Sidney Olcott Movies

  • 1911
    Rory O'More

    Rory O'More

    Rory O'More

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    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
  • 1925
    The Charmer

    The Charmer

    The Charmer

    01925HD

    A wild dancer in a cheap Seville cafe, Mariposa is taken to New York by Señor Sprott, a prominent theatrical producer. Billed as "The...

    The Charmer
  • 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
  • 1915
    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

    01915HD

    Mary Randall, who has just lost her job, is taking care of her widowed mother. Mary learns that her late uncle has left her part of his estate. She...

    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
  • 1916
    The Smugglers

    The Smugglers

    The Smugglers

    51916HD

    While honeymooning in Paris, wealthy John Battleby Watts is persuaded to purchase a $20,000 necklace for his capricious young wife. When the jeweler...

    The Smugglers
  • 1923
    The Green Goddess

    The Green Goddess

    The Green Goddess

    51923HD

    The Green Goddess is a 1923 American silent adventure film based on the play The Green Goddess by William Archer. Set during the British Raj, it...

    The Green Goddess
  • 1910
    Her Indian Mother

    Her Indian Mother

    Her Indian Mother

    101910HD

    The scenes are laid in the Hudson Bay country in comparatively recent years and cover the life of a Hudson Bay factor, showing him as a young man...

    Her Indian Mother
  • 1912
    His Mother

    His Mother

    His Mother

    41912HD

    An Irish mother uses her life savings to pay for her son, a talented musician, to study in America.

    His Mother
  • 1921
    The Right Way

    The Right Way

    The Right Way

    01921HD

    Two young boys get in trouble with the law and wind up in prison. One, who was raised in poverty in the slums, goes to a reformatory and picks up...

    The Right Way
  • 1924
    The Humming Bird

    The Humming Bird

    The Humming Bird

    61924HD

    A pickpocket falls in love with a newspaperman. When he is sent off to war and she disguises herself as a boy, joins a gang and sets out to save him.

    The Humming Bird
  • 1911
    By a Woman's Wit

    By a Woman's Wit

    By a Woman's Wit

    6.51911HD

    Captain Jasper, a Union officer, is sent on a secret service mission to the Confederate headquarters. Safe through the lines Captain Jasper,...

    By a Woman's Wit
  • 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
  • 1911
    A Sawmill Hero

    A Sawmill Hero

    A Sawmill Hero

    01911HD

    Jim Hemminway went to college, but did not make good. He had a fine time, but flunked in his studies. His father, displeased with Jim's college...

    A Sawmill Hero
  • 1912
    The Darling of the CSA

    The Darling of the CSA

    The Darling of the CSA

    41912HD

    Anna Q. Nilsson is the title character, Agnes Lane, a daring spy for the South during the Civil War. She delivers an important message regarding an...

    The Darling of the CSA
  • 1916
    Diplomacy

    Diplomacy

    Diplomacy

    01916HD

    The story takes place in Monte Carlo, where the impoverished Julian proposes marriage to the wealthy Dora, only to be turned down by the girl's...

    Diplomacy
  • 1925
    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

    01925HD

    Against the backdrop of New York City of the early 1850s, a young woman -- naively seeking to win the love she reads about in the romance novels she...

    Not So Long Ago
  • 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
    When the Dead Return

    When the Dead Return

    When the Dead Return

    01911HD

    acques and Antoine are both in love with the same girl, but Jacques proves the winner and marries Marcele. Three years after the wedding an accident...

    When the Dead Return
  • 1912
    An Arabian Tragedy

    An Arabian Tragedy

    An Arabian Tragedy

    01912HD

    Ayub Kashif becomes embittered toward his wife, Fatima, because their union has been childless. He eventually determines to divorce Fatima and free...

    An Arabian Tragedy
  • 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