Harold M. Shaw Movies

A poor young boy goes on a field trip and dreams of escaping to a land beyond the sunset.

The forerunner of all serials, What Happened to Mary was a series of twelve monthly one reel episodes, each a complete entity in itself, revolving its immediate dramatic and melodramatic problems within the framework of a single episode and designed more for story and suspense situations than...

A Rajah dies saving a captain's wife when the plan to poison her husband goes wrong.

Well-to-do Mr. and Mrs. Gilton live next door to a large family, the Biltons, that struggles to make ends meet. Despite their desire to be friendly, Mr. Gilton is frequently irritated by his neighbors, insisting that they stay out of his yard, and blaming them for anything that goes wrong. During...

Sacked clerk inherits £3000 a year and struggles when thrust into high society.

This epic film was one of the first South African dramatic film productions. It tells the story of the Boers’ Great Trek at the end of the 1830s, concluding with a hegemonic reconstruction of the 1838 Battle of Blood River, where a few hundred armed Afrikaners defeated several thousand Zulus.

A miser is reformed by visions of past, present and future.

John Hampstead gives up his career as an actor and his actress sweetheart, Marian Dounay, to become a minister in a western town. Marian appears, and failing to win him back she tries to ruin his reputation. Hampstead is accused of stealing some jewelry though actually he is protecting the...

A slum orphan, injured by a lady's car, becomes a dancer and marries the lady's brother.

Edison short about a happy couple about to be married, but the guy's carelessness at their workplace leads to tragedy.

Jack must prove himself before Beatrice's father will allow him to continue seeing his daughter.

This western, with its simple story set in a gold mining camp, recycles many of the elements found in David Belasco's influential play, THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST, produced a decade earlier.

A graphic reproduction of Jules Verne's famous story under the above title. It deals with a secret mission in Russia

First, the eye is introduced to the old mill itself, with a gay betrothal party in progress, and laughter and merriment on all sides. Suddenly the laughter is hushed by the martial tread of feet, and the smile of joy fades from the two young lovers' faces as the French soldiers march into the...

A young man from a wealthy background takes a job working as a porter at the fruit and vegetable market in Covent Garden.

Symbol of Sacrifice is a 1918 film dramatisation of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War. It follows English soldier Preston Fanshall from the British defeat at the Battle of Isandlwana to Rorke's Drift where he participates in the successful defence of that post.

A slumlord learns just how important it is to maintain clean living quarters when his wife contracts tuberculosis.

The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.

Thrifty orphan Norah MacPherson meets wealthy young James Patterson, who gets her a job as a chorus girl. They fall in love. To put up a good front, she spends all her money on clothes. Patterson doubts her when he sees her wearing a string of fake pearls; he then finds that she hasn't been...