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1. Girls Gone Wild (1929)
57 min | Drama
In his last film, silent star William Russell plays the motorcycle policeman father of one of the restless and reckless new generation of late 1920s youth.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Sue Carol, Nick Stuart, William Russell, Roy D'Arcy
Votes: 64
2. The Blue Eagle (1926)
Passed | 58 min | Action, Drama
George and Big Jim are comrades in the Navy but rivals outside it, both fighting for the love of Rose. When the war is over Father Regan tries to unite them, making them settle their differences through a boxing fight.
Director: John Ford | Stars: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, William Russell, Margaret Livingston
Votes: 213
3. The Girl from Chicago (1927)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A southern belle from Dixie, Mary Carlton (Myrna Loy), aided by her police detective lover "Handsome" Joe (Conrad Nagel), outwits and brings to justice the Chicago gangster, "Big Steve" ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Myrna Loy, William Russell, Carroll Nye
Votes: 15
4. The Cry of the Children (1912)
Not Rated | 29 min | Short, Drama
An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage of children employed in a working mill.
Director: George Nichols | Stars: Marie Eline, Ethel Wright, James Cruze, Lila Chester
Votes: 330
5. The Beloved Brute (1924)
70 min | Western
Chafing under his dying father's prediction that he is just a fighter without a soul who someday will be beaten by his long-lost brother, brutish Charles Hinges heads west with Jacinta, a ... See full summary »
Director: J. Stuart Blackton | Stars: Marguerite De La Motte, Victor McLaglen, William Russell, Stuart Holmes
6. Anna Christie (1923)
96 min | Drama
A troubled young woman comes to live with her estranged father on the New York waterfront. A tough sailor falls in love with her, sparking conflict between her father and her suitor. What ... See full summary »
Directors: John Griffith Wray, Thomas H. Ince | Stars: Blanche Sweet, William Russell, George F. Marion, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 119
7. David Copperfield (1911)
Not Rated | 39 min | Drama, Short
A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
Director: Theodore Marston | Stars: Flora Foster, Marie Eline, Anna Seer, Ed Genung
Votes: 34
8. Under the Gaslight (1914)
Drama
Judas, the Courtland family servant, is discharged for stealing and returns to her husband William Byke and her baby daughter, who is being cared for by girl waif Blossom. Judas, eager for ... See full summary »
Director: Lawrence Marston | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, William Russell, Irene Howley, Millicent Evans
9. The Star of Bethlehem (1912)
Not Rated | 15 min | Drama, Short
Three wise men from the East follow a star to Bethlehem in search of the infant Jesus.
Director: Lawrence Marston | Stars: Florence La Badie, James Cruze, William Russell, Harry Benham
Votes: 65
10. Woman Wise (1928)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
In Jedda, Persia, American consul George Gage, known as a woman hater, is shocked when his newly arrived assistant, "Billie Baxter," whom he assumes will be a man, turns out to be an ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Ray | Stars: William Russell, June Collyer, Walter Pidgeon, Theodore Kosloff
11. State Street Sadie (1928)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Framed for the murder of a policeman, gangster Joe Blake commits suicide. "The Bat," a gang leader, is the real murderer. Joe's twin brother, Ralph, joins the gang to get revenge and clear ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Myrna Loy, William Russell, George E. Stone
Votes: 19
12. Madonna of Avenue A (1929)
71 min | Drama
Madonna of Avenue A is a 1929 talking drama film directed by Michael Curtiz. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.. It starred Dolores Costello in one of her last silent films. This is reportedly a lost film.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Dolores Costello, Grant Withers, Douglas Gerrard, Louise Dresser
Votes: 67
13. Little Dorrit (1913)
Short, Drama
The series tells the story of Amy Dorrit, who spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father, who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in ... See full summary »
Director: James Kirkwood | Stars: Helen Badgley, Maude Fealy, William Russell, James Cruze
14. King René's Daughter (1913)
Not Rated | 39 min | Short, Drama, Romance
To bring an end the enmity which has existed between King René, who ruled in Provence in the fifteenth century, and Count Vaudemont, the later gentlemen agreed with the former through their... See full summary »
Director: Eugene Moore | Stars: Maude Fealy, Harry Benham, Mignon Anderson, David Thompson
Votes: 28
15. The Way of a Girl (1925)
60 min | Thriller, Drama
Rosamond, a pampered society girl who craves excitement, becomes annoyed with her very proper fiancé, George, when he avoids trouble at a prizefight. To compensate for the staid evening, ... See full summary »
Director: Robert G. Vignola | Stars: Eleanor Boardman, Matt Moore, William Russell, Matthew Betz
16. Six Feet Four (1919)
Not Rated | 70 min | Western
A cowboy matches the description of the man who robbed the local hotel--both are 6'4. When a young woman is robbed, suspicion falls on the cowboy again. However, he discovers that the ... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: William Russell, Vola Vale, Charles K. French, Harvey Clark
Votes: 44
17. The Girl of the Grove (1912)
Drama, Romance, Short
The girl was young, pretty, and also a good business woman. When her father died she took up the reins of management and ran an orange grove with successful results. Her capable hands were ... See full summary »
Director: George Nichols | Stars: Florence La Badie, Joseph Graybill, Marguerite Snow, James Cruze
18. Carmen (I) (1913)
Short, Drama, Romance
Don Jose', the hero of the famous book by Prosper Merimee and Bizet's celebrated opera, was born in the Basque Provinces of Spain. He was a good-looking young peasant, devoted to his old ... See full synopsis »
Director: Lucius Henderson | Stars: Marguerite Snow, William Garwood, William Russell, Francelia Billington
19. His Fireman's Conscience (1914)
12 min | Short, Drama
Engineer Daily is forced to discharge his fireman for habitual drunkenness. His young daughter Rosanna wanders down to the tracks, and the door of the freight is closed upon her. She falls ... See full summary »
Director: Anthony O'Sullivan | Stars: William Russell, Rosanna Logan, Harry Carey, Claire McDowell
20. On Thin Ice (1925)
70 min | Crime, Drama
A crook and his gang plan to con a young woman out of a cache of stolen loot they, and the police, believe she's hiding. The situation changes, however, when he falls in love with her and ... See full summary »
Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Tom Moore, Edith Roberts, William Russell, Theodore von Eltz
21. Boston Blackie (1923)
Passed | 50 min | Crime, Drama
Boston Blackie, just released from prison, threatens the warden, Benton, that he will have him removed from his job for using the water cross, a form of torture, on prisoners. Blackie's ... See full summary »
Director: Scott R. Dunlap | Stars: William Russell, Eva Novak, Frank Brownlee, Otto Matieson
Votes: 22
22. My Neighbor's Wife (1925)
Comedy
Director: Clarence Geldert | Stars: E.K. Lincoln, Helen Ferguson, Edwards Davis, Herbert Rawlinson
23. The Desired Woman (1927)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Diana Maxwell, a British army officer's-wife cause havoc, desire and jealousy among the men stationed in an isolated outpost in the Sahara desert and other locations.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Irene Rich, William Russell, William Collier Jr., Douglas Gerrard
Votes: 32
24. Bare Knuckles (1921)
50 min | Drama
Tim McGuire, renowned as "The Brute" in the San Francisco underworld, has an adopted family including his boyhood friend Abie and a former professor and his daughter. When he rescues a ... See full summary »
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: William Russell, Mary Thurman, Correan Kirkham, George Fisher
25. Miss Robinson Crusoe (1912)
20 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A society woman who was traveling abroad, heard with deep interest from her husband, that a nobleman was deeply attentive to their only daughter. The mother, knowing that propinquity often ... See full summary »
Stars: Florence La Badie, James Cruze, Harry Benham, Frank Newburg
26. The Midnight Taxi (1928)
64 min | Crime, Drama
A 1928 early part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Antonio Moreno, Helen Costello, and Myrna Loy. It is unknown whether a sound copy ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Antonio Moreno, Helene Costello, Myrna Loy, William Russell
Votes: 35
27. Jess (1912)
Adventure, Drama, Romance
Silas Croft was a kindly old Englishman who had a farm in South Africa. With him resided his two nieces, whom he had taken from their drunken, worthless father when they were of a tender ... See full summary »
Director: George Nichols | Stars: Marguerite Snow, Florence La Badie, James Cruze, William Russell
Votes: 31
28. A Doll's House (1911)
14 min | Drama, Short
Nora, the only child of a kindly old man, never "grew up" so far as he could see. He treated her "like a doll," as she said later when her eyes were opened, but her girlhood was happy and ... See full summary »
Stars: Marie Eline, William Russell, Marguerite Snow
Votes: 34
29. Wings of the Storm (1926)
60 min | Drama
A dog named Thunder, the weakling of his brood, is born in a lumber camp in the North Woods, operated by Anita Baker. The cowardly dog is cast out of the camp and adopted by forest ranger ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Thunder the Dog, Virginia Brown Faire, Reed Howes, William Russell
30. The Masked Heart (1917)
Drama
A gray-gowned woman at a masked ball entices wealthy society man Philip Greycourt, who is bored with easy conquests, to a hotel, then leaves without unmasking. Later, Philip visits the ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: William Russell, Francelia Billington, William Conklin, Kathleen Kirkham
31. The Colonel and the King (1911)
Drama, Short
Upon the death of his grandfather, little George IV of Saxony ascend the throne at the age of seven. His reign, however, is a short one, as a usurper, backed by a number of native soldiers,... See full summary »
Stars: Marie Eline, William Garwood, William Russell
32. The Last of the Mohicans (II) (1911)
Short, Drama, Western
During the French and Indian war, while America was still under the rule of England, Col. Munro was the commander of Fort William Henry, in New York State. His two daughters arrived from ... See full summary »
Director: Theodore Marston | Stars: James Cruze, Frank Hall Crane, William Russell, Alphonse Ethier
33. The Lady from the Sea (1911)
Drama, Short
Ellida was the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, and spent many hours near the water's edge. While she was still scarcely more than a child, one of these ships put in for repairs at a ... See full summary »
Director: Lucius Henderson | Stars: Marguerite Snow, William Russell, William Garwood, Harry Benham
34. Money to Burn (1922)
50 min | Comedy, Romance
"Lucky" Garrity, who has amassed a large fortune on Wall Street, buys unseen a country estate on Long Island, hoping to retire there. Although the servants declare the house to be haunted, ... See full summary »
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: William Russell, Sylvia Breamer, Hallam Cooley, Harvey Clark
35. High Play (1917)
Drama
Wealthy banker John Sevier is engaged to Elaine Morier, who runs an upscale gambling club with her father Gerald. One night at the club John stops a fight between club employee Jim Hammond ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: William Russell, Francelia Billington, Ashton Dearholt, Lucille Young
36. Moths (1913)
Drama
To preserve the honor of her society mother, a young Frenchwoman marries a Russian, even though she is really in love with an opera tenor.
Director: Lawrence Marston | Stars: Maude Fealy, William Russell, Harry Benham, Gerda Holmes
37. The Vicar of Wakefield (1910)
Not Rated | 13 min | Drama, Short
The Vicar of Wakefield, although a man of culture and learning, is a poor man at business. Despite the fact that he inherited a large fortune, he loses it through the dishonesty of others, ... See full summary »
Director: Theodore Marston | Stars: Martin Faust, Frank Hall Crane, Anna Rosemond, William Garwood
Votes: 48
38. The Lincoln Highwayman (1919)
50 min | Crime, Mystery
In a prologue, the evolution of banditry from the road agent to the modern automobile bandit is depicted. In the main story, Marian Calvert, traveling along the California coast with her ... See full summary »
Director: Emmett J. Flynn | Stars: William Russell, Lois Lee, Frank Brownlee, Jack Connolly
39. An Honest Young Man (1913)
Short, Drama
Two magnates of Wall Street who had bad many dealings with each other, met at a summer resort. One was accompanied by his daughter, and the other by his son, and each parent boasted of the ... See full summary »
Director: Lucius Henderson | Stars: William Russell, Riley Chamberlin, Florence La Badie, William Garwood
40. My Fighting Gentleman (1917)
Drama, History
A southerner who fought with the Union army regains the confidence of his his community after the war.
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: William Russell, Francelia Billington, Charles Newton, John Vosper
41. The Power of the Press (1914)
40 min | Short, Drama
An innocent man, serving a sentence of five years in prison through the perjured testimony of the real criminal, Steve Carson, foreman of a shipyard, strikes up a warm friendship with his ... See full summary »
Stars: Lionel Barrymore, William Russell, Vivian Prescott, Betty Gray
42. The Marble Heart (1913)
Not Rated | 27 min | Short, Drama
Outside the door of the home of a sculptor and his mother, fell a poor, friendless young girl. They took the girl in and cared for her, and as time went on the mother began to regard her as... See full summary »
Stars: Marguerite Snow, James Cruze, Florence La Badie, William Russell
Votes: 44
43. A Niagara Honeymoon (1912)
Short, Comedy, Romance
A well-to-do family, living in a suburban town, was annoyed on receiving word that the wife's sister-in-law intended to pay them a visit. When she arrived, she was greeted coldly, compelled... See full summary »
Stars: William Russell, Marguerite Snow
44. The Mystery of the Haunted Hotel (1913)
Short, Mystery
At the seashore resort they called it "the haunted hotel," and explained that since the death of the proprietor's wife, who was drowned at sea. Her spirit had walked the sands each night. ... See full summary »
Director: Carl Gregory | Stars: William Russell, Florence La Badie, Harry Benham
45. The Twelfth Juror (1912)
Mystery, Short, Thriller
A rich man is found dead in his library. His cash box, which was known to have been full of money, is lying empty beside him. The last person known to have been with him was his son, and ... See full summary »
Star: William Russell
46. Hypnotized (1910)
Not Rated | 44 min | Drama, Short
May Smalley is a simple little country girl with whom Jack, a youth whom she has known since childhood, is very much in love. When a traveling show, consisting of a hypnotist and a Hindoo ... See full summary »
Stars: William Russell, George Barnes
47. Pa's Medicine (1912)
Comedy, Short
Willie West, a small boy, is very fond of his pet rabbit. He is unhappy because Hank (the rabbit) seems to be losing his former good health. When Willie tries to obtain assistance from his ... See full summary »
Director: George Nichols | Stars: George Nicholls Jr., William Russell, Marguerite Snow, James Cruze
48. The Merchant of Venice (1912)
20 min | Short, Drama
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange ... See full summary »
Directors: Lucius Henderson, Barry O'Neil | Stars: William Bowman, Florence La Badie, Mignon Anderson, Harry Benham
49. Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight (1913)
11 min | Short, Drama
In the days of Oliver Cromwell, justice was swift and merciless. The poem, "Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight," concerns the adventures of a young follower of King Charles, who was captured, ... See full summary »
Stars: Florence La Badie, William Russell, Arthur Bauer, Charles Fisher
50. Brass Knuckles (1927)
Passed | 68 min | Drama
Zac Harrison (Monte Blue), upon his release from prison assumes responsibility for seeing to the needs of June Curry (Betty Bronson), the 17-year-old daughter of a fellow inmate who has ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Monte Blue, Betty Bronson, William Russell, George E. Stone