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Dir: Laurence Trimble

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

Dir: Laurence Trimble

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

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

Dir: Laurence Trimble

A crook tries to make a thief of a boss's son and ties a flower girl to the lock gates of a canal.

Dir: Laurence Trimble

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.

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

Dir: Laurence Trimble

Georgina asks permission from her old aunt, Patricia Mercer Vanderpyl, to marry Capt. Nugent before his departure for France. Patricia refuses and, in reply to Georgina's questioning, gives her a diary from her own girlhood to read. The diary unfolds the story of Patricia's marriage to soldier Anthony Vanderpyl. Returning on furlough after the outbreak of the Civil War, Anthony suddenly leaves Patricia to visit Mrs. Le Roy, an old flame, and is killed by her jealous husband. Positive that Anthony had been unfaithful to her, Patricia refuses to open the letter that her husband sent her on the day of his death. Georgina now opens it and discovers that Anthony had gone to Mrs. Le Roy to end the affair that his brother Bentley was having with her. With this revelation, Patricia sanctions her niece's marriage, then dies, joining Anthony in "the spreading dawn".

Dir: Laurence Trimble

Dr. Laurel Carlisle marries wealthy Clinton Durand so she will have the money to finance her important experiments in bacteriology in order to find a cure for anthrax--even though she doesn't love Durand and is actually in love with her colleague Dr. Leslie. Durand turns out to be a violent brute who mistreats Laurel and her son Donald. Matters come to a head when Donald dies of pneumonia while on a trip with Durand, and Laurel blames him for it. Complications ensue.

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

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

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.

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

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 man returns from the colonies in time to save his Cockney parents.