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- Roman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces opposition from an outraged populace.
- Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- The first scene shows a number of convicts working in a quarry. The brutality of one of the guards causes one of the convicts to strike the guard and makes a desperate attempt to escape. After several exciting adventures the convict takes refuge in the home of Professor Brown. The Professor has left his wife at home alone and he has gone to the home of a friend to meet some fellow scientists who have gathered to investigate the powers of the noted spiritualist "medium" Seera. This medium possesses a ball of pure crystal and he claims and proves that when he places his hands over the ball any person who gazes into the crystal will see a vision of some happening, past, present or future, in the life of a loved one. Professor Brown gazes into the ball and sees his wife bound to a chair, surrounded by the smoke and flames of a burning room. The ball has given a vision of part of what has happened since Brown left his wife in their peaceful home. The convict has tied Mrs. Brown to a chair to prevent her from alarming the servants while he goes upstairs in search of clothes to take the place of his convict stripes. The brave woman makes her way into the adjoining library, and after knocking the receiver off with her teeth, she is about to telephone for assistance, when the convict enters and cuts the wire. On his way out the convict upsets the lamp, and the carpet and furniture take fire as he leaves the room. Entirely helpless, the poor woman is almost maddened with terror as she sees smoke, and later, flames, coming through the door. She struggles to release herself, but she cannot loosen the rope that binds her to the chair. The Professor, in his friend's automobile, is seen dashing along the roads at a furious rate; but suddenly he comes to a stop, and the agonized husband is informed by the chauffeur that the machinery has broken. There is no other vehicle in sight. But Brown races off on foot, with but one thought, to save his wife. Meanwhile, the prison guards in pursuit of the escaped convict have borrowed a buggy and are rapidly driving down the road, when they see their man and capture him. Brown, running along, finds the buggy. In a moment he is driving at a tremendous speed toward his home. Here follow scenes that will thrill every man, woman and child, in every audience that sees this film. Scenes showing the wife making agonized attempts to release herself and escape from the approaching flames, are followed by others showing the Professor driving for life along country roads, then up the city boulevard, then alighting at his home from which smoke and flames are coming. He dashes into the house, through the rooms full of fire and smoke until he reaches the library. It is the work of only a few seconds to release his wife. But great danger now confronts the devoted pair. Seizing the table cloth and wrapping it around his wife's head, the Professor makes a quick dash through the burning rooms out into the fresh air, which quickly revives his wife. Kneeling down, the Professor and his wife give thanks to the Providence that has spared their lives.
- Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
- The story shows Julius Caesar, who, after returning from his victories, is offered a crown, which he refuses to accept. Cassius, Casca and other Romans of great standing in the state are jealous of the success of Caesar and turn to Brutus, who second to Caesar is the most influential citizen in Rome, and use him as a tool by playing upon his conceit. They praise him, and make him an accomplice in the work they have planned; namely, to assassinate Caesar, While they are engaged in asking a favor, which Caesar refuses, the conspirators rush up and stab him.
- The play opens with the scene on the wild heath where the three witches appear to Macbeth and Banquo, as they are returning from their victorious battle with the rebels. They predict the kingship of Macbeth with the words, "All Hail, King, that shall be hereafter." They show him a crown, and having also predicted that he shall be created Thane of Cawdor, and that the sons of Banquo shall be Kings of Scotland and not those of Macbeth, the witches fade away, to the utter dismay of the two generals. Then follows a series of very fine tableaux, showing King Duncan conferring upon Macbeth the dignity of Thane of Cawdor, thus verifying the prophesy of the witches, the evil council of Lady Macbeth and the visit of King Duncan to Macbeth's castle, accompanied by his two sons, Malcolm and Donalbain, with a numerous retinue. The King is received with gracious smiles by Lady Macbeth, who is still urging her husband to kill him so that they may both attain to royal state. Macbeth's honorable aversion to so foul a deed, and the constant promptings of the wicked Lady Macbeth, are finely portrayed. The murder of the King is finally accomplished by Macbeth, and Lady Macbeth is seen to place the blood-stained dagger in the belt of one of the royal attendants, to divert suspicion. Macbeth is crowned King. The assassination of Banquo follows, and his ghost is seen to appear to Macbeth at the great feast. Macbeth's second consultation with the witches in their cave is shown, and he is told to beware of Macduff, the Thane of Fife, and that he should never be vanquished until the wood of Birnam should move.
- In the form of an elegantly dressed gentleman, Mephistopheles appears with the intention of working havoc in the heart of a woman, whose devotion to her little daughter embodies all that true affection which only a mother can express for her first-born. Although endeavoring to resist the temptations of the persuasive lover, the woman becomes aware of her weakness against this designing person, who tells her that if she will not give him her love voluntarily, he will steal her heart by force. Then the man's form is mysteriously replaced with that of the Devil, who abstracts the heart of his victim and departs. The little daughter, returning from school, greets her mother with much show of affection, but her parent gives back but a cold response. The Devil has transformed her into a different person. Her affections have been stolen. All the warmth of her soul, all motherly instinct and love have departed. The child is much distressed at the sudden change in her mother, and after many tears, prays to the Holy Virgin for help. Her pleadings are answered by the appearance of a fairy, who comforts the child and explains how she can help to restore the lost bond of love. "Your mother's heart has been stolen," she says, "and this veil I give to you will help you to overcome all obstacles in your search for the person who has taken possession of your mother's love. Go to the Devil's Castle, and there you will regain your mother's heart." Little Elsie sets out upon her mission, and her progress being stopped by a river, the magic veil is brought into use, with the result that a bridge is immediately brought into existence for the help of the little wayfarer. Next threatened by two ill-looking witches, she again employs the fairy's veil, and raises up a barrier of fire and smoke to the defeat of her pursuers. Eventually reaching the Devil's Castle, she wields her wonderful power in overcoming the castle guards, and gains entrance to the sanctum of his satanic majesty. But here she is rudely treated and cast into a dungeon. One of the devil's minions, however, taking compassion upon her, guides her to the Devil's throne, where the great tempter and heart robber is slumbering. Now is the moment of her triumph. Never was a heart sought with greater fervor and desire than little Elsie evinces in her anxiety to regain this lost love of her mother. With a supreme effort she casts the veil over the sleeping demon, and in an instant be is secured in bonds of cord from which he cannot escape. Courageously approaching the Devil, the little girl, by a mysterious power, is able to gain possession of the stolen heart, and in ecstasies of delight returns home with her priceless treasure. With her former affections reinstated, the mother is able to respond with nature's promptings to the caresses and love of her child. The bond of unity being once again firmly established, the machinations of the Devil are defeated.
- Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
- A woman, who is arrested for her activity in revolutionary fighting, is placed under arrest. The daughter of the prisoner appeals to the governor on her parent's behalf, but the officer refuses to listen to her. The governor's daughter learning this, has no difficulty in passing the guard to reach the prisoner. She changes clothes with her and the mother escapes while the governor's daughter remains in her stead. The governor later orders his prisoner to be shot. Not until the sentence is carried out does the governor realize that is was his own daughter who had paid the penalty.
- Mary Harding and Frank Manley love each other and the old folks agree that they shall marry. A week later a mining expert, accompanied by Devoe, a stockholder, while prospecting, finds a rich vein of silver ore on the Harding farm. Frank witnesses this discovery and follows the two men to the farm house just in time to prevent the Hardings from selling their farm with its hidden treasures for a paltry sum of money. After a fierce fight Frank destroys the bill of sale and the Hardings are the possessors of a fortune. Devoe has been attracted by the beauty of Mary and he determines to win her and the wealth that will be hers. The next day Devoe calls and so turns the mother's head with his attention to herself and Mary that when Frank calls the scheming mother tells him that now they are rich "Mary can marry a better man." Poor Mary surrenders to her scheming mother and becomes betrothed to Devoe. The wedding day finds Mary bedecked in bridal finery, but most unhappy. Meanwhile, Frank has come for an explanation from his sweetheart. The English butler who orders him away is thrown down the stairway and Frank enters to find Devoe, who insolently bids him leave the house. Frenzied by such treatment, Frank knocks Devoe down and the two men have a terrific fight, which is interrupted by the entrance of the father with Mary's note. Frank dashes out to find her. The old man follows. Back in the old home once more. Mary in her old gingham dress needs only one thing to make her perfectly happy, that is Frank, who enters, and then, Old Father enters with the minister, who marries the couple.
- Misadventures of a family on holiday.
- The story here told in film, is one which illustrates the wonderful achievements of the great St. Bernard dogs in rescuing children in the terrible snow drifts of the wintry Alps, and the subsequent joy that was entailed by the remarkable achievement.
- Two miners love the same girl. The jealousy of the unsuccessful suitor results in his attempting to end the life of the other. Fortunately, the girl comes to the rescue.
- Escaping from her home of coral and the pearl-studded paths in the dominion of Father Neptune, an adventurous young goddess finds herself in the land of mortals, and like ordinary beings, dreams of love begin to take possession of her. In her loneliness, Cupid comes to her assistance, and taking a random shot, he flings from his bow the arrow to which some sensitive youth must fall a prey. Under Cupid's guidance, the goddess is taken to where a comely young shepherd has fallen under the influence of the love-dealing arrow, and forthwith the goddess gains a devoted lover in the person of the shepherd. Leaving his herd of goats, he spends his hours in companionship with this fascinating denizen of the mighty deep, pouring into her thirsting ear praises and flattery with all the fervor of his newly generated passion. Father Neptune assembles his merry band of sea-nymphs to serenade the lovers, and the course of love proceeds with delight to the heart of the goddess. But suddenly the shepherd is rudely awakened to a sense of worldly things and he realizes that his herd is straying away. With the music of the shepherd's pipe ringing, as if it were a warning note through the air, he attempts to break away from the bonds into which the fascination of the goddess has drawn him. The goddess herself will not allow her sturdy lover to depart so easily. The cup of ecstatic pleasure from which she has been allowed to take a sip cannot be rudely taken away. She clings as only a sea nymph should, to the lover who has awakened new emotions in her young heart. With a determined effort, however, the shepherd breaks away from her hold and in so doing falls into the sea, thus ending the dream of love. Weeping over the form of her lover, brought to the shore by Neptune's followers, the goddess is left to mourn her loss, and pour forth the wailings of a broken heart.
- Jack Parks has trouble with his teeth, and pays a visit to the dentist. The molar is set like the rock of Gibraltar, and the extractor of teeth compels Jack to perform acrobatic feats in his attempt to accomplish the purpose of removing it. Maddened with rage and pain, Jack rushes homeward, when he meets a friend, who suggests the "string and bedpost" method. But on arriving home he finds his mother-in-law a visitor, and that good lady makes things lively to cheer up the victim. In a moment of friskiness she gives him an elephantine smack on the cheek, and, lo, out flies the tooth.
- A French sea captain insults the honor of a young pirate's sweetheart. As you may expect, there will be repercussions.
- A wild ride of a drunkard on a motorcycle.
- "When the cat's away the mice will play" is the keynote of this film farce. Whilst their mistress is away at the theater, the servants arrange to regale their friends and to have a generally good time to themselves. The rehearsal for which their mistress has visited the theater is postponed for some particular reason, and the lady returns home with some of the principals in the play. Unknown to her servants, she commences to rehearse some tragic scenes in her own apartment. The servants are disturbed in the midst of their hilarity by the sounds of the exclamations of the lady and her companions, and creep to the door of her room. Peeping through the keyhole, they are astounded to witness some unusual actions between her mistress and the "hero of the piece."
- Alphonse passionately loves the cigarette maker, Paquita, who is as capricious as she is beautiful. She delights to tease this persistent wooer. After many refusals to answer his all-important question, she consents to marry him, upon one condition. She demands that to prove his love for her, he should take from the neck of the Holy Virgin the precious necklace and bring it to her. The suggestion almost stupefies Alphonse, and he cannot bring himself to the perpetration of the sacrilegious act. But one day his moral courage forsakes him, and silently making his way to the revered image he despoils it and departs with the necklace to his adored Paquita. He is dumbfounded, however, when she rejects the proffered piece of jewelry, telling him it was only a passing fancy, and chiding him for being so simple a fellow. She leaves him, a disheartened object of her derision, and coquette that she is, feels a keen sense of delight in testing her lover, for whom in reality she has an affection. Alphonse, thinking now only of the awful deed he has committed, and its uselessness, determines to replace the necklace. With an awful sensation, heightened by the sacred stillness of the church through which he creeps, he approaches the holy image and clambers upon the pedestal, but just as he is about to fasten the necklace in its place he loses his balance. Clutching the figure in his attempt to save himself from falling, he brings it with him to the marble pavement and it breaks into a hundred pieces. He is also killed by the fall. As the light of the moon steals through the church casements, Paquita, repenting of her foolishness, enters the sacred edifice, and discovers the lifeless body of her lover. Her heart is touched and she stoops down and sheds useless tears upon the brow of her lover who had made so terrible a sacrifice.
- The incidents arising from the escape of a very lively specimen of the monkey tribe from its cage provide a series of scenes calculated to arouse many bursts of hearty laughter, for the animal makes very good use of his freedom, to the terror of every one. Up lamp posts, through windows into bedrooms, now nearly captured, only to slip through the net surrounding him, startling the whole neighborhood. He leads his owner a lively and exciting chase which is comical in the extreme. Finally in a most unusual manner the monkey is captured and taken back to his cage.
- This film commences by showing us a man running to a dentist to have a decayed tooth removed. Our next scene shows him sitting in the dentist's chair and the doctor having great trouble in trying to remove the tooth. The doctor cannot do anything to it, so he runs away. Outside he stops a driver and asks him to pull the tooth out for him. The driver consents. He ties a rope to the back of his wagon and to the bad tooth. But the tooth is so strong that it cannot be removed. We next see him tied to a tree and a rope put onto the tooth again and tied to a cow's tail. Again the tooth cannot be removed, as it pulls the tail off the cow. He apparently gives up, and we see him on his way home. Accidentally he runs into a little girl, who is knocked down by the impact, and who, subsequently, gets up and slaps him on the cheek, thereby knocking out his tooth; consequently he proceeds homeward with a "Steeplechase" smile over his countenance.
- A poor man is in love with a rich girl, but the match is opposed by the parents, who are determined that she shall marry a certain nobleman, who is rich, but deformed. The wedding day arrives. The poor lover, with the aid of two companions, waylays the nobleman and robs him of his clothes, in which he then disguises himself, and, attending the wedding, is mistaken for the real nobleman and is married to his lady love. The nobleman arrives too late, and the parents, believing that all is fair in love and war, are satisfied to let the marriage stand.
- John Wilson is the owner of a ranch in Wyoming. He goes out to his work, leaving his devoted wife and the beautiful little boy, five years old, his son Willie. Grey Eagle, a peaceful but hungry Indian, who has been kicked out of the ranch-house several times, comes again to beg for food. The child, fascinated by the Indian's beadwork, gets him food and permits the Indian to take a bottle of whiskey. As the mother enters, the Indian goes out, followed a few minutes later by the child. We next see the Indian in the woods, enjoying a drink of whiskey, and the child approaches. Little Willie gives to the Indian a silver charm that one of the cowboys had presented to him that morning. The Indian and child are met by a cowboy from the ranch, who sends the child back towards home, and the Indian in another direction. As soon as the cowboy is out of sight the child again follows the Indian, is lost in the woods, and in a very pretty scene, after saying his prayer, the child lies down and goes to sleep. Meanwhile, the Indian, in trying to remove the cork from the bottle, has cut his finger and blood from the cut runs on his garments. Grey Eagle finishes his whiskey and falls asleep in the bushes. The mother of the child, alarmed by his absence, goes in search of him, and meeting the father, tells him of the child's prolonged absence. Cowboy Dick rides up and tells of having seen the child with the Indian. The mother is crazed with fearful foreboding, and the father starts off with a number of his cowboys to find the Indian and the child. The Indian is found asleep and dead drunk. One of the cowboys notices the silver charm hanging to the Indian's coat, and recognizes it as the one he had given to the child that morning. Then the bloodstains on the Indian's sleeve satisfy the distracted father and the enraged cowboys that the Indian has, in a drunken fury, killed the child. They seize Grey Eagle, tie him to a tree, and with threats of death, try to compel the poor Indian to tell them where the child is. The Indian's only answer to their demand is a shake of the head, indicating that he does not know. Wilson orders the Indian to be tortured by fire to compel him to tell where the child is. The cowboys bring dry brushwood and pile it around the Indian. One of them lights a match and sets fire to the wood. Meanwhile, shorty, a cowboy, returning to the ranch, stumbles across little Willie, fast asleep in the hushes. He picks the child up and dashes upon horseback toward the ranch house. The flames are creeping nearer the Indian, Grey Eagle. The father begs the Indian to tell where the child is. The Indian shakes his head; he does not know. The flames are just reaching the Indian's feet when a cry is heard. Up dashes Shorty with the child in front of him. The father grasps his beloved little boy, the cowboys scatter the fire and release Grey Eagle, none the worse for his terrible close call. Our last scene shows the mother praying to God to restore her child, As if in answer to her prayer, the father appease, carrying little Willie in his arms. With a cry of joy the mother seizes and kisses her little darling.
- Ben Thompson is the Sheriff of Loredo County, Arizona. Ben and fear have never been on speaking terms. Ben is visiting his sweetheart, Belle Gordon. Sandy Jones, who runs the poker games at the Horseshoe Gambling Saloon, rushes up and informs the Sheriff that he is wanted in a hurry, our first scene has shown the interior of the Horseshoe gambling room. Bad Bill and his gang have entered and held up Sandy Jones, have taken all of his money and jewelry and have abducted "Big Lizzie," one of the dancing girls. The Sheriff bids his sweetheart good-bye and after a brief investigation at the Horseshoe, he dashes off, accompanied by a trusty lieutenant, in pursuit of the bad man. An exciting chase on horseback follows, and we show real riding of a kind that makes one hold his breath as the Sheriff and his man follow the trail of the four outlaws. The bad men catch sight of the Sheriff following them, and, leaving the girl beside the road, they double back, hoping to catch the Sheriff and finish him. Ben is as tricky as a fox. Making a detour, he gets behind the outlaws, finds the girl, and conceives a bold plan for capturing Bill. He hides the girl and his horse in the woods, then, disguised in the girl's mantilla, he seats himself at the roadside and awaits the coming of Bill. Bill returns, places him arm affectionately around what he supposes to be the girl, and the next instant he is startled to see Ben Thompson's six-shooter shoved into his face and to hear the command "Hands Up!" Ben takes the girl and Bad Bill back to town and deposits Bill in the county jail. Bad Bill's accomplices abduct Belle, the Sheriff's girl, carry her off and tie her to an old post on the bank of the river. Then they send a note to the Sheriff, in which they inform him that if he does not release Bad Bill within three hours, the rising tide of the river will drown his sweetheart. The Sheriff determines to be faithful to his duly as Sheriff and also to save his girl. A wild ride brings him up to where the outlaws are resting. Here follows a thrilling revolver fight, three men on horseback dashing down a steep hill against the plucky Sheriff. Two of the outlaws are killed, and the Sheriff pursuing the third one comes to the point on the river bank where his girl is waiting in agony a fearful death. He dashes into the water, unties the girl and lifts her head, just in time to rescue her from a watery grave.
- An intensely interesting subject of bear hunting in the Arctic regions.
- This film starts by showing fishermen throwing into the ocean large nets in which to catch fish. We next see them drawing in the nets, from which are taken tons of fish. The next scene demonstrates the sorting of the fish, and subsequently they are placed in refrigerators. All this is done on board the ship, as our next scene shows the arrival of the ship in port. The tons of fish are then removed into a storehouse, cleaned, and packed into boxes.
- A traveling performer, of the muscular kind, gets out of difficulty by sheer strength against numbers. The first scenes show the performer en route with his family and a trick donkey and performing bear. They encamp and all start out to steal any food which may be in sight in the neighborhood. They are seen stealing and soon a crowd collects and starts in pursuit of them. Each one who comes in contact with the muscular stomach of the performer is immediately knocked down, and when he is finally driven into a corner, he vanquishes the entire crowd by the same means.
- Richard Preston, possessing a little capital, decides to go west and invest it in a gold mine. Here he falls into the hands of two soldiers of fortune. They salt a worthless piece of land with fine grain gold and succeed in selling it to Preston. After an hour's work though, Preston realizes the scheme and finds that he has lost every dollar he had. Sally, a waif of the mining camp, who, some days previous, had been insulted by these two miners, has witnessed the whole operation. She appears and puts Preston wise to the fraud and urges Preston to go after the swindlers. Preston mounts a horse and rides to the shack of the miners just in time to see them go away. When Preston demands the return of his money, one of the pair strikes him with the butt of a heavy revolver and then binds him. Sally, aiding Preston, unbinds him, and together they follow the trail left by the miners. They overtake them among the foot hills and a fierce battle is waged. Of course, Preston and Sally are victorious, and secure the return of the money.