Helene Costello
1909
A Midsummer Night's Dream
An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adapta…
A Quaker Mother
Mrs. Pearson is a little different from most mothers, at least in her general appearance,…
1911
A Reformed Santa Claus
The employees of Harrison's mine have been out on strike for a long time. The men wait for…
1911
Auld Lang Syne
Among the green hills of Scotland dwelt two farmer lads, Tammas and Geordie, fast friends…
1911
Consuming Love; or, St. Valentine's Day in Greenaway Land
Tommy and Jimmy are very much in love with Dolly. Their appetites however, very much overb…
1911
Her Crowning Glory
A widower becomes infatuated with his daughter's governess, to the displeasure of the chil…
1911
His Sister's Children
Harry Burton's sister and her husband are suddenly called away for a few days on business…
Regeneration
Hunter Ross deserts his wife and child and she is driven to the extremes of poverty, being…
1911
The Child Crusoes
Jack, a little orphan, is anxious to become a sailor, and although Captain Rhines refuses…
The Geranium
One glance at the poor and disordered home of the Tunisons shows us there is something sti…
At Scrogginses' Corner
The general store at Scrogginses' Corner is the favorite lounging and meeting place for th…
1912
Captain Barnacle's Legacy
Captain Barnacle receives a letter telling him that Mr. Markham, a South African whose lif…
1912
Captain Jenks' Dilemma
Mrs. Brown, who is a widow, finds it a rather difficult matter to clothe and feed her larg…
1912
Cleopatra
The fabled queen of Egypt's affair with Roman general Marc Antony is ultimately disastrous…
In the Garden Fair
The house next door to Mr. Cobb is rented by Mrs. Rose, a widow who moves in with her litt…
Lulu's Doctor
Magde leaves her fiancé Lewis in order to take care of Lulu, the child of her deceased sis…
The Anarchist's Wife
In this Vitagraph short, anarchism threatens to ruin lives and families. Luigi and Rosa ar…
The Black Sheep
You would think that the death of his wife through his dissipation and neglect would have…
The Days of Terror; or, In the Reign of Terror
During the French Revolution, the Duke and Duchess of Bérac are captured by a mob. The Duc…
1912
The First Violin
Old Von Shultz, the first violin, finds as he grows older a longing for companionship. Hur…
The Irony of Fate
Virginia Jameson, a girl of lovely disposition, is wooed by a man much older than herself…
The Meeting of the Ways
Tom and Dick are brothers and are being educated at the same college. Tom is a studious fe…
1912
The Money Kings
Three part chronicle of how the rumor of war triggers greed in some men and the comeuppanc…
1912
The Toymaker
An old German toymaker, Hans Greyburg, living in a little flat on the east side of New Yor…
The Troublesome Step-Daughters
A widower with four grown daughters remarries and brings his new wife home to meet them. T…
Wanted... a Grandmother
Kitty Mallory, the young actress, finds herself in straightened circumstances. Looking for…
1913
A Christmas Story
Though her father forbids her to marry Jack Harvey, a poor young artist, Molly Wilson beco…
1913
Beau Brummel
In the early part of the Nineteenth Century, Beau Brummell was the most talked-of person i…
1913
Fellow Voyagers
Miss Marbury comes on deck and looks haughtily at Mrs. Cray, an attractive young widow, ha…
Fortune's Turn
A short social drama about an unemployed young man who begins to steal, but then repents a…
Heartbroken Shep
Brought into contact with each other, Runa and Shep, a dog, become great chums. Their comp…
1913
The Hindoo Charm
Advised by his friends to seek a second wife so that his children, Helen and Dolores, may…
The One Good Turn
A political crime film in which a militant, anarchist father allows his political ideals t…
1914
Etta of the Footlights
Etta Lang, a chorus girl, is the principal support of an invalid mother and her sister and…
Some Steamer Scooping
The Baron Lafitte is in love with and proposes to Adelaide Burton, daughter of Andrew Burt…
The Mysterious Lodger
Returning home from a matinee, Ralph Brent, a poor actor, finds his step-child dead. The c…