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.

The Call of the Cumberlands

1916

English

6.0

♡ 2

Frank Lloyd Director Joe Ray

Joe Ray as Aaron Hollis

Virginia Foltz as Mrs. Lescott

Richard L'Estrange as Tamarack Spicer

Page Peters as Wilfred Horton

An aspiring New York painter returns home to the Kentucky mountains to settle a feud between two rival families.

Where is My Treasure?

1916

German

5.9

♡ 5

Ernst Lubitsch Director

Julius Falkenstein as

Ernst Lubitsch as Der Gatte

Louise Schenrich as Die Gattin

Helene Voß as Schwiegermutter

Because Ernst feels oppressed by his wife and her mother, he fakes his suicide and hires in his own household disguised as a servant.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1916

English

6.1

♡ 8

100%

Stuart Paton Director

Howard Crampton as Cyrus Harding

Wallis Clark as Pencroft

Jack Tornek as Undetermined Secondary Role

Noble Johnson as Undetermined Secondary Role

Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away.

The Innocence of Ruth

1916

English

6.2

♡ 1

Drama

library of congress

silent film

John H. Collins Director

Edward Earle as Jimmy Carter

Augustus Phillips as Mortimer Reynolds

Viola Dana as Ruth Travers

Robert Brower as Stock Broker

The young Ruth Travers, left an orphan after the death of her father financially ruined by Mortimer Reynolds, is welcomed at home by Jimmy Carter, a young millionaire who becomes her guardian. Ruth's winsome qualities gradually win Jimmy's heart. Meanwhile at a Charity Ball, Ruth meets Mr. Reynolds, who is contriving to ruin her virtue.

The Count

1916

English

6.6

♡ 17

70%

Charles Chaplin Director

Charles Chaplin as His Assistant

Edna Purviance as Miss Moneybags

Frank J. Coleman as Policeman

Leota Bryan as Young Girl

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…

The Pawnshop

1916

English

7.0

♡ 6

66%

Charles Chaplin Director

Albert Austin as Client with Clock

Charles Chaplin as Pawnbroker's Assistant

Edna Purviance as Pawnbroker's Daughter

Frank J. Coleman as Policeman

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.

One A.M.

1916

English

7.0

♡ 20

70%

Charles Chaplin Director

Charles Chaplin as Drunk

Albert Austin as Taxi Driver

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

The Vagabond

1916

English

6.8

♡ 8

74%

Charles Chaplin Director

Edna Purviance as Gypsy drudge

Frank J. Coleman as Musician / Gypsy

Fred Goodwins as Percussionist / Gypsy

Charles Chaplin as Street musician

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

The Floorwalker

1916

English

6.6

♡ 7

Charles Chaplin Director

Charles Chaplin as Impecuneous Customer

Frank J. Coleman as Janitor

Wesley Ruggles as Policeman

Fred Goodwins as Shoe clerk

An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.

The Fireman

1916

English

6.5

♡ 6

Comedy

slapstick comedy

Charles Chaplin Director

Charles Chaplin as Fireman

Frank J. Coleman as Fireman

Edna Purviance as Girl

Fred Goodwins as Milkman / fireman

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

Intolerance

1916

English

7.7

♡ 23

98%

D.W. Griffith Director

Spottiswoode Aitken as Brown Eyes's Father

Marguerite Marsh as Debutante

F.A. Turner as The Dear One's Father

Elmo Lincoln as The Mighty Man of Valor

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Sherlock Holmes

1916

English

6.2

♡ 6

50%

Arthur Berthelet Director

Edward Fielding as Dr. Watson

Edward Arnold as Moriarty Henchman In Striped Cap

Leona Ball as Thérèse

Frank Hamilton as Tim Leary

When a couple of scammers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will to discover the whereabouts of letters whose dissemination could cause a scandal affecting the royal family, Sherlock Holmes decides to take over the case. (Considered lost, a copy was found in 2014, in the vaults of the Cinémathèque Française.)

The Rink

1916

English

7.0

♡ 10

71%

Comedy

lunch break

marriage

parent child relationship

restaurant

rollerskates

roller-skating

Charles Chaplin Director

Charles Chaplin as A Waiter - Posing

Leota Bryan as Edna's Friend

Frank J. Coleman as Restaurant Manager

Edna Purviance as The Girl

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

The Half-Breed

1916

English

6.6

♡ 1

60%

Allan Dwan Director

Douglas Fairbanks as Lo Dorman (Sleeping Water)

Jewel Carmen as Nellie

Alma Rubens as Teresa

Elmo Lincoln as The Doctor

In an attempt to brand himself as a serious actor, the smiling swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks starred in THE HALF-BREED (1916), a Western melodrama written by Anita Loos and directed with flair by Allan Dwan. Fairbanks stars as Lo Dorman, who has been ostracized from society because of this mixed ethnicity - his Native American mother was abandoned by his white father. When Lo catches the eye of the rich white debutante Nellie (Jewel Carmen), he becomes a target for the racist Sheriff Dunn (Sam De Grasse), who wants to break them up and take Nelli for his own. This love triangle becomes a quadrangle with the arrival of Teresa (Alma Rubens), who is on the run from the law. Through fire and fury Lo must decide who and what he truly loves.

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The Call of the Cumberlands

Where is My Treasure?

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

The Innocence of Ruth

The Count

The Pawnshop

One A.M.

The Vagabond

The Floorwalker

The Fireman

Intolerance

Sherlock Holmes

The Rink

The Half-Breed