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Hands Up poster
Movie

A newspaperwoman finds trouble aplenty when an Inca tribe believes her to be the reincarnation of their long-lost princess.

Hands Up

Aug 1918

The House of Hate poster
Movie

A young heiress of an American gun factory is threatened by a masked man after her father was murdered. This criminal might be a member of her family or a German agent, who wants to get information about the factory's products, perhaps his mystery has a combined solution - we will probably never know...

The House of Hate

Jan 1918

The Lightning Raider poster
Movie

A beautiful young woman is a daring master thief. She meets the young millionaire Thomas Babbington Norton, while fleeing from the scene of her latest theft.

The Lightning Raider

Jan 1919

Arms and the Woman poster
Movie

Rozika is a Hungarian girl who can sing quite nice. She goes to the place known as the United States with her brother whose name happens to be Young Carl. Rozika marries a chap named Trevor and a predicament ensued after the Great War comes knocking at the door.

Arms and the Woman

Nov 1916

The Tiger's Trail poster
Movie

A cult of Hindu tiger worshippers and a gang of Western outlaws try to cheat a young woman out of rich mines that belong to her.

The Tiger's Trail

Apr 1919

The Fatal Ring poster
Movie

A silent movie serial directed by George B. Seitz.

The Fatal Ring

Jul 1917

The Third Eye poster
Movie

A pretty movie star is stalked by a strange gang whose leader is infatuated with her in this superior Pathé serial written by genre specialist H.H. van Loan. Released in 15 chapters between May and August of 1920, the serial offered a glimpse into the still mysterious world of movie-making

The Third Eye

May 1920

The Naulahka poster
Movie

Trying to win the Three C's railroad line for his home town of Topaz, Colorado, Nicholas "Nick" Tarvin journeys to India to secure the famed jewel known as the Naulahka, which he plans to present to Mrs. Mutrie, the railroad president's wife.

The Naulahka

Feb 1918

The Seven Pearls poster
Movie

15 part serial: CHAPTER TITLES: 1. The Sultan's Necklace; 2. The Bowstring; 3. The Air Peril; 4. Amid the Clouds; 5. Between Fire and Water; 6. The Abandoned Mine; 7. The False Pearl; 8. The Man Trap; 9. The Message on the Wire; 10. The Hold-Up; 11. Gems of Jeopardy; 12. Buried Alive; 13. Over the Falls; 14. The Tower of Death; 15. The Seventh Pearl.

The Seven Pearls

Sep 1917

The Mark of Cain poster
Movie

After old Trowbridge is mysteriously murdered, his nephew, Kane Langdon, is accused of the crime. Trowbridge's adopted daughter Alice makes every effort to prove Kane's innocence, but to no avail. When Kane escapes from the clutches of the law, Alice works with him to investigate the crime. They soon discover that Judge Hoyt, a great friend of Trowbridge and an ardent admirer of Alice, killed Trowbridge after forging the old man's will to read that Alice would only inherit his fortune if she married the judge. The judge, confronted with the accusation, becomes so unnerved that he confesses to the crime, and all ends happily with Alice in Kane's arms.

The Mark of Cain

Nov 1917

A Fresh Start poster
Movie

Two men are released from prison and while keeping up appearances, they steal everything they can from the guards hugging them farewell.

A Fresh Start

Jun 1920

Innocent poster
Movie

Innocent

Jan 1918

Our Better Selves poster
Movie

The marriage of a wealthy and frivolous member of French nobility, Loyette Merval, to an American aristocratic idler named Willard Standish, is a loving one, except for their mutual dissatisfaction with Willard's idleness. After Willard becomes a chauffeur, Loyette's subsequent disgust causes him to quit. When the war begins, Willard joins the French Secret Service, while Loyette continues her social life, upset about their separation. After Willard, wounded, hides in a convent, Loyette leaves to find him.

Our Better Selves

Jul 1919

The Simp poster
Movie

A simpleton finds love but can't get past a pesky dog and some no-good kids.

The Simp

Oct 1920

April Fool poster
Movie

Sent as a missionary to cannibals, Lloyd Hamilton boards a ship, but encounters many problems along the voyage.

April Fool

Nov 1920

The Honest Thief poster
Movie

Edith Marbury is cashier of the Greenville Junction's only bank. A stranger comes to town, and Edith promptly falls in love with him. Her father forbids her to see him, but determined she leaves town in the night and going to a deserted cabin in the country, finds her lover in company with a band of crooks.

The Honest Thief

Sep 1918

The Challenge poster
Movie

Quarrier's rival Robert Lester schemes to have the engineer imprisoned, but the government pardons him so he can oversee a project vital to the country's growth. On the job, Quarrier once again meets Lester, who has tricked Alberta Bradley into selling him the land which is to be used for the project. Alberta still feels as if the land is her own, and threatens to kill the first of Quarrier's workers to swing a pick into it. Quarrier himself begins digging, and while she is unable to kill him, she vows to hate him forever. Gradually, their relationship softens, and the two come to love each other, with Alberta acknowledging the worth of Quarrier's project. Then, working together, they expose Lester to government authorities, since he has been plotting to keep all of the project's profits for himself.

The Challenge

Dec 1916

Blind Man's Luck poster
Movie

Suspected of smuggling, Eileen Caverly boards the Connecticut Limited where she befriends Helen Raymond who is traveling with her new husband Bob Guerton. Helen confides they had recently married impulsively, the service performed by a justice of the peace. Shortly after their talk the train is wrecked, Helen is killed and Bob injured. Seizing the opportunity Eileen poses as Bob's wife to avoid capture. Bob’s mother visits him, learning that they were married by a Justice of the Peace, insists they be married by a minister. Bob becomes successful with Eileen’s support, and they have a son. All is well until Cromwel Crow, who knows of Eileen's past, is released from jail. Demanding $5000 for his silence they struggle, Bob enters and in the ensuing fight, Crow is killed. Eileen's secret dies with her adversary, freeing her to continue her life.

Blind Man's Luck

Jun 1917

Moonshine poster
Movie

A Lloyd Hamilton slapstick comedy directed by Charley Chase.

Moonshine

Dec 1920

The Hillcrest Mystery poster
Movie

During a party held in honor of his daughter Marion, Thomas Sterling announces that he will turn over his shipbuilding plant to the United States government for the duration of World War I. Sterling wants Marion to marry his partner, Hugo Smith, but she prefers Gordon Brett, who proposes to her after the party. Marion's father catches the two in an embrace and orders Gordon out of the house. Later that night, Sterling is found murdered. Gordon is the principal suspect, but Marion refuses to believe he is guilty and hides him in the house. Later she discovers Smith sending a message to the Germans on a wireless hidden in the attic.

The Hillcrest Mystery

Mar 1918

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