Thanhouser Company Movies

  • 1912
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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    Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • 1911
    The Coffin Ship

    The Coffin Ship

    The Coffin Ship

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    A love story filmed in Long Island Sound with a stowaway and a shipwreck.

    The Coffin Ship
  • 1913
    The Evidence of the Film

    The Evidence of the Film

    The Evidence of the Film

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    A messenger boy is wrongfully accused of stealing bonds worth $20,000. Luckily, a film crew is shooting a moving picture on the same street. The...

    The Evidence of the Film
  • 1914
    From Wash to Washington

    From Wash to Washington

    From Wash to Washington

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    With her week's wash only half done, Diana drops her work to peruse the Paris fashion magazines. Poring over the beautiful fashions delineated in the...

    From Wash to Washington
  • 1911
    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    Cinderella

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    Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie...

    Cinderella
  • 1911
    The Old Curiosity Shop

    The Old Curiosity Shop

    The Old Curiosity Shop

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    A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay...

    The Old Curiosity Shop
  • 1912
    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

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    An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage of children employed in a working...

    The Cry of the Children
  • 1914
    An Elusive Diamond

    An Elusive Diamond

    An Elusive Diamond

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    A one-reel crime drama with crooks, ruses, kidnapping, escape, and a twist, all wrapped in a coherent narrative.

    An Elusive Diamond
  • 1917
    The Man Without a Country

    The Man Without a Country

    The Man Without a Country

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    Convicted in a revolutionary conspiracy, a man rashly states that he wishes never again to hear the name of the United States of America. The judge...

    The Man Without a Country
  • 1917
    The Vicar of Wakefield

    The Vicar of Wakefield

    The Vicar of Wakefield

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    The production vindicated the new feature-length movie format by restoring several characters, plot complications, and atmosphere that had been...

    The Vicar of Wakefield
  • 1914
    A Dog's Love

    A Dog's Love

    A Dog's Love

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    A lonely little girl is befriended by Shep, a neighbor's collie. The girl meets an untimely death, leaving Shep behind.

    A Dog's Love
  • 1915
    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

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    The Thanhouser Company's two-reel adaptation of Oscar Wilde's eponymous novel. “The plot is unusual, and even though none of the familiar...

    The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • 1917
    The Woman in White

    The Woman in White

    The Woman in White

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    The lead Florence La Badie plays dual roles. Clever editing is used for the scene where her two characters meet. La Badie, however, does appear twice...

    The Woman in White
  • 1910
    The Winter's Tale

    The Winter's Tale

    The Winter's Tale

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    Sicilian king Leontes jealously accuses his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and while imprisoned, she delivers a child. Sent away,...

    The Winter's Tale
  • 1912
    Rejuvenation

    Rejuvenation

    Rejuvenation

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    A rich man who finds that there is nothing in life worth living for, is worse off than is a poor man in similar circumstances, for the poor man may...

    Rejuvenation
  • 1916
    The World and the Woman

    The World and the Woman

    The World and the Woman

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    In "The World and the Woman", Jeanne Eagels plays Mary, a prostitute (which is implied by her walking the streets and being hassled by policemen) who...

    The World and the Woman
  • 1910
    The Vicar of Wakefield

    The Vicar of Wakefield

    The Vicar of Wakefield

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    Edwin Thanhouser re-made The Vicar of Wakefield in 1917 as a eight-reel feature film providing us with a frame of reference for the maturation of...

    The Vicar of Wakefield
  • 1916
    The Pillory

    The Pillory

    The Pillory

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    A young girl is kept ignorant of her mother by her aunt. After her aunt dies, the girl is used by crooks and arrested. In prison she meets a kindly...

    The Pillory
  • 1917
    The Fires of Youth

    The Fires of Youth

    The Fires of Youth

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    The Thanhouser Co. has reissued a number of its surviving films on video. FIRES OF YOUTH existed at around 52 minutes in its original release. A...

    The Fires of Youth
  • 1914
    Joseph in the Land of Egypt

    Joseph in the Land of Egypt

    Joseph in the Land of Egypt

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    Film realization of the Biblical story of Joseph, played here by future director James Cruze.

    Joseph in the Land of Egypt