William Shea Movies

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

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...

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

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.

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

A comedy about a group of school girls who bring a street musician to school with them.

Very pretty, very attractive, very young; her name is Maude and she has a beau. He is very fat. Maude is simply crazy about him. She will not...

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

Farce in which two neighbouring couples test each other's jealousy. The women decide to make the men jealous and vice versa. The men buy horse hair...

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

An impressive Vitagraph short, one of many popular firemen-to-the-rescue films of the time.

A Chinese man cares for the orphan of a dying woman who stumbles into his laundry.

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...

Short anti-war film in which a French musician turns out to be a German spy.

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

The new stenographer is right there when it comes to class which does not escape the notice of her boss. He showers attentions upon her and asks her...