William Russell Movies

  • 1925
    Big Pal

    Big Pal

    Big Pal

    01925HD

    A judge's daughter spurns his wealthy lifestyle and goes to do social work in poorer neighborhoods. There she meets a boxer contending for a...

    Big Pal
  • 1928
    The Midnight Taxi

    The Midnight Taxi

    The Midnight Taxi

    51928HD

    The Midnight Taxi is a 1928 early part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Antonio Moreno, Helen...

    The Midnight Taxi
  • 1912
    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

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    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
  • 1919
    A Sporting Chance

    A Sporting Chance

    A Sporting Chance

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    John Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead he winds up helping a girl, Gilberte Bonheur (Fritzi...

    A Sporting Chance
  • 1914
    The Power of the Press

    The Power of the Press

    The Power of the Press

    01914HD

    An innocent man, serving a sentence of five years in prison through the perjured testimony of the real criminal, Steve Carson, foreman of a shipyard,...

    The Power of the Press
  • 1918
    Hearts or Diamonds?

    Hearts or Diamonds?

    Hearts or Diamonds?

    01918HD

    Wealthy diamond collector Larry Hanrahan is given the opportunity to assist the beautiful, jewel-bedecked woman he admires in a Broadway café...

    Hearts or Diamonds?
  • 1926
    The Blue Eagle

    The Blue Eagle

    The Blue Eagle

    5.11926HD

    Waterfront rivals George Darcy and Big Tim Ryan are both in love with Rose Kelly, and continue their feud when they join the Navy. After the war,...

    The Blue Eagle
  • 1927
    The Desired Woman

    The Desired Woman

    The Desired Woman

    01927HD

    The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he is transferred to the Sahara, life at his remote...

    The Desired Woman
  • 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
  • 1927
    The Girl from Chicago

    The Girl from Chicago

    The Girl from Chicago

    01927HD

    Mary Carlton, who lives with her invalid father on a cotton plantation, receives a letter from Bob, her brother, in New York, stating that he faces...

    The Girl from Chicago
  • 1919
    Six Feet Four

    Six Feet Four

    Six Feet Four

    5.51919HD

    A cowboy matches the description of the man who robbed the local hotel--both are 6'4". When a young woman is robbed, suspicion falls on the cowboy...

    Six Feet Four
  • 1923
    Anna Christie

    Anna Christie

    Anna Christie

    5.51923HD

    A troubled young woman comes to live with her estranged father on the New York waterfront. A tough sailor falls in love with her, sparking conflict...

    Anna Christie
  • 1915
    Dora Thorne

    Dora Thorne

    Dora Thorne

    01915HD

    Ronald, heir to Lord Earle in Earlescourt, England, secretly loves Dora Thorne, a desirable but working-class woman. When Lord Earle hears of the...

    Dora Thorne
  • 1928
    State Street Sadie

    State Street Sadie

    State Street Sadie

    01928HD

    Unassuming clerk Tom Blake is framed for the murder of a policeman in the midst of a violent bank robbery. Considered a lost film.

    State Street Sadie
  • 1919
    Where the West Begins

    Where the West Begins

    Where the West Begins

    01919HD

    William Russell plays Cliff Redfern, a hard-ridin' Westerner who takes a liking to Easterner Ned Caldwell (Cullen Landis), the dissolute son of a...

    Where the West Begins
  • 1922
    A Self-Made Man

    A Self-Made Man

    A Self-Made Man

    01922HD

    Jack Spurlock, the lazy son of a railroad tycoon, is estranged from his fiancée, Anita Gray, because he refuses to work. When his father...

    A Self-Made Man
  • 1913
    King Rene’s Daughter

    King Rene’s Daughter

    King Rene’s Daughter

    51913HD

    This elaborate and well-staged silent version of Hertz' play is exceedingly well produced for 1913: it starts off by introducing the actors by name...

    King Rene’s Daughter
  • 1913
    Moths

    Moths

    Moths

    01913HD

    A French woman has to marry a Russian to preserve the reputation of her society mother. However she is in love with someone else.

    Moths
  • 1912
    The Ring of a Spanish Grandee

    The Ring of a Spanish Grandee

    The Ring of a Spanish Grandee

    01912HD

    A romantic young girl, visiting St. Augustine, finds that she must make the choice which means happiness or misery for life. She has two suitors, one...

    The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
  • 1919
    Brass Buttons

    Brass Buttons

    Brass Buttons

    01919HD

    Kingston Hollister admires Bernice Cleveland from afar. He asks Officer Callahan, the policeman on the beat, about her and mistakenly believes she is...

    Brass Buttons