With Balboa Amusement Producing Company (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Twin Kiddies (1917)
50 min | Comedy, Drama
No one seems to understand or love Fay, the little spoiled granddaughter of William Van Loan, a hard-hearted capitalist, but the old family butler, who tells her fairy stories. In Powhatan,... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Marie Osborne, Henry King, Ruth Lackaye, Daniel Gilfether
Votes: 23
2. The Lady in the Library (1917)
Drama
Mildred Vandeburg, an heiress who devotes her time to a hospital that she has built in the slums, breaks her engagement to her fiancé, T. Huntington Forbes, because Forbes is only ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar Jones | Stars: John Vosper, Vola Vale, Robert Weycross, Ella Pitts
Votes: 15
3. The Red Circle (1915)
Drama
The Red Circle is a birthmark, on the hand of the heroine, noticeable only in times of stress and excitement, which forces her to steal, leading to no end of complications and intrigue.
Director: Sherwood MacDonald | Stars: Ruth Roland, Frank Mayo, Philo McCullough, Gordon Sackville
4. St. Elmo (1914)
Drama
After a love triangle results death, St. Elmo falls from grace and is eventually redeemed in this now lost silent film based on the best selling novel by Augusta Jane Wilson.
Director: J. Gordon Edwards | Stars: William Jossey, Mollie McConnell, Madeline Pardee, Francis McDonald
5. Little Mary Sunshine (1916)
46 min | Drama
Just after Bob's fiancée breaks off their engagement, he meets young Mary, whose mother has just died, and the two of them comfort each other.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Marie Osborne, Henry King, Marguerite Nichols, Andrew Arbuckle
Votes: 52
6. Should a Wife Forgive? (1915)
50 min | Drama
Seductive vamp La Belle ( Lillian Lorraine ) sets out to steal Jack Holmes ( Henry King )away from his loving wife Mary ( Mabel Van Buren ). He foolishly spends every penny on the vamp , ... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Lillian Lorraine, Mabel Van Buren, Henry King, Lew Cody
7. Shadows and Sunshine (1916)
50 min | Drama, Comedy
Director: Henry King | Stars: Marie Osborne, Leon Pardue, Lucy Payton, Daniel Gilfether
8. Nine-Tenths of the Law (1918)
Drama
Leneau and his wife, who live in a cabin, lose their own baby early in the story. Red Adair and his partner have kidnapped Little Roughneck, who starts out alone while they are in a drunken... See full summary »
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Mitchell Lewis, Jimsy Maye, B. Reeves Eason, B. Reeves Eason Jr.
9. The Pursuit of Pleasure (1915)
Short, Drama
The daughter of a narrow-minded father marries a rich man, and she then proceeds to enjoy worldly pleasures instead of motherhood.
Director: Harry Harvey | Stars: Henry King, Ruth Roland, Daniel Gilfether
10. Sunshine and Gold (1917)
50 min | Drama
Shouts of joy and the clapping of many tiny hands welcomed the arrival of the big birthday cake. For this was Little Mary's birthday. To celebrate all Mary's little friends had been invited... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Marie Osborne, Henry King, Daniel Gilfether, Neil Hardin
11. In the Hands of the Law (1917)
50 min | Drama
Director: Ben Goetz | Stars: Lois Meredith, Henry King, Eugene Strong, Lucile Dorrington
12. Neal of the Navy (1915)
Adventure, Romance
A former Annapolis cadet is thrown out of the Naval Academy for cheating on an exam. Of course he was framed, but he must enlist in the Navy to clear himself. Meanwhile he and his ... See full summary »
Directors: William Bertram, W.M. Harvey | Stars: William Courtleigh Jr., Lillian Lorraine, William Conklin, Ed Brady
Votes: 26
13. The Locked Heart (1918)
50 min | Drama
Harry Mason is called home by wire, but when he arrives, he finds that his wife Ruth has just died in childbirth. Thoroughly shaken, Harry refuses to look at the baby, and after locking the... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Gloria Joy, Henry King, Vola Vale, Daniel Gilfether
14. Hamlet (II) (1915)
Short, Drama
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
15. The Stolen Play (1917)
Drama
Sylvia Smalley is the secretary of Charles Edmay, a distinguished blind playwright. Leroux, a producer, is eager to buy the play that Edmay has just completed, but the playwright is ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Harvey | Stars: Ruth Roland, Ed Brady, William Conklin, Lucy Blake
Votes: 18
16. Who Pays? (1915)
360 min | Drama
Who Pays? (1915) was a series of twelve three-reel dramas, released between March and July 1915. Henry King and Ruth Roland starred in each episode, playing different roles each time, with ... See full summary »
Directors: Harry Harvey, H.M. Horkheimer, Henry King | Stars: Henry King, Ruth Roland, Ed Brady, Daniel Gilfether
Votes: 33
17. The Best Man (1917)
40 min | Drama
New York businessman Arnold Hammond, who suffers from the ravages of alcoholism, places himself under the care of a skilled physician in a Nova Scotia fishing village. There he falls in ... See full summary »
Director: Bertram Bracken | Stars: William Ehfe, Gordon Sackville, J.E. Nicholson, Margaret Landis
18. Beulah (1915)
Drama
Dr. Guy Hartwell, a young and wealthy Louisiana physician, was a man of strange personality. Five years previous to the opening of the story he married and bestowed sincere love upon his ... See full summary »
Director: Bertram Bracken | Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Joyce Moore, Mae Prestell, Clifford Grey
19. The Grip of Evil (1916)
Drama
Episode 1: "Fate" This episode tells of an English nobleman banished from home because of his attachment to a girl "not of his class." He marries the girl, comes to America with her, and a ... See full summary »
Directors: W.A.S. Douglas, Harry Harvey | Stars: Jackie Saunders, Roland Bottomley, Charles Dudley, Gordon Sackville
20. In Humble Guise (1915)
30 min | Short, Drama
Grace Hunt quarrels and breaks her engagement with Hubert West. To try and forget, she goes to a summer hotel for a short stay. Helen Travis, who is working her way through college, has ... See full summary »
Director: Bertram Bracken | Stars: Henry King, Dorothy Davenport, Joe Massey, Madeline Pardee
21. The Midnight Burglar (1918)
Comedy, Drama
Marylee Depue's father, John Cromwell Depue, refuses to improve the unsanitary living conditions in his tenements, although many of the tenants have become ill. John's wife Emily, who is ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Ensminger | Stars: Gloria Joy, Neil Hardin, Ethel Ritchie, Charles Dudley
22. Thou Shalt Not (1914)
Short, Drama
Two miners, Jim Dawson and Jack Stone, on their way home after a lucky strike, are attacked by bandits. Their lives are saved by the timely arrival of Bob Cooper, another miner. Cooper ... See full summary »
Director: Will S. Davis | Stars: Stuart Holmes, Hugh Jeffrey, Harry Collier, Charles W. Travis
23. The Woman of the Sea (1915)
Drama, Short
Finding signs of life in the body of the woman cast up by the sea. Sir Arthur carries her into his home. Although she recovers, the girl, Sonia, cannot remember the circumstances which ... See full summary »
Stars: Jackie Saunders, Jack Livingston, Mollie McConnell, Fred Whitman
24. The Matrimonial Martyr (1916)
Comedy
Erma Desmond gets a job as a companion to high society's Bertie Stanley, to whom she bears a striking resemblance. While her husband Hugo has been in Europe, Bertie has fallen in love with ... See full summary »
Director: Sherwood MacDonald | Stars: Ruth Roland, Andrew Arbuckle, Marguerite Nichols, R. Henry Grey
25. Betty Be Good (1917)
Comedy, Drama
Betty, the pretty daughter of Jonathan Brownlee, a retired capitalist, is impulsive and mischievous, delighting in pranks that keep her father and the servants of the household in perpetual... See full summary »
Director: Sherwood MacDonald | Stars: Jackie Saunders, Arthur Shirley, Leslie T. Peacocke, Mollie McConnell
26. Pay Dirt (1916)
50 min | Drama
While he digs for gold day by day, "The Easterner," a young miner, gambles by night. A woman of the camps, named Moll, takes an interest in him and tries to break him of the habit that is ... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Henry King, Marguerite Nichols, Gordon Sackville, Mollie McConnell
27. Comrade John (1915)
Drama
Architect John Chance, before building a "Dream City" for a religious cult leader, Prophet Stein, visits Paris and rescues an American girl, Cynthia Grey, from riotous masqueraders at a ... See full summary »
Director: Bertram Bracken | Stars: William Elliott, Ruth Roland, Madeline Pardee, Lew Cody
28. The Test of Manhood (1914)
Short, Drama
Harry Wentworth, who is foreman of his father's ranch, is addicted to gambling and drinking. Harry, upon selling several head of cattle, uses the money for liquor. Upon returning to the ... See full summary »
Director: Bertram Bracken | Stars: Dorothy Davenport, Fred Whitman, Daniel Gilfether, Henry King
29. The Head of the House (1916)
Short, Drama, Romance
Jean Kelly, a reporter, is outside the seashore home of Lynn Morril when a burglar enters. Scenting a story, she waits. Morril surprises the burglar, notes that the man resembles him, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Frank Mayo, Lillian West, Jimsy Maye, Ruth Lackaye
30. His Old-Fashioned Dad (1917)
Drama
Emory Morton, the son of an old-fashioned country doctor, is able to attend medical school only through the sacrifices of his parents. Emory's gambling extravagances force his parents to ... See full summary »
Stars: Daniel Gilfether, Mollie McConnell, Richard Johnson, Lucy Payton
31. The Wildcat (1917)
Comedy, Drama
Bethesda Carewe is the spoiled daughter of wealthy indulgent parents. When Mr. Carewe loses his fortune, he plans to replenish his bank accounts by marrying his daughter to the rich ... See full summary »
Director: Sherwood MacDonald | Stars: Jackie Saunders, Daniel Gilfether, Mollie McConnell, Arthur Shirley
33. Who Knows? (1916)
Short, Drama
Gilbert, an elderly man and gambling partner of Dick, is startled by a shot in the next room. He rushes in to find Dick standing over the body of a man whom he has just shot and killed ... See full summary »
Stars: Henry King, Daniel Gilfether
34. Told at Twilight (1917)
50 min | Drama
A child, Mary Sunshine, filled with a desire to play with other youngsters, was forbidden to do so by her mother. But one day Piggy, a young negro child, appeared over the top of the fence ... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Marie Osborne, Daniel Gilfether, Beatrice Van, Henry King
35. The Inspirations of Harry Larrabee (1917)
53 min | Mystery
Harry Larrabee, a young playwright, lives in the same studio apartment house with Carolyn Vaughn, a painter of miniatures, with whom he falls in love. "The Wolf," a famous criminal, ... See full summary »
Director: Bertram Bracken | Stars: Clifford Grey, Margaret Landis, Winifred Greenwood, Frank Brownlee
36. The Neglected Wife (1917)
300 min | Drama, Romance
Episode 1: "The Woman Alone" Horace Kennedy, a successful lawyer, is drifting from his attentive and loyal wife, Mary, for no apparent reason, save that she is fading and he is losing ... See full summary »
Director: William Bertram | Stars: Ruth Roland, Roland Bottomley, Corinne Grant, Neil Hardin
37. Zollenstein (1917)
Drama
Through negotiations with the neighboring monarch, the King of Zollenstein arranges for his son to marry the Princess of Saxonia, but later discovers that the prince already has wed Lady ... See full summary »
Director: Edgar Jones | Stars: Daniel Gilfether, Monroe Salisbury, Vola Vale, William Elder
38. A Gentleman's Agreement (1915)
Short, Drama
Ruth Nolan, employed in a broker's office, is the sole support of her aged mother. Resenting her employer's advances she is discharged. In an exhausted condition, brought on by bodily ... See full summary »
Stars: Edith Reeves, William Lampe, Joyce Moore, Thomas Allen Rector
40. Called Back (III) (1914)
Short, Drama
Director: Henry Otto | Stars: Henry King, Belle Bennett, Gypsy Abbott, Lucille Young
41. The Mainspring (1917)
40 min | Short, Western
Ned Gillett's father, head of a big trust company, kills himself when it is discovered that be has embezzled, and Ned, convinced that Francis Hardor, his sweetheart, would not marry the son... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Henry King, Ethel Pepperell, Robert Ensminger, Charles Blaisdell
42. The Path of Sorrow (1913)
Short
Philip Norton's life is saddened by the homecoming of his daughter Laura, a vain widow who thinks more of dress and clothes than she does of her ten-year-old son, Frank. His anguish is ... See full summary »
Director: Bertram Bracken | Stars: Henry King, Madeline Pardee, Henry Stanley, Fred Whitman
43. Miss Mischief Maker (1918)
Comedy
Little Sallie O'Brien, who sells newspapers on the city streets, is adopted by Bridget Cassidy, the landlady, when her mother dies. Mrs. Cassidy treats the child cruelly, but soon the ... See full summary »
Director: Sherwood MacDonald | Stars: Gloria Joy, Nell Saalman, Ruth Lackaye, Edward Jobson
44. The Broken Promise (1916)
30 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Aleda Shannon, a child of nature, full of life and talent for classic dances, dances in her garden to the music from the birds. Roland Felder, her sweetheart, and her parents oppose the ... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Drew, George Larkin, Joyce Moore, Henry Stanley
45. The Maid of the Wild (1915)
41 min | Short
James Sterling, wealthy bachelor, is told by his doctor that he must go up into the mountains if he would recover the health lost in his midnight parties. He goes, leaving behind Clarice ... See full summary »
Director: Sherwood MacDonald | Stars: Henry King, Marguerite Nichols, Gordon Sackville, Marie Osborne
46. Vengeance of the Dead (1917)
40 min | Short, Drama
Director: Henry King | Stars: Henry King, Lillian West, Philo McCullough, Edward Peters
48. An Eye for an Eye (1915)
Drama
Elsie and her sister live on a ranch with their father, Robert Duncan, a wealthy city man, comes to stay at their house while on a hunting trip. He becomes infatuated with Elsie's sister ... See full summary »
Director: William Desmond Taylor | Stars: Neva Gerber, William Desmond Taylor, Harriet Janson, William Wolbert
49. The Power of Evil (1916)
60 min | Drama
Stuart Merwin, who is heir to the Stuart millions, loves Laurine Manners, who has been introduced to society at the home of Mrs. Willie Clowes, a widow of decidedly energetic temperament. ... See full summary »
Directors: E.D. Horkheimer, H.M. Horkheimer | Stars: Henry King, Marguerite Nichols, Lillian West, Frank Erlanger
50. The Love Liar (1915)
Short, Drama
Born with the proverbial silver spoon in her mouth, reared in the even more proverbial lap of luxury, the lady didn't know what it meant to make ends meet. Her ends had always luxuriously ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Harvey | Stars: Henry King, Ruth Roland, Daniel Gilfether, Frank Mayo