Mary Martin

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

A tribute to actress Lillian Gish, a pioneer in American cinema whose long and distinguished career began in the early silent era.

The Scarlet Letter

Carl Harbaugh

Mary Martin, Stuart Holmes

The film tells the story of a noble but poor woman who arrives at Boston in the 17th century. There she marries an old but quite rich doctor but does not become happy.

The Vampire

Alice Guy-Blaché

Olga Petrova, Vernon Steele

The Vampire is a surviving 1915 silent film drama directed by Alice Guy and starring Olga Petrova. It is one of Petrova's and Guy's few surviving silent films.

The Vixen

J. Gordon Edwards

Theda Bara, Herbert Heyes

In this lost film, Theda Bara took the role of spoiled, deceiving nymphomaniac "vixen" Elsie Drummond. She wooed Wall Street businessman Martin Stevens (A. H. Van Buren) away from his interest in her sweet sister Helen (Mary G. Martin). She continued to seek after rich men, eventually marrying young statesman Knowles Murray (Herbert Heyes) (again stolen from Helen) - but still willing to be unfaithful with Stevens who had since regained his fortune. (filmsite.org)

The Eternal Sapho

Bertram Bracken

Theda Bara, James Cooley

A scheme by a beautiful vamp to marry a wealthy young man fails, and the woman returns to her former lover, a sculptor. She is shocked to discover he has committed suicide, and the tragedy catapults her into insanity.