William Shea Movies

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

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

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...

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

Comedian John Bunny on a train all confused.

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...

Banker Graham Lawlor is convinced to invest in Silver Shield Mines and becomes president, unaware that promoters Harris, Brennen, and Lester are...

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

Two nice young people become acquainted at the beach; A romance develops.

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

An impressive Vitagraph short, one of many popular firemen-to-the-rescue films of the time.

Short anti-war film in which a French musician turns out to be a German spy.

Leslie Brennan, an heiress, suddenly discovers that she is almost penniless, and faces the ordeal of making her own living.

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

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...

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 silent short film telling the classic story of Becky Sharp.

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...

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