Sidney Olcott Movies

  • 1911
    When the Dead Return

    When the Dead Return

    When the Dead Return

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    acques and Antoine are both in love with the same girl, but Jacques proves the winner and marries Marcele. Three years after the wedding an accident...

    When the Dead Return
  • 1909
    A Slave to Drink

    A Slave to Drink

    A Slave to Drink

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    Illustrates a man's struggle to overcome an inherited love for drink. Although yet a young man, the enemy of his family had already sunk its claws...

    A Slave to Drink
  • 1915
    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

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    Mary Randall, who has just lost her job, is taking care of her widowed mother. Mary learns that her late uncle has left her part of his estate. She...

    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
  • 1925
    The Charmer

    The Charmer

    The Charmer

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    A wild dancer in a cheap Seville cafe, Mariposa is taken to New York by Señor Sprott, a prominent theatrical producer. Billed as "The...

    The Charmer
  • 1907
    Ben Hur

    Ben Hur

    Ben Hur

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    The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

    Ben Hur
  • 1925
    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

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    Against the backdrop of New York City of the early 1850s, a young woman -- naively seeking to win the love she reads about in the romance novels she...

    Not So Long Ago
  • 1924
    Monsieur Beaucaire

    Monsieur Beaucaire

    Monsieur Beaucaire

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    The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do with him. Eventually he grows tired of her insults and...

    Monsieur Beaucaire
  • 1915
    The Seven Sisters

    The Seven Sisters

    The Seven Sisters

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    Mici is the middle of seven sisters, who all believe if a younger sister marries first, the oldest sisters all doomed to be old maids. The elder...

    The Seven Sisters
  • 1911
    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

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    Kathleen, the daughter of a fisherman meets Henry, the son of a Wall Street Broker, her father forbids their relationship, Kathleen defies her...

    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
  • 1910
    The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy

    The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy

    The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy

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    "[The Girl Spy] is sent by a Confederate general to learn the Union plans of campaign. She arrives at the tavern where she overhears the plans [...]...

    The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy
  • 1911
    The Little Soldier of ’64

    The Little Soldier of ’64

    The Little Soldier of ’64

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    The Little Soldier of ’64
  • 1916
    The Innocent Lie

    The Innocent Lie

    The Innocent Lie

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    Nora O'Brien leaves Ireland to visit her brother in America. On the trip she suffers a concussion, and soon is mistaken for another Irish girl named...

    The Innocent Lie
  • 1915
    All for Old Ireland

    All for Old Ireland

    All for Old Ireland

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    Eileen Donaghue loves Myles Murphy, a match which is approved by Mrs Donaghue. Colonel Reid of the British Army employs an informer, Fagin, who has...

    All for Old Ireland
  • 1916
    Diplomacy

    Diplomacy

    Diplomacy

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    The story takes place in Monte Carlo, where the impoverished Julian proposes marriage to the wealthy Dora, only to be turned down by the girl's...

    Diplomacy
  • 1911
    Her Chum’s Brother

    Her Chum’s Brother

    Her Chum’s Brother

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    Elise and her roommate Martia, were chums at the young ladies' school. Martia carefully lays in the top of her trunk a picture of her chum Elise....

    Her Chum’s Brother
  • 1912
    Tragedy of the Desert

    Tragedy of the Desert

    Tragedy of the Desert

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    An English doctor based in Egypt finds his wife in the arms of a local diplomat, and in a madness-induced frenzy departs for the desert. After being...

    Tragedy of the Desert
  • 1912
    The Mayor from Ireland

    The Mayor from Ireland

    The Mayor from Ireland

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    Shamus, humiliated at a Country Dance by Bridget leaves Kerry to travel to New York, where he meets with success. Bridget and her husband Terry read...

    The Mayor from Ireland
  • 1905
    2 A.M. in the Subway

    2 A.M. in the Subway

    2 A.M. in the Subway

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    A constable and a subway attendant are working late at night in an underground station when a well-dressed man with a cigar in his teeth enters with...

    2 A.M. in the Subway
  • 1912
    Far from Erin's Isle

    Far from Erin's Isle

    Far from Erin's Isle

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    Kathleen leaves behind her sweetheart in Ireland to emigrate to New York, finding a position in a sweet shop, until a strike forces her to seek...

    Far from Erin's Isle
  • 1911
    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

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    Union raiders infiltrate Confederate territory by train. Early film version of the Civil War incident on which Buster Keaton's The General and...

    Railroad Raiders of '62