Ethel wright

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poster The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(2.9/5)
65mn - Mystery, Crime
In this early version the classic "Hound of the Baskervilles" mystery is not faithfully adapted, Watson's character is absent and there are two Holmes. Holmes' foe is called Stapleton and he menaces Holme…
poster The Blot
The Blot
(3.4/5)
91mn - Drama
Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the pr…
poster Easy Street
Easy Street
24mn - Comedy, Action
A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries…
poster The Copper Beeches
The Copper Beeches
(2.6/5)
25mn -
An adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story about a father trying to gain control of his daughter's inheritance does not include Watson.
poster Children Who Labor
Children Who Labor
13mn - Drama
The father of a working class family is having trouble finding a job, because the local textile mill is hiring only inexpensive child labor. Reluctantly, he allows his oldest daughter to work in the mill.…
poster A Hash House Fraud
A Hash House Fraud
(2.6/5)
16mn - Comedy
A swindle in a tiny downtown restaurant leads to a classic Keystone Cops finale. One and all have an easy time with the pretty and flirtatious cashier played by Louise Fazenda, who went on to great succes…
poster Writing Backwards
Writing Backwards
(2.9/5)
1mn -
Félicien Trewey performs a trick by writing backwards the words "Ladies and gentlemen, my grateful thanks" on a board.
poster Hadj Cheriff
Hadj Cheriff
1mn -
Hadji Cheriff, a performer known for a variety of unusual abilities, demonstrates part of his act in the Thomas Edison studio. He has a large knife in his hand at the opening of the act. He then hurls the…
poster Fiery Fireman
Fiery Fireman
(2.9/5)
6mn - Comedy, Animation
Oswald and his faithful horse rush to a blazing apartment area to rescue troubled residents.
poster Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
14mn - Comedy, Action
When Mabel romantically rejects a villain, he ties her to the railroad tracks, leaving her bashful suitor to appeal to famous racecar driver Barney Oldfield for help.
poster Cat, Dog & Co.
Cat, Dog & Co.
20mn - Family, Comedy
Farina, Joe, and friends use dogs to power their "roadsters," but following a lesson from the head of the Be Kind to Animals Society, they make it their cause to rescue animals from bad treatment. Joe eve…
poster The Big Wheel
The Big Wheel
(2.8/5)
92mn - Action, Drama, Romance
The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve his own successes.
poster The Unbeliever
The Unbeliever
(3/5)
80mn - War, Drama
A wealthy young American, bred to class distinction and racial intolerance, enters the Marines during the First World War. In the course of his training and his experiences in the trenches fighting, being…
poster The Electric Hotel
The Electric Hotel
(3.3/5)
9mn - Fantasy, Animation
An enthusiastic young couple is astounded with modern technology's giant leaps in the fascinating field of electricity.
poster Out of the Way!
Out of the Way!
(3.1/5)
61mn - Comedy
When the communists decide to renovate the city and try to demolish a badly positioned church, the religious citizens decide to fight for what is holy to them.
poster Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
(2.8/5)
6mn - Drama, Fantasy
Filmed in 35mm and in black and white, this short silent film was produced by the English film pioneer R. W. Paul, and directed by Walter R. Booth and was filmed at Paul's Animatograph Works. It was relea…
poster The Exquisite Thief
The Exquisite Thief
(2.6/5)
10mn - Drama, Crime
Blue Jean Billie (Dean), a prosperous young woman crook who lives apart from the denizens of the underworld, has pulled off many robberies of the high society world with the help of her pal Shaver Michael…
poster The Bewitched House
The Bewitched House
6mn - Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
A group of travellers go into a house for protection. Little do they know, it is filled with ghosts who make unusual things happen to them.
poster Wandering Papas
Wandering Papas
20mn - Comedy
A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into cont…
poster Drake of England
Drake of England
(3.4/5)
104mn - Action, Drama
Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of En…
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