Frank Hall Crane

The famous western fiction writer Bob Morris arrives at the Henderson ranch. He quickly realizes the hanging, runaway horses, and the shootout are fakes for his benefit. But when a real robbery takes place he thinks it's another fake. (imdb)

Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie and Harry Benham. (thanhouser.org)

The first of six Shakespeare adaptations from Thanhouser, The Winter's Tale was just the 13th or 14th title from the studio in its first nine weeks of releases. (thanhouser.org)

Edwin Thanhouser re-made The Vicar of Wakefield in 1917 as a eight-reel feature film providing us with a frame of reference for the maturation of film language and cinematic techniques over the ensuing eight year period. (thanhouser.org)

This deft comedy about a foiled elopement and assumed identity shows the importance of a carefully worked out scenario for narrative flow. (thanhouser.org)

When his play closes down, an actor returns home to find that his children are gone. He's then notified that a wealthy relative has died and left him a substantial amount of money. (imdb)

Spectacular stunt work by Richard Talmadge, circus acrobat and stunt man for Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., highlights this expose of a big city criminal mastermind.

While a ship's captain is being slowly poisoned, a gang of thugs try to take over the ship. (imdb)

Released on June 7, 1910, THE TWO ROSES was Thanhouser's 16th release and was advertised as "A powerful, pathetic, pretty story of life in Little Italy." The film featured Marie Eline (Tony, an Italian boy), Frank H. Crane (Tony Prolo, young Tony's father), and Anna Rosemond (Tony Prolo's wife). In this film Marie Eline was billed as "The Thanhouser Kid" for the first time.

A cop is fired from the force, attempts to solve a string of truck holdups.