The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company Movies

The Black Sheep is a 1909 drama

Howard Simpkins suspects his wife and is therefore jealous.

Slippery Slim and Mustang Pete are suitors for the hand of Sophie Clutts, but she cares nothing for either of them.

After stealing a man's pipe and smoking his way to the moon, Dreamy Dud decides that smoking isn't for him.

When Tillie left her country home for the seminary, she was just a plain Gawk, but when she returned a year later, she was a Glorious Butterfly.

Mr. Dippy and his daughter Ruth are both very fond of the water and spend a good deal of time at the beach. Ruth meets and falls in love with the hand...

Sofie Clutts, the belle of Lizardville, returns from her visit to the East, and the men clamor to see her. Alkali Ike is robbed of his suspenders, his...

Grass County Goes Dry

Matt Malone, a highwayman and night rider who has long baffled the police authorities, loves Nona McMahon, posing with her as a cowboy from up country...

A poor orphan's dream of luxuries and a mother's love, which eventually becomes a reality

Russell Shirley calls on Harriet Gorman, to whom he is engaged, and they happily plan for their wedding, which is to take place in a few days. On the...

Papa's Letter is a 1911 silent drama.

His greatest fault was drink.

Broncho Billy, an express rider, is married to Stasia Wynn, daughter of Grant Wynn. John Mackey, a gambler, comes to town and Wynn loses all his money...

Bill Simpson, a sturdy young Westerner, is made a deputy and his star is forwarded to him. Simpson is in love with pretty Olive Farnum, a daughter of...

Mr. Grouch has a decided antipathy for young men who call on his daughter. He shows it by ejecting all visitors. But the daughter is so popular that h...

Desperate tactics are usually used in a feud. Broncho Billy's father determined to soothe his passion with revenge, starts out after John Mackley. Bro...

Broncho Billy is seen smoking a cigar in a general store in the far west. An Indian enters, who tries to force his attentions on a young girl. The Ind...