Thanhouser Company Movies

  • 1912
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    5.81912HD

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

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • 1916
    King Lear

    King Lear

    King Lear

    4.41916HD

    Silent adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear

    King Lear
  • 1912
    But the Greatest of These Is Charity

    But the Greatest of These Is Charity

    But the Greatest of These Is Charity

    01912HD

    The banker's motto was "Everyone for himself, and me first." The girl believed in aiding the poor, and that wealth carried with it an obligation to...

    But the Greatest of These Is Charity
  • 1911
    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    6.41911HD

    Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie...

    Cinderella
  • 1917
    The Man Without a Country

    The Man Without a Country

    The Man Without a Country

    4.81917HD

    Convicted in a revolutionary conspiracy, a man rashly states that he wishes never again to hear the name of the United States of America. The judge...

    The Man Without a Country
  • 1914
    The Million Dollar Mystery

    The Million Dollar Mystery

    The Million Dollar Mystery

    01914HD

    This twenty-three episode serial told the story of a secret society called The Black Hundred and its attempts to gain control of a lost million...

    The Million Dollar Mystery
  • 1915
    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    01915HD

    The Thanhouser Company's two-reel adaptation of Oscar Wilde's eponymous novel. “The plot is unusual, and even though none of the familiar...

    The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • 1912
    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    5.81912HD

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

    Nicholas Nickleby
  • 1911
    The Coffin Ship

    The Coffin Ship

    The Coffin Ship

    51911HD

    A love story filmed in Long Island Sound with a stowaway and a shipwreck.

    The Coffin Ship
  • 1914
    The Chasm

    The Chasm

    The Chasm

    01914HD

    Dr. Mureaux, a widower, has an only daughter, Ruth. One night when her father is away, a burglar breaks into the house. Ruth displays great courage,...

    The Chasm
  • 1912
    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

    5.31912HD

    An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage of children employed in a working...

    The Cry of the Children
  • 1917
    The Vicar of Wakefield

    The Vicar of Wakefield

    The Vicar of Wakefield

    51917HD

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

    The Vicar of Wakefield
  • 1913
    The Evidence of the Film

    The Evidence of the Film

    The Evidence of the Film

    6.11913HD

    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...

    The Evidence of the Film
  • 1911
    Only in the Way

    Only in the Way

    Only in the Way

    41911HD

    A crippled little girl lives at home with her parents and her grandmother. She loves her grandmother deeply, but her parents can't get along with the...

    Only in the Way
  • 1913
    The Tiniest of Stars

    The Tiniest of Stars

    The Tiniest of Stars

    51913HD

    Family drama of a a brother and sister who take to the stage.

    The Tiniest of Stars
  • 1913
    His Heroine

    His Heroine

    His Heroine

    01913HD

    He was a hard-headed old business man and very mercenary, so when he received a letter from a debtor in a little country town asking for more time in...

    His Heroine
  • 1912
    The Russian Mute

    The Russian Mute

    The Russian Mute

    01912HD

    The rich little boy was seven years old and his kind Mama gave him a birthday party. A number of children were invited to wish him happy returns of...

    The Russian Mute
  • 1912
    Rejuvenation

    Rejuvenation

    Rejuvenation

    01912HD

    A rich man who finds that there is nothing in life worth living for, is worse off than is a poor man in similar circumstances, for the poor man may...

    Rejuvenation
  • 1914
    The Decoy

    The Decoy

    The Decoy

    51914HD

    A rather complex interweaving of romance and crime is squeezed into one reel. A "respectable" couple of city "card sharpers" invite a distant country...

    The Decoy
  • 1914
    Pamela Congreve

    Pamela Congreve

    Pamela Congreve

    01914HD

    A sileny film drama directed by Eugene Moore.

    Pamela Congreve