Harold M. Shaw Movies

Sacked clerk inherits £3000 a year and struggles when thrust into high society.

A clerk on a bicycle tour saves a girl from eloping with a bully.

The forerunner of all serials, What Happened to Mary was a series of twelve monthly one reel episodes, each a complete entity in itself, revolving...

A graphic reproduction of Jules Verne's famous story under the above title. It deals with a secret mission in Russia

Well-to-do Mr. and Mrs. Gilton live next door to a large family, the Biltons, that struggles to make ends meet. Despite their desire to be friendly,...

A slumlord learns just how important it is to maintain clean living quarters when his wife contracts tuberculosis.

This epic film was one of the first South African dramatic film productions. It tells the story of the Boers’ Great Trek at the end of the...

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...

Thrifty orphan Norah MacPherson meets wealthy young James Patterson, who gets her a job as a chorus girl. They fall in love. To put up a good front,...

A slum orphan, injured by a lady's car, becomes a dancer and marries the lady's brother.

First, the eye is introduced to the old mill itself, with a gay betrothal party in progress, and laughter and merriment on all sides. Suddenly the...

This 20th-century retelling of the classic fairy tale keeps all the familiar elements — a selfish step-sister, a put-upon beauty, a Prince...

Edison short about a happy couple about to be married, but the guy's carelessness at their workplace leads to tragedy.

John Hampstead gives up his career as an actor and his actress sweetheart, Marian Dounay, to become a minister in a western town. Marian appears, and...

Early South African Film

This Cinderella is up to date. She and her sister Jane receive an invitation to a reception. Jane, selfish and arrogant, is carried away with her own...

A man steals a huge diamond and sets off a chain of events that ends in tragedy for a Zulu prince.

Hardwell, a young engineer, running a new railroad through a tough western section, falls in love with Bonita, daughter of Jim Collins, a wealthy...

A dancer has an accident, becomes a cleaner, and dies after dancing for her child.