William Elmer

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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  Joseph Cotten  •  Dolores Costello  •  Anne Baxter  •  Tim Holt

The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Orson Welles
CAST:  Joseph Cotten  •  Dolores Costello  •  Anne Baxter  •  Tim Holt

Condemned (1929)

Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wesley Ruggles
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Ann Harding  •  Dudley Digges  •  Louis Wolheim

Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wesley Ruggles
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Ann Harding  •  Dudley Digges  •  Louis Wolheim

Castles for Two (1917)

An American heiress who goes to Ireland meets a bankrupt lord. She switches places with her maid to avoid fortune hunters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Reicher
CAST:  Marie Doro  •  Elliott Dexter  •  Mayme Kelso  •  Jane Wolfe

An American heiress who goes to Ireland meets a bankrupt lord. She switches places with her maid to avoid fortune hunters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Reicher
CAST:  Marie Doro  •  Elliott Dexter  •  Mayme Kelso  •  Jane Wolfe

He Comes Up Smiling (1918)

Jerry Martin quits his dull job as a bank clerk and falls in with a band of hobos. He takes on the guise of Bachelor, the "king of the market," and finds himself pursued by dangerous men who are after the real Bachelor. *Only fragments are known to exist. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks  •  Marjorie Daw  •  Herbert Standing  •  Frank Campeau

Jerry Martin quits his dull job as a bank clerk and falls in with a band of hobos. He takes on the guise of Bachelor, the "king of the market," and finds himself pursued by dangerous men who are after the real Bachelor. *Only fragments are known to exist. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allan Dwan
CAST:  Douglas Fairbanks  •  Marjorie Daw  •  Herbert Standing  •  Frank Campeau

The Ragamuffin (1916)

In planning to break into the house of the wealthy Bob Van Dyke, Jenny's stepfather decides that his stepdaughter should do most of the dirty work, and Jenny, not wanting to disappoint him, grudgingly agrees. As soon as she enters the house, Bob catches her, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. de Mille
CAST:  Blanche Sweet  •  Tom Forman  •  Minnette Barrett  •  J. Parks Jones

In planning to break into the house of the wealthy Bob Van Dyke, Jenny's stepfather decides that his stepdaughter should do most of the dirty work, and Jenny, not wanting to disappoint him, grudgingly agrees. As soon as she enters the house, Bob catches her, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. de Mille
CAST:  Blanche Sweet  •  Tom Forman  •  Minnette Barrett  •  J. Parks Jones

The Making of Bobby Burnit (1914)

Bobby Burnit, a naïve young man, inherits $300,000 from his father, a hard-working entrepreneur. Because the will specifies that the money must be invested, Agnes Elliston, Bobby's sweetheart, suggests that he take over his father's chain of stores. Soon Bobby ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oscar Apfel
CAST:  Edward Abeles  •  Bessie Barriscale  •  Howard Hickman  •  George Hernandez

Bobby Burnit, a naïve young man, inherits $300,000 from his father, a hard-working entrepreneur. Because the will specifies that the money must be invested, Agnes Elliston, Bobby's sweetheart, suggests that he take over his father's chain of stores. Soon Bobby ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oscar Apfel
CAST:  Edward Abeles  •  Bessie Barriscale  •  Howard Hickman  •  George Hernandez

The Mothering Heart (1913)

A young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melancholy husband. As he climbs the ladder of success, he abandons the homely values and begins an affair with a beautiful woman. His wife leaves him, returning to her mother's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Lillian Gish  •  Walter Miller  •  Kate Bruce  •  Viola Barry

A young couple struggle to get ahead, the wife always assuaging the troubles of her melancholy husband. As he climbs the ladder of success, he abandons the homely values and begins an affair with a beautiful woman. His wife leaves him, returning to her mother's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Lillian Gish  •  Walter Miller  •  Kate Bruce  •  Viola Barry

The House of Darkness (1913)

A potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano. But shortly afterwards he breaks free, eludes his pursuers, and acquires a gun. He soon comes to a house where a young wife is home alone, and there is a tense ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Lillian Gish  •  Charles Hill Mailes  •  Claire McDowell

A potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano. But shortly afterwards he breaks free, eludes his pursuers, and acquires a gun. He soon comes to a house where a young wife is home alone, and there is a tense ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Lillian Gish  •  Charles Hill Mailes  •  Claire McDowell

Carmen (1915)

Hot-blooded gypsy Carmen attempts to seduce Don Jose, a lawman sent to thwart a gang of illegal smugglers in Spain. Carmen's plan backfires when Don Jose's passion for the gypsy girl escalates into a jealous rage as she spurns him for her bullfighter beau, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecil B. DeMille
CAST:  Geraldine Farrar  •  Wallace Reid  •  Pedro de Cordoba  •  Horace B. Carpenter

Hot-blooded gypsy Carmen attempts to seduce Don Jose, a lawman sent to thwart a gang of illegal smugglers in Spain. Carmen's plan backfires when Don Jose's passion for the gypsy girl escalates into a jealous rage as she spurns him for her bullfighter beau, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecil B. DeMille
CAST:  Geraldine Farrar  •  Wallace Reid  •  Pedro de Cordoba  •  Horace B. Carpenter

Kindling (1915)

Pregnant tenement dweller Maggie Schultz is being used by burglars....  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecil B. DeMille
CAST:  Charlotte Walker  •  Thomas Meighan  •  Raymond Hatton  •  Lillian Langdon

Pregnant tenement dweller Maggie Schultz is being used by burglars....  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecil B. DeMille
CAST:  Charlotte Walker  •  Thomas Meighan  •  Raymond Hatton  •  Lillian Langdon

The Captive (1915)

Set during the Balkan Wars, The Captive tells the story of Sonia, a young woman living in Montenegro and left to care for her younger brother Milos and the family farm when older brother Marko goes off to battle. Unable to handle the day-to-day tasks following her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecil B. DeMille
CAST:  Blanche Sweet  •  House Peters  •  Gerald Ward  •  Page Peters

Set during the Balkan Wars, The Captive tells the story of Sonia, a young woman living in Montenegro and left to care for her younger brother Milos and the family farm when older brother Marko goes off to battle. Unable to handle the day-to-day tasks following her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecil B. DeMille
CAST:  Blanche Sweet  •  House Peters  •  Gerald Ward  •  Page Peters

The Night Hawk (1924)

Our Western star begins this actioner rather improbably, as a New York City gangster. But soon enough he heads for the more comfortable expanse of the open spaces.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Paton
CAST:  Harry Carey  •  Claire Adams  •  Joseph W. Girard  •  Fred Malatesta

Our Western star begins this actioner rather improbably, as a New York City gangster. But soon enough he heads for the more comfortable expanse of the open spaces.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Paton
CAST:  Harry Carey  •  Claire Adams  •  Joseph W. Girard  •  Fred Malatesta

The Virginian (1914)

A good-natured but chivalrous cowboy romances the local schoolmarm and leads the posse that brings a gang of rustlers, which includes his best friend, to justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecil B. DeMille
CAST:  Dustin Farnum  •  Jack W. Johnston  •  Sydney Deane  •  William Elmer

A good-natured but chivalrous cowboy romances the local schoolmarm and leads the posse that brings a gang of rustlers, which includes his best friend, to justice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cecil B. DeMille
CAST:  Dustin Farnum  •  Jack W. Johnston  •  Sydney Deane  •  William Elmer

Wolves of the Rail (1918)

Smoky Gap Railroad president Murray Lemantier is fed up with a bandit gang led by Buck Andrade constantly holding up his train and getting away with it. He hires ace detective David Cassidy to track down and get Buck, dead or alive. However, when Buck goes to see ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William S. Hart
CAST:  William S. Hart  •  C. Norman Hammond  •  William Elmer  •  Melbourne MacDowell

Smoky Gap Railroad president Murray Lemantier is fed up with a bandit gang led by Buck Andrade constantly holding up his train and getting away with it. He hires ace detective David Cassidy to track down and get Buck, dead or alive. However, when Buck goes to see ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William S. Hart
CAST:  William S. Hart  •  C. Norman Hammond  •  William Elmer  •  Melbourne MacDowell

Iron to Gold (1922)

George Kirby steals a mining claim from Tom Curtis and forces him to become an outlaw. Years later, Curtis comes to the rescue when Anne Kirby is kidnapped by real outlaws, but when he finds out she is married to his enemy, he decides to hold her captive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard J. Durning
CAST:  Dustin Farnum  •  Marguerite Marsh  •  William Conklin  •  William Elmer

George Kirby steals a mining claim from Tom Curtis and forces him to become an outlaw. Years later, Curtis comes to the rescue when Anne Kirby is kidnapped by real outlaws, but when he finds out she is married to his enemy, he decides to hold her captive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard J. Durning
CAST:  Dustin Farnum  •  Marguerite Marsh  •  William Conklin  •  William Elmer

Kitty Foyle (1940)

Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low, middle-class family, meets and falls in love with young socialite Wyn Strafford but his family is against her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood
CAST:  Ginger Rogers  •  Dennis Morgan  •  James Craig  •  Eduardo Ciannelli

Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low, middle-class family, meets and falls in love with young socialite Wyn Strafford but his family is against her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood
CAST:  Ginger Rogers  •  Dennis Morgan  •  James Craig  •  Eduardo Ciannelli

Ready Money (1914)

Edward Abeles and Theodore Roberts as a couple of prospectors who get involved with greedy city types on a business trip to New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oscar Apfel
CAST:  Edward Abeles  •  Monroe Salisbury  •  Jode Mullally  •  Jane Darwell

Edward Abeles and Theodore Roberts as a couple of prospectors who get involved with greedy city types on a business trip to New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oscar Apfel
CAST:  Edward Abeles  •  Monroe Salisbury  •  Jode Mullally  •  Jane Darwell

Pinto (1920)

When Pinto reaches her eighteenth birthday, the five wealthy Arizonans who adopted her upon the death of her parents decide that ranch life will never make a lady of her. Their old friend Pop Audry, formerly of Arizona and now a member of New York society, agrees ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Schertzinger
CAST:  Mabel Normand  •  Cullen Landis  •  Edward Jobson  •  Edythe Chapman

When Pinto reaches her eighteenth birthday, the five wealthy Arizonans who adopted her upon the death of her parents decide that ranch life will never make a lady of her. Their old friend Pop Audry, formerly of Arizona and now a member of New York society, agrees ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Schertzinger
CAST:  Mabel Normand  •  Cullen Landis  •  Edward Jobson  •  Edythe Chapman

The Foolish Age (1921)

After graduating from college, rich girl Margery Carr decides to do some good in the world. Much to the chagrin of her father, she decides to open an office to help derelicts. For her secretary, she picks an ex-gangster named Bubbs out of the throng.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Doris May  •  Hallam Cooley  •  Otis Harlan  •  Arthur Hoyt

After graduating from college, rich girl Margery Carr decides to do some good in the world. Much to the chagrin of her father, she decides to open an office to help derelicts. For her secretary, she picks an ex-gangster named Bubbs out of the throng.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Doris May  •  Hallam Cooley  •  Otis Harlan  •  Arthur Hoyt

His Mother's Boy (1917)

After his father dies amidst rumors that he was an oil swindler, Matthew Denton goes to Texas to discover the truth. But he has been spoiled by his mother and he has a hard time adjusting to his rough surroundings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Schertzinger
CAST:  Charles Ray  •  Doris May  •  William Elmer  •  Josef Swickard

After his father dies amidst rumors that he was an oil swindler, Matthew Denton goes to Texas to discover the truth. But he has been spoiled by his mother and he has a hard time adjusting to his rough surroundings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Schertzinger
CAST:  Charles Ray  •  Doris May  •  William Elmer  •  Josef Swickard
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