The Drummer of the 8th (1913)

The Drummer of the 8th

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When the Civil War begins, young Billy runs away from home to enlist in the Northern Army as a drummer; he's wounded in battle and taken prisoner. He manages to escape and deliver an important message to his commanding officer, but loses his life in the process.Written by Peter W. Many, Jr.

Cymbeline (1913)

Cymbeline

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A romantic tale from Shakespeare's late career, concerning the trials of the virtuous Princess Imogen.

Fatty Joins the Force (1913)

Fatty Joins the Force

Fatty Joins the Force is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle.

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Fatty is an obese and timid man who rescues a little girl from drowning. The girl who turns out to be the daughter of the Police Commissioner. The grateful Commissioner offers Fatty a job on the Police Force. Fatty accepts but soon finds out the job isn't all that it's cracked up to be.

Max Takes a Picture (1913)

Max fait de la photo

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The dapper Max is excited to sneak shots of a Rubenesque beauty, because he's bored, with nothing else to photograph on the deserted French beach. But she pays him off, not to even peak at her in her bathing suit. As she's attempting to get ashore, she desperately tries to avoid his snapping away. Swimming back out, she disappears under the ocean, driving Max frantic with guilt. Written by David Stevens

The Last Days of Pompeii (1913)

Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeii

Ultimi giorni di Pompeii, Gli (English title: The Last Days of Pompeii) is an Italian black and white silent film, released in 1913 (see 1913 in film), directed by Mario Caserini and Eleuterio Rodolfi.

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Well respected Pompeiian Glaucus performs an act of kindness by buying Nidia, a blind slave being mistreated by her owner. Nidia falls in love with her new master, but he only has eyes for Jone. Jone in turn is lusted after by Arbace, an Egyptian high priest of Isis. When Nidia beseeches Isis for help in capturing Glaucus' heart, Arbace gives her a "love" potion, which really will affect his mind and not his heart, thus opening the way to Jone for himself. When Arbace's disciple is murdered Glaucus finds himself in hot water, shortly after which Mt. Vesuvius erupts. Written by Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>

Daydreams (1915)

 Gryozy

Daydreams (грезы) is a 1915 Russian silent film directed by Yevgeni Bauer.

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Sergei is devastated by the death of his beloved wife Yelena. He becomes more and more obsessed by her and more and more often sees visions of her ghost. He starts an affair with an actress who looks like his dead wife but progressively drifts into madness with dramatic consequences.

A Natural Born Gambler (1916)

A Natural Born Gambler

A Natural Born Gambler is a 1916 silent film short, the first of only two films starring Broadway

 comic and singer Bert Williams.

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A lovable scoundrel is busted for gambling and thrown into jail, where he dreams of playing poker - but even in his dreams, he loses.