The Dawn of Understanding is a lost 1918 American silent Western comedy film produced by The Vitagraph Company of America and directed by David Smith. It stars Bessie Love in the first film of her nine-film contract with Vitagraph.

A woman takes the place of a wife who had died seven years earlier.

The spirit of Uranus comes down to Earth to perform a good deed.

A foppish Londoner joins the Royal Canadian Mounties and tries to break a smuggling ring.
A princess avoids a forced marriage by changing places with her double.

Princess Cecelie of Capra, a small Alpine nation, visits the U.S. with her mother, Queen Charlotte, ...

“This hilarious bit of foolishness has for its theme the gradual rise of a hard-working plumber and ...

Joe and Eve are engaged, but Joe cannot help contrasting the drabness of her attire with the dressy ...

One of the two earliest horror films ever made. This film is presumed lost. In this black comedy sce...

Gustavo and Ramón establish their own radio station, Radio Misterio, but life changes for Gustavo wh...

Charles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.

A man tries to burgle his own safe on the same night that a professional criminal attempts it.
Otie Otis forgets his own marriage and then stumbles through the honeymoon, constantly forgetting on...

Jack Pepper accidentally fires his gun while forcing a newspaper editor to retract his statement reg...
Cigar counter girl Tessie tips off her mechanic boyfriend that a wealthy women is going to buy a car...

A lost film. As described in a film magazine Exhibitors Herald on March 16, 1918: "a forest ranger k...
A hydroplane pilot is in love with a wealthy old scientist's granddaughter. However, a fortune hunte...

After his mining partner Joe Pelton's death, wealthy bachelor Richard Chester adopts Joe's five youn...
Amy Lindel, a church choir singer, goes to the city to pursue a singing career, but finds herself on...