Movies: Selig Polyscope Company

  • 1918
    Brown of Harvard

    Brown of Harvard (1918)

    Brown of Harvard

    01918HD

    Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not only in football and rowing crew, but also for the affections of Mary Abbott, a professor's daughter....

    Brown of Harvard
  • 1913
    Indian Summer

    Indian Summer (1913)

    Indian Summer

    01913HD

    A Confederate soldier battles with amnesia, vagrants, and tramps as he makes his way back home and to his sweetheart, Virginia....

    Indian Summer
  • 1911
    The Witch of the Everglades

    The Witch of the Everglades (1911)

    The Witch of the Everglades

    41911HD

    White Cloud, the war chief of the Seminoles of the Everglades, in the beginning of the last century, starts a war on the "whites," for the brutal and unprovoked murder of his brother. The first victim, Seth Thomas, a young settler, is killed, and Dor...

    The Witch of the Everglades
  • 1914
    The King's Will

    The King's Will (1914)

    The King's Will

    01914HD

    Fast following the death of the King of Allaha, Prince Umballah, dethroned by the revolution, manages to reinstate himself and orders Kathlyn and her father brought to the palace in order that one of them may be made the reigning sovereign....

    The King's Will
  • 1912
    Cinderella

    Cinderella (1912)

    Cinderella

    01912HD

    According to Vachel Lindsay, "the best film fairy-tale the present writer remembers"....

    Cinderella
  • 1913
    The Woman of the Mountains

    The Woman of the Mountains (1913)

    The Woman of the Mountains

    01913HD

    "In thirty minutes Granite Mountain will crumble," echoed the deep determined voice of Brice, the Trust agent, who broke the silence of the gulch, speaking to Slocum, the treacherous employee of the Independent Power Co., who had come to the way of d...

    The Woman of the Mountains
  • 1913
    A Change of Administration

    A Change of Administration (1913)

    A Change of Administration

    01913HD

    The story concerns the difficulties of a clerk in the war department, betrothed to the daughter of an ambassador, who loses his position by the change of administration....

    A Change of Administration
  • 1915
    The Carpet from Bagdad

    The Carpet from Bagdad (1915)

    The Carpet from Bagdad

    01915HD

    Horace Wadsworth (played by Guy Oliver), one of a gang of criminals also planning a bank robbery in New York, steals the titular prayer rug from its Baghdad mosque. He sells the carpet to antique dealer George Jones (Wheeler Oakman) to fund the robbe...

    The Carpet from Bagdad
  • 1914
    The Two Ordeals

    The Two Ordeals (1914)

    The Two Ordeals

    01914HD

    Kathlyn quickly recovers from the curious sensation of being forced to occupy an unwelcome throne in compliance with the scheming councilors of a fanatical people. The high priest prepares to go on with the ceremony of marrying her to Umballah, who i...

    The Two Ordeals
  • 1911
    The Wheels of Justice

    The Wheels of Justice (1911)

    The Wheels of Justice

    01911HD

    James Hazen, one-time crook, now wealthy and reformed, is recognized on his wedding day, by a former pal, Florrie Cook, who follows the young couple to Hazen's new home in the country. Hazen has isolated himself here in the hope of finding security i...

    The Wheels of Justice
  • 1914
    A Colonel in Chains

    A Colonel in Chains (1914)

    A Colonel in Chains

    01914HD

    With Kathlyn's revelations of herself as a slave, Prince Umballah, her purchaser, has her imprisoned in the dungeon of the royal palace. There she finds her father, whom she was led to believe had been dead....

    A Colonel in Chains
  • 1912
    A Detective's Strategy

    A Detective's Strategy (1912)

    A Detective's Strategy

    01912HD

    This picture tells the very human story, or romance, of an unloved wife and mother, who, although possessing wealth and social position, craved the love of her husband....

    A Detective's Strategy
  • 1911
    1861

    1861 (1911)

    1861

    41911HD

    Those memorable words had just died upon the lips of the grand old general, as he gave Lieutenant Allen orders to reach Thomas. In order to do this, Allen had to pass through the heart of the enemy's country. Both men realized the excessive danger, a...

    1861
  • 1912
    Bounder

    Bounder (1912)

    Bounder

    01912HD

    Ruby Blackwell, typical young girl of Arizona, lives with her brother Tom, and their widowed mother in a cabin in the mountains. One day Tom takes Ruby on a lion hunt. They track a puma, or mountain lion. Tom shoots the beast, which, wounded, bounds ...

    Bounder
  • 1915
    Sweet Alyssum

    Sweet Alyssum (1915)

    Sweet Alyssum

    01915HD

    The boss of iron worker Roanoke Brooks (Power), is having an affair with his wife (Kathlyn Williams). Eventually she commits suicide and her lover dies in an accident. Roanoke lavishes all his love and attention on his daughter (Edith Johnson). As a ...

    Sweet Alyssum
  • 1914
    When the Cook Fell Ill

    When the Cook Fell Ill (1914)

    When the Cook Fell Ill

    01914HD

    Patsy, the cook of the "Flying U" ranch, is passionately fond of canned corn. Every time he goes to town to buy supplies for the camp, cases of canned corn head the list. Patsy may forget at times to order a special brand of tobacco for the boys, or ...

    When the Cook Fell Ill
  • 1914
    The Spellbound Multitude

    The Spellbound Multitude (1914)

    The Spellbound Multitude

    01914HD

    Kathlyn's sister, Winnie, has been cowed and terrorized, is forcibly crowned Queen of Allaha, to serve the sinister purpose of the scheming Umballah....

    The Spellbound Multitude
  • 1913
    Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy

    Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy (1913)

    Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy

    01913HD

    Pauline Cushman leaves the theater to become a Federal spy. Working with Henry Holmes of the Secret Service, she escapes execution twice and helps Gen. Rosencrans in battle against Confederate generals Bragg, Forrest, and Morgan....

    Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy
  • 1916
    Wives of the Rich

    Wives of the Rich (1916)

    Wives of the Rich

    01916HD

    John Grant, capitalist, is devoted to his wife, but is obliged to curtail her weekly allowance because of her fondness for cards. Robert Baker, a wealthy bachelor, is a great admirer of Mrs. Grant and calls frequently. Finding that her allowance is n...

    Wives of the Rich
  • 1913
    The Flight of the Crow

    The Flight of the Crow (1913)

    The Flight of the Crow

    01913HD

    Old Morgan, an eccentric millionaire in a western city, has a dissipated young son. He has also a very sweet adopted daughter, Edwina. One day the son is waylaid near the railroad yards, stripped of a big "roll" and thrown unconscious into a box car....

    The Flight of the Crow