Sidney Olcott Movies

  • 1926
    The Amateur Gentleman

    The Amateur Gentleman

    The Amateur Gentleman

    01926HD

    Barbanas Barty inherits some money, sets off to London, meets and falls in love with Lady Cleone Meredith, and this does not set well with Sir...

    The Amateur Gentleman
  • 1905
    2 A.M. in the Subway

    2 A.M. in the Subway

    2 A.M. in the Subway

    4.21905HD

    A constable and a subway attendant are working late at night in an underground station when a well-dressed man with a cigar in his teeth enters with...

    2 A.M. in the Subway
  • 1915
    The Seven Sisters

    The Seven Sisters

    The Seven Sisters

    21915HD

    Mici is the middle of seven sisters, who all believe if a younger sister marries first, the oldest sisters all doomed to be old maids. The elder...

    The Seven Sisters
  • 1910
    Her Indian Mother

    Her Indian Mother

    Her Indian Mother

    101910HD

    The scenes are laid in the Hudson Bay country in comparatively recent years and cover the life of a Hudson Bay factor, showing him as a young man...

    Her Indian Mother
  • 1911
    By a Woman's Wit

    By a Woman's Wit

    By a Woman's Wit

    6.51911HD

    Captain Jasper, a Union officer, is sent on a secret service mission to the Confederate headquarters. Safe through the lines Captain Jasper,...

    By a Woman's Wit
  • 1921
    The Right Way

    The Right Way

    The Right Way

    01921HD

    Two young boys get in trouble with the law and wind up in prison. One, who was raised in poverty in the slums, goes to a reformatory and picks up...

    The Right Way
  • 1912
    The Mayor from Ireland

    The Mayor from Ireland

    The Mayor from Ireland

    01912HD

    Shamus, humiliated at a Country Dance by Bridget leaves Kerry to travel to New York, where he meets with success. Bridget and her husband Terry read...

    The Mayor from Ireland
  • 1925
    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago

    01925HD

    Against the backdrop of New York City of the early 1850s, a young woman -- naively seeking to win the love she reads about in the romance novels she...

    Not So Long Ago
  • 1911
    A Sawmill Hero

    A Sawmill Hero

    A Sawmill Hero

    01911HD

    Jim Hemminway went to college, but did not make good. He had a fine time, but flunked in his studies. His father, displeased with Jim's college...

    A Sawmill Hero
  • 1911
    When the Dead Return

    When the Dead Return

    When the Dead Return

    01911HD

    acques and Antoine are both in love with the same girl, but Jacques proves the winner and marries Marcele. Three years after the wedding an accident...

    When the Dead Return
  • 1912
    A Prisoner of the Harem

    A Prisoner of the Harem

    A Prisoner of the Harem

    01912HD

    Alice Durand, after weeks of discouragement, reads the following advertisement in the New York Herald: "Governess wanted. Young American woman, well...

    A Prisoner of the Harem
  • 1910
    The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

    The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

    The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

    5.51910HD

    The opening scene of our story shows a Union powder wagon making its way down the road convoyed by a company of mounted Union soldiers. The route of...

    The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
  • 1911
    The Colleen Bawn

    The Colleen Bawn

    The Colleen Bawn

    6.51911HD

    A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his mother will stop at nothing, including murder, to see that he...

    The Colleen Bawn
  • 1908
    Evangeline

    Evangeline

    Evangeline

    01908HD

    About an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel, set during the time of the Expulsion of the Acadians, the forced...

    Evangeline
  • 1915
    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks

    01915HD

    Mary Randall, who has just lost her job, is taking care of her widowed mother. Mary learns that her late uncle has left her part of his estate. She...

    The Ghost of Twisted Oaks
  • 1911
    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    01911HD

    The old musician playing his fiddle in his garret home dreams of his youth and his lost love. As the past unfolds itself he sees his sweetheart,...

    The Fiddler’s Requiem
  • 1915
    Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr

    Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr

    Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr

    51915HD

    This play is enacted during the stormy days when Robert Emmett tried vainly to free Ireland. Con Daly loves Nora Doyle, who lives with her mother in...

    Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
  • 1916
    Poor Little Peppina

    Poor Little Peppina

    Poor Little Peppina

    5.21916HD

    Holding a grudge against Robert Torrens and his wife, who live in Italy, a member of the Mafia kidnaps their infant daughter Lois. Fifteen years...

    Poor Little Peppina
  • 1914
    For Ireland's Sake

    For Ireland's Sake

    For Ireland's Sake

    51914HD

    Set in the late 1790s, a depiction of Irish villagers rebelling against British occupation (Red Coats) over the right to bear arms.

    For Ireland's Sake
  • 1912
    You Remember Ellen

    You Remember Ellen

    You Remember Ellen

    51912HD

    Summer 1911, Sidney Olcott cross again the Atlantic to shoot films in Ireland for Kalem company. With a stage company, he settled in Beaufort near...

    You Remember Ellen