Here Are the Recommended Top 10 Thanhouser Films
 to Watch Online at No Charge


1. Cinderella (1911) Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale, with Florence La Badie and Harry BenhamAn 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 GregoryAdded 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 ElineAdded 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.

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