Sidney Olcott Movies

  • 1914
    Come Back to Erin

    Come Back to Erin

    Come Back to Erin

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    The story opens in an inland village in Ireland, where Jerry, the village blacksmith, toils, that he may wed Peggy O'Malley in a style befitting her...

    Come Back to Erin
  • 1910
    The Romance of a Trained Nurse

    The Romance of a Trained Nurse

    The Romance of a Trained Nurse

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    A nurse falls for her patient, a young man recently injured in a car accident.

    The Romance of a Trained Nurse
  • 1921
    The Right Way

    The Right Way

    The Right Way

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    Two young boys get in trouble with the law and wind up in prison. One, who was raised in poverty in the slums, goes to a reformatory and picks up...

    The Right Way
  • 1909
    The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War

    The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War

    The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War

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    The American Civil War is the setting for this film which portrays the efforts of a girl, with the aid of her boyfriend, to deliver a message to the...

    The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
  • 1923
    The Green Goddess

    The Green Goddess

    The Green Goddess

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    The Green Goddess is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play The Green Goddess by William Archer. Set during the British Raj, it...

    The Green Goddess
  • 1912
    The Shaughraun

    The Shaughraun

    The Shaughraun

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    Robert Ffolliott is a young Irish lad who is done out of his land and sent off to a penal colony in Australia following false accusations by the...

    The Shaughraun
  • 1925
    The Best People

    The Best People

    The Best People

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    Bertie and Marian Lenox are children of a wealthy family, and their mother intends that they marry "within their class". They, however, have...

    The Best People
  • 1910
    The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

    The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

    The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

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    The opening scene of our story shows a Union powder wagon making its way down the road convoyed by a company of mounted Union soldiers. The route of...

    The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
  • 1912
    His Mother

    His Mother

    His Mother

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    An Irish mother uses her life savings to pay for her son, a talented musician, to study in America.

    His Mother
  • 1910
    The Little Spreewald Maiden

    The Little Spreewald Maiden

    The Little Spreewald Maiden

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    Two American ladies touring through Germany happen on this little Spreewald girl and offer her a job in America.

    The Little Spreewald Maiden
  • 1922
    Timothy's Quest

    Timothy's Quest

    Timothy's Quest

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    Timothy and Gay, orphans from the slums of Boston, escape to Maine in search of a home and manage to thaw Avilda's embittered, grief-stricken heart....

    Timothy's Quest
  • 1912
    Vagabonds

    Vagabonds

    Vagabonds

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    A story of love triangle, between Nell, Big Jim and Tom.

    Vagabonds
  • 1911
    The Colleen Bawn

    The Colleen Bawn

    The Colleen Bawn

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    A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his mother will stop at nothing, including murder, to see that he...

    The Colleen Bawn
  • 1911
    For Love of an Enemy

    For Love of an Enemy

    For Love of an Enemy

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    A Federal spy operating within the Confederate lines, meets Hallie Coburn, a fair Southern girl, with whom he falls in love. The Spy enters into the...

    For Love of an Enemy
  • 1912
    Captured by Bedouins

    Captured by Bedouins

    Captured by Bedouins

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    An American officer disguises himself as an Arab in order to rescue an American woman kidnapped by Arab tribesmen.

    Captured by Bedouins
  • 1912
    The Little Gluers

    The Little Gluers

    The Little Gluers

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    The Kerry Gow is a 1912 short

    The Little Gluers
  • 1910
    When Lovers Part

    When Lovers Part

    When Lovers Part

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    A young couple’s love is forbidden by the girl’s father. He forces her to write a farewell letter. Three years later, the Civil War...

    When Lovers Part
  • 1911
    The Irish Honeymoon

    The Irish Honeymoon

    The Irish Honeymoon

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    Larry Malone and Maggie McClusky get married, and for a honeymoon trip decide to journey through the home country of their ancestors.

    The Irish Honeymoon
  • 1911
    A Sawmill Hero

    A Sawmill Hero

    A Sawmill Hero

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    Jim Hemminway went to college, but did not make good. He had a fine time, but flunked in his studies. His father, displeased with Jim's college...

    A Sawmill Hero
  • 1914
    The Eye of the Government

    The Eye of the Government

    The Eye of the Government

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    The story of a customs officer who pursues a trafficker between continents

    The Eye of the Government