D.W. Griffith
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 22, 1875
- Died
- July 23, 1948 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- LaGrange, Kentucky, USA
Biography
David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance (1916). Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera and narrative techniques, and its immense popularity set the stage for the dominance of the feature-length film. It also proved extremely controversial at the time and ever since for its negative depiction of Black Americans and their supporters, and its positive portrayal of slavery and the Ku Klux Klan. Griffith responded to his critics with his next film, Intolerance, intended to show the dangers of prejudiced thought and behavior. The film was not the financial success that its predecessor had been, but was received warmly by critics. Several of his later films were also successful, but high production, promotional, and roadshow costs often made his ventures commercial failures. Even so, he is generally considered one of the most important figures of early cinema.
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Biograph Shorts Special Edition: 1909-1913
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A Griffith Biograph Collection Featuring Mary Pickford: Volume One
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Footlight Varieties
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San Francisco
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The Struggle
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Abraham Lincoln
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1930 Prelude to "The Birth of a Nation"
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Lady of the Pavements
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The Battle of the Sexes
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Drums of Love
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The King of Kings
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The Sorrows of Satan
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Sally of the Sawdust
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That Royle Girl
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America
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Isn't Life Wonderful
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The White Rose
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One Exciting Night
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Orphans of the Storm
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Dream Street
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Way Down East
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The Love Flower
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Remodeling Her Husband
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The Idol Dancer
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
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True Heart Susie
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Scarlet Days
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The Greatest Question
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A Romance of Happy Valley
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The Mother and the Law
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The Fall of Babylon
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The Girl Who Stayed at Home
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Hearts of the World
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The Great Love
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The Greatest Thing in Life
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Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
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The Birth of a Nation
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Waifs
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The Avenging Conscience
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The Escape
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Judith of Bethulia
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Brute Force
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Home, Sweet Home
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The Battle of the Sexes
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An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
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A Misappropriated Turkey
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Love in an Apartment Hotel
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A Chance Deception
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Brothers
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The Hero of Little Italy
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If We Only Knew
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Near To Earth
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The Stolen Loaf
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The Ranchero's Revenge
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The Sorrowful Shore
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The Enemy's Baby
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His Mother's Son
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The Tender Hearted Boy
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The Perfidy of Mary
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The Mothering Heart
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The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
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Death's Marathon
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The Yaqui Cur
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The Wanderer
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The Telephone Girl and the Lady
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The House of Darkness
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Her Mother's Oath
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His Mother's Son
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The Adopted Brother
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Three Friends
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The Sheriff's Baby
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Broken Ways
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Fate
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The Unwelcome Guest
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The Coming of Angelo
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The Little Tease
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Two Men of the Desert
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The Reformers
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Oil and Water
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A Timely Interception
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The Lady and the Mouse
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Just Gold
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The Left-Handed Man
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The Conscience of Hassan Bey
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A Misunderstood Boy
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Madonna of the Storm
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The Mistake
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Heredity
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My Hero
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The Musketeers of Pig Alley
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The Chief's Blanket
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An Unseen Enemy
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The Old Actor
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The New York Hat
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The Girl and Her Trust
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The Female of the Species
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The Transformation of Mike
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So Near, Yet So Far
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Blind Love
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The Mender of Nets
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The Painted Lady
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The Eternal Mother
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The School Teacher and the Waif
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A Beast at Bay
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Friends
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The Lesser Evil
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One Is Business, the Other Crime
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Under Burning Skies
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The Massacre
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The Narrow Road
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For His Son
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The Sands of Dee
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The Sunbeam
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The Burglar’s Dilemma
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The Baby and the Stork
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Brutality
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Man's Genesis
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A Pueblo Legend
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Billy's Stratagem
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The Informer
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My Baby
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A Feud in the Kentucky Hills
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The One She Loved
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A Lodging for the Night
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The Inner Circle
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An Indian Summer
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Lena and the Geese
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Iola's Promise
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Just Like a Woman
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Home Folks
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Fate's Interception
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A Temporary Truce
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His Lesson
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The God Within
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Gold and Glitter
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A Cry for Help
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Two Daughters of Eve
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In the Aisles of the Wild
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A Siren of Impulse
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The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
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When Kings Were the Law
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The Root of Evil
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A String of Pearls
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The Lonedale Operator
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His Trust
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Enoch Arden: Part II
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Enoch Arden: Part I
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The Miser's Heart
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What Shall We Do with Our Old?
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The Battle
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A Country Cupid
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Fate's Turning
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The Revenue Man and His Girl
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His Trust Fulfilled
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Saved from Himself
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Through Darkening Vales
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The Adventures of Billy
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The Squaw's Love
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The Indian Brothers
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Swords and Hearts
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Fighting Blood
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The Last Drop of Water
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A Terrible Discovery
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The Primal Call
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The Italian Barber
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The Rose of Kentucky
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Heart Beats of Long Ago
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His Daughter
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Teaching Dad to Like Her
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The Making of a Man
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Enoch Arden
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When a Man Loves
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Three Sisters
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Madame Rex
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A Decree of Destiny
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The Long Road
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Fisher Folks
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The Diamond Star
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The Lily of the Tenements
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The Two Paths
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A Wreath of Orange Blossoms
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Bobby the Coward
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A Woman Scorned
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The Failure
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Love in the Hills
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Conscience
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Her Awakening
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The Unveiling
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Italian Blood
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The Voice of the Child
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The Trail of Books
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The Spanish Gypsy
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The Broken Cross
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A Knight of the Road
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How She Triumphed
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The New Dress
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Her Sacrifice
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The Thief and the Girl
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The Sorrowful Example
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The Blind Princess and the Poet
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Bill Sharkey's Last Game
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The House with Closed Shutters
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The Fugitive
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In the Border States
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The Unchanging Sea
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Ramona
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An Arcadian Maid
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As It Is in Life
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Winning Back His Love
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Wilful Peggy
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The Usurer
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Faithful
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The Oath and the Man
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Rose o' Salem Town
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A Child of the Ghetto
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What the Daisy Said
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A Flash of Light
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Her Terrible Ordeal
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The Lesson
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Over Silent Paths
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The Message of the Violin
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The Modern Prodigal
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Love Among the Roses
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The Two Brothers
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The Golden Supper
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The Rocky Road
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The Honor of His Family
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In Old California
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The Thread of Destiny
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A Romance of the Western Hills
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In Life's Cycle
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A Plain Song
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In the Season of Buds
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The Newlyweds
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The Woman from Mellon's
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The Twisted Trail
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The Englishman and the Girl
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A Rich Revenge
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Muggsy's First Sweetheart
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A Victim of Jealousy
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A Child's Impulse
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The Call to Arms
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The Sorrows of the Unfaithful
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Simple Charity
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Waiter No. 5
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The Song of the Wildwood Flute
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Sunshine Sue
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Unexpected Help
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His Last Burglary
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The Final Settlement
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Gold Is Not All
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The Gold Seekers
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Thou Shalt Not
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The Man
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The Purgation
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A Child's Faith
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The Impalement
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His Sister-In-Law
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The Banker's Daughters
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A Summer Idyll
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The Converts
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Taming a Husband
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The Way of the World
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The Face at the Window
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The Marked Time-Table
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As the Bells Rang Out!
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A Mohawk's Way
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The Broken Doll
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Serious Sixteen
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Two Little Waifs
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A Salutary Lesson
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A Midnight Cupid
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That Chink at Golden Gulch
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Examination Day at School
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Her Father's Pride
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The Iconoclast
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Little Angels of Luck
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A Child's Stratagem
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The Last Deal
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His Last Dollar
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The Call
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The Cloister’s Touch
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The Duke’s Plan
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On the Reef
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The Refuge
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The Sealed Room
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Mrs. Jones Entertains
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A Corner in Wheat
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I Did It, Mamma
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The Curtain Pole
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The Lonely Villa
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Those Awful Hats
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The Mended Lute
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A Trap for Santa Claus
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The Golden Louis
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The Little Darling
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Lady Helen's Escapade
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The Redman's View
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The Gibson Goddess
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The Renunciation
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The Politician's Love Story
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Nursing a Viper
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Lucky Jim
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Edgar Allen Poe
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The Voice of the Violin
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1776, or The Hessian Renegades
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What Drink Did
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The Mountaineer's Honor
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The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
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The Violin Maker of Cremona
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The Country Doctor
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The Cricket on the Hearth
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Resurrection
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Confidence
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A Drunkard's Reformation
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Her First Biscuits
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At the Altar
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The Cord of Life
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Getting Even
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Pippa Passes
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The Lure of the Gown
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Twin Brothers
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The Son's Return
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The Light That Came
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In Old Kentucky
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A Strange Meeting
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The Suicide Club
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The Broken Locket
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The Indian Runner's Romance
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The Awakening
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The Way of Man
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Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
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One Touch of Nature
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The Welcome Burglar
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The Maniac Cook
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Love Finds a Way
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The Honor of Thieves
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The Sacrifice
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A Rural Elopement
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The Fascinating Mrs. Francis
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Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
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The Criminal Hypnotist
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The Salvation Army Lass
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Fools of Fate
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The Cardinal's Conspiracy
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Two Memories
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Sweet and Twenty
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Trying to Get Arrested
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The Little Teacher
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The Day After
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His Wife's Visitor
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The Peachbasket Hat
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The Slave
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His Duty
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They Would Elope
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The Faded Lilies
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The Necklace
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Tender Hearts
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The Mexican Sweethearts
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The Seventh Day
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His Lost Love
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In the Watches of the Night
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Oh, Uncle!
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What's Your Hurry?
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The Restoration
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The Trick that Failed
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A Midnight Adventure
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The Test
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The Heart of an Outlaw
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To Save Her Soul
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Through the Breakers
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The Girls and Daddy
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Comata, the Sioux
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Sweet Revenge
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The Children's Friend
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Wanted, a Child
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Pranks
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Mr. Jones' Burglar
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Jones and His New Neighbors
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Jones and the Lady Book Agent
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The Jilt
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The Note in the Shoe
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Mrs. Jones' Lover or, I Want My Hat
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The Prussian Spy
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The Medicine Bottle
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Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade
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The Roue’s Heart
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The Road to the Heart
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Those Boys!
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A Troublesome Satchel
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A Wreath in Time
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The Winning Coat
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Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good
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The Wooden Leg
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A Baby's Shoe
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The Brahma Diamond
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The Deception
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Drive for a Life
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Eloping with Auntie
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Jealousy and the Man
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His Ward's Love
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Eradicating Aunty
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His Wife's Mother
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A New Trick
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A Rude Hostess
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The Mills of the Gods
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Tragic Love
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The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
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A Fool's Revenge
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The Eavesdropper
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A Burglar’s Mistake
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And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
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The Expiation
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In Little Italy
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In the Window Recess
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Leather Stocking
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The Hindoo Dagger
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The French Duel
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A Change of Heart
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The Fight for Freedom
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For a Wife's Honor
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For Love of Gold
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The Man and the Woman
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The Adventures of Dollie
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The Black Viper
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Romance of a Jewess
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Father Gets in the Game
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A Calamitous Elopement
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The Fatal Hour
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Money Mad
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Balked at the Altar
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The Song of the Shirt
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Betrayed by a Handprint
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After Many Years
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The Taming of the Shrew
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The Redman and the Child
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An Awful Moment
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Deceived Slumming Party
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Monday Morning in a Coney Island Police Court
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Where the Breakers Roar
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Behind the Scenes: Where All Is Not Gold That Glitters
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The Red Girl
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The Heart of O Yama
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The Girl and the Outlaw
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The Vaquero's Vow
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Concealing a Burglar
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The Devil
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The Call of the Wild
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The Test of Friendship
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The Guerrilla
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The Feud and the Turkey
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A Smoked Husband
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Ingomar, the Barbarian
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The Clubman and the Tramp
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The Valet's Wife
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The Pirate's Gold
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The Reckoning
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The Helping Hand
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The Christmas Burglars
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Mr. Jones at the Ball
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The Zulu's Heart
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The Greaser's Gauntlet
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The Planter's Wife
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The Ingrate
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The Bandit's Waterloo: The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora
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A Woman's Way
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The Stolen Jewels
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The Tavern Keeper’s Daughter
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