William Nicholas Selig Trailers
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Most Popular William Nicholas Selig Trailers
Total trailers found: 64
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.
A Dangerous Adventure Trailer (1922)
01 November 1922
Grace Darmond, who had made quite a splash in the 1921 (and still extant) serial The Hope Diamond Mystery, returned to the Saturday matinees as Marjorie Stanton, the treasure-hunting damsel-in-distress of A Dangerous Adventure, produced in 15 chapters and directed by two of the Warner Brothers, Sam and Jack L.
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 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.
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 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 Rosary Trailer (1922)
16 January 1922
After his uncle dies, founder of the fishing village of Sandy Bay, Kenwood Wright is cut off with only some marshland while his nephew, Bruce Wilton, inherits the bulk of the estate.
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.
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.
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.
Making It Pleasant for Him Trailer (1909)
29 November 1909
A comedy drama which clearly portrays the adventures of a country chap who falls into the hands of the servants of his city cousin, who has instructed them to make it pleasant for him.
The Man from Texas Trailer (1915)
02 March 1915
A cowboy gets a message that his sister's husband has left her in ill health. When he gets there, Texas finds her dead.
In the Long Ago Trailer (1913)
15 May 1913
A picture which illustrates an Indian myth, a poetic love story of the long ago, in which a despised musician is refused the privilege of marrying the belle of the tribe.
The Golden Thought Trailer (1916)
25 December 1916
A deputy marshal rounds up the bad guys and gets the girl.
The Heart of Texas Ryan Trailer (1917)
25 February 1917
To get in the good graces of his rancher boss’s daughter, cowboy Single Shot captures a cattle raider but then gets kidnapped by his gang of thieves.
The City of Purple Dreams Trailer (1918)
10 January 1918
Miss Otis nearly hits a derelict with her car, and out of sympathy she gives him some money and advises him to "clean up and keep clean.
Indian Summer Trailer (1913)
22 May 1913
A Confederate soldier battles with amnesia, vagrants, and tramps as he makes his way back home and to his sweetheart, Virginia.
The Wooing and Wedding of a Coon Trailer (1907)
16 November 1907
The opening shows a colored nursemaid in the park with baby carriage, and seated on a bench receives the attention of several smart colored men who admire her greatly and endeavor to make her acquaintance.
Bounder Trailer (1912)
12 March 1912
Ruby Blackwell, typical young girl of Arizona, lives with her brother Tom, and their widowed mother in a cabin in the mountains.
Kazan Trailer (1921)
28 October 1921
Kazan, a dog who reverts to the life of the wild when his master is killed, becomes docile when he develops a loyalty to a girl in distress.
The Tramp and the Dog Trailer (1896)
01 January 1896
A tramp steals a housewife's pie, and is pursued by her bulldog, which latches onto his rear as he scrambles over a fence.
The Crisis Trailer (1916)
21 December 1916
Stephen Brice, a young lawyer in Civil War-era St. Louis, falls in love with Virginia Carvel, the daughter of his benefactor.
Unto Those Who Sin Trailer (1916)
06 March 1916
Nadia, a stenographer, must give her meager earnings to her drunken father. When he shoots his wife's lover, Nadia decides to move in with her flashy girl friend Mabel, who soon introduces her to the fast life.
The Still Alarm Trailer (1918)
15 July 1918
"Bird," a clerk in Fordham's drugstore, agrees to place a large sum of money in the store's safe for a traveler, but when the man requests a bottle of medicine, Bird poisons the remedy, and the visitor is found dead in his hotel.
Vanishing Trails Trailer (1920)
10 September 1920
A 15-chapter Western serial. The serial involves the mystery of the murder of William Stillman (Wells) and the finding of the heir to his fortune.
The Jungle Princess Trailer (1920)
05 June 1920
Juanita Hansen as Princess Elyata of Tirzah, a "white goddess" ruling a hidden city, who saves American adventurers (George Chesebro and Frank Clark) from a treacherous slave trader, Gagga (Hector Dion), amid wild animal threats.
Auction of Souls Trailer (1919)
19 January 1919
A Hollywood biographical film about a survivor's experience of the Armenian Genocide. Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian plays herself in the film which is based on her published memoirs.
Marian, the Holy Terror Trailer (1914)
12 May 1914
Marian, in truth a quiet and reserved girl from the East, in the new tonic atmosphere of Arizona seems to change her nature and through a series of misunderstandings is given the title of "The Holy Terror.
A Matrimonial Boomerang Trailer (1915)
14 May 1915
A couple of rowdy gamblers, a cowboy, and a woman undercover.
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.
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.
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.
Something Good — Negro Kiss Trailer (1898)
02 January 1898
Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.
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.
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 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.
The Jungle Goddess Trailer (1922)
15 May 1922
A young girl is kidnapped and thrown in the empty basket of a hot-air balloon. The balloon is accidentally cut loose and drifts to the middle of darkest Africa.
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 Count of Monte Cristo Trailer (1908)
15 February 1908
Adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas
The Vows Trailer (1911)
21 January 1911
The story depicts a youth at the crossroads of life, listening to the call of the church, renouncing love and worldly pleasure which beckon him and consecrating himself to the priesthood.
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.
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 Mystery of Dead Man's Isle Trailer (1915)
30 June 1915
A fisherman discovers a young woman on a long-uninhabited island who gives him the ominous warning that those who land on Dead Man's Isle don't have long to live.
The Awful Adventures of an Aviator Trailer (1915)
03 September 1915
Amateur aviator Harold McNutt's hopes of taking flight result in an escalating series of high jinks.
The Millionaire Cowboy Trailer (1913)
03 February 1913
During a wonderful exhibition of horsemanship and cowboy skill. "Dud," the foreman of the Diamond S ranch, is handed a telegram summoning him to Chicago to claim a fortune left him by an uncle.
The Hobo's Rest Cure Trailer (1912)
27 November 1912
Bill Grogan, a happy hobo, having successfully eluded all sorts of allurements to go to work and having discharged himself from several easy jobs after numerous attempts to get painlessly injured, frightens a chauffeur into believing that he had been injured by a baby carriage.
Go West, Young Woman, Go West Trailer (1910)
04 July 1910
Mrs. Kelly runs a hoarding-house in the western foothills, having principally as her clientele the cowpunchers that work thereabouts, she meets with no end of trouble in securing a suitable cook that matrimonial proof, as the moment a fair queen of the pot and pan arrives she is besieged by the boarders, and invariably Cupid gets his work in.
Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz Trailer (1910)
14 April 1910
Dorothy and the Scarecrow are now in the Emerald City. They have become friendly with the Wizard, and together with the woodman, the cowardly lion, and several new creations equally delightful, they journey through Oz -- the earthquake -- and into the glass city.
The Making of Crooks Trailer (1915)
27 December 1915
Walton the pharmacist, convicted of selling drugged candy to children, is released from prison through the intercession of political “boss” Lee O'Neil.
Wash Day in Camp Trailer (1898)
01 January 1898
Representing soldiers in camp washing their clothing and a general cleaning up
Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek Trailer (1904)
08 April 1904
A tramp kills a generous woman. In revenge, her husband tracks down and lynches the tramp.
Something Good – Negro Kiss (Alternate Version) Trailer (1898)
02 January 1898
Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen. This version is shot with a wider view and shows more of the vaudeville stylings of Saint Suttle and Gertie Brown and their stage act.
