Movies by William Collier Sr.

The Washington Masquerade

The Washington Masquerade

An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptations and innocent looking traps of Washington.

All of Me

All of Me

A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied.

After Tomorrow

After Tomorrow

In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get married. Each has a selfish mother: Sydney's is cold, Pete's is clingy. Sidney's mother is looking for her own happiness, no matter how much that search harms her daughter and long-suffering husband; and, the longer the engagement lingers, the more pressure Pete's mom puts on Sidney to break it off and set her son free. "After Tomorrow" is Pete and Sidney's favorite song, but with illness, poverty,...

Television Spy

Television Spy

A scientist invents a television device called the Iconoscope. Foreign agents hear about it and try to steal it.

Love on a Bet

Love on a Bet

Aspiring Producer Michael McCreigh convinces Uncle Carlton to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play's ridiculous plot. If Michael fails, he must work in Carlton's meat packing plant.

Josette

Josette

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.

Wife and Auto Trouble

Wife and Auto Trouble

A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.

Disputed Passage

Disputed Passage

A doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl returns to China, but complications ensue when she runs into him in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid.

Miracle on Main Street

Miracle on Main Street

On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the young woman finds an abandoned baby and uses it as cover to escape capture.

Six Cylinder Love

Six Cylinder Love

Troubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them for rides.

Persons in Hiding

Persons in Hiding

During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.

She's My Weakness

She's My Weakness

Tommy Mills and Marie Thurber, sweethearts, plan to marry when Tommy sells some land he has inherited. Marie's parents favor the match, as they prefer Tommy over Bernard Norton, another suitor. Her father, Warren Thurber, however, is in financial straits and plans to sell land to a civic improvement association headed by David Tuttle. When he discovers that Tommy has agreed to sell his land to Mrs. Oberlander, he berates him; but Tommy agrees to boost the price so that Thurber will win out. Tuttle, who favors Bernard as Marie's husband, pers...

The Crosby Case

The Crosby Case

Former lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.

The Brat

The Brat

A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.

Harmony at Home

Harmony at Home

This comedy story of Joe Haller unwittingly running a sweatshop and Mama Haller keeping the suitors away from her daughters by discussing marriage.

Say It in French

Say It in French

An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismayed to discover that the golfer's parents have arranged for him to marry a wealthy socialite so they can use her money to support their business....

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden

Eddie Burke is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his character flaws, Eddie knows the meaning of loyalty. When his manager Doc Williams is offered the opportunity to stage a match at Madison Square Garden, but only if he gets rid of his stable of fighters, Eddie fabricates an alibi and stages a walkout on Doc.

The Hard-Boiled Canary

The Hard-Boiled Canary

A young girl fresh out of reform school who is singing in a burlesque show is offered a scholarship to a famous music camp by the camp's owner. She must overcome the suspicions of the other students in order to prove herself.

Annabelle's Affairs

Annabelle's Affairs

After only 11 hours of marriage, Annabelle and her husband separate-not knowing what each other truly looks like. Annabelle is given stocks by her husband and told not to part with them. However she is an extravagant spender and is forced to give the stocks to her husband's millionaire rival.....

Fatty and the Broadway Stars

Fatty and the Broadway Stars

Fatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.