Cambridge (UK) film listings

Regular adverts appeared in Cambridge newspapers advertising the programmes at The Playhouse in Mill Road. There were occasionally live entertainment acts that might be classical or musical hall performances or comedians, but most of the fare consisted of films. There would generally be a mixture of the dramatic and the comic. Most of the films were short - one reel lasting ten minutes. Longer films were made up of two or three reels. At the Playhouse the programme would change mid-week. There would usually be a Pathe News film and occasionally films of topical or news interest such as the boat race, a boxing fight, or a documentary about the army or some overseas location.

1914


January

Title Year Country Company Director Actor Actress Genre
In the days of Robin Hood 1913 UK Natural Colour Kinematograph FM Thornton H Agar Lyons Mercy Hatton drama
Niagara Falls in the Winter 1899 USA American Mutoscope Casler, Koopman, Marvin     documentary
Pimple's Ivanhoe 1913 UK Folly Films Fred Evans Fred Evans   skit
The Girl and the Greaser 1913 USA Mutual Film Allan Dwan J Warren Kerrigan Charlotte Burton drama
The Madonna of the Storm 1913 USA   D W Griffith   Lilian Gish drama
The Riot 1913 USA Keystone Studios Mack Sennett Fatty Arbuckle   comedy
Antony and Cleopatra 1914 USA Pathe Freres       drama

February

Title Year Country Company Director Actor Actress Genre
The Burning Train 1914 Italy Itala Film       drama
The House of Temperley 1913 UK   H M Shaw Charles Maude Lilian Logan drama
The Stroke of the Phoebus Eight 1914 USA Edison Studios   Marc McDermott Miriam Nesbitt Sport drama
In the midst of the jungle 1913         Kathlyn Williams Wildlife
Let 'em quarrel 1913 USA Vitagraph Laurence Trimble Tom Powers Florence Turner Comedy
Mother's Boy 1914 USA Keystone Studios   Fatty Arbuckle   Comedy
Pumps              
The Diamond Crown 1913 USA Edison Studios J Searle Dawley Charles Ogle Laura Sawyer Detective
The Return of Peter Blimm 1913 USA Lubin Manufacturing Siegmund Lubin     Farce comedy
Tramp Police 1913 USA Lubin Manufacturing       Comedy
When Dreams Come True 1913 USA Keystone Studios Mack Sennett Fatty Arbuckle Mabel Normand Comedy
When the Earth Trembled 1913 USA Lubin Manufacturing Barry O'Neil Harry Myers Ethel Clayton Love drama
In the days of Trajan 1913 USA American Film Lorimer Johnston J Warren Kerrigan Vivian Rich Quo Vadis type classic
When the Road Forks 1913 USA American Film Tom Ricketts Edward Coxen Winifred Greenwood romantic drama
A Petty Dispute 1914 France Gaumont       Comedy
Across the Alley 1913 USA Keystone Studios Charles Avery Billy Jacobs   Comedy
Beauty in the Seashell 1913 USA   Carl L Gregory Harry Benham Florence LaBadie Comedy
Hard Cash 1913 USA Edison Studios   Charles Ogle May Abbey From novel by Charles Read
His Inspiration 1913 USA Biograph Christy Cabanne Alan Hale Irene Howley drama
His Merry Pen 1913 USA Independent Moving Hy Mayer     cartoon
Love and Penelope 1913 USA Selig Polyscope Francis J Gordon Harold Lockwood Kathlyn Williams Comedy
Master Fixit 1913 USA Vitagraph Studios Ralph Ince George Stewart Lucille L Stewart Comedy
My Lady's Boot 1913 USA Majestic Motion Picture       drama
Pimple and the Stolen Submarine 1914 UK Folly Films Fred Evans     skit
The Trap 1913 USA   Edwin August Murdock MacQuarrie Pauline Bush drama

March

Title Year Country Company Director Actor Actress Genre
A daughter of the wilderness 1913 USA Edison Studios Walter Edwin Augustus Phillips Mary Fuller drama
Archie and the Bell Boy 1913 USA Edison Studios C J Williams Andy Clark   comedy
Binks and the Bathing Girl 1913 USA Independent Moving   Charles de Forrest Rolinda Bainbridge comedy
John Tobin's Sweetheart 1913 USA Vitagraph Studios   John Bunny Flora Finch comedy
The Anarchist             drama
The Hungry Tramp             comedy
The Man Outside 1913 USA     William E Shay Jean Acker drama
The Pearl Smugglers 1913 USA         drama
The Sheriff and the Rustlers 1913 USA Selig Polyscope William Duncan Tom Mix   drama
The Trail of the Lost Chord 1913 USA American Film Tom Ricketts Edward Coxen Winifred Greenwood drama
Their Husbands 1913 USA Keystone Studios Henry Lehrman Charles Avery Georgia Carmany comedy
Wells v. Blake fight             news
What happened to Pimple – The Suicide 1913 UK Folly Films Fred Evans Fred Evans   comedy
A Healthy Neighbourhood 1913 USA Keystone Studios Mack Sennett Ford Sterling Mabel Normand comedy
A Royal Romance 1913 USA Edison Studios Ashley Miller Barry O'Moore Gladys Hulette drama
For Her Government 1914 USA Biograph       drama
Mary Jane 1913 USA Vitagraph Studios George D Baker Jay Dwiggins Flora Finch comedy
Peggy's Burglar 1913 USA Vitagraph Studios Ralph Ince Harry Lambart Edith Storey comedy
Picturesque Greece             documentary
Princess Nicotine 1909 USA Vitagraph Studios J Stuart Blackton Paul Panzer Gladys Hulette comedy
Speed Kings 1913 USA Keystone Studios Wilfred Lucas Fatty Arbuckle Mabel Normand comedy
The Fruits of Vengeance 1914 USA Vitagraph Studios   Harry T Morey Julia Swayne drama
The Honour of Lady Beaumont 1913 USA Eclair American O A C Lund Guy Hedland Barbara Tennant drama
The Rajah's Jewels 1914 USA Kalem Company       drama
The Rustler's Reformation 1913 USA Selig Polyscope William Duncan William Duncan Myrtle Stedman drama

April

Boat Race 1914           film shown 5 hrs after event
Fatty's affair of honour 1913 USA Vitagraph Studios Ralph Ince Hughie Mack Lucille L Stewart comedy
Maud the knut             comedy
Mounted Office Flynn 1913 USA Selig Polyscope Fred Huntley Joe King Mabel van Buren drama
On the great steel beam 1914 USA Edison Studios Ashley Miller Barry O'Moore   drama
One Round O'Brien Comes East 1913 USA Apollo Film   Fred Mace   film
Playmates 1913 USA Powers Picture Plays   Edward Alexander Kathie Fischer drama
Tango mad 1914 UK Planet       comedy
The escape of Jim Dolan 1913 USA Selig Polyscope William Duncan Tom Mix Myrtle Stedman western
The magic fountain pen 1909 USA Vitagraph Studios J Stuart Blackton J Stuart Blackton   trick comedy
The magician's wand             comedy
A Muddy Romance 1913 USA Keystone Studios Mack Sennett Ford Sterling Mabel Normand comedy
Badly Wanted 1913 USA     Freddie Fralick   comedy
From out the Flood 1913 USA   Arthur V Johnson Arthur V Johnson Lottie Briscoe drama
Ragtime Texas Tommy 1912 UK Selsior Films   Harry Perry Millicent Ray comedy
Revelation 1913 USA Kay-Bee Pictures Fred J Balshofer Harold Lockwood Dorothy Davenport drama
The Fatal Legacy 1913 USA Kalem Company   James Vincent Marguerite Courtot drama
The Life Saver 1913 USA Vitagraph Studios Wilfrid North Wally Van Lilian Walker comedy
The Swan Girl 1913 USA Vitagraph Studios Ralph Ince E.K. Lincoln Anita Stewart drama
The Tramp's Dream 1913 UK Selsior Films       synchronised music
Through the sluice gates 1913 USA Mutual Film John G Adolfi William Garwood Belle Bennett drama
A Friend in Need 1914 USA Essanay   Clayton Anderson  
Beauty Unadorned 1913 USA Vitagraph Studios Sidney Drew Sidney Drew Clara Kimball Young comedy
How the Day was Saved 1913 USA Biograph Edward Dillon Charles Murray Louise Orth comedy
Love's Sunset 1913 USA Vitagraph Studios Frederick A Thomson Earle Williams Clara Kimball Young film
The Claim Jumper 1913 USA Kay-Bee Pictures Burton L King Herschel Mayall   western
The Haunted Bedroom 1913 USA Edison Studios   Herbert Prior Mabel Trunelle  
Tournament of Roses 1913 USA Nestor Films        

May

Title Year Country Company Director Actor Actress Genre
Her Husband's Friend 1913 USA Vitagraph Studios Hardee Kirkland William D Taylor Myrtle Gonzalez drama
In the Firelight 1914 USA Eclair American O A C Lund O A C Lund Barbara Tennant drama
King's visit to Cambridge             news
Sakura Shima Volcanic Disaster             news
The Amateur Lion Tamer 1913 USA Vitagraph Studios   Hughie Mack   comedy
The Long Postage             drama
The Woman Haters 1913 USA Keystone Studios Henry Lehrman Fatty Arbuckle   comedy
Under the Mask of Honesty 1914 Italy Milano Films Baldassarre Negroni Livio Pavanelli Hesperia drama
Because of a hat 1914 USA Biograph       comedy
Lieutenant Pimple's Dash to the Pole 1914 UK Folly Films Fred Evans Fred Evans   skit
Misadventures of the Mighty Monarch 1914 USA Vitagraph Studios George D Baker John Bunny Flora Finch  
The Rose of Thebes 1913   Cines       Quo Vadis type classic
The Triumph over the White Demon of TB     Women's Health Mission        
Third String 1914 UK London Film Productions George Loane Tucker Frank Stanmore June Gail comedy
The British Army Film 1914     FK Jones, WG Clifford      
A Misplaced Foot 1914 USA Keystone Studios Wilfred Lucas Fatty Arbuckle Mabel Normand comedy
Diana's Dress Reform 1914 USA Vitagraph Studios Ralph Ince Charles Wellesley Anita Stewart comedy
Ghosts 1914 UK Ivy Close Films Elwin Neame Pope Stamper Ivy Close comedy
Moths 1913 USA Thanhouser Company Lawrence Marston William Russell Maud Fealy drama
Pathe Gazette              
The Last Scene of All 1914 USA Edison Studios Ashley Miller John Sturgeon Sally Crute romantic drama
The Moon and its phases             documentary
The Stolen Inheritance 1913            
The Villain Still Pursued Her 1914 USA Mittenthal       comedy
A Crime in the Night             drama
Fatty's Flirtation 1913 USA Keystone Studios George Nichols Fatty Arbuckle Mabel Normand comedy
Getting Even 1914 USA Biograph       comedy
Hunting the Hunter 1914   Le Cosmograph       comedy
The Catch of the Season 1914 USA Lubin Manufacturing Harry Myers Harry Myers Ethel Clayton comedy
The Conqueror 1914 USA Essanay   Richard Travers Ruth Stonehouse drama
The Delayed Special 1914 USA Kalem Company   William Brunton Helen Holmes documentary
The First Law of Nature 1914 USA Albuquerque Film Gilbert P. Hamilton   Dot Farley drama
The Little Sister 1914 USA Selig Polyscope William Duncan Tom Mix Grace Tregarthen western
Timing Cupid 1914           comedy

June

Title Year Country Company Director Actor Actress Genre
Caught in his own net 1914   Komic films       comedy
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery 1914 USA Universal Francis Ford Francis Ford Grace Cunard mystery
Neath the Lion's Paw 1914 France Gaumont       drama
The House of Distemperley 1914 UK Folly Films Fred Evans Fred Evans   comedy
The Measure of a Man 1914 USA Lubin Manufacturing Paul Powell Joseph De Grasse Marion Emmons drama
Gentleman or Thief 1914 USA Biograph Dell Henderson     drama
Love's Old Dream 1914 USA Vitagraph Studios George D Baker John Bunny Flora Finch comedy
Maud Hess soprano             live
Mdlle Katrina (violin) Paul Van de Vyer (pianist)             live
Out of the Depths 1914 USA Rex Motion Picture       drama
The fall of 64 1914 USA Universal Francis Ford Francis Ford Grace Cunard war drama
The lucky elopement 1914 USA Vitagraph Studios Ralph Ince Charles Wellesley Anita Stewart comedy
The Reward 1914 USA Lubin Manufacturing   Edgar Jones Louise Huff drama
A Kentucky Romance 1914 USA Kay-Bee Pictures       drama
Blame the Tailor 1914 USA Biograph       comedy
Fair Game 1914 UK Hepworth Films Frank Wilson     comedy
How the Earth was carpeted 1914 USA Edison Studios Ashley Miller Augustus Phillips Mary Fuller comedy
Pathe Gazette             news
Scotland for Ever 1914 USA   Harry Lambart Hughie Mack   comedy
Shadows 1914 USA Essanay Richard Foster Baker Francis X Bushman Irene Warfield drama
The Eternal Duel 1914 USA Lubin Manufacturing       drama
The Family Skeleton 1914 USA Kalem Company       comedy
The Hour of Terror 1914 USA Biograph   Walter Miller Irene Howley drama
The Professor's Awakening 1914 USA American Film Harry A Pollard Harry A Pollard Margarita Fischer drama
When Billy Proposed 1914 USA Nestor Films   Lee Moran Ramona Langley comedy

July

Title Year Country Company Director Actor Actress Genre
A Pair of Frauds 1914 USA Vitagraph Studios Theodore Marston Anders Randolf Lilian Burns comedy
Back to Broadway 1914 USA Vitagraph Studios Ralph Ince E K Lincoln Anita Stewart comedy
Bernard Ash Quartette             live
Clancarty 1914 UK London Film Productions Harold Shaw Walter Gay Lilian Logan drama
Double Crossed 1914 USA Edison Studios Charles Brabin Marc McDermott Miriam Nesbitt comedy
Love and Gasoline 1914 USA Keystone Studios Mack Sennett Mack Swain Mabel Normand comedy
Snakeville's New Sheriff 1914 USA Essanay       western
The Mystery of the Dover Express 1913 USA Edison Studios George Lessey Ben F Wilson   drama
The Secret Lode 1914 USA Kay-Bee Pictures       drama
Art for a Heart 1914 USA Vitagraph Studios Wilfrid North Wally Van Lilian Walker comedy
Child o'my heart 1914 UK London Film Productions Harold Shaw Edward O'Neill Edna Flugrath romance
Getting Reuben Back 1914 USA       Pearl White comedy
His Vacation 1914 USA Crystal Film       comedy
In the Moon's Ray 1914 USA Essanay       drama
Knave of Clubs 1914 USA Lubin Manufacturing       comedy
Luncheon for three 1914 UK London Film Productions Ralph Dewsbury Judd Green Lilian Logan comedy
Tale of a Dog 1914 USA Universal Donald MacDonald Howard C Hickman Laura Oakley comedy
The Heart of Smiling Joe 1914 USA Frontier Film       western
The Speeder's Revenge 1914 USA Vitagraph Studios Wilfrid North Hughie Mack Lilian Walker comedy
Topical Topics 1914   IMP Harry Myer     cartoon
Smith Carpenter fight             permission refused

August

Title Year Country Company Director Actor Actress Genre
Her Husband's Friend 1913 USA Vitagraph Studios Hardee Kirkland William D Taylor Myrtle Gonzalez drama
St Clairs (thought readers)             live
The Impersonator 1914 USA Edison Studios Charles H France Augustus Phillips Gertrude McCoy photo play
The Lights o'London 1914 UK Magnet Film Exchange Bert Haldane Arthur Chesney Phyllis Relph drama
W.T.Chinn             live
By the Old Dead Tree 1914 USA Biograph       drama
Innocent but awkward 1914 USA Vitagraph Studios Sidney Drew Sidney Drew Mrs Sidney Drew comedy
J Adkin motoring ventriloquist             live
Latest War News             news
Rip the dog detective 1914 Italy Cines       drama
Seeds of Chaos 1914 USA Essanay       drama
The Adventure of the Actress's Jewels 1914 USA Edison Studios Charles M Seay Barry O'Moore Clara Williams comedy
The Silver Snuff Box 1914 USA Vitagraph Studios Theodore Marston Phil Sanford Clara Kimball Young drama

September

Title Year Country Company Director Actor Actress Genre
A Voice in the Wilderness 1914 USA Essanay   Francis X Bushman Irene Warfield  
Henry Parks & Louie Price (inst. Duettists)             live
Kissing Cup 1913 UK Hepworth Films Jack Hulcup Harry Gilbey Chrissie White Sport drama
Max the comedy juggler             live
The Vicar of Wakefield 1913   Hepworth Films Frank Wilson Harry Royston Chrissie White  

October


November

Bosanquet – The Human Violin             Live – benefit of soldiers
Pathe Gazette             funeral of Lord Roberts
Trilby 1914 UK     Herbert Beerbohm Tree Viva Birkett photo drama
The Brandons             Live
William Tell 1914 Austrian Sascha Film        
Vendetta 1914 France   Louis Mereanton     Fantasy
Dorothy Cameron – singer             Live – patriotic songs
The Tragedy of Her Mistake              
Dandy Donovan Gentleman Cracksman 1914 UK Cunard Walter Waller Thomas Meighan Gladys Cooper  

December

Title Year Country Company Director Actor Actress Genre
England's menace 1914 UK London Film Productions Harold Shaw Vincent Clive Edna Flugrath war drama
Face Value 1914 USA Edison Studios   Ben Wilson Sally Crute drama
Richard McClelland (Australian bass)             live
The Green Rose 1914 USA Kalem Company Kenean Buel Tom Moore Alice Joyce drama
Two Little Britons 1914 UK London Film Productions Harold Shaw Charles Rock Edna Flugrath war drama