Fires of Rebellion

Fires of Rebellion 1917

1

Madge Garvey (Dorothy Phillips) works in a shoe factory. Her father Joe (Richard de la Reno) is a drunk who beats his wife (Alice May Youss), and her sister Helen (Belle Bennett) has repeated the pattern by marrying Dan Mallory (Edward Brady). The new foreman, John Blake (William Stowell), fires Mallory. Mallory attacks him, but because of his alcohol abuse, his heart gives out and he dies. Blake asks Joe for Madge's hand, and he accepts for her. Madge longs for something better, when Cora, a former stenographer from the company (Golda Madden), writes her from the big city.

1917

The Love Girl

The Love Girl 1916

1

A girl is hypnotized and kidnapped by the swami her aunt is devoted to.

1916

The Chalice of Sorrow

The Chalice of Sorrow 1916

1

Isabel Clifford sits to be painted. Her artist is Marion Leslie, a man distracted by matters of the flesh. Not Isabel’s flesh but Lorelei’s, the same Lorelei who wows the corrupt police chief, Sarpina, with her virtuoso vocal performances. She is Mexico’s most celebrated opera diva, Marion’s fiancé, and Sarpina’s passion, yet she boils with petty suspicion over Marion’s friendship with Isabel.

1916

Behind the Lines

Behind the Lines 1916

1

The daughter of an American diplomat is forced to spy for Mexican revolutionaries.

1916

The Dream Lady

The Dream Lady 1918

6.20

Upon receiving an inheritance from her late uncle, a woman starts a fortune-telling business designed to make her dreams come true.

1918

Princess Virtue

Princess Virtue 1917

1

The daughter of a disowned upper class Bostonian finds acceptance in Parisian society.

1917

Bringing Home Father

Bringing Home Father 1917

1

Peter Drake meets and falls in love with Jackie Swazey, the daughter of a feisty suffragette and incipient politician. In order to impress her, he agrees to help Mrs Swazey in her campaign to become elected.

1917

The Mysterious Mrs. M

The Mysterious Mrs. M 1917

1

A depressed man grows to love life just as his fortune teller's predictions become dire.

1917

The Three Godfathers

The Three Godfathers 1916

1

Three outlaws fleeing a posse through the desert come upon a dying woman and her baby in a wagon. Before she passes away, she makes the men promise to take care of her baby and get it safely through the desert.

1916

Triumph

Triumph 1917

1

This melodrama about an actress in love with a playwright and the stage manager blackmailing her for her affections offers a unique glimpse into Chaney’s career before his classic performances in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera. Preserved and restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.

1917

The Eagle's Wings

The Eagle's Wings 1916

1

A senator fights for the passage of a war-preparedness bill, while foreign spies conspire to plan an invasion.

1916

The Gay Lord Waring

The Gay Lord Waring 1916

1

Though a spendthrift and a layabout, Lord Arthur Waring (J. Warren Kerrigan) is universally loved by his tenants. The same cannot be said for Arthur's half-brother Mark (Bertram Grassby), a tyrannical tightwad. Disowned by his family, Arthur finds himself strapped for cash when he promises to finance the operation of Helene von Gerald (Lois Wilson), whom he accidentally crippled in a riding mishap.

1916

The Grasp of Greed

The Grasp of Greed 1916

1

En route to Australia, beautiful authoress Alice Gordon (Louise Lovely) is shipwrecked on a desert island in the company of wealthy book publisher John Meeson. Sensing that his days are numbered, and lacking pencil and paper, Meeson tattoos his last will and testament on Alice's lovely back.

1916

Little Eve Edgarton

Little Eve Edgarton 1916

1

Eve Edgarton decides to devote her life solely to her love of botany, but unexpectedly falls in love with a man who shares none of her intellectual interests.

1916

A Society Sensation

A Society Sensation 1918

5.70

A wealthy society playboy falls in love with the daughter of a poor fisherman. After Valentino shot to fame, A Society Sensation was cut down to a meek 24 minutes so the lead would be in every scene. Title cards tried to make up for the lost scenes.

1918