Classic Movies

An inventor uses a wireless controlled flying torpedo to destroy enemy airships -- IMDB Directed by Walter R. Booth Produced by Charles Urban Release date 1909 Running time 7 minutes Country United Kingdom Languages Silent film English intertitles

A Trap for Santa Claus (1909) The children set a trap for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, knowing he has to come through the window because their estate has no chimney. Their father, who abandoned them and his wife before she inherited her fortune, plans to burglarize that very house, unaware of the occupants or the trap -- IMDB Directed by D. W. Griffith Produced by Biograph Company Starring Henry B. Walthall Marion Leonard Gladys Egan Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Distributed by Biograph Company Release date December 20, 1909 Running time 15-16 minutes (1 reel, 989 feet) Country United States Language English

Set in an early cinema house, this comic short illustrates the problems with the gals' hats obscuring the movie patron's line of vision -- IMDB Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by D.W. Griffith Starring Mack Sennett Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Release date January 25, 1909 Running time Original length 185 feet (under 3 minutes)[1] Country United States Languages Silent (English intertitles)

A king exacts vengeance upon his faithless mistress and her lover -- IMDB Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by Honoré de Balzac Edgar Allan Poe Frank E. Woods Starring Arthur V. Johnson Marion Leonard Henry B. Walthall Mary Pickford Mack Sennett Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Music by Robert Israel Distributed by Biograph Company Release date September 2, 1909 Running time 11 minutes (original release length 779 feet) Country United States Languages Silent film English intertitles

Free adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's powerful novel. The subject opens with the return home of Prince Dimitri, who meets the maid Katusha, a little peasant girl, and is instantly charmed with her beauty. Young, artless and innocent, as pretty as a rose, she unwittingly fascinates the prince. His noble bearing likewise impresses her, and his little attentions flatter her, until at length she is unable to resist his advances. The poor girl is meted the usual fate. An alliance is out of the question. The disparity of their ranks even forbids it, and soon the prince must cast her aside. Five years later we find that the girl, who is now a loathsome sight, has learned the bitter lesson of the eternal truth, "The wages of sin is death." It is death to the soul at all events. She has gone down to the lowest depths and is arrested in a low Russian tavern. As she is carried to the tribunal she passes Prince Dimitri, who now sees the terrible result of his sins. He grows repentant and attempts to plead her cause before the jury, but they are a callous lot and pay no attention to the arguments for nor against, and by force of habit vote to send her to Siberia. She is dragged out to the pen of detention and herded with a lot of poor unfortunates, who scarcely bear any resemblance to human beings. The repentant prince determines to give up his life to right the wrong he has done, and visits her here with a view of turning her now vicious nature, handing her a copy of the Bible. She does not recognize him at first, but when she does she flies into fury, beating his body and face with her fists and the book. He leaves her and she sits moodily on the bench with the book on her lap. Shortly she turns its pages and lo, the Resurrection! Her eyes fall on the passage (John xi, 25), "And Jesus said unto her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead yet shall he live." In an instant her whole being changes. There is hope for her salvation, and she reads on. The guards arrive and we next see her with the poor unfortunates trudging over the snow-clad steppes toward the goal from whence few return. She becomes the ministering angel, sharing her comforts with them. The prince, meanwhile, has secured her pardon and hastens after her. Giving her the welcome notice, he begs her to return with him as his wife: but no, she prefers to work out her salvation helping those poor souls to whom a kindness is an indescribable blessing, and bidding him farewell, she renounces the world for the path of duty, so we leave her kneeling on the snow at the foot of the Holy Cross. — Moving Picture World synopsis Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by Leo Tolstoy Frank E. Woods Produced by Biograph Company Starring Florence Lawrence Cinematography G.W. Bitzer Arthur Marvin Distributed by Biograph Company Release date May 20, 1909 Running time Original length 15-16 minutes (1 reel, 999 feet)[1] Country United States Languages Silent English title card

Tranquil is the existence of the Kiowa tribe which our story involves until the approach of the conquerors, the white men, who claim the land that had long been possessed by this tribe of Shoshone family. On this eventful day. Silver Eagle and Minnewanna plight their troth by the side of the mountain brook. They have hardly returned to the wigwam of the chief, Silver Eagle's father, when an Indian rushes up with the news that the paleface is coming. The little settlement is thrown into a panic of fearful anticipation, for they have endured many bitter experiences. Their fears are realized, for the white men appear and order the poor Indians to move. This they do with stoicism, and packing up their effects they start on the long trek. Minnewanna, however, is detained by the men to act as a slavey. Silver Eagle is at first inclined to remain by her side, but his sense of duty toward his father, the chief, who is very old and feeble, forces him to go with him. From place to place they migrate, only to be urged still further on by the relentless persecutions, until from the brow of a lofty mountain they exclaim, "Oh! morning sun light us on to a better land; a land where we may rest our heads.'' In the meantime little Minnewanna has tried to escape, but she has not gotten far when apprehended and brought back. The long journey proves too much for the old chief and he succumbs to the ordeal. As he dies the tribe chant the song of death. He is then interred according to the custom of the tribe. A bier is erected on stakes and covered with moss and leaves. On this the body is placed with his bead to the east, a fire to light his way and food that he may not hunger. The son, Silver Eagle, now that his duty is fulfilled, dashes back after his little Indian sweetheart. His endeavors to steal her away are discovered and several of the men are about to dispatch him, when another, more altruistic than the rest, interposes and bids the young brave take his squaw and go in peace, and we last see them with bowed heads at the bier of the chief. This subject portrays rather a new treatment of the Indian story, its poetic beauty being no small feature.—Moving Picture World synopsis Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by Frank E. Woods Starring Owen Moore James Kirkwood Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Release date December 9, 1909 Running time 14-15 minutes (1 reel, 971 feet) Country United States Languages Silent English intertitles

Mr. Robert Cullison resides in a very beautiful country villa, far removed from contiguous neighbors, and about twenty miles from the city. He is expecting a visit from his mother, who is to arrive in the city from the West the next morning. The intelligence is learned by a couple of crooks, who plan to get Cullison away over night by sending him a fake letter by an apparently idiotic country bumpkin which reads: "Robert, Have taken an earlier train. Will arrive in New York 10:30 P. M. Meet me with car. Mother." He gets ready, as it is now nearly 8 o'clock, and while he is bidding adieu to his wife and three young children, the bumpkin is taking in the place under the pretense of dozing in the doorway. Realizing he is leaving them alone, he warns "his wife to be sure to fasten the doors and windows securely, also leaving her a revolver from which the disguised bumpkin slyly extracts the cartridges. Off he goes and is not out of sight when the crooks begin their work. Bursting in the front door with a bar they alarm the folks and throw them into a dreadful panic, as they feel their abject helplessness. Out on the road we see the husband speeding further away from them, when suddenly his machine becomes disabled and he is obliged to halt at a roadside inn. Here an idea strikes him to telephone his wife of his possible delay, when in answer he receives the alarming cries of his terrified wife intermingled with the thumping of the burglars, who are slowly but surely breaking their way into the sitting-room. He reminds her of the pistol, but alas it is empty and harmless. Back and forth go the wailings of the wife and the encouraging words of the husband; suddenly all is still. The burglar has cut the wire. Rushing out of the inn he finds his auto far from available, so he calls a policeman and they enlist the services of a gypsy wagon. Up the road they go at a breakneck speed, and during all this time the burglars are working from room to room, getting closer and closer to the frightened little family, who has as the last stand huddled in the library. Crash goes the door, in leap the sinister dogs, but at the same time in rushes the husband with the police and friends, so the burglars will have ample time to taunt each other with "I told you so."—Moving Picture World synopsis Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by Mack Sennett Based on Au Telephone by André de Lorde Starring David Miles Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Arthur Marvin Distributed by Biograph Company Release date June 10, 1909 Running time 12 minutes Country United States Language Silent (English intertitles)

The incident here depicted shows a young American dispatch bearer, who, surprised by a band of Hessian foragers, seeks shelter in his father's house. The old man has just time to hide the boy in the fireplace when the Hessians enter. After a fruitless search they express their intention of putting up at the house. As a subterfuge, the daughter takes them upstairs to show them their quarters, while the father hides the boy in a clothes hamper. The Captain, on his return downstairs, sees the basket, and suspicious, asks what it contains; not satisfied with the old man's answer, sends a bullet crashing through into the boy's body, killing him. The poor old man is frantic with grief and vows to avenge his boy's brutal murder, so stealing outside with his daughter, they surprise the sentry and carry him off. The daughter, dressing in the sentry's uniform, takes the post, while the father scurries off in search of help. Knocking at the doors of his neighbors, each is opened by a sympathetic friend, but the young men all away fighting their country's cause, only the old folks and women remain. However, they are ready to aid him, and as all their arms and ammunition have been confiscated they must take up anything at hand. What a motley army they are, old men and young and old women, armed with clubs, axes, scythes, etc., eagerly anxious for the fray. The little band of patriots reach the house just as the identity of the daughter is discovered by the relieving sentry, who is silenced, and the invaders stealthily enter the house by windows and door, taking the Hessians entirely unawares. A brief struggle lays most of them low, while the old man singles out the Captain, who had killed the boy, keeping his vow of vengeance.—Moving Picture World synopsis Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by D. W. Griffith Frank E. Woods Starring Owen Moore Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Arthur Marvin Distributed by Biograph Company Release date September 6, 1909 Running time 10 minutes Country United States Languages Silent English intertitles

It was fête day in old Paris, and the city was the scene of gaiety and splendor. Contrasted with the brilliant throng we see a little child shivering in the snow, with her little wooden shoe held out expectant of a coin from those charitably disposed. But in the intoxicating jollity of the occasion the poor soul is passed by unnoticed until, exhausted, she sinks upon the stone step and sleeps. There now passes a kindly spirited knight, who flicks a Louis d'Or into the tiny wooden slipper at her side. Meanwhile, at the gambling house there has run to ruin at roulette a young blade, who is tipped that on the strike of twelve the number 17 is sure to come out. So impressed is he that he tries to borrow, in the hope of recouping his lost fortune, but his friends turn coldly away. From the place he saunters despondently and comes upon the little one on the step, still asleep. His hand, through habit, goes to his own pocket, hut, alas! It is empty. As he stands and contemplates the little one his eyes strikes the Louis d'Or. "An Idea! I will borrow the coin, play 17, and win her a fortune." Back to the hall he rushes, reaching there upon the stroke of twelve. Hurling the coin upon the table he yells "17," and 17 wins. He lays his winnings and wins again. Again and again he doubles his wealth until the bank is broken. Back he goes to repay with interest the "borrowed" Louis, but what a sight greets him. "Dead, and I have murdered her!" and taking the death-stained gold he scatters it in the snow.—Moving Picture World synopsis Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by Edward Acker[1] Produced by Biograph Company New York City[2] Cinematography Arthur Marvin Release date February 22, 1909 Running time 6-7 minutes (474 feet, originally part of 1000-foot split reel)[3] Country United States Languages Silent English title card

Fanny is the wife of Ben Webster, a trapper, and while he is an affectionate and dutiful husband, she yearns for something which appears better than her lot. She reasons: "Have I not youth and beauty and attainments far above this environment? Why should I be compelled to toil and struggle in this wilderness?" Truly, she did not know just what she yearned for, still a change of any sort would have been acceptable. Discontent is stamped upon her countenance, as Ben bids her good bye for a hunting trip in the North Woods. Webster embarks in his canoe, and sighting game, stands to fire. The light craft is overturned, throwing him into the water. Weighted down by his heavy clothing and cartridge belt, he would have drowned had not his plight been witnessed from the shore by Ed Hilton, a Canadian hunter. Hilton leaps in and succeeds in dragging the half-drowned trapper to land, where a strong friendship springs up between the two, and as night falls they make camp and sleep under the same blanket. Next morning they part with a vow of eternal friendship. Fanny goes to the village grocery store, and by chance meets Hilton, and it is a case of love at first sight with both, each, of course, ignorant of the other's identity. A second meeting is contrived and Hilton, thinking her a single girl, suggests an elopement, to which she consents. A meeting place is planned, and Fanny is there and leaves with Hilton his cabin. She has, however, left a note for Ben saying that she "is tired, and is going away." Poor Webster's heart nearly breaks as he reads this short, but cutting letter. Grief at first possesses him, then revenge. Taking up his gun, he starts after her. He hits a trail with the aid of a couple of villagers who had witnessed unseen the clandestine meeting of Fanny and the Canadian. Tracking them to the cabin he bursts in a few moments after their arrival. You may imagine the amazement on both sides when Ben finds Hilton is the man, and Hilton learns that Webster's wife is the woman. Hilton proves his innocence by commanding Webster to shoot; but no, Ben cannot kill the man to whom he owes his life, and so he staggers out and hack to his own home. Hilton, on the other hand, drives the heartless Fanny from him. She goes out, and for a time is undecided, when she resolves to face her husband and beg his forgiveness. Night has fallen and the cabin is in darkness when she enters. Going to the next room she gets the lantern, by which light she sees her husband sitting with his head reclining on the table. She assumes it is his grief, but on touching him, his inert form falls to the floor, he has terminated his existence. The shock causes her to recoil, and so doing knocks over the lantern, extinguishing the light. There in the shaft of moonlight we leave her kneeling beside the awful result of her discontent. "Oh, thou fool!"—Moving Picture World synopsis Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by Frank E. Woods Starring James Kirkwood Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Distributed by Biograph Company Release date October 7, 1909 Running time 11 minutes Country United States Language Silent with English intertitles

A drinking man arrives home, late and sozzled as usual. His wife reminds him that he promised to take their child to a play. The play proves to be a morality tale about the evils of drink; he sees the parallels in his own life and swears off the demon brew -- IMDB Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by D. W. Griffith Starring Arthur V. Johnson Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Distributed by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Release date April 1, 1909 Running time 14-15 minutes (original length 983 feet)[2] Country United States Language Silent with English intertitles

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 -- IMDB Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by G. W. Bitzer D. W. Griffith Mack Sennett Starring Mack Sennett Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Release date February 15, 1909 Running time 11-12 minutes (1 reel, 765 feet)[1][2] Country United States Language Silent with English intertitles

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 -- IMDB Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by D. W. Griffith Starring Kate Bruce Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Distributed by Biograph Studios Release date July 8, 1909 Running time Original length 942 feet (15 minutes)[1] Country United States Languages Silent English intertitles

An unscrupulous and greedy capitalist speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets -- IMDB Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by Frank Norris (book) Starring Frank Powell Grace Henderson James Kirkwood Linda Arvidson W. C. Miller Gladys Egan H. B. Walthall Blanche Sweet Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Distributed by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Release date December 13, 1909 Running time approx. 15 minutes Country United States Language Silent film

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. All this, of course, filled Grigo with bitter hatred and he vows vengeance, which you may be sure he will work with extreme subtlety. All preparations are made for the wedding, and when the day arrives Grigo is ready for it. He has contrived an infernal machine with a pistol so arranged that its explosion means death to anyone standing in front of it. The little church is decorated in honor of the affair and Grigo, with subterfuge, gets the sexton out, leaving the place to himself. Sawing a hole in front of the altar step, he places his weapon in such a position that one step forward by the priest would mean death to the bride kneeling in front. Grigo rushes hack to his room, arriving just as the wedding party is leaving for the church. Here he becomes a victim of the frenzy of his mind, and appreciating the fact that the awful deed will he laid to him and his apprehension will be inevitable, he writes a gloating note and then takes poison. His fall is heard by the housemaid, who, discovering the note, gives it to a policeman, who rushes madly to the church. Fate, however, seems to conspire, and the officer falls, breaking his ankle, just outside the church. A newsboy, seeing his plight, runs up, and the policeman directs him hurriedly to the church, where he arrives just in time to save the couple, who start back at his yell, for the priest had just made the step which fires the gun, but with no harm done. The priest gives thanks to God for their deliverance and proceeds with the wedding.—Moving Picture World synopsis Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by D. W. Griffith Starring Marion Leonard Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Arthur Marvin Distributed by Biograph Company Release date February 25, 1909 Running time 11 minutes Country United States Language Silent with English intertitles

A drowsy pipe-smoker attempts to nap, only to be tormented relentlessly by the mischievous Princess Nicotine and her fairy companion -- IMDB Directed by J. Stuart Blackton Produced by J. Stuart Blackton Cinematography Tony Gaudio Distributed by Vitagraph Studios Release date August 10, 1909 Running time 5 mins. Country United States

In ancient Athens, four young lovers escape into the woods. Meanwhile, tradesmen rehearse a play. All of them suffer from the shenanigans of mischievous fairies -- IMDB Directed by Charles Kent J. Stuart Blackton (co-director) Written by Eugene Mullin (scenario)[1] William Shakespeare (play) Based on A Midsummer Night's Dream 1600 play by William Shakespeare Produced by J. Stuart Blackton Starring Walter Ackerman Charles Chapman Dolores Costello Helene Costello Distributed by Vitagraph Studios Release date December 25, 1909 Running time 1 reel Country United States Language Silent film

An orphan named Oliver Twist meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to steal for their master -- IMDB Directed by J. Stuart Blackton Written by Charles Dickens Eugene Mullin Based on Oliver Twist 1837 novel by Charles Dickens Produced by J. Stuart Blackton Starring Edith Storey Release date May 1, 1909 Country United States Languages silent film English intertitles

An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel -- IMDB Directed by Otis Turner (unconfirmed) Written by Otis Turner (unconfirmed) Based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1900 novel by L. Frank Baum Produced by William Selig Starring Bebe Daniels Distributed by Selig Polyscope Company Release date March 24, 1910 Running time 13 mins. Country United States Languages Silent film English intertitles

Peggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lord, who proposes marriage and wants to introduce her into his social circle. But complications arise when the lord's nephew also becomes attracted to Peggy -- IMDB Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by Frank E. Woods Starring Mary Pickford Henry B. Walthall Cinematography Billy Bitzer Production company Biograph Company Release date August 25, 1910 (U.S.) Running time 13 minutes Country United States Language Silent

A frantic child reports to the tribal chief that her father killed her mother. The tribe chases and captures the man, dragging him back for tribal justice -- IMDB Directed by James Young Deer (uncredited) Written by James Young Deer (uncredited) Starring Lucille Young Distributed by Pathé Frères Release date June 18, 1910 Running time 11 minutes Country United States Language silent with English intertitles

"He loves, he loves me not. He loves me!" What faith have we not placed in this floral prophet when we were in the spring of life. Infallible was its answer when we pulled off each petal repeating the above litany. At the opening of this Biograph subject, we find Martha and Milly, two sisters, in the daisy field of that little mystic flower the momentous question, "Does he love me?" The answer in both cases is "Yea!" and off the happy little maids skip towards the homestead. Martha learns of the presence in the village of a band of gypsies and is anxious to have her fortune told by one of these nomads, curious to know if the story of the daisy is true. Foolish girl not to believe implicitly in the daisy. For this skepticism or, rather, lover's apostasy, she incurs the displeasure of the daisy and vengeance is certain. A handsome young gypsy appears, reads her palm, planning her future to suit himself. Martha is fascinated by the young nomad and later really loves and believes in him, meeting him clandestinely at the foot of a waterfall as often as possible. Finally she persuades her sister Milly to have her fortune told by the gypsy, of course, not hinting of her love for the young man. However, the gypsy now makes the sisters unknown rivals of each other for him, each girl guarding her secret carefully. But the daisy wreaks its vengeance when Martha comes suddenly upon her sister and the gypsy at the waterfall. She witnesses the wretch's perfidy unseen by them, and so she stealthily departs vowing never to see him again. At this time the old father of the two girls remarking their absence goes in search of them. He is amazed upon surprising his daughter Milly in the company of the gypsy, and an argument ensues which results in the old man being knocked down. The girl's cries bring several farmhands, who, thinking the old man killed, start after the gypsy to annihilate him. He is in a fair way of being apprehended when he arrives at the gate of the homestead where Martha is seated weeping from chagrin and disappointment. He appeals to her to save him, which she at first is loathe to do but the realization that she once cared for him softens her and she directs him into a barrel and covers him with potatoes, so that when his pursuers arrive he is safely under cover. Meanwhile, the old man is found to have been only stunned by his fall and in no way hurt, so the hands are asked to desist in their dire design. Still they proceed to camp where the young scoundrel has now arrived and order him to leave the neighborhood at once, following him for a distance to be sure he obeys their injunction. The girls are now regenerated in their faith in the daisy, each going to her sincere rustic sweetheart.—Moving Picture World synopsis Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by Stanner E.V. Taylor Starring Clara T. Bracy Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Distributed by Biograph Company Release date July 11, 1910 Running time 12 minutes Country United States Language Silent with English intertitles

A young married couple are living happily in the little fishing village and at the opening of the story the young husband is one the "Three fishers went sailing away to the West, away in the West as the sun went down. Each thought on the woman who loved him best, and the women stood watching them out of the town. For men must work and women must weep, and there's little to earn and many to keep. Though the harbor bar be moaning." As the days rolled by the "three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower...They looked at the squall, and they looked at the shower," but no sign of their husband's return could be seen. Ah! Little did they know that on a distant shore "Three fishers lay out on the shining sands, in the morning gleam as the tide went down." When the rescue party brings the fishers in they find life in one, the young husband. With the tender care of the folk in this distant land he regains his health, but his memory is a blank. All efforts to recall the past prove futile. Meanwhile, the poor wife, with her baby, sits gazing out to sea, still hopeful of his return, but in vain. The years roll by and her child grows into young womanhood to be courted by one of the young fishermen of the coast village, and it is upon the day that the young couple are preparing for their wedding that the long lost husband, having started out to sea once more lands on the shore of his native village. The familiar scenes restore his memory. It seems to him that it was only on the yesterday he left, and he rushes eagerly along the coast to meet his wife. There she stands, ever hopeful. At first they hardly recognize each other, time having wrought such a change, but enwrapped in each others' arms they realize fate's injunction: "For men must work and women must weep, and the sooner it's over the sooner to sleep, and good-bye to the bar and its moaning." The scenic beauty of the subject is exceptional, being taken at a fishing village of Southern California.—Moving Picture World synopsis Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by Charles Kingsley (poem) Starring Arthur V. Johnson Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Music by Robert Israel Distributed by Biograph Company Release date May 5, 1910 Running time 14 minutes (18 frame/s) Country United States Language Silent with English intertitles

Ramona is a little orphan of the great Spanish household of Moreno. Alessandro, the Indian, arrives at the Camulos ranch with his sheep-shearers, showing his first meeting with Ramona. There is at once a feeling of interest noticeable between them which ripens into love. This Senora Moreno, her foster mother, endeavors to crush, with poor success, until she forces a separation by exiling Alessandro from the ranch. He goes back to his native village to find the white men devastating the place and scattering his people. The Senora, meanwhile, has told Ramona that she herself has Indian blood, which induces her to renounce her present world and go to Alessandro. They are married and he finds still a little shelter left from the wreckage. Here they live until the whites again appear and drive them off, claiming the land. From place to place they journey, only to be driven further until finally death comes to Alessandro just as aid comes in the person of Felipe, the Senora's son, who takes Ramona back to Camulos.—Moving Picture World synopsis Directed by D. W. Griffith Written by D. W. Griffith Stanner E. V. Taylor Based on Ramona 1884 novel by Helen Hunt Jackson Produced by D. W. Griffith Starring Mary Pickford Henry B. Walthall Cinematography G. W. Bitzer Distributed by Biograph Company Release date May 23, 1910 Running time 17 minutes Country United States Language Silent with English intertitles

Billed as the "Fight of the Century", reigning champion Jack Johnson takes on former champion James J. Jeffries in a gruelling 15-round beatdown -- IMDB ased on Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries Produced by John Stuart Blackton[31] Starring Jack Johnson James J. Jeffries Distributed by J. & J. Co. Release date 6 July 1910 Running time 100 minutes Country United States Language Silent film