William Shea Movies

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

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

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

A grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out.

Brutal rental agent Joseph McGuire demands that Molly-O marry McGuire's son Denny, lest her family be thrown out of their humble shack. But Molly-O pr...

An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.

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 stowaw...

Very pretty, very attractive, very young; her name is Maude and she has a beau. He is very fat. Maude is simply crazy about him. She will not consider...

Old Captain Bill and his wife have an only son, whom they idolize. He loses all his money at gambling and drinking, and determines to do better in the...

The night of the grand reception and dance finds Belle Oakley in high glee as she leaves for the reception. She arrives at the reception and discovers...

A penniless British Lord sets up an arranged marriage with an American heiress. He soon falls in love with her and is determined to support himself fi...

Born with an artistic temperament, Joe Leigh feels keenly the bitterness and drudgery of life on a small farm and longs to get away from it. Jabez, hi...

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

A romance of the rail, this two-part "thriller" uses wireless telegraphy as the means of averting a disaster to an express train.

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

Leslie Brennan, an heiress, suddenly discovers that she is almost penniless, and faces the ordeal of making her own living.

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...

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