William V. Ranous Movies

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy.

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.

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...

Becoming impatient waiting for patients, young Doctor Bob Lyons is about discouraged. To add to his misery, his sweetheart's father, Mr. Irving,...

In this Vitagraph short, anarchism threatens to ruin lives and families. Luigi and Rosa are a couple with an adorable child, but trouble is afoot...

A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings.

An impressively tactile, if slightly over-ambitious, adaptation of King Lear from Vitagraph Studios.

The very first release of the newly founded IMP company (Independent Moving Pictures). A film shot at the Falls of Minnehaha in the Land of the...

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

Francesca, surrounded by ladies-in-waiting at the palace. Her father enters, and together they read a letter from Lanciotto, asking for the hand of...

To start a little in advance of our story, Lord Rintoul, of the English nobility, finds a little Gypsy girl three years old, who had been deserted by...

Esmeralda Foster, an attractive girl, is very much impressed with Duncan Miller, a crafty country swain, who makes love to Esmeralda because of her...

Much ado about a necklace - short film based on the story "The String of Pearls"

No matter how absorbed with affairs of state, Abraham Lincoln was always ready to give audience to his little son Tad. Little Tad, playing at the...

A political crime film in which a militant, anarchist father allows his political ideals to prevail over human dignity. The father uses his young...

Advised by his friends to seek a second wife so that his children, Helen and Dolores, may know a mother's care, Sir Edward Tilbury marries Phyllis,...

Bunny receives a shock upon reading about the attempted assassination of the Mayor of New York. He laughs off his wife's suggestion of getting police...

A young American millionaire in Venice falls in love with the beautiful princess Ione.

Adventurers Guy Randall and Jack Lowell flee English Army headquarters in India after being caught cheating. They follow their servant, Sukim, to a...