J.P. McGowan
1910
The Lad from Old Ireland
A young man leaves Ireland for America, but doesn't forget home.
When Lovers Part
A young couple’s love is forbidden by the girl’s father. He forces her to write a farewell…
A Sawmill Hero
Jim Hemminway went to college, but did not make good. He had a fine time, but flunked in h…
1911
By a Woman's Wit
Captain Jasper, a Union officer, is sent on a secret service mission to the Confederate he…
1911
Railroad Raiders of '62
Union raiders infiltrate Confederate territory by train. Early film version of the Civil…
1911
Rory O'More
Based on the story of the real-life 17th Century Irish rebel and the eighteen century ball…
Slim Jim's Last Chance
The prison doors open and Tom Benton, a first timer, and Slim Jim, alias Red Davis, of the…
1911
The Colleen Bawn
A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his moth…
The Fiddler’s Requiem
The old musician playing his fiddle in his garret home dreams of his youth and his lost lo…
The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
Kathleen, the daughter of a fisherman meets Henry, the son of a Wall Street Broker, her fa…
The Special Messenger
During the Civil War, a woman helps her injured husband by delivering an important message…
1911
When the Dead Return
acques and Antoine are both in love with the same girl, but Jacques proves the winner and…
1912
An Arabian Tragedy
Ayub Kashif becomes embittered toward his wife, Fatima, because their union has been child…
1912
Captured by Bedouins
An American officer disguises himself as an Arab in order to rescue an American woman kidn…
1912
Dust of the Desert
Dust of the Desert is a 1912 short film
Far from Erin's Isle
Kathleen leaves behind her sweetheart in Ireland to emigrate to New York, finding a positi…
1912
From the Manger to the Cross
The life of Jesus is played out in tableaux shot in the Holy Land.
1912
His Mother
An Irish mother uses her life savings to pay for her son, a talented musician, to study in…
1912
Ireland, the Oppressed
The story of the Emerald Isle years ago. Showing the struggle against poverty, evictions…
The Grit of the Girl Telegrapher
Anna Q. Nilsson plays a shy telegrapher who foils a gang of train robbers in this vintage…
1912
The Little Gluers
The Kerry Gow is a 1912 short
The Mayor from Ireland
Shamus, humiliated at a Country Dance by Bridget leaves Kerry to travel to New York, where…
1912
The Poacher's Pardon
A gamekeeper's daughter is shot while warning a poacher.
The Shaughraun
Robert Ffolliott is a young Irish lad who is done out of his land and sent off to a penal…
1912
Tragedy of the Desert
An English doctor based in Egypt finds his wife in the arms of a local diplomat, and in a…
Vagabonds
A story of love triangle, between Nell, Big Jim and Tom.
1912
Winning a Widow
While crossing the Atlantic, Jim White, an American tourist, is attracted by a charming yo…
A Sawmill Hazard
Mrs. Herton, a widow, lives in comfortable circumstances with her son, Roland. Over forty…
1913
The Pursuit of the Smugglers
A short smugglers’ drama in which a new employee of the harbour police starts working for…
1913
The Wives of Jamestown
The romance between Bryan O'Sullivan and Lady Geraldine is broken when he unjusily suspect…
A String of Pearls
In Batiste, an Italian woman, Haldeman finds the very type he desires to use in his next p…
1914
Helen's Sacrifice
In the first entry in the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, the night telegraph oper…
1914
His Nemesis
With ruin staring him in the face, Manning, of Manning and Company, commits a theft which…
Kaintucky Bill
The old sheriff dies. In jest, the mountaineers nominate Kaintucky Bill, the worst moonshi…
1914
The Black Diamond Express
When Dick, an aeronaut is wrongly accused of shooting Dan, a trouble-making, quarrelsome c…
The Car of Death
In this film Helen Holmes was clearly rehearsing for the role that brought to her fame and…