HEARTS OF THE WORLD (1918)):
Two families live next to one another in a French village on the eve of World War I. The boy in one of the families falls for the only daughter in the other family. As they make preparations for marriage, World War I breaks out, and, although the Boy is American, he feels he should fight for the country in which he lives. When the French retreat, the village is shelled. The boy's father and the girl's mother and grandfather are killed. The girl, deranged, wanders aimlessly through the battlefield and comes upon the boy badly wounded and unconscious.
DVD-R has English intertitles with no subtitles. Approx. 117 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!
GYPSY BLOOD (aka CARMEN) (1918)):
The story is told by a man at a campfire who says that it took place many years before. Don José was a Dragoon Sergeant in Sevilla who fell madly in love with Carmen, a beautiful gypsy. For her, he killed an officer and gave up his fiancée and his career in the army, and became a smuggler. But Carmen's love did not last. She left him and went to Gibraltar where she fell in love with the famous bullfighter Escamillo.
DVD-R has English intertitles with no subtitles. Approx. 64 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!