List of lost silent films (1915–1919)

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

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YearFilmDirectorCastNotesRef
1915Anna KareninaJ. Gordon EdwardsBetty Nansen, Edward JoséThe first American adaptation of the novel[1]
Bella DonnaEdwin S. Porter, Hugh FordPauline Frederick[2]
The Black BoxOtis TurnerHerbert RawlinsonA 15-chapter serial[3]
By the Shortest of HeadsBert HaldaneGeorge FormbyLast known copy destroyed in 1940[4]
CarmenRaoul WalshTheda Bara, Einar Linden[5]
The Clemenceau Case Herbert Brenon Theda Bara, William E. Shay
DestructionWill S. DavisTheda Bara[6]
The Devil's DaughterFrank PowellTheda BaraFilmed on location in St. Augustine, Florida, this production marked Bara's fourth screen portrayal as a "vamp".[7][8]
The Diamond from the SkyJacques Jaccard, William Desmond TaylorLottie Pickford, Irving Cummings, William RussellA 30-chapter adventure serial[9]
EsmeraldaJames KirkwoodMary Pickford[10]
The Eternal CityEdwin Stanton Porter, Hugh FordPauline FrederickOne of the first American productions filmed in Rome[11]
The Galley SlaveJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara, Stuart Holmes[12]
A Girl of YesterdayAllan DwanMary Pickford, Frances Marion, Glenn L. Martin[13][14]
The Goose GirlFrederick A. ThomsonMarguerite Clark[15]
GraftGeorge Lessey, Richard StantonHarry CareyA serial of 20 chapters[16]
His Lordship's DilemmaW. C. FieldsPossibly found in a Belgian film archive[17]
InspirationGeorge Foster PlattAudrey Munson, Thomas A. Curran[18]
Jim the PenmanEdwin S. PorterJohn B. Mason, Harold Lockwood[19]
The Kreutzer SonataHerbert BrenonNance O'Neil, Theda Bara, William E. Shay[20]
Lady Audley's Secret Marshall Farnum Theda Bara,

Riley Hatch, Clifford Bruce
The Last Night of the Barbary CoastHal Mohr, Sol LesserEarly example of an exploitation film, purportedly showing the last night of the Barbary Coast red-light district of San Francisco[21]
Life Without SoulJoseph W. SmileyPercy StandingThe second film based upon the novel Frankenstein[22]
Neal of the NavyWilliam Bertram, W. M. HarveyWilliam Courtleigh, Jr.
Lillian Lorraine		A 14-chapter serial[23]
The New Exploits of ElaineLouis J. Gasnier, Leopold Wharton, Theodore WhartonPearl White, Creighton HaleA 10-chapter serial[24]
The Pine's RevengeJoe De GrasseLon Chaney
Cleo Madison		[25]
The Pretty Sister of JoseAllan DwanMarguerite Clark, Jack Pickford, Rupert JulianClark's second film directed by Allan Dwan[26]
QuitsJoseph de GrasseArthur Shirley, Lon ChaneyA one-reel short[27]
The Romance of ElaineGeorge B. SeitzPearl WhiteA 12-chapter serial[28]
Rupert of HentzauGeorge Loane TuckerHenry Ainley, Jane Gail, Gerald Ames[29]
SinHerbert BrenonTheda Bara, William E. Shay[30]
SoldEdwin S. Porter, Hugh FordPauline Frederick[31]
The Soul of BroadwayHerbert BrenonValeska SurattThe 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.[32]
The Star of the SeaJoe De GrasseLon Chaney, Pauline Bush[33]
Steady CompanyJoe De GrasseLon Chaney, Pauline BushA one-reel short[34]
TemptationCecil B. DeMilleGeraldine Farrar, Theodore Roberts, Pedro de Cordoba[35]
The Threads of FateJoe De GrassePauline Bush, William C. Dowlan, Lon Chaney[36]
The Two OrphansHerbert BrenonTheda BaraLater remade by D. W. Griffith as Orphans of the Storm, starring Dorothy Gish and Lillian Gish[37]
Under the CrescentBurton L. KingOla HumphreyA six-chapter serial[38]
The Valley of Lost HopeRomaine FieldingRomaine Fielding, Mildred Gregory, Peter LangWestern involving a crashing locomotive[39]
The Wild Goose ChaseCecil B. DeMilleIna Claire[40]
ZazaEdwin S. Porter, Hugh FordPauline Frederick[41]
1916AcquittedPaul PowellWilfred Lucas, Mary Alden, Bessie Love[42]
The Adventures of Peg o' the RingFrancis Ford, Jacques JaccardGrace Cunard, Francis FordA 15-chapter serial[43]
The Apostle of VengeanceWilliam S. HartWilliam S. HartAn early Western.[44]
AudreyRobert G. VignolaPauline Frederick[45]
The Black ButterflyBurton L. KingOlga Petrova, Mahlon Hamilton, Morgan JonesDestroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire
Casey of the Coast GuardWilliam NighGeorge O'Hara, Helen FergusonA ten-part serial[46]
A Daughter of the GodsHerbert BrenonAnnette KellermanA 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.[47]
The Dream GirlCecil B. DeMilleMae Murray, Theodore RobertsOne of the top-grossing films of 1916[48]
The Eternal SaphoBertram BrackenTheda Bara[49]
The Fall of a NationThomas Dixon, Jr.Lorraine Huling, Percy StandingThe first sequel (of The Birth of a Nation)[50][51]
The Flying TorpedoJohn B. O'Brien, Christy CabanneJohn Emerson, Bessie Love[52]
Gloria's RomanceWalter Edwin, Colin CampbellBillie Burke, Henry Kolker, David Powell[53]
Gold and the WomanJames VincentTheda Bara, Alma Hanlon[54]
The Great ProblemRex IngramViolet Mersereau, Dan Hanlon, Lionel Adams[55]
He Got His Uncle's GoatAmerican Bioscope CompanyRobert Bolder, Paula ReinboldThis 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.[56]
The Heiress at Coffee Dan'sEdward DillonBessie Love[57]
Hell-to-Pay AustinPaul PowellWilfred Lucas, Bessie Love, Eugene Pallette, Mary Alden[58]
Her Double LifeJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara, Franklyn Hanna[59]
His Losing GameAmerican Bioscope CompanyRobert Bolder, Paula ReinboldThis 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.[56]
Keechaka VadhamR. Nataraja MudaliarJeevarathnam, R. Nataraja Mudaliar, Raja MudaliarFirst silent film produced in South India[60]
Lass of the LumberlandsPaul Hurst, J. P. McGowanHelen Holmes, Leo D. Maloney, Thomas G. LinghamA 15-part serial[61]
LibertyJacques Jaccard, Henry MacRaeMarie Walcamp, Jack HoltA 20-chapter Western serial

[62]

Life's WhirlpoolBarry O'NealHolbrook Blinn, Fania Marinoff[63]
MilestonesThomas BentleyIsobel ElsomOn the BFI 75 Most Wanted list[64]
Das Phantom der OperErnst MatrayNils Olaf Chrisander, Aud Egede-Nissen[65]
The PioneersFranklyn BarrettWinter HallAn Australian production[66]
The Real Thing at Last L. C. MacBean, J. M. Barrie Edmund Gwenn, Marie Lohr, Ernest Thesiger, Frederick Kerr, Pauline Chase A parody of Macbeth, written by Peter Pan playwright J. M. Barrie [67][68]
The Realization of a Negro's AmbitionHarry A. GantBessie Baker, Lottie Boles, Clarence BrooksThis two-reel short was Lincoln Motion Picture Company's first production.[69]
Romeo and JulietJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara, Harry Hilliard[70]
The Scarlet RunnerWilliam P. S. Earle, Wally VanEarle Williams, Marguerite BlakeA 12-chapter serial[71]
Sequel to the Diamond from the SkyEdward SlomanWilliam Russell, Rhea MitchellA four-chapter serial; the sequel to the 30-chapter serial The Diamond from the Sky[72]
The SerpentRaoul WalshTheda BaraOne of Theda Bara's many lost films[73]
SheWill Barker, Horace Lisle LucoqueAlice Delysia, Henry Victor, Sydney Bland[74]
A Sister of SixChester M. Franklin, Sidney FranklinBessie Love[75]
StrandedLloyd IngrahamDeWolf Hopper[76]
Their First OffenseAmerican Bioscope CompanyRobert Bolder, Paula ReinboldThis 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.[56]
Under Two FlagsJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara, Herbert Heyes[77]
The Valley of FearAlexander ButlerHarry Arthur Saintsbury, Daisy Burrell,
Booth Conway		[78]
The VixenJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara, Herbert Heyes[79]
The WitchFrank PowellNance O'Neil,
Alfred Hickman		Adaptation of the 1903 play La Sorcière (The Sorceress) by French dramatist Victorien Sardou[80][81]
The World's Great SnareJoseph KaufmanPauline Frederick,
Irving Cummings		[82]
1917AlimonyEmmett J. FlynnLois Wilson, George FisherScreen debut (uncredited) of Rudolph Valentino[83]
El ApóstolQuirino CristianiArgentine production believed to be the world's first animated feature film[84]
Australia's PerilFranklyn BarrettRoland Conway, Maie Baird[85]
Birth ControlMargaret SangerMargaret SangerDocumentary film produced by and starring the birth control activist Margaret Sanger was banned.[86]
Brcko in Zagreb (Brcko u Zagrebu)Arsen MaasArnošt Grund, Stjepan BojničićFirst Croatian feature film[87] Only some images remain.
CamilleJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda BaraA reel was rumored to be found in a Russian archive, but was actually mislabeled. The film remains lost.[88]
Cheerful GiversPaul PowellBessie Love, Kenneth Harlan
Cheyenne's PalJohn FordHarry Carey[89]
A Country HeroRoscoe ArbuckleRoscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton[90]
The Darling of ParisJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara
Glen White		[91]
The DeemsterHowell HanselDerwent Hall Caine, Marian Swayne[92]
Double CrossedRobert G. VignolaPauline Frederick[93]
Der Golem und die TänzerinPaul WegenerFirst sequel to a horror film[94]
The Gray GhostStuart PatonHarry Carter, Priscilla DeanA 16-part serial[95]
Great ExpectationsRobert G. VignolaLouise HuffThe first film adaptation of the 1861 novel[96]
Heart and SoulJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara[97]
Her Better SelfRobert G. VignolaPauline Frederick[98]
Her Greatest LoveJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara, Walter Law[99]
The Hidden HandJames VincentDoris Kenyon, Sheldon LewisA 15-chapter serial[100]
Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no MakiŌten ShimokawaFirst anime produced and released in Japan
Jim BludsoTod Browning, Wilfred LucasWilfred Lucas, Olga GreyBrowning's directorial debut[101]
Life's WhirlpoolLionel BarrymoreEthel BarrymoreLionel Barrymore's last directed silent film until talkies in 1929 and the only time he directed his sister in a film[63]
Madame Du Barry J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara
MagdaEmile ChautardClara Kimball Young, Valda Valkyrien[102]
A Marked ManJohn FordHarry Carey[103]
The Monk and the WomanFranklyn BarrettMaud Fane, Percy Marmont, Harry PlimmerAn Australian production[104]
The Mystery ShipHarry Harvey, Henry MacRae, Francis FordBen F. Wilson, Neva GerberAn 18-chapter serial[105]
National Red Cross PageantChristy CabanneAn all-star cast, including Ethel Barrymore, Lionel and John Barrymore[106]
Nina, the Flower GirlLloyd IngrahamBessie Love
A Night in New ArabiaThomas R. MillsFrank Glendon
Polly AnnCharles MillerBessie Love
Red Saunders Plays CupidJohn FordHarry Carey, Claire Du BreyA short[107]
The Rose of BloodJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara, Genevieve Blinn, Charles Clary[108]
The ScrapperJohn FordJohn FordA Western short[109]
The Silent LieRaoul WalshMiriam Cooper, Ralph Lewis, Charles Clary[110]
The SirenRoland WestValeska Suratt, Isabel Rea, Cesare Gravina, Armand KaliszA Western[111]
Sleeping FiresHugh FordPauline Frederick[112]
Somewhere in Georgia George Ridgwel Ty Cobb, Elsie MacLeod A movie featuring baseball legend Ty Cobb playing a fictionalized version of himself [113]
The Soul HerderJohn FordHarry Carey, Claire Du Brey[114]
Sowers and ReapersGeorge D. BakerEmmy Wehlen, Frank Currier, Harry Davenport[115]
The Tiger Woman J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara
The Voice on the WireStuart PatonBen F. Wilson, Neva GerberA 15-chapter serial[116]
Wee Lady BettyCharles MillerBessie Love, Frank Borzage, Charles K. French [117]
1918AlrauneMichael Curtiz, Edmund FritzGéza Erdélyi, Gyula GálA Hungarian science-fiction horror film[118]
ArizonaAlbert ParkerDouglas Fairbanks[119][120]
Bees in His BonnetGilbert PrattHarold LloydA comedy short[121]
Bound in MoroccoAllan DwanDouglas Fairbanks[119][122]
The Dawn of UnderstandingDavid SmithBessie Love[123]
Five Thousand an HourRalph InceHale Hamilton, Lucille Lee Stewart, Douglas Gilbert[124]
The Forbidden PathJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara, Hugh Thompson[125]
A Gentleman's AgreementDavid SmithGayne Whitman, Nell Shipman
The Glorious AdventureHobart HenleyMae Marsh, Wyndham Standing, Alec B. Francis, Mammy Lou, Mabel BallinDestroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire
The Great LoveD. W. GriffithLillian GishThis melodrama incorporated actual footage of England and France under World War I conditions, including an air raid and a battle.[126]
The Greatest Thing in LifeD. W. GriffithLillian Gish[127]
Headin' SouthAllan DwanDouglas Fairbanks[119][122]
The Hiding of Black BillDavid SmithWalter Rogers, Chet Ryan
How Could You, Caroline?Frederick A. ThomsonBessie Love, James W. Morrison, Dudley Hawley[128]
Hit Him AgainGilbert PrattHarold LloydA one-reel short[129]
How Could You, Jean?William Desmond TaylorMary Pickford[130]
Huns Within Our GatesDerwent Hall CaineEarly World War I propaganda film. Also known as The Commercial Pirates and The Hearts of Men[131]
The Kaiser, the Beast of BerlinRupert JulianRupert JulianEarly World War I propaganda film[132]
Kicking the Germ Out of GermanyAlfred J. GouldingHarold Lloyd[133]
The LambHarold Lloyd, Gilbert PrattHarold LloydA short, one-reel comedy[134]
The Lion's ClawsHarry Harvey, Jacques JaccardMarie Walcamp, Ray HanfordAn 18-episode serial[135]
A Little Sister of EverybodyRobert ThornbyBessie Love, George Fisher[136]
On the QuietChester WitheyJohn Barrymore[137]
Our Mrs. McChesneyRalph InceEthel Barrymore[138]
The Phantom RidersJohn FordHarry Carey[139]
The Purple DressMartin JusticeAgnes Ayres, Adele DeGarde
The Romance of TarzanScott SidneyElmo LincolnThe second Tarzan film produced[140]
The Savage WomanEdmund MortimerClara Kimball Young, Milton Sills[141]
Say! Young FellowJoseph HenaberyDouglas Fairbanks[119]
The She-Devil J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara
Sic 'Em, TowserHarold Lloyd[142]
The Song of the SoulTom TerrissAlice Joyce
A Successful AdventureHarry L. FranklinMay Allison, Harry Hilliard
That Devil, BateeseWilliam WolbertLon ChaneyChaney's final film in his first stint at Universal[143]
Thieves' GoldJohn FordHarry Carey[144]
Three Mounted MenJohn FordHarry Carey[145]
Under the YokeJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara, G. Raymond Nye[146]
We Can't Have EverythingCecil B. DeMilleKathlyn Williams, Elliott Dexter[147]
What Happened to JeanHerbert WalshEdith CroweMade to raise money for charity. Most of the cast and crew were amateurs.[148]
Wild WomenJohn FordHarry Carey[149]
The Woman in the WebPaul Hurst, David SmithHedda NovaA 15-chapter serial[150]
A Woman's FoolJohn FordHarry Carey[151]
1919Ace of the SaddleJohn FordHarry Carey[152]
The Adventures of RuthGeorge MarshallRuth Roland, Herbert HeyesA 15-chapter serial[153]
Anne of Green GablesWilliam Desmond TaylorMary Miles Minter[154]
The AvalancheGeorge FitzmauriceElsie Ferguson[155]
Bare FistsJohn FordHarry Carey[156]
The BeetleAlexander ButlerFred Morgan, Maudie Dunham[157]
The Big Little PersonRobert Z. LeonardMae Murray, Rudolph Valentino[158]
The Black SecretGeorge B. SeitzPearl White, Walter McGrailA 15-chapter serial[159]
Bonds of LoveReginald BarkerPauline Frederick[160]
The Cambric MaskTom TerrissMaurice Costello, Alice Joyce
Carolyn of the CornersRobert ThornbyBessie Love, Charles Edler, Charlotte Mineau[161]
Count the VotesHal RoachHarold Lloyd[162]
Dalagang BukidJosé NepomucenoAtang Dela Rama, Marceliano IlaganIt is the first Filipino feature film to be locally produced in the Philippines. Nearly all of Nepomuceno's works are lost.[163]
A Daughter of EveWalter WestViolet Hopson, Stewart Rome, Cameron Carr[164]
The DivorceeHerbert BlachéEthel Barrymore, E. J. Ratcliffe, Holmes HerbertBarrymore's last silent film[165]
Elmo the MightyHenry MacRaeElmo Lincoln, Grace CunardAn 18-chapter serial[166]
The Enchanted BarnDavid SmithBessie Love, J. Frank Glendon[167]
A Fight for LoveJohn FordHarry Carey, John Big Tree[168]
The Fighting BrothersJohn FordPete MorrisonA short Western[169]
A Fighting ColleenDavid SmithBessie Love, Charles Spere[170]
The First Men in the MoonBruce Gordon, J. L. V. LeighHector Abbas, Lionel D'AragonFirst film adapted directly from a work by H. G. Wells. Has been partially recreated as a series of still pictures.[171]
The Great Radium MysteryRobert Broadwell, Robert F. HillCleo Madison, Bob ReevesAn 18-chapter serial[172]
HalbblutFritz LangCarl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Carl Gerard SchröderLang's directorial debut[173]
The Hawk's TrailW. S. Van DykeKing Baggot, Grace DarmondA 15-chapter serial[174]
He Leads, Others FollowVincent P. Bryan, Hal RoachHarold LloydA one-reel comedy short[175]
Here Comes the BrideJohn S. RobertsonJohn Barrymore, Faire Binney[176]
Der Herr der LiebeFritz LangCarl de VogtThis is the only film in which director Fritz Lang had an acting role.[177]
His Only FatherHal Roach, Frank TerryHarold LloydA one-reel short[178]
The Homesteader Oscar Micheaux, Jerry Mills Charles D. Lucas First feature length film directed by a Black filmmaker [179]
The Isle of ConquestEdward JoseNorma Talmadge[180]
Kathleen Mavourneen Charles Brabin Theda Bara
The Knickerbocker BuckarooAlbert ParkerDouglas Fairbanks, William A. Wellman[119][181]
La Belle Russe Charles Brabin Theda Bara, Warburton Gamble
The Light J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara, Eugene Ormond, Robert Walker
The Lion ManAlbert Russell, Jack WellsKathleen O'Connor, Jack PerrinAn 18-chapter serial[182]
The Little BossDavid SmithBessie Love, Wallace MacDonald[183]
Lure of Ambition Edmund Lawrence Theda Bara
Marked MenJohn FordHarry Carey[184]
The Midnight ManJames W. HorneJames J. Corbett, Kathleen O'ConnorAn 18-chapter serial[185]
Nobody HomeElmer CliftonDorothy Gish, Ralph Graves, George Fawcett, Rudolph Valentino[186]
One Week of LifeHobart HenleyPauline Frederick[187]
The Outcasts of Poker FlatJohn FordHarry Carey[188]
Over the Garden WallDavid SmithBessie Love[189]
The RajahHal RoachHarold LloydA short[190]
The Red GloveJ. P. McGowanMarie Walcamp, Pat O'MalleyAn 18-chapter serial[191]
Rider of the LawJohn FordHarry Carey[192]
Riders of VengeanceJohn FordHarry Carey[193]
RopedJohn FordHarry Carey[194][195]
The Shepherd of the HillsLouis F. Gottschalk, Harold Bell WrightHarry Lonsdale, Cathrine Curtis, George A. McDaniel[196]
Si, SenorAlfred J. GouldingHarold LloydA one-reel short[197]
The Siren's Song J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara
Soft MoneyVincent P. Bryan, Hal RoachHarold Lloyd[198]
The Splendid RomanceEdward JoséEnrico Caruso, Ormi Hawley, Crauford KentA print may be held by a private collector.[199]
Terror of the RangeStuart PatonGeorge Larkin, Betty CompsonA seven-episode serial[200]
The Test of HonorJohn S. RobertsonJohn Barrymore, Constance BinneyBarrymore's first dramatic role in a feature film[201]
The UndercurrentWilfrid NorthArthur Guy Empey
The Unknown QuantityThomas R. MillsCorinne Griffith
When Men Desire J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara
The Wishing Ring ManDavid SmithBessie Love, J. Frank Glendon[202]
A Woman There WasJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara, Alan Roscoe[203]
A Yankee PrincessDavid SmithBessie Love[204]
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