Selig Polyscope Company Movie Trailers
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The Still Alarm Trailer (1911)
18 May 1911
John Bird and Franklyn Fordham were once business partners, but because of Bird’s shady dealings they part.
The Girl and the Mail Bag Trailer (1915)
09 October 1915
Jessie Baird, the postmaster's daughter, handles the registered mail. Hankey, a gambler, seeing the men sending money away from the mining town, decides to rob the stagecoach of the mail bag.
Some Duel Trailer (1916)
08 July 1916
Grace, daughter of Jim Jordan, a ranch owner, has just returned from school, and Tom, leader of the Lazy S cowboy outfit, and Centiped Pete, leader of a rival cowboy outfit, fall in love with the girl.
Conscience and the Temptress Trailer (1914)
14 January 1914
John Morton, a rising young businessman, comes under the fascinating spell of Vera Violetta, a burlesque actress, and lavishes costly gifts upon her.
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.
Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor Trailer (1914)
27 October 1914
The sheriff is in love with a beautiful widow. The widow has a brother who is in secret a rascal and a member of a gang of bandits.
The Way of the Redman Trailer (1914)
06 October 1914
The story is of a Redman, a civilized Indian, who takes into his home a wounded gambler, shot while escaping the sheriff.
Papa's Dream Trailer (1913)
25 June 1913
Papa Ward, a portly and dignified person, sits drowsily smoking in his study as his adorable daughter, Fannie, comes and bids him good-night.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Trailer (1908)
07 March 1908
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
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.
The Soul Mate Trailer (1914)
12 December 1914
Sally Brent, a pretty laundry girl, believes in palmistry and is told by a charlatan that the man who affects purple as his colors is her affinity and soul mate.
The Country That God Forgot Trailer (1916)
02 October 1916
After years of hardship, miner Steve Brant finally strikes it rich, hoping to build a better life with his wife Helen.
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.
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.
Knight of the Saddle Trailer (1917)
04 June 1917
Tom Mix and other cowboys in feats of roping, riding and bulldogging.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 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 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.
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 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