Marion Leonard

A Leaf in the Storm

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Marion Leonard

The story opens in a New York tenement where Miss Leonard is living in hopes of finding the means to support herself and little baby. A month before her husband had been killed in a mine accident and Miss Leonard sought the city, leaving her child m the care of a neighbor. She is aroused by a knock on the door. A youth of the underworld, struck with her beauty, has followed her home. He tells her where she can secure work. When he offers her money to pay for a new dress, she understands, and drives him from the room. Another knock. It is her landlord. She must pay her rent in the morning. Her eye falls on the card left by the "cadet." and makes a desperate decision that will change her life.

So Speaks the Heart

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Marion Leonard

How the accident happened no one could explain, but the lamp had exploded, and the girl was blind! She thought of and sent for Bob. He came. Sadly she told him what had happened, and horror-stricken, he recoiled from her. And that moment he decided to go away. When he told her he was going west, that he would soon return to her, she clung to him. He comforted her with deceit, and went out of the house, putting her out of his life.

The Little Avenger

James Kirkwood, Marion Leonard

A 1911 short starring Marion Leonard and James Kirkwood. It is believed to be a lost fim.

The Drift

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Marion Leonard

John Evans and Thomas Barnes were both employed by the banking house of H.M. Cruze and Co. They also occupied an apartment together. Barnes received a tip to play C. and S. stock for a rise. But instead of rising it fell, and he was notified by his broker to send five hundred dollars the next morning to cover the margin or be wiped out. He had no money of his own left, and waiting until everyone had left the office, Barnes opened the safe and took out five hundred dollars.

Journey’s Ending

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Marion Leonard

A 1913 short directed by Stanner E.V. Taylor and starring marion leonard.

Tears O’Peggy

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Marion Leonard

A pretty woman's tears are the greatest persuasive argument on the planet earth. A woman's tears will melt the coldest heart, and will make the heart manifest itself when there isn't any at all. They were in love, and pa frowned on the romance. When a pa frowns on a romance between a pretty, determined girl and the man "she was born to marry" there's always an interesting story. The girl knew the power of tears, because she was a girl! And she determined to cry her father into submission.

The Light Unseen

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Marion Leonard

A girl marries a wealthy pawnbroker in order to get money for her poor lover, who is an artist. When the pawnbroker dies, his son forces the girl to marry him, but he is killed and she marries the artist. Various problems arise after their marriage, but eventually they are happy together.

The Thin Dark Line

Marion Leonard, James Kirkwood

A 1910 short Starring Marion Leonard and James Kirkwood. It is considered to be a lost film.

A Rural Elopement

D. W. Griffith

Linda Arvidson, George Gebhardt

Mack Sennett appears as a man in the crowd in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

In Old California

D. W. Griffith

Frank Powell, Arthur V. Johnson

An historical dramatization of a Spanish woman during the reign of Spanish and Mexican owned California in the early 19th century.

In Little Italy

D. W. Griffith

Marion Leonard, George Nichols

Marie has two suitors. She accepts Victor and rejects Tony, who stabs Victor in a fit of jealousy. When he learns that Victor is still alive, he breaks into the room in Marie's house where Victor is convalescing and attacks him again. He is threatening to attack Marie when lawmen burst in and arrest him.

The Vow

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Marion Leonard

The husband of the young woman is shot by a rejected suitor and she is left with an infant boy, who is to be spared until he reaches man's estate. Standing over the dead body of her husband she vows vengeance.

Lost a Husband

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Marion Leonard

A 1912 short directed by Stanner E.V Taylor and starring Marion Leonard.

What Avails the Crown

Stanner E.V. Taylor

Marion Leonard

She was the princess, and a human girl. Sincere, simple, with an earnest love for all things everywhere, she hated royal pomp with a hatred that was passion. In her light, bright eyes was the uncopyrighted story of human struggle, of contending human emotions. This, then, was the girl to be sacrificed for a political alliance. The prince selected was a jellyfish personage with enough blue blood to give a girl with as much red blood as the princess the blues.

One Touch of Nature

D. W. Griffith

Arthur V. Johnson, Florence Lawrence

Mack Sennett appears as a cop in this film produced by the Biograph Company.

The Heart of an Outlaw

D. W. Griffith

James Kirkwood, Marion Leonard

A man gets revenge on his cheating wife by killing her and her lover. He thinks he has killed his daughter as well, but she survives and is adopted by the sheriff. A few years later the man, now an outlaw, ambushes the sheriff and plans to kidnap and murder the sheriff's daughter.