Lois Weber
Is eol do: Directing
Breithlá: 1879-06-12
Áit bhreithe: Allegheny City [now Pittsburgh], Pennsylvania, USA
Ar a dtugtar: Florence Lois Weber, Mrs. Phillips Smalley
How Men Propose
Three men in succession propose marriage to Grace Darling; she accepts all! Since they are roommates, the three discover their problem in short...
Scaoileadh : 1913.07.19Coitianta : 0.934
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Alleged silent short adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel, first mentioned in a 1966 copy of Films In Review. Recent scholarship argues this film never...
Scaoileadh : 1913.01.01Coitianta : 2.555
The Spider and Her Web
The story concerns the reformation of a fast woman who runs a gambling establishment. Her one fear is of death and her regeneration is brought about.
Scaoileadh : 1914.03.26Coitianta : 0.597
A Heroine of '76
During the American Revolution, an innkeeper's daughter learns of a plot to assassinate George Washington while he will be staying at her father's...
Scaoileadh : 1911.02.16Coitianta : 0.603
Suspense.
An isolated house is too remote for a lone servant, who leaves a note, quietly exits the back door, and puts the key under the mat. Left alone in the...
Scaoileadh : 1913.07.06Coitianta : 6.225
The Pursuit of Hate
Diana Grave's husband has left her, preferring any life to that of living with a woman who is not congenial to him. Howbeit, her husband gone is a...
Scaoileadh : 1914.06.14Coitianta : 0.531
Idle Wives
Characters in the film attend a movie titled 'Life’s Mirror', where they see parallel, cautionary versions of their own lives. Only the first...
Scaoileadh : 1916.09.16Coitianta : 0.21
Sherlock Holmes, Jr.
Little Sherlock Holmes, Jr., reads the doughty doings of his hero-god, and at once determines to become a detective himself.
Scaoileadh : 1911.07.20Coitianta : 0.377
Fate
Jack Norton had traveled the downgrade, had transgressed the laws of man, had trespassed the forbidden, and paid the penalty.
Scaoileadh : 1911.07.06Coitianta : 0.255
Fine Feathers
The Fine Feathers is a 1912 silent film dramatic short directed by and starring Lois Weber.
Scaoileadh : 1912.02.02Coitianta : 0.482
A Japanese Idyll
A Japanese Idyll is a 1912 silent short drama film directed by and starring Lois Weber. The film was produced by the Rex Motion Picture Company for...
Scaoileadh : 1912.08.28Coitianta : 0.001
Lost Illusions
A marital romance in which a married artist woos the wife of another man.
Scaoileadh : 1911.10.04Coitianta : 0.241
The Rosary
Haunting and hypnotic, this artistic gem recounts the lyrics from a popular 1898 song of the same name. Weber’s stylistics, including circular...
Scaoileadh : 1913.05.03Coitianta : 0.642
The Price
Pretty Ann, and Joe, the hostler, one day chance to meet. Strong is Joe, and simple, and Ann is shy and sweet. As man and maid have done before, they...
Scaoileadh : 1911.11.23Coitianta : 0.533
Alone in the World
Bobby's mother dies and leaves him to care for the baby.
Scaoileadh : 1917.01.03Coitianta : 0.524
Scandal
The lives of a stenographer and her boss are thrown into turmoil by reckless gossip.
Scaoileadh : 1915.07.10Coitianta : 0.273
On the Brink
A 1911 silent drama film written and directed by Edwin S. Porter and Lois Weber. Starring Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley, and Charles De Forrest.
Scaoileadh : 1911.06.22Coitianta : 0.489
From Death to Life
A chemist named Aratus invents a concoction that will turn creatures to stone, but only realizes the dangers of his creation when his wife falls...
Scaoileadh : 1911.06.08Coitianta : 1.308
Lost by a Hair
A group of jealous men conspire to defeat a romantic rival who has captured the attention of all of the ladies at a summer hotel. (Note: The...
Scaoileadh : 1914.06.28Coitianta : 0.297
Sunshine Molly
A woman known as Sunshine Molly gets a job in an oil field, and clashes with a belligerent employee named "Bull" Forrest. (Note: multiple reels of...
Scaoileadh : 1915.03.18Coitianta : 0.513
The Eye of God
Olaf writes his memoirs, before his execution. He tells of his life as a struggling farmer when Renie, stranded in the village, stays one night in...
Scaoileadh : 1916.06.05Coitianta : 0.473
Hop - The Devil's Brew
Lydia Jansen is happily married to a young customs inspector, but she harbors a dark secret. She is addicted to smoking opium or in slang parlance...
Scaoileadh : 1916.02.14Coitianta : 0.358
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
A doctor's wife is arrested for educating impoverished women about birth control.
Scaoileadh : 1917.05.13Coitianta : 0.846
The Merchant of Venice
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's...
Scaoileadh : 1914.02.01Coitianta : 0.574
The Twins
The baby daughter of Mrs. Norton, a widowed seamstress, dies. The sorrow-stricken mother gazes at the empty cradle and decides to replace the...
Scaoileadh : 1911.06.14Coitianta : 0.461
The Jew's Christmas
Early Lois Weber film. Isaac and his faithful wife, Rachel, deplore that in America their children are forced to work on the Jewish Sabbath. Leah...
Scaoileadh : 1913.12.18Coitianta : 0.083
The Women Who Run Hollywood
The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances...
Scaoileadh : 2016.05.16Coitianta : 2.255
Eyes That See Not
A self-centred wealthy woman is transformed after she is confronted with the harsh reality of the living conditions endured by the employees of her...
Scaoileadh : 1912.03.14Coitianta : 0.241
False Colors
Famed actor Lloyd Phillips blames his infant daughter Dixie for her mother’s death in childbirth, leaving her in the care of his housekeeper,...
Scaoileadh : 1914.12.17Coitianta : 0.927
Early Directors on Directing
There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to put a narrative story on celluloid was, Alice...
Scaoileadh : 2014.09.26Coitianta : 0.9