William Shea

The Meeting

Charming melodrama by the Vitagraph Company about the friendship between a boy (Bobby Connelly) and the grumpy...

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

Those Troublesome Tresses

Farce in which two neighbouring couples test each other's jealousy. The women decide to make the men jealous an...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare...

The Dust of Egypt

Geoffrey's relationship with his fiancée is threatened by Ameuset, a princess of Egypt awakened after five thou...

Hearts and Diamonds

Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores baseball playe...

A Tale of Two Cities

An early film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Te...

As You Like It

After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself a...

Two Overcoats

Solomon keeps a clothing store, he has in stock two overcoats of exactly the same make and pattern. Michael Gal...

Aunty's Romance

Romantic comedy in which a woman who no longer wants to marry her fiance when it turns out he doesn't have an i...

Two Stepchildren

Born with an artistic temperament, Joe Leigh feels keenly the bitterness and drudgery of life on a small farm a...

The Spider's Web

Banker Graham Lawlor is convinced to invest in Silver Shield Mines and becomes president, unaware that promoter...

Chumps

Bunny and Marsh attend a show and both fall in love with a charming danseuse.

The Marriage of Molly-O

Brutal rental agent Joseph McGuire demands that Molly-O marry McGuire's son Denny, lest her family be thrown ou...

Heavy Villains

Retired businessman F.G. Lawrence favors Philip Preston for a son-in-law; Mrs. Lawrence prefers Reggie, the Dai...

C.O.D.

The story follows three men—C.O. Darlington, C.O. Drudge, and C.O. Dusenberry (whose shared initials give the f...

The Bond of Music

Short anti-war film in which a French musician turns out to be a German spy.

The Blue Envelope Mystery

Leslie Brennan, an heiress, suddenly discovers that she is almost penniless, and faces the ordeal of making her...

A Train of Incidents

Two young people, Betty Browne and Billy, are set to inherit money if they marry, but each imagines the other a...

The Man from Egypt

Beware the ire of the sacred God Ammett, or any other of those Egyptian Gods for that matter. As a bellhop in a...

The Child Crusoes

Jack, a little orphan, is anxious to become a sailor, and although Captain Rhines refuses to take him aboard hi...

Cupid Through a Keyhole

While making preparations for the entertainment of Aunt Maria, who had announced her arrival by telegram, Lila...

The Vases of Hymen

Annette and Bunny each purchase one of a pair of antique vases, then meet and argue over who should own the mat...

Vanity Fair

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of govern...

Putting Pep in Slowtown

In the aptly named Slowtown the townspeople don’t even have sufficient energy to "up and die." Mayor Van Poke,...

The Telephone

An impressive Vitagraph short, one of many popular firemen-to-the-rescue films of the time.

A Wireless Rescue

A romance of the rail, this two-part "thriller" uses wireless telegraphy as the means of averting a disaster to...

A Villainous Villain

The master crook steals the sweetheart of Sherlock, a great detective. Sherlock undertakes to recover her.

A Tin-Type Romance

Two nice young people become acquainted at the beach; A romance develops.

The Life Boat

Old Captain Bill and his wife have an only son, whom they idolize. He loses all his money at gambling and drink...

The Lady of Shalott

On discovering that their beau, Timothy, the village schoolmaster, is quite unable to choose between them for a...

Tangled Tangoists

John and Flora meet at a ball, but neither can do these modern dances, so they sit out… and run into each other...

The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance

An early short featuring Florence Lawrence.

Nothing to Wear

The Classmate's Frolic

A comedy about a group of school girls who bring a street musician to school with them.

A Friendly Marriage

A penniless British Lord sets up an arranged marriage with an American heiress. He soon falls in love with her...