33 films in catalog

George Hennessy

33 films

Writer (30) Story (2) Screenplay (1)
A Woman Scorned 1911

A Woman Scorned

Thieves follow a doctor as he takes home a large sum of money. Later, when they break into…

Saved from Himself 1911

Saved from Himself

Joseph Graybill, learning that his friends have been making a lot of money in the stock ma…

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1911

The Inventor’s Secret

An old toymaker invents an automatic doll and goes to the lawyers to apply for a patent. T…

The Miser's Heart 1911

The Miser's Heart

Thieves decide to steal the money an old miser has hidden away. He refuses to open the saf…

The Voice of the Child 1911

The Voice of the Child

A businessman neglects his wife, who is tricked into believing he is having an affair. She…

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1911

Through His Wife’s Picture

Mr. Nelson is a "newlywed" and carries his darling wife's picture with him always. However…

A Beast at Bay 1912

A Beast at Bay

A young woman is quite taken with a man she met; in fact, he is her “ideal”. However, afte…

A Lodging for the Night 1912

A Lodging for the Night

Dick Logan, a young writer, stops at a little border town and takes lodging at the Mexican…

A Temporary Truce 1912

A Temporary Truce

A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later, he k…

An Indian Summer 1912

An Indian Summer

A lonely old widower arrives in town and seeks out a pleasant boarding place. The house he…

Fate's Interception 1912

Fate's Interception

The representative of an American Syndicate comes to Mexico to look over some land. While…

Gold and Glitter 1912

Gold and Glitter

As the husband leaves for the lumber regions, his wife gives him a memory message to be op…

Heredity 1912

Heredity

Nine-year-old Nedda is a direct descendant of the Trevors, a family that can trace its roo…

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1912

Just Like a Woman

When the suitor of the daughter of an apparently wealthy widow finds out that the oil stoc…

One Is Business, the Other Crime 1912

One Is Business, the Other Crime

Griffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is…

So Near, Yet So Far 1912

So Near, Yet So Far

It's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles— namely shyness, and the temerity of o…

The Informer 1912

The Informer

The young lover leaving home at the opening of the war to join the Confederate Army, tells…

The Inner Circle 1912

The Inner Circle

A lonely widower living in the Italian quarter of the city, whose only solace since the de…

The Lesser Evil 1912

The Lesser Evil

A young woman's peaceful existence is shattered when she is abducted by the crew of a boat…

The Old Actor 1912

The Old Actor

An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job bec…

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1912

The One She Loved

Roy Norris, a young author, proposes to pretty Mary Ford and is accepted. The first year o…

The Root of Evil 1912

The Root of Evil

A woman, driven by envy, is convinced that her husband loves another woman, leading her to…

The Sunbeam 1912

The Sunbeam

Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour…

Two Daughters of Eve 1912

Two Daughters of Eve

Calumny is one of the most despicable crimes against our neighbor, and while the wife in t…

Won by a Fish 1912

Won by a Fish

Papa becomes so miserable over his bad luck as a fisherman, it causes him to reject Harry,…

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1913

A Modest Hero

It is house cleaning time. Mother-in-law leaves, but insists that husband must be put to w…

If We Only Knew 1913

If We Only Knew

A careless nurse girl allowing the child to wander away, made the mother realize the poign…

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1913

Pirate Gold

Elusive as is the pursuit of pirate gold it is found in this picture and brought to the sh…

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1913

The Perfidy of Mary

Rose and her cousin Mary dwell in the land of romance, but real Romeos are scarce in this…

The Strong Man's Burden 1913

The Strong Man's Burden

A crime drama in which a police officer does everything possible to help his criminal youn…

The Switchtower 1913

The Switchtower

"He was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad an…

The Unwelcome Guest 1913

The Unwelcome Guest

Just before she dies, an elderly married woman stashes the horde of money she's secretly a…

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1914

Their First Acquaintance

Bob Taylor was a valuable man. Talbot, his employer, told Miriam as much, showing his daug…