165 Films & TV Shows Set In North America During The 1900s
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Now I'll Tell
New York The 1920s The 1910s The 1900sA Woman Tells All! — A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by which he loves most.
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A Girl of the Limberlost
Indiana The 1900sElnora Comstock is the badly abused daughter of Katherine Comstock, who blames her because her father was drowned while on the way home the night she was born. She finds her comfort with Margaret and Westley Sinton, a childless neighboring couple, who help her with her school costs, as does the wealthy Mrs. Parker, who takes an interest in the talented young girl. She meets and falls in love with Phillip Ammon, the nephew of Dr. Ammon, but learns that he is already engaged. The money that Elnora has saved for her college education is stolen, and when Mrs. Comstock goes to retrieve it from a suspect, she also learns of the duplicity of her husband, who had been courting a neighboring woman on the night he drowned. She begs forgiveness of Elnora, and the romance of Elnora and Phillip also begins to flourish.
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Frisco Jenny
California The 1920s The 1910s The 1900sFrisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district attorney dedicated to closing down such houses. When her underling Dutton proposes killing the DA, she kills the underling and must face execution.
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Back Street
New York Ohio The 1920s The 1910s The 1900sA Story that will grip you with its powerful emotional appeal written by one of America's foremost novelists__ A picture with an amazing cast of star players — A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.
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The Public Enemy
Illinois The 1900s The 1910s The 1920sAll his life he took what he wanted...Why not women? — Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
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Cimarron
Oklahoma The 1920s The 1900s The 1890s The 1880sTerrific as all creation! — When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.
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The Crowd
New York The 1920s The 1910s The 1900sJohn, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.
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The Way of All Flesh
Wisconsin The 1900sThe story takes place in Milwaukee during the early 1900s with a bank clerk named August Schiller who is happy with both his job and his family. He is tasked with transporting $1,000 in securities to Chicago. On the train he meets a blond seductress who convinces him to buy her a bottle of champagne, and takes him to a saloon. The next morning he awakes alone in a dilapidated bedroom and without the securities.
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Old San Francisco
California The 1900sA Romance of the Days When 'Frisco Was the Paris of America!---The Barbary Coast!---The Fire of 1906!---Massive!---Unprecedented — An Asian villain menaces a family of aristocratic Spanish settlers.
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The Breath of the Gods
California 🇯🇵 Japan The 1900sWhile attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the daughter of a Japanese samurai, meets and falls in love with Pierre Le Beau, a diplomatic attaché. At the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, Pierre is sent to Japan as attaché to the Australian ambassador. When Yuki's father discovers his daughter's romance with a foreigner, he becomes enraged and betroths her to Prince Hagane for political reasons.
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Hurricane in Galveston
Texas The 1900sSilent film footage of a hurricane in Galveston, TX — Silent film footage of the hurricane that hit Galveston, TX in 1913.
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Trying to Get Arrested
New York The 1900sA tramp tries to get himself arrested so he can sleep in the nice, warm jail, but the police keep ignoring him or arresting the wrong person.
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Electrocuting an Elephant
New York The 1900sThis is a film taken of the execution of Topsy, an elephant employed to help build Luna Park on Coney Island.
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Rube and Mandy at Coney Island
New York The 1900sThe first scene shows a country couple entering Steeplechase Park. They proceed to amuse themselves on the steeplechase...
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Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison
New York The 1900sThis early docudrama shows Auburn Prison and recreates the electrocution of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley of the United States.