The Lesser Evil

First installment of the Tense Moments with Great Authors series. Presumed lost.

British adaptation of Trilby filmed in Kinemacolor. Presumed lost.

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

Three men are pursuing Diana, a beautiful young woman, and she finally decides on which one she wants, Jack. One of the rejected suitors, a rich and powerful banker named Frank, plots to get his revenge by forcing her father to forge Jack's name to a note, then tells Diana that he will ruin her father unless she sleeps with him.

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.

A bride who discovers during her wedding ceremony that her husband-to-be has fathered a child out of wedlock with another woman.

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, only fragments of the original production of more than one hour are known to exist, preserved at the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra; Efforts at reconstruction have made the film available to modern audiences.

This film begins with the invocation of 'almighty god' at a river where several people are gathered. The child god Krishna rises out of the water astride the demon snake Kaliya. Then we see Yashoda as she rocks the sleeping Krishna's crib and imagines the god as Gopala. The next scene shows Kamsa fantasizing about Krishna threateningly duplicated many times around him. Kamsa then imagines himself dead as his severed head rises up and descends again. People of all castes pay obeisance to the deity with the title-card: 'may this humble offering be accepted by the Lord'.

The film tells the story of a man and woman who don't know each other. After being matched by a matchmaker, after going through a series of red tape, they were sent to the bridal chamber and began a difficult life as a couple. Despite the primitive shooting methods and lack of training of the actors, the film has a very important place in the history of Chinese film.

Silent film from 1915 which draws on the story of Carmen

A gangster falls for a blind violinist, only for his mobster rivals to kidnap her.

Danish adaptation of Trilby. Presumed lost, though a single still apparently depicting the novel's climax survives.

Mark Reid, a young prospector, discovers gold in the Sierra foothills. He meets an old man known as "The Good Samaritan," who counsels him and welcomes him into his home. While he is away registering his claim, another prospector, Mike O'Hara, comes along, and, seeing no one around, takes possession of the gold mine. When Reid returns, the two engage in a struggle. As Reid is about to be overcome, an Indian slips a dagger into his hand. Reid is about to stab O'Hara when The Good Samaritan appears and stops the fight. Reid and the O'Hara set aside their differences and decide to become partners.

Tom and Dan's one-night stand turns into an intense power-play between captor and captive.

A shop girl finds herself disgraced after being pressured into drinking too much at a party and getting arrested for public drunkenness.