With Vitagraph Company of America (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Aunty's Romance (1912)
13 min | Short, Drama
In honor bound, Stephen Fiske, Jr., son of a supposed millionaire, tells Doris Myhtle, his fiancée, that the death of his father has revealed that he has died penniless and left him a poor ... See full summary »
Director: George D. Baker | Stars: Maurice Costello, Florence Turner, Mary Maurice, Harry T. Morey
Votes: 24
2. Lincoln, the Lover (1914)
10 min | Short, Biography, Romance
Returning from his inauguration, Lincoln, with the sounds of the acclaim of the populace still in his ears, and realizing in a moment of loneliness the emptiness of his life, dreams of Ann ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Ralph Ince, Anita Stewart, E.K. Lincoln, Logan Paul
Votes: 11
3. Gertie the Dinosaur (1913)
Not Rated | 12 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The cartoonist, Winsor McCay, brings the Dinosaurs back to life in the figure of his latest creation, Gertie the Dinosaur.
Director: Winsor McCay | Stars: Winsor McCay, George McManus, Roy L. McCardell, Thomas A. 'Tad' Dorgan
Votes: 3,331
4. A Florida Enchantment (1914)
Unrated | 63 min | Comedy
A young woman discovers a seed that can make women act like men and men act like women. She decides to take one, then slips one to her maid and another to her fiancé. The fun begins.
Director: Sidney Drew | Stars: Sidney Drew, Edith Storey, Charles Kent, Mrs. Sidney Drew
Votes: 252
5. As You Like It (1912)
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
Directors: J. Stuart Blackton, Charles Kent, James Young | Stars: Maurice Costello, Rose Coghlan, Rosemary Theby, Rose Tapley
Votes: 20
6. From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
TV-PG | 71 min | Biography, Drama
An account of the life of Jesus Christ according to the New Testament, told as a series of tableaus interspersed with Bible verses.
Director: Sidney Olcott | Stars: R. Henderson Bland, Percy Dyer, Gene Gauntier, Alice Hollister
Votes: 590
7. Captain Blood (1924)
110 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Peter Blood, a young Irish physician, treats a rebel soldier wounded in battle, and he is arrested, tried for treason and sent into slavery to Barbados. He and his friend Jeremy are bought ... See full summary »
Directors: David Smith, Albert E. Smith | Stars: J. Warren Kerrigan, Jean Paige, Charlotte Merriam, James Morrison
Votes: 67 | Gross: $0.21M
8. The Light in the Dark (1922)
33 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Poor Bessie MacGregor is struck by the automobile of wealthy Mrs. Templeton Orrin and is taken home to live with her. But Bessie leaves when Mrs. Orrin's brother, J. Warburton Ashe, trifles... See full summary »
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Hope Hampton, E.K. Lincoln, Lon Chaney, Theresa Maxwell Conover
Votes: 162
9. The Humpty Dumpty Circus (1898)
Animation, Short, Comedy
A reel of mirth-provoking stunts that will draw the pennies from the children, but which is of much interest to young and old alike. It opens with a crowd of children leaving school and ... See full summary »
Directors: J. Stuart Blackton, Albert E. Smith
Votes: 52
10. Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics (1911)
Not Rated | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Cartoon figures announce, via comic strip balloons, that they will move - and move they do, in a wildly exaggerated style.
Directors: Winsor McCay, J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Winsor McCay, John Bunny, Maurice Costello, George McManus
Votes: 1,679
11. A Tale of Two Cities (1911)
30 min | Short, Drama, History
A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.
Director: William Humphrey | Stars: Maurice Costello, Florence Turner, Charles Kent, Leo Delaney
Votes: 116
12. The Haunted Hotel (1907)
5 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
On a dark and stormy night, a traveler takes a room at a spooky hotel in the forest. As soon as the proprietor leaves, the room comes alive with ghosts and poltergeists who torment the man as he tries to unpack, eat, and go to sleep.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Paul Panzer, William V. Ranous
Votes: 409
13. Dew Drop Inn (1919)
Comedy, Short
Director: Larry Semon | Stars: Larry Semon, Lucille Carlisle, Frank Alexander, Frank Hayes
Votes: 18
14. Uncle Tom's Cabin (I) (1910)
42 min | Short, Drama
PART I. The incidents of this story are some of those preceding and lending up to the Civil War in 1861 and the Declaration of Emancipation. The central figure in the drama is Uncle Tom, a ... See full synopsis »
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Florence Turner, Mary Fuller, Edwin R. Phillips, Flora Finch
Votes: 27
15. Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906)
3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A cartoonist draws faces and figures on a blackboard - and they come to life.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Star: J. Stuart Blackton
Votes: 1,273
16. A Vitagraph Romance (1912)
14 min | Short, Drama
"Senator Carter's daughter leaves home and enters the employ of the Vitagraph Company as an actress. After waiting wistfully for her return, Senator Carter passes a theatre one day and sees... See full summary »
Director: James Young | Stars: James Morrison, Clara Kimball Young, Edward Kimball, Flora Finch
Votes: 29
17. The Skylight Room (1917)
Drama
Elsie Leeson comes to Mrs. Parker's rooming house and takes its cheapest corner, the Skylight Room. She finds copying to do, and occasionally in the evening sits on the front steps with the... See full summary »
Director: Martin Justice | Stars: Jean Paige, Carlton S. King, Grace Ashley, Neil Spencer
18. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1905)
Short, Crime, Drama
The millionaire's child is kidnapped. Sherlock Holmes after many thrilling adventures and narrow escapes rescues the child.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, H. Kyrle Bellew, Paul Panzer, J. Barney Sherry
Votes: 51
19. Huns and Hyphens (1918)
Not Rated | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Larry, apparently a wealthy young man-about-town, romances Vera, who has developed a new invention, a gas mask, for use in the war. Larry leaves Vera's house unaware that German spies are ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Semon | Stars: Stan Laurel, Larry Semon, Madge Kirby, Mae Laurel
Votes: 87
20. The Life of Moses (1909)
50 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The persecution of the children of Israel by the Egyptians. Now there arose up a new king in Egypt. And he said unto his people. Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and ... See full synopsis »
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Pat Hartigan, Julia Arthur, William Humphrey, Charles Kent
Votes: 58
21. Over the Top (1918)
Drama, War
After the sinking of the Lusitania, American James Garrison "Garry" Owen joins the British army and fights gallantly until he is wounded and subsequently discharged. Recuperating in New ... See full summary »
Director: Wilfrid North | Stars: Arthur Guy Empey, Lois Meredith, James Morrison, Arthur Donaldson
Votes: 19
22. Lost on Dress Parade (1918)
Short, Comedy, Drama
Towers Chandler saves a little out of his weekly pay from an architect's office and uses it to have a night on the town every few weeks. On one outing he meets a shop girl. When he boasts ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Justice | Stars: Patsy De Forest, Evart Overton
23. No Tickee, No Washee (1915)
Short, Comedy
Mike Callahan has but one collar, and that soiled, to attend the annual outing of the Bricklayers' Union with, so he sends it to Wing Lee, the Chinaman's, to have it done up in a rush. The ... See full summary »
Director: Edmond F. Stratton | Stars: William Shea, Kate Price, Johnny Cahill
24. Springtime à la Carte (1918)
Short, Drama
Sarah Oakley, a city stenographer, and Walter Franklin, a rustic youth, are madly in love. Their wedding day has been set for the following spring. Walter, back on the farm, dreams of the ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth S. Webb | Stars: Edward Earle, Agnes Ayres
25. How a Mosquito Operates (1912)
Not Rated | 6 min | Animation, Short, Thriller
A hungry mosquito spots and follows a man on his way home. The mosquito slips into the room where the man is sleeping, and gets ready for a meal. His first attempts startle the man and wake him up, but the mosquito is very persistent.
Director: Winsor McCay
Votes: 1,212
26. Britton of the Seventh (1916)
Drama, History
In 1876, Lt. Tony Britton of the 7th Cavalry is in love with pretty young Barbara Manning, but the wife of his superior, Capt. Granson, is in love with him and begs him to run away with her... See full summary »
Director: Lionel Belmore | Stars: Darwin Karr, Charles Kent, Bobby Connelly, Eleanor Woodruff
27. Rip Van Winkle (I) (1912)
Short, Drama
Rip Van Winkle, a lazy American man, wanders off one day with his dog Wolf into the Kaatskill mountains where he runs into an odd group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks some of ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Kent | Stars: Robert McWade Sr., Rose Tapley, Helene Costello, Dorothy Kelly
28. My Official Wife (1914)
Drama
Helene Marie, on the run from the Russian police in St. Petersburg, plots to kill the Czar.
Director: James Young | Stars: Clara Kimball Young, Harry T. Morey, Earle Williams, L. Rogers Lytton
Votes: 33
29. Leah the Forsaken (1908)
Short, Drama
Leah, a Jewess, with several of her people, are observed in conversation, as a number of Christians come suddenly upon them, stone and drive them away. At the parish church the worshipers ... See full summary »
Director: Van Dyke Brooke | Stars: Maurice Costello, Mary Fuller
30. The Little Minister (1922)
60 min | Drama
A Lord's fiancée poses as a gypsy and falls in love with the new minister.
Director: David Smith | Stars: Alice Calhoun, James Morrison, Henry Hebert, Alberta Lee
31. Napoleon and the Empress Josephine (1909)
13 min | Drama, Short
Scene 1. The Prophecy: Josephine, while walking in the gardens on the island of Martinique, is told that "she will be more than Queen and yet outlive her dignity." Scene 2. Napoleon Meets ... See full summary »
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: William Humphrey, Julia Swayne Gordon
Votes: 21
32. The Redemption of Red Rube (1912)
14 min | Drama, Short
Hurriedly making preparations to go in pursuit of "Red Rube," the outlaw, who has broken jail, Sheriff Sanders is accosted by "Spotted Snake," an Indian from the reservation, who enters his... See full summary »
Director: Rollin S. Sturgeon | Stars: Robert Thornby, George Stanley, Anne Schaefer, Eagle Eye
Votes: 20
33. The Enchanted Barn (1919)
Passed | Drama, Romance
The Hollisters, a bright, spirited, wholesome family, are compelled to move into the country. After many efforts to secure a home, Shirley, eldest of the Hollisters, contrives a way out by ... See full summary »
Director: David Smith | Stars: Bessie Love, J. Frank Glendon, Joseph Singleton, William T. Horne
34. We Must Do Our Best (1909)
10 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Van Dyke Brooke | Stars: Kenneth Casey, Moe Howard
Votes: 38
35. The Chicken Inspector (1914)
10 min | Comedy, Short
He is the talk of Jimpsonville, a typical village cut-up, and his name is Willy Wildwave. He visits New York dressed in loud college style. A street fakir talks him into buying a "Chicken ... See full summary »
Directors: Wilfrid North, Wally Van | Stars: Wally Van, Flora Finch, Hughie Mack, Frank Mason
36. The Cavalier's Dream (1898)
1 min | Short, Horror
"He sits asleep at a bare table; old witch enters, raps three times, then disappears; cavalier sees table spread for a sumptuous repast. Mephistopheles appears; then the old witch, who ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin S. Porter
Votes: 170
37. She Cried (1912)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Mame is not very handsome, but she has an accomplishment that stands her in good stead. She can cry most effectively. She applies for a position in a box factory, and when she learns there ... See full summary »
Director: Albert W. Hale | Stars: Florence Turner, Edwin R. Phillips, Charles Eldridge, Harry T. Morey
Votes: 28
38. The Little Minister (1913)
Short, Drama, Romance
Part One. To start a little in advance of our story, Lord Rintoul, of the English nobility, finds a little Gypsy girl three years old, who had been deserted by her parents. Fifteen years ... See full summary »
Director: James Young | Stars: Clara Kimball Young, James Young, Mrs. E.M. Kimball, Robert Gaillard
39. Jean the Match-Maker (1910)
13 min | Short, Comedy
Bent on having a summer's vacation, two working girls hire a tent and pitch their camp on the shore of a beautiful lake amid rural and quiet surroundings. As fate would have it, two farmer ... See full summary »
Director: Laurence Trimble | Stars: Florence Turner, Charles Kent, Jean
Votes: 31
40. Pampered Youth (1925)
70 min | Drama
Director: David Smith | Stars: Cullen Landis, Ben Alexander, Allan Forrest, Alice Calhoun
Votes: 32
41. Romeo and Juliet (I) (1908)
Short, Drama, Romance
Two feuding houses are united with the marriage and eventual death of their children.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Paul Panzer, Florence Lawrence, John G. Adolfi, Josephine Atkinson
Votes: 59
42. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1912)
Short, History
On the battlefield of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln dedicated the ground upon which was fought, July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1863, the bloodiest conflict and the... See full summary »
Directors: J. Stuart Blackton, James Young | Stars: Ralph Ince, Tefft Johnson, James Young, Clara Kimball Young
Votes: 21
43. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
12 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
In ancient Athens, four young lovers escape into the woods. Meanwhile, tradesmen rehearse a play. All of them suffer from the shenanigans of mischievous fairies.
Directors: Charles Kent, J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Walter Ackerman, Charles Chapman, Dolores Costello, Helene Costello
Votes: 337
44. The Tired, Absent-Minded Man (1911)
Short, Comedy
"The Tired. Absent-Minded Man" makes up his mind to get married, forgets to propose to the girl he had in mind, and who is already engaged to another, very much to the surprise of the ... See full summary »
Stars: John Bunny, Edith Storey, Lillian Walker
45. Anselo Lee (1915)
Drama
Old Mrs. Lee, a famous witch and fortuneteller of the gypsy tribes, has a son, Anselo, a strapping, handsome fellow. Gertrude, daughter of wealthy Mrs. Carlton, visits the gypsy camp with a... See full summary »
Director: Harry Handworth | Stars: Antonio Moreno, Naomi Childers, Donald Hall, Frankie Mann
46. Who Goes There? (1917)
Drama
During World War I, Kervyn Guild, an American citizen who was born in Belgium, is captured with other Belgian refugees by the Germans. Brought before the commanding officer, General Von ... See full summary »
Director: William P.S. Earle | Stars: Harry T. Morey, Corinne Griffith, Arthur Donaldson, Mary Maurice
47. Macbeth (1908)
9 min | Short, Drama
Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: William V. Ranous, Louise Carver, Paul Panzer, Charles Kent
Votes: 19
48. The Swan Girl (1913)
Short, Drama, Romance
A wealthy young fellow during vacation becomes infatuated with a poor country girl. He is introduced to her father, whom he discovers is an inventor. For the sake of the girl he invests a ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Anita Stewart, E.K. Lincoln, Charles Kent, Harry T. Morey
49. Perils of Thunder Mountain (1919)
Action, Adventure
Directors: Robert N. Bradbury, W.J. Burman | Stars: Antonio Moreno, Carol Holloway, Kate Price, Jack Waltemeyer
Votes: 21
50. The Love Bandit (1924)
60 min | Western
Director: Dell Henderson | Stars: Doris Kenyon, Victor Sutherland, Cecil Spooner, Lorenza Valentine