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Dir: André Deed

The story begins with a scientist creating a device shaped like a man that can be remote-controlled by a machine.

Dir: Erle C. Kenton

The dyed-in-the-wool movie fan who is not content to look at pictures but must see how they are made is richly caricatured in this short.

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

Dir: Bruno C. Becker

It is the year 1950; women have taken over men's jobs and have become the aggressors in romantic situations. Lizzie Hap stuffs the ballot box, defeats her opponent, Minnie Fish, and is thereby elected Fire Chief of the all female fire department, and succeeds in winning the hand of her fair loved one, Willie Wart.

Dir: Jacob Fleck

Depicts a society lady trapped under the spell of an unskilled hypnotist.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Her First Flame perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Maurice Elvey

Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse and menaced by a demonic dog that prowls the bogs near his estate and murders people.

Dir: F.W. Murnau

In the castle Vogeloed, a few aristocrats are awaiting baroness Safferstätt. But first Count Oetsch invites himself.. Everyone thinks he murdered his brother, baroness Safferstat's first husband, three years ago. So he is rather undesirable. But Oetsch stays; arguing he is not the murderer and will find the real one...

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

Dir: Erle C. Kenton

A timid man's domineering wife keeps catching him at what seem in be compromising situations with pretty young women, and she won't believe they're as innocent as he claims they are.

Dir: Ernest C. Warde

When young writer Brandon McShane is left penniless by the death of his father, he is forced to rent a room in the tenement district from the Mahon family. Brandon soon becomes infatuated with the fortune hunting Mimi Gascoigne, who casts him aside for a wealthy suitor. In search of revenge, Brandon acquires a magic skin which will gratify its owner's wishes, but which exacts years from the petitioner's life in payment. Brandon wishes himself wealth and his enemies unhappiness, and then lives in terror of the penalty he must pay. One day he meets Pauline Mahon who has loved him since his tenement days. Pauline convinces Brandon to wish the skin out of his life, and then he discovers that Pauline's love is the fulfillment of this last wish.

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

Dir: Harry A. Pollard

A scientist discovers a death ray and locks it in a box, giving the key to his daughter, who soon finds herself hunted by criminals looking to steal the deadly mineral.

Dir: Erle C. Kenton

Charles Murray and son find themselves in love with Widow and her daughter, Char lot to Mineau, and Mario Provost. Charming romantic scenes "between George Bolgor, the son and Marie Prevost. Romances of both seem to progress favorably until both decide to present their sweethearts with bouquets which happen to be identical. Father seeing son giving his bouquet to widow for her daughter mistakes act and thinks boy is making love to the lady of his choice. Innumerable misunderstandings follow which when cleared up pave way for big misunderstanding which starts when Ford sterling, an adventurer arrives at country hotel where parties are vacationing. Sterling has just had adventure with matrimonial agency, having married a client and deserted her and her son. They follow him to country place arriving just in time to prevent his marriage to charming widow who is not only pretty but wealthy. Boy at first mistakes his victim, he never having seen his step father and administers a terrible beating to poor Charles Murray who has arrived with a little gift and broken heart to wish the widow a happy life. Son is played by Eddie Gribbon and he makes due apology to Murray and proceeds to drag sterling out to merited fate, leaving Murray to resume his suit, and win the widow, while charming Marie is married in double wedding to her gallant lover, Bolger.