Christy Cabanne
notum enim: Directing
dies natalis: 1888-04-15
Locus Natus: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Et ut: William Christy Cabanne, Christie Cabanne, W. Christy Cabanne
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
The Goddess, the prettiest and best-natured girl that ever graced that little mining town, meets the tenderfoot prospector and leaves him another...
release : 1912.03.25popularis : 2.008
A Temporary Truce
A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later, he kidnaps the prospector's wife. In the meantime, a group of...
release : 1912.06.10popularis : 1.829
Two Daughters of Eve
Calumny is one of the most despicable crimes against our neighbor, and while the wife in this story acted conventionally, she nevertheless maligned...
release : 1912.09.19popularis : 4.234
A Cry for Help
Knocked down by an automobile, the intoxicated tramp is taken to the doctor's house, received and treated to a square meal. The husband of a patient...
release : 1912.12.23popularis : 2.028
Heredity
Nine-year-old Nedda is a direct descendant of the Trevors, a family that can trace its roots back to the reign of King Charles I. Alas, the Trevors...
release : 1912.11.04popularis : 1.086
Near To Earth
This is the story of Gato, an Italian immigrant, who lives with his wife, Marie, and his younger brother, Giuseppe, on a small truck farm in the...
release : 1913.03.20popularis : 0.945
The Sorrowful Shore
There dwelt the widowed fisherman and his indulged son. Then the girl, the sole survivor of the wreck came into their lives. The father suppressed...
release : 1913.06.05popularis : 1.835
The Old Actor
An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because he is considered too old. On his way home from the...
release : 1912.05.06popularis : 5.659
The God Within
The woman of the camp implores her lover to marry her, and he promises to do so, but goes away and does not return. Target of the camp's jeers, she...
release : 1912.12.26popularis : 2.13
The Wanderer
A little over six minutes survive of this Biograph short. Not to be confused with another Biograph short, Olaf- An Atom (1913, starring Harry Carey,...
release : 1913.05.02popularis : 1.607
So Near, Yet So Far
It's love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles-- namely shyness, and the temerity of other suitors-- place themselves in the way of his love....
release : 1912.09.29popularis : 2.112
His Lesson
This shows the regeneration of a gang leader, who remains true to his first sweetheart after his change of fortune.
release : 1915.01.05popularis : 0.986
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
A Mack Sennett comedy short starring Dell Henderson & Mabel Normand.
release : 1912.08.14popularis : 2.908
The Battle
Union soldiers march off to battle amid cheering crowds. After the battle turns against the Union Army, one soldier runs away, hiding in his...
release : 1911.11.06popularis : 4.236
Under Burning Skies
Joe, "The Bad Man of San Fernand," is one tough customer. He sets his sights on a lovely young lady who spurns his advances and elopes with a...
release : 1912.02.21popularis : 2.031
For His Son
A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke which is laced with cocaine. Dopokoke is advertised...
release : 1912.01.21popularis : 3.294
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
A man recognizes the thief who had previously robbed him as one of the men involved in an unrelated mob shootout.
release : 1912.10.31popularis : 6.562
Lena and the Geese
A first-born baby girl is sent away and placed in the care of Gretchen, a trusted peasant woman, who is the widowed mother of a child about the same...
release : 1912.06.17popularis : 1.895
A Lodging for the Night
Dick Logan, a young writer, stops at a little border town and takes lodging at the Mexican Inn. Two tramps see the amount of money he has and plan to...
release : 1912.05.09popularis : 1.975
The House of Darkness
A potentially violent patient in an insane asylum is calmed when he hears a nurse playing the piano. But shortly afterwards he breaks free, eludes...
release : 1913.05.10popularis : 1.264
A Beast at Bay
Mary Pickford as "The Young Woman", is quite taken with Edwin August; in fact, he is her "ideal". But Mr. August's refusal to get mixed up in a...
release : 1912.05.26popularis : 0.799