William J. Butler Movies

An old colonel is proud as a peacock: his son leads a group of volunteers in the American Civil War. Untill one day his son returns home as a...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Henry B. Walthall

Harry wants to marry Dolly, a showgirl, but only on the condition that she can win over his disapproving father. The father is so charmed when he...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Joseph Graybill

Edith enters a convent after losing her fiancé to someone else. Years later, Edith finds him again, now poverty-stricken, and secretly helps...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Blanche Sweet

The children of a household attempt to capture Santa, but they catch something else entirely.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Henry B. Walthall

A crippled girl marries a fisherman, who also has eyes for the town flirt.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Wilfred Lucas

A country girl follows a city suitor, but is left alone and must fend for herself.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Marion Sunshine

Hank Hopkins is a "rube" of the most extreme type, and on the morning of the great Shrine Parade in Los Angeles, he is met by a couple of friends,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mack Sennett

They are brothers; one is a member of the village fire department, the other the property man at the "Opry House." A traveling dramatic company...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Edward Dillon

A widower and his two daughters live in the wilds of the north woods. They form the acquaintance of two trappers, Bob Cole and Jim Watson, who hunt...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lillian Gish

As the husband leaves for the lumber regions, his wife gives him a memory message to be opened after his arrival. Attracted by a maid, cherished by...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Elmer Booth

Hard as nails and as strong winded as a gale in March, Red Hicks may have been a bit "chesty," but he was in perfect trim. The town depended on the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Charles Murray

The reporter assigned to obtain a copy of the message from the Japanese Government unraveled the mystery of its disappearance in a clever manner....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Walter Miller

A feud began with a political argument. Then the justice declared if granddad did not pay up he would attach his household goods. Granddad was that...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lionel Barrymore

A thin gent in formal wear, amid a club or party, reads a book about primitive man after he's ignored by a pretty lady. We see the book enacted:...

Genre: Adventure

Cast: Robert Harron

In the guise of a gardener he came to steal the paper telling the whereabouts of the second will. That was so the nephew might enjoy the inheritance...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lionel Barrymore

In this film one is shown the contrast of two fathers. One father refuses to believe his son guiltless, while the other, fully realizing the weakness...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Harry Carey

On the day of the meeting which should settle the controversy regarding the Panama Canal, the Japanese Embassy commissioned Olga to obtain a copy of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lionel Barrymore

Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the safe for them, so they threaten to kill a little girl who...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Adolph Lestina

When a young girl who has grown up as a music hall entertainer is brought to live in a stodgy New England town, the quiet town life is changed...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Ann Pennington

Joseph Graybill, learning that his friends have been making a lot of money in the stock market, takes a flyer himself. However, when a drop in the...

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Cast: Joseph Graybill

STRONGHEART (1914) is a Native American Indian drama. Based on a famous play of the time, the film features an all-star cast. Originally five reels,...

Genre: Western

Cast: Henry B. Walthall

After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers shirts to the factory owner, the owner's son steals...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dorothy West

Percy and Harold are rivals and both take the object of their affections for an outing.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Edward Dillon

Two spinsters on their way to church, are accosted by a couple of burly tramps. When Mabel is called to the church meeting with her mother, she sends...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Billy Quirk

A 1914 film drama

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Cast: Charles West

Rooly, Pooly and Dooly were "picture sandwiches," but hardly shining lights, even in that capacity. Consequently they were "canned" by the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Charles Murray

A poor girl is secretly in love with a wealthy young planter.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Wilfred Lucas

A Biograph short drama directed by George Reehm.

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Cast: Charles Perley

Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Florence Lawrence

An experiment goes wrong and blinds a newly married chemist. The chemist's wife does not want to take on the burden of caring for the blind chemist,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Charles West

The Newlyweds move into their new flat and prepare to entertain their uncle.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Charles Murray

An elderly carpenter is told by a doctor that his wife is seriously ill. Soon afterwards, an insensitive shop foreman lays him off from his job...

Genre: Drama

Cast: W. Chrystie Miller

The manicure lady spurns the barber and dates a rich cad instead.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mack Sennett

An ambitious race driver who is not allowed to compete decides to outwit his competitors.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Fred Mace

A romantic film in which the good-hearted Charles falls in love with Mary, a girl whom he has employed because she cannot pay her rent. When she...

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Cast: Isabel Rea

A crime drama in which a police officer does everything possible to help his criminal younger brother.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kate Bruce

A farmer takes in a young orphan after her mother's death and sends her off to school. After she's grown, he encourages her to consider his younger...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Wilfred Lucas

The boy, who is the idol of his widowed mother, returns from college with a collegiate record she is justly proud of. To mark the occasion his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Robert Harron

A young woman becomes infatuated with the leading man of a traveling theatrical troupe. She sneaks away to join him in the next town, but her father...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Dell Henderson

During the Civil War a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to hide; his sister puts on his uniform, takes her brother's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Henry B. Walthall

Edith is a salesgirl in a department store who envys her store-mates, as she views them passing by with their sweethearts, lighthearted and happy....

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Cast: Mary Pickford

Two creative bums invade a high society gathering by pretending to be rich.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mack Sennett

When young Tom and Adele learn they must wait four years before they can marry, they agree to kill themselves. They reconsider, and then decide to...

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Cast: William J. Butler

A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired from his job on the oil rig, the wedding must be...

Genre: Drama

Cast: W. Chrystie Miller

On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Frank Powell

A Greek woman marries a struggling sculptor. When he can't support her and their baby, she offers to sell herself as a slave to allow them to buy...

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Cast: Florence Lawrence

Hank (Mack Sennett) loses his girl (Mabel Normand) to another guy (Dell Henderson) so he decides to get even with some hot sauce.

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Cast: Mack Sennett

Alice has two persistent suitors, one rich, one poor. Each buys her an engagement ring; the rich man pays cash, but the poor man must pay on...

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Cast: Mabel Normand

Hubby is anxious to get away for a little time at the beach with the boys, and works up a quarrel with wifey over a new hat, the bill for which he is...

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Cast: Fred Mace

Harry expected to come in for a portion of his uncle's estate, but didn't figure that he would get his share before his worthy relative's demise. The...

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Cast: Gus Pixley

With her uncle she visits the seashore and goes bathing with a party of her brother's friends. Uncle also takes a dip and is annoyed at the perilous...

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Cast: Fred Mace

Wild Flower follows her banished lover, Gray Fox, into the wilderness. Her departure is witnessed by Silver Fawn, who mistakenly thinks Wild Flower...

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Cast: Mabel Normand

Peggy is a high-spirited young woman from a poor family. One day she catches the eye of a wealthy lord, who proposes marriage and wants to introduce...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mary Pickford

A wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations.

Genre: Drama

Cast: George Nichols

Two lovers elope and expect to be pursued by her father. But the clever father has tricked them into running off, and celebrates their wedding when...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Billy Quirk

Nell Gordon's father was once a burglar, but he has turned over a new leaf. When he falls ill, however, the burglar's old cronies persuade Nell to...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Irene Fenwick

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mae Murray

Genre: Drama

Cast: Alexander Gaden

A wealthy young athlete comes to the aid of a beautiful heiress, whose fortune is being threatened by two arch villains, The Great Master and Doctor...

Genre: Action

Cast: Francis X. Bushman