Alexander Butler

The Tube of Death

Alexander Butler

Fred Paul, Fred Paul

'Inventor's wife avenges death by posing as anarchist and exploding their den.' (British Film Catalogue)

O.H.M.S.

Alexander Butler

Harry W. Scadden, Blanche Forsythe

'Spy blackmails commander's wife into stealing treaty.' (British Film Catalogue)

Damaged Goods

Alexander Butler

Campbell Gullan, Marjorie Day

A quack doctor 'cures' a victim of venereal disease, whose baby is later born infected.

Married Love

Alexander Butler

Lillian Hall-Davis, Rex Davis

aka Maisie's Marriage, based on Marie Stopes book, a fireman falls in love with a daughter from a large family. When she refuses to marry and have children, she is estranged from her family, and after being imprisioned after a failed suicide attempt becomes a maid. Controversial at the time for its views on marriage and birth control.

Greater Love Hath No Man

Alice Guy-Blaché, Alexander Butler

Romaine Fielding, Vinnie Burns

Short film by Alice Guy about a Western love triangle.

Little Women

Alexander Butler

Daisy Burrell, Mary Lincoln

The first silent adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.

The Valley of Fear

Alexander Butler

H.A. Saintsbury, Daisy Burrell

An ex-convict tries to kill the detective who once posed as a member of an American hooded clan.

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G. B. Samuelson, Leander De Cordova

Betty Blythe, Carlyle Blackwell

Mr. Blackwell discovers a relic that informs him about Blythe (as Ayesha, or "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed"), who loved his father and others in the ancestral line. Blackwell accompanies pal Heinrich George and handyman Tom Reynolds to Arabia.

Her Great Mistake

Alexander Butler

'A housewife seeks solace in hats.' (British Film Institute)