George Melford

The Viking

The Viking

1931  

The Viking

Originally called White Thunder, American producer Varick Frissell’s 1931 film was inspired by his love for the Canadian Arctic Circle. Set ...
Drácula

Drácula

1931  

Drácula

A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula ...
The Charlatan

The Charlatan

A woman goes to a sideshow fortune-teller to have her fortune told, and is astonished when the man looks into his crystal ball and goes into ...
Java Head

Java Head

1923  

Java Head

Gerrit Ammidon, despairing of any chance to marry his love, Nettie Vollar, because of a bitter feud between his father and her grandfather, sails ...
Ebb Tide

Ebb Tide

1922  

Ebb Tide

An old skipper, Captain Davis, has as his companions two derelicts — one, Huish, is a Cockney, and the other, Robert Herrick was once a ...
Burning Sands

Burning Sands

A kindly old sheik is being deceived by his villainous son, who seeks to destroy his father by uniting with the enemy tribe. However, the plan is ...
The Sheik

The Sheik

1921  

The Sheik

Sheik Ahmed desperately desires feisty British socialite Diana, so he abducts her and carries her off to his luxurious tent-palace in the desert. ...
The Jucklins

The Jucklins

1921  

The Jucklins

Pampered debutante Betty Baylock buys a wishing rug from a peddler and wishes for a dark-haired, blue-eyed man, hoping to rid herself of three ...
The Source

The Source

1918  

The Source

A young man of social standing chooses instead to live as a hobo. He gets work in a lumber camp, and there uncovers intrigue by German agents.
A Gentleman of Leisure

A Gentleman of Leisure

A young New York society man makes a bet that he can rob a house and get away without being caught by the police. Things turn out to be not as ...
Young Romance

Young Romance

Two young clerks in a department store meet and fall in love during a seaside vacation in Maine, but part as strangers because, unknown to each ...
The Cave Men’s War

The Cave Men’s War

The dramatized illustration of the invention of the bow-and-arrow through a romantic triangle foregrounded by the bloody conflicts between the ...
The Invaders

The Invaders

1913  

The Invaders

Not being successful in his suit for the hand of Helen Sawyer, and to show the father of the young lady that he is made of the same material as ...
The Indian Maid’s Sacrifice

The Indian Maid’s Sacrifice

During an attack on the Matelija Indian village, Wana, a beautiful Indian girl, is captured. Don Pablo, a Mexican gentleman, rescues Wana and ...