Edwin August Movies

  • 1912
    The Old Actor

    The Old Actor

    The Old Actor

    5.41912HD

    An elderly actor who lives with his wife and daughter is dismissed from his acting job because he is considered too old. On his way home from the...

    The Old Actor
  • 1910
    A Child's Stratagem

    A Child's Stratagem

    A Child's Stratagem

    3.51910HD

    Mrs. Walton wilfully and mistakenly presumes that her husband is unfaithful, and demands a divorce. Devastated by the impending breakup of her home,...

    A Child's Stratagem
  • 1909
    The Renunciation

    The Renunciation

    The Renunciation

    4.41909HD

    Two miners are fighting over a woman, and one is about to murder the other in his sleep. At the critical moment, the woman introduces her...

    The Renunciation
  • 1912
    The Good for Nothing

    The Good for Nothing

    The Good for Nothing

    5.51912HD

    A social comedy in which the young Dick Evans is seen as a failure, and then tries to prove himself to his father and father-in-law as an editor.

    The Good for Nothing
  • 1911
    A Country Cupid

    A Country Cupid

    A Country Cupid

    5.61911HD

    Schoolteacher Edith breaks off her engagement after an argument with her fiancé. She writes him a note of reconciliation but throws it away....

    A Country Cupid
  • 1910
    Muggsy Becomes a Hero

    Muggsy Becomes a Hero

    Muggsy Becomes a Hero

    51910HD

    Two spinsters on their way to church, are accosted by a couple of burly tramps. When Mabel is called to the church meeting with her mother, she sends...

    Muggsy Becomes a Hero
  • 1929
    Dreary House

    Dreary House

    Dreary House

    71929HD

    On the day of her wedding to Paul, Mary Wheeler is given the deed to a mysterious old house that is occupied by a strange housekeeper named Nancy...

    Dreary House
  • 1911
    The Making of a Man

    The Making of a Man

    The Making of a Man

    6.51911HD

    A young woman becomes infatuated with the leading man of a traveling theatrical troupe. She sneaks away to join him in the next town, but her father...

    The Making of a Man
  • 1911
    The Trail of Books

    The Trail of Books

    The Trail of Books

    01911HD

    Upset that her parents are getting ready to separate a little girl grabs a handful of books and heads off to school without anyone’s knowledge....

    The Trail of Books
  • 1912
    The School Teacher and the Waif

    The School Teacher and the Waif

    The School Teacher and the Waif

    4.81912HD

    Nora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends her against the taunts of some of the students, but...

    The School Teacher and the Waif
  • 1912
    One Is Business, the Other Crime

    One Is Business, the Other Crime

    One Is Business, the Other Crime

    5.81912HD

    Griffith intercuts between the lives of two couples married on the same day. One couple is rich, the other poor. Time passes, and in desperation over...

    One Is Business, the Other Crime
  • 1912
    The Lesser Evil

    The Lesser Evil

    The Lesser Evil

    5.31912HD

    A young woman's peaceful existence is shattered when she is abducted by the crew of a boat of smugglers, who then also turn against their captain.

    The Lesser Evil
  • 1911
    The Rose of Kentucky

    The Rose of Kentucky

    The Rose of Kentucky

    5.61911HD

    A farmer takes in a young orphan after her mother's death and sends her off to school. After she's grown, he encourages her to consider his younger...

    The Rose of Kentucky
  • 1942
    Over My Dead Body

    Over My Dead Body

    Over My Dead Body

    81942HD

    Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes)...

    Over My Dead Body
  • 1909
    The Welcome Burglar

    The Welcome Burglar

    The Welcome Burglar

    2.51909HD

    “The Biograph people tell an excellent story in this, and tell it so strongly that it grips very close. The scene where the husband gets into...

    The Welcome Burglar
  • 1910
    The Golden Supper

    The Golden Supper

    The Golden Supper

    4.51910HD

    Julian loves his cousin and foster sister Camilla, who is wooed and won by Lionel, his friend and rival. He is a witness to their marriage and after...

    The Golden Supper
  • 1918
    The City of Tears

    The City of Tears

    The City of Tears

    01918HD

    Chorus girl Rosa Carillo (Carmel Myers) finds herself in dire straits when the troupe she works with is disbanded and her last fifty dollars is...

    The City of Tears
  • 1911
    A Wreath of Orange Blossoms

    A Wreath of Orange Blossoms

    A Wreath of Orange Blossoms

    01911HD

    The daughter of a poor seamstress takes a package to the house of her mother’s wealthy employer and meets the lady’s son. The son...

    A Wreath of Orange Blossoms
  • 1911
    The Revenue Man and His Girl

    The Revenue Man and His Girl

    The Revenue Man and His Girl

    4.51911HD

    In the Kentucky backwoods, Dorothy West helps her moonshiner father take some jugs to his still; along the way, she meets dashing Edwin August. Ms....

    The Revenue Man and His Girl
  • 1910
    The House with Closed Shutters

    The House with Closed Shutters

    The House with Closed Shutters

    5.21910HD

    During the Civil War a young soldier loses his nerve in battle and runs away to his home to hide; his sister puts on his uniform, takes her brother's...

    The House with Closed Shutters