William C. Dowlan Trailers

Common Property Trailer (1919)

18 October 1919

Russian Paval Pavlovitch is married to an American woman when a decree is handed down that nationalizes women between the ages of seventeen and thirty-five as common property of the state for the use of its citizens.

The Atom Trailer (1918)

15 September 1918

Jennie is a slavey in a theatrical boarding house. To her the actors are all wonderful, but Montague Booth is the chief.

Cowardice Court Trailer (1919)

15 June 1919

A feud in the Adirondack Mountains develops when Randolph Shaw will not give up a shack and its acreage adjoining the estate of Lord Cecil Bazelhurst, whose wife, the former Evelyn Banks of Jersey City, married him for his title and now wants to get rid of Randolph's ugly shack.

The Outsider Trailer (1917)

05 November 1917

After complaining about her dull life, shop girl Sally Manvers falls asleep on the roof of her apartment.

The College Orphan Trailer (1915)

25 October 1915

Angered by his son Jack's wild behavior, Mr. Bennett sends him to college on a limited allowance. Jack is engaged to Irma Brentwood, the daughter of his father's partner, however, Irma prefers upper classman Bruce Howard.

The Sin of Olga Brandt Trailer (1915)

03 January 1915

Olga Brandt, a stenographer in the office of Stephen Leslie, an attorney, receives a pitifully small salary.

Richelieu Trailer (1914)

26 September 1914

Based on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four due to poor reviews.

Loot Trailer (1919)

06 October 1919

Wade Hildreth is sent to New York from London to receive a diamond necklace for Lady Gwendolyn from the jeweler Arabin.

A Night of Thrills Trailer (1914)

13 December 1914

Hazel and Jack are about to be married. At his death, Hazel's uncle, Howard Wild, has bequeathed to them as a wedding present a deed to the old Wild mansion.

Drugged Waters Trailer (1916)

20 March 1916

Just Plain Folks Trailer (1916)

20 January 1916

The owner of a small rustic hotel marries a local widow, whereupon the couple sets up housekeeping with their respective grown sons.

Dangerous to Men Trailer (1920)

05 April 1920

When noted scientist John Vandam dies in the Orient, he leaves the guardianship of his eighteen-year-old daughter to his old friend Sandy Verrall.

Daughter Angele Trailer (1918)

25 August 1918

Mary Brenton, daughter of wealthy Anthony Brenton, marries a man her father doesn't approve of, and they become estranged.

Under the Crescent Trailer (1915)

01 June 1915

A biographical serial based on the life of its lead actress, Ola Humphrey, and her adventures in Egypt.

Across the Footlights Trailer (1915)

13 June 1915

Larry Moore is a young amateur actor and lives at the same boarding house with Adele Lawrence, a rising young star, who has just secured the leading part in a play called "The Love Behind the Throne.

The Measure of a Man Trailer (1915)

28 January 1915

Helen MacDermott, daughter of the Factor at Bear Lake, has been carefully and religiously brought up by her widowed father.

The Tragedy of Whispering Creek Trailer (1914)

01 May 1914

In a mining town a young orphan girl is engaged to miner Bashful Bill. "The Greaser" ,a menacing Mexican, terrorizes the town's residents.

Locked Lips Trailer (1920)

28 April 1920

Upon returning home from school one day, Lotus Blossom, a Japanese orphan who lives on the island of Hilo in Hawaii and teaches at a native school, discovers Parker, nearly dead from hunger.

The End of the Feud Trailer (1914)

12 April 1914

For fifty years the Dawsons and the Putnams have been engaged in a deadly family feud. Old Hen Dawson is now the patriarch of the Dawsons, and Jed Putnam is the leader of the Putnams.

The Lion, the Lamb and the Man Trailer (1914)

06 December 1914

A spirited young college graduate is sent away to the Kentucky mountains to live with her uncle after returning home and scorning the effete minister her parents had chosen for her husband.

The Peddler of Lies Trailer (1920)

01 March 1920

At a party thrown at the Metcalf estate, the Marquise D'Irancy's Sultana diamond disappears when the lights go out during a power failure.

Restless Souls Trailer (1919)

02 February 1919

Judith Wingate has married for wealth, but desires love, while her friend Marion Gregory has married for love, but longs for wealth.

The Madcap Trailer (1916)

05 June 1916

Chronically unable to meet the right man, Flora Fairbanks falls in love with John Markham, a young artist, while vacationing in France, and believes that her run of bad luck has ended.