Selig Polyscope Company Movie Trailers

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The Circular Staircase Trailer (1915)

20 September 1915

Wealthy spinster, Rachel Innes rents a country house with her niece and nephew for the summer, only for a series of strange occurrences and a murder at the house's circular staircase to lead to shocking revelations about the home's owner and the family secrets within the house.

Monte Cristo Trailer (1912)

14 October 1912

An unauthorised adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas. Produced by Selig with the intent of beating Adolph Zukor's adaptation to the screen, Zukor successfully sued and the prints were ordered to be destroyed.

The Lion's Mate Trailer (1915)

08 May 1915

Hamad, an Arab half-breed, is in command of the ivory traders. Allan Deane is sent to take charge of the ivory traders' camp, and Hamad is told that he can serve as assistant hereafter.

The Jungle Stockade Trailer (1915)

17 April 1915

Robert Barker, the newly arrived missionary, bears gifts to King Lomba of the Bartosi tribe. The king accepts the gifts, but tells Barker, "The bones of our ancestors have told us that white men are traitors.

All on Account of Checkers Trailer (1912)

29 March 1912

Smith & Smith, publishers, in a letter, notify Professor Bernard that they will accept his latest story if he will alter the enclosed paragraph: "Marry me and I will do away with my wife as I did her father.

Betty Fools Dear Old Dad Trailer (1912)

22 August 1912

Betty and David are lovers, but Betty's Dad prefers Aaron for a son-in-law. Betty spurns him and tries to elope with David.

Sweeney's Dream Trailer (1913)

16 July 1913

While many men think they can manage a hotel, a theater, or a newspaper, they are in the minority compared with those low-browed addle-pates who believe they could run the government.

The Escape of Jim Dolan Trailer (1913)

15 October 1913

Jim Dolan is a prospector who incurs the hatred of Ed Jones, foreman of the Brown Ranch, because of his attentions to Grace Wellington, daughter of a nearby rancher.

Bread Upon the Waters Trailer (1912)

30 September 1912

Tim Clancy, an ex-convict, on the day of his release, returns home and is welcomed by his mother and sweetheart.

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.

Knight of the Saddle Trailer (1917)

04 June 1917

Tom Mix and other cowboys in feats of roping, riding and bulldogging.

Never Again Trailer (1915)

11 September 1915

Tom promises his sweetheart, Vicky, that he will stop drinking. He falls in with boon companions, however, and in a saloon brawl, he accidentally shoots Ned, his pal.

The Boarding House Ham Trailer (1916)

20 May 1916

Maggie De Cray and her daughter, Maybelle, run a theatrical boarding house. Horatio Payne is a star boarder.

Tempted by Necessity Trailer (1912)

23 October 1912

Jim is tasked with taking the daily deposit to the bank. On his way, he happens to overhear an intense argument between a man and his wife, drawing him into their backyard.

The Guardian's Dilemma Trailer (1915)

06 March 1915

Prof. Jaquin Delano joins a circus to study practical zoology. Old man Cummings is the guardian of Anita, a beautiful girl.

The Sheriff's Blunder Trailer (1916)

25 November 1916

The Sheriff's Blunder is a silent Western.

Athletic Ambitions Trailer (1915)

06 November 1915

Vicky pays a visit to her uncle's ranch in the west, and tells the cowboys that she could not love a man who is not an athlete.

Miracles of the Jungle Trailer (1921)

16 July 1921

Miracles of the Jungle is the adventures of two U.S. Secret Service men sent to Africa to bring back a man wanted for murder.

A Western Masquerade Trailer (1916)

12 April 1916

Tom Bruce finds a thespian's life is not a happy one, and when the theatrical company goes on the rocks, he lands in a western town where a school master is desired.

The Sheep Runners Trailer (1914)

02 June 1914

Jim Woods, a tractable old sheep runner, dwells with his daughter, Beth, in a mountain cabin and does his best to keep his wandering flocks from infringing upon the meadows claimed by the cattlemen.

The Vengeance of Rannah Trailer (1915)

15 November 1915

Henry Ranson, a soldier, returns home and finds his sweetheart is going to marry another man. He seeks consolation from General Craddock, a retired army officer.

Into the Primitive Trailer (1916)

29 May 1916

American heiress Jennie Leslie, the Honorable Cecil Winthrope, and the alcoholic Thomas Blake are washed ashore on a deserted island after a shipwreck.

The Black Leopard Trailer (1915)

07 August 1915

Sportsman Donald Lee is disfigured while procuring a rare black leopard skin for spoiled debutante Mabel Davis, who then rejects him because of his injury.

A Jungle Revenge Trailer (1915)

04 December 1915

Elbert Carey, a trapper of wild animals, seeing the admiration of Dais, a native servant, for a jaguar, indicates that she may have it.

The Moving Picture Cowboy Trailer (1914)

05 October 1914

Luke Barns obtains employment with a moving picture concern as a cowboy and declares himself capable of performing any or all feats such as cowboys are supposed to perform.

The Courtship of Miles Standish Trailer (1910)

20 January 1910

A short silent film based on the poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In the Days of Daring Trailer (1916)

01 January 1916

In the Days of Daring is a silent Western

The Awakening Trailer (1912)

24 October 1912

Bill Williams, a poor inventor with a large family, suddenly comes into great wealth through the sale of an invention.

The Jaguar Trap Trailer (1915)

24 May 1915

Joe Grant is the renegade husband of Lengua, a beautiful South African native girl. John Lewis is a South American trader, living with his daughter Grace.

A War Time Romance Trailer (1912)

26 July 1912

Among the many beautiful and exciting romances that saw birth, blossomed and grew, during the dark and foreboding days of our great Civil War period, was that of Arthur Deming, the young Confederate officer, and his Southern sweetheart, Alice Munroe.

The Ex-Convict's Plunge Trailer (1913)

29 May 1913

Elton Gates, having served seven years for submitting to temptation with a bank's funds, is released.

The Roller Skate Craze Trailer (1907)

03 August 1907

More than a dozen shots, some less than a second, of people wearing roller skates in various settings: a young man in skates sits on a low guardrail next to a city sidewalk reading, a woman with a child shoots by, a constable skates gingerly, a man skates by in suit and vest, another cleans front steps, children skate into a room where papa and siblings sit, someone slips at the base of stairs, a man in a cowboy hat moves fast, two jovial chubby women shake hands, our man in the hat trips over a wheelbarrow, then falls again as he rounds a corner, then down goes the constable.

The Spellbound Multitude Trailer (1914)

20 April 1914

Kathlyn's sister, Winnie, has been cowed and terrorized, is forcibly crowned Queen of Allaha, to serve the sinister purpose of the scheming Umballah.

The Count of Monte Cristo Trailer (1908)

15 February 1908

Adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas

So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law Trailer (1912)

22 October 1912

Red Reagan, and two companions, Brooks and Mathis, lose their way while on a prospecting trip in the mountains.

The Lost Inheritance Trailer (1912)

13 November 1912

The story of a young man and woman in an apparent arranged marriage that is complicated by a supposed inheritance.

Wade Brent Pays Trailer (1914)

22 December 1914

Wade Brent's father bequeaths to his son several hundred thousand dollars, but leaves this in the hands of a strict guardian.

Through Another Man's Eyes Trailer (1913)

01 August 1913

A young man addicted to liquor; he becomes a drunkard and later a felon. After serving time he returns to his home and, looking through a window, sees his old-time sweetheart married to the worthy man she should have married.

To Be Called For Trailer (1914)

02 September 1914

Silas Brown, a close-fisted country hotel-keeper in Hicksville, has a pretty daughter, Betty, who has a devoted suitor in Otis Perkins, a typical country town boy.

The Mystic Ball Trailer (1915)

06 September 1915

Huri, an East Indian, calls upon young Putnam on business, and while there the native leaves his most prized possession.

The Baby and the Leopard Trailer (1915)

11 December 1915

Fred Herman, a farmer in Africa, with his wife and baby, lives in happiness. Carl Snyder, an animal trapper, stops at the Herman home.

Pres. Roosevelt at the Dedication Ceremonies, St. Louis Exposition Trailer (1903)

06 May 1903

On April 30, 1903, one hundred years to the day after the signing in Paris of the Louisiana Purchase agreement, President Theodore Roosevelt is in St Louis, Missouri, to dedicate the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, which did not open until one year later.

The Raiders Trailer (1916)

30 September 1916

Tom Mix silent Western short

Saved by Her Horse Trailer (1915)

12 June 1915

A party of settlers emigrating westward with a wagon train to find new homes, go into camp for the night.

The Range Law Trailer (1913)

21 February 1913

Ted, the foreman of "The Diamond S. Ranch" is in love with Dora, Dad's daughter. Tafe is the leader of a band of desperate characters that have been terrifying the neighborhood for some time.

The Vampire Trailer (1910)

10 November 1910

Guy Temple, as "the fool there was" marries his brother's ward, his boyhood sweetheart, Emily. The young husband becomes ensnared in the toils of the Vampire (a destroyer of souls).

At Piney Ridge Trailer (1916)

01 May 1916

When Cindy Lane becomes pregnant, Mark Brierson, the father, refuses to marry her. Instead, Brierson romances Azalia Deering, whose father, General Deering, owns the town bank.

The Unwelcome Throne Trailer (1913)

29 December 1913

Kathlyn Hare, daughter of Col. Hare, a collector of wild animals, is modeling a pet leopard in her alfresco studio, when her younger sister, Winnie, comes in with a collie dog, which excites the leopard into such ferocity that the sister has to seek safety in a cage.

A Jolt for the Janitor Trailer (1913)

08 June 1913

A comical story of the Flannigan Flats, showing how the janitor got the worst of it when, through hir

John Dough and the Cherub Trailer (1910)

19 December 1910

John Dough gives his assistance in the celebration of the Fourth. No end of trouble results from the invasion of his peaceful rest by the much-despised Miffkits.

Young Love Trailer (1915)

27 November 1915

When Jasper Leigh calls on Professor Hunt to ask for his daughter, Mary's, hand in marriage, the Professor tells him that the girl is too young.

The Man from the East Trailer (1911)

16 March 1911

Jack Manning is a young man, one year out of college. His father, recently died, leaving him a fortune.

Roping a Sweetheart Trailer (1916)

26 August 1916

Vicky Weathers arrives home at the B-O Ranch, after a long sojourn in the east. Her father sends Tom and Sid, two cowboys, to the train to meet her.

Her Bitter Lesson Trailer (1912)

31 October 1912

Aurora Floyd elopes from boarding school with John Conyers, but hardly a week has elapsed before she discovers that she has married a worthless libertine.

The Sergeant Trailer (1910)

21 September 1910

In this Western, the sergeant takes his commander’s daughter on a horseback ride along the Merced River (which actually might be Oregon's Clackamas River).

The Land of Oz Trailer (1910)

19 May 1910

The Emerald City in all its splendor with all the familiar characters so dear to the hearts of children - Little Dorothy, the scarecrow, the woodman, the cowardly lion, and the wizard continuing on their triumphal entry to the mystic city, adding new characters, new situations, and scintillating comedy.

The Fatal Note Trailer (1914)

14 November 1914

Tisdale and his lovely young wife are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary. Tisdale discovers his wife passionately kissing a love letter and upon obtaining possession of it, reads: "Ten o'clock at the old elm," and signed, "Your lover.

Meller Drammer Trailer (1914)

14 August 1914

Goldie, the bright young daughter of Farmer Meadows, is engaged to marry Harold Montaine, a romantic young farm hand.

In Remembrance Trailer (1914)

24 March 1914

Jack Sterling from up York State marries the daughter of old Squire Merton, takes her back to the big city and later becomes affluent in business, but is not as attentive to his wife as he should be.

Taking a Chance Trailer (1916)

24 June 1916

Taking a Chance is a 1916 Western.