William Shea Movies

An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.

After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her...

A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

Romantic comedy in which a woman who no longer wants to marry her fiance when it turns out he doesn't have an inheritance. After his father is...

Beware the ire of the sacred God Ammett, or any other of those Egyptian Gods for that matter. As a bellhop in a hotel, Hughey managed to get...

Bunny and Marsh attend a show and both fall in love with a charming danseuse.

Jack, a little orphan, is anxious to become a sailor, and although Captain Rhines refuses to take him aboard his ship, manages to sneak in as a...

The master crook steals the sweetheart of Sherlock, a great detective. Sherlock undertakes to recover her.

The night of the grand reception and dance finds Belle Oakley in high glee as she leaves for the reception. She arrives at the reception and...

A comedy about a group of school girls who bring a street musician to school with them.

The new stenographer is right there when it comes to class which does not escape the notice of her boss. He showers attentions upon her and asks her...

John Burling, a detective, rounds up some members of the Night Hawk gang. Bill Hanks, the chief, swears to get even with him. Tim, a little street...

Charming melodrama by the Vitagraph Company about the friendship between a boy (Bobby Connelly) and the grumpy Captain Barnacle(William Shea). This...

A silent short film telling the classic story of Becky Sharp.

Comedian John Bunny on a train all confused.

Aching for an opportunity to get square with strong-willed Mrs. Drexel, boarding house mistress and mother of his sweetheart, Constance, Billy sees...

Old Captain Bill and his wife have an only son, whom they idolize. He loses all his money at gambling and drinking, and determines to do better in...