Movies: Harry Solter

  • 1908
    The Taming of the Shrew

    The Taming of the Shrew (1908)

    The Taming of the Shrew

    4.91908HD

    Based on Shakespeare's play. Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior....

    The Taming of the Shrew
  • 1909
    The Renunciation

    The Renunciation (1909)

    The Renunciation

    4.31909HD

    Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her fiancé from the city....

    The Renunciation
  • 1908
    The Fatal Hour

    The Fatal Hour (1908)

    The Fatal Hour

    2.51908HD

    This one-reeler has been regarded as a classic example of a Griffith thriller. It engages with the Chinese White slave traffic from the perspective of a female detective, played by Marion Leonard, whose assignment is to expose and break the traffic r...

    The Fatal Hour
  • 1908
    The Bandit’s Waterloo (The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora)

    The Bandit’s Waterloo (The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora) (1908)

    The Bandit’s Waterloo (The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora)

    2.51908HD

    A gang of lawless freebooters who terrorized the country and made travel in the mountains a hazardous pastime hold up a stylish landau in which are seated an old gentleman, a duenna, and a pretty young Senora. The inevitable happens; all are relieved...

    The Bandit’s Waterloo (The Outwitting of an Andalusian Brigand by a Pretty Senora)
  • 1908
    The Red Girl

    The Red Girl (1908)

    The Red Girl

    3.51908HD

    Mack Sennett appears as a man in the bar in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

    The Red Girl
  • 1909
    The Criminal Hypnotist

    The Criminal Hypnotist (1909)

    The Criminal Hypnotist

    21909HD

    Mack Sennett appears as a party guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

    The Criminal Hypnotist
  • 1909
    The Curtain Pole

    The Curtain Pole (1909)

    The Curtain Pole

    4.41909HD

    An upper class drawing room. A gentleman breaks the curtain pole and goes in search of a replacement, but he stops into a pub first. He buys a very long pole, and causes havoc everywhere he passes, accumulating an ever-growing entourage chasing him, ...

    The Curtain Pole
  • 1909
    The Lure of the Gown

    The Lure of the Gown (1909)

    The Lure of the Gown

    3.61909HD

    "Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle appears on the scene clad in a gown that is a masterpiece of the dressmaker's art she easily fascinates the male contingent, among whom is Enrico, the ...

    The Lure of the Gown
  • 1908
    King of the Cannibal Islands

    King of the Cannibal Islands (1908)

    King of the Cannibal Islands

    21908HD

    Believed to be the first film to feature cannibals....

    King of the Cannibal Islands
  • 1912
    The Redemption of Riverton

    The Redemption of Riverton (1912)

    The Redemption of Riverton

    01912HD

    When a minister tries to clean up Riverton, he finds an unexpected ally in the barkeeper's daughter....

    The Redemption of Riverton
  • 1908
    The Helping Hand

    The Helping Hand (1908)

    The Helping Hand

    21908HD

    Mack Sennett appears as a wedding guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

    The Helping Hand
  • 1909
    At the Altar

    At the Altar (1909)

    At the Altar

    3.81909HD

    At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the landlady's pretty daughter, but she was of a poetic turn of mind and her soul soared above plebeianism and her aspirations were romantic. Most persistent ...

    At the Altar
  • 1908
    The Sculptor's Nightmare

    The Sculptor's Nightmare (1908)

    The Sculptor's Nightmare

    4.31908HD

    At a political club, the members debate whose bust will replace that of Theodore Roosevelt. Unable to agree, each goes to a sculptor's studio and bribes him to sculpt a bust of the individual favorite. Instead, the sculptor spends their fees on a din...

    The Sculptor's Nightmare
  • 1914
    The Man Who Was Never Kissed

    The Man Who Was Never Kissed (1914)

    The Man Who Was Never Kissed

    01914HD

    A platonic experiment as to how a young couple should make love fails when it ceases to be platonic....

    The Man Who Was Never Kissed
  • 1909
    The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

    The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909)

    The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals

    3.81909HD

    The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting, and both Joneses catch 'the acting bug' in this split-reel subject....

    The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
  • 1911
    Opportunity and the Man

    Opportunity and the Man (1911)

    Opportunity and the Man

    01911HD

    One man squanders a fortune and loses his house and sweetheart to another who strikes it rich....

    Opportunity and the Man
  • 1908
    The Christmas Burglars

    The Christmas Burglars (1908)

    The Christmas Burglars

    21908HD

    Mack Sennett appears as one of character Mike McLaren's assistants in this film produced by the Biograph Company....

    The Christmas Burglars
  • 1908
    A Calamitous Elopement

    A Calamitous Elopement (1908)

    A Calamitous Elopement

    4.11908HD

    A young couple are enjoying a romantic interlude in the young woman's home, when her father discovers them and angrily chases the young man out of the house. They thus decide to elope, and they make plans accordingly. But as they are leaving, a thief...

    A Calamitous Elopement
  • 1909
    What Drink Did

    What Drink Did (1909)

    What Drink Did

    4.41909HD

    A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses a beer with lunch, then gives in. After work, two friends take a little while to convince him to go for a refreshing malt beverage, then to have anoth...

    What Drink Did
  • 1909
    Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

    Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909)

    Mr. Jones Has a Card Party

    2.51909HD

    Mr. Jones, since his last escapade, had made strenuous efforts to amend the reputation he had gained in the eyes of the ladies of the Temperance League. But Oh! the ordeal, for such it was, was telling on him, and his pent-up spirits were threatening...

    Mr. Jones Has a Card Party