18 February 1915 Comedy 6 mins
Largely a typical Keystone flirting-in-the-park one-reeler, this one is differentiated slightly by dressing the players in early nineteenth century garb and having them adopt antiquated manners.
Watch the official Ye Olden Grafter 1915 trailer in HD below.
Mack Swain as The Grafter
Harry Gribbon as The Gentleman Flirt
Mae Busch as The Lady
Edward F. Cline as The Knight
Billie Walsh as 1st Painter
Harry Ward as 2nd Painter
David Kirkland Director
United States 18 February 1915
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1915:
01 March 1915
Marksman Ambrose accidentally shoots a beer stein his wife has bought for him as a gift, so he tries to replace it.
19 April 1915
Young Martha Redmond, a poor girl from a small town, leaves to find a singing career in New York City.
18 October 1915
In 1857, Mary McLean leaves her sweetheart in the Scottish Highlands to teach school in India, where her father is a missionary.
14 August 1915
Retired businessman F.G. Lawrence favors Philip Preston for a son-in-law; Mrs. Lawrence prefers Reggie, the Dainty Dude.
01 September 1915
Roman Regent of Police Baron Scarpia, loves Floria Tosca, a beautiful opera singer, but she is engaged to artist Maurice Saranof.
22 March 1915
A baby is left on the Brinbecombes' yacht while they are sailing up the Hudson River, and they adopt him and name him Everett.
01 October 1915
Bruce Marsden, a former millionaire fallen on bad times, marries Helen Stanhope against her mother's wishes.
26 February 1915
A short comic film in which a bickering duo start a taxi company. A constantly quarrelling duo, consisting of a tall fat man and a short thin man, find a wallet on the street, with twenty dollars inside.
01 April 1915
The Devil, in the guise of a human, meets a young couple who remark upon looking at a Renaissance painting of a martyr that Evil could never triumph over Good.
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