Maine Silent Film Festival 2023
All the films that played at the 2023 Maine Silent Film Festival in Bucksport, Maine: Railroad Disasters and LGBTQ+ Silents.
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A Railroad Smashup
Two Pennsylvania Railroad locomotives meet in a head-on collision in this 1904 short.
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A Drama on a Locomotive
Henri and Pierre, railroad engineers, are both in love with Jeanne. When Pierre refuses to give her up, a fight breaks out in the engine, imperiling everyone aboard the train.
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The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt
When the trestle her son’s train is about to cross is struck by lightning, a mother must find some way to warn him of the danger ahead.
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The Juggernaut
Back in college, John Ballard saved Philip Hardin’s life. Twenty years later, John is the district attorney and Philip is president of a railroad notorious for its accident record. When John brings a suit against the railroad, Philip threatens to reveal a ruinous secret about John unless he drops...
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Algie the Miner
Algie must prove himself to be a man before his sweetheart’s father will consent to their marriage. He travels west to become a miner under the tutelage of Big Jim but it is not long before Big Jim comes to rely on Algie as much as Algie does on him.
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The Soilers
In this parody of The Spoilers, Bob Canister strikes it rich in the Alaskan gold rush only to find himself plunged into a tumultuous battle with Smacknamara, a claim-jumper who, with the aid of the underhanded sheriff, has stolen Canister’s find.
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A Florida Enchantment
Lillian Travers, a New York heiress, pops down to Florida to surprise her fiancé, Fred Cassadene, the house doctor at a prominent Saint Augustine hotel. The surprise, however, is Lillian’s when she finds Fred in a series of compromising situations with a certain wealthy widow staying there. When ...