The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company Movies

William Hart, a prospector in the west, who, with his wife and child sought vainly for gold day after day, while hope waned and starvation faced them....

A young woman is used as a pawn to entice Count Jean de Lugnan into a game of ruritanian political intrigue.

A sheriff saves a Mexican from being hanged for horse theft. In a gesture of thanks, the Mexican writes the word "gratitude" upon a card. After rendin...

Three young girls, pledged to spinsterhood and contempt for mankind, go camping in the woods. Three boys, unpledged to anything save fun and the joy o...

The Ups and Downs of life on the range with a young Wallace Beery.

A 1915 western with Broncho Billy

A knight of the grip has many inconveniences to contend with, and not only that, but often his very life is in danger. Such is the case with John Dunc...

"Sure-thing" Steve and his pals searched the map for prospective country towns in which they could bunco the inhabitants. They decided the town of Sim...

Broncho Billy is a typical bad man. The story opens with him shooting up a small town in the west, and scaring the inhabitants nearly to death. The sh...

A count shows up in Snakeville to deliver a letter telling matronly Margaret Joslin that she has inherited a lot of money, so of course he wants to ro...

On his way to file a claim, a lone prospector stops overnight with a settler and his family. The miner little suspects that his host plots to steal th...

Colonel Emmett's daughter is captured by an outlaw who blindfolds her just before taking her to his hut, so, in case she escaped, she would be unable...

Old Silas Gregg lives with his pretty daughter, Vedah, in the western hills, unknown to the girl. Gregg is the leader of a band of smugglers, who have...

Old Silas Trent, a squatter, is warned that the community is not healthy for those of his calling and to move out. Trent is furious and vows vengeance...

A love story complication with Western trimmings.

Within less than five months after the mysterious death of her mother, Adene Maintland wakes in the early morning to learn that her father has also di...

"Pudge" Malone, an artist's model, is in love with Kitty Casey, but Mike McMann is fast making his way into the crevices of Kitty's heart.

Maizie Mackey finished with her term at boarding school in Los Angeles, leaves her sweetheart, Bud Stone, and returns to her father's ranch near Ash F...

Hank and Lank have not experienced a good feed for several days, and, on the lookout for a meal or a handout, pass by the Summerford residence, just a...

Broncho Billy, the sheriff, is in love with a girl, but another man wins her affections and marries her. He is a worthless sort of fellow, and when Br...