William Shea Movies

An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

In France during the reign of Louis XVI American naval officer Francis Burnham escapes from a British convict ship. He flees to Paris to see Benjamin...

John Burling, a detective, rounds up some members of the Night Hawk gang. Bill Hanks, the chief, swears to get even with him. Tim, a little street...

A silent short film telling the classic story of Becky Sharp.

A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.

Jack, a little orphan, is anxious to become a sailor, and although Captain Rhines refuses to take him aboard his ship, manages to sneak in as a...

Banker Graham Lawlor is convinced to invest in Silver Shield Mines and becomes president, unaware that promoters Harris, Brennen, and Lester are...

Romantic comedy in which a woman who no longer wants to marry her fiance when it turns out he doesn't have an inheritance. After his father is...

Geoffrey's relationship with his fiancée is threatened by Ameuset, a princess of Egypt awakened after five thousand years. Originally a six...

Two nice young people become acquainted at the beach; A romance develops.

Bunny and Marsh attend a show and both fall in love with a charming danseuse.

After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her...

Comedian John Bunny on a train all confused.

Charming melodrama by the Vitagraph Company about the friendship between a boy (Bobby Connelly) and the grumpy Captain Barnacle(William Shea). This...

A grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out.

A penniless British Lord sets up an arranged marriage with an American heiress. He soon falls in love with her and is determined to support himself...

On discovering that their beau, Timothy, the village schoolmaster, is quite unable to choose between them for a life partner, Ivy and Lily Skinner...

The master crook steals the sweetheart of Sherlock, a great detective. Sherlock undertakes to recover her.