J. Searle Dawley Movie Trailers

A Woman's Triumph Trailer (1914)

01 January 1914

Beanie and Effie Deans are the two daughters of old David Deans, a thrifty Scotchman and strict churh

The Old Monk's Tale Trailer (1913)

15 February 1913

A monk tells a tale about a woman who can only surrender her heart to a man who can offer her jewels.

Between Two Fires Trailer (1912)

05 July 1912

A Suburbanite's Ingenious Alarm Trailer (1908)

18 January 1908

An office worker takes desperate measures in an attempt to get up on time in the morning.

Mice and Men Trailer (1916)

10 January 1916

Mark Embury sets out to create the perfect wife by adopting Peggy. His work is a success until the girl falls in love with another man.

The Battle of Trafalgar Trailer (1911)

22 September 1911

The Battle of Trafalgar is a possibly lost 1911 American silent docudrama film that portrayed the 1805 victory of Great Britain’s Royal Navy over the combined naval forces of France and Spain during the Napoleonic Wars.

Out of the Drifts Trailer (1916)

24 February 1916

An Eastern drifter stakes a claim near Boiseville but spends his nights gambling away his gold. Moll, one of the owners of the gambling hall, tries to help him quit the habit.

The Prince and the Pauper Trailer (1909)

03 August 1909

Extremely condensed version of the Mark Twain story of a royal heir and his poor doppelganger trading places.

Conscience Trailer (1917)

01 January 1917

Serama, the consort of Lucifer, is driven from Paradise by the Archangel Michael, who commands Conscience to enter human souls to judge and punish them.

The Valentine Girl Trailer (1917)

22 April 1917

Marion, a young girl, is given up by her guardian to be raised by her father who has a criminal past.

Tale the Autumn Leaves Told Trailer (1908)

11 April 1908

A handful of short tales of love, framed by leaf masks.

An Hour Before Dawn Trailer (1913)

20 October 1913

A female detective goes undercover as a chorus girl to solve the murder of a scientist whose son was threatened with disinheritance for his a romance with a chorus girl.

The Phantom Honeymoon Trailer (1919)

19 October 1919

Professor Tidewater tours Ireland with his two daughters to investigate the origins of ghost storiess

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

Twilight Trailer (1919)

22 February 1919

A baby, found strapped to a donkey in the North Carolina mountains where her father drowned, is called Twilight and raised by the Anwells.

Heléne of the North Trailer (1915)

19 August 1915

While waiting for the detained Lord Traverse, the guest of honor at an English society party, the guests play a game wherein each must tell a complete story before a cigarette burns out.

As a Man Lives Trailer (1923)

21 January 1923

Sherry Mason, the playboy son of wealthy parents, lives a life of self-indulgence until he meets Nadia Meredith, the daughter of a poor bookseller.

Fireside Reminiscences Trailer (1908)

01 February 1908

A broken-hearted husband thinks about the past as he sits by the fireplace.

The Trainer’s Daughter, or A Race for Love Trailer (1907)

23 November 1907

Jack and the daughter of a horse trainer are in love with each other, but when the trainer discovers them together, he makes it clear that Jack is unwelcome.

Cupid’s Pranks Trailer (1908)

29 February 1908

After receiving a scolding for falling asleep on the job, Cupid is sent out in search of potential lovers to unite.

Uncle Tom's Cabin Trailer (1918)

15 July 1918

When Kentucky plantation owner George Shelby is forced to sell several of his slaves, one of them, Eliza Harris, escapes across the icy Ohio River with her child.

The Dancer and the King Trailer (1914)

30 November 1914

The secretary of the young king of Bavarre sees and is impressed with a little girl. He watches her dancing in the street.

Bluebeard Trailer (1909)

26 November 1909

Fatima and Sister Anne have seemed alive in their minds, from the moment Fatima, in her mother's lonely hut, accepts an invitation to visit Bluebeard's castle until, after marrying him, he is about to behead her for entering the room where he keeps the heads of his ex-wives.

Molly Make-Believe Trailer (1916)

16 April 1916

Molly is an irrepressible young lady who decamps from her grandmother's farm where she learns of the dire poverty with which they are threatened.

College Chums Trailer (1907)

07 December 1907

While in a park, a young woman sees her fiancé being quite affectionate with another woman. When she calls him on the telephone to demand an explanation, he tells her that it was his sister.

Abraham Lincoln Trailer (1924)

01 February 1924

The highlight of the picture will be the delivery of the Gettysburg Address and the singing of a number of camp-fire songs.

Copper Mines at Bingham, Utah Trailer (1912)

30 October 1912

Survives only incomplete, but it nicely evokes the lost mining West. The steep hillsides of Bingham Canyon were divided into ethnic enclaves, and in the excerpt we glimpse the neighborhood known as Highland Boy, home to Italian and eastern European immigrants.