Movies: Tom Powers

  • 1912
    Love in the Ghetto

    Love in the Ghetto (1912)

    Love in the Ghetto

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    Everybody's ordered out on a strike when Benjamin Cohen, proprietor of a sweat-shop, reduces the employees' wages ten per cent. Rebecca Barish, a young Jewess, and her father, reluctantly go out with the rest. Unable to find other work, their circums...

    Love in the Ghetto
  • 1912
    The Haunted Rocker

    The Haunted Rocker (1912)

    The Haunted Rocker

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    An old rocking chair makes a story out of Old Boggs, his daughter Madge, and her boyfriend Jack....

    The Haunted Rocker
  • 1912
    The Illumination

    The Illumination (1912)

    The Illumination

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    Set in Biblical times, this tells the story of how Jesus affected the lives of two people: Joseph, a young Jewish man, and Maximums, a centurion in the Roman army....

    The Illumination
  • 1914
    Daisy Doodad's Dial

    Daisy Doodad's Dial (1914)

    Daisy Doodad's Dial

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    Daisy and her husband both go in for a face-pulling contest, but when the big day comes she is unable to attend the competition, and her husband wins instead. When the next opportunity comes around, she is determined to win -- but gets a little over-...

    Daisy Doodad's Dial
  • 1912
    The Signal of Distress

    The Signal of Distress (1912)

    The Signal of Distress

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    Dolly Dillard jumps at the conclusion that George Gordon is playing her false, as he affectionately greets his sister at the train when she comes to pay him a visit. Dolly, who is not acquainted with his sister, sends back her engagement ring. Sad an...

    The Signal of Distress
  • 1952
    Bal Tabarin

    Bal Tabarin (1952)

    Bal Tabarin

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    Story of a girl who witnesses murder of notorious international jewel thief. Afraid that the gang will attack her, she flees to Paris....

    Bal Tabarin
  • 1913
    Cutey Plays Detective

    Cutey Plays Detective (1913)

    Cutey Plays Detective

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    Seeing Cutey play the part of a maid of all work at a college play, Alys Trevor seeks an introduction to him and they soon become good friends. She takes him with her to present him to her mother, whom she finds talking to a stranger, Lord Goodbluff....

    Cutey Plays Detective
  • 1911
    The Girl and the Sheriff

    The Girl and the Sheriff (1911)

    The Girl and the Sheriff

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    A mountaineer, who has been shot by a pursuing sheriff, is concealed by a mountain girl in her cabin. When the sheriff arrives, she gives him whiskey, while secretly removing the bullets from his gun....

    The Girl and the Sheriff
  • 1913
    Stenographer Troubles

    Stenographer Troubles (1913)

    Stenographer Troubles

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    A comic one-act film featuring the character Bunny, which takes place in an office....

    Stenographer Troubles
  • 2014
    A Night at the Cinema in 1914

    A Night at the Cinema in 1914 (2014)

    A Night at the Cinema in 1914

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    Cinema a century ago was a new, exciting and highly democratic form of entertainment. Picture houses nationwide offered a sociable, lively environment in which to relax and escape from the daily grind. With feature films still rare, the programme was...

    A Night at the Cinema in 1914
  • 1912
    Saving an Audience

    Saving an Audience (1912)

    Saving an Audience

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    Four young college students find themselves with no money and a lot of debts. Each has received a peremptory refusal from home to send any more money to them and they are in despair. Suddenly Claude has an idea. They will hire Susan B. Gabonthy to le...

    Saving an Audience