List of lost silent films (1915–1919)

This is a list of lost silent films that were released from 1915 to 1919.

Year Film Director Cast Notes Ref 1915 Anna Karenina J. Gordon Edwards Betty Nansen, Edward José The first American adaptation of the novel Bella Donna Edwin S. Porter, Hugh Ford Pauline Frederick The Black Box Otis Turner Herbert Rawlinson A 15-chapter serial By the Shortest of Heads Bert Haldane George Formby Last known copy destroyed in 1940 * Carmen Raoul Walsh Theda Bara, Einar Linden The Clemenceau Case Herbert BrenonTheda Bara, William E. Shay Destruction Will S. Davis Theda Bara The Devil's Daughter Frank Powell Theda Bara Filmed on location in St. Augustine, Florida, this production marked Bara's fourth screen portrayal as a "vamp". "The Devil's Daughter (1915)" , catalog, American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles, California. Retrieved November 14, 2019. The Diamond from the Sky Jacques Jaccard, William Desmond Taylor Lottie Pickford, Irving Cummings, William Russell A 30-chapter adventure serial Esmeralda James Kirkwood Mary Pickford The Eternal City Edwin Stanton Porter, Hugh Ford Pauline Frederick One of the first American productions filmed in Rome The Galley Slave J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara, Stuart Holmes A Girl of Yesterday Allan Dwan Mary Pickford, Frances Marion, Glenn L. Martin Mary Pickford Rediscovered by Kevin Brownlow, c. 1999 The Goose Girl Frederick A. Thomson Marguerite Clark Graft George Lessey, Richard Stanton Harry Carey A serial of 20 chapters His Lordship's Dilemma W. C. Fields Possibly found in a Belgian film archive Inspiration George Foster Platt Audrey Munson, Thomas A. Curran Jim the Penman Edwin S. Porter John B. Mason, Harold Lockwood The Kreutzer Sonata Herbert Brenon Nance O'Neil, Theda Bara, William E. Shay Lady Audley's SecretMarshall FarnumTheda Bara, Riley Hatch, Clifford Bruce The Last Night of the Barbary Coast Hal Mohr, Sol Lesser Early example of an exploitation film, purportedly showing the last night of the Barbary Coast red-light district of San Francisco Life Without Soul Joseph W. Smiley Percy Standing The second film based upon the novel Frankenstein Neal of the Navy William Bertram, W. M. Harvey William Courtleigh, Jr.Lillian Lorraine A 14-chapter serial The New Exploits of Elaine Louis J. Gasnier, Leopold Wharton, Theodore Wharton Pearl White, Creighton Hale A 10-chapter serial The Nigger Edgar Lewis William Farnum The Pine's Revenge Joe De Grasse Lon ChaneyCleo Madison The Pretty Sister of Jose Allan Dwan Marguerite Clark, Jack Pickford, Rupert Julian Clark's second film directed by Allan Dwan The American Film Institute Catalog 1911–20. c. 1998 Quits Joseph De Grasse Arthur Shirley, Lon Chaney A one-reel short The Romance of Elaine George B. Seitz Pearl White A 12-chapter serial Rupert of Hentzau George Loane Tucker Henry Ainley, Jane Gail, Gerald Ames Sin Herbert Brenon Theda Bara, William E. Shay Sold Edwin S. Porter, Hugh Ford Pauline Frederick The Soul of Broadway Herbert Brenon Valeska Suratt The debut film for Suratt, who played vamp roles in the vein of Theda Bara. All 11 of Suratt's films were destroyed in the 1937 Fox storage fire. Slide, Anthony (2000). Nitrate Won't Wait: History of Film Preservation in the United States. McFarland. p. 13. . The Star of the Sea Joe De Grasse Lon Chaney, Pauline Bush Steady Company Joe De Grasse Lon Chaney, Pauline Bush A one-reel short Temptation Cecil B. DeMille Geraldine Farrar, Theodore Roberts, Pedro de Cordoba The Threads of Fate Joe De Grasse Pauline Bush, William C. Dowlan, Lon Chaney The Two Orphans Herbert Brenon Theda Bara Later remade by D. W. Griffith as Orphans of the Storm, starring Dorothy Gish and Lillian Gish Under the Crescent Burton L. King Ola Humphrey A six-chapter serial The Valley of Lost Hope Romaine Fielding Romaine Fielding, Mildred Gregory, Peter Lang Western involving a crashing locomotive The Wild Goose Chase Cecil B. DeMille Ina Claire Zaza Edwin S. Porter, Hugh Ford Pauline Frederick 1916 Acquitted Paul Powell Wilfred Lucas, Mary Alden, Bessie Love The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring Francis Ford, Jacques Jaccard Grace Cunard, Francis Ford A 15-chapter serial The Apostle of Vengeance William S. Hart William S. Hart An early Western. Audrey Robert G. Vignola Pauline Frederick The Black Butterfly Burton L. King Olga Petrova, Mahlon Hamilton, Morgan Jones Destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire Casey of the Coast Guard William Nigh George O'Hara, Helen Ferguson A ten-part serial A Daughter of the Gods Herbert Brenon Annette Kellerman A few feet were held in the Cinema Museum of London, but are now lost. A still survives of Kellerman's nude scene, the first by a major actress. The Dream Girl Cecil B. DeMille Mae Murray, Theodore Roberts One of the top-grossing films of 1916 The Eternal Sapho Bertram Bracken Theda Bara The Fall of a Nation Thomas Dixon, Jr. Lorraine Huling, Percy Standing The first sequel (of The Birth of a Nation) The Flying Torpedo John B. O'Brien, Christy Cabanne John Emerson, Bessie Love Gloria's Romance Walter Edwin, Colin Campbell Billie Burke, Henry Kolker, David Powell Gold and the Woman James Vincent Theda Bara, Alma Hanlon The Great Problem Rex Ingram Violet Mersereau, Dan Hanlon, Lionel Adams He Got His Uncle's Goat American Bioscope Company Robert Bolder, Paula Reinbold This was part of a series of comedy short-films based on the comic series "The Outbursts of Everett True". This film was originally shown at two theaters in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Elite and Lyric. The last documented showing was at the Y.M.C.A in Allentown, Pennsylvania in 1928. The Heiress at Coffee Dan's Edward Dillon Bessie Love Hell-to-Pay Austin Paul Powell Wilfred Lucas, Bessie Love, Eugene Pallette, Mary Alden Her Double Life J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara, Franklyn Hanna His Losing Game American Bioscope Company Robert Bolder, Paula Reinbold This was a comedy short-film based on the comic series "The Outbursts of Everett True". This was possibly an alternate title for the extant film "Everett True Breaks into the Movies", as different papers referred to one title or the other as the character's debut. This film was originally shown at two theaters in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Elite and Lyric. Keechaka Vadham R. Nataraja Mudaliar Jeevarathnam, R. Nataraja Mudaliar, Raja Mudaliar First silent film produced in South India Lass of the Lumberlands Paul Hurst, J. P. McGowan Helen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney, Thomas G. Lingham A 15-part serial Liberty Jacques Jaccard, Henry MacRae Marie Walcamp, Jack Holt A 20-chapter Western serial Life's Whirlpool Barry O'Neal Holbrook Blinn, Fania Marinoff The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911–20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988 Milestones Thomas Bentley Isobel Elsom On the BFI 75 Most Wanted list Das Phantom der Oper Ernst Matray Nils Olaf Chrisander, Aud Egede-Nissen The Pioneers Franklyn Barrett Winter Hall An Australian production The Real Thing at LastL. C. MacBean, J. M. BarrieEdmund Gwenn, Marie Lohr, Ernest Thesiger, Frederick Kerr, Pauline ChaseA parody of Macbeth, written by Peter Pan playwright J. M. Barrie The Realization of a Negro's Ambition Harry A. Gant Bessie Baker, Lottie Boles, Clarence Brooks This two-reel short was Lincoln Motion Picture Company's first production. Romeo and Juliet J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara, Harry Hilliard The Scarlet Runner William P. S. Earle, Wally Van Earle Williams, Marguerite Blake A 12-chapter serial Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky Edward Sloman William Russell, Rhea Mitchell A four-chapter serial; the sequel to the 30-chapter serial The Diamond from the Sky The Serpent Raoul Walsh Theda Bara One of Theda Bara's many lost films She Will Barker, Horace Lisle Lucoque Alice Delysia, Henry Victor, Sydney Bland A Sister of Six Chester M. Franklin, Sidney Franklin Bessie Love Stranded Lloyd Ingraham DeWolf Hopper Their First Offense American Bioscope Company Robert Bolder, Paula Reinbold This was the second in a series of comedy short-films based on the comic series "The Outbursts of Everett True". This film was originally shown at two theaters in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Elite and Lyric. Under Two Flags J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara, Herbert Heyes The Valley of Fear Alexander Butler Harry Arthur Saintsbury, Daisy Burrell,Booth Conway The Vixen J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara, Herbert Heyes The Witch Frank Powell Nance O'Neil,Alfred Hickman Adaptation of the 1903 play La Sorcière (The Sorceress) by French dramatist Victorien Sardou "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29) National Film Preservation Board" (current as of October 23, 2019), "Witch, The (1916), Frank Powell", p. 153, film number 7016. National Film Preservation Board, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Retrieved January 10, 2020."The Witch (1916)" , American Film Institute (AFI), Los Angeles, California. Retrieved December 21, 2019. The World's Great Snare Joseph Kaufman Pauline Frederick,Irving Cummings 1917 Alimony Emmett J. Flynn Lois Wilson, George Fisher Screen debut (uncredited) of Rudolph Valentino El Apóstol Quirino Cristiani Argentine production believed to be the world's first animated feature film Australia's Peril Franklyn Barrett Roland Conway, Maie Baird Birth Control Margaret Sanger Margaret Sanger Documentary film produced by and starring the birth control activist Margaret Sanger was banned. Brcko in Zagreb (Brcko u Zagrebu) Arsen Maas Arnošt Grund, Stjepan Bojničić First Croatian feature film Only some images remain. Camille J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara A reel was rumored to be found in a Russian archive, but was actually mislabeled. The film remains lost. Cheerful Givers Paul Powell Bessie Love, Kenneth Harlan Cheyenne's Pal John Ford Harry Carey A Country Hero Roscoe Arbuckle Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton The Darling of Paris J. Gordon Edwards Theda BaraGlen White The Deemster Howell Hansel Derwent Hall Caine, Marian Swayne Double Crossed Robert G. Vignola Pauline Frederick Der Golem und die Tänzerin Paul Wegener First sequel to a horror film The Gray Ghost Stuart Paton Harry Carter, Priscilla Dean A 16-part serial Great Expectations Robert G. Vignola Louise Huff The first film adaptation of the 1861 novel Heart and Soul J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara Her Better Self Robert G. Vignola Pauline Frederick Her Greatest Love J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara, Walter Law The Hidden Hand James Vincent Doris Kenyon, Sheldon Lewis A 15-chapter serial Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki Ōten Shimokawa First anime produced and released in Japan Jim Bludso Tod Browning, Wilfred Lucas Wilfred Lucas, Olga Grey Browning's directorial debut Life's Whirlpool Lionel Barrymore Ethel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore's last directed silent film until talkies in 1929 and the only time he directed his sister in a film Madame Du BarryJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara Magda Emile Chautard Clara Kimball Young, Valda Valkyrien A Marked Man John Ford Harry Carey The Monk and the Woman Franklyn Barrett Maud Fane, Percy Marmont, Harry Plimmer An Australian production The Mystery Ship Harry Harvey, Henry MacRae, Francis Ford Ben F. Wilson, Neva Gerber An 18-chapter serial National Red Cross Pageant Christy Cabanne An all-star cast, including Ethel Barrymore, Lionel and John Barrymore Nina, the Flower Girl Lloyd Ingraham Bessie Love A Night in New Arabia Thomas R. Mills Frank Glendon Polly Ann Charles Miller Bessie Love Red Saunders Plays Cupid John Ford Harry Carey, Claire Du Brey A short The Rose of Blood J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara, Genevieve Blinn, Charles Clary The Scrapper John Ford John Ford A Western short The Silent Lie Raoul Walsh Miriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis, Charles Clary The Siren Roland West Valeska Suratt, Isabel Rea, Cesare Gravina, Armand Kalisz A Western Sleeping Fires Hugh Ford Pauline Frederick Somewhere in GeorgiaGeorge RidgwelTy Cobb, Elsie MacLeodA movie featuring baseball legend Ty Cobb playing a fictionalized version of himself The Soul Herder John Ford Harry Carey, Claire Du Brey Sowers and Reapers George D. Baker Emmy Wehlen,