The Sable Lorcha

When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

Erich von Stroheim

Cast

Gibson Gowland, Zasu Pitts, Jean Hersholt

Just as Galeen and Wegener's Der Golem (1915) can be seen as a testament to early German film artistry, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolizes both the birth of the Australian film industry and the emergence of an Australian cinema identity. Even more significantly, it heralds the emergence of the feature film format. However, ...

Runtime

1h 10m

Director

Charles Tait

Cast

Elizabeth Tait, John Tait

The Perils of Pauline is a motion picture serial shown in weekly installments featuring the actress Pearl White playing the title character. Pauline has often been cited as a famous example of a damsel-in-distress, although viewers will find her character more resourceful and less helpless than the classic 'damsel' stereotype. Nine epi...

Runtime

6h 50m

Director

Louis J. Gasnier

Cast

Pearl White, Milton Berle, Crane Wilbur

The serial detailed the experiences of Kathlyn Hare, the pretty daughter of an explorer. Kathlyn resided in a mythical India, fighting off unwanted advances from a handsome native, Umballah, when not battling an endless array of ferocious jungle fauna.

Runtime

5h

Director

Francis J. Grandon

Cast

Kathlyn Williams, Charles Clary, Horace B. Carpenter

A beautiful young woman is a daring master thief. She meets the young millionaire Thomas Babbington Norton, while fleeing from the scene of her latest theft.

Runtime

5h

Director

George B. Seitz

Cast

Pearl White, Warner Oland, Henry G. Sell