William V. Ranous Movies

Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

An impressively tactile, if slightly over-ambitious, adaptation of King Lear from Vitagraph Studios.

An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy.

Advised by his friends to seek a second wife so that his children, Helen and Dolores, may know a mother's care, Sir Edward Tilbury marries Phyllis,...

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's...

The very first release of the newly founded IMP company (Independent Moving Pictures). A film shot at the Falls of Minnehaha in the Land of the...

A traveler stays the night at a rural inn, but gets no rest as he is tormented by various spectres and mysterious happenings.

To start a little in advance of our story, Lord Rintoul, of the English nobility, finds a little Gypsy girl three years old, who had been deserted by...

Vitagraph production of Shakespeare's Richard III.

Left with two small children, Mrs. Morgan finds it difficult to make both ends meet. Polly, her daughter, does the housework. Tommy is looking for a...

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.

No matter how absorbed with affairs of state, Abraham Lincoln was always ready to give audience to his little son Tad. Little Tad, playing at the...

Bunny receives a shock upon reading about the attempted assassination of the Mayor of New York. He laughs off his wife's suggestion of getting police...

Much ado about a necklace - short film based on the story "The String of Pearls"

Agnes Vernon is the daughter of an old prospector whose hard luck leads him to turn holdup. The father is hanged and the girl, unknowing the real...

Esmeralda Foster, an attractive girl, is very much impressed with Duncan Miller, a crafty country swain, who makes love to Esmeralda because of her...

Tells the biblical story of Saul's jealousy of the young David, taken from the book of Samuel

A young American millionaire in Venice falls in love with the beautiful princess Ione.

Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor.

Disregarding the sanctity of "Song Bird's" feelings, John Strong, a young surveyor in the pioneer forests of the west, makes love to the Indian...