Herbert Prior
After Many Years
A castaway returns home after years lost at sea, to the wife and child he left behind. Ha…
1909
A Drunkard's Reformation
A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to tak…
A New Trick
To help a woman whose purse has been snatched, two college boys stage a murder scene and t…
1909
At the Altar
At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie…
1909
Confidence
Nellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One…
1909
Eradicating Aunty
A young couple must endure a tedious visit from their aunt until their friend offers to fi…
1909
Her First Biscuits
A new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delive…
1909
Lady Helen's Escapade
A bored Lady Helen goes slumming as a domestic in a boarding house. There she falls in lov…
1909
Lucky Jim
Gertrude chooses Jim over Jack, which makes Jack very jealous. Later Jim dies, and Jack ma…
1909
Resurrection
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial,…
Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
Schneider is trying to write a speech but he can't concentrate with all the noise around h…
1909
The Cricket on the Hearth
After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engage…
1909
The Faded Lilies
A disfigured violinist mistakes a token of appreciation for a love bouquet. When he realiz…
1909
The House of Cards
The rancher whom Tom works for has entrusted Tom with a bag of gold to take to the bank. B…
1909
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next me…
1909
The Lonely Villa
A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife…
1909
The Lure of the Gown
"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when…
1909
The Necklace
Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The…
1909
The Peachbasket Hat
Mrs. Jones leaves her baby with the maid and goes shopping for a new hat. Meanwhile, the m…
1909
The Politician's Love Story
A haughty politician, on seeing a satirical cartoon in a newspaper, rushes to the paper's…
1909
The Salvation Army Lass
A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following…
1909
The Son's Return
A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into…
1909
The Suicide Club
One of the members of a suicide club learns he has inherited some money, but only after he…
1909
The Violin Maker of Cremona
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage a…
1909
The Voice of the Violin
A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hu…
1909
The Way of Man
A woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage…
Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good
Out-of-work, Tim steals a sandwich, then knocks out the policeman who chases him. He chang…
Twin Brothers
Two boys, twins, leave the old homestead to seek their fortune in the world. They go diver…
1909
Two Memories
Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten…
1909
What Drink Did
A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initiall…
1910
His Mother's Thanksgiving
This holiday-themed melodrama released by Edison Studios in 1910 concerns Robert, a young…
1910
The Attack on the Mill
First, the eye is introduced to the old mill itself, with a gay betrothal party in progres…
1910
The Song That Reached His Heart
A Story of the Lumber Regions of Western Canada: a lumberjack remember his past while he l…
1911
A Romance of the Cliff Dwellers
The story itself deals with the primitive instinct of mankind; to desire was to take at st…
The Actress
The Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar is a possibly lost 1911 American silent docudrama film that portra…