The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company Movies

  • 1914
    The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did His Duty

    The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did His Duty

    The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did His Duty

    01914HD

    Mrs. Clymer has great social aspirations, and every time she gave a party her husband was in the habit of going to the Hash House for his sinkers and...

    The Fable of the Husband Who Showed Up and Did His Duty
  • 1915
    When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs

    When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs

    When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs

    01915HD

    When eggs went up to $6 a dozen, Slim and Sophie try in every way to make their hen lay, but with no success. Mustang sees their efforts and decides t...

    When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs
  • 1914
    The Story of the Old Gun

    The Story of the Old Gun

    The Story of the Old Gun

    01914HD

    Raymond Beahan, a young chap from the city, pays a visit to his uncle, John Purcell, the sheriff. The day after he arrives, he dresses up in his uncle...

    The Story of the Old Gun
  • 1914
    The Fable of 'The Long Range Lover and the Lollypalooze'

    The Fable of 'The Long Range Lover and the Lollypalooze'

    The Fable of 'The Long Range Lover and the Lollypalooze'

    01914HD

    Blackstone Cooley, a studious young lawyer, could not see the girls for dust. One day while walking down the street he ran squat into a dame who looke...

    The Fable of 'The Long Range Lover and the Lollypalooze'
  • 1916
    The Strange Case of Mary Page

    The Strange Case of Mary Page

    The Strange Case of Mary Page

    01916HD

    A 15-episode dramatic action movie serial only two of which survive.

    The Strange Case of Mary Page
  • 1915
    His Regeneration

    His Regeneration

    His Regeneration

    4.31915HD

    A rough criminal gets a second chance at life thanks to a kindly (and wealthy) lady saloon patron. But he hasn't gone straight yet, as he and a partne...

    His Regeneration
  • 1909
    Tag Day

    Tag Day

    Tag Day

    01909HD

    The custom of young women "tagging" men on the public streets (on a day specially set aside and called "Tag Day") to secure funds for various charitab...

    Tag Day
  • 1914
    The Inference of Broncho Billy

    The Inference of Broncho Billy

    The Inference of Broncho Billy

    01914HD

    Old Carl Stockdale is an habitual drunkard and the cause of much unhappiness to his daughter, Marguerite. Broncho Billy meets Stockdale's charming dau...

    The Inference of Broncho Billy
  • 1917
    Men of the Desert

    Men of the Desert

    Men of the Desert

    01917HD

    Some of the most sanguinary feuds in America have been fought out, not in the mountains of the south, but on the deserts of the great west, where catt...

    Men of the Desert
  • 1914
    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

    01914HD

    The political bosses knew it was an off year and they needed a Goat to run for City Clerk. They didn't want a regular guy to get "stepped on," so they...

    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'
  • 1912
    An Indian Sunbeam

    An Indian Sunbeam

    An Indian Sunbeam

    01912HD

    The accidental overturning of their "prairie schooner" kills a settler and his wife and leaves their little baby girl, Sunbeam, alone in the world. Di...

    An Indian Sunbeam
  • 1912
    An Indian's Friendship

    An Indian's Friendship

    An Indian's Friendship

    01912HD

    Broncho is instrumental in saving Yellow Wolf, an Indian, from the wrath of Dan Runnion, a surly cowpuncher, and Runnion swears revenge. His chance co...

    An Indian's Friendship
  • 1912
    A Western Kimona

    A Western Kimona

    A Western Kimona

    01912HD

    Pretty Bessie King has all the cowboys' hearts thumping ragtime jigs against their ribs whenever she comes to town, and Alkali is the hardest hit of a...

    A Western Kimona
  • 1911
    The Two Fugitives

    The Two Fugitives

    The Two Fugitives

    01911HD

    After successfully eluding the London police, David Goodwin, an embezzler, sails for America and locates in the west. At the opening of our story, he...

    The Two Fugitives
  • 1913
    The Heart of the Law

    The Heart of the Law

    The Heart of the Law

    01913HD

    Detective William Burke is assigned to capture George Watson, an escaped criminal. Six years of sleuthing discovers nothing, and Burke reports to the...

    The Heart of the Law
  • 1915
    When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese

    When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese

    When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese

    01915HD

    Slippery Slim purchases a large piece of Limburger cheese. On the way home he stops to chat with Sophie, but Hiram, her father, chases him off the pre...

    When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
  • 1914
    Broncho Billy's Indian Romance

    Broncho Billy's Indian Romance

    Broncho Billy's Indian Romance

    01914HD

    Broncho Billy is jilted by the girl he loves and goes up into the mountains with his friend to prospect for gold. His friend is very ill and asks for...

    Broncho Billy's Indian Romance
  • 1910
    The Mistaken Bandit

    The Mistaken Bandit

    The Mistaken Bandit

    01910HD

    Jim Thaw runs an isolated general store in California. He occupies a position as agent for the Great Eastern Express Company, which in the west is a d...

    The Mistaken Bandit
  • 1914
    Through Trackless Sands

    Through Trackless Sands

    Through Trackless Sands

    01914HD

    While on the way to visit her mother, Mrs. Bailey stops to feed the horses. She discovers that the oats had leaked out of the bag and she is compelled...

    Through Trackless Sands
  • 1914
    The Plum Tree

    The Plum Tree

    The Plum Tree

    01914HD

    A young woman's father arranges a loveless marriage for her to a banker to whom he owes money, but she is eventually reunited with the man she truly l...

    The Plum Tree