William Sheer
Actor · 1889 – 1933 · Birmingham, England, UK
Movies8
Movie9.0DramaNadia, 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.
Unto Those Who Sin
1916 · 1 votes
Movie4.5ComedyA man falls in love with a piano player and tries to woo her. A passerby hears a maid's music, fancies he's found his true love, and chats her up. Her boyfriend arrives for his music lesson and jealously dismisses the interloper, who swipes a grinder's organ (and monkey) to help him serenade the maid. Later he follows the boyfriend to a residence hotel and plants a bomb in the man's piano. The organ-grinder is gunning for the thief, and soon the piano, bomb, monkey, thief, and pistol-packing grinder are rolling down the road to the delight of maid and lover. It's ka-boom for some and a kiss for others.
Do-Re-Mi-Boom!
1915 · 2 votes
Movie5.0ComedyAmbrose's nasty temper gets him in trouble when he accidentally puts his boss's attractive daughter in danger.
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
1915 · 1 votes
Movie6.8RomanceCrimeAt 10 years old, Owen becomes a ragged orphan when his mother dies. Abusive next-door neighbors the Conways take him in, and by 17, Owen has learned that might is right. At 25, he's a career gangster: loitering, gambling and drinking in dens of iniquity. Marie Deering arrives in Owen's area, eager to empower the impoverished, gang-affiliated youth through education. Owen slowly but surely leaves his old life behind, choosing the narrow path- all the while falling in love with Marie. Skinny, who's taken over Owen's role in the gang, reappears to him, spelling trouble.
The Regeneration
1915 · 43 votes
Movie7.0DramaTenement dweller Molly Moore, trying to forget her crooked past and go straight, runs a cheap restaurant in the underworld district in order to educate her younger sister Marion.
Pitfalls of a Big City
1919 · 1 votes
Movie5.8ComedyDramaThe "true story" of baseball great Babe Ruth; Ruth plays himself.
Headin' Home
1920 · 10 votes
Movie4.2ComedyAfter being falsely accused of theft, Pete, the station master's assistant, rescues his girlfriend from the genuine villain, marauding crook Desperate Dan.
A Versatile Villain
1915 · 2 votes
Movie7.0MysteryDramaPeter James Slaney, just released from prison, is the only boarder who is kind to Lena, the maid at the cheap Paris Hotel. So that Lena can leave her abusive landlady, Slaney accepts $2,500 from a stranger, who threatens to send Slaney back to prison unless he undertakes a job. Slaney is sent to the home of political boss John Biggs with a sealed envelope which he is to open after entering.
The Sealed Envelope
1919 · 1 votes