After Death (Bauer)

Director: Yevgeny Bauer
Stars: Vitold Polonsky, Olga Rakhmanova, Vera Karalli, Mariya Khalatova
Genre: Drama, Horror, Silent
Country: Russia

Andrei lives a secluded life with his aunt, studying and thinking about his now-deceased mother. His friend Tsenin is concerned, and tries to get Andrei to accompany him to social events. After watching the actress Zoya Kadmina perform, Andrei is fascinated with her, and is then astounded to receive a note from her. He has only one brief meeting with her, and then three months later he is shocked to learn of her death. He now becomes obsessed with her memory, and he decides that he must find out all that he can about her.

 

Tramp, The (Chaplin)

Director: Charles Chaplin
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Billy Armstrong, Lloyd Bacon, Bud Jamison
Genre: Short, Comedy, Silent
Country: USA

The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm.

 

Les vampires (Feuillade)

Director: Louis Feuillade
Stars: Musidora, Édouard Mathé, Marcel Lévesque
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: France

An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.

Alice in Wonderland (Young)

Director: W.W. Young
Stars: Viola Savoy, Herbert Rice, Harry Marks
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA

Alice goes with her sister to a picnic and then she falls asleep and starts dreaming about a wonderland full of talking animals and walking playing cards.

Birth of a Nation, The (Griffith)

Director: D.W. Griffith
Stars: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA

The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln’s assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.