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Coney Island
Coney Island (1917) on 29 october 1917
, 24minutes
Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Jimmy Bryant, Joe Bordeaux, Alice Mann
Rating62% 3.143513.143513.143513.143513.14351
The twenty-four minute film follows Arbuckle's antics at Coney Island, the New York City amusement park and beach resort, where he sneaks away from his wife to enjoy the attractions, gets a rival for another woman arrested, and disguises himself as a woman. The Keystone Kops are also featured.
The Hobo
The Hobo (1917) on 1 november 1917
, 15minutes
Directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Billy West, Oliver Hardy, Billy West, Leo White, Bud Ross
Rating49% 2.4955852.4955852.4955852.4955852.495585
A Marked Man
A Marked Man (1917) on 29 october 1917
, 50minutes
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Harry Carey, Hoot Gibson, Molly Malone, Harry L. Rattenberry, Vester Pegg, Anna Townsend
Rating46% 2.3486252.3486252.3486252.3486252.348625
As described in a film magazine, Cheyenne Harry (Carey), in his search for food, breaks into the home of Grant Young (Rattenberry) and his daughter Molly (Malone), who recognizes him as the man who held up the train she was traveling on but then allowed her to keep a brooch, a gift from her mother. Grant gives him a chance to make good by becoming an employee on the ranch. Harry enters a horse race contest to get enough money to visit his mother, but Ben Kent, a road agent and an old friend of Harry, cuts his stirrups. Grant forces Harry to assist in holding up a stage coach, and after Kent kills the driver of the coach, both he and Harry are arrested. A message announcing the pending arrival of Harry's mother (Townsend) results in the postponement of Harry's hanging for a couple of weeks, and Harry is allowed by the sheriff (Steele) to make use of Grant's ranch and daughter to deceive Harry's mother, as Harry had stated in his letters to her that he was an honorable man. After his mother's departure, a telegram arrives that exonerates Harry, and he rushes to see Molly.
The Man Hater
The Man Hater (1917) on 2 november 1917
, 50minutes
Directed by Albert Parker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Winifred Allen, Ann Dvorak

Phemie Sanders, du fait de l'alcoolisme de son père et de ses conséquences sur sa vie de famille, a développé une haine envers les hommes, y compris envers Joe Stull, le forgeron du village qui voudrait l'épouser. À la mort de sa mère, Phemie prend sa jeune sœur en charge et se rend chez Joe pour accepter sa proposition de mariage, tout en lui annonçant qu'elle ne l'aimera jamais. Joe accepte ses conditions, pensant qu'elle finira par changer d'avis, mais Phemie reste ferme. Ayant lu dans le journal un article sur le pouvoir de la jalousie dans le mariage, Joe décide d'écrire des lettres anonymes à Phemie, la prévenant de l'existence d'une autre femme dans la vie de Joe. Cela reste sans effets jusqu'à ce qu'une autre femme arrive réellement. Lucy Conyer, qui avait été jadis amoureuse de Joe, est maintenant veuve. Elle cherche à attirer l'attention de Joe, et cela finit par faire réagir Phemie, qui reproche à Joe de la négliger, et finit par confesser son amour pour lui.
The Cold Deck
The Cold Deck (1917) on 31 october 1917
, 1h10
Directed by William S. Hart
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Mildred Harris, William S. Hart, Edwin Wallock, Sylvia Breamer, Alma Rubens
Rating58% 2.939152.939152.939152.939152.93915
As described in a film magazine, "Level" Leigh (Hart), a notorious gambler, endeavors to keep his profession a secret from his sister Alice (Harris), who is an invalid. He plans to win a sufficient amount of money to give her proper care and restore her health. Coralie (Rubins), a Spanish dancer, is infatuated with Leigh, but when he returns little attention she has him "cold decked" and he looses all his money. The immediate need for a physician and his lack of funds lead Leigh to hold up a stage coach, but his little sister dies. When Leigh becomes wanted for the murder of a messenger, he gives himself up even though he did not commit the murder. The citizens are planning to lynch Leigh, but one man helps him to escape. While in hiding, he unearths the money from the stage coach. Leigh brings the real murderer of the messenger, "Black Jack" Hurley (Wallock), back to town where he gets his just deserts. Leigh is urged to remain in the town, and Rose Larkin (Breamer), daughter of the murdered messenger, promises to look after him.
The Secret of the Storm Country
The Secret of the Storm Country (1917) on 1 november 1917
, 1h12
Directed by Charles Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Norma Talmadge, J. Herbert Frank, Niles Welch, Ethel Grey Terry, Julia R. Hurley

Tess Skinner is the daughter of an indigent squatter. She falls in love with wealthy Frederick Graves. They soon marry, but they have to keep it secret as Frederick's parents would never approve. His parents later force him to marry heiress Madelene Waldersticker. Too afraid to tell them he already has a spouse, he acquiesces to his mother's wishes. Tess conceals his crime of bigamy and meanwhile is pregnant. She is thrown out of church when she refuses to tell who the betrayer is. The middle-aged admirer Mr. Young offers her protection against the townspeople. She has no intention on marrying him, until Frederick dies several years later.