William V. Ranous Movies

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

To start a little in advance of our story, Lord Rintoul, of the English nobility, finds a little Gypsy girl three years old, who had been deserted by...

A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings.

The Proposal: The gentleman burglar walking with his lady love. They admire the grandeur and beauty of nature. He proposes and she accepts. She does...

Disregarding the sanctity of "Song Bird's" feelings, John Strong, a young surveyor in the pioneer forests of the west, makes love to the Indian...

Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.

Becoming impatient waiting for patients, young Doctor Bob Lyons is about discouraged. To add to his misery, his sweetheart's father, Mr. Irving,...

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

An impressively tactile, if slightly over-ambitious, adaptation of King Lear from Vitagraph Studios.

Just as the bead clerk and his assistants are closing up the jewelry store for the day, a package containing a very costly necklace arrives by...

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

Alixe is courted by many admirers. Her most persistent companion is Morton Shaw. Arlington Tappan also loves Alixe, and urges her to give up her...

Wending their way and locating in a land far from the contentions through which they passed a few weeks before, Eric and Chloe are located in a...

Esmeralda Foster, an attractive girl, is very much impressed with Duncan Miller, a crafty country swain, who makes love to Esmeralda because of her...

In this Vitagraph short, anarchism threatens to ruin lives and families. Luigi and Rosa are a couple with an adorable child, but trouble is afoot...

It is sometimes decidedly difficult to get a little privacy on shipboard. Several times Jack Hardy almost reaches the proposal point with Marion Van...

A young American millionaire in Venice falls in love with the beautiful princess Ione.

Much ado about a necklace - short film based on the story "The String of Pearls"

Drama Short

Emphatically opposed to Jack Moss, old Mr. McGillicuddy puts the ban on his marriage to his daughter Dolly. The old gentleman is adamant to the...