William E. Shay

Most Popular William E. Shay Trailers

Total trailers found: 20

Shamus O'Brien Trailer (1912)

14 March 1912

Based on JS Le Fanu's 1850 poem "Shamus O'Brien." Copies of this short film survive at the Library of Congress and British Film Institute.

The Fall of the Romanoffs Trailer (1918)

01 January 1918

The overthrow of Czar Nicholas II in Russia was such big news that the then-fledgling art of cinema couldn't help but jump on it immediately and create a couple of dramatizations.

The Lone Wolf Trailer (1917)

30 June 1917

When Marcel, a waif, saves master crook Burke from the police, Burke adopts the youngster and teaches him his profession.

The Eternal Sin Trailer (1917)

15 March 1917

Gennaro, the son of Lucretia Borgia, lives unaware of the identity of his mother, who has married the Duke of Ferrara.

Sweet Memories Trailer (1911)

27 March 1911

An elderly woman looks back on the special times in her life, thinking especially about her now-departed husband and the things they did together.

Sin Trailer (1915)

03 October 1915

Italian peasant girl deserts her fiancé for wealthy gangster and departs for America.

Kreutzer Sonata Trailer (1915)

01 March 1915

Based -- loosely -- on Leo Tolstoy, this film starred feted stage star Nance O'Neil but is rather better remembered as Theda Bara's follow-up to the sensational A Fool There Was (1914).

A Timely Repentance Trailer (1912)

11 March 1912

A lost film. John Crawford, an honest mechanic, and Wilbur Robinson, a young man of leisure, both love the same girl.

A Cave Man Wooing Trailer (1912)

19 May 1912

George, a somewhat "unathletic" young man, falls for Clarice, a healthy, athletically inclined young woman.

His Hour of Triumph Trailer (1913)

30 October 1913

Leonard Dare, a producer, finds himself without a player strong enough to enact the part of Philip Dawany, one of the important characters of the cast.

'Tween Two Loves Trailer (1911)

28 September 1911

A story of an only daughter of a farmer; her mother is dead and she is her father's consolation. She grows up and falls in love with the young man in her father's employ, but when they tell the father of their love affair, he orders the lover off the place.

The Clemenceau Case Trailer (1915)

12 April 1915

This was Theda Bara's third starring film, and the first which she carried all on her own, with no other name actors in the cast.

The Two Orphans Trailer (1915)

05 September 1915

This picture is based on the same story that became D.W. Griffith's Orphans of the Storm in 1921. Ths

Up Against It Trailer (1912)

31 May 1912

Amos Bentley was up against it in more senses than one. Times were so hard with him that he had to part with the furniture of his little apartment in order to pay his debts.

Neptune's Daughter Trailer (1914)

25 April 1914

The daughter of King Neptune takes on human form to avenge the death of her young sister, who was caught in a fishing net.

The Soul of Broadway Trailer (1915)

18 October 1915

Grace Leonard, a typical woman of the New York stage, beautiful but old in sin, seduces William Craig, who becomes a thief in order to shower luxuries upon her.

A Daughter of the Gods Trailer (1916)

16 October 1916

A sultan agrees to help an evil witch destroy a mysterious beauty if the witch will bring his young son back to life.

The Telephone Girl Trailer (1927)

26 March 1927

Telephone operator Kitty O'Brien can't help but get involved in the problems of her customers. Right now she is concerning herself with the well-being of Tom Blake, the honest son of crooked political boss Jim Blake.

The Boy, the Bust and the Bath Trailer (1907)

03 August 1907

A young female boarding house tenant becomes an unwanted object of male attention.

The Lighthouse Keeper Trailer (1911)

18 May 1911

Tom Alkins, a sturdy fisherman, loves Polly Berry, the daughter of old Nat Berry, the keeper of the light.