William Humphrey
Actor · 1863 – 1942 · Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, USA
Movies24
Movie7.1HorrorThe deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
The Phantom of the Opera
1925 · 418 votes
Movie5.6ThrillerCrimeAn actress is murdered in the midst of shooting a dance sequence for her latest picture, with Inspector Steve Trent on the case.
The Crime of Helen Stanley
1934 · 8 votes
- Movie6.0
Edna and Alice, the twins, get positions as stenographers in the offices of Mr. Redman and Mr. Carter. Redman is short and fussy, Carter, stout and nervous. They happen to be friends, and exchange phone confidences about their new stenographers. Both flirt with the girls. Redman invites Alice to dinner and gives this as a reason in refusing Carter's invitation to the Club. Carter, not to be outdone, dispatches a note to Edna who has gone home, asking her to meet him at Stanley's restaurant. While he waits, Redman enters the restaurant with Alice. Carter, believing her to be Edna, follows, but they have disappeared into a private dining room. Edna arrives and is perplexed at not finding Carter. She enters and meets him in the hallway, to be accused of having just entered with another man. She denies it. They get a dining room where they enjoy an excellent meal. Alice leaves Redman to phone her mother. Carter leaves Edna to get a cigar.
Mixed Identities
1913 · 3 votes
Movie10.0HistoryDramaA biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924 · 1 votes
Movie7.3ComedyRomanceA girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money. They go back to his house, and eventually come up with a plan to benefit them both: he'll scrounge enough money together to teach her how to be a lady, and then introduce her to his rich friends so she can snag a husband, after which she'll pay him a finder's fee. Complications ensue.
False Pretenses
1935 · 3 votes
Movie5.0DramaHistoryAn early film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.
A Tale of Two Cities
1911 · 2 votes
Movie6.7CrimeThrillerThree sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as 'The Unholy Three' – a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.
The Unholy Three
1925 · 62 votes
Movie8.0DramaDrusilla Doane is a charity inmate at an old-ladies' home who inherits a million dollars. Someone leaves a baby on the porch. And someone else leaves another, and soon Drusilla, who always wanted a child of her, in now in charge of a large brood of children, and very happy about it. But there may be a problem; the real heir to the money shows up.
Drusilla with a Million
1925 · 1 votes
Movie1.0DramaHistoryReleased in five parts (The Persecution of the Children of Israel by the Egyptians, Forty Years in the Land of Midian, The Plagues of Egypt and the Deliverance of the Hebrews, The Victory of Israel, The Promised Land), 4 December 1909 to 19 February 1910. A Vitagraph advertisement in the Moving Picture World (31 Dec. 1909) refers to The Life of Moses as a "Biblical Film-de-Luxe". It is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.
The Life of Moses
1909 · 1 votes
Movie4.8FantasyComedyAn early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1909 · 18 votes
Movie8.0Alice is in an unhappy relationship with her fiance. She falls for a new man, but he goes swimming and starts to drown. Can Jean save the day?
Jean Rescues
1911 · 1 votes
Movie3.0DramaInventor John Turbin vows vengeance when "Iron Man" Moore, a wealthy iron industrialist, steals his plans. Poverty and disappointment make him a derelict, but he forgives his enemy and finds happiness after Moore's daughters, Hope and Joy, befriend him.
The Man Life Passed By
1923 · 3 votes
- Movie10.0ComedyRomance
The night of the grand reception and dance finds Belle Oakley in high glee as she leaves for the reception. She arrives at the reception and discovers that she is without her dancing shoes. She announces her loss and immediately all the young men volunteer to go in search of them. Harry Brown, who was not as quick as the others, is left behind and sits dejectedly on the curb while the others drive away.
Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
1912 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaGeorge Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. Brummel, broken-hearted, embarks upon a life of revelry.
Beau Brummel
1924 · 16 votes
- Movie2.5Drama
Treasonous courtiers plot to assassinate Cardinal Richelieu and overthrow King Louis XIII, manipulating Chevalier DeMauprat into joining the scheme. The Cardinal unmasks the deception and fakes his own death to trap the conspirators. He dramatically returns to the throne room with a secret dispatch proving the villains' treason, leading to their arrest and the reunion of the young lovers
Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy
1910 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0History
A biographical two-reel series starring Joseph Kilgour as Washington. The first part, "Washington Under the British Flag" (released June 29), focused on Washington's early life and French and Indian War experiences as a British colonial officer. The second part "Washington Under the American Flag" (released July 3) continued his story through the Revolution and presidency, portraying his journey from surveyor to commander and first president, aiming to educate audiences on America's founding father.
The Life of George Washington
1909 · 1 votes
Movie5.0MysteryA reporter sets out to prove that his girlfriend was framed and sent to prison.
Cheating Blondes
1933 · 7 votes
- Movie8.0History
Arnold, reproved by General Washington, decides, with the bitter hatred of a small nature, to betray West Point into the hands of the British, and to that end enters into negotiation with Major Andre, as the representative of the British General.
Benedict Arnold
1909 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ActionCrimeA newspaper reporter covering a famous magician's eroding marriage must later prove that the subject was responsible for his wife's murder.
Find the Witness
1937 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaA 1919 film directed by Robert Z. Leonard.
The Way of a Woman
1919 · 1 votes
Movie6.4MysteryAn elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? A suicided actress's sister? The temperamental prop man? Or maybe the show's talented female chimpanzee?
Curtain at Eight
1933 · 8 votes
- Movie9.0CrimeDrama
Temptations of a Shop Girl is a lost 1927 silent crime drama film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Betty Compson and Pauline Garon
Temptations of a Shop Girl
1927 · 1 votes
Movie3.2ComedyDirector Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
Manhattan Parade
1931 · 5 votes
Movie7.2HistoryRomanceA law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who has killed his friend, the student adopts the identity of Scaramouche the clown.
Scaramouche
1923 · 16 votes