Movies: Linda Arvidson

  • 1909
    A Corner in Wheat

    A Corner in Wheat (1909)

    A Corner in Wheat

    6.21909HD

    On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who wor...

    A Corner in Wheat
  • 1909
    Those Awful Hats

    Those Awful Hats (1909)

    Those Awful Hats

    6.01909HD

    A pair of young ladies cause trouble at the cinema with their lavish hats....

    Those Awful Hats
  • 1909
    The Voice of the Violin

    The Voice of the Violin (1909)

    The Voice of the Violin

    4.71909HD

    A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hurt he joins an anarchist group who plan to blow up a rich capitalist's house. When he realizes it's Helen's house, he tries to stop the plan....

    The Voice of the Violin
  • 1908
    The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew (1908)

    The Taming of the Shrew

    4.91908HD

    Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior....

    The Taming of the Shrew
  • 1911
    His Trust

    His Trust (1911)

    His Trust

    4.11911HD

    A Confederate officer is called off to war. He leaves his wife and daughter in the care of George, his faithful Negro servant. After the officer is killed in battle, George continues in his caring duties, faithful to his trust....

    His Trust
  • 1910
    The Unchanging Sea

    The Unchanging Sea (1910)

    The Unchanging Sea

    6.51910HD

    In this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young couple's happy life is turned about by an accident. The husband, although saved from drowning, loses his memory. A child is on the way, and soon a daughte...

    The Unchanging Sea
  • 1910
    The Thread of Destiny

    The Thread of Destiny (1910)

    The Thread of Destiny

    01910HD

    The orphan girl of San Gabriel meets and is attracted by a Spanish stranger. The Spaniard is accused of cheating and set to be lynched, but is saved by the girl's ruse, who later becomes his bride....

    The Thread of Destiny
  • 1909
    The Sealed Room

    The Sealed Room (1909)

    The Sealed Room

    5.01909HD

    The Count sets out to make a private room for him and his Countess, built in such a way no one can see, hear, and most importantly, disturb them. But unbeknownst to the Count, his wife has set her eyes on the court minstrel. Based on Edgar Allan Poe'...

    The Sealed Room
  • 1908
    The Adventures of Dollie

    The Adventures of Dollie (1908)

    The Adventures of Dollie

    5.11908HD

    On a warm and sunny summer's day, a mother and father take their young daughter Dollie on a riverside outing....

    The Adventures of Dollie
  • 1908
    The Fatal Hour

    The Fatal Hour (1908)

    The Fatal Hour

    2.51908HD

    This one-reeler has been regarded as a classic example of a Griffith thriller. It engages with the Chinese White slave traffic from the perspective of a female detective, played by Marion Leonard, whose assignment is to expose and break the traffic r...

    The Fatal Hour
  • 1910
    The Honor of His Family

    The Honor of His Family (1910)

    The Honor of His Family

    01910HD

    An old colonel is proud as a peacock: his son leads a group of volunteers in the American Civil War. Untill one day his son returns home as a deserter....

    The Honor of His Family
  • 1911
    Enoch Arden

    Enoch Arden (1911)

    Enoch Arden

    5.81911HD

    Moving Picture World described the film: "There is a small need to describe this subject as the poem of Lord Tennyson is so well known, so suffice it to say that this Biograph subject is an unusually faithful portrayal of that beautiful romance of En...

    Enoch Arden
  • 1909
    Through the Breakers

    Through the Breakers (1909)

    Through the Breakers

    4.21909HD

    A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl becomes seriously ill, the father realizes the errors of his ways and stays home with her, demanding his wife do likewise. She sneaks out to a dance and the c...

    Through the Breakers
  • 1909
    The Lure of the Gown

    The Lure of the Gown (1909)

    The Lure of the Gown

    3.71909HD

    "Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle appears on the scene clad in a gown that is a masterpiece of the dressmaker's art she easily fascinates the male contingent, among whom is Enrico, the ...

    The Lure of the Gown
  • 1909
    Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

    Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909)

    Lines of White on a Sullen Sea

    3.21909HD

    Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown to her, Bill marries another woman from a different port. Emily waits faithfully for six years, finally becoming dangerously ill. When Bill suddenly ...

    Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
  • 1909
    The Cricket on the Hearth

    The Cricket on the Hearth (1909)

    The Cricket on the Hearth

    3.61909HD

    After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with a much older man....

    The Cricket on the Hearth
  • 1909
    Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar Allan Poe (1909)

    Edgar Allan Poe

    5.11909HD

    As Poe's lover is slowly dying, he struggles to make money to care for her....

    Edgar Allan Poe
  • 1910
    The Converts

    The Converts (1910)

    The Converts

    01910HD

    A dance hall girl is converted to a religious life by a phony evangelist. But can he, himself, be saved?...

    The Converts
  • 1911
    His Trust Fulfilled

    His Trust Fulfilled (1911)

    His Trust Fulfilled

    3.71911HD

    Continuing where His Trust (1911) leaves off, George takes care of his deceased master's daughter after her mother's death. He sacrifices his own meager savings to give the girl a good life, until the money runs out and he tries to steal money from t...

    His Trust Fulfilled
  • 1908
    At the Crossroads of Life

    At the Crossroads of Life (1908)

    At the Crossroads of Life

    41908HD

    At the Crossroads of Life is a typically Victorian-style melodrama in which a girl's wishes to be an actress are condemned by her stern father, a man of the cloth who has no time for those in the acting profession....

    At the Crossroads of Life