William V. Ranous

Total Credits at Criticker: 10 (Actor), 4 (Director)

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    A Midsummer Night\
    In ancient Athens, four young lovers escape into the woods. Meanwhile, tradesmen rehearse a play. All of them suffer from the shenanigans of mischievous fairies. (imdb)
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    The Haunted Hotel
    A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings. The food on the table prepares itself, his clothes leave the room on their own and the room seems to tumble end over end. Several hooded figures dance around his bed, and a demon finally tears away one wall and seizes him. (imdb)
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    Macbeth
    Macbeth (1908) - Short Film
    Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor. (imdb)
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    Les misérables
    Les misérables (1909) - Short Film
    Jean Valjean, a good and decent man who has nevertheless been convicted of a crime, escapes incarceration and lives for years shadowed by the vindictive and merciless man of the law, Javert. (imdb)
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    The Life of Buffalo Bill
    Black and white silent film. A shorter version of the original "Life of Buffalo Bill" this version was edited a bit and distributed by Black hawk films in 1959. The film shows Buffalo Bill himself in the opening and closing scenes. The rest he is portrayed by an actor in a dream sequence as he duels with the Cheyenne Warrior Yellow Hand and stops outlaw Buck McCandell from robbing a stagecoach.
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    Vanity Fair
    Vanity Fair (1911) - Short Film
    VANITY FAIR (1911-USA) Short Drama, Silent film with John Bunny and directed by Charles Kent. This classic story of Becky Sharp starring one of the first real screen stars. Telling the traditional story, this early classic movie features one of the first real movie screen stars. (imdb)
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    Delayed Proposals
    It is sometimes decidedly difficult to get a little privacy on shipboard. Several times Jack Hardy almost reaches the proposal point with Marion Van Sickles, but each time the fates are against him. Marion and her mother are on their way home from a vacation in Europe and board the boat at Liverpool at the same time as Jack, who is very much struck by Marion's appearance. (imdb)
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    The Lonely Princess
    A young American millionaire in Venice falls in love with the beautiful princess Ione.
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    Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar (1908) - Short Film
    Shakespeare's historical tragedy of the rise and fall of Julius Caesar, told in fifteen scenes. (imdb)
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    King Lear
    King Lear (1909) - Short Film
    An impressively tactile, if slightly over-ambitious, adaptation of King Lear from Vitagraph Studios.
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