Movies: Augustus Carney

  • 1911
    Alkali Ike's Auto

    Alkali Ike's Auto (1911)

    Alkali Ike's Auto

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    Alkali Ike and Mustang Pete are both wooing the same woman. Ike hopes to take her for a horseback ride, but she chooses instead to go with Pete, who has a horse and carriage. Ike trades his horses for an automobile, hoping to win her over that way, b...

    Alkali Ike's Auto
  • 1915
    Martyrs of the Alamo

    Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)

    Martyrs of the Alamo

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    The story of the defense of the mission-turned-fortress by 185 Texans against an overwhelming Mexican army in 1836....

    Martyrs of the Alamo
  • 1912
    Widow Jenkins' Admirers

    Widow Jenkins' Admirers (1912)

    Widow Jenkins' Admirers

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    When Widow Jenkins publishes the news that she has been left a valuable estate and other properties, including a grocery store, all the eligible men of the neighborhood seek to win her hand. The most persistent of her admirers is Alkali Ike, who abso...

    Widow Jenkins' Admirers
  • 1911
    A Western Redemption

    A Western Redemption (1911)

    A Western Redemption

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    Tom Perkins, a Chicago youth, is arrested, charged with being one of the carbarn bandits, to whom is attributed a series of bold robberies. The disgraced parents also suffer for their son's crimes, the elder Perkins being thrown out of a job, and the...

    A Western Redemption
  • 1910
    The Tout's Remembrance

    The Tout's Remembrance (1910)

    The Tout's Remembrance

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    "Bullets" Brown, the hero of our story, is a rare track tout, and a true type or this particular parasite....

    The Tout's Remembrance
  • 1911
    The Puncher's New Love

    The Puncher's New Love (1911)

    The Puncher's New Love

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    Harvey Barton, a young cowboy, is happily in love with Kate Bowers, a pretty western girl. One day he calls at her home, shows her a handbill advertising a barn dance to be held at one of the nearby ranches, and asks her to go with him. On his way ba...

    The Puncher's New Love
  • 1913
    Billy McGrath on Broadway

    Billy McGrath on Broadway (1913)

    Billy McGrath on Broadway

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    John Steppling is Billy McGrath in this popular series directed by Archer McMackin, of which this is the only existing example. Billy wants to be a Broadway producer but finds is isn't so easy....

    Billy McGrath on Broadway
  • 1915
    The Failure

    The Failure (1915)

    The Failure

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    Theatrical manager Isaac Shuman has a reputation for "taking advantage" of young girls who want to become stars on Broadway. Reporter Tom Warder investigates these stories and exposes Shuman in his newspaper....

    The Failure
  • 1909
    Tag Day

    Tag Day (1909)

    Tag Day

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    The custom of young women "tagging" men on the public streets (on a day specially set aside and called "Tag Day") to secure funds for various charitable purposes is the basis for this Comedy short....

    Tag Day
  • 1913
    A Snakeville Courtship

    A Snakeville Courtship (1913)

    A Snakeville Courtship

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    Jeremiah Green receives a letter from his niece, stating that she is coming west, and is in the market for a husband. The news scatters fast throughout the western town, and when the fair Sophie arrives, her callers are numerous. One look at the thre...

    A Snakeville Courtship
  • 1912
    Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress

    Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress (1912)

    Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress

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    "Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress" (1912, 14 minutes) is a comedy-drama about yet another girl from the East who doesn't need to be protected from the local dangers. Broncho Billy plays a passive role, and even takes a bullet when a jealous villa...

    Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
  • 1912
    A Western Kimona

    A Western Kimona (1912)

    A Western Kimona

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    Pretty Bessie King has all the cowboys' hearts thumping ragtime jigs against their ribs whenever she comes to town, and Alkali is the hardest hit of all. After a series of flirtations she finally takes Alkali for better or worse and they are married....

    A Western Kimona
  • 1911
    Broncho Billy's Adventure

    Broncho Billy's Adventure (1911)

    Broncho Billy's Adventure

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    Fairfax, California, is the location used for this film, one of the earliest Broncho Billy films. Anderson includes his usual mix of comedy and drama as Broncho Billy gets caught in the middle of a family dispute between a jealous hotel owner and his...

    Broncho Billy's Adventure
  • 1911
    The Infant at Snakeville

    The Infant at Snakeville (1911)

    The Infant at Snakeville

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    Mrs. Graham and her baby boy are on their way from the east to an uncle's ranch in Wyoming, and they have completed the long journey in safety up to the time they are to take the stagecoach to Snakeville, near which the ranch is located. Through an a...

    The Infant at Snakeville
  • 1914
    When Universal Ike Set

    When Universal Ike Set (1914)

    When Universal Ike Set

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    Ika marries a widow, figuring he's set for life. Unfortunately for him, the first thing she does is put him to work. Ike hatches a scheme with his doctor to fake illness to get out of work, but his new wife has planned for that, too....

    When Universal Ike Set
  • 1911
    The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine

    The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine (1911)

    The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine

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    Young Jim Logan, a miner at the "Little Jonny" mine, is in financial straits owing to the long illness of his wife. Other misfortunes follow when Jim learns of the discontent of other miners and their grumbling at the present wage scale they are rece...

    The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine
  • 1913
    Alkali Ike and the Wildman

    Alkali Ike and the Wildman (1913)

    Alkali Ike and the Wildman

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    Alkali Ike and the Wildman...

    Alkali Ike and the Wildman
  • 1913
    Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist

    Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist (1913)

    Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist

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    Alkali Ike eludes his wife and attends a performance at the Snakeville Opera House, where Prof. Hippy is demonstrating his wonderful hypnotic art. Alkali Ike is finally persuaded to go up on the stage. The professor hypnotizes him. The clever and ecc...

    Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist
  • 1912
    The Loafer

    The Loafer (1912)

    The Loafer

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    The forceful reformation of a lazy scrounger....

    The Loafer
  • 1911
    Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner

    Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner (1911)

    Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner

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    It's Christmas, and a young woman is on her way to celebrate the holidays with her parents. A group of drunk cowboys startle her horses making her wagon, with the woman on it, speed off. By chance Broncho Billy saves her life and the grateful girl in...

    Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner