Harry Solter

A Boer woman and her daughter are captured by Zulu warriors.

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very...

A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses a beer with lunch, then gives in. After work, two...

The central figure is an old miser, a Harpagon of sorts, who, like Frosine, stashes his ill-gotten money in a secret cellar. While the miser is at...

This one-reeler has been regarded as a classic example of a Griffith thriller. It engages with the Chinese White slave traffic from the perspective...

The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting, and both Joneses catch 'the acting bug' in this...

A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is...

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

A woman who is filled with romantic ideas is making no secret of her eagerness to find a husband. Her father decides to help her by pressuring and...

Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her...

Adaptation of a poem written by Thomas Hood.

A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take their daughter out to a play. While watching the play,...

Believed to be the first film to feature cannibals.

A castaway returns home after years lost at sea, to the wife and child he left behind. Has she waited faithfully or has she moved on?

Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.

After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken...

"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle appears on the scene clad in a gown that is a...

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...

At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and...

William Thompson and John Smith occupied offices in the same New York skyscraper, and both being seized with an irrepressible desire to cut loose and...

Mack Sennett appears in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a man in a bar in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a policeman and waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a policeman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a Native American in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a man in the bar in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Pretty Miss Chrysanthemum has but little to say as to the disposal of her heart, at least, such is the custom in Japan. Her parents attend to that...

A group of collegiates decide to go for a splash. A lunatic, having escaped from a nearby asylum, heads for the surf, brandishing a knife. Innocent...

At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the landlady's pretty daughter, but she was of a poetic...

Mack Sennett appears as a waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

D.W. Griffith film about an elderly father who grows tired of seeing his son bring home beautiful women so he gets a makeover and heads out on the...

Mack Sennett appears as a barbarian in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a man in the bar and in the wedding party in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the...

Mack Sennett appears as a policeman and waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a Confederate soldier and a Union soldier in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Bachelor Reggie writes his uncle that he has a wife and child, but then must produce them when the uncle visits.

Bachelor Reggie writes his uncle that he has a wife and child, but then must produce them when the uncle visits.

Mack Sennett appears as a member of the Wilkenson clan in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a lover in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a guest and a man in the fight in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as one of character Mike McLaren's assistants in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and his...

Mack Sennett appears as a wedding guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a cop in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a cop in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a man at the dance and a cop in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a footman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a man in the crowd in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Oh, the woe of simultaneous birthdays, as were Mr. and Mrs. Hardlucks', and both being of a generous nature, were seized with an insatiable desire to...

Mack Sennett appears as a party guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance...

Mack Sennett appears as a party guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Mack Sennett appears as a butler and a man in an office in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic, provident husband and father. His demands are...

A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight turned deadly, her life seems directionless--...

A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she offers to sell herself as a slave to allow them to buy...

Hulda is a maiden fair to look upon. Her artless rustic simplicity, rivaling Hebe's gorgeous radiance, phlogisticates the susceptible hearts of the...

A gang of lawless freebooters who terrorized the country and made travel in the mountains a hazardous pastime hold up a stylish landau in which are...

A young couple are enjoying a romantic interlude in the young woman's home, when her father discovers them and angrily chases the young man out of...

John Holland, a planter in a small way, is devotedly attached to his wife and infant child. The wife wearies of the monotonous grind of farm life and...

It would have taken more than the wonderful powers of deduction of a Sherlock Holmes to have dispelled the mystery that shrouded the disappearance of...

The pretty daughter of a French-Canadian backwoodsman incites the love of a trapper who is so smitten with the beauty of this wood nymph that he...

An unscrupulous tourist plots to steal the famous diamond, "The Light of the World," tricking a young woman into helping him. She is caught and...

A wife offers to support her artist husband by teaching piano. She can't find work at the conservatory, and ends up working in a laundry, without...

Lady Florence hides her lover, a Prussian spy, from the French troops who are hunting for him. One of her other suitors, a French officer, discovers...

Mons. Flamant, a typical roué of the French nobility, is surrounded by all the pleasures and pastimes his fabulous wealth can procure. In a...

A young courtier gambles in a tavern and wins a coat from the leader of a gang. In the pocket he finds details of a plan to kidnap the Queen. He...

In the lonely wilds of Southern California there stands a rural tavern, kept by an old trapper, who had been widowed years ago; his wife leaving him...

Henry is being blackmailed. When the blackmailer breaks into his house, Henry apprehends him at gunpoint and takes the opportunity to rid himself of...

Two noblemen fight over a lady.

Jack Windom experiences a sensation of awe at the reception of the Hindoo dagger from his old chum, Tom, who was traveling in India. Hanging the...

Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her...

Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them into running off, and celebrates their wedding when...

John and Tom Wilkins are brothers and most divergent in natures. John is a clergyman and a noble, upright fellow, while Tom is a scapegrace, wild,...

It is often said there is honor among thieves, but not so, as we shall see in this story. Two denizens of the underworld are seen in their squalid...

Irving Robertson, a successful playwright, has just received a message from out of town to witness the initial performance of one of his plays. As he...

Flo is not like the other girls at the Ferncliffe Seminary, in that she does not like the attention of the young men at the nearby college, and their...

Flo is the headmistress at Dow's School for Boys (enrollment: 12). The boys get too rowdy at the dinner table, so she dismisses the popular, but...

Unable to bear the abuse of her drunken soldier husband, the wife left her home and went to the city, where she became a nurse in a hospital. Her...

A fickle tomboy eventually falls for the suitor who had previously been annoying her.

Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.

Early movie star Florence Lawrence appears in this dramatic farce, in which the police pay a famous burglar to save the life of a child thought to be...

James Brieson, a wealthy stockbroker, ruins Hutch Valiant, who soon after dies of the shock. Valiant's son Steele returns from the Northwest, where...

Wracked with illness and discarded by a wealthy and unscrupulous aristocrat, Yvonne Lamour seeks out her former sweetheart Anatole in order to beg...

An abused wife takes a shot at her husband, and, as a result, he reforms.

A young woman marries a man she hardly knows or understands; in a moment of crisis, the two suddenly realize what they mean to each other.

A young woman pulls a fast switch on the fiance handpicked by her father.

A husband learns from his mistake after he wrongly accuses his wife of infidelity.

A mother loses her sanity when she loses her child. Her husband brings home a newly adopted child, and she regains her health.

A husband becomes jealous when he finds his wife's shawl in a suspicious location.

A philandering husband arranges an ill-planned rendezvous at the same restaurant his wife and daughter are dining at.

Two old gentlemen who have been pals from boyhood decide that their children ought to marry. This intention is a commendable one, to be sure, and...

A woman is forced to reevaluate the quiet man in her life when she finds he actually could be her knight in shining armor.

Roses and trousers have little in common and pressed roses presage something wrong in the scheme of things. When roses are pressed instead of a pair...

A couple goes to Reno to be divorced, but change their minds at the last moment.

There is always a right girl for all of us; sometime, somewhere, somehow we find her. But often the discovery leads through strange channels and...

Two girls fall for the same boy.

When a senator falls victim to morphine addiction, a look-alike double takes his place.

A clever girl inventively uses a stage prop to attract help when burglars enter her house.

The indolent, thriftless black sheep of the family, the good-for-nothing son of a rich banker bothers his busy brother, who is disgusted with the...

After an accident, a young girl desperately needs a blood transfusion to save her life. A young blacksmith agrees to be the donor and wins her heart...

An orphaned girl raised by a miner in the wilderness falls in love with a tenderfoot, even though the miner loves her as well.

A girl's affections waver between the winner of a boxing match, and a greedy count.

A prima donna falls in love with the voice of a singer that she hears on a recording.

A brash young man loses the business he inherits but learns a lesson in love from the daughter of his rival.

A minister is talked into performing a marriage ceremony for his sister and the beau he despised.

A pianist's music annoys a painter, making him unable to work. Eventually they fall in love.

When an infirm husband learns of the dire circumstances his wife must endure, he makes every effort to bring himself back to health.

Five days more! Only five more days says the physician, and the man who has for so long a time been totally blind will be able to take off the...

The Awakening of Bess is a silent short film of 1909 directed by Harry Solter . The protagonists of the film are Florence Lawrence (wife of the...

Aunt Jane's nieces and nephews bicker over an anticipated legacy.

An heiress, a businessman, and a playboy form the eternal triangle.

An actress teaches a young girl how to flirt and win back her beau.

A nurse ignores her other patients in order to concentrate on her favorite one, a fascinating bachelor.

Misunderstandings abound when a minister's son and an actress become engaged.

A woman's sweetheart is prevented from killing himself by two burglars who are afraid they will be accused of murder if he pulls the trigger.

A young woman helps her brother by purchasing a much needed piece of land.

A girl from the country writes glowing letters about life in the big city despite the fact that it's really been disastrous.

A reformed woman shows a petty thief the righteous path by her good example.

Two brothers, one a minister and the other a cad, both love the same girl.

The sons and daughters on the opposing sides of a Kentucky feud fall in love and dismantle their fathers' guns to prevent further bloodshed.

A scheming suitor ends up losing his girl to a rival even after he receives an inheritance.

A husband uses a ruse to sneak back into the house after a night out.

A young man's parents refuse to accept his new wife, but a reconciliation is eventually brought about.

A hastily written letter is used in a blackmail scheme by a scorned suitor.

A young soldier is shipped overseas after a hasty marriage; when he returns he doesn't recognize his wife who has changed from the tomboy he married...

A pretty model with two rival art students (her father's pupils) in love with her, a situation not at all surprising considering how alluring she...

A Civil War spy story in which a girl and the officer she loves find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.

An impoverished father is forced to give up his daughter for adoption. After she is grown, she realizes she has two fathers: her real one and her...

A matchmaking wife brings suspicion upon herself when she tries to reunite a young couple.

A young doctor is jealous of one of his patient's romantic interest in his nurse.

The forest ranger's daughter catches a spouse by hoodwinking Papa who brings in a minister.

A wife innocently inspires suspicion by generously giving away some money given to her for a hat.

A rich little girl helps a poor little girl by making their Christmas enjoyable.

A short romance starring Florence Lawrence.

A jealous husband misinteprets the performance his actress wife is putting on with his best friend.

A girl saves her sweetheart from the dealings of a deceitful gang that he has fallen in with.

A circus girl must decide to stay under the big top or marry the minister who loves her.

An extravagant wife leaves her husband, but returns when he strikes it rich.

A young wife instigates a duel between a dashing count, with whom she has been having an affair, and her elderly husband. In the duel, the husband is...

A wife tries to drive away her husband's best friend by flirting with him, but trouble arises when the friend flirts back.

An honest man trades places with a convict so the convict can see his dying wife, but he is killed on his way back to prison. The governor must step...

A dramatic love triangle between two women and a man.

A rejected suitor rebuffs the woman he loves after the death of her husband.

Jane thinks she has witnessed a murder and the suspect is arrested; she later learns the truth and saves him from hanging.

A local girl's romance with the lifeguard at a seaside lifesaving station is threatened by the arrival of tourists.

An escaped mental patient assumes the identity of a society girl's dead father and threatens her marriage.

A young governess catches the eye of an aristocrat and romance blossoms.

Nan feigns insanity when her former sweetheart unexpectedly appears.

When a bored wife seeks a Reno divorce, she regains the attentions of her inattentive husband.

One man squanders a fortune and loses his house and sweetheart to another who strikes it rich.

An orphaned young woman rejects her appointed suitor and falls in love with her guardian.

A sympathetic showgirl assumes the guilt for her cousin who is cheating on her husband.

A society woman gambles at cards.

A maid loves her employer, sacrificing her own happiness in order to insure his.

A kindhearted criminal saves the life of the sheriff's daughter and is allowed to make it across the state line in order to avoid jail.

Two brothers vie for Rosie's hand; she gives a rose to each of them.

A wayward brother is mistaken for a burglar in his own house.

A jealous mother is envious of the affection shown toward her future daughter-in-law by her husband.

A silly and extravagant wife must learn to curb her wild ways before her husband is willing to take her back.

The Harrington's first born has died and the father and mother are inconsolable in their grief. Mrs. Harrington later seeks diversion in society, but...

A surgeon risks his life in order to finish surgery on a patient when a fire breaks out in the hospital.

John Cummins, a wealthy society man, while out in his auto, discovers he is out of gasoline. He stops at a country store and meets Flo Page, the...

Florence, trying to escape fortune hunters, is residing at the seashore, when her maid dies. Florence has pretended to be the maid of this woman and...

Dr. Jane Bixby, a new doctor in a rural town, solves the mystery of the moonshiner's still.

A spurned suitor threatens to kill Margie's sweetheart if she does not give him up.

An unattractive girl endeavors to make herself attractive to an artist, but he sees only the artificial beauty of a model.

Betty, a farm cook, yearns to be an actress, but her dreams turn into nightmares, and she seeks comfort in the arms of a hired hand.

A stray bullet accidentally kills a blackmailer.

Fred acts as a matchmaker for his cousin Flo and his friend George.

A foolish suitor gains favor in a girl's eyes when he pretends to have saved her life. When the truth is known, she rejects him for the real hero.

An heiress, under the protection of the Queen, falls in love with a poor knight.

Flo's suitor wins her mother's favor when he returns a lost pocketbook.

Two actors, trying to soak up local color for an upcoming play, fall in love with the same girl.

When a minister tries to clean up Riverton, he finds an unexpected ally in the barkeeper's daughter.

When a fireman rescues his long-lost sister-in-law he mistakes her for his wife when she dies, and contemplates suicide until he learns the truth.

Two old sweethearts, Henry Jones and Mrs. Mary Owen, he a widower and she a widow, meet at a summer resort and, renewing their old love, get married....

A country suitor's jealousy of his rival for his sweetheart's hand culminates in fisticuffs.

The daughter of an aristocratic Southern family, proud, but impoverished, enters into a marriage of convenience with a wealthy stockbroker.

A society girl changes places with her maid for an adventure.

Romance develops between a young woman from the Tennessee hills and a man from the city; she saves his life when her brothers threaten to kill him;...

A young girl survives a dreadful childhood and grows up to right an old wrong.

A mother, grieving over the loss of her child, finds contentment in loving a lame orphan.

An actress cures a wayward young man of his extravagant spending.

A young Jewish woman wrestles with the dilemma of an interfaith marriage.

A woman is commanded under hypnosis to break into her father's safe.

An actress assumes a guilty appearance in order to save her faithless cousin's marriage.

Two lovers disguise themselves as counterfeiters in order to escape from the girl's disapproving parents.

A woman adopts the guise of a spy when she uncovers an arms plot concerning a country in Central America.

A maid discards her beau in favor of a musician whom she idolizes; when reality sets in, she takes her old beau back.

A doctor commits perjury in order to win a woman whose husband could go to prison based on his testimony.

A woman of loose morals takes the place of a young bride.

A confirmed bachelor falls in love with the young woman whom he had pawned off on his aunt when she was first put into his custody.

Two couples head for Reno to swap partners, but change their minds at the last minute.

A young girl falls in love with a count, despite her father's disapproval.

A shopgirl assumes the guilt of her mother and is sent to prison.

A female mail carrier is injured on her route and recovers at a bachelor's lodge.

An uninhibited young woman is brought up by a reclusive eccentric.

A platonic experiment as to how a young couple should make love fails when it ceases to be platonic.

A moving picture actress is mistaken for an escaped asylum patient; the insane girl then steps into the actress's life.

A maid risks her life for her employer, with whom she is in love.

A wayward girl falls in love with the handsome image of a burglar she sees in a photograph.

When placed in a position to choose between two jealous suitors, a young woman turns the tables on them by choosing a third.

A new bride tries to win the affection of her stepchild.

A girl chooses between two boys by testing how each one would help the poor.

A widow threatens her rebellious daughter that she will remarry if the girl does not behave at school.

When a young man loses his wealth, he also loses his fiancee, but he is more than consoled by her younger sister.

Florence Lawrence stars in this society comedy in rural surroundings.

A sheriff must decide whether or not to allow his old friend, a criminal, to escape.

John Rand, having lived in a small town his entire life, dreams of possessing wealth and power in New York. Napoleon Bonaparte has long been his...