Cora Williams

Womanhandled (1925)

Bill Dana, a New York City playboy, can't resist the flaming flappers and red-hot mamas along the Great White Way, so he decides to head out west to his uncle's ranch in Wind River, Texas. But the gold-diggers and their relatives follow him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory La Cava
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Esther Ralston  •  Edmund Breese  •  Cora Williams

Bill Dana, a New York City playboy, can't resist the flaming flappers and red-hot mamas along the Great White Way, so he decides to head out west to his uncle's ranch in Wind River, Texas. But the gold-diggers and their relatives follow him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory La Cava
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Esther Ralston  •  Edmund Breese  •  Cora Williams

The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan (1914)

An early Thomas Edison short. A young woman is kidnapped while attending a play in Chinatown. A reporter attends another play in Chinatown, is likewise kidnapped and rescues the young woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Edwin
CAST:  Yale Boss  •  Edward Boulden  •  Mary Fuller  •  Charles Ogle

An early Thomas Edison short. A young woman is kidnapped while attending a play in Chinatown. A reporter attends another play in Chinatown, is likewise kidnapped and rescues the young woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Edwin
CAST:  Yale Boss  •  Edward Boulden  •  Mary Fuller  •  Charles Ogle

The Man Who Disappeared (1914)

Film serial directed by Charles Brabin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Brabin
CAST:  Marc McDermott  •  Barry O'Moore  •  Miriam Nesbitt  •  Marjorie Ellison

Film serial directed by Charles Brabin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Brabin
CAST:  Marc McDermott  •  Barry O'Moore  •  Miriam Nesbitt  •  Marjorie Ellison

Making a Convert (1914)

A short public service film warning people in New Jersey to stay out of the way of oncoming streetcars. The message is framed in a cute romantic comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Collins
CAST:  Andy Clark  •  Elsie MacLeod  •  Harry Gripp  •  Cora Williams

A short public service film warning people in New Jersey to stay out of the way of oncoming streetcars. The message is framed in a cute romantic comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Collins
CAST:  Andy Clark  •  Elsie MacLeod  •  Harry Gripp  •  Cora Williams

Sensation Seekers (1927)

Ray Sturgis, leader of the fashionable Long Island jazz set, is engaged to "Egypt" Hagen, an up-to-date girl in every respect. Egypt is arrested at a roadhouse raid, and at her mother's bidding, the Reverend Norman Lodge arranges for her freedom. At a fancy-dress ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber
CAST:  Billie Dove  •  Huntley Gordon  •  Raymond Bloomer  •  Peggy Montgomery

Ray Sturgis, leader of the fashionable Long Island jazz set, is engaged to "Egypt" Hagen, an up-to-date girl in every respect. Egypt is arrested at a roadhouse raid, and at her mother's bidding, the Reverend Norman Lodge arranges for her freedom. At a fancy-dress ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lois Weber
CAST:  Billie Dove  •  Huntley Gordon  •  Raymond Bloomer  •  Peggy Montgomery

The Great Mail Robbery (1927)

Veteran serial director George B. Seitz keeps things perpetually on the move in The Great Mail Robbery. Theodore von Eltz stars as Marine lieutenant Donald Macready, assigned by his commanding officer to squelch a train-robbery gang. Going undercover, Macready ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George B. Seitz
CAST:  Theodore von Eltz  •  Frank Nelson  •  Jean Fenwick  •  Lee Shumway

Veteran serial director George B. Seitz keeps things perpetually on the move in The Great Mail Robbery. Theodore von Eltz stars as Marine lieutenant Donald Macready, assigned by his commanding officer to squelch a train-robbery gang. Going undercover, Macready ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George B. Seitz
CAST:  Theodore von Eltz  •  Frank Nelson  •  Jean Fenwick  •  Lee Shumway

The Witness for the Defense (1919)

Stella Derrick and Dick Hazelwood love each other, but their families want them to make better financial matches.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Fitzmaurice
CAST:  Elsie Ferguson  •  Vernon Steele  •  Warner Oland  •  Wyndham Standing

Stella Derrick and Dick Hazelwood love each other, but their families want them to make better financial matches.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Fitzmaurice
CAST:  Elsie Ferguson  •  Vernon Steele  •  Warner Oland  •  Wyndham Standing

His Parisian Wife (1919)

A beautiful young French girl falls in love with a handsome New Englander, but when they marry and return to his family home, she finds that she does not fit in at all.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Émile Chautard
CAST:  Elsie Ferguson  •  David Powell  •  Courtenay Foote  •  Frank Losee

A beautiful young French girl falls in love with a handsome New Englander, but when they marry and return to his family home, she finds that she does not fit in at all.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Émile Chautard
CAST:  Elsie Ferguson  •  David Powell  •  Courtenay Foote  •  Frank Losee

Eyes of the Soul (1919)

Gloria Swann becomes a dancer at the Palm Garden cabaret, trying to secure a better future and accepts Judge Malvin's offer of marriage despite the disparity of their ages and social stations. One day while Gloria and the judge are driving in the park, their car ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Émile Chautard
CAST:  Elsie Ferguson  •  D.J. Flanagan  •  Wyndham Standing  •  George Backus

Gloria Swann becomes a dancer at the Palm Garden cabaret, trying to secure a better future and accepts Judge Malvin's offer of marriage despite the disparity of their ages and social stations. One day while Gloria and the judge are driving in the park, their car ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Émile Chautard
CAST:  Elsie Ferguson  •  D.J. Flanagan  •  Wyndham Standing  •  George Backus

Jack's Joke (1913)

A comic sketch that features two players who think each one is deaf, causing them to shout. Part of the Edison Kinetophone Collection. The Kinetophone was a fairly complex mechanical means of creating talking pictures. Unlike previous systems, in which actors would ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allen Ramsey
CAST:  Arthur Housman  •  Nellie Grant  •  Edward Boulden  •  Alice Washburn

A comic sketch that features two players who think each one is deaf, causing them to shout. Part of the Edison Kinetophone Collection. The Kinetophone was a fairly complex mechanical means of creating talking pictures. Unlike previous systems, in which actors would ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Allen Ramsey
CAST:  Arthur Housman  •  Nellie Grant  •  Edward Boulden  •  Alice Washburn