M.W. Rale

Beatrice Fairfax (1916)

Beatrice Fairfax, the original advice-to-the-lovelorn reporter and her friend and not-so-secret admirer Jimmy Barton investigate calls for help and escape exotic perils and dangers. Episodes include exciting and fun stories of baby-napping, blackmail, jewel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leopold Wharton  •  Theodore Wharton
CAST:  Harry Fox  •  Grace Darling  •  Allan Murnane  •  Nigel Barrie

Beatrice Fairfax, the original advice-to-the-lovelorn reporter and her friend and not-so-secret admirer Jimmy Barton investigate calls for help and escape exotic perils and dangers. Episodes include exciting and fun stories of baby-napping, blackmail, jewel ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leopold Wharton  •  Theodore Wharton
CAST:  Harry Fox  •  Grace Darling  •  Allan Murnane  •  Nigel Barrie

Madame Butterfly (1915)

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

DIRECTION:  Sidney Olcott
CAST:  Mary Pickford  •  Marshall Neilan  •  Olive West  •  Jane Hall

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

DIRECTION:  Sidney Olcott
CAST:  Mary Pickford  •  Marshall Neilan  •  Olive West  •  Jane Hall

Patria (1917)

Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border. They are stopped by the efforts of munitions factory heiress Patria Channing and U.S ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leopold Wharton  •  Theodore Wharton  •  Jacques Jaccard
CAST:  Irene Castle  •  Milton Sills  •  Warner Oland  •  George Majeroni

Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border. They are stopped by the efforts of munitions factory heiress Patria Channing and U.S ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leopold Wharton  •  Theodore Wharton  •  Jacques Jaccard
CAST:  Irene Castle  •  Milton Sills  •  Warner Oland  •  George Majeroni

The Mysteries of Myra (1916)

Myra Maynard's family is cursed by the devil-worshipping Black Order and she is marked for death by black magic on the eve of her eighteenth birthday. Dr. Payson Alden, the movies' first psychic detective, uses science to try and defeat the cult's evil spells, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leopold Wharton  •  Theodore Wharton
CAST:  Jean Sothern  •  Howard Estabrook  •  Allan Murnane  •  M.W. Rale

Myra Maynard's family is cursed by the devil-worshipping Black Order and she is marked for death by black magic on the eve of her eighteenth birthday. Dr. Payson Alden, the movies' first psychic detective, uses science to try and defeat the cult's evil spells, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leopold Wharton  •  Theodore Wharton
CAST:  Jean Sothern  •  Howard Estabrook  •  Allan Murnane  •  M.W. Rale

The New Exploits of Elaine (1915)

A silent action movie serial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis J. Gasnier  •  Leopold Wharton  •  Theodore Wharton
CAST:  Pearl White  •  Creighton Hale  •  Arnold Daly  •  Edwin Arden

A silent action movie serial.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis J. Gasnier  •  Leopold Wharton  •  Theodore Wharton
CAST:  Pearl White  •  Creighton Hale  •  Arnold Daly  •  Edwin Arden

Away Goes Prudence (1920)

Prudence, a young society woman and aviatrix, is forbidden to continue flying by her fiancé Hewitt and her father. In defiance, she stages her own kidnapping, but Hewitt discovers the ruse and arranges a real abduction to teach her a lesson. His plan backfires, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John S. Robertson
CAST:  Billie Burke  •  Percy Marmont  •  Maude Turner Gordon  •  Charles Lane

Prudence, a young society woman and aviatrix, is forbidden to continue flying by her fiancé Hewitt and her father. In defiance, she stages her own kidnapping, but Hewitt discovers the ruse and arranges a real abduction to teach her a lesson. His plan backfires, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John S. Robertson
CAST:  Billie Burke  •  Percy Marmont  •  Maude Turner Gordon  •  Charles Lane

The Final Judgment (1915)

Actress Jane Carleson has three admirers: Henry Strong (a millionaire), Hamilton Ross (a chemist), and Murray Campbell (a district attorney). When Jane weds Campbell, Ross writes an anonymous letter to Campbell, warning him that Strong is after his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin Carewe
CAST:  Ethel Barrymore  •  Beatrice Maude  •  Mahlon Hamilton  •  H. Cooper Cliffe

Actress Jane Carleson has three admirers: Henry Strong (a millionaire), Hamilton Ross (a chemist), and Murray Campbell (a district attorney). When Jane weds Campbell, Ross writes an anonymous letter to Campbell, warning him that Strong is after his wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin Carewe
CAST:  Ethel Barrymore  •  Beatrice Maude  •  Mahlon Hamilton  •  H. Cooper Cliffe