The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company Movies

  • 1915
    The Tramp

    The Tramp

    The Tramp

    6.51915HD

    The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he...

    The Tramp
  • 1915
    A Burlesque on Carmen

    A Burlesque on Carmen

    A Burlesque on Carmen

    5.81915HD

    A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.

    A Burlesque on Carmen
  • 1916
    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    6.31916HD

    When a couple of scammers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will to discover the whereabouts of letters whose dissemination could cause a scandal...

    Sherlock Holmes
  • 1916
    Police

    Police

    Police

    6.21916HD

    Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.

    Police
  • 1915
    A Night in the Show

    A Night in the Show

    A Night in the Show

    6.21915HD

    Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady...

    A Night in the Show
  • 1916
    The Strange Case of Mary Page

    The Strange Case of Mary Page

    The Strange Case of Mary Page

    01916HD

    A 15-episode dramatic action movie serial only two of which survive.

    The Strange Case of Mary Page
  • 1914
    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times

    01914HD

    Once a lot of grown-up girls organized a club for the discussion of current evils. The principal current evil they discussed was man. The object was...

    The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
  • 1915
    A Jitney Elopement

    A Jitney Elopement

    A Jitney Elopement

    5.7781915HD

    Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and...

    A Jitney Elopement
  • 1915
    The Champion

    The Champion

    The Champion

    6.4671915HD

    Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can...

    The Champion
  • 1915
    In the Park

    In the Park

    In the Park

    5.31915HD

    A tramp steals a girl's handbag, but when he tries to pick Charlie's pocket loses his cigarettes and matches. He rescues a hot dog man from a thug,...

    In the Park
  • 1913
    Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County

    Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County

    Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County

    51913HD

    Through a kindly act Broncho Billy earns the deep gratitute of Marion Rivers, who presents him with a Bible. Not long afterwards, she comes upon him...

    Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
  • 1915
    The Slim Princess

    The Slim Princess

    The Slim Princess

    01915HD

    Gloom overcasts the palace of Count Selim Nalagaski, governor general of Morovenia, Turkey. All efforts to make the count's elder daughter, the...

    The Slim Princess
  • 1912
    The Virtue of Rags

    The Virtue of Rags

    The Virtue of Rags

    01912HD

    A grouchy landlord discharges a kind-hearted rent collector for failing to collect the rent from an impoverished widow. After dreaming that he...

    The Virtue of Rags
  • 1914
    Within Three Hundred Pages

    Within Three Hundred Pages

    Within Three Hundred Pages

    01914HD

    A necklace belonging to Mrs. Stuyvesant is stolen from Lawyer Smirney's office. It was smuggled in from China years before. Chief Knox is notified...

    Within Three Hundred Pages
  • 1911
    The Bad Man's First Prayer

    The Bad Man's First Prayer

    The Bad Man's First Prayer

    01911HD

    Driven to drink by poverty brought upon by the long illness of his wife, Joe Selling, a western miner, spends most of his time at the village bar,...

    The Bad Man's First Prayer
  • 1915
    A Woman

    A Woman

    A Woman

    61915HD

    Mother, father and daughter go to the park. The women doze off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded....

    A Woman
  • 1913
    The Right of Way

    The Right of Way

    The Right of Way

    01913HD

    The Right of Way

    The Right of Way
  • 1914
    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff

    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff

    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff

    01914HD

    Broncho Billy, a cowpuncher, is elected to the office of deputy. The sheriff is in love with Gertrude Scott and fears that his deputy is smitten with...

    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff
  • 1915
    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover

    01915HD

    Kate had a very devoted beau known as George. George loved the girl so hard that he loved all her relatives. He thought it his duty to give three...

    The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
  • 1914
    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

    01914HD

    The political bosses knew it was an off year and they needed a Goat to run for City Clerk. They didn't want a regular guy to get "stepped on," so...

    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'