1.
Cinderella (1911) |
Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols
fairy tale, with
Florence La Badie and
Harry Benham. An optional version has
an insightful commentary track by film scholar Judith Buchanan of
the University of York. |
2.
David Copperfield
(1911) |
Based on Charles Dickens’s 1850 immortal story of an English lad's
tribulation-filled journey to adulthood. Released on three reels
over three weeks. |
3.
The Cry of the Children
(1912) |
Critical pre-World War I film on child labor reform,
featuring
James Cruze and
Marie Eline, photographed by Carl
Louis Gregory. Added to the
National Film Registry in 2011. |
4.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) |
James Cruze
is featured as Jekyll/Hyde in this second
U.S. film version of the classic 1886
novel by Robert Lewis Stevenson. With
Florence La Badie. |
5.
Petticoat Camp (1912) |
An early "women's lib" film with
a comedy twist when the girls mutiny during a
camping trip with satisfying results. Featuring Florence
La Badie,
William Russell and
William Garwood.. |
6.
The Evidence of the Film
(1913) |
Discovered in 1999 on the floor of a Montana projection booth, this
is a good crime tale with film making as a subject,
featuring
Florence La Badie and
Marie Eline. Added to the
National Film Registry in 2001. |
7.
A Dog's Love
(1914) |
A touching fantasy
about the love between a child (Helen
Badgley "The Thanhouser Kidlet") and
her dog (Shep,
"The Thanhouser Collie").
Everyone's favorite! |
8.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1915) |
Based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel, this
23-minute film recounts of Dorian
Gray's hedonistic worldview that beauty and sensual fulfillment are
the only things worth pursuing.. |
9.
Toodles, Tom and Trouble |
An amusing comedy in which a dog steals a big rag doll that is left
by a child in the corner of a park that produces
to a madcap chase with humorous results. A Falstaff comedy release. |
10.
The Net (1916) |
Filmed in Jacksonville Florida, this feature
length film runs 59 minutes and was released by Thanhouser as a
Mutual Masterpicture, DeLuxe Edition.
A young woman is
rescued from the sea by a young fisherman but she
arrives with issues of epic proportions. |