Almost a Wild Man
(1913),
Biograph film directed by Dell Henderson
(Saving the Silents).
The Ambassador's Daughter
(1912),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by Charles J. Brabin
(Saving the Silents).
An Animated Grouch Chaser
(1915),
comic short combining live-action with cartoon sequences animated by Raoul Barré
(New Zealand Project).
At Bear Track Gulch
(1913),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by Harold M. Shaw
(Saving the Silents).
A Bashful Bigamist
(1921),
one-reel farce, starring Billy Bletcher, in which a wife plots to keep her husband at home
(New Zealand Project).
Play film
Bill's Sweetheart
(1913),
Edison Company one-reeler
(Saving the Silents).
Billy and His Pal
(1911),
Western filmed in San Antonio, Texas, and one of the earliest surviving films featuring Francis Ford
(New Zealand Project).
Play film
Blind Husbands
(1919),
Erich von Stroheim's directorial debut about a neglected wife, on holiday in the Alps, who resists the advances of an Austrian cavalry officer
(Saving the Silents).
Blind Wives
(1920),
a moral lesson about the perils of consumerism, driven home to a spendthrift wife through three successive nightmares
(Saving the Silents).
Bread on the Waters
(1913),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by George A. Lessey
(Saving the Silents).
The Call of the Wild
(1923),
an early adaptation of Jack London's classic novel from the Hal Roach Studios
(Saving the Silents).
Children Who Labor
(1912),
dramatized expose made by the Edison Company for the National Child Labor Committee
(2002 Federal Grants).
China and the Chinese, Part 2
(1917),
1,000 feet from an educational documentary showing everyday life in China
(New Zealand Project).
Play film
A Christmas Accident
(1912),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by Harold M. Shaw
(Saving the Silents).
Col. Heeza Liar’s “Forbidden Fruit”
(1923),
animated tall tale in which the colonel recounts how he single-handedly ended the “Great Banana Famine of 1923”
(New Zealand Project).
Play film
Collage Fragments
(1940s?),
enigmatic found-footage film by Joseph Cornell intermingling snippets of peasants, goats, a fabric factory, and a circus as well as clips from a swashbuckler and nature films
(2013 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
(1913),
Biograph film directed by W. Christy Cabanne
(Saving the Silents).
The Country Doctor
(1909),
D.W. Griffith's one-reel tragedy about a dedicated doctor and his daughter
(2002 Federal Grants).
The Coward
(1915),
Thomas Ince's Civil War study starring Frank Keenan as the father who assumes his cowardly son's place in the ranks
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
The Crime of Carelessness
(1912),
Edison short commissioned by the National Association of Manufacturers to rebut public criticism after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
(2005 Federal Grants).
The Devil's Wheel
(1918),
melodrama set in the dangerous world of Parisian gambling
(Saving the Silents).
A Fool There Was
(1915),
the steamy tale of a married businessman who loses everything in pursuit of Theda Bara, a heartless seductress called the "Vampire"
(Saving the Silents).
The Genius
(1914),
Biograph film directed by Dell Henderson
(Saving the Silents).
The Girl Stage Driver
(1914),
long section from a Western filmed in Tucson, Arizona
(New Zealand Project).
Play film
The Gorilla Hunt
(1926),
reputed to be the earliest motion picture of great apes in the wild, photographed and directed by Ben Burbridge
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
Greater New York
(ca. 1921),
affectionate profile of Manhattan, featuring views of the Woolworth Building, Williamsburg Bridge, Broadway and 42nd, Temple Emmanuel (demolished in 1927), double-decker buses, and elevated train lines
(New Zealand Project).
The Hidden Way
(1926),
feature-length drama, written by Ida May Park, in which convicts befriend a poor family and struggle to go straight
(New Zealand Project).
Play film
His Mother’s Thanksgiving
(1910),
family melodrama showing what happens when a successful son tries to celebrate the holidays without his mother
(New Zealand Project).
Play film
Home and Dome
(1965),
Stan Vanderbeek’s experimental saga of family life during the construction of the Movie Drome screening space on his property in Stony Brook, New York
(2010 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
The House of Discord
(1913),
Biograph film directed by James Kirkwood
(Saving the Silents).
How They Outwitted Father
(1913),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by C. Jay Williams
(Saving the Silents).
Hypnotic Nell
(1912),
fragment from a comedy in which Nell, played by Ruth Roland, tries to land her cowboy using pointers from a mail-order hypnotism course
(New Zealand Project).
In a Japanese Tea Garden
(1913),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by J. Searle Dawley
(Saving the Silents).
In Life's Cycle
(1910),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
John Manly's Awakening
(1913),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by George A. Lessey
(Saving the Silents).
Lady Clare
(1912),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by Ashley Miller
(Saving the Silents).
The Last Man on Earth
(1924),
fantasy in which Elmer, the only man to survive the "masculitis" epidemic, is sold to the government as the prize for a boxing match between two women senators
(Saving the Silents).
Last of the Line
(1914),
Western in which Joe Goodboy, as leader of his tribe, must atone for his son, played by Sessue Hayakawa, who returns from school corrupted by the white man
(2009 Federal Grants).
The Left-Handed Man
(1913),
Biograph film, director unknown
(Saving the Silents).
The Life of Moses
(1909),
Vitagraph film originally released in five parts but later shown in a single screening, thus making it the first surviving American feature
(2001 Federal Grants).
A Limited Divorce
(1912),
Biograph film, director unknown
(Saving the Silents).
The Man He Might Have Been
(1913),
Edison Company one-reeler
(Saving the Silents).
Man's Enemy
(1914),
Biograph film, director unknown
(Saving the Silents).
The Marriage Circle
(1924),
Ernst Lubitsch's comedy of manners tracing the flirtatious orbit of dissatisfied partners
(Saving the Silents).
Mexican Filibusters
(1911),
Kalem adventure in which a fearless pair of Mexican American arms smugglers help revolutionists
(2010 Federal Grants).
The Mollycoddle
(1920),
an adventure involving diamond smugglers, led by Wallace Beery, who are foiled by a bespectacled milksop played by Douglas Fairbanks
(Saving the Silents).
Mutt and Jeff: On Strike
(1920),
Mutt and Jeff cartoon featuring live-action shots of Bud Fisher, creator of the original comic strip.
(Film Connection Australia).
Play film
My Baby
(1912),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
(nostalgia)
(1971),
Hollis Frampton’s landmark structuralist film probing the relationship of photography and memory through the destruction of a series of his own photographs, each slowly burned as the narration anticipates the next image
(2004 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
Oh, Uncle
(1909),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
Oils Well!
(1923),
comedy set in the American oil fields in which Monty Banks strives to impress the boss’s daughter
(New Zealand Project).
Play film
An Old Fashioned Elopement
(1912),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by C. Jay Williams
(Saving the Silents).
One is Business; the Other Crime
(1912),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
One Night, and Then
(1910),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
One Touch of Nature
(1914),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by Ashley Miller
(Saving the Silents).
Over Silent Paths: A Story of the American Desert
(1910),
D.W. Griffith Western about a woman who brings justice to the murderer of her father
(2009 Federal Grants).
The Perfidy of Mary
(1913),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
The Portrait
(1913),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by George A. Lessey
(Saving the Silents).
Private Life of a Cat
(1947),
avant-garde filmmaker Alexander Hammid's poetic documentary on the themes of parental guidance and teaching
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
A Proposal Under Difficulties
(1912),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by C. Jay Williams
(Saving the Silents).
The Public and Private Care of Infants
(1912),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by Charles M. Seay
(Saving the Silents).
The Redman's View
(1909),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
The Salvation Hunters
(1925),
feature debut of Josef von Sternberg
(2008 Federal Grants).
A Scary Time
(1960),
UNICEF-sponsored film decrying child malnourishment by Shirley Clarke and Robert Hughes
(2010 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
A Serenade by Proxy
(1913),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by C. Jay Williams
(Saving the Silents).
Serene Velocity
(1970),
Ernie Gehr’s landmark avant-garde study
(2005 Federal Grants).
Side/Walk/Shuttle
(1991),
Ernie Gehr’s disorienting city portrait shot high above the streets of San Francisco
(2007 Avant-Garde Masters Grants).
A Siren of Impulse
(1912),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
The Sorrowful Shore
(1911),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
Springtime for Henry
(1934),
screen adaptation of Benn Levy's romantic comedy about a rich playboy who tries to reform by taking charge of his auto manufacturing business
(1999 Partnership Grants).
The Squaw's Love
(1911),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
Strongheart
(1914),
Biograph film directed by James Kirkwood
(Saving the Silents).
The Suburbanite
(1904),
the comic trials of a commuter who moves to the suburbs
(2002 Federal Grants).
Sweet and Twenty
(1909),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
The Symbol of the Unconquered
(1920),
black homesteader's struggle for survival on the Midwestern plains by African American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
Ten by Stuart Sherman
(1978–88),
avant-garde shorts by the minimalist performance artist and playwright
(2007 Federal Grants).
The Test
(1909),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
The Thief and the Girl
(1911),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
Thirty Days at Hard Labor
(1912),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by Oscar Apfel
(Saving the Silents).
Those Little Flowers
(1913),
Biograph film directed by Dell Henderson
(Saving the Silents).
A Thrilling Rescue by Uncle Mun
(1912),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by C. Jay Williams
(Saving the Silents).
Tim
(1912),
Edison Company one-reeler directed by Charles J. Brabin
(Saving the Silents).
Tol'able David
(1921),
Henry King feature starring Richard Barthelmess as the young David who overcomes his Goliath and delivers the mail
(Saving the Silents).
The Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
(1905),
Biograph film, director unknown
(Saving the Silents).
To Save Her Soul
(1909),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
The Tourists
(1912),
Biograph comedy set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, featuring Mabel Normand
(2010 Federal Grants).
The Two Paths
(1911),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
The Unsullied Shield
(1913),
Edison Company one-reeler
(Saving the Silents).
Was He a Coward?
(1911),
Biograph film directed by D.W. Griffith
(Saving the Silents).
The Wife
(1914),
Biograph film directed by David Miles
(Saving the Silents).
Wild and Woolly
(1917),
the satire, scripted by Anita Loos as the complement to Manhattan Madness, in which an Easterner, played by Douglas Fairbanks, goes West to face train robbers and Indians
(Saving the Silents).