Thanhouser Company Movies

  • 1912
    Jess

    Jess

    Jess

    01912HD

    Silas Croft was a kindly old Englishman who had a farm in South Africa. With him resided his two nieces, whom he had taken from their drunken,...

    Jess
  • 1911
    She

    She

    She

    41911HD

    She was the first attempt in film to depict the story of H. Rider Haggard's 1886 novel She: A History of Adventure.

    She
  • 1915
    His Wife

    His Wife

    His Wife

    01915HD

    Henry Dennys, a wealthy Englishman, has two sons who are frequently brought into the company of Edith Danvers, whose father, a retired general, lives...

    His Wife
  • 1911
    David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    David Copperfield

    01911HD

    Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood,...

    David Copperfield
  • 1912
    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

    5.31912HD

    An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage of children employed in a working...

    The Cry of the Children
  • 1912
    East Lynne

    East Lynne

    East Lynne

    01912HD

    Based on the novel of the same name by Mrs. Henry Wood (Ellen Wood).

    East Lynne
  • 1914
    The Center of the Web

    The Center of the Web

    The Center of the Web

    51914HD

    The police set out to take down a gang of counterfeiters, using every tool they have including police dogs.

    The Center of the Web
  • 1916
    The Net

    The Net

    The Net

    01916HD

    In the home of the stalwart young son and his mother, the girl rescued from the sea grows strong again after her fearful exposure. Her...

    The Net
  • 1911
    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    Cinderella

    6.41911HD

    Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie...

    Cinderella
  • 1913
    Carmen

    Carmen

    Carmen

    51913HD

    A three-reel version of the famous stage production. Don Jose, the hero of the famous book by Prosper Merimee, and Bizet's celebrated opera, was born...

    Carmen
  • 1911
    The Coffin Ship

    The Coffin Ship

    The Coffin Ship

    51911HD

    A love story filmed in Long Island Sound with a stowaway and a shipwreck.

    The Coffin Ship
  • 1912
    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    5.81912HD

    With The Old Curiosity Shop and David Copperfield, both released in 1911, and Nicholas Nickleby in 1912, Thanhouser established itself as producer of...

    Nicholas Nickleby
  • 1911
    Pillars of Society

    Pillars of Society

    Pillars of Society

    01911HD

    Young Bernick and Johan Tonnesen are close friends, living in Norway. Bernick is engaged to marry Johan's sister, who is an heiress. He is simply...

    Pillars of Society
  • 1911
    Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

    Lorna Doone

    01911HD

    Lorna Dugal, the little daughter of an English nobleman, is carried off by her father's enemies, the Doones, when she is five years old. Sire Ensor...

    Lorna Doone
  • 1913
    Cymbeline

    Cymbeline

    Cymbeline

    3.51913HD

    Southern California locations vividly suggest both elemental pre-Roman Britain and classical Rome. An energetic cinematic pacing and intimacy show...

    Cymbeline
  • 1916
    The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

    The Fugitive

    01916HD

    The Fugitive
  • 1916
    The World and the Woman

    The World and the Woman

    The World and the Woman

    3.51916HD

    In "The World and the Woman", Jeanne Eagels plays Mary, a prostitute (which is implied by her walking the streets and being hassled by policemen) who...

    The World and the Woman
  • 1912
    Undine

    Undine

    Undine

    01912HD

    In the days long ago when knights were brave and venturesome, enchanted forests grew and mythical creatures lived among us.

    Undine
  • 1915
    Crossed Wires

    Crossed Wires

    Crossed Wires

    51915HD

    An innocent man is accused of murdering his aunt.

    Crossed Wires
  • 1912
    In a Garden

    In a Garden

    In a Garden

    41912HD

    Over the years, an old gardener observes a romance develop between a young boy and girl. 20 years after they break up over a misunderstanding, the...

    In a Garden