Selig Polyscope Company Movie Trailers
Most Popular Selig Polyscope Company Trailers
Total trailers found: 349
Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy Trailer (1913)
24 March 1913
Pauline Cushman leaves the theater to become a Federal spy. Working with Henry Holmes of the Secret Service, she escapes execution twice and helps Gen.
Lost in the Jungle Trailer (1911)
25 October 1911
Jan Kruga and his daughter Meta live on a farm in the Transvaal. The nearest neighbor, Sir John Morgan, lives 20 miles away, and it is only on rare intervals that she ever goes even that far away from her isolated home.
Temperance Town Trailer (1916)
05 June 1916
Mink Jones of Jonesville, is the lord high executioner and everything else.
When the Cook Fell Ill Trailer (1914)
31 July 1914
Patsy, the cook of the "Flying U" ranch, is passionately fond of canned corn. Every time he goes to town to buy supplies for the camp, cases of canned corn head the list.
The Dancer and the King, a Romantic Story of Spain Trailer (1908)
19 December 1908
A dancer enchants a leacherous king but rebuffs his advances, resulting in his vengeful anger.
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.
Danger Trail Trailer (1917)
30 April 1917
John Howland travels to the frozen North to build a branch of the Hudson Bay Railroad. There he meets and falls in love with Meleese Thoreau who warns him that her three bloodthirsty brothers, Max, Pierre and François, have sworn vengeance against a man named John Howland, the son of a man who killed their mother, and that torture and death await him along the route to his station.
The Ex-Convict Trailer (1913)
20 March 1913
Wilbur Stone is falsely accused of a crime, convicted on circumstantial evidence and "railroaded" to the penitentiary.
The Fifth String Trailer (1913)
15 September 1913
Angelo Diotti, a violinist, although encouraged by the eulogy of the musical profession, fails to impress Mildred Wallace, with whom he is in love, by his efforts on the violin.
A Colonel in Chains Trailer (1914)
23 February 1914
With Kathlyn's revelations of herself as a slave, Prince Umballah, her purchaser, has her imprisoned in the dungeon of the royal palace.
The Forged Parchment Trailer (1914)
18 May 1914
The captain of the guards, who was deposed by Umballah, observes Kathlyn in a perilous plight in the third balcony of a burning building, and immediately rushes to Colonel Hare's residence, informing Bruce and the colonel of her tragic position.
The Carpet from Bagdad Trailer (1915)
03 May 1915
Horace Wadsworth (played by Guy Oliver), one of a gang of criminals also planning a bank robbery in New York, steals the titular prayer rug from its Baghdad mosque.
Brown of Harvard Trailer (1918)
10 January 1918
Tom Brown shows up at Harvard, confident and a bit arrogant. He becomes a rival of Bob McAndrew, not only in football and rowing crew, but also for the affections of Mary Abbott, a professor's daughter.
The Grizzly Gulch Chariot Race Trailer (1915)
26 June 1915
The Grizzly Gulch Chariot Race is a silent Western
The Reporter Trailer (1911)
26 June 1911
The editor of the "Rising Sun," angry at a scoop of a rival paper, instructs his reporter to write up "How it Feels to Be a Burglar.
Wives of the Rich Trailer (1916)
10 April 1916
John Grant, capitalist, is devoted to his wife, but is obliged to curtail her weekly allowance because of her fondness for cards.
The Cruel Crown Trailer (1914)
06 April 1914
Pandemonium follows the escape of the leopards, placed to guard the treasure-room in Umballah's palace.
Back to the Primitive Trailer (1911)
10 May 1911
John Wilton cables his sister Helen in London to leave for South Africa via S.S. China and apprises her of the fact that Lord Thurlow sails on the same ship and is to act as her escort.
The Taming of Texas Pete Trailer (1913)
30 July 1913
Texas Pete, a gun-man, is "extra" bad when in liquor. This, however, does not terrify the ranch foreman, who discharges him for drunkenness.
The Witch of the Everglades Trailer (1911)
26 April 1911
White Cloud, the war chief of the Seminoles of the Everglades, in the beginning of the last century, starts a war on the "whites," for the brutal and unprovoked murder of his brother.
1861 Trailer (1911)
30 March 1911
Those memorable words had just died upon the lips of the grand old general, as he gave Lieutenant Allen orders to reach Thomas.
Forked Trails Trailer (1915)
02 February 1915
Moya Lantry, a belle of Cattleland. has captured the hearts of two bold cowboys, Bob Davis and Frank Scott.
A Texas Steer Trailer (1915)
26 July 1915
Urged on by his wife and daughter and against his better judgment, Texas cattle-baron Maverick Brander, finds himself in Washington D.
The King's Will Trailer (1914)
01 June 1914
Fast following the death of the King of Allaha, Prince Umballah, dethroned by the revolution, manages to reinstate himself and orders Kathlyn and her father brought to the palace in order that one of them may be made the reigning sovereign.
The Race for a Gold Mine Trailer (1915)
30 October 1915
The Race for a Gold Mine is a 1915 silent Western
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 Two Ordeals Trailer (1914)
12 January 1914
Kathlyn quickly recovers from the curious sensation of being forced to occupy an unwelcome throne in compliance with the scheming councilors of a fanatical people.
How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell Trailer (1915)
03 June 1915
When Jimmie Collins, a pickpocket, is arrested and brought before Captain Callahan of the Tenth, he is surprised because he is lodged in a cell.
Ben's Kid Trailer (1909)
01 July 1909
Buck Minor was the most detested man in Wolf Hollow, partly because he was quarrelsome and treacherous, partly because he abused and neglected his little wife, Molly, whom all the camp adored, and for whose sake it tolerated Buck.
The False Order Trailer (1913)
09 January 1913
The sensational crux of jealous revenge in "The False Order" is a head-on collision of two enormous locomotives.
The Only Chance Trailer (1913)
14 June 1913
Charley West, a lineman, complains about his rickety old hand-car, and is given one that is up-to-date.
Getting a Start in Life Trailer (1915)
06 April 1915
Old Si Spunk is dying, and leaves his shack and acres in Montana to Elizabeth Spunk, his niece, in the East.
The Sanitarium Trailer (1910)
10 October 1910
A young man transforms his uncle's palatial residence into a sanitarium only to end up paying back the money his patients gave him.
The Law and the Outlaw Trailer (1913)
03 June 1913
Dakota Wilson escapes from the Deer Lodge Penitentiary, and, after a period of quietness, secures a position on the Diamond S ranch, owned by Buffalo Watson.
The Sheriff of Yavapai County Trailer (1913)
19 March 1913
Big "Bud" O'Neill, the sheriff of Yavapai County, is in love with Nellie Bowen, daughter of a wealthy rancher.
Mrs. Jones' Birthday Trailer (1909)
30 August 1909
If all husbands have had similar experiences, it is too bad to harrow them up with the telling of this story.
The Poetic Justice of Omar Khan Trailer (1915)
11 April 1915
Betrayal and duplicity in the deserts of the Pasha before a happy resolution.
A Frontier Girl's Courage Trailer (1911)
05 December 1911
A short Western in which a group of settlers are ambushed and slain by Indians. A girl escapes the massacre, and flees with the gold digger Jim.
The Lad and the Lion Trailer (1917)
14 May 1917
While on vacation from college, William Bankinton is shipwrecked. His mind a blank, he is picked up by a derelict ship upon which there are only a lion and a stowaway named Broot.
Dixieland Trailer (1913)
16 April 1913
A minstrel troupe is embarking for a tour of the South. Henry Clay appears on the scene wearing the frayed coat of a Confederate General.
The Adventures of Kathlyn Trailer (1916)
14 January 1916
Feature version of the thirteen episode serial, Adventures of Kathlyn, released three years earlier.
The Man with the Iron Heart Trailer (1915)
02 September 1915
I.M. Mann, millionaire president of a large corporation, is known as "the man with the iron heart." James Boyd, cashier for Mann's corporation, is delayed one morning because of a dying mother, and is discharged.
The Ainus of Japan Trailer (1913)
24 January 1913
The Ainus of Japan represent the aborigines of Japan, the oldest existing people of the world, barring the cliff dwellers on the island of Razan of our own continent.
Alas! Poor Yorick! Trailer (1913)
21 April 1913
A mentally deranged sanatorium patient imagines that he is the world's greatest actor.
Sweet Alyssum Trailer (1915)
15 November 1915
The boss of iron worker Roanoke Brooks (Power), is having an affair with his wife (Kathlyn Williams).
A Husband Won by Election Trailer (1913)
07 March 1913
Edna Dusenberry, the charming twenty-year old daughter of Senator Dusenberry, is in love with handsome young Walter Force.
The Marshal's Capture Trailer (1913)
24 June 1913
The marshal is compelled to arrest his brother-in-law for accidentally shooting a Mexican. His wife pleads for his release, but it is ineffectual.
Legal Advice Trailer (1916)
15 July 1916
A pretty lawyer comes to town and the cowboys make fools of themselves trying to impress her. Tom decides to get himself arrested so he can be released into her custody, but during the trial her husband arrives.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Trailer (1910)
24 March 1910
An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.
Crooked Trails Trailer (1916)
03 June 1916
Irene Norris returns to the ranch from boarding school. She sees Dick Taylor, ranch foreman, win over Poncho, and half-breed, in a bucking bronco contest.
Made a Coward Trailer (1913)
10 July 1913
Bud Harris, a young miner with a reputation for courage, goes prospecting in the desert with Tom Jones in an attempt to locate a turquoise mine.
The Man Hunt! Trailer (1915)
01 January 1915
While on a hunting trip Tom encounters some bootleggers.
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.
Granny's Old Armchair Trailer (1913)
18 July 1913
Granny Willard, seeing the end of her days approaching, begs to leave her bed and sit in her old armchair, the bumble throne about which three generations have assembled.
The Lost City Trailer (1920)
02 January 1920
This 15-chapter serial was produced by Colonel William N. Selig, the former mogul whose large assortment of wild animals became the nucleus of today's Los Angeles Zoo.
A Hoosier Romance Trailer (1918)
18 August 1918
Pretty Patience Thompson, a "girl with a singing soul," lives with her cold-hearted and avaricious father, Jeff Thompson, on their Indiana farm.
In the Sultan's Power Trailer (1909)
17 June 1909
Jack Thornton, an American traveler, while touring Europe meets the daughter of an old French nobleman and falls in love with her.
Jimmy Hayes and Muriel Trailer (1914)
20 October 1914
Jimmy Hayes joins the Texas rangers. He causes much merriment by introducing to his new friends an ugly horned toad, around the neck of which he has tied a bright ribbon.
