James Young

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A Daughter of Two Worlds (1920)

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DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Jack Crosby  •  Virginia Lee  •  William Shea

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DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Norma Talmadge  •  Jack Crosby  •  Virginia Lee  •  William Shea

The Unchastened Woman (1925)

When she goes to tell her husband Hubert that she is expecting a child, Caroline Knollys finds him in the arms of another woman. Caroline leaves him and, not telling him of her pregnancy, runs off to Europe where she has her child and becomes the toast of European ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Theda Bara  •  Wyndham Standing  •  Dale Fuller  •  John Miljan

When she goes to tell her husband Hubert that she is expecting a child, Caroline Knollys finds him in the arms of another woman. Caroline leaves him and, not telling him of her pregnancy, runs off to Europe where she has her child and becomes the toast of European ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Theda Bara  •  Wyndham Standing  •  Dale Fuller  •  John Miljan

The Masquerader (1922)

John Loder looks exactly like his cousin, John Chilcote, who is a member of Parliament. Because of his dissolute ways, Chilcote collapses, and Loder is called in to take his place so that the family honor can remain unsullied. Loder's masquerade is so successful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Guy Bates Post  •  Ruth Cummings  •  Edward Kimball  •  Herbert Standing

John Loder looks exactly like his cousin, John Chilcote, who is a member of Parliament. Because of his dissolute ways, Chilcote collapses, and Loder is called in to take his place so that the family honor can remain unsullied. Loder's masquerade is so successful ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Guy Bates Post  •  Ruth Cummings  •  Edward Kimball  •  Herbert Standing

Hearts in Exile (1915)

In Czarist Russia, attractive Anna Ivanovna has consecrated her life to work among Russia's persecuted poor. She dispenses food, medicine, and funds to the needy, from a busy charity headquarters. Two men, separate in station, are in love with Ivanovna: Poor doctor ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Clara Kimball Young  •  Montagu Love  •  Claude Fleming  •  Vernon Steele

In Czarist Russia, attractive Anna Ivanovna has consecrated her life to work among Russia's persecuted poor. She dispenses food, medicine, and funds to the needy, from a busy charity headquarters. Two men, separate in station, are in love with Ivanovna: Poor doctor ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Clara Kimball Young  •  Montagu Love  •  Claude Fleming  •  Vernon Steele

The Bells (1926)

A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant staying at his inn, but the ghost of his victim will not let him rest. Meanwhile, a mysterious Mesmerist has come to town, claiming he has made many criminals confess ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Caroline Frances Cooke  •  Gustav von Seyffertitz  •  Lorimer Johnston

A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant staying at his inn, but the ghost of his victim will not let him rest. Meanwhile, a mysterious Mesmerist has come to town, claiming he has made many criminals confess ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Caroline Frances Cooke  •  Gustav von Seyffertitz  •  Lorimer Johnston

Mickey (1918)

Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young  •  F. Richard Jones
CAST:  Mabel Normand  •  George Nichols  •  Wheeler Oakman  •  Minta Durfee

Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young  •  F. Richard Jones
CAST:  Mabel Normand  •  George Nichols  •  Wheeler Oakman  •  Minta Durfee

Marriage a la Carte (1916)

The first film featuring Mildred Davis  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Mildred Davis  •  Bryant Washburn

The first film featuring Mildred Davis  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Mildred Davis  •  Bryant Washburn

A Rogue's Romance (1919)

A welcome guest of the French aristocracy, Monsieur Picard having been awarded the Croix De Guerre, is also a master thief who baffles the Parisian police. One night, while Picard watches an Apache dance, he learns that one of his three adopted children is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Earle Williams  •  Brinsley Shaw  •  Harry von Meter  •  Herbert Standing

A welcome guest of the French aristocracy, Monsieur Picard having been awarded the Croix De Guerre, is also a master thief who baffles the Parisian police. One night, while Picard watches an Apache dance, he learns that one of his three adopted children is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Earle Williams  •  Brinsley Shaw  •  Harry von Meter  •  Herbert Standing

Midnight Rose (1928)

Silent crime movie  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Lya De Putti  •  Kenneth Harlan  •  Henry Kolker  •  Lorimer Johnston

Silent crime movie  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Lya De Putti  •  Kenneth Harlan  •  Henry Kolker  •  Lorimer Johnston

Rose o' Paradise (1918)

Thomas Singleton broke down when his wife died giving birth to their daughter. He eventually recovered, but his half-brother Morse kept him locked up at the asylum. After seventeen years, Singleton escapes and tracks down his daughter, Virginia, who is due to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Bessie Barriscale  •  Howard Hickman  •  David Hartford  •  Norman Kerry

Thomas Singleton broke down when his wife died giving birth to their daughter. He eventually recovered, but his half-brother Morse kept him locked up at the asylum. After seventeen years, Singleton escapes and tracks down his daughter, Virginia, who is due to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Bessie Barriscale  •  Howard Hickman  •  David Hartford  •  Norman Kerry

The Devil (1921)

Dr. Muller, a friend to all, finds pleasure in turning the goodness in people to evil ends. He meets Marie Matin and her fiancée, Georges Roben, while viewing a new painting, "The Martyr--Truth Crucified by Evil." Marie declares that the picture was wrong--evil ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  George Arliss  •  Sylvia Breamer  •  Lucy Cotton  •  Florence Arliss

Dr. Muller, a friend to all, finds pleasure in turning the goodness in people to evil ends. He meets Marie Matin and her fiancée, Georges Roben, while viewing a new painting, "The Martyr--Truth Crucified by Evil." Marie declares that the picture was wrong--evil ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  George Arliss  •  Sylvia Breamer  •  Lucy Cotton  •  Florence Arliss

Without Benefit of Clergy (1921)

A British engineer in India takes a simple native girl as his bride, an act which defies social strictures and leads to tragedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Nigel De Brulier  •  Virginia Brown Faire  •  Boris Karloff  •  Percy Marmont

A British engineer in India takes a simple native girl as his bride, an act which defies social strictures and leads to tragedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Nigel De Brulier  •  Virginia Brown Faire  •  Boris Karloff  •  Percy Marmont

The Infidel (1922)

Lola Daintry (MacDonald) is an actress who's mad at the world, and especially ministers, one of whom -- her father -- was so cruel that he drove her mother out of the house. When Bully Haynes (Melbourne MacDonald) wants her help in showing up a group of South Seas ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Katherine MacDonald  •  Robert Ellis  •  Joseph J. Dowling  •  Boris Karloff

Lola Daintry (MacDonald) is an actress who's mad at the world, and especially ministers, one of whom -- her father -- was so cruel that he drove her mother out of the house. When Bully Haynes (Melbourne MacDonald) wants her help in showing up a group of South Seas ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Katherine MacDonald  •  Robert Ellis  •  Joseph J. Dowling  •  Boris Karloff

Curtain (1920)

Nancy Bradshaw (Katherine MacDonald) is a popular stage star who quits her career to marry millionaire clubman Dick Cunningham (Charles Richman). But after a few years of marriage, he starts seeing other women. Figuring that her public was more faithful to her than ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Katherine MacDonald  •  Edwin B. Tilton  •  Earl Whitlock  •  Charles Richman

Nancy Bradshaw (Katherine MacDonald) is a popular stage star who quits her career to marry millionaire clubman Dick Cunningham (Charles Richman). But after a few years of marriage, he starts seeing other women. Figuring that her public was more faithful to her than ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Katherine MacDonald  •  Edwin B. Tilton  •  Earl Whitlock  •  Charles Richman

Omar the Tentmaker (1922)

About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar circa A.D. 1073. His fiancé was forced to marry the shah, but she eventually escaped and, with help of grand Vazir, joined Omar Khayyam. Hollywood made a film based ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Guy Bates Post  •  Virginia Brown Faire  •  Nigel De Brulier  •  Noah Beery

About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar circa A.D. 1073. His fiancé was forced to marry the shah, but she eventually escaped and, with help of grand Vazir, joined Omar Khayyam. Hollywood made a film based ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Guy Bates Post  •  Virginia Brown Faire  •  Nigel De Brulier  •  Noah Beery

The White Man's Law (1918)

Japanese leading man Sessue Hayakawa stars as John A. Ghengle, the Oxford-educated son of an Arab chieftain. Entering into a business partnership with Sir Harry Falkland (Jack Holt), a notorious roue, Ghengle relocates to Sierra Leone, where he falls in love with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Sessue Hayakawa  •  Florence Vidor  •  Jack Holt  •  Herbert Standing

Japanese leading man Sessue Hayakawa stars as John A. Ghengle, the Oxford-educated son of an Arab chieftain. Entering into a business partnership with Sir Harry Falkland (Jack Holt), a notorious roue, Ghengle relocates to Sierra Leone, where he falls in love with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Sessue Hayakawa  •  Florence Vidor  •  Jack Holt  •  Herbert Standing

My Official Wife (1914)

This LOST film was Clara Kimball Young's first feature, and her last film for Vitagraph, where she had made all of her short films. It was a sensational success and launched her as the most popular star that year. Its Russian setting was drawn upon by Young for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Clara Kimball Young  •  Harry T. Morey  •  Earle Williams  •  L. Rogers Lytton

This LOST film was Clara Kimball Young's first feature, and her last film for Vitagraph, where she had made all of her short films. It was a sensational success and launched her as the most popular star that year. Its Russian setting was drawn upon by Young for ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Clara Kimball Young  •  Harry T. Morey  •  Earle Williams  •  L. Rogers Lytton

Heartsease (1913)

Eric Temple is a composer whose rival, both in romance and work, is Sir Geoffrey Pomfret , a nobleman with few scruples. The woman they both love is Margaret, the daughter of Lord Neville. To get rid of his competition, Pomfret tells Lord Neville that his wife, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young  •  L. Rogers Lytton
CAST:  L. Rogers Lytton  •  Carlotta De Felice  •  Louise Beaudet  •  Kenneth Casey

Eric Temple is a composer whose rival, both in romance and work, is Sir Geoffrey Pomfret , a nobleman with few scruples. The woman they both love is Margaret, the daughter of Lord Neville. To get rid of his competition, Pomfret tells Lord Neville that his wife, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young  •  L. Rogers Lytton
CAST:  L. Rogers Lytton  •  Carlotta De Felice  •  Louise Beaudet  •  Kenneth Casey

The Picture Idol (1912)

A short comedy about a girl (played by Clara Kimball Young) who is in love with a movie star (Maurice Costello) and who follows him everywhere. Her parents want to teach her ​​a lesson, and invite the actor to their home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Maurice Costello  •  Clara Kimball Young  •  Mary Maurice  •  Charles Eldridge

A short comedy about a girl (played by Clara Kimball Young) who is in love with a movie star (Maurice Costello) and who follows him everywhere. Her parents want to teach her ​​a lesson, and invite the actor to their home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young
CAST:  Maurice Costello  •  Clara Kimball Young  •  Mary Maurice  •  Charles Eldridge

As You Like It (1912)

After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young  •  Charles Kent  •  J. Stuart Blackton
CAST:  Maurice Costello  •  Rose Coghlan  •  Rosemary Theby  •  Rose Tapley

After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Young  •  Charles Kent  •  J. Stuart Blackton
CAST:  Maurice Costello  •  Rose Coghlan  •  Rosemary Theby  •  Rose Tapley
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