Lois Weber Filmes

  • 2009
    Early Directors on Directing

    Early Directors on Directing

    Early Directors on Directing

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    There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to put a narrative story on celluloid was, Alice...

    Early Directors on Directing
  • 1911
    On the Brink

    On the Brink

    On the Brink

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    A 1911 silent drama film written and directed by Edwin S. Porter and Lois Weber. Starring Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, and Charles De Forrest.

    On the Brink
  • 1916
    The People vs. John Doe

    The People vs. John Doe

    The People vs. John Doe

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    A farmer is unjustly convicted of a homicide he did not commit.

    The People vs. John Doe
  • 1913
    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

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    Alleged silent short adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel, first mentioned in a 1966 copy of Films In Review. Recent scholarship argues this film never...

    The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • 1927
    The Angel of Broadway

    The Angel of Broadway

    The Angel of Broadway

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    Babe Scott, a cabaret dancer who is constantly searching for sensational material to shock her customers, conceives of burlesquing a Salvation Army...

    The Angel of Broadway
  • 1916
    Hop - The Devil's Brew

    Hop - The Devil's Brew

    Hop - The Devil's Brew

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    Lydia Jansen is happily married to a young customs inspector, but she harbors a dark secret. She is addicted to smoking opium or in slang parlance...

    Hop - The Devil's Brew
  • 1913
    The Jew's Christmas

    The Jew's Christmas

    The Jew's Christmas

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    Early Lois Weber film. Isaac and his faithful wife, Rachel, deplore that in America their children are forced to work on the Jewish Sabbath. Leah...

    The Jew's Christmas
  • 1914
    False Colors

    False Colors

    False Colors

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    Famed actor Lloyd Phillips blames his infant daughter Dixie for her mother’s death in childbirth, leaving her in the care of his housekeeper,...

    False Colors
  • 1919
    A Midnight Romance

    A Midnight Romance

    A Midnight Romance

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    Marie, a hotel maid, falls in love with millionaire's son Roger, but Roger cannot marry her because of her inferior station and his unwillingness to...

    A Midnight Romance
  • 1915
    Hypocrites

    Hypocrites

    Hypocrites

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    The story of St. Gabriel, who was killed by an ignorant mob for making a nude statue representing Purity, who is also represented by a ghostly naked...

    Hypocrites
  • 1921
    What Do Men Want?

    What Do Men Want?

    What Do Men Want?

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    According to this Lois Weber production, men don't really seem to know what they want at all -- first Frank (J. Frank Glendon) wants to be an...

    What Do Men Want?
  • 1919
    Mary Regan

    Mary Regan

    Mary Regan

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    Mary Regan is the daughter of a gentleman crook and an heiress. Although she has received a good upbringing, she refuses to marry Robert Clifford for...

    Mary Regan
  • 1912
    Fine Feathers

    Fine Feathers

    Fine Feathers

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    The story of a male painter who rises to fame after completing two portraits of his maid, a woman who later becomes his companion.

    Fine Feathers
  • 1911
    The Twins

    The Twins

    The Twins

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    The baby daughter of Mrs. Norton, a widowed seamstress, dies. The sorrow-stricken mother gazes at the empty cradle and decides to replace the...

    The Twins
  • 1915
    Betty in Search of a Thrill

    Betty in Search of a Thrill

    Betty in Search of a Thrill

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    After graduating from a convent school, Betty travels to New York to visit her relatives, the Hastings. She quickly catches the eye of Jim Denning, a...

    Betty in Search of a Thrill
  • 1911
    Fate

    Fate

    Fate

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    Jack Norton had traveled the downgrade, had transgressed the laws of man, had trespassed the forbidden, and paid the penalty.

    Fate
  • 1915
    It's No Laughing Matter

    It's No Laughing Matter

    It's No Laughing Matter

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    The story of a ruddy-cheeked rural postman who dabbles in poetry-writing on the side. He utilizes his hobby to spread a bit of sunshine throughout...

    It's No Laughing Matter
  • 1926
    The Marriage Clause

    The Marriage Clause

    The Marriage Clause

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    A Broadway actress becomes a star due to the guidance of her director. The two fall in love, but are prevented from marrying due to a clause put into...

    The Marriage Clause
  • 1913
    How Men Propose

    How Men Propose

    How Men Propose

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    Three men in succession propose marriage to Grace Darling; she accepts all! Since they are roommates, the three discover their problem in short...

    How Men Propose
  • 1917
    The Price of a Good Time

    The Price of a Good Time

    The Price of a Good Time

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    A poor shopgirl is offered a "good time" for a week by the son of her employer. She accepts, but the offer is misunderstood by her brother, who...

    The Price of a Good Time