, 10minutes Directed byPhillips Smalley, Lois Weber OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Horror, Crime ActorsVal Paul, Lois Weber, Douglas Gerrard, Lule Warrenton, Lon Chaney Rating73% A servant leaves a new mother with only a written letter of notice, placing her key under the doormat as she leaves. Her exit attracts the attention of a tramp to the house. The husband has previously phoned that he is working late, the wife decides not to ring back when she finds the note, but does ring back when she sees the tramp. Her husband listens horrified as she documents the break in, then the tramp cuts the line. The husband steals a car and is immediately pursued by the car's owner & the police, who nearly but not quite manage to jump into the stolen car during a high-speed chase. The husband manages to gain a lead over the police but then accidentally strikes a man smoking in the road, and checks that he is OK. Meanwhile the tramp is breaking into the room where the wife has locked herself and her baby, violently thrusting himself through the wood door, carrying a large knife.
, 1h20 Directed byPhillips Smalley, Lois Weber OriginUSA GenresDrama, Romance ActorsClaire Windsor, Louis Calhern, Margaret McWade, Marie Walcamp, Gertrude Short Rating66% At the end of class, poorly paid college professor Andrew Griggs begs his unruly students to show more appreciation for his efforts to teach them. Among the most disrespectful are a spoiled trio led by Phil West (Louis Calhern), whose father is the school's wealthiest trustee; Bert Gareth, a congressman's son; and Walt Lucas, a 23-year-old who must graduate to receive his inheritance.
, 1h2 Directed byPhillips Smalley, Lois Weber OriginUSA GenresDrama ThemesPregnancy films, Films about sexuality ActorsTyrone Power Sr., Marie Walcamp, George Berrell, Mary MacLaren, Tyrone Power Rating62% Richard Walton, a district attorney, is presented with an obscenity case: A medical practitioner has been arrested for distributing 'indecent' birth control literature. On the stand, he makes a case for his thesis that breeding and financial planning are integral to raising healthy and happy families, and that sex education and contraception information should be available to prospective parents.