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1. A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)
Not Rated | 16 min | Drama, Short
The children set a trap for Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, knowing he has to come through the window because their estate has no chimney. Their father, who abandoned them and his wife before... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Marion Leonard, Gladys Egan, John Tansey
Votes: 403
2. The Seventh Day (1909)
8 min | Short, Drama
A neglectful woman wants custody of her children in her divorce. The judge rules that he will give her the children only if she can demonstrate her children's love for her within a week.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: James Kirkwood, Rose King, Gladys Egan, John Tansey
Votes: 22
3. Comics Watching Comics (2015– )
Short, Comedy, Reality-TV
Intermediate comics perform their sets which are viewed by a panel of more tenured comics. The panel selects a winner to perform at the live showcase. The home audience plays along by ... See full summary »
Stars: Kevin Gootee, Jeffrey Gurian, Geno Bisconte, Sean Lynch
Votes: 8
4. Knights of the Square Table (1917)
40 min | Short, Drama
A troop of Boy Scouts meet a gang of young boys who start a fist fight. The Boy Scouts win and the gang decides they are not so bad after all and join up.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Paul Kelly, Yale Boss, Tom Blake, James A. Wilder
5. The Red Man and the Child (1908)
14 min | Short, Action, Western
Alongside of a beautiful mountain stream in the foothills of Colorado there camped a Sioux Indian, who besides being a magnificent type of the aboriginal American, is a most noble creature,... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Charles Inslee, John Tansey, Linda Arvidson, George Gebhardt
Votes: 28
6. Love's Old Sweet Song (1923)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Things look very bleak for Mrs. Marshall, an invalid whose ownership of a marble quarry depends on the delivery of a certain order to a cathedral. The shipment is ready and awaits only a ... See full summary »
Directors: J. Searle Dawley, O.A.C. Lund | Stars: Louis Wolheim, Helen Weir, Donald Gallaher, Helen Lowell
7. And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1909)
4 min | Short, Drama
The house divided against itself has been united by the child, as was the case in this story. The dentil of the first horn, at the age of two, left the couple almost inconsolable, and the ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Marion Leonard, Arthur V. Johnson, Adele DeGarde, David Miles
Votes: 70
8. Little Miss Hoover (1918)
Not Rated | 67 min | Comedy, Romance
During World War I, Washington, D.C. society girl Nancy Craddock decides to enlist in the Food Administration on the theory that "eggs will win the war."
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Marguerite Clark, Alfred Hickman, Eugene O'Brien, Forrest Robinson
Votes: 37
9. The New South (1916)
50 min | Drama
Captain Ford, U.S.A., is sent down south to trail a gang of moonshiners. Jefferson Gwynne, a lovable but rather hot-headed young southerner, believes Ford is aiding the negroes in their ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Thornby | Stars: John Tansey, Carlyle Blackwell, Herbert Barrington, Stanhope Wheatcroft
10. Mine Your Business! (1927)
Not Rated | 20 min | Comedy, Western, Short
A white man disguises himself as a black man in order to get a job in the city shining shoes. He later travels out west, and gets mixed up with a gold mine and claim-jumpers.
Director: John Tansey | Stars: Fred Parker, Teddy Reavis, George Tyron, Bob Harrington
Votes: 18
11. Silent Sentinel (1929)
50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The president of a trust company frames his cashiers for his theft of funds so that he can also collect from the bonding companies. Bob Benton (Gareth Hughes), an assistant cashier, aids ... See full summary »
Director: Alan James | Stars: Champion the Dog, Gareth Hughes, Josephine Hill, Walter Maly
12. In Life's Cycle (1910)
17 min | Short, Drama
James Mullen, living in retirement at his country villa since the death of his wife, finds consolation in the love of his two children. Clara and Vincent, aged ten and twelve years ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Nichols, Stephanie Longfellow, Henry B. Walthall, Charles West
Votes: 33
13. The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910)
17 min | Drama, Short
In a quaint fishing village we see the childhood sweethearts, Bill and Mary, a boy and girl of about ten or eleven years. Constant companions, they hold for each other a regard beyond their... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Henry B. Walthall, Edward Dillon, Gladys Egan
Votes: 34
14. The Galloping Kid (1932)
55 min | Western
A cowboy comes to the aid of a young woman and her brother being terrorized by outlaws who keep raiding their ranch searching for a mysterious map.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Robert Emmett Tansey, Billy O'Brien, Karla Cowan, Fred Parker
15. The Brass Check (1918)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
Henry Everett is confined to an insane asylum when he refuses to sacrifice his invention to a powerful rubber trust. Richard Trevor, the son of trust magnate Silas Trevor, becomes involved ... See full summary »
Director: Will S. Davis | Stars: Francis X. Bushman, Beverly Bayne, Augustus Phillips, Frank Currier
16. The Lady of Dreams (1915)
Short, Drama, Romance
One delightful hour in the company of a girl with ravishingly beautiful eyes, an exquisite voice, and the charm of Circe--this was the memory that kept returning to Wallace long after the ... See full summary »
Director: George Morrissey | Stars: Irene Howley, John Tansey, Kate Bruce, Arthur Mackley
17. Riders of the Rio (1931)
Western
Two ranchers are rivals not only over cattle but also over a beautiful young Mexican girl.
Director: Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Lane Chandler, Karla Cowan, Sheldon Lewis, Bob Card
18. Wild and Wooly (1924)
Short, Comedy
Jackie is a scamp with an exasperated father, overprotective mother, and wild imagination. He dreams of being a cowboy, after reading "Wild West" pulp magazine.
Director: John Tansey | Star: Jackie Dailey
19. The Big Stunt (1925)
Passed | Western
Director: Charles R. Seeling | Stars: Wolfheart the Dog, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Kathleen Collins, S.J. Bingham
20. Romance of the West (1930)
Passed | 55 min | Western
Chasing the man who had caused the death of his sister, Jack Walsh rescues Mary Winters from the unwanted attentions of a drunk, and learns that she has been lured to Mexico by the false ... See full summary »
Directors: John Tansey, Robert Emmett Tansey | Stars: Jack Perrin, Edna Marion, Tom London, Henry Roquemore
21. Trouping with Ellen (1924)
70 min | Comedy, Romance
After visiting her mother for Sunday dinner, Ellen Llewellyn, a chorus girl, is late for the rehearsal of a Boston musical, but she is spared the wrath of the stage manager when the ... See full summary »
Director: T. Hayes Hunter | Stars: Helene Chadwick, Mary Thurman, Gaston Glass, Basil Rathbone
22. The Gold Seekers (1910)
11 min | Short, Drama
The maxim, "'Tis darkest just before dawn," was certainly verified in the case of the despairing prospector who is the subject of this Biograph story. All his searching for the coveted ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Florence Barker, Dell Henderson, Linda Arvidson
Votes: 44
23. The Sky Rider (1928)
50 min | Drama
Director: Alan James | Stars: Champion the Dog, Gareth Hughes, Josephine Hill, J.P. Lockney
24. Have a Heart (1928)
Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Comedy
In this lively late silent two-reeler, blundering blowhard Jimmy is "always looking for work; someday he'll find it, then he'll have to quit." But meanwhile he applies for a job at a ... See full summary »
Stars: Jimmy Aubrey, Bud Duncan, Fred Parker, Leo Sulky
Votes: 16
25. Barnaby Lee (1917)
Drama, History
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: John Tansey, Samuel N. Niblack, Hugh Thompson, Charles Michael Edwards
26. The Heart of a Girl (1918)
50 min | Drama
In Washington, D.C., Betty Lansing renews her acquaintance with young Congressman Brandon Kent and a romance blossoms. Betty and her mother conduct whist games at their home, the proceeds ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Barbara Castleton, Irving Cummings, Charles Wellesley, Kate Lester
28. The Fatal Hour (1908)
14 min | Short, Crime
Pong Lee, a Mephistophelian, saffron-skinned varlet, has for some time carried on this atrocious female white slave traffic, in which sinister business he was assisted by a stygian whelp, ... See full summary »
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: George Gebhardt, Harry Solter, Linda Arvidson, Florence Auer
Votes: 89
29. Black Fear (1915)
50 min | Drama
A story about the affects of cocaine on the lives of a family.
Director: John W. Noble | Stars: Grace Elliston, Grace Valentine, Edward Brennan, Paul Everton
30.
Comics Watching Comics (2015– )
Episode:
Episode #6.7
(2018)
Short, Comedy, Reality-TV
John Tansey is a showtime fan that loves to sing through his act and Anish Mitra talks about going to his college reunion. And Carole Montgomery shares her defining moment in comedy.
Director: Kevin Gootee | Stars: Kevin Gootee, Gina Brillon, Carole Montgomery, Jason Scoop