Carey L. Hastings

A young Russian woman escapes persecution in her country and makes her way to the United States. Shortly after her arrival she meets an American...

Little Helen, Mayor Southwick's child, straying away from an automobile party, gets lost in the woods. She comes to the house where the her father's...

One little girl lived in the country. She was a model child, everybody admitted it, but it cannot be denied that she was more or less of a cry-baby...

Nello was a little boy who lived with his aged grandfather near Antwerp. They were very poor, but because they loved each other so much were happier...

The film's heroine is a dancer of world-wide reputation who, in the days of her struggle, has offended the story's villain.

The banker's motto was "Everyone for himself, and me first." The girl believed in aiding the poor, and that wealth carried with it an obligation to...

A society woman who lives in the suburbs near the sea had laid her plans to insure the marriage of her daughter to a wealthy young banker.

The Woman Pays is a 1914 silent film that follows the story of an "innocent society woman" who finds herself in a difficult predicament.

Born in a prospector's camp, orphaned by a flood and taken care of by relatives to whom she was unwelcome, Mercy grew up dodging blows and curses...

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...

Audrey Munson (a real-life 'perfect' model for numerous Beaux-Arts sculptors) first appeared artistically nude as a sculptor's model, recreating...

A silent film drama directed by Carroll Fleming.

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

A series of flashbacks where a penniless, friendless tramp and his dog relates the story of his downfall due to drink.

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...

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

Comedy about a down-and-out vaudeville team who attempt Shakespeare and destroy their career.

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...

A foundling is raised in a convent and becomes a nun there, until she falls in love with a wounded soldier under her care. When she leaves the...

Adele has grown up in a tenement, but she longs for greater things. She gets her chance at the stage when her mother runs into an old friend,...

Sisters Phyllis and Alithea are kept in the countryside until they reach the age of eighteen when their guardian, the Squire, takes them to London....

Fernande de Ferney, a young French girl, has spent her time between the convent and the country home of her uncle, where she has learned to...

Harmony Wells, a gifted violinist, moves to Paris to complete her musical education. Her money soon disappears, and she is forced to live in an...

Phoebe Lester, a little country girl, whispers to her pet hen, "You've laid an egg for a man from New York. Ain't you proud?" and while taking...

Nell leaves the farm to start a candy store in New York, but has a troubled start until she meets Jack Monroe, a young spendthrift who helps her...

1917 American silent mystery film directed by Ernest C. Warde.

The film follows Ezra Greer, a middle-aged man who has worked hard since his youth. He cares deeply for his motherless daughter, Mary, but was unable...