Earle Williams Movies
The pioneering Vitagraph company's top leading man in the 1910s, former stage juvenile Earle Williams was voted America's number one star in 1915, the year he made perhaps his most popular film of all, The Juggernaut, in which he stopped greedy railroad tycoon Frank Currier from endangering the lives of hundreds of passengers. Vitagraph wrecked a real train in this action... (read more) melodrama, which co-starred Williams with his most frequent leading lady, Anita Stewart. They were also teamed in the studio's earliest and perhaps most famous entry in the then-popular serial genre, The Goddess (1915), and Williams made a dashing gentleman thief in Vitagraph's 1917 version of the ever popular Arsene Lupin. He continued his popularity streak into the 1920s, often portraying stalwart military heroes. Williams' early death was attributed to bronchial pneumonia. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
She's My Baby
1927
She's My Baby begins with several scenes of a blissfully happy young couple on their honeymoon. One quick flash-forward later, and we're twenty years into the marriage. By this...
Say It with Diamonds
1927
Having found out that her husband Earle Williams has bought her a diamond-encrusted comb for her birthday, wife Betty Compson is taken aback when Williams presents her with...
Red Signals
1927
The ubiquitous J. P. McGowan warmed the director's chair for Red Signals. Though onetime matinee idol Earle Williams is starred, the film's real protagonist is Wallace...
Diplomacy
1926
Adapted from a play by Victor Sardou, Diplomacy was another collaboration between actress Blanche Sweet and her then-husband Marshall Neisan. Most of the action takes...
You'd Be Surprised
1926
Raymond Griffith's famed nonchalance adds to the humor of this delightful mystery-comedy. During a posh party on a houseboat, a valuable diamond necklace is stolen. The...
The Skyrocket
1926
Skyrocket was a vehicle for non-actress Peggy Hopkins Joyce, a former Ziegfeld dancer who managed to get herself into the headlines by romancing and marrying a series of...
Lena Rivers
1925
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The Adventurous Sex
1925
This overwrought program drama was given a racy title to promote the up-and-coming Clara Bow, but all it really did for her career was keep her face in the public eye....
Was It Bigamy?
1925
Directed by former serial ace Charles Hutchison and starring Hutchison's wife Edith Thornton, this minor melodrama features a girl who marries twice: once out of love...
The Ancient Mariner
1925
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's famous poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner had no love interest. The 1925 movie adaptation, titled simply The Ancient Mariner, stars Clara...
The Eternal Struggle
1923
This Northwest melodrama was based on the novel The Law Bringers by G. B. Lancaster. Andree Grange (Renée Adorée), the daughter of the local cafe owner (Josef Swickward),...
Masters of Men
1923
This confusing maritime drama is divided into four parts; the ages of stone, iron, barbarism, and civilization. As the story begins, Dick Halpin (Cullen Landis) takes the blame...
Jealous Husbands
1923
People do all kinds of nutty things in this silent melodrama from producer/director Maurice Tourneur. Take Ramon Martinez (Earle Williams) for example: When Ramon's wife...
Man from Downing Street
1922
Earle Williams, known for his manly, often dignified, characters, was well cast in this mystery, which keeps the audience guessing until the very end. Someone in India is...
Fortune's Mask
1922
Although this adventure-romance was loosely adapted from the O. Henry story Cabbages and Kings, it seems like it was more likely made as an excuse to have the virile...
The Silver Car
1921
This Graustark-ian tale stars virile Earle Williams. After serving in the Great War, international crook Anthony Trent (Williams) resolves to go straight. He wants to...
It Can Be Done
1921
Earle Williams stars in this unusual comedy-drama. Austin Crane (Williams) is the author of several detective novels which feature a character named Hammond Knox....
Bring Him in
1921
Earle Williams, a major star of the 1910s, both co-directed (with Robert Ensminger) and played the leading role in this silent Northwest melodrama from Vitagraph....
Diamonds Adrift
1921
Manly Earle Williams was still very much a box-office draw when he made this entertaining adventure film. Bob Bellamy (Williams) is the spendthrift son of a tycoon...
The Purple Cipher
1920
Popular action star Earle Williams thrills his fans in the 1920 5-reeler The Purple Cipher. The plot centers around a Tong war in Chinatown. When one of the warlords...