Bessie Eyton

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Bessie starred in at least 200 melodrama, action westerns and crime films. In the 1910 she was visiting the Selig Film studios with a party of friends, when a director saw and liked her red hair because he said it would photograph a beautiful black, so he offered her a minor role, she had no formal training on stage, as did many early film actors, she was talented and soon rose to be one of Selig's most popular stars.

Most Popular Bessie Eyton Trailers

Total trailers found: 38

The Spoilers Trailer (1914)

10 April 1914

The Spoilers is a 1914 film directed by Colin Campbell. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara.

The Girl of Gold Trailer (1925)

16 February 1925

Lucius Merrimore is the wealthy owner of a mine called "the Gold Girl," and as a result his daughter, Helen, has an endless number of suitors.

Twisted Trails Trailer (1916)

11 December 1916

Ranch foreman Tom Snow is being hounded by sheriff Luke Fisher and his deputy, Brad Foster. The pair are really cattle rustlers, and they're trying to pin the blame on Snow.

Kit Carson's Wooing Trailer (1911)

11 September 1911

Kit Carson, scout, hunter, trapper and soldier-of-fortune, has won the enmity of Azakah, the cruel chief of a prowling band of renegade Indians.

The White Mouse Trailer (1914)

24 August 1914

Billy Silver, a young trapper, lives with his wife and little baby up in the region of the snows. Billy is energetic and finds trapping profitable.

In the Days of the Thundering Herd Trailer (1914)

30 November 1914

Tom and Sally are the only survivors when their wagon train is attacked by Swift Wing's braves. Starlight aids in their escape and they join a group of hunters.

The Wilderness Mail Trailer (1914)

13 July 1914

Jan, the hunter, is in love with Marie, a French-Canadian girl. The same charmer has captivated Otto, the driver of the Wilderness Mail, a vengeful and selfish individual.

In the Long Ago Trailer (1913)

15 May 1913

A picture which illustrates an Indian myth, a poetic love story of the long ago, in which a despised musician is refused the privilege of marrying the belle of the tribe.

His Fighting Blood Trailer (1915)

18 January 1915

In the mountains and hills of Kentucky, a feud has raged for many years between the McTriggers and the Sampsons.

The Heart of Texas Ryan Trailer (1917)

25 February 1917

To get in the good graces of his rancher boss’s daughter, cowboy Single Shot captures a cattle raider but then gets kidnapped by his gang of thieves.

In Defiance of the Law Trailer (1914)

28 June 1914

Billy McVeigh, a member of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police, runs amuck another person of this service undeserving of its uniform, named Nome.

When the West Was Young Trailer (1914)

07 September 1914

Ned Halton and his young bride, Nellie, depart from the east in a prairie schooner to seek a home in the western wilds.

Greater Wealth Trailer (1913)

01 January 1913

John Sharon, a steel magnate is immensely successful from the worldly point of view, while Ed Young, his humble employee, views himself as a failure because his income shrinks as his family responsibilities increase.

The City of Purple Dreams Trailer (1918)

10 January 1918

Miss Otis nearly hits a derelict with her car, and out of sympathy she gives him some money and advises him to "clean up and keep clean.

The Fork in the Road Trailer (1915)

15 March 1915

In the prophecy of a palm reading hag that he will find his fate through his bravery, Rudolph, the inn-keeper's assistant, obtains encouragement for his fond fancy that he was born to a noble career.

The Red Blood of Courage Trailer (1915)

22 February 1915

Professor Duane, an ethnologist, and his assistant, Roscoe Harding, plan a journey into the wilds of Hindustan.

Chip of the Flying U Trailer (1914)

29 August 1914

When he's fired from his bank job aimless Claude Bennett decides to head West. Once he gets a job as a cowboy on the Flying "U" ranch he restyles himself as Chip and discovers who he really is through a series of adventures.

The Mate of the Alden Bessie Trailer (1912)

04 January 1912

The captain of the "Alden Bessie" was a drunken tyrant who manhandled his men upon the slightest provocation, despite the pleadings of his daughter and the first mate who loved her in his rough way, but for whom she could feel only friendship.

The Smuggler's Sister Trailer (1914)

03 March 1914

A smuggler is protected by his sister, who is loved by a revenue officer.

The Crisis Trailer (1916)

21 December 1916

Stephen Brice, a young lawyer in Civil War-era St. Louis, falls in love with Virginia Carvel, the daughter of his benefactor.

Kid Pink and the Maharajah Trailer (1914)

12 March 1914

A serio-comic tale shows wherein the East and the West strangely mingle despite Kipling's declaration that: "Never the twain shall meet.

The Primitive Way Trailer (1915)

23 January 1915

Mildred Manning is the spoiled daughter of wealthy parents. She has a host of admirers, but does not permit them to become serious.

The Great Experiment Trailer (1915)

19 April 1915

John Morning, rich, without family, dreams of things that might have been. He discovers a poverty-stricken woman who is fatally injured, takes her to her home in the slum district, where she dies, and John Morning assumes charge of the woman's daughter of fourteen, Ritta.

Cheap Kisses Trailer (1924)

21 December 1924

Refusing to join his family in their new social life when Henry Dillingham suddenly becomes wealthy, Donald Dillingham causes even greater disapproval by marrying chorus girl Ardell Kendall.

Shotgun Jones Trailer (1914)

27 April 1914

Thomas Lattier is a well-to-do westerner in the cattle business. One fine day he sells a herd of cattle, receiving for it cash payment in bills of large denomination.

The Still Alarm Trailer (1918)

15 July 1918

"Bird," a clerk in Fordham's drugstore, agrees to place a large sum of money in the store's safe for a traveler, but when the man requests a bottle of medicine, Bird poisons the remedy, and the visitor is found dead in his hotel.

The Law North of 65 Trailer (1917)

06 October 1917

Pierre, away in the Northland, loves Jeanne. His love is returned and they are engaged to be married.

The Two Natures Within Him Trailer (1915)

20 May 1915

The Rev. William Morris is the director of a small church near a state penitentiary. He is convinced that a criminal is only a good man gone wrong.

Who Shall Take My Life? Trailer (1917)

01 December 1917

A man is found guilty of murdering a woman by way of circumstantial evidence, and is executed. Afterwards, it is discovered that his supposed victim is not dead at all, but working as a prostitute in a Western city.

Blackbeard Trailer (1911)

23 November 1911

Pirates attack the town of Martinique and capture the governor. But the townspeople rally back in a battle between ships.

Children of Banishment Trailer (1919)

03 February 1919

Foreman Dick Bream, of the lumber firm of Hill and Burchard, resigns from his job to buy a profitable tract of land with stranger Allen Mackenzie.

Etienne of the Glad Heart Trailer (1914)

03 August 1914

Etienne Cloquet, a young woodsman, is in love with Marie, the pretty daughter of Paul Le Groux, a salmon fisher.

Lassoing a Lion Trailer (1915)

02 January 1915

Simon Valjon is inordinately jealous of his pretty, young wife, Mary, who, however, never gives him cause to doubt her fidelity and affection.

Alone in the Jungle Trailer (1913)

14 June 1913

The Brown family, which consists of Hon. John Brown, his wife, two sons, Harold and Billy, and a young sister named Helen, has settled on an isolated plantation in the Jungles.

The Way of a Man with a Maid Trailer (1918)

29 December 1918

When shipping clerk Arthur McArney falls in love with pretty stenographer Elsa Owenson, he finds himself in stiff competition with a fat but wealthy broker named Sankey.

The Usurper Trailer (1919)

28 April 1919

While traveling out West, John Maddox rescues Beatrice Clive, an English girl, from a dangerous cliff.

A Man of Honor Trailer (1919)

14 April 1919

On a treasure hunt in the tropics, adventurer Mortimer Gregg discovers beautiful Horse Island, and upon his return to New York, forms a partnership with Christopher Beaumont, allegedly to develop the island's resources.

Beware of Strangers Trailer (1917)

10 February 1917

Beware of Strangers is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Colin Campbell