Sidney Olcott Movies

  • 1925
    Salome of the Tenements

    Salome of the Tenements

    Salome of the Tenements

    01925HD

    A young East Side Jewish reporter gets into a sticky situation when she finds that her new beau is indicting a banker she owes money to.

    Salome of the Tenements
  • 1911
    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    01911HD

    The old musician playing his fiddle in his garret home dreams of his youth and his lost love. As the past unfolds itself he sees his sweetheart,...

    The Fiddler’s Requiem
  • 1916
    The Smugglers

    The Smugglers

    The Smugglers

    51916HD

    While honeymooning in Paris, wealthy John Battleby Watts is persuaded to purchase a $20,000 necklace for his capricious young wife. When the jeweler...

    The Smugglers
  • 1912
    A Prisoner of the Harem

    A Prisoner of the Harem

    A Prisoner of the Harem

    01912HD

    Alice Durand, after weeks of discouragement, reads the following advertisement in the New York Herald: "Governess wanted. Young American woman, well...

    A Prisoner of the Harem
  • 1916
    Poor Little Peppina

    Poor Little Peppina

    Poor Little Peppina

    5.21916HD

    Holding a grudge against Robert Torrens and his wife, who live in Italy, a member of the Mafia kidnaps their infant daughter Lois. Fifteen years...

    Poor Little Peppina
  • 1912
    Winning a Widow

    Winning a Widow

    Winning a Widow

    01912HD

    While crossing the Atlantic, Jim White, an American tourist, is attracted by a charming young widow. He succeeds in making the lady's acquaintance...

    Winning a Widow
  • 1925
    The Charmer

    The Charmer

    The Charmer

    01925HD

    A wild dancer in a cheap Seville cafe, Mariposa is taken to New York by Señor Sprott, a prominent theatrical producer. Billed as "The...

    The Charmer
  • 1919
    Marriage for Convenience

    Marriage for Convenience

    Marriage for Convenience

    01919HD

    Barbara Rand is blinded when she leaps through a window to escape an assailant. Her sister, Natalie, reluctantly abandons her fiancé, Ned...

    Marriage for Convenience
  • 1912
    An Arabian Tragedy

    An Arabian Tragedy

    An Arabian Tragedy

    01912HD

    Ayub Kashif becomes embittered toward his wife, Fatima, because their union has been childless. He eventually determines to divorce Fatima and free...

    An Arabian Tragedy
  • 1925
    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

    01925HD

    Against the backdrop of New York City of the early 1850s, a young woman -- naively seeking to win the love she reads about in the romance novels she...

    Not So Long Ago
  • 1926
    The White Black Sheep

    The White Black Sheep

    The White Black Sheep

    01926HD

    Robert Kincairn, the dissolute son of a British colonel, is gallant enough to take the blame for a robbery perpetrated by his fiancee Enid. Thrown...

    The White Black Sheep
  • 1924
    The Humming Bird

    The Humming Bird

    The Humming Bird

    61924HD

    A pickpocket falls in love with a newspaperman. When he is sent off to war and she disguises herself as a boy, joins a gang and sets out to save him.

    The Humming Bird
  • 1926
    The Amateur Gentleman

    The Amateur Gentleman

    The Amateur Gentleman

    01926HD

    Barbanas Barty inherits some money, sets off to London, meets and falls in love with Lady Cleone Meredith, and this does not set well with Sir...

    The Amateur Gentleman
  • 1923
    Little Old New York

    Little Old New York

    Little Old New York

    6.51923HD

    An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.

    Little Old New York
  • 1915
    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    4.51915HD

    The story of a Japanese woman and the tragedy that ensues when she loves an American naval officer.

    Madame Butterfly
  • 1926
    Ranson's Folly

    Ranson's Folly

    Ranson's Folly

    6.21926HD

    U. S. Cavalry Lieutenant Ranson belittles the exploits of a bandit known as "The Red Rider," and boasts to his fellow officers that he could hold up...

    Ranson's Folly
  • 1927
    The Claw

    The Claw

    The Claw

    01927HD

    Based on the 1911 novel by Cynthia Stockley, this is the story of Dierdre Saurin, whose infatuation with Major Kinsella takes her to Africa where...

    The Claw
  • 1910
    Her Indian Mother

    Her Indian Mother

    Her Indian Mother

    101910HD

    The scenes are laid in the Hudson Bay country in comparatively recent years and cover the life of a Hudson Bay factor, showing him as a young man...

    Her Indian Mother
  • 1913
    Lady Peggy’s Escape

    Lady Peggy’s Escape

    Lady Peggy’s Escape

    01913HD

    A group of English Soldiers take the Home of the Fitzgeralds from its rightful owners, and force the daughter Peggy to stay and entertain them. A...

    Lady Peggy’s Escape
  • 1912
    The Darling of the CSA

    The Darling of the CSA

    The Darling of the CSA

    41912HD

    Anna Q. Nilsson is the title character, Agnes Lane, a daring spy for the South during the Civil War. She delivers an important message regarding an...

    The Darling of the CSA