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- The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.
- A young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.
- Cabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.
- The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.
- One of the first epics on the History of Movies, it tells the story of the Fall of Troy: Paris seduces Helen, queen of Sparta, and takes her to Troy, city state of his father, King Priam. The Greeks declare war against the Trojans, and after ten years of siege finally manage to invade the city with a wooden horse.
- A soldier of near-superhuman strength fights battles in the First World War and wages a private war to rescue a young woman from the castle where she is imprisoned.
- Matilde Sarni lives in her villa near Rome. She has a son who has just married Donata and who is coming home after a series of recitals in the States. Mario, her son, is a famous opera singer and he is twenty years older than his wife. Besides Donata doesn't like country life. So when Mario leaves for a tour of recitals and Donata meets Giulio...
- An opera singer has had one great love in his life, that for a devoted french-girl who died. He comes to Paris for his annual visit to her grave on the anniversary of her death, but is forced to go through with a concert his manager had arranged without his knowledge. The manager visits a shady night club and, while intoxicated, drops information to a hard-boiled entertainer and her gigolo of the singers' great sorrow and wealth. The wealth part impresses the pair. The girl meets and accompanies the singer to Naples, after playing on his sympathies with lies and deception. The singer and the girl announce their engagement, but he discovers her duplicity and she, now genuinely in love with him, flees the consequences. She is injured in an automobile accident and the singer, having learned of her repentance and true affectation for him, takes her for his bride.
- Mario, an unknown painter, remains struck and obsessed with meeting a famous poet, already married, who will be able to charm him, so that he will no longer have the talent created to be able to paint.
- Recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio.
- The uncle of Josephine employs gangsters to abduct her, and in fleeing from them she enters a motion picture theater, where she sees Maciste playing in the screen drama, "Cabiria." The story pictures Maciste escaping from prison by bending iron bars, and Josephine decides that a man of his strength can be of much assistance to her. She obtains his address, and going to him she relates her experience. At first he is inclined to doubt the truthfulness of her story, but later, when he sees half a dozen ruffians attacking her, he intercedes in the girl's behalf, and single handed subdues them. Maciste demonstrates his marvelous strength in many other thrilling incidents, and finally runs down the uncle and his gang, and turns them over to the authorities.
- Bernard, under the assumed name of Count DaMora, is a spy, who wins the love of Blanche, the daughter of General Alberti. The general is entrusted with the keeping of a new bomb and the plans for making it, and Bernard is endeavoring to steal them. He calls on Blanche, presses a bouquet of flowers saturated with chloroform to her nostrils, enters the general's room and accomplishes his purpose. Blanche revives and goes in pursuit. Bernard sails on a steamer. Blanche misses the boat, but overtakes it in an aeroplane, dropping into the water from the airship and being pulled abroad by the sailors. A thrilling encounter takes place when she confronts Bernard in his stateroom with a revolver in her hand, but a fire breaks out, diverting her attention for a moment and he leap» upon her and overpowers her. He binds her and rushes to the deck, where the frantic and panic-stricken passengers are trying to make their escape from the burning craft. An awe-inspiring scene of a blazing vessel is shown. A number of explosions take place, and the huge craft dives to the bottom of the sea. Blanche is saved by working herself free of the bonds and leaping into the water, where she clings to wreckage. She is picked up by Wilkinson, a wealthy man cruising in his yacht. He offers his aid, and the two go to Bernard's country. Blanche disguises herself sufficiently to carry out a plan she has formulated, and meets Bernard. He calls the police to arrest her as a spy, but she disclaims his acquaintance, and when Wilkinson insists that she is his wife, Bernard is forced to the conclusion that the resemblance is only a strange coincidence. Blanche makes Bernard fall in love with her and makes on appointment in his home. Wilkinson accompanies her as her chauffeur, and waits outside. Blanche drugs the wine of Bernard, and as he is lapsing into unconsciousness she makes known her identity. She recovers the bombs and plans, and, leaping from the window into the automobile, whirls away. The police pursue in another automobile and a running pistol fight takes place. Wilkinson and Blanche reach a waiting aeroplane and fly away just out of reach of the bullets of their pursuers. They restore the articles to the general, whose honor is thus saved, and who willingly gives his consent when Wilkinson asks for the hand of Blanche.
- Before he made the landmark epic CABIRIA and launched the strongman Maciste as a movie phenomenon in Italy, Italian filmmaker Giovanni Pastrone directed this imaginative comic short. The title translates to "Stronger Than Sherlock Holmes" and the title is the only place that Arthur Conan Doyle's characters makes an appearance. Emilio Vardannes stars as an everyman who dreams he is an heroic cop on the trail of a criminal. Filled with trick photography, wild sight gags and slapstick action, the pursuit leaves the world of reality to not just walk on water but backflip across the surface of lake and crazy physicality of the final madcap battle defies all law of physics. The wacky comic violence anticipates the cartoon logic of the animated Looney Tunes shorts that arrived much later. - Sean Axmaker [Print courtesy of the EYE Filmmuseum. ]
- The young opera singer Carla is in love with the talented composer Michele, who is looking for success with serious music and who has written his first opera, "Odysseus' Return" for Carla. Unfortunately, Carla's a bit more successful than he is and becomes a cast member at Milan's La Scala. Using her connections, she is successful in finding a publisher for Michele's opera. But when Michele finds out what the publisher really thinks of his work, he leaves Carla and disappears.
- Achille Scorzella, a poor, unemployed and hungry devil, having been mistaken for a piano tuner, happens in the home of some new riches.
- Soap opera: A fallen woman, battered by fate and scorned by her family, falls in love with a young magistrate but is prevented from acknowledging her past to the man.
- Backstage melodrama: The past of a star tenor's wife catches up with her when the unsavory father of her illegitimate child returns.The jealous wife of the father murders him.
- An old man explains a war story to his grandson, who sleeps and dreams about a battle scenes performed by puppets.
- Set in Sicily in 1860, Massimo Serato, a patriot in disguise complete with tights, mask and trimmings and known as the Count of St. Elmo, is fighting an oppressive government. He holds up a stagecoach in order to obtain money to fund his quest and among his captives is Bianca, a famous opera singer, whom he releases after she sings for the bandits and she, naturally, loses her heart to him. Later, he attempts to rob the home of the Police Minister and is detected by a servant. He finds refuge in the room of the Minister's daughter, Anna Marie Ferrero, tells her of his mission and she also finds herself a victim of his charms. Like that.
- Wrongly accused of his wife's death, a marine officer is forced to resign and sees his life fall apart.
- A famed tenor from the US, relaxing on a farm near Naples and singing in the fields, is mistaken by a lady journalist for an unknown talent she has discovered. He plays along and even falls in love with her.
- After years of detachment Alberto Valli returns to the home of Margherita, his widowed mother, with his mistress Germaine.
- Cretinetti destroys the Christmas tree of his house and is taken angrily by Santa Claus to heaven to be judged by St. Peter. There his behavior is so disastrous that he is sent to hell chased by a thousand demons.
- German version of the Italian film Ma Non E Una Cosa Seria, from a Pirandello story: a man innoculates himself against emotional entanglement by deliberately marrying a woman he has no interest in and with whom he will spend no time.
- Frau Menichelli performs the part of Frau Natka, a Russian countess with a troublesome past and an uncertain future. She was married to a revolutionary and the matrimony ended in tragedy.
- Movie adaptation of the Leoncavalo's famous opera. A troupe of traveling actors is being welcomed by villagers in Calabria in the summer of 1866.
- A young, woman of superior attainments has fallen under the spell of a low criminal of the flash burglar type, who brutally ill-treats her. She breaks the spell at last, and obtains a situation as a governess with the charge of one little girl. Her former paramour tracks her down, and well knowing the influence his eyes have over her, he plans a burglary at which the woman shall assist. He and his partner visit the house at night, and the woman sees his dreadful, eyes glaring hideously through the window. She is impelled by a horrid fascination to open the door to the burglars, but the little girl arrives on the scene in time to cause a diversion, which ends in the capture of the intruders.
- Based on the semi-historical novel by Giovanni Ruffinni which dealt with a revolution in the days of Ferdinand II. Ennio Cerlesi, a revolutionary leader, meets and falls in love with Maria Gambarelli, daughter of an Englishman. Theirs is a rocky romance with many obstacles tossed in their path, but true love prevails and they sail away together after he is extricated from prison with Maria's help
- Count Ugolino is sent to hell and Dante tells the story of how he deserves his place.
- A famous American tenor, relaxing on a farm near Naples and singing for pleasure in the fields, is mistaken by a lady journalist as an unknown talent she has discovered.He plays along with her and even falls in love.
- Evariste Marny, a business rival of Andrew Vivanti, is threatened with ruin, and to eliminate competition hires a town vagabond, Tonio, to fire the factory of Vivanti. Changing his clothing after having fulfilled his part of the bargain, Tonio carefully preserves a card bearing Marny's handwriting, an agreement as to the time for the deed to be committed, etc., etc., believing that someday it might be of value. Several lives are lost, and suspicion of having set fire to his own establishment for the insurance benefit is cast upon Vivanti. He is tried, found guilty, and sentenced to prison for life. Marny prospers, and becoming conscious of the wrong he has done, adopts Vivanti's young daughter to make amends to his conscience. After thirteen years in prison, Vivanti makes his escape. Disguised as a rag picker, he begins a new life in search of his daughter and of information that will prove his innocence. He takes up his abode in an inn of low repute and begins his search. Amongst the crowd of assembled ruffians and drunkards is Tonio. Tonio has been living a carefree life since his crime, depending upon money extorted from Marny for his existence. Vivanti adopts the name "Old Andrew," that he may conceal his identity. Soon after his entrance to the inn, Old Andrew is set upon by Tonio, but the difference is patched up and they become fast friends. His money exhausted, Tonio visits Marny and makes demands for more. He is refused, but Marny yields when shown the telltale card. He barters with Tonio, and a price is put upon the card. The money is paid, and after a scuffle Tonio snatches the card away from Marny and departs with both money and card. Tonio returns to the inn intoxicated and exhibits the money to Old Andrew. He accidentally drops the card and falls into a drunken sleep. While picking over his rags, Old Andrew spies the card on the floor, and noting the writing, etc., it comes to him that Marny is the one guilty of the crime of which he has been charged. Vowing vengeance upon Marny, he hastens to his home. On his way to Marny's rooms he passes his daughter, Lydia, now grown to womanhood, and Marny's son. He does not recognize his daughter, and she shrinks from what she supposes to be an intruding ruffian. He finds Marny in his room, and by aid of the card convicts Marny. He is about to do violence to Marny when he is bade, "look from the window." Marny explains that the loving pair he observes is "your daughter and my son, now strike if you will" With supreme self-sacrifice Old Andrew withdraws, leaving his daughter to her happiness and ignorant of his existence. At the inn, Tonio has awakened from his drunken slumber, to find that the card has gone, and believing that it has been taken by the agents of Marny, hastens to his home in a frenzy. He gains admission to the house through the cellar grating, and demented with rage at having lost the blackmailing card, fires the house. Old Andrew, wending his way up a hill on the outskirts of the town, turns for a farewell look toward his daughter's home and sees the palace in flames. He hastens back to her rescue. In the mansion the scene has become terribly dramatic. Tonio, struggling in his own trap, perishes in the flames. Livid tongues of flame leap out through the mansion, and the occupants rush about frantically. Then through the flames and up the staircase comes Old Andrew, bent upon his daughter's rescue. He finds, however, that she has already been carried to safety by Marny's son and that Marny alone of the occupants has been left to his fate. Parts of the floor have fallen, the staircase is ablaze, and flames are licking the entire building when Old Andrew makes his way up the stairway to the rescue of his enemy. He wrenches a door from its hinges, bridges over part of the fallen floor, and finally comes upon Marny lying prostrate upon the drawing-room floor. He carries him out to the stairway, but finds that the flames have beaten him and part of the stairs have been burned away. Rescuer and rescued hang in a perilous position, supported only by Old Andrew's firm grip on a pillar, until the fire-fighters arrive, spread a life net, and catch the two men as they fall. Marny receives mortal injuries and is dying. Upon his deathbed he confesses his guilt and tells Lydia that she is the daughter of Old Andrew. Weeping over the bier of Marny, Lydia and her sweetheart find that although they have lost one father they have found another in the Palace of Flames.