Sidney Olcott Movies

  • 1912
    The Poacher's Pardon

    The Poacher's Pardon

    The Poacher's Pardon

    01912HD

    A gamekeeper's daughter is shot while warning a poacher.

    The Poacher's Pardon
  • 1908
    Way Down East

    Way Down East

    Way Down East

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    Way Down East
  • 1912
    Far from Erin's Isle

    Far from Erin's Isle

    Far from Erin's Isle

    01912HD

    Kathleen leaves behind her sweetheart in Ireland to emigrate to New York, finding a position in a sweet shop, until a strike forces her to seek...

    Far from Erin's Isle
  • 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
    The Mayor from Ireland

    The Mayor from Ireland

    The Mayor from Ireland

    01912HD

    Shamus, humiliated at a Country Dance by Bridget leaves Kerry to travel to New York, where he meets with success. Bridget and her husband Terry read...

    The Mayor from Ireland
  • 1911
    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid

    01911HD

    Kathleen, the daughter of a fisherman meets Henry, the son of a Wall Street Broker, her father forbids their relationship, Kathleen defies her...

    The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
  • 1916
    The Innocent Lie

    The Innocent Lie

    The Innocent Lie

    01916HD

    Nora O'Brien leaves Ireland to visit her brother in America. On the trip she suffers a concussion, and soon is mistaken for another Irish girl named...

    The Innocent Lie
  • 1911
    The Special Messenger

    The Special Messenger

    The Special Messenger

    01911HD

    During the Civil War, a woman helps her injured husband by delivering an important message to his general.

    The Special Messenger
  • 1911
    The Colleen Bawn

    The Colleen Bawn

    The Colleen Bawn

    6.51911HD

    A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his mother will stop at nothing, including murder, to see that he...

    The Colleen Bawn
  • 1905
    2 A.M. in the Subway

    2 A.M. in the Subway

    2 A.M. in the Subway

    4.21905HD

    A constable and a subway attendant are working late at night in an underground station when a well-dressed man with a cigar in his teeth enters with...

    2 A.M. in the Subway
  • 1910
    The Navajo's Bride

    The Navajo's Bride

    The Navajo's Bride

    41910HD

    A short Western. Ivi, the beautiful daughter of an Indian chief, has three suitors. A competition will decide who gets to marry her. The winner is...

    The Navajo's Bride
  • 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
  • 1911
    Rory O'More

    Rory O'More

    Rory O'More

    4.21911HD

    Based on the story of the real-life 17th Century Irish rebel and the eighteen century ballad about him, this one-reeler is one of the Kalem pictures...

    Rory O'More
  • 1912
    Captured by Bedouins

    Captured by Bedouins

    Captured by Bedouins

    01912HD

    An American officer disguises himself as an Arab in order to rescue an American woman kidnapped by Arab tribesmen.

    Captured by Bedouins
  • 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
  • 1910
    The Little Spreewald Maiden

    The Little Spreewald Maiden

    The Little Spreewald Maiden

    01910HD

    Two American ladies touring through Germany happen on this little Spreewald girl and offer her a job in America.

    The Little Spreewald Maiden
  • 1911
    Her Chum’s Brother

    Her Chum’s Brother

    Her Chum’s Brother

    01911HD

    Her Chum’s Brother
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1909
    The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War

    The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War

    The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War

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    The American Civil War is the setting for this film which portrays the efforts of a girl, with the aid of her boyfriend, to deliver a message to the...

    The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War