Claire McDowell

The Viking

The Viking

1928  

The Viking

In this historical adventure based on traditional legend concerning Leif Ericsson and the first Viking settlers to reach North America by sea, ...
Thy Name Is Woman

Thy Name Is Woman

A Spanish soldier seduces and falls in love with the young wife of a smuggler.
Ashes of Vengeance

Ashes of Vengeance

This historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge’s 37th feature film and the longest to date at two hours. The ...
What Every Woman Knows

What Every Woman Knows

Alick Wylie agrees to give railroad porter John Shand $300 to help him secure his education and political ambitions on condition that his ...
The Way Out

The Way Out

1915  

The Way Out

While packing her trunk preparatory to leaving home for the adjoining county, where she has been called to teach, the young schoolteacher ...
A Day’s Adventure

A Day’s Adventure

Over Bentley’s shoulder, the crook read the lawyer’s letter telling the young man of his inheritance. He immediately wired his pals. ...
Her Hand

Her Hand

1914  

Her Hand

Olga, true to the cause their hearts held so dear, stole the evidence which would send her friends to Siberia, hut Orlanof, of the Russian ...
All for Science

All for Science

After all, the young chemist proves himself quite human. He would have ended his life because he had not the money to spend on his desired ...
The Stopped Clock

The Stopped Clock

No doubt the old antique dealer was prejudiced against his junior clerk. After frequent shortages, the clerk’s visit to the gambling house ...
The Stolen Treaty

The Stolen Treaty

On the day of the meeting which should settle the controversy regarding the Panama Canal, the Japanese Embassy commissioned Olga to obtain a copy ...
I Was Meant for You

I Was Meant for You

Theron is Lavina’s natural choice, though she imagines herself in love with Luke, who is secretly loved by Lavina’s sister, Susan. ...
The Enemy’s Baby

The Enemy’s Baby

A feud began with a political argument. Then the justice declared if granddad did not pay up he would attach his household goods. Granddad was ...
Olaf—An Atom

Olaf—An Atom

Broken by grief after his mother’s death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is given a meal by a woman at the ...
The God Within

The God Within

The woman of the camp implores her lover to marry her, and he promises to do so, but goes away and does not return. Target of the camp’s ...
The Massacre

The Massacre

1912  

The Massacre

The story of the massacre of an Indian village, and the ensuing retaliation.
So Near, Yet So Far

So Near, Yet So Far

It’s love at first sight for the Boy, but obstacles— namely shyness, and the temerity of other suitors— place themselves in the way of his ...
A String of Pearls

A String of Pearls

A story about a poor young man who falls ill, while his wealthy employer ignores his plight and instead spends lavishly on a pearl necklace for ...
The Sunbeam

The Sunbeam

1912  

The Sunbeam

Set in a tenement, a lonely confirmed bachelor occupies a room across the hall from a dour spinster. Children run amok in the hallways playing ...
Billy’s Stratagem

Billy’s Stratagem

While their mother is away from home, Billy and his sister are set upon by marauding Indians, who trap them in their cabin. Billy rigs a keg of ...
A Woman Scorned

A Woman Scorned

Thieves follow a doctor as he takes home a large sum of money. Later, when they break into his house, the doctor’s wife and daughter are ...
The Long Road

The Long Road

Edith enters a convent after losing her fiancé to someone else. Years later, Edith finds him again, now poverty-stricken, and secretly helps his ...
A Country Cupid

A Country Cupid

Schoolteacher Edith breaks off her engagement after an argument with her fiancé. She writes him a note of reconciliation but throws it away. ...
The Primal Call

The Primal Call

A young woman who is engaged to a millionaire she doesn’t love meets and falls in love with a rough sailor.
The Manicure Lady

The Manicure Lady

The manicure lady spurns the barber and dates a rich cad instead.
The Broken Cross

The Broken Cross

Before Tom departs for the city, he becomes engaged to Kate. She gives him half of her broken pendant cross, with the agreement that either can ...
The Spanish Gypsy

The Spanish Gypsy

Jose becomes engaged to Pepita, but still has eyes for Mariana. He runs off with Mariana, but he is accidentally blinded, and she deserts him. ...
What Shall We Do with Our Old?

What Shall We Do with Our Old?

An elderly carpenter is told by a doctor that his wife is seriously ill. Soon afterwards, an insensitive shop foreman lays him off from his job ...
His Trust Fulfilled

His Trust Fulfilled

Continuing where His Trust (1911) leaves off, George takes care of his deceased master’s daughter after her mother’s death. He ...