Movies: The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

  • 1915
    The Tramp

    The Tramp (1915)

    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 discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their li...

    The Tramp
  • 1915
    By the Sea

    By the Sea (1915)

    By the Sea

    5.51915HD

    It is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over ice cream. Driven away by her husband, Charlie turns to the other's wife....

    By the Sea
  • 1911
    The Corporation and the Ranch Girl

    The Corporation and the Ranch Girl (1911)

    The Corporation and the Ranch Girl

    01911HD

    Upon the death of her father, Ann Newton is made the heiress of an extensive and valuable ranch in Arizona, when she is visited by the officials of the S.W. Railroad Company, who, seeking to extend the tracks of their company, find it necessary to bu...

    The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
  • 1910
    Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present

    Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present (1910)

    Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present

    41910HD

    Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present is a silent Western...

    Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present
  • 1914
    Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need

    Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need (1914)

    Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need

    01914HD

    The doctor, who owns the only store in town, is called away, and leaves his daughter in charge. A bandit has been menacing the vicinity and a reward is offered for his capture. There is quite a sum of money in the store, and when Broncho Billy, a str...

    Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
  • 1912
    The Prospector's Legacy

    The Prospector's Legacy (1912)

    The Prospector's Legacy

    01912HD

    A western prospector, who has been unusually lucky, prepares to return east to his wife. The suspicious actions of a gypsy horse-trader, whom he has seen loitering near his cabin, prompts him to take his gold to the bank, but on the way he is thrown ...

    The Prospector's Legacy
  • 1915
    Shanghaied

    Shanghaied (1915)

    Shanghaied

    5.91915HD

    A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Char...

    Shanghaied
  • 1911
    The Count and the Cowboys

    The Count and the Cowboys (1911)

    The Count and the Cowboys

    01911HD

    The scene is laid in the West and presents a French count, in immaculate attire, suddenly dropped among the cowboys. Following an altercation he offers to fight a duel, but when the results of a scheme arranged by the cowboys to show his opponent kil...

    The Count and the Cowboys
  • 1915
    A Burlesque on Carmen

    A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)

    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
  • 1910
    Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1910)

    Take Me Out to the Ball Game

    01910HD

    Our friend Blink is a baseball bug and a devotee of the sport. One day he finds he will have time in the afternoon to visit the ball park, and from that moment until noon he is in an excited fever, refusing to talk anything but baseball to the busine...

    Take Me Out to the Ball Game
  • 1916
    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes (1916)

    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 affecting the royal family, Sherlock Holmes decides to take over the case. (Considered lost, a copy ...

    Sherlock Holmes
  • 1913
    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid

    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid (1913)

    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid

    01913HD

    Broncho Billy, haying disturbed the laws of the state, is thrown into jail. The warden hands the outlaw a cup of water and a piece of stale bread. The latter grabs the warden's hand, pulls it through the bars and threatens the former with a broken ar...

    Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
  • 1912
    Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid

    Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid (1912)

    Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid

    01912HD

    Bart McGrew, a rascally schemer, endeavors to secure an old Indian chief's signature to a deed that will give him thousands of acres of valuable land owned by the tribe. Laughing Fawn, the chief's beautiful daughter, suspects Bart of treachery and ta...

    Broncho Billy and the Indian Maid
  • 1916
    Police

    Police (1916)

    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
  • 1911
    Spike Shannon's Last Fight

    Spike Shannon's Last Fight (1911)

    Spike Shannon's Last Fight

    01911HD

    'Spike' Shannon, a pugilist by occupation, signs to fight a 10-round bout, with another young knight of the ring. A contract is drawn and 'Spike' and his backers leave the office of the promoter. On the street they encounter a young couple, evidently...

    Spike Shannon's Last Fight
  • 1912
    Widow Jenkins' Admirers

    Widow Jenkins' Admirers (1912)

    Widow Jenkins' Admirers

    01912HD

    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
  • 1915
    A Night in the Show

    A Night in the Show (1915)

    A Night in the Show

    6.11915HD

    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 into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest...

    A Night in the Show
  • 1915
    In the Park

    In the Park (1915)

    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, but takes a few with his walking stick. When the thief tries to take some of Charlie's sausages, Charl...

    In the Park
  • 1917
    Skinner's Baby

    Skinner's Baby (1917)

    Skinner's Baby

    01917HD

    William Skinner is very pleased with the news his wife Honey is expecting their first child. He eagerly prepares for the new arrival, as he is sure it will be the next William Skinner Jr. When the bundle of joy finally arrives, much to his surprise, ...

    Skinner's Baby
  • 1913
    Broncho Billy's Squareness

    Broncho Billy's Squareness (1913)

    Broncho Billy's Squareness

    01913HD

    Earl Briggs, a ranchman, and Carl Underwood, a sheriff, are in love with Grace Woodward. Earl is the favored suitor and in time Grace becomes engaged to hire. Sometime later the stage is held up by Broncho Billy, a notorious outlaw. A fierce battle e...

    Broncho Billy's Squareness