Movies by Elmer Clifton

I Am Not a Racist

I Am Not a Racist

A parody of D. W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation", "I Am Not a Racist" rearranges the scenes of the classic movie and recreates its dialogues to criticize the racism in it and also in the world today. Freemenville is a little city somewhere in the USA. A city ashamed because of its past of slavery, but proud of being the first in the country to end it. There is an annual ball to celebrate this fact. And this year's ball may be the biggest ever, because of the possible presence of a big celebrity, who is coming to town to see the premiere...

A Duel for Love

A Duel for Love

A Duel for Love is a 1914 dramatic short.

The Lily and the Rose

The Lily and the Rose

To the dismay of Allison Edwards, her bookworm, adoring neighbor, Mary Randolph, falls in love with and marries Jack Van Norman, a rich and handsome former football star. After a few months of marital contentment, Jack becomes infatuated with Rose, an exotic dancer.

Martin Eden

Martin Eden

A sad story about how a working-class man tries, and succeeds, to become a writer, but finds difficulty in fitting into that world.

The Fox Woman

The Fox Woman

According to Japanese legend, the Fox Woman was not possessed of a soul. To exist, she was obliged to steal the soul of others.

Acquitted

Acquitted

Hard-working insurance company bookkeeper John Carter, comes home Easter eve to his suburban cottage with a potted lily for his loving wife and two daughters. The Carters live happily until cashier Charles Ryder is murdered by the night watchman, a "coke sniffer" in need of money, and Carter is accused because he worked with Ryder that evening.

The Sable Lorcha

The Sable Lorcha

In China, a man is arrested and tortured for a crime committed years before by his twin brother.

John Barleycorn

John Barleycorn

Based on the autobiographical novel of the same name. Jack London has struggled with alcoholism most of his life. At age five he was instructed to bring a pail of beer to his father and drank some to prevent it spilling over, getting drunk for the first time. As an adult, he goes through cycles of abstinence only to return to hard drinking.