Florence Lawrence

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Florence Lawrence (born Florence Annie Bridgwood; January 2, 1886 – December 28, 1938) was a Canadian-American stage performer and film actress. She is often referred to as "The First Movie Star", and was the first film actor to be named publicly. At the height of her fame in the 1910s, she was known as "The Biograph Girl" for work as one of the leading ladies in silent films from the Biograph Company. Lawrence appeared in almost 300 films for various motion picture companies throughout her career. Born : 1st-Jan-1886

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Homicide Squad

The police use a gangster's son to get to him.
Released : 1st-Aug-1931

Sweeping Against the Winds

A small textile factory down south is run by a cruel foreman that bullies and fires on whim the workers, especially the office girl who starts a day nursery for their children. He's also a part owner in the business. His methods usually scare away the man hired as the plant manager, until a replacement (secretly one of the other owners) arrives.
Released : 20th-Jun-1930

Night Must Fall

Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson's niece Olivia takes a liking to Danny, and comes to believe that he may have been involved in the disappearance of a local woman.
Released : 30th-Apr-1937

The Necklace

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 replace it. The thief discovers it's costume jewelry, but the Kendricks never learns the truth; Husband and wife struggle for years to pay off the huge debt.
Released : 1st-Jul-1909

The Curtain Pole

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 long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing entourage chasing him, until he escapes them through a bit of movie magic, only to discover that the pole has already been replaced.
Released : 15th-Feb-1909

The Hard Hombre

When Peaceful Patton goes to work at the Martini ranch he is mistaken for the notorious outlaw the Hard Hombre. This enables him to force the ranchers to divide up the water rights. But he is in trouble when his mother arrives and exposes the hoax.
Released : 20th-Sep-1931

The Mended Lute

In an Indian tribe, a girl escapes from her father and suitor to be with the man she loves.
Released : 5th-Aug-1909

Those Awful Hats

A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats.
Released : 25th-Jan-1909

Lady Helen's Escapade

A bored Lady Helen goes slumming as a domestic in a boarding house. There she falls in love with a sensitive young musician. The other women in the house are jealous, and accuse her of trying to steal the musician's violin. Lady Helen retreats to her own home, and arranges a position for the musician which allows them to be together.
Released : 19th-Apr-1909

Money Mad

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 the bank, exchanging stolen notes for gold coin, a couple of thugs witness the transaction and see their opportunity-- It seems avarice grips the hearts of all those who'd possess the bag.
Released : 4th-Dec-1908

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting, and both Joneses catch 'the acting bug' in this split-reel subject.
Released : 18th-Feb-1909

A Drunkard's Reformation

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, he's faced with his own drinking evils and how his life would be without them.
Released : 1st-Apr-1909

Betrayed by a Handprint

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 fiancé. During the evening bridge participated in by a number of the guests, among whom is Myrtle Vane. Miss Vane is playing in wretched luck, and is advised several times by Mrs. Wharton to desist, but she still plays on in the vain hopes of the tide of fortune turning, until at last, in the extreme of desperation, she stakes her all and loses. Shame and disgrace stare her in the face. What can she do to recoup her depleted fortune? As one of the guests there is Professor Francois Paracelsus, the eminent palmister, who of course, was called upon to read the palms of those present. Sheets of paper were prepared and each imprinted their hand on a sheet to be read by the erudite soothsayer at his leisure, and so were left on the drawing room table.
Released : 1st-Sep-1908

The Song of the Shirt

Adaptation of a poem written by Thomas Hood.
Released : 17th-Nov-1908

Resurrection

Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.
Released : 20th-May-1909

Confidence

Nellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One of her old colleagues finds her and tries to blackmail her. When the blackmail plot is exposed, Nellie's husband expresses his complete faith in her.
Released : 15th-Apr-1909

After Many Years

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?
Released : 3rd-Nov-1908

Her First Biscuits

A new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delivers the rest to his office. But one bite of these biscuits makes you violently ill, and soon all his visitors (he runs a theatrical booking agency), plus the workmen at home, are ill; when she shows up at the office, they all go after her.
Released : 17th-Jun-1909

Yellow Dust

After he's accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.
Released : 12th-Mar-1936

The Taming of the Shrew

Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.
Released : 10th-Nov-1908

An Awful Moment

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 forcefully out of the courtroom. Later the gypsy follows the judge to his home and plots a vicious revenge on his wife (Florence Lawrence).
Released : 18th-Dec-1908

The Lure of the Gown

"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 masterpiece of the dressmaker's art she easily fascinates the male contingent, among whom is Enrico, the sweetheart of Veronica, a street singer. Enrico is so enraptured at the sight of Isabelle in her resplendent attire that he becomes her abject slave, casting aside the poor, peasant-clad little Italian street singer, who has loved him devotedly. Crushed almost beyond endurance the poor girl stands sobbing at the entrance of the park where the inconsistent lever left her. Her tears attract the attention of a wealthy young couple who happen to pass. In answer to their queries she tells them how contemptibly her sweetheart acted, and all because of the fascinating influence of a gown.
Released : 15th-Mar-1909

Sinners in the Sun

A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.
Released : 13th-May-1932

Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters

A mother works as a dancer to support her ill daughter. One night while performing, the mother has a vision of her child dying. She rushes home, but it is too late.
Released : 11th-Sep-1908

The Girl and the Outlaw

Mack Sennett appears as a Native American in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 8th-Sep-1908

Where the Breakers Roar

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 seaside fun becomes a struggle against a maniac on the water.
Released : 22nd-Sep-1908

The Red Girl

Mack Sennett appears as a man in the bar in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 15th-Sep-1908

The Heart of O Yama

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 for her. However, pretty little O Yama Sum had a will of her own, and casting tradition to the winds, insisted upon making her own choice. The Grand Daimio has long loved the pretty O Yama and presents himself before her mother in quest of her hand. His offer is scorned by O Yama, for she loves another, a low-born but worthy warrior.
Released : 18th-Sep-1908

At the Altar

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 turn of mind and her soul soared above plebeianism and her aspirations were romantic. Most persistent among her suitors was Grigo, a coarse Sicilian, whose advances were odiously repulsive. The arrival at the boarding house from the old country of Giuseppe Cassella, the violinist, filled the void in her yearning heart. Romantic, poetic and a talented musician, Giuseppe was indeed a desirable husband for Minnie.
Released : 25th-Feb-1909

A Smoked Husband

After his wife receives an extravagant dress, a man find himself the victim of an attempted burglary; He hides in his fireplace, which is then fired. The police arrive and pursue the man, now covered in soot. He jumps onto the roof below his, landing two dandies into a trough of paint.
Released : 25th-Sep-1908

Father Gets in the Game

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 prowl.
Released : 10th-Oct-1908

Romance of a Jewess

This early D.W. Griffith short shows the director's interest in Jewish ghetto life, portrayed here with sympathy and sentimentality. The melodramatic plot involves the conflict between generations in an immigrant Jewish family.
Released : 23rd-Oct-1908

The Call of the Wild

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 college football team. At a reception given in his honor by Lieut. Penrose, an Indian agent, the civilized brave meets Gladys, the lieutenant's daughter, and falls desperately in love with her.
Released : 27th-Oct-1908

The Feud and the Turkey

Mack Sennett appears as a member of the Wilkenson clan in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 8th-Dec-1908

The Reckoning

Mack Sennett appears as a lover in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 11th-Dec-1908

The Country Doctor

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 pleas to come home and care for his own daughter, who has taken a turn for the worse.
Released : 8th-Jul-1909

The Clubman and the Tramp

Mack Sennett appears as a dinner guest and a policeman in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 27th-Nov-1908

Concealing a Burglar

Mack Sennett appears as a policeman and waiter in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 30th-Oct-1908

The Valet's Wife

Bachelor Reggie writes his uncle that he has a wife and child, but then must produce them when the uncle visits.
Released : 1st-Dec-1908

The Test of Friendship

Mack Sennett appears as a guest and a man in the fight in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 15th-Dec-1908

The Way of Man

A woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to another.
Released : 28th-Jun-1909

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
Released : 1st-Dec-1908

Flo's Discipline

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 permissive, assistant principal. But the boys sneak out and he teaches them outdoors, until Flo turns the garden hose on them and chases the boys into the ice-house, which she locks. After an hour, she sends a bucket of hot coffee in with the assistant principal, but she removes the ladder he uses, stranding him. After another hour, he agrees to surrender, and she releases the boys. He leaves, but love has bloomed in the interim.
Released : 20th-Sep-1912

The Christmas Burglars

Mack Sennett appears as one of character Mike McLaren's assistants in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 22nd-Dec-1908

Mr. Jones at the Ball

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 long-suffering wife. In this film, Jones rips his suit pants and chaos ensues.
Released : 25th-Dec-1908

The Helping Hand

Mack Sennett appears as a wedding guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 29th-Dec-1908

The Honor of Thieves

Mack Sennett appears as a man at the dance and a cop in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 11th-Jan-1909

The Sacrifice

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 make on this anniversary of their nativity suitable gifts, each to the other, Hardluck has a watch, but no fob. Mrs. Hardluck has a wealth of hair, but no decorative comb for her hair. What is worse, finances are low, or rather exhausted. An idea strikes Hardluck. He will pawn his watch and buy a comb; thus surprising her. Mrs. Hardluck's mind is also illumined by a bright thought. She will sacrifice her hair, and with the money buy him a fob. This they do, of course, unknown to each other. Well, here's the situation: He had no fob for his watch, and she no comb for her hair; but now he has no watch for his fob, and she has no hair for her comb. Mack Sennett appears as an extra in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 14th-Jan-1909

Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

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 League. But Oh! the ordeal, for such it was, was telling on him, and his pent-up spirits were threatening ebullition, when at last the chance comes. The league arranges to attend a three-days' convention out of town, and when Mrs. Jones departs, Jones sends a note to Smith, telling him to bring the gang, and they would have a "Prayer Meeting," enjoining him not to forget the "fixings." Well, the gang are not long in putting in an appearance, for they feel that every minute's delay is a chunk lost from a golden opportunity for fun.
Released : 21st-Jan-1909

One Touch of Nature

Mack Sennett appears as a cop in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 1st-Jan-1909

The Criminal Hypnotist

Mack Sennett appears as a party guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
Released : 18th-Jan-1909

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