Must-Watch List in the Vein of Fool's Gold: Cult Guide

Dir: Laurence Trimble

A rich man pretends his injured son's marriage is illegal and makes his wife marry a drunken wastrel.

Dir: Laurence Trimble

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Murdoch Trial perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

An heiress takes the blame for stabbing her uncle, thinking her lover guilty.

Dir: Laurence Trimble

A girl farmer weds a faithless sergeant who is killed by her suitor, and realises she loves the bailiff.

Dir: Laurence Trimble

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Far from the Madding Crowd perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Persuade by a letter from her Aunt Agnes in America, Kitty McCarthy ( Olive Thomas ) travels from Ireland to New York City, there she meets Gordon Davis, a successful playwright, who directs her to her aunt's address on the East Side. Kitty soon discovers her aunt living in a tenement, a confirmed alcoholic. Through her niece's care, Agnes is cured, and one day Davis appears and offers Kitty a part in a comedy that he has written. She accepts, and once backstage meets Vera Maxwell, the victim of an unhappy affair with Oscar Savoy. Kitty brings the lovelorn couple back together but is unsuccessful in arranging her own romance with Davis' nephew Roger until Davis finally intervenes, and a happy ending prevails for all.

Dir: Laurence Trimble

A doctor cures his wife of brain fever after she stabs her film star lover.

Dir: Laurence Trimble

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Darling Mine perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

When Flash's master, Clark Moran, goes out of town on business, Flash, who is part wolf, is falsely accused of sheepicide and sentenced to death by local ranchers. Escaping into the mountains, Flash finds a mate but has to leave his new companion to rescue his master's love, Betty, who has been kidnapped by the real sheep killer, Luther Nash.

Dir: Laurence Trimble

David gets into a fight with the owner of Strongheart, a German Shepherd. Believing the has accidentally killed the man, David takes Strongheart and flees to northern Canada. He arrives at a small settlement and gets a job with the local trading post, and falls in love with Sally, the owner's daughter. When it comes time for Strongheart to find a mate he leaves the settlement, and soon returns with "The Fawn". However, during the time he was gone David has come down with pneumonia and is deathly ill. Complications ensue.

Dir: Laurence Trimble

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Through the Valley of Shadows perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Sal Gratton picks Joe Brown over Bill Sproat for her husband. They marry and have a son, and Sproat watches them in anger over the passing years. Sal and Joe come into a fortune and they give their son all the advantages in life, but he turns to gambling and squanders their fortune. He departs to another country and his parents are sent to the poor house, still besieged by Sproat who has also become wealthy.

Dir: Laurence Trimble

A selfish actress weds her cousin's lover and dies saving her jewels from a fire.

Dir: Laurence Trimble

A wealthy businessman proudly watches as his son begins his own business, a shoe store. However, things start to take a turn for the worst when the father's estranged wife inserts herself into her son's life and a seductive gold-digger tries to get her hooks into the young man. His father must stand helplessly by and hope his son makes the right decisions.