1913 Short Movies

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Suspense.(1913)

3.5/5 (with 35 votes)

An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the house is a mother and her infant. A tramp has watched the servant leave and begins to skulk. When the lady of the house sees him outside as he discovers the key, she's terrified and desperately phones her husband, who's at work in town. He jumps into a car that's idling in front of his office and races toward home, the car's owner, and police, in hot pursuit.

Directed by Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber - With Val Paul, Lois Weber, Lon Chaney, Douglas Gerrard

The Riot(1913)

| 14min | Comedy

When a girl delivering expensive garments loses them to some Irish shanty town kids, her boss, a Jewish clothier, is livid and a fight breaks out. Soon the melee spreads to the whole neighborhood with brick throwing merging into bomb throwing, with the sides on clearly ethnic lines.

Directed by Mack Sennett - With Roscoe Arbuckle

The Mothering Heart(1913)

| 29min | Drama

2.9/5 (with 15 votes)

A young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melancholy husband. As he climbs the ladder of success, he abandons the homely values and begins an affair with a beautiful woman. His wife leaves him, returning to her mother's home where she bears a child. When the husband is abandoned by his lady friend, remorse drives him to find his wife.

Directed by D. W. Griffith - With Walter Miller, Charles Murray, Charles West, Gertrude Bambrick, Josephine Crowell, Kate Bruce, ...

Matrimony's Speed Limit(1913)

14min | Comedy

2.8/5 (with 10 votes)

A man must marry by noon or lose his inheritance. It's 11:50 a.m. and he can't find his fiancée.

Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché - With Marian Swayne, Fraunie Fraunholz

Scrooge(1913)

40min | Drama

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A 1913 British black and white silent film based on the 1843 novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It starred Seymour Hicks as Ebenezer Scrooge. In the United States it was released in 1926 as Old Scrooge.

Directed by Leedham Bantock

All for Science(1913)

| 12min | Drama

After all, the young chemist proves himself quite human. He would have ended his life because he had not the money to spend on his desired research for a cancer cure, had not his uncle prevented. The old man became a thief "for science, not personal gain." The young man, however, fell in love with the very girl who was sent to track him, and thus forgot his original intention.

Directed by Anthony O'Sullivan - With Reggie Morris, Harry Carey

Preservation of the Sign Language(1913)

14min | Documentary

2.2/5 (with 4 votes)

George Veditz, one-time president of the National Association of the Deaf of the United States, outlines the right of deaf people to sign instead of speak. The film is presented in American Sign Language and has no sub- or intertitles.

Directed by George Veditz

A Noise from the Deep(1913)

| 14min | Comedy

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Mabel and Roscoe love each other, but her father likes another boy. A rather sissified young man. Roscoe and Mabel stages an accident.

Directed by Mack Sennett - With Mabel Normand, Roscoe Arbuckle, Keystone Kops, Al St. John, Alice Davenport, Edgar Kennedy, ...

The Battle at Elderbush Gulch(1913)

| 29min | Action, Western

3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

Two young girls are sent away to live with their uncle, which sets off a chain of events resulting in an Indian attack on the town.

Directed by D. W. Griffith - With Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, Alfred Paget, Robert Harron, Charles Hill Mailes, Henry B. Walthall, ...

Death's Marathon(1913)

| 17min | Drama

2.9/5 (with 16 votes)

Two business partners pursue the same woman. She accepts the marriage proposal of the irresponsible partner, much to her later regret. He squanders money on gambling, as his interest in her gradually wanes. One day after losing the company money in a card game, he decides to commit suicide. He telephones his wife from the office, as he puts a revolver near his head. The wife tries to keep him talking while the reliable business partner races to the office in an attempt to save his old friend. Will he make it in time?

Directed by D. W. Griffith - With Blanche Sweet, Henry B. Walthall, Lionel Barrymore, Walter Miller, Kate Bruce, Robert Harron, ...

The Conscience of Hassan Bey(1913)

| 10min | Drama

From the dungeon where the lean beasts prowled, Hassan Bey summoned from her young lover's arms the old rug maker's daughter. Still she was obdurate. In his madness, he had poisoned his other love with the deadly sting of a serpent. His fury spent, he fell from bey to man, and sought to atone according to his light.

Directed by D. W. Griffith, Christy Cabanne - With William A. Carroll, Lillian Gish

The Picture of Dorian Gray(1913)

| 10min | Drama, Fantasy

Alleged silent short adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel, first mentioned in a 1966 copy of Films In Review. Recent scholarship argues this film never existed and is erroneously included in the publication.

Directed by Phillips Smalley - With Wallace Reid

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A Misappropriated Turkey(1913)

| 14min | Drama

His mind perverted by the many lies forced upon him, Lang becomes an outcast from the Labor Union. In order to reinstate himself he conceives a plot to do away with the owner of the iron works, an infernal machine stuffed in a turkey's breast. The story tells how the turkey found its way to a table where there was more love than plenty.

Directed by D. W. Griffith - With Charles West, Harry Carey

A Bandit(1913)

| 7min | Comedy

2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Willy is a rather effeminate young man, and is abused by the town bully. He suspects that the bully is a coward at heart, so disguises himself as a bandit and shoots up the town.

Directed by Mack Sennett - With Roscoe Arbuckle, Nick Cogley, Al St. John, Arthur Tavares, Beatrice Van, Bert Hunn, ...

The Strong Man's Burden(1913)

| 16min | Drama

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A crime drama in which a police officer does everything possible to help his criminal younger brother.

Directed by Anthony O'Sullivan - With Kate Bruce, Harry Carey

Bangville Police(1913)

8min | Comedy, Action

2.5/5 (with 11 votes)

A young farm maid overhears two cow-hands talking in the barn, and she becomes convinced they’re about to rob her. She barricades herself in a room and calls the police. Her call wakes the chief, who rallies the country justice constabulary and they set off toward the farm, in steam-car and on foot. Meanwhile, the maiden’s parents rush to save her. Everything points toward a showdown in the barn, where no one, including the police force, will be cowed.

Directed by Henry Lehrman - With Fred Mace, Mabel Normand, Raymond Hatton, Charles Avery, Edgar Kennedy, Nick Cogley, ...

The Wanderer(1913)

| 17min | Drama

2.8/5 (with 2 votes)

A little over six minutes survive of this Biograph short. Not to be confused with another Biograph short, Olaf- An Atom (1913, starring Harry Carey, later re-released as The Wanderer), a film not directed by Griffith.

Directed by D. W. Griffith - With Henry B. Walthall, Charles Hill Mailes, Christy Cabanne, Kate Bruce, Lionel Barrymore, Claire McDowell, ...

The Well(1913)

| Drama

Success is often coveted instead of honestly earned. Through honest effort the farmer was enjoying the fruits of his labor. A large irrigation well was among his new acquisitions. Therein his designing helpers held him prisoner while they left with his wealth and his daughter. There is an old saying, however, that an evil purpose always defeats its own end by some committing act.

Directed by Anthony O'Sullivan - With Lionel Barrymore, Harry Carey

Wedding Festivities(1913)

10min | Drama

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Directed by Zheng Zhengqiu, Zhang Shichuan

The Telephone Girl and the Lady(1913)

| 17min | Drama

2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

D.W. Griffith short intercuts two different stories before mixing them together at the end. The film focuses on a telephone girl who leaves work for her lunch break at the same time as "The Lady" goes to a jewelry store to pick up some priceless jewels. When the telephone girl returns to work she gets a phone call from the house of "The Lady" as a robber has broken in and is trying to steal the jewels.

Directed by D. W. Griffith - With Mae Marsh, Claire McDowell, Alfred Paget, Harry Carey, Charles Hill Mailes, Gertrude Bambrick, ...

The Gangsters(1913)

| 35min | Comedy

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An amusing burlesque of gang fighters. The police go after them, one by one, and each guardian of the peace is caught and despoiled of his clothing and compelled to return to the station.

Directed by Henry Lehrman - With Roscoe Arbuckle, Al St. John, Charles Avery, Edgar Kennedy, Ford Sterling, Fred Mace, ...

Love in an Apartment Hotel(1913)

| 17min | Drama

In the apartment hotel lived the aspiring maid, whose solicitude maintained order in the bachelor's apartment. He was her ideal, and the all-adoring bell-boy was firmly but gently given to understand that maids who read "Heliotrope Glendening's Advice to Young Ladies" look higher than ice-water toters. A compromising complication, however, with an unexpected visit from a beautiful lady, quite convinces the aspiring one that wealthy young bachelors may be the grandest men ever, but their aspirations, when it comes to the crucial test, are not for chambermaids. Science influences his actions so much that he gets into trouble with the police.

Directed by D. W. Griffith - With Blanche Sweet, Harry Carey

His Sister's Kids(1913)

| 14min | Comedy

His Sister's Kids is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Minta Durfee.

Directed by George Nichols - With Roscoe Arbuckle

Two Old Tars(1913)

| 14min | Comedy

Two old tars, retired from service, live alone in a cottage by the sea. They sail along on an even keel, until a buxom and comely widow projects herself on the scene when one old tar breaks one of their unwritten laws and falls in love with her. The other old fellow objects strenuously.

Directed by Henry Lehrman - With Roscoe Arbuckle, Nick Cogley, George Jeske

Mabel's Dramatic Career(1913)

| 14min | Comedy

2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

A young man falls in love with his mother's kitchen maid, Mabel. But his mother objects strongly, and arranges for him to meet another young woman whom she considers more suitable. Mabel confronts the young woman, and is dismissed from her position. Later, when the young man learns about the new career that Mabel has found, he begins to act in an agitated and unpredictable manner.

Directed by Mack Sennett - With Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, Ford Sterling, Charles Avery, Roscoe Arbuckle, Alice Davenport, ...

The Hero of Little Italy(1913)

| 17min | Drama

It was on the night of the Italian ball when Maria, to tease her sweetheart, Tony, indulged in a mild flirtation with Joe, his enemy. At first Tony's jealousy was aroused, but reasoning that it was no time nor place for anything but enjoyment, he smothered the feeling. However, Maria carried the flirtation too far and a tragedy was imminent. This tragedy, though, was averted through a small boy's daring, the girl fully realizing what might have been the result of her thoughtlessness.

Directed by D. W. Griffith - With Blanche Sweet, Harry Carey

The Wrong Bottle(1913)

| Drama

Happy in her devotion to her unfortunate sister and the promise of honest love that had come into her life, the girl was perhaps blind to true values. She became indifferent to her life and its surroundings. Accordingly she accepted the stranger and his doubtful promises. Honest love and duty were forgotten, until, caught near life's uncertain edge, she was called back by her blind sister's peril. Thus was true love separated from blind infatuation and life's lesson learned.

Directed by Anthony O'Sullivan - With Claire McDowell, Harry Carey

The Suffragette Minstrels(1913)

| Comedy

Two wives of Jenksville at least did not intend their husbands should be corrupted by the arrival of these enticing ladies in town. That show should be investigated. It resulted in their becoming one of the sensations of the performance, while the husbands became an awful example.

Directed by Dell Henderson

A Timely Interception(1913)

| 17min | Drama

2.4/5 (with 1 vote)

A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired from his job on the oil rig, the wedding must be postponed and the money put to the more pressing need. The farmer, now himself destitute, is forced to put his house up for sale to repay his creditors. Meanwhile, a man from the oil syndicate discovers oil on the farmer's land. Moving quickly, the syndicate tries to buy the farm before the farmer knows what he is selling. -Harpodeon.

Directed by D. W. Griffith - With W. Chrystie Miller

The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine(1913)

| Drama, Western

Reed and Rosson are owners of the Yellow Aster mine. They have taken out enough gold to make the final payment, which is due. Both brothers love the same girl, Pauline, but she prefers Reed. Reed saves an Indian, Eagle Eye, from the drunken taunts of a half-breed, and the latter swears vengeance.

Directed by Frank Borzage - With Arthur Rosson, Frank Borzage, Pauline Bush, Wallace Reid

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1913 Short Movies

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Suspense.(1913)

The Riot(1913)

The Mothering Heart(1913)

Matrimony's Speed Limit(1913)

Scrooge(1913)

All for Science(1913)

Preservation of the Sign Language(1913)

A Noise from the Deep(1913)

The Battle at Elderbush Gulch(1913)

Death's Marathon(1913)

The Conscience of Hassan Bey(1913)

The Picture of Dorian Gray(1913)

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A Misappropriated Turkey(1913)

A Bandit(1913)

The Strong Man's Burden(1913)

Bangville Police(1913)

The Wanderer(1913)

The Well(1913)

Wedding Festivities(1913)

The Telephone Girl and the Lady(1913)

The Gangsters(1913)

Love in an Apartment Hotel(1913)

His Sister's Kids(1913)

Two Old Tars(1913)

Mabel's Dramatic Career(1913)

The Hero of Little Italy(1913)

The Wrong Bottle(1913)

The Suffragette Minstrels(1913)

A Timely Interception(1913)

The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine(1913)

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