The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company Movies

  • 1910
    A Close Shave

    A Close Shave

    A Close Shave

    01910HD

    Mr. Marc and his wife are at breakfast when the butler announces an early caller and tenders his master a card bearing the name of Mr. Bunco. When Mar...

    A Close Shave
  • 1913
    Dollars-Pounds-Sense

    Dollars-Pounds-Sense

    Dollars-Pounds-Sense

    01913HD

    "You're worth your weight in gold!" This is what Charles Watson, a young spendthrift, told every girl he met. His father threatened to disown him unle...

    Dollars-Pounds-Sense
  • 1914
    The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

    The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

    The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

    01914HD

    The Busy Business Boy lands at his desk like the Early Bird with the intention of tearing off a week or two of correspondence in an hour or so. But th...

    The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
  • 1914
    When Slippery Slim Met the Champion

    When Slippery Slim Met the Champion

    When Slippery Slim Met the Champion

    01914HD

    Slim is elected to try to last three rounds against the world's champion boxer in order to win $100.

    When Slippery Slim Met the Champion
  • 1911
    Across the Plains

    Across the Plains

    Across the Plains

    01911HD

    Jennie Lee and her father are on their way to Golden California, from a little Kansas farm, traveling in a prairie schooner. At the last settlement vi...

    Across the Plains
  • 1913
    Broncho Billy and the Western Girls

    Broncho Billy and the Western Girls

    Broncho Billy and the Western Girls

    51913HD

    Evelyn and Irene Courteny, through the helplessness of their father, who is a cripple, are given charge of the general store and post office. A large...

    Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
  • 1909
    The Best Man Wins

    The Best Man Wins

    The Best Man Wins

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    Charles Shea, the handsome young foreman of the Bar Z ranch, has won the love of the winsome daughter of his employer, John Graham. Alice and he are e...

    The Best Man Wins
  • 1911
    The Corporation and the Ranch Girl

    The Corporation and the Ranch Girl

    The Corporation and the Ranch Girl

    01911HD

    Upon the death of her father, Ann Newton is made the heiress of an extensive and valuable ranch in Arizona, when she is visited by the officials of th...

    The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
  • 1914
    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff

    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff

    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff

    01914HD

    Broncho Billy, a cowpuncher, is elected to the office of deputy. The sheriff is in love with Gertrude Scott and fears that his deputy is smitten with...

    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff
  • 1916
    The Fable of the Kid Who Shifted His Ideals to Golf and Finally Became a Baseball Fan and Took the Only Known Cure

    The Fable of the Kid Who Shifted His Ideals to Golf and Finally Became a Baseball Fan and Took the Only Known Cure

    The Fable of the Kid Who Shifted His Ideals to Golf and Finally Became a Baseball Fan and Took the Only Known Cure

    01916HD

    The Fable of the Kid Who Shifted His Ideals to Golf and Finally Became a Baseball Fan and Took the Only Known Cure is a 1916 American short comedy sil...

    The Fable of the Kid Who Shifted His Ideals to Golf and Finally Became a Baseball Fan and Took the Only Known Cure
  • 1917
    The Night Workers

    The Night Workers

    The Night Workers

    01917HD

    The Night Workers
  • 1911
    The Infant at Snakeville

    The Infant at Snakeville

    The Infant at Snakeville

    01911HD

    Mrs. Graham and her baby boy are on their way from the east to an uncle's ranch in Wyoming, and they have completed the long journey in safety up to t...

    The Infant at Snakeville
  • 1912
    On El Monte Ranch

    On El Monte Ranch

    On El Monte Ranch

    01912HD

    Dave Trent is employed on the Big C ranch and lives with his sister, Mary, a charming girl. Jim Andrews, foreman of the ranch, loves Mary, and one mor...

    On El Monte Ranch
  • 1914
    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

    01914HD

    Once a lot of grown-up girls organized a club for the discussion of current evils. The principal current evil they discussed was man. The object was t...

    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
  • 1915
    The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket

    The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket

    The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket

    01915HD

    The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket is a 1915 silent film directed by Richard Foster Baker. Gloria Swanson made her first credited appe...

    The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
  • 1912
    Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid

    Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid

    Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid

    01912HD

    Bart McGrew, a rascally schemer, endeavors to secure an old Indian chief's signature to a deed that will give him thousands of acres of valuable land...

    Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid
  • 1911
    Forgiven in Death

    Forgiven in Death

    Forgiven in Death

    01911HD

    Ned and Jack, two western boys, are both in love with the pretty daughter of their employer, who, liking both, is unsettled as to which of them she wi...

    Forgiven in Death
  • 1910
    Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme

    Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme

    Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme

    01910HD

    In this instance Hank and Lank step into good fortune quite by accident. Pausing in front of a bargain dry-goods store, a young lady rushes up and ask...

    Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme
  • 1911
    The Millionaire and the Squatter

    The Millionaire and the Squatter

    The Millionaire and the Squatter

    01911HD

    Gordon Olcott, an eastern millionaire, goes west and examines large tracts of land with the view of purchasing a tract, intending to build a summer ho...

    The Millionaire and the Squatter
  • 1914
    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office

    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office

    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office

    01914HD

    Broncho Billy is requested to resign his office as sheriff. John Jenkin's son is appointed his successor. The new sheriff is given a severe fright a f...

    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office