Alec B. Francis Movies

  • 1912
    The First Violin

    The First Violin

    The First Violin

    01912HD

    Old Von Shultz, the first violin, finds as he grows older a longing for companionship. Hurrying from the theater the old musician finds little Helen...

    The First Violin
  • 1924
    The Tenth Woman

    The Tenth Woman

    The Tenth Woman

    11924HD

    A ranch owner saves a pretty young woman from committing suicide, and later marries her. They are very happy together until a former girlfriend...

    The Tenth Woman
  • 1911
    Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father

    Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father

    Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father

    4.81911HD

    This is basically a two practical-joke comedy. Bunny is a businessman father and Mabel plays Betty, his lovable daughter. The first practical joke is...

    Troublesome Secretaries, or How Betty Outwitted Her Father
  • 1914
    Boy

    Boy

    Boy

    01914HD

    Boy
  • 1928
    Companionate Marriage

    Companionate Marriage

    Companionate Marriage

    11928HD

    Sally Williams (Betty Bronson) marries Donald Moore (Richard Walling) and have trials and tribulations and input from others but they demonstrate...

    Companionate Marriage
  • 1920
    Earthbound

    Earthbound

    Earthbound

    01920HD

    When Jim Rittenshaw learns that his friend Richard Desborough is having an affair with Jim's wife Daisy, Jim kills Richard. The murdered man's ghost...

    Earthbound
  • 1911
    A Friendly Marriage

    A Friendly Marriage

    A Friendly Marriage

    01911HD

    A penniless British Lord sets up an arranged marriage with an American heiress. He soon falls in love with her and is determined to support himself...

    A Friendly Marriage
  • 1925
    The Bridge of Sighs

    The Bridge of Sighs

    The Bridge of Sighs

    01925HD

    The spoiled, arrogant and slow-witted son of a wealthy businessman falls in love with the daughter of his father's business manager.

    The Bridge of Sighs
  • 1916
    The Heart of a Hero

    The Heart of a Hero

    The Heart of a Hero

    51916HD

    This is a visualization of the life of patriot Nathan Hale which is based on a play by Clyde Fitch. Robert Warwick plays Nathan (and does a fine job)...

    The Heart of a Hero
  • 1925
    Rose of the World

    Rose of the World

    Rose of the World

    01925HD

    In India, Rosamond English learns that her husband Capt. Harry English has been killed in battle. After a time, she marries Sir Arthur Gerardine but...

    Rose of the World
  • 1920
    The Butterfly Man

    The Butterfly Man

    The Butterfly Man

    01920HD

    Sedgewick Blynn is determined to marry a rich woman. One night he saves a child from a fire. Bessie Morgan, an heiress charmed by his act of heroism,...

    The Butterfly Man
  • 1915
    Alias Jimmy Valentine

    Alias Jimmy Valentine

    Alias Jimmy Valentine

    5.81915HD

    After robbing a bank, a criminal is wrongfully pardoned from prison.

    Alias Jimmy Valentine
  • 1912
    Oh, You Ragtime!

    Oh, You Ragtime!

    Oh, You Ragtime!

    5.51912HD

    The famous pianist Tenorini has moved into the neighbourhood. He plays a song (a spring waltz from "Alexander's Ragtime Band") on the piano; it is...

    Oh, You Ragtime!
  • 1929
    The Sacred Flame

    The Sacred Flame

    The Sacred Flame

    11929HD

    Colonel Maurice Taylor of the Royal Flying Corps is hopelessly injured in an airplane crash immediately following his marriage to Stella. Maurice is...

    The Sacred Flame
  • 1922
    Smilin' Through

    Smilin' Through

    Smilin' Through

    6.21922HD

    The story is essentially the same as the popular Jane Cowl play, with Talmadge in the dual role of Kathleen and Moonyean. Kathleen, a young Irish...

    Smilin' Through
  • 1925
    Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment

    5.51925HD

    This is not a Clara Bow vehicle, and yet it is clearly the aspect/asset of Clara Bow which elevates a fairly serious melodrama to a timeless and...

    Capital Punishment
  • 1923
    The Last Hour

    The Last Hour

    The Last Hour

    01923HD

    Steve Cline returns to the U.S. after earning his fortune in South America. He reads in the paper that his brother Tom was arrested for safecracking....

    The Last Hour
  • 1916
    The Ballet Girl

    The Ballet Girl

    The Ballet Girl

    01916HD

    Aerial dancer La Syrena, whose jealous husband kills her while she performs in midair. Her daughter, Jennie Raeburn, soon orphaned, grows up unaware...

    The Ballet Girl
  • 1926
    The Return of Peter Grimm

    The Return of Peter Grimm

    The Return of Peter Grimm

    01926HD

    "Old Peter Grimm makes his ward Katie promise to marry his nephew Frederik [ sic ] and then dies. Frederik proves to be a scapegrace and Peter's...

    The Return of Peter Grimm
  • 1923
    Children of Jazz

    Children of Jazz

    Children of Jazz

    01923HD

    Children of Jazz