Sidney Olcott Movies
- 1925
Not So Long Ago
Not So Long Ago01925HD
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...
- 1911
Railroad Raiders of '62
Railroad Raiders of '6251911HD
Union raiders infiltrate Confederate territory by train. Early film version of the Civil War incident on which Buster Keaton's The General and...
- 1912
His Mother
His Mother41912HD
An Irish mother uses her life savings to pay for her son, a talented musician, to study in America.
- 1915
Madame Butterfly
Madame Butterfly4.51915HD
The story of a Japanese woman and the tragedy that ensues when she loves an American naval officer.
- 1913
Lady Peggy’s Escape
Lady Peggy’s Escape01913HD
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...
- 1912
Tragedy of the Desert
Tragedy of the Desert01912HD
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...
- 1915
The Moth and the Flame
The Moth and the Flame01915HD
A bride who discovers during her wedding ceremony that her husband-to-be has fathered a child out of wedlock with another woman.
- 1910
The Little Spreewald Maiden
The Little Spreewald Maiden01910HD
Two American ladies touring through Germany happen on this little Spreewald girl and offer her a job in America.
- 1912
Ireland, the Oppressed
Ireland, the Oppressed01912HD
The story of the Emerald Isle years ago. Showing the struggle against poverty, evictions by hard-hearted landlords, hill fighting and the final...
- 1912
The Little Gluers
The Little Gluers01912HD
The Kerry Gow is a 1912 short
- 1912
A Prisoner of the Harem
A Prisoner of the Harem01912HD
Alice Durand, after weeks of discouragement, reads the following advertisement in the New York Herald: "Governess wanted. Young American woman, well...
- 1915
Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr51915HD
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...
- 1916
The Innocent Lie
The Innocent Lie01916HD
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...
- 1915
The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
The Ghost of Twisted Oaks01915HD
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...
- 1911
The Little Soldier of ’64
The Little Soldier of ’6401911HD
- 1910
The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy
The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy01910HD
- 1909
A Slave to Drink
A Slave to Drink01909HD
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...
- 1925
Salome of the Tenements
Salome of the Tenements01925HD
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.
- 1911
By a Woman's Wit
By a Woman's Wit6.51911HD
Captain Jasper, a Union officer, is sent on a secret service mission to the Confederate headquarters. Safe through the lines Captain Jasper,...
- 1910
The Navajo's Bride
The Navajo's Bride41910HD
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...