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1915 Movies

Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 1915, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.

The Cheat
Written by: Hector Turnbull, Jeanie Macpherson
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Starring: Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa, Jack Dean
Country: United States of America
Outline: Edith Hardy, a socialite, embezzles $10,000 from a charity she chairs and seeks help from a wealthy Japanese ivory merchant, Hishuru Tori, to cover her theft. The film explores themes of betrayal and moral conflict.
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The Captive
Written by: Cecil B. DeMille, Jeanie MacPherson
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Starring: Blanche Sweet, House Peters, Gerald Ward, Page Peters, Jeanie MacPherson
Country: United States of America
Outline: Set during the Balkan Wars, the film follows Sonia Martinovich, who, after her brother's death, is left to manage the family farm with the help of Turkish captive Mahmud Hassan. As they develop a bond, they face challenges from both external conflicts and personal dilemmas.
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The Italian
Written by: Thomas H. Ince, C. Gardner Sullivan
Directed by: Reginald Barker
Starring: George Beban, Clara Williams, J. Frank Burke, Leo Willis, Fanny Midgley
Country: United States of America
Outline: The story of Pietro "Beppo" Donnetti, an Italian gondolier who emigrates to America to build a better life, only to face hardships in New York's Lower East Side, testing his love and resilience.
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The Arab
Written by: Cecil B. DeMille, Edgar Selwyn
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Starring: Edgar Selwyn, Horace B. Carpenter, Milton Brown, William Elmer, Sydney Deane, Gertrude Robinson, J. Parks Jones, Theodore Roberts, Raymond Hatton, Irvin S. Cobb, Marjorie Daw
Country: United States of America
Outline: An old sheikh punishes his son Jamil for robbing a caravan by giving his horse to the wronged merchant. The horse is sold to a Turkish general, then given to Christian missionary Mary Hilbert. Jamil takes it from her but then, after falling in love, saves her and her father. When his father dies, Jamil must relinquish Mary to become the new sheikh.
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My Best Girl
Written by: John TerEick
Directed by: John TerEick
Starring: Mary Pickford, Charles Wellesley, William H. Tooker, Charles Ogle, Charles Bennett, William H. Brown, William H. Thompson, William H. McDonald, William H. McDonald Jr.
Country: United States of America
Outline: A young woman from a wealthy family falls in love with a poor clerk, leading to complications and misunderstandings.
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Sweet Alyssum
Written by: Colin Campbell, Jeanie Macpherson
Directed by: Colin Campbell
Starring: Mary Pickford, William H. Thompson, William H. Brown, William H. McDonald, William H. McDonald Jr.
Country: United States of America
Outline: A young woman from a wealthy family falls in love with a poor clerk, leading to complications and misunderstandings.
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Carmen
Written by: William C. de Mille, Prosper Mérimée
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Starring: Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid, Pedro de Cordoba, Horace B. Carpenter, William Elmer, Jeanie Macpherson, Anita King, Milton Brown, Raymond Hatton
Country: United States of America
Outline: A sultry gypsy named Carmen seduces Don José, an officer of the Civil Guard, turning him into a traitor and murderer to aid her smuggler kinsmen.
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Chimmie Fadden Out West
Written by: Cecil B. DeMille, Jeanie Macpherson, E.W. Townsend
Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille
Starring: Victor Moore, Camille Astor, Raymond Hatton, Mrs. Lewis McCord, Ernest Joy, Tom Forman, Florence Dagmar, Harry Hadfield
Country: United States of America
Outline: Chimmie Fadden is sent to Death Valley, California, as part of a railroad scheme to pretend to have discovered gold, aiming to set a new transcontinental record heading East. However, things don't go as planned.
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