Movies: Selig Polyscope Company

  • 1910
    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910)

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    5.41910HD

    An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel....

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
  • 1909
    Ben's Kid

    Ben's Kid (1909)

    Ben's Kid

    61909HD

    Buck Minor was the most detested man in Wolf Hollow, partly because he was quarrelsome and treacherous, partly because he abused and neglected his little wife, Molly, whom all the camp adored, and for whose sake it tolerated Buck....

    Ben's Kid
  • 1918
    Little Orphant Annie

    Little Orphant Annie (1918)

    Little Orphant Annie

    5.31918HD

    Annie, left orphaned after the death of her mother, goes to live in an orphanage where she tells her fellow orphans stories of ghosts and goblins. The matron of the orphanage finds Annie's closest relative, the abusive Uncle Thomp. Her uncle who puts...

    Little Orphant Annie
  • 1913
    The Adventures of Kathlyn

    The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913)

    The Adventures of Kathlyn

    11913HD

    The serial detailed the experiences of Kathlyn Hare, the pretty daughter of an explorer. Kathlyn resided in a mythical India, fighting off unwanted advances from a handsome native, Umballah, when not battling an endless array of ferocious jungle faun...

    The Adventures of Kathlyn
  • 1920
    The Jungle Princess

    The Jungle Princess (1920)

    The Jungle Princess

    3.51920HD

    Feature version of The Lost City (1920), a fifteen episode serial....

    The Jungle Princess
  • 1913
    A Loyal Deserter

    A Loyal Deserter (1913)

    A Loyal Deserter

    41913HD

    Paul Worthington, a Federal private, receives a letter from their family physician apprising him of the dangerous illness of his mother. He takes the letter to the commanding officer with a request for a "leave of absence," but Col. Colfax refuses em...

    A Loyal Deserter
  • 1911
    Shipwrecked

    Shipwrecked (1911)

    Shipwrecked

    41911HD

    Annie Jackson, living with her uncle, Horace Gregory, an old fisherman on Val Dez Island, is injured by an automobile. John Kingdon, who happens by, takes her in his machine to the hospital. There he learns to love her, but his advances are not wante...

    Shipwrecked
  • 1914
    The Spoilers

    The Spoilers (1914)

    The Spoilers

    6.21914HD

    The Spoilers is a 1914 film directed by Colin Campbell. It is set in Nome, Alaska during the 1898 Gold Rush, with William Farnum as Roy Glennister, Kathlyn Williams as Cherry Malotte, and Tom Santschi as Alex McNamara. The film culminates in a specta...

    The Spoilers
  • 1908
    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908)

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • 1911
    Lost in the Jungle

    Lost in the Jungle (1911)

    Lost in the Jungle

    51911HD

    Jan Kruga and his daughter Meta live on a farm in the Transvaal. The nearest neighbor, Sir John Morgan, lives 20 miles away, and it is only on rare intervals that she ever goes even that far away from her isolated home. Toddles, a work elephant on he...

    Lost in the Jungle
  • 1909
    Mrs. Jones' Birthday

    Mrs. Jones' Birthday (1909)

    Mrs. Jones' Birthday

    101909HD

    If all husbands have had similar experiences, it is too bad to harrow them up with the telling of this story. If they have not, perhaps it will be a warning to them to watch very carefully the birthdays and see that some appropriate gift is at home i...

    Mrs. Jones' Birthday
  • 1915
    The Guardian's Dilemma

    The Guardian's Dilemma (1915)

    The Guardian's Dilemma

    01915HD

    Prof. Jaquin Delano joins a circus to study practical zoology. Old man Cummings is the guardian of Anita, a beautiful girl. Cummings rages because the circus tents are pitched too near his palatial home. Anita visits the menagerie tent, sees Jaquin a...

    The Guardian's Dilemma
  • 1910
    Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz

    Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz (1910)

    Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz

    31910HD

    Dorothy and the Scarecrow are now in the Emerald City. They have become friendly with the Wizard, and together with the woodman, the cowardly lion, and several new creations equally delightful, they journey through Oz -- the earthquake -- and into th...

    Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz
  • 1913
    Alas! Poor Yorick!

    Alas! Poor Yorick! (1913)

    Alas! Poor Yorick!

    51913HD

    A mentally deranged sanatorium patient imagines that he is the world's greatest actor....

    Alas! Poor Yorick!
  • 1915
    How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell

    How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell (1915)

    How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell

    01915HD

    When Jimmie Collins, a pickpocket, is arrested and brought before Captain Callahan of the Tenth, he is surprised because he is lodged in a cell. Jimmie claims acquaintanceship with Bill McFarlin, a corrupt political boss, and he sneers at Captain Cal...

    How Callahan Cleaned Up Little Hell
  • 1915
    The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl

    The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl (1915)

    The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl

    01915HD

    Silent western starring Tom Mix...

    The Stagecoach Driver and the Girl
  • 1917
    The Lad and the Lion

    The Lad and the Lion (1917)

    The Lad and the Lion

    01917HD

    While on vacation from college, William Bankinton is shipwrecked. His mind a blank, he is picked up by a derelict ship upon which there are only a lion and a stowaway named Broot. After Broot commits suicide, Bankinton and the lion are cast adrift up...

    The Lad and the Lion
  • 1915
    The Conversion of Smiling Tom

    The Conversion of Smiling Tom (1915)

    The Conversion of Smiling Tom

    01915HD

    Hiram Flint is about to foreclose a mortgage on widow Wilson's ranch. Maude, the widow's daughter, pleads with Flint for further time. He says he might consider it and tries to make love to the girl, who spurns him. This enrages the lawyer, who says ...

    The Conversion of Smiling Tom
  • 1916
    Unto Those Who Sin

    Unto Those Who Sin (1916)

    Unto Those Who Sin

    01916HD

    Nadia, a stenographer, must give her meager earnings to her drunken father. When he shoots his wife's lover, Nadia decides to move in with her flashy girl friend Mabel, who soon introduces her to the fast life....

    Unto Those Who Sin
  • 1915
    The Red Blood of Courage

    The Red Blood of Courage (1915)

    The Red Blood of Courage

    01915HD

    Professor Duane, an ethnologist, and his assistant, Roscoe Harding, plan a journey into the wilds of Hindustan. Harding is in love with Lydia, the daughter of Professor Duane, and they are engaged to be married. Lieutenant Tavish, a British army offi...

    The Red Blood of Courage