Movies by Ward Crane

The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend

A young man uses tips from an absurd book to woo a woman he fancies.

The Dark Star

The Dark Star

A fabulous jewel known as the 'Dark Star' is stolen; a pastor's daughter gets involved, falling into the depths of a spy plot concerning war plans and fortifications...

Classified

Classified

Babs Comet is employed by the classified ad department of the daily paper and uses her looks and position to get a husband.

The Scoffer

The Scoffer

Dr. Stannard Wayne -- like all "good" men of the times -- is a God-fearing soul. He marries the former mistress of his friend, Dr. Arthur Richards, without knowing her past. Richards, an abortionist, resumes his affair with the woman and runs off with her. But before he leaves, he frames Wayne for one of the illegal operations he has done, and the innocent man is sent to prison for five years. When he gets out, Wayne has become angry and cynical.

The Blind Goddess

The Blind Goddess

Even though Big Bill Devens is a powerful politician, he still sticks to his working man's roots. His wife walked out on him 20 years before and his daughter, Moira, believes she is dead. Moira falls in love with Hugh Dillon, a handsome young attorney, and Devens gets him a job in the district attorney's office. One night, Devens' wife, now an old, decrepit woman known as Aileen Clayton, returns to ask forgiveness.

French Heels

French Heels

Returning from France after the war, John Tabor informs Palma May of her brother's death and offers the penniless girl his help, but she refuses it, preferring to work as a cabaret dancer. Later, John and Palma meet again, marry, and go west to manage a lumber camp, as instructed by John's wealthy father, Jarvis Tabor. Displeased by John's choice of wife, the elder Tabor tests the couple with difficult living conditions, which eventually discourage Palma, and she accepts the party invitation of Keith Merwyn, manager of the cabaret where she ...

Peacock Feathers

Peacock Feathers

Jerry Chandler falls for the lovely Mimi Le Brun and she with him. He proposes marriage but Mimi wants money and security which he cannot provide so she becomes engaged to a wealthy man whom she does not love. When Jerry’s uncle dies leaving him a ranch and what is said to be a castle Mimi changes her tune and the pair elope. Disillusionment comes though when they see the shack that was called a castle, but Mimi accepts the situation until the rejected wealthy man appears on the scene. Conflicts arise until an accident befalls Jerry and Mimi...

The Sporting Lover

The Sporting Lover

Captain Terrance Connaughton loses his stable of horses in a card game with Algernon Cravens.

Sherlock Jr.

Sherlock Jr.

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson is a 1920 silent film comedy starring Billie Burke. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1903 Broadway stage play by Clyde Fitch. On the stage Burke's part was played by Amelia Bingham. Burke's next to last silent film. It is a lost film.

The Million Dollar Handicap

The Million Dollar Handicap

After buying the filly Dixie following a strong finish Southern horse breeder John Porter discovers she has been doped for the contest. When he is paralyzed from a fall from Dixie his son, Alan, embezzles money from the bank to save the family finances. Because of his love for Alan's sister Alis, George Mortimer takes the blame for the crime, losing his job. Disguised as a boy, Alis enters Dixie in a race and rides the horse to victory and all ends happily.

Risky Business

Risky Business

A domineering mother sets out to break up the romance and possible marriage of her daughter, Cecily Stoughton, with Ted Pyncheon by several contrived devices and bringing in other candidates more to her liking.

The Famous Mrs. Fair

The Famous Mrs. Fair

A silent film drama based on the Broadway play of the same name by James Forbes..

Honeymoon Flats

Honeymoon Flats

Disappointed that her daughter has not married into money, a mother meddles trying to make the girl unhappy with life in her new home, the economical housing development known as Honeymoon Flats.

Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. with R.E.M.'s Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi: A Silents Synced Film

Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. with R.E.M.'s Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi: A Silents Synced Film

Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music. Created by an independent cinema owner for independent cinemas! The feature mixes R.E.M.'s "Monster" (1994) and "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" (1996) with Buster Keaton's "Sherlock Jr." (1924).

Broadway Rose

Broadway Rose

Rosalie Lawrence, a dancing star on Broadway, falls for rich Hugh Thompson. His parents disapprove and want him to marry Barbara Royce, so he and Rosalie marry secretly. However, Hugh isn't quite the man he seems, as Rosalie is soon to find out.

The Lady in Ermine

The Lady in Ermine

When her husband marches off to war, Mariana is left in charge of the ancestral castle and is thus on hand when an invading Austrian regiment makes the castle its headquarters.