Adolph Lestina
1909
The Cord of Life
Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an…
On the Reef
Grace Wallace was the only child of a widow of decidedly meager means. Mr. Rupert Howland,…
The Honor of His Family
An old colonel is proud as a peacock: his son leads a group of volunteers in the American…
A Decree of Destiny
Kenneth Marsden, a young artist in failing health is advised to go south to New Orleans, w…
1911
A Woman Scorned
Thieves follow a doctor as he takes home a large sum of money. Later, when they break into…
1911
The Failure
A man loses his business and his fiancée, and drifts into the saloons. There he meets a si…
1911
The Miser's Heart
Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the saf…
1911
The Two Paths
Two sisters, Nellie and Florence, support themselves and their mother by sewing. A man acc…
1911
What Shall We Do with Our Old?
An elderly carpenter is told by a doctor that his wife is seriously ill. Soon afterwards,…
1912
A Lodging for the Night
Dick Logan, a young writer, stops at a little border town and takes lodging at the Mexican…
1912
A String of Pearls
A story about a poor young man who falls ill, while his wealthy employer ignores his pligh…
1912
An Unseen Enemy
The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to…
1912
Friends
The orphan Dora is courted by two different gold miners.
1912
The Burglar’s Dilemma
In this latter day Cain and Abel story, a jealous brother strikes down his sibling just as…
1912
The Chief's Blanket
When the Great Chief's body is placed before the funeral pile by his mourning braves, his…
1912
The Inner Circle
A lonely widower living in the Italian quarter of the city, whose only solace since the de…
1912
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an…
1912
The Sunbeam
Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour…
A Chance Deception
The jealous husband saw a flirtation; the Raffles, a necklace. The husband's suspicions we…
1913
A Timely Interception
A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is…
Brothers
His dumb grief was mistaken for indifference at his mother's death-bed, but it was the non…
Her Mother's Oath
The orthodox mother's indomitable will dwarfed the child's individuality, defeating the ve…
Love in an Apartment Hotel
In the apartment hotel lived the aspiring maid, whose solicitude maintained order in the b…
Red Hicks Defies the World
Hard as nails and as strong winded as a gale in March, Red Hicks may have been a bit "ches…
1913
The Adopted Brother
A Western action film about two men who escape from prison to take revenge on the person w…
1913
The Coming of Angelo
Young Theresa was thought to be much favored in the love of Guido, the leader of the Itali…
1913
The Lady and the Mouse
The question is, would the young tramp really have fallen in love with the groceryman's da…
1913
The Mothering Heart
A young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melanc…
1916
Fruits of Desire
Mark Truitt dreams of becoming a steel magnate, so he leaves his home in the country and h…
1916
The Yellow Passport
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and…