William V. Ranous Movies

A political crime film in which a militant, anarchist father allows his political ideals to prevail over human dignity. The father uses his young...

Bunny receives a shock upon reading about the attempted assassination of the Mayor of New York. He laughs off his wife's suggestion of getting police...

Much ado about a necklace - short film based on the story "The String of Pearls"

Becoming impatient waiting for patients, young Doctor Bob Lyons is about discouraged. To add to his misery, his sweetheart's father, Mr. Irving,...

To start a little in advance of our story, Lord Rintoul, of the English nobility, finds a little Gypsy girl three years old, who had been deserted by...

Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.

A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings.

In this Vitagraph short, anarchism threatens to ruin lives and families. Luigi and Rosa are a couple with an adorable child, but trouble is afoot...

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.

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

In the midst of the Civil War, a wife saves the day by swapping places with her captured and soon-to-be-executed husband.

Francesca, surrounded by ladies-in-waiting at the palace. Her father enters, and together they read a letter from Lanciotto, asking for the hand of...

No matter how absorbed with affairs of state, Abraham Lincoln was always ready to give audience to his little son Tad. Little Tad, playing at the...

Alixe is courted by many admirers. Her most persistent companion is Morton Shaw. Arlington Tappan also loves Alixe, and urges her to give up her...

Left with two small children, Mrs. Morgan finds it difficult to make both ends meet. Polly, her daughter, does the housework. Tommy is looking for a...

Tells the biblical story of Saul's jealousy of the young David, taken from the book of Samuel

Wending their way and locating in a land far from the contentions through which they passed a few weeks before, Eric and Chloe are located in a...

An impressively tactile, if slightly over-ambitious, adaptation of King Lear from Vitagraph Studios.

Drama Short