Sidney Olcott Movies

  • 1912
    The Little Gluers

    The Little Gluers

    The Little Gluers

    01912HD

    The Kerry Gow is a 1912 short

    The Little Gluers
  • 1912
    Ireland, the Oppressed

    Ireland, the Oppressed

    Ireland, the Oppressed

    01912HD

    The story of the Emerald Isle years ago. Showing the struggle against poverty, evictions by hard-hearted landlords, hill fighting and the final trium...

    Ireland, the Oppressed
  • 1912
    The Shaughraun

    The Shaughraun

    The Shaughraun

    01912HD

    Robert Ffolliott is a young Irish lad who is done out of his land and sent off to a penal colony in Australia following false accusations by the greed...

    The Shaughraun
  • 1915
    The Railroad Raiders of '62

    The Railroad Raiders of '62

    The Railroad Raiders of '62

    01915HD

    Lockwood, the old, one-armed flagman at Lone Point, tells Helen and a young soldier of his experiences during the Civil War, and how he lost his arm....

    The Railroad Raiders of '62
  • 1911
    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

    51911HD

    Union raiders infiltrate Confederate territory by train. Early film version of the Civil War incident on which Buster Keaton's The General and Disney...

    Railroad Raiders of '62
  • 1910
    The Little Spreewald Maiden

    The Little Spreewald Maiden

    The Little Spreewald Maiden

    01910HD

    Two American ladies touring through Germany happen on this little Spreewald girl and offer her a job in America.

    The Little Spreewald Maiden
  • 1910
    The Lad from Old Ireland

    The Lad from Old Ireland

    The Lad from Old Ireland

    5.11910HD

    A young man leaves Ireland for America, but doesn't forget home.

    The Lad from Old Ireland
  • 1911
    The Colleen Bawn

    The Colleen Bawn

    The Colleen Bawn

    6.51911HD

    A young Irish boy has fallen in love with a poor girl and wants to marry her, but his mother will stop at nothing, including murder, to see that he ma...

    The Colleen Bawn
  • 1911
    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    The Fiddler’s Requiem

    01911HD

    The old musician playing his fiddle in his garret home dreams of his youth and his lost love. As the past unfolds itself he sees his sweetheart, Dolor...

    The Fiddler’s Requiem
  • 1914
    For Ireland's Sake

    For Ireland's Sake

    For Ireland's Sake

    51914HD

    Set in the late 1790s, a depiction of Irish villagers rebelling against British occupation (Red Coats) over the right to bear arms.

    For Ireland's Sake
  • 1915
    All for Old Ireland

    All for Old Ireland

    All for Old Ireland

    01915HD

    Eileen Donaghue loves Myles Murphy, a match which is approved by Mrs Donaghue. Colonel Reid of the British Army employs an informer, Fagin, who has de...

    All for Old Ireland
  • 1915
    Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr

    Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr

    Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr

    51915HD

    This play is enacted during the stormy days when Robert Emmett tried vainly to free Ireland. Con Daly loves Nora Doyle, who lives with her mother in a...

    Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr
  • 1912
    From the Manger to the Cross

    From the Manger to the Cross

    From the Manger to the Cross

    5.21912HD

    The life of Jesus is played out in tableaux shot in the Holy Land.

    From the Manger to the Cross
  • 1911
    The Irish Honeymoon

    The Irish Honeymoon

    The Irish Honeymoon

    01911HD

    Larry Malone and Maggie McClusky get married, and for a honeymoon trip decide to journey through the home country of their ancestors.

    The Irish Honeymoon
  • 1913
    Lady Peggy’s Escape

    Lady Peggy’s Escape

    Lady Peggy’s Escape

    01913HD

    A group of English Soldiers take the Home of the Fitzgeralds from its rightful owners, and force the daughter Peggy to stay and entertain them. A reso...

    Lady Peggy’s Escape