Herbert Blaché

The Beggar Maid (1921)

The painter Burne-Jones and his famed painting "The Beggar Maid" are depicted in this speculative drama about the creation of the painting. Burne-Jones plays matchmaker for a young British nobleman who has fallen in love with a servant girl on his estate. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Reginald Denny  •  Mary Astor

The painter Burne-Jones and his famed painting "The Beggar Maid" are depicted in this speculative drama about the creation of the painting. Burne-Jones plays matchmaker for a young British nobleman who has fallen in love with a servant girl on his estate. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Reginald Denny  •  Mary Astor

Robin Hood (1912)

Robin Hood is a 1912 film made by Eclair Studios when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century. The movie's costumes feature enormous versions of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché  •  Étienne Arnaud
CAST:  Robert Frazer  •  Barbara Tennant  •  Alec B. Francis  •  Julia Stuart

Robin Hood is a 1912 film made by Eclair Studios when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century. The movie's costumes feature enormous versions of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché  •  Étienne Arnaud
CAST:  Robert Frazer  •  Barbara Tennant  •  Alec B. Francis  •  Julia Stuart

The Saphead (1920)

Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich. His son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making him take the blame for Mark's illegitimate daughter. Mark also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché  •  Winchell Smith
CAST:  Edward Jobson  •  Beulah Booker  •  William H. Crane  •  Edward Connelly

Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich. His son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making him take the blame for Mark's illegitimate daughter. Mark also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché  •  Winchell Smith
CAST:  Edward Jobson  •  Beulah Booker  •  William H. Crane  •  Edward Connelly

Stronger Than Death (1920)

Sigrid, A French dancer, diagnosed with a weak heart, is ordered by her doctor never to dance again. But when her dancing skills are needed by her lover's father to help quell a native uprising on the East Indian frontier, she determines to dance whatever the cost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Alla Nazimova  •  Charles Bryant  •  Charles K. French  •  Margaret McWade

Sigrid, A French dancer, diagnosed with a weak heart, is ordered by her doctor never to dance again. But when her dancing skills are needed by her lover's father to help quell a native uprising on the East Indian frontier, she determines to dance whatever the cost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Alla Nazimova  •  Charles Bryant  •  Charles K. French  •  Margaret McWade

The Calgary Stampede (1925)

Real life rodeo champion Hoot Gibson plays Dan Molloy, an expert rider who wins the big one, the Calgary Stampede. When the father of his new French-Canadian girlfriend turns up dead, Molloy is the only suspect!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Hoot Gibson  •  Virginia Brown Faire  •  Clark Comstock  •  Ynez Seabury

Real life rodeo champion Hoot Gibson plays Dan Molloy, an expert rider who wins the big one, the Calgary Stampede. When the father of his new French-Canadian girlfriend turns up dead, Molloy is the only suspect!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Hoot Gibson  •  Virginia Brown Faire  •  Clark Comstock  •  Ynez Seabury

Head Winds (1925)

Peter kidnaps Patricia to prevent her from marrying the wrong man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  House Peters  •  Patsy Ruth Miller  •  Richard Travers  •  Arthur Hoyt

Peter kidnaps Patricia to prevent her from marrying the wrong man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  House Peters  •  Patsy Ruth Miller  •  Richard Travers  •  Arthur Hoyt

A Slave of Satan (1913)

A banker's daughter, wearied with the dull routine of her life, becomes an artist's model under an assumed name. Her artist employer falls a victim to her beauty and loves her and she accepts his advances. Finding her faithless, and learning her identity by chance, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Vinnie Burns  •  James O'Neill

A banker's daughter, wearied with the dull routine of her life, becomes an artist's model under an assumed name. Her artist employer falls a victim to her beauty and loves her and she accepts his advances. Finding her faithless, and learning her identity by chance, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Vinnie Burns  •  James O'Neill

The Temptations of Satan (1914)

Satan decides to ruin the innocence of ambitious Everygirl , who has a beautiful voice and wishes to pursue a career singing in opera. He thus assumes human form and follows her in order to make sure that she accepts his terms.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Vinnie Burns  •  James O'Neill  •  Joseph Levering  •  Fraunie Fraunholz

Satan decides to ruin the innocence of ambitious Everygirl , who has a beautiful voice and wishes to pursue a career singing in opera. He thus assumes human form and follows her in order to make sure that she accepts his terms.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Vinnie Burns  •  James O'Neill  •  Joseph Levering  •  Fraunie Fraunholz

The Divorcee (1919)

Based on the 1907 play 'Lady Frederick' by W. Somerset Maugham, this tells the story of Betsy O'Hara in her pursuit of romance and love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Ethel Barrymore  •  E.J. Ratcliffe  •  Holmes Herbert  •  Naomi Childers

Based on the 1907 play 'Lady Frederick' by W. Somerset Maugham, this tells the story of Betsy O'Hara in her pursuit of romance and love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Ethel Barrymore  •  E.J. Ratcliffe  •  Holmes Herbert  •  Naomi Childers

The Young Painter (1922)

A 1922 silent film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Mary Astor  •  Pierre Gendron  •  Walter Petri  •  Margaret Foster

A 1922 silent film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Mary Astor  •  Pierre Gendron  •  Walter Petri  •  Margaret Foster

A Woman's Fight (1916)

Story of a factory worker who is fired because she tries to protect one of her fellow employees from the lusty advances of their boss. She then joins forces with a crook and becomes his mistress. Although she winds up in jail because he stashed some of his stolen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Geraldine O'Brien  •  Thurlow Bergen

Story of a factory worker who is fired because she tries to protect one of her fellow employees from the lusty advances of their boss. She then joins forces with a crook and becomes his mistress. Although she winds up in jail because he stashed some of his stolen ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Geraldine O'Brien  •  Thurlow Bergen

A Prisoner in the Harem (1913)

A woman sold as a bride to the local Rajah is saved by her lover and his loyal tiger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Rosita Marstini  •  Paul Sablon  •  Darwin Karr  •  Fraunie Fraunholz

A woman sold as a bride to the local Rajah is saved by her lover and his loyal tiger.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Rosita Marstini  •  Paul Sablon  •  Darwin Karr  •  Fraunie Fraunholz

The Walk-Offs (1920)

After the divorce of Schuyler Rutherford from his rich wife Caroline, who was his meal ticket, Schuyler's sister Kathleen is so humiliated by the fact that her penniless condition was brought to light during the court proceedings that she seeks solace in her friend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  May Allison  •  Emory Johnson  •  Effie Conley  •  Darrell Foss

After the divorce of Schuyler Rutherford from his rich wife Caroline, who was his meal ticket, Schuyler's sister Kathleen is so humiliated by the fact that her penniless condition was brought to light during the court proceedings that she seeks solace in her friend ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  May Allison  •  Emory Johnson  •  Effie Conley  •  Darrell Foss

The Brat (1919)

An unkempt chorus girl is arrested on a minor charge. In court, she is spotted by a novelist who is looking for someone of her type on whom to model a character in a book he is writing. He takes her into his home where she is looked down upon by his snobbish family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Alla Nazimova  •  Charles Bryant  •  Amy Veness  •  Frank Currier

An unkempt chorus girl is arrested on a minor charge. In court, she is spotted by a novelist who is looking for someone of her type on whom to model a character in a book he is writing. He takes her into his home where she is looked down upon by his snobbish family ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  Alla Nazimova  •  Charles Bryant  •  Amy Veness  •  Frank Currier

Secrets of the Night (1924)

Robert Andrews hosts a large party and there stages his own murder, to keep bank examiner Alfred Austin from examining the records of his bank.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  James Kirkwood  •  Madge Bellamy  •  Zasu Pitts  •  Rosemary Theby

Robert Andrews hosts a large party and there stages his own murder, to keep bank examiner Alfred Austin from examining the records of his bank.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Blaché
CAST:  James Kirkwood  •  Madge Bellamy  •  Zasu Pitts  •  Rosemary Theby