1917 Movies

The lives of two young men-- A virtuous artist who's renounced a background of riches and a debonair swindler proclaimed by many the King of Paris-- i...

A Paul Terry Feature Burlesques cartoon.

A miner is swindled by a crooked, fast-talking con man. The con man is the father of Wallace, who is the fiancé of Marjorie, the miner's daughter. The...

Feature film that tells the misadventures of Enrique Villar, the tramp who, through much hard work finally fights his way to win the hand of beautiful...

It is Christmas Eve, and some are finding it easier to look forward to the upcoming celebrations than others. In the home of Widow Ejlersen and her ad...

Captain Grogg and his helper encounter a polar bear while on a trip to the North Pole. It chases them, they feed it alcohol so that it gets drunk, the...

A Terry Human Interest Reels.

Grace Penrose (Fenwick) is established as a "vampire"—a femme fatale type character of the era—due to heredity. Seeking a change from city life, she r...

Little Betty has a luxurious home, an army of servants and the costliest of toys. But she hasn't what a child wants most of all, other children to pla...

Soldiers in France demonstrate the workings of a tank to Queen Mary. Included on the BFI DVD "A Royal Occasion".

Cashiered out of the army by what he believes was an unjust court-martial, the man known as The Weakling wanders aimlessly in the desert and is found...

Jerry Ross dresses as a boy and sells newspapers to make money on the street corner. As the result of a chance meeting with Frank Girard, who is inter...

Countess Hedvig von Wärnfelt receives her orphaned niece Marianne to bring her up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Marianne is a spirite...

The itinerant Jewish country peddler Abraham Jacobs saves his pennies until he can afford to open a small second-hand clothing store. Unfortunately, A...

Close-up view of New York Governor Charles S. Whitman (1915-1918),Myron T. Herrick, formerly governor of Ohio and United States ambassador to France,...

A young woman marries a wealthy count she does not love, after she learns of her beau's flirtations with another woman.