William V. Ranous
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as BottomAn early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation...
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The Haunted Hotel
as uncreditedA traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various...
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Francesca di Rimini; or, The Two Brothers
as uncreditedFrancesca, surrounded by ladies-in-waiting at the palace. Her father enters, and together they...
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Delayed Proposals
as A PassengerIt is sometimes decidedly difficult to get a little privacy on shipboard. Several times Jack...
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Antony and Cleopatra, a Love Story of the Noblest Roman and the Most Beautiful Egyptian
as Octavius CaesarA short film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It was the first film to...
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Vanity Fair
as Lord SteyneA silent short film telling the classic story of Becky Sharp.
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King Lear
as King LearAn impressively tactile, if slightly over-ambitious, adaptation of King Lear from Vitagraph Studios.
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The Lonely Princess
as Prince RaffaelloA young American millionaire in Venice falls in love with the beautiful princess Ione.
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Love's Stratagem
as The FatherA short romance starring Florence Lawrence.
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