From the Michael Aus Collection, we will be presenting two rare film shorts!
The Judge's Ward (1909) is a formerly lost Lubin film. It has been copied from a 35mm nitrate print. Although the Lubin Co., like many of its contemporaries, was not identifying its actors on the big screen in 1909, Professor Joseph P Eckardt (author of The King of the Movies: Film Pioneer Siegmund Lubin) identified two of the actors as George E. Reehm (Robert), and Guy Oliver (Butler). This film involves a young man, an actress, a ward of the court, disinheritment, love, heartbreak - all in 10 minutes.
Link to this film will become be available at 12:01am PT on Wednesday, Sept. 29th
Her Final Choice (1916) aka Father of Her Child is a rare Centaur Films 2-reeler starring Ethel Calvert, Gibson Gowland, Alva D. Blake, and Harry Davenport. Copied from a nitrate print.
The scenario involves a love triangle, the merchant marines, marriage, someone presumed dead, and weighty life decisions.
Link to this film will become be available at 12:01am PT on Wednesday, Sept. 29th
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