Bannister Merwin

Well-to-do Mr. and Mrs. Gilton live next door to a large family that struggles to make ends meet. Despite their desire to be friendly, Mr. Gilton is frequently irritated by his neighbors, insisting that they stay out of his yard, and blaming them for anything that goes wrong. During the holiday season, the differences between the two families become even clearer. Mrs. Gilton wants to do something to help their neighbors, but Mr. Gilton will take a lot of convincing. (imdb)

Here with the Edison Company -- most notably Charles Ogle as the usurer -- we see a 'typical' case of the victims of usury. Although offered as a 'realistic' view of the effects of usury, it veers frequently into melodrama. (imdb comments)

This film is unusual for an Edison film, in that the film crew actually went to Britain to take footage of their suffragettes in action. In particular, they are there to get footage of the militant suffragettes--the ones who handcuffed themselves to buildings or broke windows because of their rage over having no right to vote. (imdb)

A printer and his young assistant take over a local newspaper while the editor is away. (imdb)

The theft of an important document from the ambassador's residence leads his daughter to investigate the crime. (imdb)

This 20th-century retelling of the classic fairy tale keeps all the familiar elements -- a selfish step-sister, a put-upon beauty, a Prince Charming, and, of course, a lost slipper -- but shifts the action to a contemporary boarding house. Cinderella, played by Mary Fuller, befriends an elderly resident, who buys a party outfit for her favorite when Cinderella's elder sister preens for a dance. The new clothes transform the unassuming maiden into the toast of the ball.... (filmpreservation.org)

The old lighthouse keeper lives peacefully with his two daughters, who are both engaged to fisherman. One night he receives a message announcing the shipwreck...

William Thompson slips away to New York, leaving his wife and daughter to shift for themselves. He obtains a station and finally becomes head waiter in one of the gay restaurants of the Great White Way. As years slip by his daughter becomes star-struck. Harry Valentine, the manager, notices her pretty face and tries to take her from town with him, although he has no position in the company to offer her. (imdb)

In the first scene we see a group of children at a window waiting for the arrival of their father. Following this we learn that the little family lacks a mother. The next scene brings us to a theater-box party. The father of the little family meets another woman. It soon becomes evident that he intends to marry again and at last he brings this other woman to the house. (imdb)

At the very opening of this picture we are shown the rehearsal of a new Civil War drama. Here is shown the alert stage manager, the leading lady, the heavy man and the hero. One soon realizes where the little lady's affection lies, and that the green-eyed monster is fast taking hold of the rejected one. His jealousy reaches its climax upon the opening night of the play, when, spurred on to hatred and revenge, the rejected lover visits the leading lady's dressing room.