The little family of husband, wife and infant child are just existing, the wife toiling to make ends meet, while the husband is a worthless scamp. The wife manages to set aside a little of her meager earnings to save for the child's future, which is her sole thought. The husband has tried to get this money, but the wife guards it carefully.
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United States 14 August 1911
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09 June 1911
A young millionaire, whose hobby is mechanics, takes his newly overhauled car out for a trial spin, and he would have laughed had anybody told him that it was to be the most eventful trip of his life.
21 December 1911
Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie and Harry Benham.
23 February 1911
Bob Ford, a young college graduate and a man-about-town, self-willed and wild, who tries his father's patience and generosity by going the limit, is called to a sudden halt by the old gentleman and sent out west with his valet to work on Jones' ranch in Texas and prove to his father that he is not a hopeless renegade.
26 January 1911
Mary is from Boston, and she doesn't just take to the cow punchers as she would to the "rah-rah boys" of the Hub.
24 April 1911
Two men attempt to commit suicide for vastly different reasons. They try various methods but find it increasingly difficult to finish the job.
01 March 1911
George Petit, the son of a bank cashier is a heavy gambler. After losing a significant amount of money at cards, he becomes desperate to recover his losses.
28 December 1911
While painting the demure little model, Vera, who sat for him day after day, Reginald Spencer was unconscious of the fact that she was falling very deeply in love with him.
07 March 1911
An electric current accidentally brings a female mummy back to life with decidedly romantic inclinations, much to the surprise of a young Egyptologist and his less than understanding fiancée.
16 November 1911
The ballet pupil Camilla Favier makes for a quick success and falls for the author Jean Mayol. She discovers a love letter to him from a rich married woman and is devastated.
04 September 1911
A white woodsman rescues Little Dove from danger on two occasions and she crushes out on him... but wiser heads prevail.
25 December 1911
She was the first attempt in film to depict the story of H. Rider Haggard's 1886 novel She: A History of Adventure.
02 February 1911
A young man inherits a business, struggles, but learns about love and life from the daughter of his rival.
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