Harold M. Shaw

Most Popular Harold M. Shaw Trailers

Total trailers found: 28

Kipps Trailer (1921)

01 January 1921

Sacked clerk inherits £3000 a year and struggles when thrust into high society.

The Woman of His Dream Trailer (1921)

01 July 1921

Winning a Continent Trailer (1916)

14 December 1916

This epic film was one of the first South African dramatic film productions. It tells the story of the Boers’ Great Trek at the end of the 1830s, concluding with a hegemonic reconstruction of the 1838 Battle of Blood River, where a few hundred armed Afrikaners defeated several thousand Zulus.

At Bear Track Gulch Trailer (1913)

14 January 1913

This western, with its simple story set in a gold mining camp, recycles many of the elements found in David Belasco's influential play, THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST, produced a decade earlier.

Rouged Lips Trailer (1923)

17 September 1923

Thrifty orphan Norah MacPherson meets wealthy young James Patterson, who gets her a job as a chorus girl.

A Christmas Accident Trailer (1912)

14 December 1912

Well-to-do Mr. and Mrs. Gilton live next door to a large family, the Biltons, that struggles to make ends meet.

A Romance of the Rails Trailer (1912)

05 November 1912

For years, William West has been living in a little house owned by the railroad. He has never paid rent.

The Heart of a Child Trailer (1916)

10 July 1916

A slum orphan, injured by a lady's car, becomes a dancer and marries the lady's brother.

The Crime of Carelessness Trailer (1912)

30 December 1912

Edison short about a happy couple about to be married, but the guy's carelessness at their workplace leads to tragedy.

Symbol of Sacrifice Trailer (1918)

27 March 1918

Symbol of Sacrifice is a 1918 film dramatisation of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War. It follows English soldier Preston Fanshall from the British defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana to Rorke's Drift where he participates in the successful defence of that post.

Gloria Trailer (1916)

13 November 1916

Early South African Film

The Rose of Rhodesia Trailer (1918)

12 June 1918

A man steals a huge diamond and sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy for a Zulu prince.

A Question of Seconds Trailer (1912)

13 January 1912

Hardwell, a young engineer, running a new railroad through a tough western section, falls in love with Bonita, daughter of Jim Collins, a wealthy ranchman.

What Happened to Mary Trailer (1912)

25 July 1912

The forerunner of all serials, What Happened to Mary was a series of twelve monthly one reel episodes, each a complete entity in itself, revolving its immediate dramatic and melodramatic problems within the framework of a single episode and designed more for story and suspense situations than action.

The Land Beyond the Sunset Trailer (1912)

28 October 1912

A poor young boy goes on a field trip and dreams of escaping to a land beyond the sunset.

Held to Answer Trailer (1923)

22 November 1923

John Hampstead gives up his career as an actor and his actress sweetheart, Marian Dounay, to become a minister in a western town.

The Ring and the Rajah Trailer (1914)

02 January 1914

A Rajah dies saving a captain's wife when the plan to poison her husband goes wrong.

The Two Columbines Trailer (1914)

11 November 1914

A dancer has an accident, becomes a cleaner, and dies after dancing for her child.

Trilby Trailer (1914)

01 July 1914

The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.

Thirty Days at Hard Labor Trailer (1912)

09 January 1912

Jack must prove himself before Beatrice's father will allow him to continue seeing his daughter.

Me and Me Moke Trailer (1916)

01 February 1916

A young man from a wealthy background takes a job working as a porter at the fruit and vegetable market in Covent Garden.

The Awakening of John Bond Trailer (1911)

04 December 1911

A slumlord learns just how important it is to maintain clean living quarters when his wife contracts tuberculosis.

The Wheels of Chance Trailer (1922)

04 April 1922

A clerk on a bicycle tour saves a girl from eloping with a bully.

A Christmas Carol Trailer (1914)

11 October 1914

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways.

The Attack on the Mill Trailer (1910)

12 August 1910

First, the eye is introduced to the old mill itself, with a gay betrothal party in progress, and laughter and merriment on all sides.

A Modern Cinderella Trailer (1911)

07 November 1911

This 20th-century retelling of the classic fairy tale keeps all the familiar elements — a selfish step-sister, a put-upon beauty, a Prince Charming, and, of course, a lost slipper — but shifts the action to a contemporary boarding house.

A Modern Cinderella Trailer (1910)

07 June 1910

This Cinderella is up to date. She and her sister Jane receive an invitation to a reception. Jane, selfish and arrogant, is carried away with her own vanity and anticipation of making a "hit" and being the belle of the evening.

Michael Strogoff Trailer (1910)

01 April 1910

A graphic reproduction of Jules Verne's famous story under the above title. It deals with a secret ma