Thanhouser Company Movies

With The Old Curiosity Shop and David Copperfield, both released in 1911, and Nicholas Nickleby in 1912, Thanhouser established itself as producer of...

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

The production vindicated the new feature-length movie format by restoring several characters, plot complications, and atmosphere that had been...

A lawyer is given the execution of a will, which bequeaths to the child of a disinherited son a large fortune. The disinherited son is now dead. The...

The lead Florence La Badie plays dual roles. Clever editing is used for the scene where her two characters meet. La Badie, however, does appear twice...

Robin Hood and his followers aid the poor and oppressed from their hideout in Sherwood Forest, pursued by the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Silent adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear

A series of flashbacks where a penniless, friendless tramp and his dog relates the story of his downfall due to drink.

A messenger boy is wrongfully accused of stealing bonds worth $20,000. Luckily, a film crew is shooting a moving picture on the same street. The...

A lonely little girl is befriended by Shep, a neighbor's collie. The girl meets an untimely death, leaving Shep behind.

Thanhouser's version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

She was the first attempt in film to depict the story of H. Rider Haggard's 1886 novel She: A History of Adventure.

In "The World and the Woman", Jeanne Eagels plays Mary, a prostitute (which is implied by her walking the streets and being hassled by policemen) who...

Two boys from Labrador, Canada, visit their aunt in Westcheser, New York. Although it's in the middle of a cold winter in New York, the nephews from...

The Thanhouser Co. has reissued a number of its surviving films on video. FIRES OF YOUTH existed at around 52 minutes in its original release. A...

Film realization of the Biblical story of Joseph, played here by future director James Cruze.

A truncated version of Wilkie Collins' popular mystery story.

A painter in New York City discovers that he has inherited a harem. Since he's already married and his wife would definitely not approve, he must...

Several married couples go on a camp-out together, but the women soon realize that the men expect them to do all the dirty work.

A wealthy old man, who has been a semi-invalid for years, is informed by his physician that his case is hopeless. The invalid decides to put "his...