Movies released in 1913

The Star of India

A priceless diamond stolen by a British attaché from a statue of Buddha brings bad luck to all who possess it.

Arizona

An officer in the U.S. Cavalry sacrifices his reputation to save that of the unfaithful wife of his superior officer.

Miraklet

The action takes place at a seaside resort. The artist Armand, the widow Gaspard and her daughter Estelle, as well as the disguised abbot Prevost, trying to get Armand to go to the monastery.

Beasts of the Jungle

The Girl of the Sunny South

When a Southern belle chooses one suitor over another, the loser plots revenge on his rival by causing him to desert the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

The Stranglers of Paris

A French peasant, unknown to his innocent daughter, becomes the leader of the murderous "Stranglers of Paris".

America to Europe in an Airship

'Tween Heaven and Earth

The owner of the great works seen in the film is afflicted with insomnia, and uses chloroform. His daughter, Eva, loves young Dennison, her father's engineer, much to the chagrin of Briggs,... See full summary »

King Charles

The King escapes to France after the battle of Worcester.

From Gutter to Footlights

An Italian street dancer rises to stardom and is shot by her jealous lover.

The Doom of Darkness

A famous surgeon who places the claims of suffering humanity above considerations of self, and goes blind.

The Battle of Shiloh

At the beginning of hostilities, Tom Winston, despite the pleadings of his sister, Ellen, who is an ardent Confederate, goes north, and acquires a commission in the Federal army. Frank ... See full summary »

Chained to the Past

Colonel Vernon meets an old sweetheart whom he had not seen for twenty years, Madame Rosa Alba. Memories of old are revived and they are married. While they are on their honeymoon the ... See full summary »

The Black Snake

A dancer who is a member of a secret revolutionary society gets revenge on her straying lover by implicating her rival as a traitor.

The Secret of the Old Cabinet

G.W. 313

George Walser, a clerk in a banking house, lives with his unmarried sister. Through an accident, he discovers that the son of his employer has betrayed his sister, and calls upon the son to... See full summary »

The Gambler's Penalty

What the Gods Decree

Henriette D'Arsac, the wife of an adventurer, Charles D'Arsac, who has made his fortune in the African trade and now retired, one day reads of the excavation of the famous statue of the ... See full summary »

Hoodman Blind

Twin sisters, brought up separately, one by gypsies, and unaware of each other's existance, are reunited.

An Hour Before Dawn

A female detective goes undercover as a chorus girl to solve the murder of a scientist whose son was threatened with disinheritance for his a romance with a chorus girl.

The Great Mine Disaster

Enemies become friends after a coal mining disaster.

The Vicar of Wakefield

A squire has a poor vicar jailed for debt and fakes a marriage to his daughter.

Volunteer Organist

Two brothers, one an alcoholic and the other a minister, are reunited after the latter is shunned by his congregation for falling in love with a saloon keeper's daughter.

Checkers

Edward Campbell, known as Checkers, works his way up from a messenger boy to a clerkship in a bank. Upon the death of his mother he gets into bad company, loses his position, and is without... See full summary »

The Firefly

Lilian, little daughter of Countess Barri, and Ralph, son of the estate manager, are playing in the groves when Michael, a wandering gypsy, comes upon them. The antics of his monkey amuse ... See full summary »