Sidney Olcott Movies

  • 1909
    A Slave to Drink

    A Slave to Drink

    A Slave to Drink

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    Illustrates a man's struggle to overcome an inherited love for drink. Although yet a young man, the enemy of his family had already sunk its claws...

    A Slave to Drink
  • 1915
    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

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    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

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    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
  • 1912
    Ireland, the Oppressed

    Ireland, the Oppressed

    Ireland, the Oppressed

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    The story of the Emerald Isle years ago. Showing the struggle against poverty, evictions by hard-hearted landlords, hill fighting and the final...

    Ireland, the Oppressed
  • 1914
    For Ireland's Sake

    For Ireland's Sake

    For Ireland's Sake

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    Set in the late 1790s, a depiction of Irish villagers rebelling against British occupation (Red Coats) over the right to bear arms.

    For Ireland's Sake
  • 1915
    All for Old Ireland

    All for Old Ireland

    All for Old Ireland

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    Eileen Donaghue loves Myles Murphy, a match which is approved by Mrs Donaghue. Colonel Reid of the British Army employs an informer, Fagin, who has...

    All for Old Ireland
  • 1910
    Her Indian Mother

    Her Indian Mother

    Her Indian Mother

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    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
  • 1925
    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

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    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
  • 1913
    Lady Peggy’s Escape

    Lady Peggy’s Escape

    Lady Peggy’s Escape

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    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
  • 1921
    God's Country and the Law

    God's Country and the Law

    God's Country and the Law

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    God's Country and the Law is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Pine Tree Pictures and distributed by Arrow Films. It was directed by...

    God's Country and the Law
  • 1912
    From the Manger to the Cross

    From the Manger to the Cross

    From the Manger to the Cross

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    The life of Jesus is played out in tableaux shot in the Holy Land.

    From the Manger to the Cross
  • 1912
    Dust of the Desert

    Dust of the Desert

    Dust of the Desert

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    Dust of the Desert is a 1912 short film

    Dust of the Desert
  • 1912
    An Arabian Tragedy

    An Arabian Tragedy

    An Arabian Tragedy

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    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
  • 1908
    Evangeline

    Evangeline

    Evangeline

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    About an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians, the forced...

    Evangeline
  • 1907
    Ben Hur

    Ben Hur

    Ben Hur

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    The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

    Ben Hur
  • 1916
    The Smugglers

    The Smugglers

    The Smugglers

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    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
  • 1926
    The Amateur Gentleman

    The Amateur Gentleman

    The Amateur Gentleman

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    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
  • 1916
    Poor Little Peppina

    Poor Little Peppina

    Poor Little Peppina

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    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
  • 1925
    Salome of the Tenements

    Salome of the Tenements

    Salome of the Tenements

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    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
    By a Woman's Wit

    By a Woman's Wit

    By a Woman's Wit

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    Captain Jasper, a Union officer, is sent on a secret service mission to the Confederate headquarters. Safe through the lines Captain Jasper,...

    By a Woman's Wit