William Shea Movies

In search of a maid, Mrs. Cook, an aristocratic and extremely proud society woman, goes to an employment agency and hires Luna, fat, awkward and...

Two nice young people become acquainted at the beach; A romance develops.

Charming melodrama by the Vitagraph Company about the friendship between a boy (Bobby Connelly) and the grumpy Captain Barnacle(William Shea). This...

Aching for an opportunity to get square with strong-willed Mrs. Drexel, boarding house mistress and mother of his sweetheart, Constance, Billy sees...

The master crook steals the sweetheart of Sherlock, a great detective. Sherlock undertakes to recover her.

Jack, a little orphan, is anxious to become a sailor, and although Captain Rhines refuses to take him aboard his ship, manages to sneak in as a...

While making preparations for the entertainment of Aunt Maria, who had announced her arrival by telegram, Lila Lane gets herself shut in the...

Farce in which two neighbouring couples test each other's jealousy. The women decide to make the men jealous and vice versa. The men buy horse hair...

Bunny and Marsh attend a show and both fall in love with a charming danseuse.

Short anti-war film in which a French musician turns out to be a German spy.

A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.

A Chinese man cares for the orphan of a dying woman who stumbles into his laundry.

The new stenographer is right there when it comes to class which does not escape the notice of her boss. He showers attentions upon her and asks her...

Solomon keeps a clothing store, he has in stock two overcoats of exactly the same make and pattern. Michael Gallagher, who is passing by and in need...

An impressive Vitagraph short, one of many popular firemen-to-the-rescue films of the time.

A comedy short produced by Vitagraph and released in 1916. This is entitled Walls and Wallops, and features Hughey (also spelt Hughie) Mack with...

Bill Pike, recently married, hits his home town about seven in the evening, and immediately is seized by a bunch of his old cronies who drag him into...

Poor Jaime goes to sea to earn enough money to marry Jenny, where he is believed to be lost. Left to support her parents, Jenny is persuaded to marry...

On discovering that their beau, Timothy, the village schoolmaster, is quite unable to choose between them for a life partner, Ivy and Lily Skinner...