Movies by Laurence Trimble

A Cure for Pokeritis

A Cure for Pokeritis

This domestic comedy depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin stage a fake police raid on the weekly poker game.

The Silent Call

The Silent Call

A wolfdog is wrongly accused of sheep killing. Based on the novel by Hal G. Evarts.

White Fang

White Fang

Silent version of the classic Jack London tale.

My Old Dutch

My Old Dutch

The story that inspired Albert Chevalier to write his immortal Costermonger song, 'My Old Dutch', is the story this picture tells of London's quaint and sturdy tradesmen - her humble vegetable peddlers

The Love Master

The Love Master

David thinks he has killed a man during a fight over his dog, Strongheart, so he escapes to a small town far up north. The only girl living up there is an orphan, Sally, and David falls in love with her. Strongheart decides to search for love himself and lures Lady Jule, a female shepherd, away from a pack of timber wolves.

Her Crowning Glory

Her Crowning Glory

A widower becomes infatuated with his daughter's governess, to the displeasure of the child and her nurse.

Darling Mine

Darling Mine

Persuaded by a letter from her Aunt Agnes in America, Kitty McCarthy ( Olive Thomas ) travels from Ireland to New York City, there she meets Gordon Davis, a successful playwright, who directs her to her aunt's address on the East Side. Kitty soon discovers her aunt living in a tenement, a confirmed alcoholic. Through her niece's care, Agnes is cured, and one day Davis appears and offers Kitty a part in a comedy that he has written. She accepts, and once backstage meets Vera Maxwell, the victim of an unhappy affair with Oscar Savoy. Kitty bri...

The Adventure of the Shooting Party

The Adventure of the Shooting Party

The lost 3rd part of the film The Pickwick Papers, directed by Laurence Trimble, appeared in 1913. This silent three-reel adaptation of Charles Dickens's first novel starred the American comedian John Bunny, who was very popular in his day but is now almost completely forgotten, and was filmed mainly on location in England.

A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli

A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli

Lieutenant Troyano, a young Italian officer, bids his sweetheart, Marie Petrini, a fond farewell and then rushes to war. In reading a detailed newspaper account of the battle, Marie sees an appeal for Red Cross nurses. Leaving her luxurious home and arriving at Tripoli, she takes up the duties assigned to her. She is beloved by all who require her services

Brawn of the North

Brawn of the North

Brawn, played by Strongheart, rescues a young woman from a snowstorm and a human killer.

Sundown

Sundown

Cattlemen attempt to keep their lands and herds from being overrun by nesters.

Pumps

Pumps

A short romantic comedy about a woman and a man who both have shoes that are too small, and who meet as they are taking off their shoes; a pair of wedding slippers is the result.

A Tin-Type Romance

A Tin-Type Romance

Two nice young people become acquainted at the beach; A romance develops.