots prepare for marriage. Finally, in modern America, social reformers destroy the lives of a young woman and her beloved.—Erik Gregersen

Intolerance

Intolerance (1916)

Charles Chaplin

Albert Austin

Drunk as a skunk, Charlie arrives home by taxi after a wild night out, only to realise that he has lost his key. Now, as an open window becomes the entrance, practically every single item or piece of furniture--including a possessed Murphy bed--becomes a formidable and insurmountable obstacle standing in his way, and working against him. Can't a man find peace at 1 o'clock in the morning?—Nick Riganas

One A.M.

One A.M. (1916)

Edna Purviance

Leota Bryan

Wesley Ruggles

Three movies are being shot simultaneously and Charlie is an overworked scene shifter. The foreman is waited on hand and foot until all the shifters but Charlie go on strike. A girl looking for work pretends to be a man and helps Charlie. Charlie discovers her gender and falls in love with her. The foreman thinks they are homosexual and in the ensuing fight they become involved in a long pie throwing scene from one of the movies in production. The frustrated workers dynamite the studio.—Ed Stephan

Behind the Screen

Behind the Screen (1916)

Eric Campbell

Charlie burns a count's trousers while ironing them and is fired. The tailor finds an invitation to dinner at Miss Moneybags and goes in place of the count. Charlie goes to the kitchen of the same house; he is attracted to the cook, and so are the butler and a policeman. Once discovered by the tailor-count, Charlie must pretend to be the count's secretary. The real count shows up.—Ed Stephan

The Count

The Count (1916)

Harold Goodwin

John McDermott

Kate Toncray

Old Heidelberg

Old Heidelberg (1915)

Mary Pickford

Gertrude Norman

Jack Pickford

Jack Standing

Fanchon, the Cricket

Fanchon, the Cricket (1915)

Françoise Rosay

Jean-François Martial

Marcel Lévesque

Jean Aymé

As a spate of grisly murders and mysterious disappearances terrorise Paris, the inquisitive reporter for The Globe, Philippe Guérande, and his loyal ally, Oscar Mazamette, embark on a peril-laden mission to expose the Vampires: a nefarious, well-connected organisation of arch-criminals preying on the innocent. But in this white-knuckle cat-and-mouse game of death, the dauntless companions are up against formidable adversaries, the Grand Vampires, and the sinister underground society's murderous muse: the gracefully deadly assassin, Irma Vep. In the imminent, once-and-for-all final confrontation with the forces of evil, can valiant Philippe and Mazamette thwart the Vampire menace before more people have to suffer?—Nick Riganas

Les Vampires

Les Vampires (1915)

Valeria Creti

Giovanni Spano

Cristina Ruspoli

Mario Mariani

Skypirate Filibus commits robberies from her airship, while a dedicated detective attempts to put a stop to it.

Filibus

Filibus (1915)

W.C. Fields

Marian West

Larry Westford

Bud Ross

Two ardent suitors for the hand a pretty young woman carry their fight from an picnic to a test of skill in an indoor pool hall. After a series of unbelievable trick shots, the fight degenerates into billiard throwing, which involves an innocent bystander.—Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)

Pool Sharks

Pool Sharks (1915)

Fred Goodwins

Peter Sellers

This is a parody of two "Carmen"s, Bizet's opera and a movie (1915) starring Geraldine Farrar. Smugglers come ashore. Their leader sends the gypsy Carmen to lure Don Jose (called Darn Hosiery) away so they can get the contraband to town. There are grand swordfights, deaths, returns to life.—Ed Stephan

A Burlesque on Carmen

A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)

John Gilbert

Patricia Palmer

Nick Cogley

Gertrude Claire

Colonel Winslow, veteran of the Mexican War, hopes for a great future for his only son, Frank. At the outbreak of the Civil War, a recruiting station is opened in the Virginia village where the Winslows live. Frank, obsessed with fear and admitting that he is a coward, refuses to enlist. His father's humiliation is great and in his wrath he drives Frank to the office under threat of death, and the son joins the local company. The very first night he is assigned to picket duty near the Union front. He is terrified, throws down his rifle and flees. His family's negro, Mammy, gives him refuge in the kitchen and summons his mother. The latter is comforting him when the colonel, puzzled by her absence, comes to look for her and discovers Frank. The colonel then goes to the army and becomes Private Winslow in the company which his cowardly son deserted. Meanwhile, Frank hides in the attic as a group of Union officers arrive and take possession of the house. As they discuss the weakness of one of their positions he listens. A plan formulates itself in his mind; he casts away his fear and obtains the plans by surprising the officers while they are unarmed. On a horse he rides to the Confederate commander, having made his escape in the blue coat of a northern sentry whom he had knocked unconscious. As he gallops ahead of his pursuers he starts across a bridge commanded by the fire of his father, who is on picket duty at the time. Seeing only the blue coat Colonel, or private, Winslow fires. His aim is true and horse and rider topple into the river. Frank, however, though wounded is able to get ashore and deliver the plans to the commander. An attack is ordered and the northern army routed. Father and son are reunited after the battle.—Moving Picture World synopsis

The Coward

The Coward (1915)

John Ford

Walter Huston

Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up in opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincoln's assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.—Victor Munoz

The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

Awidi

Francine Hunt

Bob Wilson

Kwagwanu

In the Land of the Head Hunters

In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)

Frank Hayes

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

William Hauber

Harry McCoy

Fatty and Minnie He-Haw

Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914)

Mack Swain

Hank Mann

Glen Cavender

Given an hour off from his job as a cafe waiter, Charlie rescues Mabel from a thug, is given an invitation to her home, and arrives presenting a card which falsely identifies him as the Greek Ambassador. Before he can get back to work, her parents invite him to a future garden party. Her jealous lover has Charlie followed back to the cafe. Charlie is a hit at the garden party but, as he leaves to return to work, the rival invites everyone to go with him to the cafe so Charlie will be exposed.—Ed Stephan

Caught in a Cabaret

Caught in a Cabaret (1914)

Charles Løwaas

Holger Rasmussen

Svend Rindom

Otto Lagoni

War is in the air. Relations between the two nations are strained to the breaking point. Count Spinelli is the secret agent of the foreign power, and it is his mission to find out what the plans of the government are. To assist in attaining his end, the count organizes a carrier pigeon service between his government's headquarters and an old mill on his own estate. Upon war being declared, Rear-Admiral Van Houven arranges his order of attack, and hands over the sealed orders referring to same, to his son, Lieutenant Van Houven. Through an extremely tragic train of events, these sealed orders are placed in the way of Spinelli, who, of course, is not slow to take advantage of his opportunity. Accordingly he copies the orders and sends them by carrier pigeon to his own chief. The pigeon, however, is shot by a government officer; the message is discovered and Rear-Admiral Van Houven learns of the treachery. Quite naturally he immediately suspects his son, and putting duty before paternal affection orders his arrest. The son is court-martialed, found guilty and ordered to be shot. Lieutenant Van Houven's wife reads the result of the trial and makes an abortive attempt to save her husband. Now we see some of the inner workings of Fate. Count Spinelli is trapped in the old mill; round about the war is raging; deeds of heroism are being performed; Lieutenant Van Houven is taken out to be executed and his wife lies at home prostrated with grief. In the midst of a troubled sleep she has a complicated dream, and we are shown in a very graphic manner how in this dream she tries to piece together all the various tragic details of the story. Her troubled brain eventually connects up the incidents in the proper sequence, and awakening she sees a way out of the maze. Through a series of stirring scenes, the problem is rapidly brought to a satisfactory solution and the story winds up in the happy manner the public taste demands.—Moving Picture World synopsis

Sealed Orders

Sealed Orders (1914)

James Cruze

Jane Gail

Florence La Badie

Marie Eline

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)

Florence Turner

Charles Kent

Caught off-guard by Indian mutineers, a British soldier saves his last bullet for his daughter lest she be taken. This silent film features an original, scene-specific piano score compiled from period appropriate photoplay music.

The Last Cartridge, an Incident of the Sepoy Rebellion in India

The Last Cartridge, an Incident of the Sepoy Rebellion in India (1908)

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