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A Corner in Cotton (1916) on 21 february 1916
Directed by Fred J. Balshofer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Marguerite Snow, William Clifford, Frank Bacon, Lester Cuneo, William Clifford, Helen Dunbar
A Corner in Cotton tells the story of Peggy Ainslee, the daughter of a wealthy New York cotton broker, and John Carter, the son of a Southern cotton mill owner. Peggy grows weary of society life and decides to help improve the lot of the poor by becoming involved with the Settlement movement. She later travels south to investigate working conditions at Carter’s cotton mill. Peggy manages to gain employment there, but soon attracts the unwanted advances of the mill foreman. John saves her from the would-be masher and the couple eventually fall in love. This becomes a problem with their fathers who had become business antagonist. In the end Peggy and John married after she foils her father’s attempt to ruin Carter by cornering the market in cotton and then persuades the two men to settle their differences.
Out of the Drifts (1916) on 24 february 1916
, 50minutesDirected by J. Searle Dawley
Origin USA
Actors Marguerite Clark, Albert Gran, William Courtleigh, Jr., Ivan F. Simpson
The Craving (1916) on 26 february 1916
Origin USA
Actors William Russell, Charlotte Burton, Hellene M Rosson, Roy Stewart, Rae Berger
Stampede in the Night (1916) on 26 february 1916
, 20minutesDirected by Jacques Jaccard
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Hoot Gibson, Olive Carey, Neal Hart
Diplomacy (1916) on 27 february 1916
, 50minutesDirected by Sidney Olcott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Marie Doro, Elliott Dexter, Russell Bassett, Frank Losee, Ruth Rose
Life's Harmony (1916) on 22 february 1916
, 30minutesDirected by Frank Borzage, Lorimer Johnston
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors George Periolat, Vivian Rich, Gayne Whitman