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:
12 November 1915
Helen Moore (Grace Williams) runs off with the nephew of Senator Foote, but when their car breaks down, they go to a hotel.
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 December 1915
Lord John, a detective novelist and the Marquis of Haslemere's brother, receives word that the stage adaption of one of his stories will not be performed because Roger Odell, a millionaire, has spoken against him.
04 July 1915
Emphasizing themes of female independence and the esteem due to the men serving in the armed forces, the plot involves a strong-willed young woman (Agnes Vernon) who defies her father in order to marry a soldier (Hobart Henly) instead of the well-to-do suitor preferred by her father.
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.
08 November 1915
A man neglects his wife to be with a dance hall singer. When the truth of his infidelity reaches his wife and the truth of his marital status reaches his lover, both women are heartbroken.
01 April 1915
A man trailing burglars is saved by a dog in this British short film.
14 October 1915
Leonie Sobatsky (Laura Hope Crews) belongs to a ring of international thieves, headed by Bechel (George Gebhardt).
05 January 1915
This shows the regeneration of a gang leader, who remains true to his first sweetheart after his change of fortune.
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