William Shea
Birthday: 1856-10-06
Place of Birth: Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
The Telephone
An impressive Vitagraph short, one of many popular firemen-to-the-rescue films of the time....
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A Tin-Type Romance
Two nice young people become acquainted at the beach; A romance develops....
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A Night Out
A grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out....
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The Marriage of Molly-O
Brutal rental agent Joseph McGuire demands that Molly-O marry McGuire's son Denny, lest her family b...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a ...
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The Child Crusoes
Jack, a little orphan, is anxious to become a sailor, and although Captain Rhines refuses to take hi...
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The Hero
Very pretty, very attractive, very young; her name is Maude and she has a beau. He is very fat. Maud...
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The Life Boat
Old Captain Bill and his wife have an only son, whom they idolize. He loses all his money at gamblin...
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Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
The night of the grand reception and dance finds Belle Oakley in high glee as she leaves for the rec...
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A Friendly Marriage
A penniless British Lord sets up an arranged marriage with an American heiress. He soon falls in lov...
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Two Stepchildren
Born with an artistic temperament, Joe Leigh feels keenly the bitterness and drudgery of life on a s...
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Cupid Through a Keyhole
While making preparations for the entertainment of Aunt Maria, who had announced her arrival by tele...
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A Wireless Rescue
A romance of the rail, this two-part "thriller" uses wireless telegraphy as the means of averting a ...
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Walls and Wallops
A comedy short produced by Vitagraph and released in 1916. This is entitled Walls and Wallops, and f...
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The Blue Envelope Mystery
Leslie Brennan, an heiress, suddenly discovers that she is almost penniless, and faces the ordeal of...
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Auld Robin Gray
Poor Jaime goes to sea to earn enough money to marry Jenny, where he is believed to be lost. Left to...
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A Villainous Villain
The master crook steals the sweetheart of Sherlock, a great detective. Sherlock undertakes to recove...
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Sweeney's Christmas Bird
A pet parrot dies and get mixed up with the neighbor's Chrismas turkey....
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The Spider's Web
Banker Graham Lawlor is convinced to invest in Silver Shield Mines and becomes president, unaware th...
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Aunty's Romance
Romantic comedy in which a woman who no longer wants to marry her fiance when it turns out he doesn'...
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As You Like It
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguise...
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Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play....
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The Man from Egypt
Beware the ire of the sacred God Ammett, or any other of those Egyptian Gods for that matter. As a b...
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The Meeting
Charming melodrama by the Vitagraph Company about the friendship between a boy (Bobby Connelly) and ...
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The Classmate's Frolic
A comedy about a group of school girls who bring a street musician to school with them....
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Those Troublesome Tresses
Farce in which two neighbouring couples test each other's jealousy. The women decide to make the men...
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Hearts and Diamonds
Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores bas...
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The Bond of Music
Short anti-war film in which a French musician turns out to be a German spy....
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Tangled Tangoists
John and Flora meet at a ball, but neither can do these modern dances, so they sit out… and run into...
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A Tale of Two Cities
An early film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent ...
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Vanity Fair
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the positio...
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The Mouse and the Lion
John Burling, a detective, rounds up some members of the Night Hawk gang. Bill Hanks, the chief, swe...
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A Train of Incidents
Two young people, Betty Browne and Billy, are set to inherit money if they marry, but each imagines ...
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Sawdust and Salome
A rich swell travels out West to escape marrying a social climber. There, he meets and marries a bar...
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Father and Son
A Chinese man cares for the orphan of a dying woman who stumbles into his laundry....
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Beached and Bleached
The new stenographer is right there when it comes to class which does not escape the notice of her b...
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The Maid from Sweden
In search of a maid, Mrs. Cook, an aristocratic and extremely proud society woman, goes to an employ...
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The Lady of Shalott
On discovering that their beau, Timothy, the village schoolmaster, is quite unable to choose between...
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The Boarding House Feud
Aching for an opportunity to get square with strong-willed Mrs. Drexel, boarding house mistress and ...
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You Can't Beat It
Bill Pike, recently married, hits his home town about seven in the evening, and immediately is seize...
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Two Overcoats
Solomon keeps a clothing store, he has in stock two overcoats of exactly the same make and pattern. ...
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Putting Pep in Slowtown
In the aptly named Slowtown the townspeople don’t even have sufficient energy to "up and die." Mayor...
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My Lady's Slipper
In France during the reign of Louis XVI American naval officer Francis Burnham escapes from a Britis...
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Benjamin Bunter: Book Agent
Retired sea captain Jonah Grundell is in charge of his niece Polly's fortune until she comes of age,...
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The Dust of Egypt
Geoffrey's relationship with his fiancée is threatened by Ameuset, a princess of Egypt awakened afte...
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Heavy Villains
Retired businessman F.G. Lawrence favors Philip Preston for a son-in-law; Mrs. Lawrence prefers Regg...
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The Athletic Family
Retired heavyweight champion Jake Punchim is a fitness nut, keeping himself, his wife, and their twi...
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The Vases of Hymen
Annette and Bunny each purchase one of a pair of antique vases, then meet and argue over who should ...
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The Old Maid's Baby
Bunny is rejected by Flora when her dog destroys his hat and gloves and she goes on a trip. She secr...
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