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Movies: Popular Movies of 1918

Movies in chronological context: 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1918th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 918th year of the 2nd millennium, the 18th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1918, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. The ceasefire that effectively ended the First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year. Also in this year, the Spanish flu pandemic killed 50–100 million people worldwide. In Russia, this year runs with only 352 days. As the result of Julian to Gregorian calendar switch, 13 days needed to be skipped. Wednesday, January 31(Julian Calendar) was immediately followed by Thursday, February 14 (Gregorian Calendar). ()

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A Dog's Life(1918)

NR
| 34min | Comedy, Drama
3.7/5 (with 133 votes)

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

Shoulder Arms(1918)

38min | Comedy, War
3.4/5 (with 72 votes)

An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.

The Cook(1918)

NR
| 22min | Comedy, Action
3.2/5 (with 30 votes)

In an attempt at greater efficiency, the chef of a fancy oceanside restaurant and his assistant wreak havoc in the establishment. Adding to the complications is the arrival of a robber.

The Outlaw and His Wife(1918)

1h 51min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 25 votes)

A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm. Halla and the stranger fall in love, but when he is revealed as Eyvind, an escaped thief forced into crime by his family's starvation, they flee and become two of the many outlaws of Iceland's mountains.

The Sinking of the Lusitania(1918)

3.2/5 (with 23 votes)

Winsor McCay recreates the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in this propaganda piece designed to stir up anti-German sentiment during World War I.

Directed by Winsor McCay - With Winsor McCay

Out West(1918)

NR
| 25min | Comedy, Western
3.1/5 (with 22 votes)

The story involves Arbuckle coming to the western town of Mad Dog Gulch after being thrown off a train and chased by Indians. He teams up with gambler/saloon owner Bill Bullhum, in trying to keep the evil Wild Bill Hickup away from Salvation Army girl, Salvation Sue. Fatty and Buster have a series of adventures trying to beat St. John, until they discover his one weakness: his ticklishness.

Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle - With Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake, Joe Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, Ernie Morrison Sr., ...

I Don't Want to Be a Man(1918)

3.3/5 (with 21 votes)

A teenage tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun. She quickly discovers that being the opposite sex isn’t as easy as she had hoped for. What ensues is a gender-bending comedy decades ahead of its time.

The Bond(1918)

9min | Comedy
2.5/5 (with 18 votes)

A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating various bonds like the bond of friendship and of marriage and, most important, the Liberty Bond, to K.O. the Kaiser which Charlie does literally.

The Bell Boy(1918)

NR
| 33min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 18 votes)

At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.

Triple Trouble(1918)

23min | Comedy
2.5/5 (with 17 votes)

As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff.

Good Night, Nurse!(1918)

NR
| 26min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 17 votes)

Roscoe's wife, tired of his endless drunkenness, reads of an operation that cures alcoholism and has him admitted to No Hope Sanitarium to get the surgery. Roscoe, wanting out, eventually disguises himself as a nurse to effect his escape.

A Trip to Mars(1918)

3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

The navy captain Avanti Planetaros is inspired by his astronomer-father to travel through outer space to reach other worlds. He becomes an aviator and, along with the young scientist Dr. Krafft, the driving force behind the construction of a space-ship. Despite oppostion from the mocking Professor Dubius, Planetaros gathers a crew of fearless men and takes off. During the long voyage, the crew becomes restless; a mutiny is narrowly avoided. Finally, they reach Mars and discover that the planet is inhabited by people who have reached a higher stage of development, free of diseases, sorrow, violence, sexual urges, and the fear of death. Avanti falls in love with Marya, daughter of the Prince of Wisdom, the head of the Martians. Marya shares his feelings and decides to return with him in order to bring the wisdom of the Martians to the backward Earthlings. (stumfilm.dk)

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The Moonshine(1918)

NR
| 23min | Comedy
2.7/5 (with 13 votes)

A feud between the Owens and the Gillettes ends when the last remaining Gillette is killed, but new trouble erupts for the mountain folk with the arrival of a U.S. revenue agent and his assistant.

The Blue Bird(1918)

NR
| 1h 15min | Drama, Fantasy
3.4/5 (with 13 votes)

Two peasant children, Mytyl and Tyltyl, are led by Berylune, a fairy, to search for the Blue Bird of Happiness. Berylune gives Tyltyl a cap with a diamond setting, and when Tyltyl turns the diamond, the children become aware of and conversant with the souls of a Dog and Cat, as well as of Fire, Water, Bread, Light, and other presumably inanimate things. The troupe thus sets off to find the elusive Blue Bird of Happiness.

Directed by Maurice Tourneur - With Gertrude McCoy

Stella Maris(1918)

NR
| 1h 24min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 11 votes)

Stella Maris is a beautiful, crippled girl, who is cared for by a rich family. They shield her from the harsh realities of the world, so that she has no idea of the cruel things that some people do. Unity Blake is a poor orphan all too familiar with the harsh realities of the real world. These two young women both fall in love with John, love which is complicated by the fact that he is still married to (though separated from) a bad wife.

Hearts of the World(1918)

NR
| 1h 57min | Drama, War
3.0/5 (with 10 votes)

A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies village, bringing both destruction and torture. The young people of the village resist, some successfully, others tragically, until French troops retake the town.

Directed by D. W. Griffith - With Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Ben Alexander, Robert Harron, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Erich von Stroheim, ...

The Eyes of the Mummy(1918)

NR
| 1h 3min | Drama, Adventure
2.7/5 (with 9 votes)

Egyptians Radu and Ma milk British tourists out of their money by offering phony tours of a mummy's tomb-- Radu has the girl lend her eyes to the "mummy" from inside an empty sarcophagus. When adventurer Wendland comes to visit the tomb, Ma is rescued and falls in love with him, leaving Radu in the dust. Needless to say, her former employer / captor follows them abroad in order to exact his revenge.

Tarzan of the Apes(1918)

NR
| 1h | Action, Adventure
2.6/5 (with 9 votes)

A female ape takes to mothering the orphaned boy (Tarzan) and raises him over the course of many years until a rescue mission is finally launched and the search party combs the jungle for the long-time missing Lord Greystoke. But then, one of the search members, Jane Porter, gets separated from the group and comes face to face with fearsome wild animals. Tarzan saves her from harm just in the knick of time and love begins to blossom.

Take a Chance(1918)

NR
| 10min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ruthlessly chased by armies of cops across the countryside in a thrill-packed stunt-addled climax.

Mercy, the Mummy Mumbled(1918)

11min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

Mercy, the Mummy Mumbled pokes fun at both mad scientists and the Egyptian mummy craze that followed the discovery of King Tut's tomb early in the 20th century. A young man wooing the daughter of a scientist hatches a get rich quick scheme when he spots a classified ad searching for "a mummy for experimental purposes." While he wraps up a phony for the scientist, two Egyptian agents (outfitted in a crazy mix of ancient fashion and modern style) tracking stolen relics get tangled in the confusion.

Mickey(1918)

1h 11min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.

Father Sergius(1918)

1h 52min | History, Drama
3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

The story of Prince Stepán Kasátsky discovering his fiancée was the mistress of the Czar, so he then becomes a monk.

Tih Minh(1918)

6h 58min | Adventure, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

Jacques d'Athys, a French adventurer, returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina where he has picked up a Eurasian fiancée and a book that, unbeknownst to him, contains a coded message revealing the whereabouts of both secret treasures and sensitive government intelligence. This makes him the target of foreign spies, including a Marquise of mysterious Latin origin, a Hindu hypnotist and an evil German doctor, who will stop at nothing to obtain the book.

How to Make Movies(1918)

3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

This film was never released for the general public. It was hidden in Chaplin's private vaults for forty years until he included some parts of it in his compilation 'The Chaplin Revue' in 1959.

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

Carmen(1918)

1h 20min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 7 votes)

The tragic story of Don Jose, a Spanish cavalryman, who falls under the spell of a gypsy girl, Carmen, who treats him with both love and contempt and leads him into temptation and thus damnation.

Know Thy Wife(1918)

13min | Comedy
2.4/5 (with 6 votes)

Rather than telling his parents, who have another girl picked out for him, Bob brings home his new wife disguised as his friend "Steve.".

Directed by Al Christie - With Dorothy Devore

Urashima and Undersea Kingdom(1918)

2min | Animation
2.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Urashima Tarō (浦島太郎?) is an animated film produced by Seitaro Kitayama in 1918, which was found in an antique shop in Osaka in March 2008. The film is an adaptation of a folk tale Urashima Tarō about a fisherman traveling to an underwater world on a turtle. It premiered on February 1918.

Directed by Seitarō Kitayama

Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley(1918)

2.7/5 (with 6 votes)

Amarilly comes from a large family in a working-class neighborhood. She is happy with her family and her boyfriend Terry, a bartender in a cafe. But one day she meets Gordon, a sculptor who comes from a rich family, and she begins to be drawn into the world of the upper class.

Shifting Sands(1918)

1h
2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she rebuilds her life and marries well.

Directed by Albert Parker - With Gloria Swanson
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