Cinderella
Nicely done. Love the special effects
George Nichols
Filmography
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She
This sensational popular story was one of three Haggard novels filmed by Thanhouser. It has many of the elements found in the not-yet-invented adventure/fantasy serial genre. Thanhouser’s expertise in location work, costume fantasy, and elaborate storytelling pay off in in SHE, the studio’s first...Watch Movie
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The Cry of the Children
THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN is the most famous and best documented of all Thanhouser films. In its day it was recognized as one of the most important expressions of the pre-World War One reform movement, in particular child labor. Perhaps because the uncompromising content drew...Watch Movie
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Cinderella
An elaborately produced version of the well known fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie and Harry Benham. Although in-camera trick photography is important for the story, it is rather conventional, having been introduced over ten years earlier by...Watch Movie
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David Copperfield
The most ambitious Thanhouser Company effort since its first release in 1910 came with DAVID COPPERFIELD. Based on Charles Dickens's 1850 immortal story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood, Thanhouser released the films over the course of three weeks...Watch Movie
Genres
- Action/Adventure / Wilderness
- Adaptation / Literary / Poetry
- Adaptation / Literary / Prose
- Drama / Coming of Age
- Drama / Dysfunctional Family
- Drama / Melodrama
- Drama / Realism / Social Realism
- Drama / Romantic Drama
- Drama / Tragedy
- Fantasy / Fairy Tale
- Fantasy / Lost World
- International / Americas / North American / American
- Short / Narrative
- Silent / Silent Action/Adventure
- Silent / Silent Drama
- Silent / Silent Fantasy
Recent Reviews
The Cry of the Children
I should qualify this by saying I am a labor historian of this time period. But this is an amazing silent film about a powerful issue that affected millions of...
Cinderella
Charming little flick.
Cinderella
Nicely done for 1911 and some of the acting is surprisingly low key. Lavish production values.
The Cry of the Children
Grim, helped exposed the horror and cruelty of child labor.