Sidney Olcott
Biography: John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 20, 1873
Deathday: December 16, 1949
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The Little Gluers
1912-11-18
The Little Gluers
Overview: The Kerry Gow is a 1912 short
Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-11-18
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Ireland, the Oppressed
1912-12-14
Ireland, the Oppressed
Overview: The story of the Emerald Isle years ago. Showing the struggle against poverty, evictions by hard-hearted landlords, hill fighting and the final triumph of the downtrodden.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-14
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The Shaughraun
1912-12-23
The Shaughraun
Overview: Robert Ffolliott is a young Irish lad who is done out of his land and sent off to a penal colony in Australia following false accusations by the greedy Kinchella. Conn the Shaughraun comes to his rescue, helps him to escape from the prison ship and return to Ireland where he is united with his sweetheart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-23
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The Railroad Raiders of '62
1915-03-20
The Railroad Raiders of '62
Overview: Lockwood, the old, one-armed flagman at Lone Point, tells Helen and a young soldier of his experiences during the Civil War, and how he lost his arm. The Civil War flashback sequences consist of archive footage from Kalem's Railroad Raiders of '62 (1911), rather than newly filmed footage.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-03-20
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Railroad Raiders of '62
1911-06-15
Railroad Raiders of '62
Overview: Union raiders infiltrate Confederate territory by train. Early film version of the Civil War incident on which Buster Keaton's The General and Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase was based.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-06-15
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The Little Spreewald Maiden
1910-12-21
The Little Spreewald Maiden
Overview: Two American ladies touring through Germany happen on this little Spreewald girl and offer her a job in America.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-12-21
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The Lad from Old Ireland
1910-11-23
The Lad from Old Ireland
Overview: A young man leaves Ireland for America, but doesn't forget home.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-11-23
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The Colleen Bawn
1911-10-16
The Colleen Bawn
Overview: A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his mother will stop at nothing, including murder, to see that he marries his rich cousin.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-10-16
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The Fiddler’s Requiem
1911-05-03
The Fiddler’s Requiem
Overview: The old musician playing his fiddle in his garret home dreams of his youth and his lost love. As the past unfolds itself he sees his sweetheart, Dolores, forced by her parents to sign a contract of marriage with Don Carlos, and he again reads over in memory her message of farewell: "My on Love, This is my marriage ever, the death day of my soul. I cannot go without one last farewell to you, whom I will never see again. Wait for ma by the lake until you hear the bells chime. Yours in spirit until death, Dolores." Meeting her at the lake as requested, she gives him her old violin, saying, "I have breathed my soul into this violin. Whene'er it plays, it is my soul that speaks."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-05-03
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For Ireland's Sake
1914-01-11
For Ireland's Sake
Overview: Set in the late 1790s, a depiction of Irish villagers rebelling against British occupation (Red Coats) over the right to bear arms.
Genres: Action Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-01-11
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All for Old Ireland
1915-07-13
All for Old Ireland
Overview: Eileen Donaghue loves Myles Murphy, a match which is approved by Mrs Donaghue. Colonel Reid of the British Army employs an informer, Fagin, who has designs on Eileen, but Myles gives him a beating for his presumption. As a result, Fagin tells Reid that Myles is plotting against the Crown.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-07-13
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Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
1915-08-11
Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
Overview: This play is enacted during the stormy days when Robert Emmett tried vainly to free Ireland. Con Daly loves Nora Doyle, who lives with her mother in a little cottage amid the hills and dales of old Erin. In a cave nearby the men who would free Ireland are making arms and ammunition. Robert Emmett visits them, and then goes into the enemy's camp disguised as a flute player, and returns safely. The constabulary visits a family and a riot starts, and as a result Major Kirk is shot. Desperately wounded, he is taken to the home of Mrs. Doyle. Nora and Con nurse him back to health.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-08-11
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From the Manger to the Cross
1912-10-03
From the Manger to the Cross
Overview: The life of Jesus is played out in tableaux shot in the Holy Land.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-10-03
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The Irish Honeymoon
1911-03-08
The Irish Honeymoon
Overview: Larry Malone and Maggie McClusky get married, and for a honeymoon trip decide to journey through the home country of their ancestors.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-03-08
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Lady Peggy’s Escape
1913-02-08
Lady Peggy’s Escape
Overview: A group of English Soldiers take the Home of the Fitzgeralds from its rightful owners, and force the daughter Peggy to stay and entertain them. A resourceful girl she escapes but is pursued
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-02-08
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The Eye of the Government
1914-02-22
The Eye of the Government
Overview: The story of a customs officer who pursues a trafficker between continents
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-02-22
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2 A.M. in the Subway
1905-06-20
2 A.M. in the Subway
Overview: A constable and a subway attendant are working late at night in an underground station when a well-dressed man with a cigar in his teeth enters with his arms around two women dressed in long skirts and jackets, gloves, and fancy hats. The trio laugh and stumble on the platform as if having a hilarious time, getting the attention of the policeman who attempts to stop their bawdy behavior.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1905-06-20
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Vagabonds
1912-02-09
Vagabonds
Overview: A story of love triangle, between Nell, Big Jim and Tom.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-02-09
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The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
1911-11-17
The Fishermaid of Ballydavid
Overview: Kathleen, the daughter of a fisherman meets Henry, the son of a Wall Street Broker, her father forbids their relationship, Kathleen defies her father, and travels to New York to be reunited with Henry.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-11-17
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The Mayor from Ireland
1912-11-30
The Mayor from Ireland
Overview: Shamus, humiliated at a Country Dance by Bridget leaves Kerry to travel to New York, where he meets with success. Bridget and her husband Terry read of his success and emigrate to New York, but finds it harder than anticipated
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-11-30
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The O'Neill
1912-01-12
The O'Neill
Overview: An exiled patriot returns home, disgusted by the poverty of his countrymen he becomes a highway man
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-01-12
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