A Fool There Was
1915
star 5.0
John Schuyler, a happily married lawyer, is appointed diplomat and sent to England. Due to an unfortunate accid...
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Acting
Frank Powell
Frank Powell was a Canadian-born stage and silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who worked predominantly in the United States. After getting his start acting in D.W. Griffith films, he cast Theda Bara in her breakout role in the 1915 release A Fool There Was. Powell would continue to direct Bara at Fox while she became an international star as the film industry's most popular vamp.
Filmography
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A Corner in Wheat
1909
star 6.2
On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcin...
The Newlyweds
1910
star 5.0
A young man and a young woman, each unlucky in love, determine never to marry. But Cupid (and two separate band...
The Death Disc: A Story of the Cromwellian Period
1909
star 0.5
During the reign of Oliver Cromwell, Catholic worship is forbidden on pain of death. Three soldiers are arreste...
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
1909
star 3.7
A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clot...
The Man
1910
Mildred lives with her husband, the prospector Steve Clark, in an out-of-the-way cabin in the mountains. She is...
Nursing a Viper
1909
star 4.2
During the French Revolution, a wealthy couple lives safely by professing republican beliefs. When a mob attack...
His Duty
1909
star 3.9
It's Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday. His mother and his brother Jack, a policeman present him with a cap, pe...
The Impalement
1910
Bored by a doting wife who is too eager to please (she even puts a cigar in his mouth and lights it), Mr. Avery...
The Country Doctor
1909
star 6.2
While caring for his sick daughter, a doctor is called away to the sickbed of a neighbor. He finds the neighbor...
The Voice of the Violin
1909
star 4.7
A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hurt he joins an anarch...
The Necklace
1909
star 4.0
Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace is stolen, a...
The Oath and the Man
1910
star 4.5
A rich nobleman steals a perfume merchant's wife just prior to the French Revolution, in which the perfumer is...
The Seventh Day
1909
star 3.0
A neglectful woman wants custody of her children in her divorce. The judge rules that he will give her the chil...
The Last Deal
1910
Owen Moore is addicted to gambling and about to lose his family and job because of it. James Kirkwood, his brot...
A Knight of the Road
1911
A tramp overhears a rancher's plans to go to town for the ranch's payroll. He tries to enlist another loafer (t...
Tender Hearts
1909
star 3.0
A country boy and a city boy are both courting the same girl. The girl sees the country boy's tender treatment...
The Broken Locket
1909
star 3.5
George Peabody is a young man who has been giving free rein to his inclinations, the principal one being drink....
Faithful
1910
star 4.5
Adonese is returning home from seeing the woman he is courting, and he is driving around a corner when his car...
The Rocky Road
1910
star 4.0
The evils of drink cause a man to separate from his family. In time he becomes sober and prosperous. Then he me...
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909
star 3.0
An Indian comforts a dying prospector in his last moments. In exchange, the prospector tells him the location o...
Mr. Jones’ Burglar
1909
star 1.0
Mr. Jones stays out late playing poker with his buddies. While he's gone, a burglar starts to break into his ho...
The Mended Lute
1909
star 4.6
In an Indian tribe, a girl escapes from her father and suitor to be with the man she loves.
The Faded Lilies
1909
star 2.2
A disfigured violinist mistakes a token of appreciation for a love bouquet. When he realizes his mistake, he lo...
Film Fun
1955
star 5.5
A nostalgic look at film clips from the Silent era.
The Light That Came
1909
star 4.1
A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love her when his...
A Sweet Revenge
1909
star 4.5
After being jilted for another, a woman sends her lover's old letters to the new fiancée and looks forward to t...
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
star 4.2
Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown to her, Bi...
Fools of Fate
1909
star 4.4
Fanny is the wife of Ben Webster, a trapper, and while he is an affectionate and dutiful husband, she yearns fo...
A Strange Meeting
1909
star 4.3
Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the...
The Son's Return
1909
star 5.6
A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his parents' inn. The...
In Old California
1910
An historical dramatization of a Spanish woman during the reign of Spanish and Mexican owned California in the...
The Way of Man
1909
star 4.0
A woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to another.
Over Silent Paths
1910
star 4.7
In the heart of the American west, a miner toils day after day at his rocker box while his young daughter keeps...
The Honor of Thieves
1909
star 1.5
Two thieves, Ned and Mike, scheme to rob a pawnbroker, Mr. Einstein. Ned seduces Einstein's daughter Rachel to...
The Politician's Love Story
1909
star 4.3
A haughty politician, on seeing a satirical cartoon in a newspaper, rushes to the paper's offices to shoot the...