, 50minutes Directed byJohn B. O'Brien, Christy Cabanne OriginUSA GenresDrama, Science fiction, War ThemesSpy films, Films set in the future ActorsJohn Emerson, Spottiswoode Aitken, Bessie Love, W. E. Lawrence, Lucille Younge, Erich von Stroheim Rating54% Set in 1921, the film centers around the character of novelist Winthrop Clavering (Emerson), known as "The World's Greatest Detective". Clavering befriends young inventor Bartholomew Thompson (Spottiswoode Aitken), who has just invented a radio controlled flying bomb (weaponry that would come to be known as guided missiles). Bartholomew is soon murdered by spies, described as "yellow men from the East" in the film, who steal his new invention. Clavering and his Swedish maid Hulda (Bessie Love) set out to find the spies who have been invading the United States. Clavering and Hulda catch up with spies just as they invade California and force them out of the country with the same device they stole.
, 40minutes Directed byChristy Cabanne OriginUSA GenresDrama ThemesPoésie, Adaptation d'un poème ActorsAlfred Paget, Lillian Gish, Wallace Reid, D. W. Griffith, Mildred Harris, Betty Marsh Rating62% Based on a summary in a film magazine, Enoch, Annie, and Walter grow up as friends. Later, Annie decides to marry Enoch, but Walter, though bitter about the decision, remains their friend. Enoch and Annie have two children. Then business takes Enoch on a sailing voyage, which he states will take less than one year, and he asks Walter to look over his family while he is gone. Enoch does not return, and Walter dutifully cares after Enoch's wife and children. After ten years word comes of a wreck seen in the Pacific, and everyone believes Enoch has died. Walter and Annie then marry. One night a stranger comes to the house and through a window sees Walter, Annie, and the children happy. The stranger, who is Enoch, finds an old woman who tells him what happened. Enoch tells her to keep his secret, and then leaves. He later dies with a smile on his face.