William Shea Filmes

Banker Graham Lawlor is convinced to invest in Silver Shield Mines and becomes president, unaware that promoters Harris, Brennen, and Lester are...

While making preparations for the entertainment of Aunt Maria, who had announced her arrival by telegram, Lila Lane gets herself shut in the...

An early short featuring Florence Lawrence.

A penniless British Lord sets up an arranged marriage with an American heiress. He soon falls in love with her and is determined to support himself...

Beware the ire of the sacred God Ammett, or any other of those Egyptian Gods for that matter. As a bellhop in a hotel, Hughey managed to get...

The new stenographer is right there when it comes to class which does not escape the notice of her boss. He showers attentions upon her and asks her...

The master crook steals the sweetheart of Sherlock, a great detective. Sherlock undertakes to recover her.

The night of the grand reception and dance finds Belle Oakley in high glee as she leaves for the reception. She arrives at the reception and...

Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores baseball players, Tupper starts up a team.

Leslie Brennan, an heiress, suddenly discovers that she is almost penniless, and faces the ordeal of making her own living.

A comedy short produced by Vitagraph and released in 1916. This is entitled Walls and Wallops, and features Hughey (also spelt Hughie) Mack with...

An impressive Vitagraph short, one of many popular firemen-to-the-rescue films of the time.

Solomon keeps a clothing store, he has in stock two overcoats of exactly the same make and pattern. Michael Gallagher, who is passing by and in need...

A Chinese man cares for the orphan of a dying woman who stumbles into his laundry.

Aching for an opportunity to get square with strong-willed Mrs. Drexel, boarding house mistress and mother of his sweetheart, Constance, Billy sees...

A romance of the rail, this two-part "thriller" uses wireless telegraphy as the means of averting a disaster to an express train.