William Russell Movies

  • 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
  • 1915
    Dora Thorne

    Dora Thorne

    Dora Thorne

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    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
  • 1920
    The Challenge of the Law

    The Challenge of the Law

    The Challenge of the Law

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    A Canadian Mountie pursues an outlaw across the border into the America...

    The Challenge of the Law
  • 1914
    The Straight Road

    The Straight Road

    The Straight Road

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    The Straight Road
  • 1912
    Petticoat Camp

    Petticoat Camp

    Petticoat Camp

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    Several married couples go on a camp-out together, but the women soon realize that the men expect them to do all the dirty work.

    Petticoat Camp
  • 1915
    The Diamond from the Sky

    The Diamond from the Sky

    The Diamond from the Sky

    01915HD

    This serial told the story of the diamond heir loom of the Stanley family.

    The Diamond from the Sky
  • 1910
    Under Western Skies

    Under Western Skies

    Under Western Skies

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    The girl gives herself to one of the men to escape a worse fate, though she separates from another lover to do it. Later she discovers in a dramatic...

    Under Western Skies
  • 1928
    The Head of the Family

    The Head of the Family

    The Head of the Family

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    Silent Comedy of the battle of the sexes for dominance within the home.

    The Head of the Family
  • 1928
    Woman Wise

    Woman Wise

    Woman Wise

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    Woman Wise is a 1928 American silent comedy drama film directed by Albert Ray and starring William Russell, June Collyer, and Walter Pidgeon.

    Woman Wise
  • 1915
    The Dancing Girl

    The Dancing Girl

    The Dancing Girl

    01915HD

    Drusilla Ives, a young Quaker girl living on an isolated island, leaves to become the servant of the spendthrift Duke of Guisenberry in London, who...

    The Dancing Girl
  • 1922
    The Crusader

    The Crusader

    The Crusader

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    Veteran action hero William Russell starred opposite his offscreen wife Helen Ferguson in this typical Fox oater about a miner who finds himself up...

    The Crusader
  • 1914
    Under the Gaslight

    Under the Gaslight

    Under the Gaslight

    01914HD

    Heroine Laura suffers spectacularly as her romance with her soldier sweetheart is destroyed by malicious gossip.

    Under the Gaslight
  • 1927
    The Desired Woman

    The Desired Woman

    The Desired Woman

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    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
  • 1924
    The Beloved Brute

    The Beloved Brute

    The Beloved Brute

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    A Western melodrama about brothers, separated in early childhood, who wound up as opponents in a side-show wrestling match.

    The Beloved Brute
  • 1917
    The Masked Heart

    The Masked Heart

    The Masked Heart

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    The Masked Heart
  • 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
  • 1918
    Hearts or Diamonds?

    Hearts or Diamonds?

    Hearts or Diamonds?

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    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?
  • 1911
    The Pasha's Daughter

    The Pasha's Daughter

    The Pasha's Daughter

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    An American in Turkey is mistakenly arrested and thrown in jail. He escapes and is helped by the daughter of the local ruler, called the Pasha.

    The Pasha's Daughter
  • 1914
    His Fireman's Conscience

    His Fireman's Conscience

    His Fireman's Conscience

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    Engineer Daily is forced to discharge his fireman for habitual drunkenness. His young daughter, Rosanna, wanders down to the tracks, and the door of...

    His Fireman's Conscience
  • 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