Motography

There's a new Theda Bara on the screen.

Posted Jan 13, 2022

Far from the Madding Crowd (1915)

Screen patrons in this country know that Miss Turner may be counted on to give an interesting performance in most any role she attempts and her characterization of the country girl in Far from the Madding Crowd is no disappointment.

Posted Jan 10, 2022

Salomy Jane (1914)

The exterior scenery is unsurpassable... The main plot is of gripping interest, which is strengthened and quickened by occasional surprising developments, flashes of humor, and thrilling effects.

Posted Sep 7, 2021

Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (The Last Days of Pompeii) (1913)

There are five great leading roles in The Last Days of Pompeii production and all are enacted by accomplished and talented players, but Signora Fernanda Negri-Pouget... stands out vividly from among the thousands appearing in the six reel spectacle.

Posted Jun 4, 2021

The Dream Girl (1916)

Though it is well supplied with melodramatic absurdities it as a whole is commendable play for the reason that splendid opportunities were presented the star, the director and the exceptionally good supporting cast.

Posted May 21, 2021

Traffic in Souls (1913)

There are many other big moments and worthy scenes throughout the whole seven reels.

Posted May 11, 2021

For the Freedom of the World (1917)

Leon J. Bourstein

Many of the scenes were taken in Canadian training camps and shows the vigorous methods of training the men undergo before they are pronounced fit for active service. The film not only serves as a medium for pleasure but is instructive all through.

Posted Mar 12, 2021

Damaged Goods (1914)

[Damaged Goods drives] home facts of life that could never be so convincingly portrayed in literature or upon the legitimate stage.

Posted Mar 12, 2021

The Crucible (1914)

It contains plenty of action and flying missiles, but not enough of the violence expected in an uprising against organized authority.

Posted Mar 8, 2021

Romeo and Juliet (1916)

The climax was handled with credit to everyone concerned, and an audience cannot fail to feel the intense pathos which is the core of this tragedy. It is evident that time, money and skill were factors in the making of this [film].

Posted Mar 5, 2021

Brewster's Millions (1914)

In it Edward Abeles who created the role of Monty Brewster in the stage version of the story, duplicates his success and there is every reason why the film should score a hit equal to that of the play and of the book itself.

Posted Feb 5, 2021

The Bar Sinister (1917)

The picture exposes, in the eloquent language of the screen, the blind folly of race hatred.

Posted Jan 25, 2021

War Is Hell (Maudite soit la guerre) (1914)

A large, clear scope such as was obtained in the field maneuver and aeroplane scenes coupled with the natural coloring that is effected throughout the picture add much to its interest.

Posted Dec 22, 2020

The Carpet from Bagdad (1915)

Clarence J. Caine

It is a de luxe presentation of a de luxe story of romance and mystery. It combines action and thrills with spectacular effects and artistic treatment, to say nothing of the histrionic powers exhibited by each of the players.

Posted Nov 19, 2020

The Fall of a Nation (1916)

[Thomas Dixon] should be highly commended for giving us a film of the propaganda type that is entertaining. The Fall of a Nation holds one's attention all the time.

Posted Nov 19, 2020

The Gulf Between (1917)

The colors themselves, in this new process, which, to our mind, goes head and shoulders above all previous efforts in natural color photography-, are exquisitely delicate.

Posted Nov 17, 2020

The Iron Claw (1916)

As a beginning for a serial of mystery and thrills, danger and romance, it would be hard to find a better installment than the first chapter of The Iron Claw.

Posted Nov 3, 2020

Cabiria (1914)

Mr. Webster's well known dictionary is pitifully inadequate when it comes to supplying adjectives with which to describe Cabiria.

Posted Oct 16, 2020

Your Girl and Mine (1914)

[The writers] successfully accomplished what was no easy task, for the presentation of Votes for Women arguments in celluloid, in such a fashion that an appeal would be made to people of all classes, was a truly gigantic undertaking.

Posted Sep 28, 2020

The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)

Nothing like this has ever been done before, and the results which it will in all probability produce will render unnecessary a repetition of such an appeal. The Battle Cry of Peace is a visualized plea written on moving picture film.

Posted Sep 28, 2020

Inspiration (1915)

The cold, hard truth of the matter is there is nothing sensational, disgraceful or "horrible" about the picture at all. It is a beautiful production, photographed in splendid fashion.

Posted Sep 14, 2020

The Woman Who Dared (1916)

Beatriz Michelena is the featured player in a cast of marked ability. The acting is in all particulars excellent.

Posted Aug 25, 2020

Madame Jealousy (1918)

Leon J. Bourstein

Excellent photography has considerable to do with this picture. Many of the numerous camera effects have been executed with precision and bespeaks of the capability of Ned VanBuren, the photographer.

Posted Aug 18, 2020

The Darling of Paris (1917)

There is more genuine drama in this picture than in two or three pictures of the mediocre or inferior class.

Posted Aug 17, 2020

The Coward (1915)

Mr. Lewis, undoubtedly, deserves his special engagement for this picture, since as John Brent he rises to supreme dramatic heights.

Posted Jul 31, 2020

Four Feathers (1915)

Mabel Condon

Mr. Estabrook has no difficulty in making the character of Captain Harry Faversham one of realism.

Posted Jul 31, 2020

Stella Maris (1918)

Leon J. Bourstein

For the first time in her career Mary Pickford essays to portray dual roles, and her most recent picture, Stella Maris, is truly a remarkable revelation of the star's versatility.

Posted Jul 31, 2020

The Tramp (1915)

Clarence J. Caine

If one attempts to tell why Chaplin "gets over" his comedy with such success, he is tackling more than a man's size job -- it is ever so much easier to simply say that Chaplin was as funny as usual and let it go at that.

Posted Jul 31, 2020

Joan the Woman (1916)

Ere the year 1916 has sunk into the past, one more epochal achievement, marking the onward rush of the screen toward loftier planes of attainment, is to be recorded as falling within the space of this remarkable picture twelvemonth.

Posted Jul 31, 2020

Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen (1916)

This version of Carmen furnishes four acts of fun, both because of Chaplin's clowning and because of the clever travesty of scenes from the opera.

Posted Jul 31, 2020

Hoodoo Ann (1916)

Mae Marsh makes Hoodoo Ann a picture well worth seeing. It is diverting and enjoyable entertainment.

Posted Jul 31, 2020

Enoch Arden (1915)

Clarence J. Caine

The scenic effects are also worthy of praise. One in particular that will doubtless impress itself on the minds of those who see the picture is a rocky coast with angry waves dashing wildly against it and leaping high into the air.

Posted Jul 30, 2020

Trilby (1915)

The result is a picture which is interesting every second and utterly devoid of even the least trace of padding.

Posted Jul 30, 2020

The End of the World (Verdens undergang) (1916)

The romance is interesting and gives more strength to the scenes of fire and flood. The players are well suited to their roles and each carries the spectator's sympathy... The exterior scenes showing the comet in the sky are indeed remarkable.

Posted Jul 30, 2020

The Eternal Sapho (1916)

While the story is marred by so many of these sensational events and coincidences, the picture holds attention in spite of them, largely because, as stated before, the direction and the acting are good.

Posted Jul 30, 2020

The Blue Bird (1918)

The children, in fact, will be delighted with the picture, but not more so than their elders, who will appreciate both the truth of the play and the great amount of careful, artistic work necessary in the working out.

Posted Jul 29, 2020

Quo Vadis? (1913)

The picture made a great impression when it originally appeared in this country. Its artistic merit is so high that it will be liked today, after our audiences have seen many even more elaborate photoplays.

Posted Jul 29, 2020

Civilization (1916)

Unquestionably the standards of motion picture production are immeasurably heightened by Civilization. Countless numbers of its scenes are of such magnitude and power as to amaze a public long since blase on the subject of pictures.

Posted Jul 29, 2020

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)

The struggles of the men against the undertow and the force of the water proved interesting, while the battle between the unarmed pearl diver and the octopus is weird and thrilling.

Posted Jul 29, 2020

'49-'17 (1917)

The acting is uniformly good. The photography and settings are satisfactory. The picture, while not remarkable, will satisfy audiences with a taste for western melodramas.

Posted Jul 29, 2020

Blind Justice (Hævnens nat) (1915)

It is a thoroughly remarkable picture, suspenseful and entertaining to the highest degree. This is among the few seven-reel features that justify the use of seven reels.

Posted Jul 28, 2020

Men Who Have Made Love to Me (1918)

The production, seven reels in length, adds nothing to the artistic advancement of pictures. It is a series of six disconnected incidents in the woman's life, in which six different men figure.

Posted Jul 28, 2020

Life Without Soul (1916)

The action, which carries the spectator from the dissecting room through mountainous country, desert lands and on the high seas, does so with unflagging interest.

Posted Jul 28, 2020

Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)

It marks an epoch in this most popular department of photoplay. It is the Cabiria of comedy. Genuine humor is the dominating note in every scene, and its effect on the spectator ranges from giggles and snickers to paroxysms of laughter.

Posted Jul 28, 2020

Daughter of the Gods (1916)

A Daughter of the Gods contains numerous "mob" scenes, some striking bits of photography and Annette [Kellerman], in addition to a fantastic story whose best moments are quite charming.

Posted Jul 28, 2020

Cleopatra (1917)

Helen Rockwell

Some few thousands of people are represented in the big scenes which are especially noteworthy, some scenes of the "Feast of Isis" being particularly beautiful. Everything has been done on a very large scale.

Posted Jul 28, 2020

The Life of General Villa (1914)