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Volume 7 Thanhouser Presents Shakespeare (1910 to 1917) |
Volume 8 Thanhouser Presents the Classics (1912 to 1915) |
Volume 9 Lloyd Lonergan's Legacy (1910 to 1917) |
Volume 10 More Early Thanhouser (1910 to 1912) |
Volume 11 The Genius of Charles J. Hite (1913 to 1914) |
Volume 12 Edwin and Gertrude Return (1915 to 1916) |
David Copperfield (1911) |
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Alphabetical Index to
Thanhouser Films
Each film is accompanied by new and original music composed and
performed exclusively for this collection plus film notes by Victor Graf,
including a historical perspective on the rise and
fall of
the Thanhouser film enterprise
(Click here to see a Chronological listing of
films).
|
Thanhouser Film |
Release Date | Description | On Which Media? |
| The Actor's Children | 3/15/1910 | The first Thanhouser release about the disappearance of an actor's children, their thrilling adventure and how they return to their parents. | Volume 10 |
| An American in the Making | 4/22/1913 | An industrial safety film that opens with the immigration of Bela Tokaji, a Hungarian worker, to the United States, and closes with his marriage to his English teacher. | Online |
| The Center of the Web | 12/1/14 | Who Let the Dogs Out? Thirty German police dogs are the heroes of this crime drama centered on the round up of a gang of counterfeiters | Volume 11 |
| Cinderella | 12/22/11 | Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale, with Florence LaBadie and Harry Benham. | Volume 1 |
| The Coffin Ship | 6/20/11 | Love story filmed in Long Island Sound with a stowaway and a shipwreck, featuring William Garwood. | Volume 1 |
| Crossed Wires | 6/29/15 | Popular suspense drama in two reels with innovative camera technique, with Florence LaBadie and Morris Foster. | Volume 3 |
| The Cry of the Children | 4/30/12 | Critical pre-World War I film on child labor reform, photographed by Carl Louis Gregory. |
Volume
2, Classics |
| Cymbeline | 3/28/13 | Energetic cinematic pacing and intimacy show rapidly improving narrative technique and realism well beyond the limitations of the stage. | Volume 7 |
| Daddy's Double | 4/15/10 | A deft comedy about a foiled elopement and assumed identity shows the importance of a carefully worked out scenario for narrative flow. | Volume 9 |
| David Copperfield | 10/1911 | Based on Charles Dickens’s 1850 immortal story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood | DVD |
| The Decoy | 7/3/14 | Complex story of romance and crime, with Murial Ostriche and Morgan Jones (a Princess Film). | Volume 2 |
| A Dog's Love | 10/4/14 | Fantasy about the love between a child (Helen Badgley "The Kidlet") and her dog ("Shep" The Thanhouser Collie). |
Volume 2 Classics |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1/16/12 | James Cruze featured as Jekyll/Hyde in this second U.S. film version of the classic novel by Robert Lewis Stevenson. |
Volume
1, Classics |
| An Elusive Diamond | 1/23/14 | A one-reel crime drama with crooks, ruses, kidnapping, escape, and a twist, all wrapped in a coherent narrative. | Volume 9 |
| The Evidence of the Film | 1/10/13 | Discovered in 1999 on the floor of a Montana projection booth, this is a good crime tale with film making as a subject. |
Volume
5 Classics |
| The Farmer's Daughters | 9/28/13 | The daughters of the farmer do some very good character work fooling young college graduates who are bent on matrimony. Iincidental glimpses of American farm life considerably enhance the value of the film. | Volume 11 |
| Fires of Youth | 6/17/17 | Wealthy industrialist (Frederick Warde) seeks to regain his youth (Jeanne Eagles) in this cut down two-reel version. | Volume 6 |
| Get Rich Quick | 5/26/11 | A moral tale about material wealth, with William Garwood, William Russell and Marguerite Snow. | Volume 1 |
| Her Nephews from Labrador | 1/26/13 | The young men from Labrador can't keep cool in the middle of a severe winter. They skate on the ice, attired simply in bathing suits, and plunge repeatedly into the icy water. There is no faking in the picture. | Volume 11 |
| His Great Uncle's Spirit | 3/8/12 | Full of amazing trick situations that will leave you dazed and delighted! | Volume 10 |
| His Uncle's Wives | 2/2/13 | An artist unexpectedly inherits six wives who come to him from his uncle in Constantinople. His wife makes serious objections, and he finally packs them off to join a theatrical troupe, and happiness is restored. | Volume 11 |
| In a Garden | 10/25/12 | The gardener tells the story he has seen unfolded within the precincts of a beautiful spot - the beginning of affection between two, the quarrel, and the reconciliation years afterward. | Volume 10 |
| In the Hands of the Enemy | 11/16/15 | A story of a woman spy, her son and a firing squad draws its analogies from the world war; full of intense situations and graphic action. | Volume 12 |
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In de Tropische Zee (In the Tropical Seas) |
1914 | Carl Louis Gregory, Thanhouser's senior cameraman, employed the Williamson Submarine Tube, an air-filled iron tube with a viewing chamber, to produce the first underwater motion pictures. | Volume 11 |
| Joseph in the Land of Egypt | 2/1/14 | Four reel “Thanhouser Big Production” features James Cruze and scenario by Lloyd F. Lonergan from Liebler's stage drama, Joseph and His Brethren, in turn taken from a biblical story. | Volume 11 |
| Just a Shabby Doll | 3/11/13 | A romantic story utilizing flashback sequences, featuring Harry Benham, Mignon Anderson and Helen Badgley. | Volume 5 |
| King Lear | 12/17/16 | Frederick Warde, one of the best known stage actors of his generation, stars in this 2 1/2 reel abridged version cut down from the original five. | Volume 7 |
| King Rene's Daughter | 7/1/13 | A very romantic fiction set in renaissance France with florid, rich costuming. | Volume 8 |
| The Little Girl Next Door | 11/1/12 | Tragic drama with a moral lesson, features the "Thanhouser Twins" Marion and Madeline Fairbanks. | Volume 5 |
| Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor | 7/9/15 | Light comedy with satirical social observation, features Riley Chamberlin and Harry Benham (Falstaff release). | Volume 6 |
| Marble Heart | 5/13/13 | A story of unrequited love, with three popular Thanhouser stars James Cruze, Margurite Snow and Florence LaBadie. | Volume 6 |
| The Marvelous Marathoner | 1/16/15 | An energetic and vivacious Falstaff comedy with good pacing combining physical comedy (without slapstick) with situation comedy. | Volume 9 |
| Nicholas Nickleby | 3/19/12 | With Nicholas Nickleby release, Thanhouser established itself as producer of the best Dickens adaptations in American film. | Volume 8 |
| Old Jane of the Gaiety | 7/18/15 | Old Jane, the wardrobe woman, is an institution at the Gaiety Theatre. She keeps a watchful eye on the younger girls, especially little Nina Fagnant, a serious child with genuine ability. | Volume 12 |
| Only in the Way | 1/31/11 | Family disharmony with a happy ending, featuring Marie Eline "The Thanhouser Kid". |
Volume
1, Classics |
| The Pasha's Daughter | 1/3/11 | A young American man in trouble is assisted by the daughter of the pasha to escape in woman's clothes from Turkey. | Volume 10 |
| Petticoat Camp | 11/3/12 | Early "women's lib" with a comedy twist, with Florence LaBadie, William Russell and William Garwood. |
Volume
2, Classics |
| The Portrait of Lady Anne | 7/23/12 | In 1770, the beautiful Lady Anne in a jealous fit throws over her lover who goes away to the war and is killed. Fast forward to 1912 where a descendant of Lady Anne is entertaining and much the same happens. | Volume 10 |
| Seven Ages of an Alligator | 2/2/13 | Shows the alligator in several stages of growth, from babyhood to a ripe old age; a film taken at an alligator farm in California. | Volume 11 |
| She | 12/26/11 | Thanhouser's first two reel film, an adventure/fantasy, with James Cruze in dual role of the hero. | Volume 6 |
| Silas Marner | 2/19/16 | Frederick Warde in his motion picture debut in the leading role as the bent and twisted miser whose life of selfishness is changed by the influence of a child. | Volume 12 |
| Shep's Race with Death | 11/1/14 | Heroic dog "Shep" saves the day, also featuring the "Thanhouser Twins" Marion and Madeline Fairbanks.. | Volume 5 |
| The Soap Suds Star | 10/28/15 | Comedy about a down-and-out vaudeville team who attempt Shakespeare and destroy their career (Falstaff release). | Volume 3 |
| The Star of Bethlehem | 12/24/12 | Biblical tale about the birth of Christ told with a cast of 100's, one reel British version edited from original three reel release. | Volume 2 |
| Tannhäuser | 7/15/13 | The story, set in medieval Germany, tells of chivalry, mythology and magic (with skillful in-camera tricks), love’s redemption, and tragedy. | Volume 8 |
| Their One Love | 5/2/15 | Civil War drama with spectacular night battle sequences, featuring "The Twins" Marion and Madeline Fairbanks. |
Volume
5, Classics |
| The Tiniest of Stars | 1/14/13 | Family drama of a a brother ("The Kid" Marie Eline) and sister ("The Kidlet" Helen Badgley) who take to the stage. | Volume 5 |
| The Two Roses | 6/7/1910 | Thanhouser's 16th release and was advertised as "A powerful, pathetic, pretty story of life in Little Italy." | Online Only |
| Uncle's Namesakes | 12/12/13 | Comedy about twin "boys" who deceive their rich English uncle, with Marion and Madeline Fairbanks ("The Twins"). | Volume 5 |
| The Vagabonds | 8/29/15 | A series of flashbacks where a penniless, friendless tramp and his dog relates the story of his downfall due to drink. | Volume 8 |
| The Vicar of Wakefield (1910) | 12/17/10 | One reel version of Oliver Goldsmith's classic 1766 novel. | Volume 4 |
| The Vicar of Wakefield (1917) | 2/25/17 | Elaborate remake starring Frederick Warde in eight reels, released by Pathé. | Volume 4 |
| The Voice of Conscience | 9/3/12 | Two girls fall in love with the same man. Out motoring one day they are thrown from the machine and carried to the hospital. One of the girls poisons the other. The story swings into a very pleasant finish. | Volume 10 |
| When the Studio Burned | 2/4/13 | Fictional drama exploiting the fire that actually struck the Thanhouser studio on January 13, 1913 and burned the main facility to the ground. | Volume 9 |
| The Winter's Tale | 5/27/1910 | The first of six Shakespeare films released by Thanhouser, scenario by Lloyd F. Lonergan and Gertrude Thanhouser. | Volume 7 |
| The Woman in White | 7/1/17 | Five reel feature film based on Wilkie Collins novel with special lighting effects, a technical tour de force as well as dramatically effective. | Volume 9 |
| The World and the Woman | 11/19/16 | Jeanne Eagel's film debut tells the story of a prostitute turned faith healer in this five reel feature, released by Pathé. | Volume 3 |
| Young Lord Stanley | 10/28/10 | A nobleman stoops to manual labor when his funds grow low and falls deeply in love with his employer's daughter. | Volume 10 |
| Zudora, Episode #2: The Mystery of the Sleeping House | 11/30/14 | A story teeming with love and the fiery romantic impulsiveness of the East is told in the two-reel drama, the second episode in Thanhouser's production of Dr. Daniel Carson Goodman's serial photoplay. | Volume 12 |
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