55 films in catalog

Herbert Prior

55 film

cast (7) Ali (1) Angry Investor with Eyeglasses (uncredited) (1) At Inn / Servant (1) At Party (1) At Party Meeting / Servant (1) Big Slim (1) Bill Corker (1) Biscuit Victim (1) Colonel J.P. Worthington (1) Crogan's Friend (1) Danbury (1)
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1908

After Many Years

A castaway returns home after years lost at sea, to the wife and child he left behind. Ha…

A Drunkard's Reformation 1909

A Drunkard's Reformation

A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to tak…

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1909

A New Trick

To help a woman whose purse has been snatched, two college boys stage a murder scene and t…

At the Altar 1909

At the Altar

At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie…

Confidence 1909

Confidence

Nellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One…

Eradicating Aunty 1909

Eradicating Aunty

A young couple must endure a tedious visit from their aunt until their friend offers to fi…

Her First Biscuits 1909

Her First Biscuits

A new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delive…

Lady Helen's Escapade 1909

Lady Helen's Escapade

A bored Lady Helen goes slumming as a domestic in a boarding house. There she falls in lov…

Lucky Jim 1909

Lucky Jim

Gertrude chooses Jim over Jack, which makes Jack very jealous. Later Jim dies, and Jack ma…

Resurrection 1909

Resurrection

Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial,…

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1909

Schneider’s Anti-Noise Crusade

Schneider is trying to write a speech but he can't concentrate with all the noise around h…

The Cricket on the Hearth 1909

The Cricket on the Hearth

After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engage…

The Faded Lilies 1909

The Faded Lilies

A disfigured violinist mistakes a token of appreciation for a love bouquet. When he realiz…

The House of Cards 1909

The House of Cards

The rancher whom Tom works for has entrusted Tom with a bag of gold to take to the bank. B…

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals 1909

The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next me…

The Lonely Villa 1909

The Lonely Villa

A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife…

The Lure of the Gown 1909

The Lure of the Gown

"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when…

The Necklace 1909

The Necklace

Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The…

The Peachbasket Hat 1909

The Peachbasket Hat

Mrs. Jones leaves her baby with the maid and goes shopping for a new hat. Meanwhile, the m…

The Politician's Love Story 1909

The Politician's Love Story

A haughty politician, on seeing a satirical cartoon in a newspaper, rushes to the paper's…

The Salvation Army Lass 1909

The Salvation Army Lass

A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following…

The Son's Return 1909

The Son's Return

A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into…

The Suicide Club 1909

The Suicide Club

One of the members of a suicide club learns he has inherited some money, but only after he…

The Violin Maker of Cremona 1909

The Violin Maker of Cremona

A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage a…

The Voice of the Violin 1909

The Voice of the Violin

A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hu…

The Way of Man 1909

The Way of Man

A woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage…

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1909

Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good

Out-of-work, Tim steals a sandwich, then knocks out the policeman who chases him. He chang…

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1909

Twin Brothers

Two boys, twins, leave the old homestead to seek their fortune in the world. They go diver…

Two Memories 1909

Two Memories

Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten…

What Drink Did 1909

What Drink Did

A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initiall…

His Mother's Thanksgiving 1910

His Mother's Thanksgiving

This holiday-themed melodrama released by Edison Studios in 1910 concerns Robert, a young…

The Attack on the Mill 1910

The Attack on the Mill

First, the eye is introduced to the old mill itself, with a gay betrothal party in progres…

The Song That Reached His Heart 1910

The Song That Reached His Heart

A Story of the Lumber Regions of Western Canada: a lumberjack remember his past while he l…

A Romance of the Cliff Dwellers 1911

A Romance of the Cliff Dwellers

The story itself deals with the primitive instinct of mankind; to desire was to take at st…

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1911

The Actress

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1911

The Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar is a possibly lost 1911 American silent docudrama film that portra…