Marie Eline

Nicholas Nickleby

With The Old Curiosity Shop and David Copperfield, both released in 1911, and Nicholas Nickleby in 1912, Thanho...

When the Studio Burned

A recreation of the Thanhouser Studio fire of 13 January 1913, it includes the rescue of a small child from the...

Lorna Doone

Lorna Dugal, the little daughter of an English nobleman, is carried off by her father's enemies, the Doones, wh...

Her Secret

The husband was stern, solemn and never could understand why anyone should laugh. The wife didn't have much sen...

The Star of the Side Show

Her parents were humble peasants, and were fond of her when she was a baby, for they believed she would grow up...

She

She was the first attempt in film to depict the story of H. Rider Haggard's 1886 novel She: A History of Advent...

Uncle Tom's Cabin

The first screen adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel to star a black man in the title role.

Her Ladyship's Page

Her Ladyship, the Countess, had a faithful little page, whom she chose as her constant companion. The Lady was...

The Cry of the Children

An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage...

The Evidence of the Film

A messenger boy is wrongfully accused of stealing bonds worth $20,000. Luckily, a film crew is shooting a movin...

David Copperfield

Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-fill...

The Old Curiosity Shop

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasu...

The Forest Rose

Forester and Maywood, two wealthy neighbor planters, volunteered their services to defend their country when th...

The Dove in the Eagle's Nest

: Count Eberhard von Alderstein was one of the robber barons who flourished in Europe during the Middle Ages. H...

Only in the Way

A crippled little girl lives at home with her parents and her grandmother. She loves her grandmother deeply, bu...

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

According to the tale found in the ancient annals, the little town of Hamelin, in Hanover, found itself, five h...

The Five Rose Sisters

Grease paint, the spotlight and applause lose their fascination for the Five Rose Sisters, a dancing team full...

The Law of Humanity

Not Guilty

Young clerk Harry Martin has valuables stolen by the thief Joinville planted on him by that rogue. The cops fin...

The Colonel and the King

Upon the death of his grandfather, little George IV of Saxony ascend the throne at the age of seven. His reign,...

Jane Eyre

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her n...

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a mur...

East Lynne

Based on the novel of the same name by Mrs. Henry Wood (Ellen Wood).

The Warning

Happy in the love of his devoted wife and their child, a young businessman found life's pathway pleasant. Then...

The Vicar of Wakefield

Edwin Thanhouser re-made The Vicar of Wakefield in 1917 as a eight-reel feature film providing us with a frame...

The Russian Mute

The rich little boy was seven years old and his kind Mama gave him a birthday party. A number of children were...

The Tiniest of Stars

Family drama of a a brother and sister who take to the stage.

The Mermaid

John Gary, a hotel owner, who wants to revitalize his business. After reading about a reported mermaid sighting...

The Tomboy

A wealthy miner, having no near relatives, leaves his two little daughters to the guardianship of a former chum...

The Stepmother

When the two little daughters of a young widower are told that he is preparing to bring up to the house to see...

Get Rich Quick

An investment plan that tells potential investors they can "get rich quickly" turns out to be a swindle, and in...

Ten Nights in a Bar Room

Dottie's New Doll

Dottie was very proud of her great big beautiful doll but sometimes they are in danger of getting broke. And th...

A Circus Stowaway

Ted, a tiny orphan sees his first circus parade and is much impressed with it. So much so, in fact, that he fol...

The Buddhist Priestess

A young missionary, filled with religious fervor, joyfully accepts the post to carry the gospel to a section of...

Put Yourself in His Place

The story concerns the love of Henry Little for Grace Carden and its reciprocal sentiment, with the time-honore...