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A grumpy farmer in small Italy is surprised when a beautiful city girl breaks down in the rain, surprising everyone else in his town.

The life of a boy on the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution, and drugs.

A young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.

Cabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.

The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality.

An old man explains a war story to his grandson, who sleeps and dreams about a battle scenes performed by puppets.

Recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown in a commedia dell'arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio.

One of the first epics on the History of Movies, it tells the story of the Fall of Troy: Paris seduces Helen, queen of Sparta, and takes her to Troy, city state of his father, King Priam. The Greeks declare war against the Trojans, and after ten years of siege finally manage to invade the city with a wooden horse.

A soldier of near-superhuman strength fights battles in the First World War and wages a private war to rescue a young woman from the castle where she is imprisoned.

Movie adaptation of the Leoncavalo's famous opera. A troupe of traveling actors is being welcomed by villagers in Calabria in the summer of 1866.

The uncle of Josephine employs gangsters to abduct her, and in fleeing from them she enters a motion picture theater, where she sees Maciste playing in the screen drama, "Cabiria." The story pictures Maciste escaping from prison by bending iron bars, and Josephine decides that a man of his strength can be of much assistance to her. She obtains his address, and going to him she relates her experience. At first he is inclined to doubt the truthfulness of her story, but later, when he sees half a dozen ruffians attacking her, he intercedes in the girl's behalf, and single handed subdues them. Maciste demonstrates his marvelous strength in many other thrilling incidents, and finally runs down the uncle and his gang, and turns them over to the authorities.

The young opera singer Carla is in love with the talented composer Michele, who is looking for success with serious music and who has written his first opera, "Odysseus' Return" for Carla. Unfortunately, Carla's a bit more successful than he is and becomes a cast member at Milan's La Scala. Using her connections, she is successful in finding a publisher for Michele's opera. But when Michele finds out what the publisher really thinks of his work, he leaves Carla and disappears.

Evariste Marny, a business rival of Andrew Vivanti, is threatened with ruin, and to eliminate competition hires a town vagabond, Tonio, to fire the factory of Vivanti. Changing his clothing after having fulfilled his part of the bargain, Tonio carefully preserves a card bearing Marny's handwriting, an agreement as to the time for the deed to be committed, etc., etc., believing that someday it might be of value. Several lives are lost, and suspicion of having set fire to his own establishment for the insurance benefit is cast upon Vivanti. He is tried, found guilty, and sentenced to prison for life. Marny prospers, and becoming conscious of the wrong he has done, adopts Vivanti's young daughter to make amends to his conscience. After thirteen years in prison, Vivanti makes his escape. Disguised as a rag picker, he begins a new life in search of his daughter and of information that will prove his innocence. He takes up his abode in an inn of low repute and begins his search. Amongst the crowd of assembled ruffians and drunkards is Tonio. Tonio has been living a carefree life since his crime, depending upon money extorted from Marny for his existence. Vivanti adopts the name "Old Andrew," that he may conceal his identity. Soon after his entrance to the inn, Old Andrew is set upon by Tonio, but the difference is patched up and they become fast friends. His money exhausted, Tonio visits Marny and makes demands for more. He is refused, but Marny yields when shown the telltale card. He barters with Tonio, and a price is put upon the card. The money is paid, and after a scuffle Tonio snatches the card away from Marny and departs with both money and card. Tonio returns to the inn intoxicated and exhibits the money to Old Andrew. He accidentally drops the card and falls into a drunken sleep. While picking over his rags, Old Andrew spies the card on the floor, and noting the writing, etc., it comes to him that Marny is the one guilty of the crime of which he has been charged. Vowing vengeance upon Marny, he hastens to his home. On his way to Marny's rooms he passes his daughter, Lydia, now grown to womanhood, and Marny's son. He does not recognize his daughter, and she shrinks from what she supposes to be an intruding ruffian. He finds Marny in his room, and by aid of the card convicts Marny. He is about to do violence to Marny when he is bade, "look from the window." Marny explains that the loving pair he observes is "your daughter and my son, now strike if you will" With supreme self-sacrifice Old Andrew withdraws, leaving his daughter to her happiness and ignorant of his existence. At the inn, Tonio has awakened from his drunken slumber, to find that the card has gone, and believing that it has been taken by the agents of Marny, hastens to his home in a frenzy. He gains admission to the house through the cellar grating, and demented with rage at having lost the blackmailing card, fires the house. Old Andrew, wending his way up a hill on the outskirts of the town, turns for a farewell look toward his daughter's home and sees the palace in flames. He hastens back to her rescue. In the mansion the scene has become terribly dramatic. Tonio, struggling in his own trap, perishes in the flames. Livid tongues of flame leap out through the mansion, and the occupants rush about frantically. Then through the flames and up the staircase comes Old Andrew, bent upon his daughter's rescue. He finds, however, that she has already been carried to safety by Marny's son and that Marny alone of the occupants has been left to his fate. Parts of the floor have fallen, the staircase is ablaze, and flames are licking the entire building when Old Andrew makes his way up the stairway to the rescue of his enemy. He wrenches a door from its hinges, bridges over part of the fallen floor, and finally comes upon Marny lying prostrate upon the drawing-room floor. He carries him out to the stairway, but finds that the flames have beaten him and part of the stairs have been burned away. Rescuer and rescued hang in a perilous position, supported only by Old Andrew's firm grip on a pillar, until the fire-fighters arrive, spread a life net, and catch the two men as they fall. Marny receives mortal injuries and is dying. Upon his deathbed he confesses his guilt and tells Lydia that she is the daughter of Old Andrew. Weeping over the bier of Marny, Lydia and her sweetheart find that although they have lost one father they have found another in the Palace of Flames.

Achille Scorzella, a poor, unemployed and hungry devil, having been mistaken for a piano tuner, happens in the home of some new riches.

Knud, a vicar's son, meets Magda, a piano teacher, on a tram. He falls in love with her and introduces her to his parents. She refuses to go with them to the Sunday service and convinces him to go to the circus with her.

A story which hinges upon the effect produced by the sudden accession to affluence of a comparatively poor man. A young engineer in a country town receives the good news of his appointment to an important position in a large city. His first impulse is to promise his young wife all sorts of luxuries in his new-found promotion. He becomes a rich and prosperous inventor and attracting the attentions of a young woman of fashion, neglects his young wife. This girl, however, is of a forgiving disposition and a reconciliation ensues. But the husband is disloyal and reverts to his fashionable enchantress. An explosion at his works blinds him. The wife in disguise engages herself as his nurse and the fashionable woman deserts him, not, however, before descending to the meanness of attempting to rob her blind victim of the remains of the money she had helped him dissipate. A fortunate restoration of his sight reunites him to his always forgiving wife.

Mario, an unknown painter, remains struck and obsessed with meeting a famous poet, already married, who will be able to charm him, so that he will no longer have the talent created to be able to paint.

After years of detachment Alberto Valli returns to the home of Margherita, his widowed mother, with his mistress Germaine.

The life of John Kasalewsky, a famous airman, whose flights into the atmosphere are stupendous and tremendous, equaled only by his adventures on this mundane sphere. He fights briskly with a ruffian to protect a music hall artist just after achieving a record flight. Naturally he loves, and his affections are declined in favor of attempted suicide on the part of the frail one. Kasalewsky proceeds to America to win honors and dollars, and becomes engaged to the daughter of a multi-millionaire. In his great fly his motor explodes, and becomes unmanageable. There is a sensational and realistic scene of an aeroplane ablaze in the air with the aeronaut clinging to it, and lighting for his life. A stupendous fall, and dull, sickening thud, in which Kasalewsky suffers Intensely, and excitement ad lib. Even such evils have their compensations, and all ends happily for airmen and artiste.

Frank Alberti is the guardian of Lydia, a sweet and unsuspecting young girl. By the terms of his brother's will in the event of her death he will come into possession of her property. An unnatural relative, he plots to remove her and adopts despicable methods. He is a man of some prominence and he enlists the services of one Bernard, a gambler, who is possessed of remarkable hypnotic power over weaker minds. Alberti lays his plans craftily. He takes Lydia to the seaside and invites her to go out rowing in company with himself and a friend. Bernard is disguised as a boatman and rows them to sea. The dory has been tampered with and sinks. As the boat fills with water Alberti and his friend swim for it and leave Lydia struggling in the water. The scene is an astonishing one. The girl is seen to sink down, far below the surface, and then rise again. Bernard conceives a cunning plan and dives and rescues the girl that he may extort money from Alberti. He swims with her to safety unknown to his accomplice. Lydia is reported drowned and Alberti makes a pretense of mourning her death while enjoying his sudden acquisition to wealth. He pays Bernard a sum of money agreed upon and breaks with him. Bernard takes Lydia to Vienna. She is subjected to his hypnotic influence and meekly obeys his every will. Bernard is accompanied on his flight by Fritz, his faithful tool, and the pair meet a young Englishman, Vernon, and invite him to their gaming table. They play for heavy stakes and the young man wins. Having lost his money, Bernard resolves to get Vernon in his power. Acting under his direction Lydia induces Vernon to drink of drugged wine and he is made unconscious, while Bernard, partially concealed, directs her movements. Bernard repairs to the gambling room and becomes involved in a quarrel. He receives a blow which stuns him and he is rendered unconscious, and his influence over Lydia vanishes. She recovers her faculties with a start and is bewildered. Recovering her composure she arouses Vernon, who makes his escape from the window by means of a rope, improvised by using curtains. Lydia is about to follow when Bernard regains consciousness. He returns to Lydia and his shadowy form is seen and, after a brief struggle, she once more succumbs to his influence. Vernon staggers along the street, gradually awakening to the horrors of the situation. He secures assistance and returns to raid the gambling house and rescue Lydia. Bernard and Fritz make good their escape by means of a secret underground passage, through which they intended to convey the body of the girl. Lydia can give no information to the officers as she is still in a dazed condition. Bernard telegraphs Alberti for money, making the demand peremptory and Alberti responds in person. Vernon sees the precious scoundrels at the railway station and follows them to an inn to call the police. In the inn a heated argument takes place between Alberti and Bernard, but Alberti is forced to give Bernard a large sum of money. Just as Bernard is counting the money the police break in upon them. There is a short but decisive duel with pistols and Bernard is killed and Lydia recovers her faculties. She comes to the room where Alberti is being questioned by the officers and appears to Alberti. He believes her to be a ghost of his ward and, in his terror, expires. Later we see Lydia and Vernon at the seaside, happy, and the inference is that they are betrothed, a happy culmination of a tragic story.

Soap opera: A fallen woman, battered by fate and scorned by her family, falls in love with a young magistrate but is prevented from acknowledging her past to the man.

Frau Menichelli performs the part of Frau Natka, a Russian countess with a troublesome past and an uncertain future. She was married to a revolutionary and the matrimony ended in tragedy.

The well off daughter of a tenor breaks up a romance with a helpful youth from a misunderstanding.But she continues to cover him with his gambling debts despite her delicate health.