Some Steamer Scooping

The Best Bad Man

November 1925 •English

Visiting his vast properties incognito, Hugh Nichols (Tom Mix) discovers that his land agent (Cyril Chadwick) is forcing Peggy Swain (Clara Bow) and her dad (Frank Beal) off their neighboring ranch. When decent-minded Nichols demands that the agent cease harassing the farmers, the nasty villain blows up the nearby dam, flooding the valley.

The Queen of Hearts

September 1918 •English

Pauline Cheraud risks her reputation to expose the man who killed her father.

The Making of O'Malley

June 1925 •English

A policeman falls for a teacher, and befriends her students. A gang of bootleggers threatens his newfound joys.

The Gallant Hussar

August 1928 •German

The daughter of an American millionaire falls in love with a Hungarian hussar officer during a visit to the Austrian Empire.

The Dupe

July 1916 •English

A chauffeur named Frank gets caught between his wealthy employer, Mr. Rogers, and Rogers' wife, who loves Frank, and his own love interest, Florence, the wealthy ward Rogers is abusive towards. After Frank is framed by Rogers for theft and a blackmail scheme involving the divorce, Frank and Florence fall in love, while Mrs. Rogers is driven to the brink of suicide. Frank protects Florence from Rogers and ultimately, the lovers unite while the abusive couple suffers.

The Ancient Blood

June 1916 •English

Half-breed Nor is loved by French Canadian Jacques but when they quarrel, she meets Englishman Cedric Ralston who has been jilted by his fiancée Margaret for his elder brother, Lord Ralston. Later, Nor and Cedric are married, but on the day of their wedding, Cedric hears of his brother's death, and he goes to England, taking Nor. Unhappy she realizes Cedric’s heart belongs to Margaret and Nor returns to her mountains and to Jacques.

Bara no yakata: otokotachi no passion

April 1983 •Japanese

Gay pinku distributed by ENK

The Truth About Wives

February 1923 •English

Helen Frazer marries Harold Lawton to please her domineering grandmother. However, Harold continues his dalliance with chorus girl Letty Lorraine, and embezzles $25,000 from his employer, Howard Hendricks, to support her luxurious tastes. To protect her son, Helen enters into a financial agreement with Howard, who hopes to win her from Harold. After Harold squanders the money, he commits a crime for which Helen is arrested. Will she be cleared in time?

A Self-Made Widow

July 1917 •English

On the promise of marriage, Sylvia Smith, a simple girl from Lone Meadows, follows her lover to the city only to discover that he already has a wife.

Pants

September 1917 •English

Little Betty has a luxurious home, an army of servants and the costliest of toys. But she hasn't what a child wants most of all, other children to play with. The result is that she runs away and joins a group of children from the ghetto district on the beach. In play she exchanges clothing with a little boy. That evening Betty doesn't return home. Her maiden aunt, an over-zealous guardian, is frantic. She notifies the police. The same evening the father of the boy, who has lost his position and is facing starvation, decides to turn burglar. He steals into the home of Betty's father. The household is awakened and the intruder captured.

The Beast in Man

December 1917 •Russian

Falešný hráč

February 1913 •Czech

Záhadný zločin

March 1913 •Czech

Americký souboj

January 1913 •Czech

Estrella

December 1913 •Czech

Rozvedená paní

January 1913 •Czech

Much Ado about Nothing

February 1913 •Czech

Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.

Zamilovaná tchýně

February 1914 •Czech

Strike Father, Strike Son

January 1923 •English

Eleventh episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.

The Wandering Two

May 1923 •English

13th episode in the first 'Leather Pushers' series of two-reel boxing shorts.