The Pawnshop

The Pawnshop 1916

6.60

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

1916

The Rink

The Rink 1916

6.60

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

1916

One A.M.

One A.M. 1916

6.70

A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.

1916

Police

Police 1916

6.20

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.

1916

Snow White

Snow White 1916

6.10

Snow White, a beautiful girl, is despised by a wicked queen who tries to destroy her. With the aid of dwarfs in the woods, Snow White overcomes the queen.

1916

The Vagabond

The Vagabond 1916

6.70

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.

1916

The Count

The Count 1916

6.20

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…

1916

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish 1916

5.80

Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his time into periods of "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope" and "Drinks". In fact, he overcomes every situation with drugs: consuming cocaine to increase his energy or injecting it in his opponents to incapacitate them. To help the police, he tracks down a contraband of opium (which he eagerly tastes) transported within "leaping fishes", saving a "fish-blower" girl from blackmail along the way.

1916

Blind Justice

Blind Justice 1916

6.50

On New Year's Eve, the convicted murderer, Strong Henry, escapes from prison and collects his son from the orphanage. When he breaks into a local manor to get some milk for his child, he is surprised by a young woman, Eva. Out of pity, she decides to help the stranger, but unfortunately some of the manor's other occupants wake up and call the police. Fourteen years later, Henry is released from prison. Convinced that Eva betrayed him, he sets out to take revenge and find his son.

1916

The Gilded Spider

The Gilded Spider 1916

9.50

An unusual story about the crossing paths of the poor Italian family of the sculptor Giovanni (Lon Chaney) and a reckless American millionaire, Cyrus Kirkham (Gilmore Hammond).

1916

Naked Hearts

Naked Hearts 1916

1

Maud and Cecil have been in love since they were children in the pre-Civil War South, but Howard, Maud's domineering brother, disapproves of a marriage between them. Instead, he has chosen English nobleman Lord Lovelace as the ideal fiancé for Maud. On the night that the engagement is to be announced, however, she elopes with Cecil. The runaways are caught, though, after which, because of her loyalty to her brother, Maud sends Cecil away. When the Civil War begins, Howard, Lovelace and Cecil all volunteer, and are all soon reported killed in action. Heartbroken, Maud decides to become a nun, and takes her vows just moments before Cecil, whose death was mistakenly reported, returns from the battlefield and comes to the convent to ask her to marry him.

1916

The Fireman

The Fireman 1916

6.20

Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.

1916

The Crippled Hand

The Crippled Hand 1916

1

Diminutive heroine Ella Hall dreams that she's Cinderella, and that a wealthy gentleman of her acquaintance (played by Leonard) is her Prince Charming. All of this takes place during a musical stage production of Cinderella, a sequence distinguished by its authentic backstage atmosphere.

1916

Behind the Screen

Behind the Screen 1916

6.40

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.

1916

Joan the Woman

Joan the Woman 1916

5.60

A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.

1916

Discontent

Discontent 1916

5.06

Ed Brown plays a old war veteran tired of living in a veterans' home and decides to move in with his wealthy nephew.

1916

The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West

The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East Mingles with the West 1916

5.30

The Curse of Quon Gwon is the oldest known Chinese-American film and one of the earliest American silent features made by a woman. Only two reels of the film survive, and no intertitles are known to exist, making it difficult to parse out the exact plot. An article in the July 17, 1917 issue of The Moving Picture World states that the film "deals with the curse of a Chinese god that follows his people because of the influence of western civilization." The film also touches on themes of Chinese assimilation into American society. Formally premiering in 1917, no distributor was willing to purchase a Chinese-American film without racial stereotypes. Considered a devastating financial failure, the film was only screened two more times until its rediscovery in 2004. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2005.

1916

The Good Bad Man

The Good Bad Man 1916

6.30

An outlaw calling himself Passin' Through halts his "evil" ways long enough to help out some children in difficulty.

1916