Movies: W. Chrystie Miller

  • 1912
    An Indian Summer

    An Indian Summer (1912)

    An Indian Summer

    41912HD

    A lonely old widower arrives in town and seeks out a pleasant boarding place. The house he selects may be pleasant and homelike, but most of all it is owned by a widow, and managed by her daughter. The widow and the widower are impressed with each ot...

    An Indian Summer
  • 1912
    My Baby

    My Baby (1912)

    My Baby

    4.71912HD

    When the double wedding takes two daughters away from the old man at once, the youngest, now the only one left, in outraged spirit promises never to leave her father, but soon she too is departing for a new home. Then comes a cold hard fact of life. ...

    My Baby
  • 1910
    Over Silent Paths

    Over Silent Paths (1910)

    Over Silent Paths

    4.71910HD

    In the heart of the American west, a miner toils day after day at his rocker box while his young daughter keeps his camp. His daughter persuades him to return to civilization, where they may enjoy the fruits of their labor. Both are happy in the anti...

    Over Silent Paths
  • 1912
    The Old Actor

    The Old Actor (1912)

    The Old Actor

    5.41912HD

    An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because he is considered too old. On his way home from the theatre he panics at the thought of telling his family the bad news and decides to disguise himself as a...

    The Old Actor
  • 1910
    The Honor of His Family

    The Honor of His Family (1910)

    The Honor of His Family

    01910HD

    An old colonel is proud as a peacock: his son leads a group of volunteers in the American Civil War. Untill one day his son returns home as a deserter....

    The Honor of His Family
  • 1910
    That Chink at Golden Gulch

    That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910)

    That Chink at Golden Gulch

    51910HD

    In China, before leaving for America, Charlie Lee promises that he will never dishonour his family by cutting his pigtail. Later, as a laundryman in a California mining town, Charlie is tormented by local men but is finally befriended by a young woma...

    That Chink at Golden Gulch
  • 1910
    The Two Brothers

    The Two Brothers (1910)

    The Two Brothers

    01910HD

    In Camarillo, principality of the Spanish dominion, there lived two brothers, Jose and Manuel. Born in a noble Spanish family and reared by a mother noble in both station and character, they were vastly different morally. Jose was a dutiful son and u...

    The Two Brothers
  • 1910
    The Newlyweds

    The Newlyweds (1910)

    The Newlyweds

    51910HD

    A young man and a young woman, each unlucky in love, determine never to marry. But Cupid (and two separate bands of misinformed revelers) has other ideas....

    The Newlyweds
  • 1910
    Faithful

    Faithful (1910)

    Faithful

    4.51910HD

    Adonese is returning home from seeing the woman he is courting, and he is driving around a corner when his car accidentally brushes against the tramp 'Faithful' and knocks him over. Feeling sorry for him, Adonese helps him up and buys him a new suit ...

    Faithful
  • 1909
    The Renunciation

    The Renunciation (1909)

    The Renunciation

    4.41909HD

    Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her fiancé from the city....

    The Renunciation
  • 1909
    The Day After

    The Day After (1909)

    The Day After

    2.71909HD

    Mr. and Mrs. Hilton throw a New Year's Eve party. They agree not to drink the punch themselves, but as guests begin to arrive their resolve weakens, and soon they are both cavorting drunkenly. Next morning Mr. Hilton, feeling very sick, is conscience...

    The Day After
  • 1910
    A Child of the Ghetto

    A Child of the Ghetto (1910)

    A Child of the Ghetto

    4.51910HD

    After her mother's death, Ruth struggles to support herself as a seamstress. While Ruth delivers shirts to the factory owner, the owner's son steals some money and Ruth is accused of the crime. She flees the ghetto of New York's Lower East Side and h...

    A Child of the Ghetto
  • 1912
    The Informer

    The Informer (1912)

    The Informer

    01912HD

    The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells his brother to take care of his fatherless sweetheart during the perilous times which are to follow. But the brother weakens and fails to be true to his trust....

    The Informer
  • 1910
    Examination Day at School

    Examination Day at School (1910)

    Examination Day at School

    01910HD

    A rural schoolmaster, beloved by his pupils, is dismissed from his teaching post when the county’s visiting school inspector is mildly ridiculed in a cartoon which a mischievous pupil has drawn on a blackboard. When the schoolmaster’s replacement att...

    Examination Day at School
  • 1909
    A Corner in Wheat

    A Corner in Wheat (1909)

    A Corner in Wheat

    6.11909HD

    On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who wor...

    A Corner in Wheat
  • 1910
    In the Border States

    In the Border States (1910)

    In the Border States

    5.51910HD

    During the Civil War, a father living in a border state leaves to join the Union Army. After he leaves, Confederate troops forage on his property, where a soldier encounters one of his daughters. The father himself is wounded on a hazardous mission a...

    In the Border States
  • 1913
    A Timely Interception

    A Timely Interception (1913)

    A Timely Interception

    4.81913HD

    A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired from his job on the oil rig, the wedding must be postponed and the money put to the more pressing need. The farmer, now himself destitute, is forced to p...

    A Timely Interception
  • 1910
    The Thread of Destiny

    The Thread of Destiny (1910)

    The Thread of Destiny

    01910HD

    The orphan girl of San Gabriel meets and is attracted by a Spanish stranger. The Spaniard is accused of cheating and set to be lynched, but is saved by the girl's ruse, who later becomes his bride....

    The Thread of Destiny
  • 1912
    A String of Pearls

    A String of Pearls (1912)

    A String of Pearls

    01912HD

    A story about a poor young man who falls ill, while his wealthy employer ignores his plight and instead spends lavishly on a pearl necklace for his wife. The poor man recovers with the help of his community, while the rich wife falls ill and dies, th...

    A String of Pearls
  • 1911
    The Lonedale Operator

    The Lonedale Operator (1911)

    The Lonedale Operator

    6.11911HD

    A young woman takes over her sick father's role as telegraph operator at a railway station, and has to deal with a team intent on train robbery....

    The Lonedale Operator