Richard Rosson Movies

Seventeen year old William Sylvanus Baxter has fallen madly in love with young coquette, Lola Pratt. After spending all of his money on the fickle...

A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.

Polly Hopkins belongs to a family of squatters living in Silent City. The poor squatters are constantly at odds with the wealthy "hilltoppers," but...

When Sadie, a waitress in a Kansas City railroad station, discovers that her lover Jim Lacy is married and has a child, she transfers to the small...

Famous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race, discovering that his younger brother has aspirations to...

Pepita, a radiant and merry Spanish beauty, and her playful brother Jose, witness their mother, whose faded beauty led her husband to abandon her for...

A grease monkey discovers a defect in an auto engine being turned out by his employer. But since our hero discovers this only after losing an...

When he loses both his father’s canning factory and his girl “Tiny” to Stephen Douglas modest Simpson Hightower goes to work in a...

Two lovers are living together and are not married; they had made a promise as children to get married when they grew up, but they "didn't wait."

A 1917 film directed by Arthur Rosson.

Bettina was justified in being indignant because her employer, a married man, makes love to her. She tells her beau, Raymond, about it and he vows to...

A man is so impressed with the philosophy of survival of the fittest and the rights of the strong against the weak that he tries to put these...

After his father's sudden death, Dick Browning learns that three financiers swindled Mr. Browning of his money. Because his mother is destitute, Dick...

The earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun's Ray's was but one of several 2-reel westerns starring the florid...

A 1917 film directed by Arthur Rosson and Richard Rosson.

Helen Rowland is indifferent towards her wealthy husband Henry and spends most of her time at social events. Henry agrees to give financial...

Based on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four due to poor reviews.

A radio reporter sets out to rescue his ex-girlfriend when she is kidnapped by gangsters.

For fifty years the Dawsons and the Putnams have been engaged in a deadly family feud. Old Hen Dawson is now the patriarch of the Dawsons, and Jed...

In ancient Egypt, Queen Neco Tokris angers the high priest by falling in love with a minor cleric. The high priest arranges for his rival to be...