Silent Movies

Chicago streets.

USPS workers go bowling.

This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

Contrasting environments, in and outside.

A covered bridge and the nature surrounding it.

Two girls spend the evening together. You'll never believe what happens next!

An outdoor gathering.

Desperate filmmaker trying to make his dream come true.

At home, outdoors. Street shots.

What happens to art when it loses its artist?

Consists of frantic and (mostly) uninformative pans sprinting across Elam's lawn.

Two pumpkins.

Two women gardening on a sunny day.

Man impersonates a female typist.

Directed by Thomas N. Heffron

Female impersonator Julian Eltinge appears in the cast.

Plump's girlfriend is sent to boarding school. To stay close to her, he disguises himself as one of the girl students. Their plan to elope is almost...

Young Artie Hamilton gets expelled from college, and his angered father--a wealthy railroad baron--throws him out of the house. Artie tells his...

Julian Eltinge appears in the cast.