Most Viewed Year 1909

On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Frank Powell

While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor gravely ill, and ignores his wife's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kate Bruce

A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and children. The family barricade themselves in an...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Mary Pickford

A man in a suit and cap stops in front of the display of a bookseller, finds and flips… "Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells! Fascinated by the...

Genre: Crime

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A man rents an apartment and furnishes it in remarkable fashion.

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Georges Méliès

A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hurt he joins an anarchist group who plan to blow up a rich...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Arthur V. Johnson

A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mack Sennett

The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one can see, hear, and most importantly, disturb them. But...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Arthur V. Johnson

An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one...

Genre: Western

Cast: Owen Moore

A pack of admirers won't leave a beautiful woman alone at a seaside resort, so she devises a plan. She appears in a leg-revealing swimsuit, but the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Marion Leonard

A smoker falls asleep, and two mischievious fairies play with his pipe. He discovers this, and imprisons them in a cigar box. He removes a flower...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Paul Panzer

In this hand-colored short, a magician and his assistant do a series of magic tricks, including making potted plants appear, among others. Melies...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Georges Méliès

After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with a much older man.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Owen Moore

As Poe's lover is slowly dying, he struggles to make money to care for her.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Barry O'Moore

A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his parents' inn. They don't recognize him, but noticing...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mary Pickford

In an Indian tribe, a girl escapes from her father and suitor to be with the man she loves.

Genre: Western

Cast: Florence Lawrence

Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace is stolen, and Mr. Kendrick goes into debt to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Rose King

A woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to another.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Arthur V. Johnson

An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.

Genre: Fantasy

Cast: Maurice Costello

A young couple must endure a tedious visit from their aunt until their friend offers to find a way to make her leave.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Florence Auer