Movies: Blanche Cornwall

It's early autumn and Dr. Headley eagerly demonstrates what seems to be a miraculous cure for tuberculosis. Not far from where he is working, the disease seems preparing to soon claim yet another life, a teenage girl named Winifred. Winifred's mother...

A noted philanthropist is captured by a rowdy gang, but one of the children involved resists the gang's insistence that he turn to a life of crime....

The Professor will not allow his daughter to marry a non-musician, but Billy, her would-be suitor, cannot play a single note. When he is about to give up, Billy’s roommate suggests bluffing his way into the Professor’s favor with the aid of a suitabl...

A recent immigrant learns several hard lessons about how husbands in America are expected to behave....

A parson arrives in the midst of a bunch of wild cowboys. Expecting a male parson, the boys set out in full force to receive him, but on the road when they suddenly run into the one-horse shay of a female parson, they keel over in surprise. Right aft...

Based on the opéra comique of the same name, the film follows the exploits of Italian brigand Fra Diavolo....

A spoof of Sherlock Holmes. Directed by Alice Guy-Blache for Solax Film Company....

Peggy Wilson has recently become an orphan and a ward of the Waston family. She’s also inherited the late Robert Wilson’s vast fortune, which puts her very much in Mr. Waston’s favor. He would like his son, Frank, to marry Peggy, but Peggy “is not hi...

When Kitty's family adopts a homeless dog they couldn't guess how much it would be of help in her fathers detective work....

A remake for the US market of Alice Guy's Les Résultats du féminisme. The film is considered to be lost....

At a large factory, the workers decide to strike. Although the leader of the workers believes his boss is treating them unfairly, the strike movement spirals out of control....

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A suffragette gets her husband drunk, leading to an escalating parade of mishaps as more people get drunk on their "lime juice."...

Proud old Major Neal disowns his only child, a beautiful girl, because he considers her marriage a misalliance. Years pass. The old major becomes a recluse feared by all. One morning, a hamper is found beneath the Major's covered driveway.The hamper ...

A father who is determined his daughter should marry a count leading the boyfriend to dress up as the count to thwart his plans....

Mr. Bruce wins at cards but spends the night desperately trying to protect his winnings from the crooked casino owners....

Alice Guy's version of Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum. This film is partially lost....

Three wartime friends, two wealthy, and one poor, reunite at an upscale dinner party. Things take a turn when the poor man is accused of stealing something....

The story involves a man who goes to a gambling den regardless of the protestations of his wife. He is extremely lucky and his luck attracts attention. Strangers become friendly with him and he being a "good feller," "sets up" the crowd. After the ni...

"Wild Bill" Gray is a renegade and a wife-beater. He is about to start on some expedition of crime and his wife implores him to stay at home. She receives a beating for her trouble. Jim, a cowboy, rides past the shack, hears Mrs. Gray's screams and i...