Anne of Green Gables 1919  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: William Desmond Taylor
Cast: Mary Miles Minter, Paul Kelly, Marcia Harris, Frederick Burton, F.T. Chailee, Leila Romer, Lincoln Stedman, Hazel Sexton, Russell Hewitt, Albert Hackett, Laurie Lovelle, Carolyn Lee, Jack B. Hollis, George Stewart
This is a story of a young girl's years in an era of innocent days in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Anne (Mary Miles Minter) is an orphan who is adopted by her uncle (Frederick Burton) and his sister (Marcia Harris) in this amusing tale. Anne is involved in many adventures while growing up, but after she graduates, she goes to work as a school teacher. One day, Anne whips gossipy Mrs. Pie's (Leila Romer) misbehaving son Anthony (Russell Hewitt). Later that day, Anthony falls from a hay wagon and breaks his arm. He tells people that Anne broke his arm, but after the Reverend Figtree (Jack B. Hollis) reveals that he saw Anthony fall from the wagon, and Anne is exonerated. All ends well when Anne marries the man she loves, Gilbert Blythe (George Stewart).
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The Flapper 1920  N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Crosland
Cast: Olive Thomas, Warren Cook, Theodore Westman Jr., Katherine Johnston, Arthur Housman, Louise Lindroth, Charles Craig, William P. Carleton, Marcia Harris, Bobby Connelly, Norma Shearer
The fun and adventures of girls at a seminary are depicted in this film, centered on Ginger (Olive Thomas). Thomas played a girl of 16, nearly 10 years younger than her age. She would die later that year (1920) under mysterious circumstances. Norma Shearer's first screen appearance.
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Orphans of the Storm 1921 N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee, Katherine Emmet, Morgan Wallace, Lucille La Verne, Sheldon Lewis, Frank Puglia, Creighton Hale, Monte Blue, Sidney Herbert, Lee Kohlmar, Marcia Harris, Leslie King
Set during the French Revolution, this is another of D.W. Griffith's great spectacles. It is the story of two orphans, Henriette and Louise (Lillian and Dorothy Gish), who were raised as sisters. After Dorothy goes blind, the two leave for Paris in an attempt to find someone to cure Dorothy. But they get separated as the war unfolds around them.
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The Poor Little Rich Girl 1917  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Maurice Tourneur
Cast: Mary Pickford, Madelaine Traverse, Charles Wellesley, Herbert Prior, Gladys Fairbanks, Frank McGlynn Sr., Emile La Croix, Marcia Harris, Charles Craig, Frank Andrews, George Gemon, Maxine Elliot Hicks, Nora Cecil
Mary Pickford stars in this comedy/drama as 11-year-old (much younger than Pickford's true age) Gwen whose parents (Madelaine Traverse and Charles Wellesley) ignore her. Her father is obsessed with making money, and her mother is busy on the social scene. When Gwen's nurse Jane (Gladys Fairbanks) gives Gwen an overdose of sleeping potion, her parents finally realize how important Gwen is to them. When Gwen regains consciousness, a new and better life awaits her.
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| 1. Anne of Green Gables (1919)
2. The Flapper (1920)
3. Orphans of the Storm (1921)
4. The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
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