Thanhouser Company Movies

  • 1912
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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    Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • 1912
    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

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    An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage of children employed in a working...

    The Cry of the Children
  • 1916
    The World and the Woman

    The World and the Woman

    The World and the Woman

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    In "The World and the Woman", Jeanne Eagels plays Mary, a prostitute (which is implied by her walking the streets and being hassled by policemen) who...

    The World and the Woman
  • 1916
    King Lear

    King Lear

    King Lear

    4.41916HD

    Silent adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear

    King Lear
  • 1911
    The Coffin Ship

    The Coffin Ship

    The Coffin Ship

    51911HD

    A love story filmed in Long Island Sound with a stowaway and a shipwreck.

    The Coffin Ship
  • 1912
    The Portrait of Lady Anne

    The Portrait of Lady Anne

    The Portrait of Lady Anne

    5.81912HD

    The ghost of a selfish, inconsiderate woman must make up for her past transgressions by making sure that her descendant marries the man who is right...

    The Portrait of Lady Anne
  • 1910
    The Vicar of Wakefield

    The Vicar of Wakefield

    The Vicar of Wakefield

    31910HD

    Edwin Thanhouser re-made The Vicar of Wakefield in 1917 as a eight-reel feature film providing us with a frame of reference for the maturation of...

    The Vicar of Wakefield
  • 1913
    The Evidence of the Film

    The Evidence of the Film

    The Evidence of the Film

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    A messenger boy is wrongfully accused of stealing bonds worth $20,000. Luckily, a film crew is shooting a moving picture on the same street. The...

    The Evidence of the Film
  • 1912
    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    5.81912HD

    With The Old Curiosity Shop and David Copperfield, both released in 1911, and Nicholas Nickleby in 1912, Thanhouser established itself as producer of...

    Nicholas Nickleby
  • 1912
    The Girl of the Grove

    The Girl of the Grove

    The Girl of the Grove

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    The girl was young, pretty, and also a good businesswoman; When her father died she took up the reins of management and ran an orange grove with...

    The Girl of the Grove
  • 1915
    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    01915HD

    The Thanhouser Company's two-reel adaptation of Oscar Wilde's eponymous novel. “The plot is unusual, and even though none of the familiar...

    The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • 1912
    Jess

    Jess

    Jess

    01912HD

    Silas Croft was a kindly old Englishman who had a farm in South Africa. With him resided his two nieces, whom he had taken from their drunken,...

    Jess
  • 1912
    Undine

    Undine

    Undine

    01912HD

    In the days long ago when knights were brave and venturesome, enchanted forests grew and mythical creatures lived among us.

    Undine
  • 1917
    The Vicar of Wakefield

    The Vicar of Wakefield

    The Vicar of Wakefield

    51917HD

    The production vindicated the new feature-length movie format by restoring several characters, plot complications, and atmosphere that had been...

    The Vicar of Wakefield
  • 1910
    The Winter's Tale

    The Winter's Tale

    The Winter's Tale

    51910HD

    Sicilian king Leontes jealously accuses his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and while imprisoned, she delivers a child. Sent away,...

    The Winter's Tale
  • 1914
    Joseph in the Land of Egypt

    Joseph in the Land of Egypt

    Joseph in the Land of Egypt

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    Film realization of the Biblical story of Joseph, played here by future director James Cruze.

    Joseph in the Land of Egypt
  • 1912
    The Other Half

    The Other Half

    The Other Half

    01912HD

    A laborer, who lived with his family in a New York tenement, was in better financial condition than most of his associates. Misfortune came upon the...

    The Other Half
  • 1911
    An Elevator Romance

    An Elevator Romance

    An Elevator Romance

    41911HD

    A wealthy, hustling young westerner comes east, and immediately calls up his boyhood chum, now a staid businessman in a New York skyscraper. The...

    An Elevator Romance
  • 1911
    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    21911HD

    Thanhouser's version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

    Romeo and Juliet
  • 1914
    The Center of the Web

    The Center of the Web

    The Center of the Web

    51914HD

    The police set out to take down a gang of counterfeiters, using every tool they have including police dogs.

    The Center of the Web