Jack Connolly

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The Egg Crate Wallop

Sep 28, 1919

The Egg Crate Wallop

1919 50 min 1 vues

Assistant to freight express agent Dave Haskell in the town of Pitt's Junction, Jim Kelly develops strong biceps lifting egg crates onto the daily train. Jim soon falls in love with Dave's lovely daughter Kitty, who, he worries, is interested in city slicker Perry Woods. When Woods steals $2,000 from the station safe, Jim, thinking that Dave took the money, confesses the crime and leaves for Chicago.

Comedy

1

Woman's Place

Oct 17, 1921

Woman's Place

1921 60 min 1 vues

The Women's Political League decides to find a female candidate for mayor and their choice is Kay Gerson who, they figure, will win votes from the men because of her looks. But the town's political boss, Jim Bradley, counters with his own good-looking candidate, Freddy Bleeker, who he thinks will get the women's vote.

Comedy

1

True Blue

May 05, 1918

True Blue

1918 60 min 1 vues

True Blue begins with the marriage of black-sheep British nobleman Gilbert Brockhurst to the daughter of a Western rancher. When he learns that he has inherited his father's title and estate, Brockhurst deserts his wife and young son Bob. Upon attaining adulthood, Bob becomes the boss of his grandfather's ranch.

Western

1

Grinding Life Down

Jan 08, 1916

Grinding Life Down

1916 137 min 1 vues

The experience of Bruce on the grain steamer has been a great shock to Dorothy. She thinks Stone responsible and breaks her engagement, despite the pleadings of her father. Tom Larnigan is working for the Textile Trust in Lyndham. The low wages have caused a strike. Tom does what he can for the workers.

Drama

1

The Railroad Monopoly

Jan 15, 1916

The Railroad Monopoly

1916 20 min 1 vues

Tom Larnigan, encouraged by his victory over the Textile Trust, turns his attention to the Railroad Monopoly. Tom receives warning from the Graft Trust to cease his activities or suffer the fate of his father and brother.

Drama

1

Old King Coal

Jan 29, 1916

Old King Coal

1916 20 min 1 vues

Stone assures Weisner, head of the Coal Trust, that Larnigan will never start for Pennsylvania. Weisner is skeptical and informs Stone that if he does go he may be killed, as a strike is in progress. Weisner, a little later in Maxwell's home repeats the statement of it being an easy matter to kill Tom should be come to the coal country. Dorothy Maxwell and Kitty Rockford overhear the conversation. They decide to go to the coal country and lend their aid to Tom. 8th chapter in the Graft serial.

Drama

1

America Saved from War

Jan 22, 1916

America Saved from War

1916 20 min 1 vues

The plan is this: a foreign man of war is interned in the harbor. By blowing up this boat, Carney figures that strained relation existing between this country and warring nations will snap and the United States will be drawn into the conflict. This would mean untold orders and profit for the Steel Trust. Stone and Carney plan to carry out the plot with aid of an eccentric inventor named Bill Bean. #7 in the Graft serial.

Drama

1

The Insurance Swindlers

Feb 05, 1916

The Insurance Swindlers

1916 20 min 1 vues

The insurance companies, organized in one mighty trust, have been using the policy holders' money to speculate with. Tom Larnigan has announced that he will investigate and proceed against the trust. 9th episode of the Graft serial.

Drama

1

The Old Maid's Baby

Feb 23, 1919

The Old Maid's Baby

1919 137 min 1 vues

Christine, known as Tiny, whose mother eloped with a circus clown and became a parachutist, spends most of her time with her lame dog and an elephant.

Drama

1

The Sawdust Doll

Apr 20, 1919

The Sawdust Doll

1919 50 min 1 vues

Sally Lou, the small daughter of village blacksmith Jim Davis, uses her sawdust doll to take the place of a real mother.

Drama

1

The Lincoln Highwayman

Dec 29, 1919

The Lincoln Highwayman

1919 50 min 1 vues

Masked bandit The Lincoln Highwayman terrorizes motorists on California highways. His latest victims are a San Francisco banker and his family on their way to a party. While the masked highwayman holds them up at gun point and steals the women's jewels, the banker's daughter Marian (Lois Lee) finds herself strangely attracted to him. When the family finally arrives at the party, they tell the guests their tale. Secret Serviceman Steele takes an interest in their encounter and starts working on the case. Jimmy Clunder (William Russell) arrives late and while talking to Marian a locket falls out of his pocket. Marian recognizes it, but Clunder claims that he found it on the Lincoln Highway. She begins to suspect that he is the Lincoln Highwayman, as does Steele, Clunder's rival for Marian's love.

Mystery

1

The Silent Battle

Jul 24, 1916

The Silent Battle

1916 50 min 1 vues

Inheriting his father's alcoholism, Lawyer Tom Gallatin goes into the woods to rehabilitate himself. Once there, he loses his way and then meets Jane Loring, who is also lost. They are attracted to each other, but when Jane offers him a drink from a flask, Tom takes more than just a few sips, and then tries to rape her.

Drama

1

Bluebeard, Jr

Mar 19, 1922

Bluebeard, Jr

1922 137 min 1 vues

Newlyweds Tom and Nan Beech have trouble settling into their tiny new apartment, and once they have, they get into an argument that sends Nan storming out. Almost as soon as she is gone, Tom gets word that his uncle will give him 50 thousand dollars if he can prove he is a happily married, successful businessman.

Comedy

1

The Gates of Doom

Mar 05, 1917

The Gates of Doom

1917 50 min 1 vues

Indore, an Indian woman married to the English Captain Terence Unger is imprisoned by the prince after she gives birth to a baby daughter named Agatha. On his deathbed, Unger beseeches his friend Francis Duane to care for Agatha which Duane does, returning to England with the infant.

Drama

1

Night Life in Hollywood

Nov 15, 1922

Night Life in Hollywood

1922 60 min 1 vues

Mélodrame sauvage à Hollywood.

Drama

1

A Jewel in Pawn

Apr 16, 1917

A Jewel in Pawn

1917 50 min 1 vues

Widow Martin struggles to rear her little daughter Nora amid the squalor of the slums yet imbue her with the refinement to which she had been accustomed in her girlhood.

Drama

5.5

Shaw Talks for Movietone News

Jun 24, 1928

Shaw Talks for Movietone News

1928 5 min 4 vues

Famous author George Bernard Shaw's monologue to an audience on a variety of topics, including his impression of Mussolini's stern facial expressions. TITLE CARDS READ "1927. SHAW TALKS FOR MOVIETONE Several months before 'The Jazz Singer' appeared, sound films of current events and of interview with eminent figures of the day had been issued by the Fox Film Corporation. The voice in the interview given here is recorded with a precision rare in the early talkies. / William Fox Has the Honor to Present / The World's Outstanding Literary Genius / GEORGE BERNARD SHAW / First Appearance in America Recorded by Fox Case Movietone Western Electric System"