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The Market of Vain Desire (1916)
Character: Belle
A young girl is betrothed to a rich Count by her family who have hopes of partaking in the Count's fortune. A parson who loves her uses his pulpit in a scheme to shame the family into allowing the girl to break the engagement and marry him instead.
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The Reaping (1913)
Character: N/A
The film depicts a story of the gold rush era, focusing on the excitement and hardships of prospectors during that period. While full narrative details are sparse due to its age, it is characterized as a "splendid idea of the gold excitement" and follows the "rush of prospectors" seeking fortune.
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Out of the Rainbow (1916)
Character: Vivian Conroy
Lumber magnate Elihu Bennett seeks a monopoly in California's redwoods, clashing with mountain families like the Simpsons, who own valuable timber land. His daughter Ruth Bennett, educated and independent, disguises herself as a stenographer to spy on Stocker, her father's unscrupulous partner, and discovers his fraudulent schemes. She falls for Jerry Simpson, a lawyer and leader of the mountain folk, learning of Stocker's plot to steal their land and destroy ancient trees, including a beloved sequoia. After Stocker assaults Ruth, Jerry saves her, and Stocker dies in a reckless escape down a water flume. Elihu Bennett, realizing the truth, agrees to let the Simpsons keep their land, and Ruth and Jerry's love story culminates.
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Soul Mates (1916)
Character: Alice Sherman
Lowell Sherman's seemingly perfect marriage to Alice, which is shattered when she has an affair with his best friend, Cyril Carr; Lowell's revenge ruins Cyril, leading to suicide, after which Lowell supports Cyril's son and marries Cyril's widow, Muriel, finding a complex love amidst ruin and guilt.
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The Protest (1915)
Character: Molly Fisher
Molly is a young woman who out of desperation after failing to find work steals a pocketbook from a society woman, Blanche Armstrong.
This act leads her into a legal conflict involving the District Attorney, Roger Hackett, who uses the situation to pursue his own lustful interests.
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The $100,000 Bill (1915)
Character: Goldie
Alaskan prospector Guy Roberts receives a giant $100,000 bill and boards a ship to Seattle, only to be targeted by Soapy Smith and his gang who try to steal the fortune, leading to a comical, suspenseful cat-and-mouse game where Roberts outsmarts them by hiding the bill under a steamship label on his trunk, proving his cleverness and winning the skipper's daughter.
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The Burglar's Baby (1915)
Character: Mary Slade - Bill's Wife
Bill Slade, a desperate ironworker who loses his job is unable to feed his wife and child. Attempting to rob a doctor's house he is caught, leading to dramatic complications. The film focuses on his struggle to provide for his family amidst poverty, with red tape delaying charity, pushing him to crime and highlighting societal struggles during that era.
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The Hammer (1915)
Character: Millie Blakely
Illustrator Donald Barstow living in a run-down studio building develops an interest in the married Mrs. Blakely. She invites him to Philadelphia for the weekend and he accepts leading to unexpected complications for both.
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The Failure (1915)
Character: Jim's Wife
Reporter Tom Warder exposes a theatrical producer, Isaac Shuman, for sexually harassing young women, including Tom's girlfriend. After being forced out of town, Shuman returns years later to frame Tom for theft, leading to his imprisonment and the tragic death of his family.
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His Superficial Wife (1915)
Character: Marion Wallace - John's Wife
A man who believes his wife cares more for her dresses and social status than for their home life. To teach her a lesson and cure her of her vanity, he devises a plan to make her think he has lost all of his money. He hopes that by facing poverty, she will abandon her superficial ways and become a more devoted, practical wife.
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Hostage of the North (1915)
Character: Edna Andrews
The traveling troupe of actors gets stuck in Dawson City, and Andrews, the protagonist, with his wife, Edna, has almost no money. They set off for the gold region. Tired and hopeless after a long journey, they arrive at Dan Shaw's shack. The old miner welcomes them and confidently shows them a bag of wax nuggets that, for many years, he has been collecting to buy a house in California.
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The Affiancéd Wife (1915)
Character: Vera Ashton
Vera Ashton's criminal history resurfaces via her brother when he coerces her into robbing her wealthy employer. A shootout occurs; Vera fatally shoots her brother in self-defense. Her fiancé, Dixon, supports her claim of being his wife. A surprise revelation clears Vera, preventing her arrest.
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The Riddle of the Wooden Leg (1915)
Character: Edith Lee - Detective
Sauntry, secretary to John Graydon, the wealthy banker, commits many robberies in the city among the wealthy class, gaining a rather sinister reputation. He hides his tracks by placing a wooden leg on one of the good ones, thus leaving a print and a round mark. Graydon's diamond disappears and the chain to which it was tied is found by Limpy Fisher, a boy from the East Side, with a wooden leg.
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On the High Seas (1915)
Character: Anne Warner
Dirk Morgan, a trusted member of a powerful international criminal gang, receives word that the steamer Empress has left Melbourne with a secret shipment of gold; the letter also contains plans for the ship's hold and cabins. Dirk books passage for himself and Anne and they board the steamer in Sydney.
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A Flower in the Desert (1914)
Character: Flora Waldron
Violet Waldron is the daughter of dissolute parents with no hope of redemption. Yet, strange as it may be, she is a loyal and loving soul, supporting her father and mother in their degradation, no matter how badly they mistreat her. Seeking help for Bill Waldron, who has overdosed on cocaine, she tries in vain to convince his mother, whom she finds in a wine room, to come home with her.
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The City of Darkness (1914)
Character: Dolly - Donald's Sweetheart
John Warner, the newly elected governor, as district attorney, had ordered the execution of Horgan's sons, thus making him his worst enemy. Horgan, head of the First District, owns a fancy saloon. Donald Warner, John's brother, a reckless and reckless, though very lovable boy, is a frequent visitor to Horgan's house, visiting with Dolly, a girl from the underworld.
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The Cross in the Desert (1914)
Character: Mary Higgins
Sam Higgins, a grocery clerk, sends his invalid wife, her mother, and their baby to Arizona, hoping the desert climate will improve her failing health. The family rents a cottage owned by John Hecker, a stern railroad superintendent. However, they soon find themselves unable to pay the rent. Hecker threatens them with eviction, demanding they pay immediately or leave the premises. Desperate, they write to Sam for help. The film concludes with Sam attempting to secure the funds to save his family from being stranded in the desert.
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The Spark Eternal (1914)
Character: Lola Harris
Don McFadden, an East Side gunman and member of the Gopher gang, of which Schwartz is the leader, is in love with Lola, a girl from his neighborhood. The Gopher gang throws a dance, which is broken up by a group of rival gangsters. In the fight, Lola is shot in the shoulder and taken to the hospital, where she is kindly treated by the nurse and Dr. Deering.
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Parson Larkin's Wife (1914)
Character: Jane Woods - Parson Larkin's Wife
Chorus girl Jane Woods who vacations in a small town, catches the eye of the local parson, James Larkin, and marries him, but faces town gossip and the arrival of her old troupe until she proves herself a devoted wife, learning true happiness away from the stage life.
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A Tragedy of the North Woods (1914)
Character: Hilda's Mother
A mounted police lieutenant investigates the murder of a factor, MacKenzie, discovering it's a tale of vengeance: MacKenzie had stolen the assistant factor Burke's wife and daughter, leading Burke to kill him in a coin toss for the first shot, a brutal act presented as a chilling story of betrayal and revenge in the wilderness.
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The Winning of Denise (1914)
Character: Denise De Luce
A trapper is sent to the city to collect money for his fur company. On his journey back, he is accidentally shot by a young woman, the daughter of another trapper, who mistakes him for a deer. She takes him back to her father's cabin to recover. Initially, the girl's father is truly angry about the situation. The young man saves the life of the older trapper (the father). Through gratitude, the father forms a business partnership with the young man, and the young people fall in love. The film concludes with the young man successfully "winning" Denise and presumably a happy ending.
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The Stigma; or, The Brand of Shame (1914)
Character: Mrs. John Field
Alvin escaping prison, becoming a music instructor under a false name, and falls in love with his student, Alice. His life unravels when his former girlfriend, Louise, threatens to expose him, leading to a complex plot of secrets, a suicide, and a confession that reveals a murder.
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From Out of the Dregs (1914)
Character: N/A
Young thief Nell Durand is caught picking the pocket of a wealthy young man named Tom Berry. Instead of turning her in, he offers to help her reform, leading to a love story complicated by a greedy lawyer who tries to prevent their marriage.
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The Wharf Rats (1914)
Character: Maggie Keene
Most mothers are more or less wrong about their children. Mrs. Reed loved her youngest son, Edward, who was a clever rascal, so blindly that her eldest son, Jim, a generous but somewhat stupid boy, did not get his due dose of maternal affection. Jim was always unlucky, while Edward was never short of good clothes and plenty of money to make his pockets ring.
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The Social Ghost (1914)
Character: Mrs. Banners
14-year-old Tom is unable to find work to support his sick mother and has no food. He becomes despondent after being turned down by potential employers and sits on a park bench with his dog. A mysterious, unseen figure, referred to as "the social ghost," appears to offer him assistance.
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The Raiders (1914)
Character: Mary Evans
Kentucky moonshiner, Bill Evans lives with his family in the back hills. His daughter Mary marries another moonshiner, Jack Keane, which angers Bill Gale. The plot involves a love triangle and family conflict stemming from the moonshining life.
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The Play's the Thing (1914)
Character: Nell
Clifton Boyle, a lead actor in a disbanded theater troupe. Boyle returns home to find his sister dying; she reveals she married Harold Welles, another actor, who abandoned her and their deceased baby. Boyle swears vengeance on Welles. Boyle tracks Welles down and uses the theatrical world to enact his revenge, making a real-life drama out of his sister's tragedy.
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For Her Brother's Sake (1914)
Character: Mary Frye - the Sister
Grace and her brother Edwin are living in a modest city apartment when they receive an invitation from their wealthy uncle to live on his Southern California ranch. While Grace is eager for the new life, Edwin refuses to leave the city, prompting Grace to travel to the ranch alone. On the ranch, Grace falls in love with the foreman, Jack Winston. Their romance causes conflict with Jack’s former lover, Inez—a Spanish dancer who attempts to stab Jack in a fit of jealousy after he breaks off their relationship to be with Grace. Years later, Grace and Jack are married, but Edwin has fallen into poverty back east. He eventually decides to join his sister in the west. Upon arriving, Edwin visits a local saloon and becomes innocently embroiled in a quarrel with a drunken cowboy, leading to a fight.
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The Harvest of Sin (1913)
Character: Mrs. Neal
Jim Neal, the proprietor of the "Halfway Saloon," located between Tucson and Gold Creek. A local minister discovers Jim selling alcohol to the Indians and asks him to stop. Jim refuses, telling the minister to mind his own business. The minister then appeals to Jim's wife, Mrs. Neal, pointing out that the saloon is an unfit environment for their young daughter. Realizing the truth in the minister's words, Mrs. Neal decides to take their daughter and leave the area to visit her sister in a distant settlement. Tragically, while enroute, Mrs. Neal and her daughter are attacked by a group of the same Indians who had been incited by the "firewater" sold to them by Jim Neal, demonstrating the consequences of his actions.
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The Pitfall (1913)
Character: Fannie Rice
Pretty country girl Hazel Dorn sings in her church choir when she sees a newspaper advertisement for chorus girls placed by theatrical manager John Hern. Despite her mother's pleas, she leaves home for the city. Hern has personal reasons for hiring the young girl and intends to lure her to her ruin. However, another, older girl, Fannie Rice, who has already been a victim of Hern, contrives to save Hazel.
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The Buried Past (1913)
Character: Myrtle Gross - the Wife
Myrtle Gross escapes her abusive, alcoholic husband, Jim, taking their baby to Alaska with money and a ticket stolen from Tom Winters. She builds a new life, but years later, her past resurfaces when Jim, having traced her, arrives to confront her, threatening her new existence.
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From Out the Storm (1913)
Character: Grace Adams
Grace Adams (Leona Hutton), a "reformed crook" who has built a new life as the wife of a young rancher named John Adams (Herschel Mayall), is suddenly confronted by her criminal history. Grace receives a letter from her former partner-in-crime, Rusty Hogan, who has recently escaped from prison. The message triggers a series of reflections as Grace's "thoughts wander over her past life," forcing her to reconcile her former identity with her current respectable status.
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A Woman's Wit (1913)
Character: Ned's Wife
Ranch foreman Ned Fern keeps the weekly payroll in his safe overnight. A gambler (and notorious murderer) holds Ned's I.O.U.s for a large amount. Ned's wife pleads with him not to gamble, but he goes anyway, increasing his debt to $1,500. The wife's actions and "wit" ultimately drive the plot.
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The Crimson Stain (1913)
Character: Mary Medford - the Mother
A thrilling story of East and West, with dozens of sensational incidents; the great strike, the riots, the destruction of the factory, the unjust arrest of a man who is imprisoned and who years later is reunited with his family through a moving chain of circumstances.
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Never Again (1915)
Character: Ellen Watts
Awaiting his release from prison an inmate takes stock of his life and resolves that never again will he be on the wrong side of the law.
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Two-Gun Hicks (1914)
Character: May Jenks
Legendary gunslinger Two-Gun Hicks arrives in Moose Gulch, quickly dispatching a local bully, Bad Ike, then sets his sights on winning the heart of May Jenks, the wife of a town drunk, ultimately taking her from her husband in a classic tale of frontier justice and romance.
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The Gun Fighter (1915)
Character: Rhita
ruthless gunfighter Tucson forces his girlfriend, Rhita, to abandon their baby, whom he views as an intrusion. The child is rescued and raised by homesteaders Ada and Tim Lawson. Conflict arises when Santro, a rival rancher, hires Tucson to drive the Lawsons off their land. After Tucson publicly humiliates Tim Lawson, Rhita discovers the homesteader is raising her child. To protect the man caring for her son, she secretly ties Tucson’s pistol into its holster with a rawhide thong, ensuring he cannot draw his weapon during their final showdown.
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The Desperado (1914)
Character: 'Tom' King
Outlaw Jim Lewis is on the run with his partner "Tom," as his mother tries to protect him from a sheriff and posse in a Western town. Jim narrowly escapes, "Tom's" is captured and finally there is a final shootout where Jim, despite his mother's efforts and a wound, is killed near his home, ending with the "good guys" winning.
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The Sheriff's Sister (1914)
Character: Anna Mason
Young Jack Lewis is in love with Anna Mason, the sister of Sheriff Jim Mason. Jack is framed for a murder actually committed by a villainous bandit. After being imprisoned for the crime, Jack manages to escape. In a series of high-action sequences—including a spirit-filled defense of a cabin and a stagecoach holdup—Jack saves Anna and a stash of gold. Jack's name is eventually cleared when the true villain provides a confession, proving his innocence.
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The Secret Lode (1914)
Character: Mary Acton
Jeff Fulton jealous and bitter because his partner John Acton’s daughter Mary loves their neighboring claim holder, Dick Carew schemes to eliminate both men by fabricating a land dispute between them. Not satisfied with the result Fulton forges a challenge and sets up a duel in Buzzard Gulch for the men. Fulton ambushes Acton, wounding him. Carew arrives later, and after a staged exchange of gunfire with Fulton, is led to believe he has killed Acton. Fulton alerts the sheriff, leading to Carew's arrest based on circumstantial evidence. Mary uncovers the forged challenge, revealing Fulton's plot. Fulton is tricked into confessing his guilt, arrested, and sent to prison. Carew is freed, reuniting with Mary.
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The Woman (1913)
Character: Mary Walton
Mary Walton finds herself in a dire situation when her first husband falls seriously ill. In a misguided and desperate attempt to secure the resources or help needed to save her ailing husband, she becomes a bigamist by marrying another man. Things do not turn out well.
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The Man Who Would Not Die (1916)
Character: Beth Taylor
Identical twin brothers, Ward and Clyde Kingsley lives intertwine in a scheme involving marriage, insurance fraud, and mistaken identity. Clyde marries heiress Agnes for her money, but when he plans to fake his death with the help of his dying twin Ward, Agnes falls for Ward, leading to a murder plot where Clyde is accidentally killed by his own accomplices, leaving Ward and Agnes to marry after Ward's recovery.
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Thieves (1914)
Character: Mrs. Barr
Richard Barr, who lives in the suburbs of New York, and John Colville, honest directors of a dishonestly managed corporation, are fighting to save their own investments and those of small individual shareholders from ruin. They are holding a very important meeting that will last well into the night.
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The Chinatown Mystery (1915)
Character: Grace Adams
Reporter Frank Sloan, investigating the disappearance of a Chinese slave girl in Chinatown which leads to opium addiction, job loss, and personal ruin, until a major murder brings him back into the story, revealing the dark underbelly of the district.
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The Girl Who Might Have Been (1915)
Character: Daisy Wellington
Dance hall girl, Daisy Wellington, is dismissed after falling ill. A young ranchman takes her to his cabin and helps her recover. She falls in love with him but ultimately sacrifices her newfound life by returning to the dance hall to earn money to bring his wife out west after the ranchman's savings are stolen by bandits.
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A Crook's Sweetheart (1914)
Character: Flora
Jim and Flora work together to rob a diamond broker's office, successfully stealing several large, valuable diamonds. Making their getaway in a taxi Flora asks Jim for her agreed-upon share of the stolen diamonds. Jim refuses to give her the diamonds immediately, telling her it wouldn't be safe for her to have them at that time, and promises to divide the loot later. This causes tension and conflict between the two accomplices.
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The Typhoon (1914)
Character: Theresa
Tokoramo, a Japanese diplomat on a mission to Paris, begins a love affair with Helene, a chorus girl, who subsequently rejects her American fiancé, Richard Bernisky. When the Japanese discover the affair, they try to force Tokoramo to end it, but Helene refuses to stop visiting him. One night, during one of her visits, Bernisky comes to Tokoramo's apartment and, while Helene hides, rebukes her to her lover. After Bernisky leaves, Tokoramo orders Helene out, but when he realizes his love for her, he calls her back. Suddenly, she rejects and insults him to the point that he strangles her. Tokoramo wants to confess his crime, but he must complete his work, and so his countrymen sacrifice a boy, Hironari, who pleads guilty to the murder and eventually is guillotined. In the end, Tokoramo also dies and his colleagues burn his valuable papers in order to protect Japan. -From the TCM.com Database, powered by the AFI.
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The Secret of the Submarine (1916)
Character: N/A
An American adventure film serial comprised of fifteen episodes of two reels (24 min) each. All chapters are presumed lost.
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Knight of the Trail (1915)
Character: Molly Stewart
Jim and Molly are set to get married when Molly finds out about her fiancé's criminal past. Bill Carey weasels his way into Molly's heart in the interim, eager to relieve her of her savings.
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The Reward (1915)
Character: The Woman
A poor young boy falls for a chorus girl after he finds out that she is not like the "loose women" she works with. He determines to get her to leave the immoral show-business life and marry him.
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