Sidney Olcott Movies

  • 1925
    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

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    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
    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

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    Union raiders infiltrate Confederate territory by train. Early film version of the Civil War incident on which Buster Keaton's The General and...

    Railroad Raiders of '62
  • 1912
    His Mother

    His Mother

    His Mother

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

    His Mother
  • 1915
    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

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    The story of a Japanese woman and the tragedy that ensues when she loves an American naval officer.

    Madame Butterfly
  • 1913
    Lady Peggy’s Escape

    Lady Peggy’s Escape

    Lady Peggy’s Escape

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    A group of English Soldiers take the Home of the Fitzgeralds from its rightful owners, and force the daughter Peggy to stay and entertain them. A...

    Lady Peggy’s Escape
  • 1912
    Tragedy of the Desert

    Tragedy of the Desert

    Tragedy of the Desert

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    An English doctor based in Egypt finds his wife in the arms of a local diplomat, and in a madness-induced frenzy departs for the desert. After being...

    Tragedy of the Desert
  • 1915
    The Moth and the Flame

    The Moth and the Flame

    The Moth and the Flame

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    A bride who discovers during her wedding ceremony that her husband-to-be has fathered a child out of wedlock with another woman.

    The Moth and the Flame
  • 1910
    The Little Spreewald Maiden

    The Little Spreewald Maiden

    The Little Spreewald Maiden

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    Two American ladies touring through Germany happen on this little Spreewald girl and offer her a job in America.

    The Little Spreewald Maiden
  • 1912
    Ireland, the Oppressed

    Ireland, the Oppressed

    Ireland, the Oppressed

    01912HD

    The story of the Emerald Isle years ago. Showing the struggle against poverty, evictions by hard-hearted landlords, hill fighting and the final...

    Ireland, the Oppressed
  • 1912
    The Little Gluers

    The Little Gluers

    The Little Gluers

    01912HD

    The Kerry Gow is a 1912 short

    The Little Gluers
  • 1912
    A Prisoner of the Harem

    A Prisoner of the Harem

    A Prisoner of the Harem

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    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
  • 1915
    Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr

    Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr

    Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr

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    This play is enacted during the stormy days when Robert Emmett tried vainly to free Ireland. Con Daly loves Nora Doyle, who lives with her mother in...

    Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
  • 1916
    The Innocent Lie

    The Innocent Lie

    The Innocent Lie

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    Nora O'Brien leaves Ireland to visit her brother in America. On the trip she suffers a concussion, and soon is mistaken for another Irish girl named...

    The Innocent Lie
  • 1915
    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

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    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
  • 1911
    The Little Soldier of ’64

    The Little Soldier of ’64

    The Little Soldier of ’64

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    The Little Soldier of ’64
  • 1910
    The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy

    The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy

    The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy

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    The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy
  • 1909
    A Slave to Drink

    A Slave to Drink

    A Slave to Drink

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    Illustrates a man's struggle to overcome an inherited love for drink. Although yet a young man, the enemy of his family had already sunk its claws...

    A Slave to Drink
  • 1925
    Salome of the Tenements

    Salome of the Tenements

    Salome of the Tenements

    01925HD

    A young East Side Jewish reporter gets into a sticky situation when she finds that her new beau is indicting a banker she owes money to.

    Salome of the Tenements
  • 1911
    By a Woman's Wit

    By a Woman's Wit

    By a Woman's Wit

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    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

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    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