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Dir: Bruno Ziener

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Martinius Nielsen

An Egyptian prince gives a very valuable piece of jewelry to a dancer who amused him with her art. A piece of jewelry that carries a power and a divination that affects the dancer in the future.

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

Dir: Edgar Jones

A mail-order bride arrives at a Maine lumber camp but doesn't like her prospective husband.

Dir: Martinius Nielsen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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

Dir: Martinius Nielsen

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Dallas M. Fitzgerald

Confidence artist Flossie Golden attempts to fleece foolish but wealthy James Venable with a breach-of-promise suit. Venable's shrewd attorney, Richard Harding, outwits Flossie by proposing that she marry Venable and live on an allowance of $3,000 per year. Flossie is determined to get even with Harding for ruining her plans. In an attempt to con him, she poses as Innocence Page, but falls in love and marries him instead. Larry, Flossie's former accomplice, endeavors to blackmail her with her errant past, but Harding is already cognizant of the facts and Larry fails.

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

Dir: Martinius Nielsen

"The green Beetle" is a criminal organization with a special interest in smuggling and fraud. The leader Barritz is ruthless.

Dir: Robert N. Bradbury

A simple country girl, brutally mistreated by her stepfather, awakens first the sympathy, then the love, of The Boy. The Spider, who lusts after The Girl, makes a bargain with the stepfather and takes her to the city where, kept prisoner, she is soon broken in health and spirit. Cast out and near death, she is taken in by The Boy. Following the demise of The Spider, The Boy takes her to church, where he prays, and after many hours she is restored to health.

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

Dir: Martinius Nielsen

19-year-old Melitta von Windheim is profoundly fascinated by the famous actor Ludvig Romay. That's why she can hardly believe her own good fortune, as it turns out that her cousin Rudolf is an old friend of Romay and wants to introduce them. Romay and Melitta hit it off straight away, and before poor Rudolf can look twice, the woman he's in love with is married off to someone else.

Dir: Maurice Elvey

A lady marries a horse trainer but withholds herself until her crippled brother is cured.