William V. Ranous Movies

Advised by his friends to seek a second wife so that his children, Helen and Dolores, may know a mother's care, Sir Edward Tilbury marries Phyllis,...

Emphatically opposed to Jack Moss, old Mr. McGillicuddy puts the ban on his marriage to his daughter Dolly. The old gentleman is adamant to the...

Disregarding the sanctity of "Song Bird's" feelings, John Strong, a young surveyor in the pioneer forests of the west, makes love to the Indian...

Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.

No matter how absorbed with affairs of state, Abraham Lincoln was always ready to give audience to his little son Tad. Little Tad, playing at the...

Just as the bead clerk and his assistants are closing up the jewelry store for the day, a package containing a very costly necklace arrives by...

A political crime film in which a militant, anarchist father allows his political ideals to prevail over human dignity. The father uses his young...

Nell Connors is in love with Jack, a sailor, but is unaware that he was shipwrecked and is facing trials. Meanwhile, her father is saved from...

Wending their way and locating in a land far from the contentions through which they passed a few weeks before, Eric and Chloe are located in a...

In this Vitagraph short, anarchism threatens to ruin lives and families. Luigi and Rosa are a couple with an adorable child, but trouble is afoot...

A short romantic drama in which a captain and his wife are separated by a shipwreck. The woman ends up on a desert island with another man, and they...

The Proposal: The gentleman burglar walking with his lady love. They admire the grandeur and beauty of nature. He proposes and she accepts. She does...

In the midst of the Civil War, a wife saves the day by swapping places with her captured and soon-to-be-executed husband.

Agnes Vernon is the daughter of an old prospector whose hard luck leads him to turn holdup. The father is hanged and the girl, unknowing the real...

Bunny receives a shock upon reading about the attempted assassination of the Mayor of New York. He laughs off his wife's suggestion of getting police...