American Mutoscope and Biograph Company Movie Trailers
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The Road to the Heart Trailer (1909)
05 April 1909
Miguel casts out his daughter when she marries a poor man, causing his wife to leave him, too. After he is unable to find a reliable cook, he reconciles with his daughter so he can get a good meal.
The Greaser's Gauntlet Trailer (1908)
11 August 1908
This film with a highly offensive and racist title tells the story of Jose, a handsome young Mexican, who leaves his home in the Sierra Madre Mountains with a cross-embroidered gauntlet from his mother.
The Fatal Hour Trailer (1908)
18 August 1908
A young woman (Linda Arvidson) is kidnapped by a band of opportunistic Chinese slavers, led by devious Pong Lee (Harry Solter).
Next! Trailer (1903)
18 November 1903
Alphonse and Gaston are in an American barber shop. They interrupt business with their exaggerated politeness, and the waiting customers throw them out of the window.
Caught by Wireless Trailer (1908)
21 March 1908
Crime drama involving an Irish couple immigrating to America
The Curtain Pole Trailer (1909)
15 February 1909
An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first.
The Physical Culture Girl, No. 1 Trailer (1903)
21 July 1903
First film in the series, showing a pretty girl exercising with chest weights.
The Helping Hand Trailer (1908)
29 December 1908
In desperation at her mother's illness and their need of money, a young girl determines to go into the underworld in quest of relief, but a woman of the world, touched by her innocence, stops her in time, rebukes the villainous libertine who is about to claim her, and leads the girl back to her home.
The Medicine Bottle Trailer (1909)
29 March 1909
While she attends a party, Mrs. Ross leaves her young daughter to care for her bed-ridden mother. At the party, Mrs.
At the Crossroads of Life Trailer (1908)
02 July 1908
At the Crossroads of Life is a typically Victorian-style melodrama in which a girl's wishes to be an actress are condemned by her stern father, a man of the cloth who has no time for those in the acting profession.
A Catastrophe in Hester Street Trailer (1904)
12 January 1904
Two workers leave boxes of explosives with a push cart street vendor while they visit a bar. They return drunk and accidentally drop a box of nitro powder, causing an explosion that wrecks the block and blows off the vendor’s arm.
A Drunkard's Reformation Trailer (1909)
01 April 1909
A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take their daughter out to a play.
The Winning Coat Trailer (1909)
12 April 1909
A young courtier gambles in a tavern and wins a coat from the leader of a gang. In the pocket he finds details of a plan to kidnap the Queen.
Skyscrapers Trailer (1906)
08 December 1906
A new skyscraper is being built in New York City, and numerous workmen are busy at hazardous jobs high above the ground.
The Feud and the Turkey Trailer (1908)
08 December 1908
A bitter feud between the Wilkinson and Caulfield families turns tragic when the Colonel’s young son is killed.
The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora Trailer (1908)
04 August 1908
A gang of lawless freebooters who terrorized the country and made travel in the mountains a hazardous pastime hold up a stylish landau in which are seated an old gentleman, a duenna, and a pretty young Senora.
One Touch of Nature Trailer (1909)
01 January 1909
"A pathetic story of mother's grief. No more intense emotion can be imagined than a mother's grief for her dead child.
A Rude Hostess Trailer (1909)
08 April 1909
Mrs. Leffingwell runs after the last of her departing party guests to return a forgotten muff. While she's out a burglar enters the apartment and opens the safe.
Over the Hills to the Poor House Trailer (1908)
26 June 1908
The widowed elderly mother of three adult children, two sons and a daughter, wishing to relieve herself of the burden of care of her property, decides to divide it up among her children.
Mr. Jones at the Ball Trailer (1908)
25 December 1908
Mr. Jones at the Ball is a 1908 American silent short comedy film, part of the once-popular Biograph series centered around the titular Jones and his long-suffering wife.
The Girl and the Outlaw Trailer (1908)
08 September 1908
Ruthless bandit Bill Preston rules a terrorizing frontier gang. Frontier girl Nellie Carson loves him despite his cruelty, but he abandons her wounded after a dispute.
A Frontier Flirtation; or, How the Tenderfoot Won Out Trailer (1903)
01 October 1903
A Western cowboy attempts to flirt with a veiled young lady sitting on a bench in the garden.
The Man and the Woman Trailer (1908)
14 August 1908
John and Tom Wilkins are brothers and most divergent in natures. John is a clergyman and a noble, upright fellow, while Tom is a scapegrace, wild, reckless and unscrupulous.
The Honor of Thieves Trailer (1909)
11 January 1909
Two thieves, Ned and Mike, scheme to rob a pawnbroker, Mr. Einstein. Ned seduces Einstein's daughter Rachel to aid their plan, but during the attempted burglary they tie up both victims and set a candle to burn the shop.
Father Gets in the Game Trailer (1908)
09 October 1908
D.W. Griffith film about an elderly father who grows tired of seeing his son bring home beautiful women so he gets a makeover and heads out on the prowl.
The Redman and the Child Trailer (1908)
28 July 1908
A silent short about a Sioux Indian by D.W. Griffith.
The Lost Child Trailer (1904)
19 October 1904
A woman and her guests frantically search for her missing child, who is eventually found playing with her dog in the kennel.
The Hypnotist's Revenge Trailer (1907)
20 July 1907
The producer of "brainstorms-while-you-wait" is entertaining his audience with the antics of those under his soporific influence, when the fellow with the not-if-I-know-it expression appears and challenges the professor.
The Fight for Freedom Trailer (1908)
17 July 1908
In a saloon in a Mexican border town, a group of cowboys, including a Mexican named Pedro, play poker.
The Valet's Wife Trailer (1908)
01 December 1908
Bachelor Reggie writes his uncle that he has a wife and child, but then must produce them when the uncle visits.
The Salvation Army Lass Trailer (1909)
11 March 1909
A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight turned deadly, her life seems directionless-- that is, until she's saved from the streets by a band of Salvationists.
The Zulu's Heart Trailer (1908)
06 October 1908
A Boer woman and her daughter are captured by Zulu warriors.
Hulda's Lovers Trailer (1908)
22 April 1908
Hulda is a maiden fair to look upon. Her artless rustic simplicity, rivaling Hebe's gorgeous radiance, phlogisticates the susceptible hearts of the village swains.
A Rural Elopement Trailer (1909)
14 January 1909
Countryside lovers Hank and Cynthia plan to elope against the girl's father's wishes. A meddling tramp interferes with their secret meeting and, dressed with Hank's garments, takes the girl with him.
The Sacrifice Trailer (1909)
14 January 1909
Oh, the woe of simultaneous birthdays, as were Mr. and Mrs. Hardlucks', and both being of a generous nature, were seized with an insatiable desire to make on this anniversary of their nativity suitable gifts, each to the other, Hardluck has a watch, but no fob.
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party Trailer (1909)
21 January 1909
Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance League.
The Invisible Fluid Trailer (1908)
16 June 1908
Had the poor melancholy Dane, Hamlet, lived in this, the twentieth century, he would never have given voice to the remark, "Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself into a dew!" No indeed! He would have procured some of the mysterious fluid compounded by an erudite scientist by which things animate and inanimate were rendered non est, for ten minutes at least, by simply spraying them with it.
For Love of Gold Trailer (1908)
21 August 1908
It is often said there is honor among thieves, but not so, as we shall see in this story. Two denizens of the underworld are seen in their squalid furnished room planning a robbery.
The Maniac Cook Trailer (1909)
04 January 1909
A household cook named Margie has a sudden mental breakdown and attacks her employers, the Holland family.
The Man in the Box Trailer (1908)
19 June 1908
A poorly compensated bank clerk is, we may say, to that trying position of "Tantalus" in sight of tons of money but not a dollar of his own.
She Banked in Her Stocking; or, Robbed of Her All Trailer (1905)
01 September 1905
A woman who hides her money in her stocking, only to be robbed of it.
The Sculptor's Nightmare Trailer (1908)
06 May 1908
At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite.
A Nigger in the Woodpile Trailer (1904)
08 April 1904
This is a clever comedy production in several scenes. In the opening scene the hired man is complaining to Farmer Jones that the woodpile is being depleted by thieves.
The Hindoo Dagger Trailer (1909)
18 February 1909
Jack Windom experiences a sensation of awe at the reception of the Hindoo dagger from his old chum, Tom, who was traveling in India.
Above the Limit Trailer (1900)
21 November 1900
Filming of a character sketch by the well-known vaudevillian Charles E. Grapewin. On a bare stage backed by a dark curtain, a man dressed in a three-piece suit and overcoat holds a racing program and excitedly watches a race supposedly taking place offstage.
A Burglar’s Mistake Trailer (1909)
25 March 1909
Henry is being blackmailed. When the blackmailer breaks into his house, Henry apprehends him at gunpoint and takes the opportunity to rid himself of the blackmailer's threat.
The Black Viper Trailer (1908)
21 July 1908
A thug accosts a girl as she leaves her workplace but a man rescues her. The thug vows revenge and, with the help of two friends, attacks the girl and her rescuer again as they're going for a walk.
The Moonshiner Trailer (1904)
19 August 1904
A mountaineer loads a shipment of moonshine whiskey onto his horse-cart, then goes to make a delivery.
The King's Messenger Trailer (1908)
29 April 1908
The 17th century: a rider is dispatched by the king to carry a message to the king's embattled forces in a distant conflict.
The Fate of the Artist's Model Trailer (1903)
26 October 1903
The Fate of the Artist's Model (1903) shows a young woman and her baby who are abandoned by her artist lover.
Love Finds a Way Trailer (1909)
11 January 1909
A Duke's daughter is loved by a gallant knight, but her father wants her to marry another. With the help of his friends, the knight hatches an elaborate scheme to marry his sweetheart.
The Test of Friendship Trailer (1908)
15 December 1908
Millionaire Edward Ross fakes bankruptcy during a dinner party to test his fawning friends, who immediately abandon him.
Thompson's Night Out Trailer (1908)
02 June 1908
William Thompson and John Smith occupied offices in the same New York skyscraper, and both being seized with an irrepressible desire to cut loose and paint things crimson, arranged it as follows in this Biograph picture.
A Famous Escape Trailer (1908)
07 April 1908
In Civil War days, a soldier is seen leaving his home to join the Union army. Later he and a group of soldiers are captured and imprisoned by the Confederates.
The Outlaw Trailer (1908)
23 June 1908
In the 1849 American West, seductive outlaw Jack Morgan falls in love with Mollie, an innkeeper's daughter, already coveted by stagecoach driver Dick.
A Wreath in Time Trailer (1909)
08 February 1909
A few of us have had the chance to read our own obituary notice, but it fell to the lot of John Goodhusband the rare privilege of viewing his own elegiac cinerary floral offerings, and at the time John was anything but a "dead one.
The Heart of O Yama Trailer (1908)
18 September 1908
Pretty Miss Chrysanthemum has but little to say as to the disposal of her heart, at least, such is the custom in Japan.
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son Trailer (1905)
08 March 1905
Based loosely on the once-popular nursery rhyme. A fair is in progress, with refreshments, entertainment, and other activities.
Balked at the Altar Trailer (1908)
25 August 1908
A woman who is filled with romantic ideas is making no secret of her eagerness to find a husband. Her father decides to help her by pressuring and threatening an eligible bachelor, who reluctantly allows wedding plans to be made.