Movies by Tom McGuire

April Showers

April Showers

This silent romantic melodrama is believed to be lost.

You'd Be Surprised

You'd Be Surprised

A diamond is stolen at a houseboat party given by the district attorney. He gives the thief a chance to return it by putting an empty box on a table and turning out the lights. When the lights are turned back on the box is gone, and the district attorney has a knife in his back and is quite dead. The police and the coroner arrive. There are several attempts made on the life of the coroner. Ruth Whitman is found hiding in a grandfather-clock, holding the gem box. She claims the box was pushed into her hands and she was pushed into the clock. ...

The Voice of the City

The Voice of the City

An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict's name and nab the gangsters that framed him.

High Hats and Low Brows

High Hats and Low Brows

Sixth entry in the Rufftown 2-reel comedy series based on stories by Arthur 'Bugs' Baer.

Cinderella of the Hills

Cinderella of the Hills

Hoping to reconcile her divorced parents, Norris Gradley remains with her father, Giles, after he marries another woman. The new Mrs. Gradley snubs and mistreats Norris, who earns money by disguising herself as a boy and playing the violin at dances. Claude Wolcott, employed by Giles to drill oil wells, falls in love with Norris.

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On a slow news day, the wisecracking staff of a newspaper write articles about the serious safety issues of a local excursion steamboat line.

The Girl in the Taxi

The Girl in the Taxi

The Girl in the Taxi (1921)

Afraid to Fight

Afraid to Fight

Former A. E. F. boxing champion Tom Harper, who suffered gas poisoning, is sent to the mountains to regain his health so that he can re-enter the ring and earn the money needed for his crippled sister's operation. Under strict orders not to exert himself, Tom allows himself to be beaten up by Phillip Brand, the town bully, in front of his girl, Harriet Monroe.