William Russell Movies

In the days long ago when knights were brave and venturesome, enchanted forests grew and mythical creatures lived among us.

Lucy Fay leaves her husband, Richard, a fireman, for a suave politician, Perry Dunn. Richard compensates for the loss by adopting Drina, a baby girl...

Athletic star William Russell puts on his boxing gloves for this waterfront drama.

Based on the play by Henrik Ibsen.

A wealthy old man, who has been a semi-invalid for years, is informed by his physician that his case is hopeless. The invalid decides to put "his...

Several married couples go on a camp-out together, but the women soon realize that the men expect them to do all the dirty work.

The girl gives herself to one of the men to escape a worse fate, though she separates from another lover to do it. Later she discovers in a dramatic...

Engineer Daily is forced to discharge his fireman for habitual drunkenness. His young daughter, Rosanna, wanders down to the tracks, and the door of...

Dramatic three-reel film based on Wagner's opera of chivalry and spiritual struggle. Wandering minstrel Tannhauser wins the heart of Elizabeth, niece...

Silent Comedy of the battle of the sexes for dominance within the home.

Kingston Hollister admires Bernice Cleveland from afar. He asks Officer Callahan, the policeman on the beat, about her and mistakenly believes she is...

A French woman has to marry a Russian to preserve the reputation of her society mother. However she is in love with someone else.

Age old tale of a couple marooned.

This elaborate and well-staged silent version of Hertz' play is exceedingly well produced for 1913: it starts off by introducing the actors by name...

The girl was young, pretty, and also a good businesswoman; When her father died she took up the reins of management and ran an orange grove with...

Drama of life in the foreign legion of Africa

His home was a dreary room in a basement; he was hopelessly crippled; his widowed mother was just able to keep their home together by steady work as...

A Rough Shod Fighter

Ellida was the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, and spent many hours near the water's edge. While she was still scarcely more than a child, one of...

The young farmer's wife had one trial, her husband's father. He was old and peevish, and so racked and crippled by illness that he could not walk a...