Sidney Olcott
Birthday: 1873-09-20
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography: John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.
Movies
Ireland, the Oppressed
The story of the Emerald Isle years ago. Showing the struggle against poverty, evictions by hard-he...
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The Shaughraun
Robert Ffolliott is a young Irish lad who is done out of his land and sent off to a penal colony in ...
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The Railroad Raiders of '62
Lockwood, the old, one-armed flagman at Lone Point, tells Helen and a young soldier of his experienc...
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Railroad Raiders of '62
Union raiders infiltrate Confederate territory by train. Early film version of the Civil War incide...
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The Little Spreewald Maiden
Two American ladies touring through Germany happen on this little Spreewald girl and offer her a job...
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The Lad from Old Ireland
A young man leaves Ireland for America, but doesn't forget home....
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The Colleen Bawn
A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his mother will st...
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For Ireland's Sake
Set in the late 1790s, a depiction of Irish villagers rebelling against British occupation (Red Coat...
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The Fiddler’s Requiem
The old musician playing his fiddle in his garret home dreams of his youth and his lost love. As the...
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All for Old Ireland
Eileen Donaghue loves Myles Murphy, a match which is approved by Mrs Donaghue. Colonel Reid of the B...
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Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
This play is enacted during the stormy days when Robert Emmett tried vainly to free Ireland. Con Dal...
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From the Manger to the Cross
The life of Jesus is played out in tableaux shot in the Holy Land....
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The Irish Honeymoon
Larry Malone and Maggie McClusky get married, and for a honeymoon trip decide to journey through the...
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Lady Peggy’s Escape
A group of English Soldiers take the Home of the Fitzgeralds from its rightful owners, and force the...
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The Eye of the Government
The story of a customs officer who pursues a trafficker between continents...
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2 A.M. in the Subway
A constable and a subway attendant are working late at night in an underground station when a well-d...
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The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
Kathleen, the daughter of a fisherman meets Henry, the son of a Wall Street Broker, her father forbi...
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The Mayor from Ireland
Shamus, humiliated at a Country Dance by Bridget leaves Kerry to travel to New York, where he meets ...
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The O'Neill
An exiled patriot returns home, disgusted by the poverty of his countrymen he becomes a highway man...
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