William V. Ranous Movies

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

When some orphans are sent by a missionary on a train from New York to an orphanage in the West. ten-year-old Olaf Tryggvesson manages to escape when...

A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings.

The very first release of the newly founded IMP company (Independent Moving Pictures). A film shot at the Falls of Minnehaha in the Land of the...

A young American millionaire in Venice falls in love with the beautiful princess Ione.

To start a little in advance of our story, Lord Rintoul, of the English nobility, finds a little Gypsy girl three years old, who had been deserted by...

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.

An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy.

Francesca, surrounded by ladies-in-waiting at the palace. Her father enters, and together they read a letter from Lanciotto, asking for the hand of...

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's...

An impressively tactile, if slightly over-ambitious, adaptation of King Lear from Vitagraph Studios.

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

Tells the biblical story of Saul's jealousy of the young David, taken from the book of Samuel

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

It is sometimes decidedly difficult to get a little privacy on shipboard. Several times Jack Hardy almost reaches the proposal point with Marion Van...

Much ado about a necklace - short film based on the story "The String of Pearls"

Esmeralda Foster, an attractive girl, is very much impressed with Duncan Miller, a crafty country swain, who makes love to Esmeralda because of her...

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...

Alixe is courted by many admirers. Her most persistent companion is Morton Shaw. Arlington Tappan also loves Alixe, and urges her to give up her...