Movies: Blanche Sweet

  • 1909
    A Corner in Wheat

    A Corner in Wheat (1909)

    A Corner in Wheat

    6.21909HD

    On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who wor...

    A Corner in Wheat
  • 1911
    The Lonedale Operator

    The Lonedale Operator (1911)

    The Lonedale Operator

    6.11911HD

    A young woman takes over her sick father's role as telegraph operator at a railway station, and has to deal with a team intent on train robbery....

    The Lonedale Operator
  • 1914
    Judith of Bethulia

    Judith of Bethulia (1914)

    Judith of Bethulia

    6.31914HD

    Griffith adapts the story of the Apocryphal Book of Judith to the screen. During the siege of the Jewish city of Bethulia by the Assyrian tyrant Holofernes, a widow named Judith forms a plan to stop the war as her people suffer in starvation, nearly ...

    Judith of Bethulia
  • 1914
    The Avenging Conscience

    The Avenging Conscience (1914)

    The Avenging Conscience

    6.21914HD

    Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man's thoughts turn dark as he dwells on ways to deal with his uncle. Becoming convinced that murder is merely a natural part of life, he kills his uncle and hides the body. Howe...

    The Avenging Conscience
  • 1913
    Death's Marathon

    Death's Marathon (1913)

    Death's Marathon

    5.71913HD

    Two business partners pursue the same woman. She accepts the marriage proposal of the irresponsible partner, much to her later regret. He squanders money on gambling, as his interest in her gradually wanes. One day after losing the company money in a...

    Death's Marathon
  • 1923
    Souls for Sale

    Souls for Sale (1923)

    Souls for Sale

    6.21923HD

    A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star....

    Souls for Sale
  • 1912
    The Massacre

    The Massacre (1912)

    The Massacre

    5.91912HD

    The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation....

    The Massacre
  • 1912
    The Painted Lady

    The Painted Lady (1912)

    The Painted Lady

    5.51912HD

    A lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an ice cream social, she meets a young man you seems interested in her. However, unknown to her, he is a burglar who is only interested in breaking into her...

    The Painted Lady
  • 1930
    The Silver Horde

    The Silver Horde (1930)

    The Silver Horde

    5.31930HD

    A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll....

    The Silver Horde
  • 1914
    Home, Sweet Home

    Home, Sweet Home (1914)

    Home, Sweet Home

    5.31914HD

    John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and his sweetheart, Payne begins to lead a life of dissolute habits, and this soon leads to ruin and misery. In deep despair, he thinks of better ...

    Home, Sweet Home
  • 1912
    For His Son

    For His Son (1912)

    For His Son

    5.51912HD

    A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke which is laced with cocaine. Dopokoke is advertised as relief "for that tired feeling." The drink is a success, but the son becomes addicted to it, much...

    For His Son
  • 1913
    Love in an Apartment Hotel

    Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)

    Love in an Apartment Hotel

    01913HD

    In the apartment hotel lived the aspiring maid, whose solicitude maintained order in the bachelor's apartment. He was her ideal, and the all-adoring bell-boy was firmly but gently given to understand that maids who read "Heliotrope Glendening's Advic...

    Love in an Apartment Hotel
  • 1911
    The Miser's Heart

    The Miser's Heart (1911)

    The Miser's Heart

    61911HD

    Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a little girl who lives in his building....

    The Miser's Heart
  • 1928
    Fashion News

    Fashion News (1928)

    Fashion News

    51928HD

    Hollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color....

    Fashion News
  • 1911
    The Battle

    The Battle (1911)

    The Battle

    4.81911HD

    Union soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the Union Army, one soldier runs away, hiding in his girlfriend's house. Ashamed of his cowardice, he finds his courage and crosses enemy lines to bring help to h...

    The Battle
  • 1944
    Twenty Years After

    Twenty Years After (1944)

    Twenty Years After

    61944HD

    This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases....

    Twenty Years After
  • 1913
    Near To Earth

    Near To Earth (1913)

    Near To Earth

    01913HD

    This is the story of Gato, an Italian immigrant, who lives with his wife, Marie, and his younger brother, Giuseppe, on a small truck farm in the west. Gato becomes so intent on his work that he neglects to show his wife the little attentions she dema...

    Near To Earth
  • 1911
    Fighting Blood

    Fighting Blood (1911)

    Fighting Blood

    6.31911HD

    After the Civil War, an ex-soldier and his family settle in the Dakota Territory. The son quarrels with the father and leaves home. Riding in the hills, he spots a band of Indians attacking a neighboring homestead, and he races back to warn his famil...

    Fighting Blood
  • 1930
    Show Girl in Hollywood

    Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)

    Show Girl in Hollywood

    5.81930HD

    Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego....

    Show Girl in Hollywood
  • 1911
    The Last Drop of Water

    The Last Drop of Water (1911)

    The Last Drop of Water

    5.11911HD

    A wagon train heading west across the great desert runs out of water, and is attacked by Indians. One man -- their last hope -- is sent out to find water....

    The Last Drop of Water