Joseph J. Dowling Movies

Because he deserted his ship and passengers during a collision at sea, a ship's mate loses his certification. Unable to find work at sea, he takes a...

A young soldier returns from the war to find his western homeland despoiled by conflict between the wheat farmers and a crooked lawyer.

Neysa von Igel, who is living with her supposed grandfather, Adolph Schmidt, loves America, although she believes herself to be German-born. Unknown...

Hamid-Ali, an Arab chieftain and bandit, captures an English baby during a raid on a caravan and, naming her Sheka, puts her in a harem to be...

A soldier inaccurately reported as dead returns home to his Spanish family’s estate in California, only to find his father deceased and his...

The story of a racetrack tout whose prayers could bring a dry or muddy racetrack, and how he learned to capitalize on those powers. Until the day he...

The story of a crook who achieves regeneration through association rather than reformation through faith. It is a slow and arduous process till he...

Originally a Broadway play by Willard Macks, Lenore Ulric played the lead on Broadway and reprises her role for this film. At the Wutchi Wum trading...

Delmar Spavinaw, an educated "half-breed," loves Evelyn Huntington, daughter of a racist judge. Evelyn's other suitor is Ross Kennion, a widower with...

A silent comedy Sink or Swim edited from the 1917 film The Yankee Way (1917)

Ruth Marshall's dire financial situation forces her to marry Richard Janeway, a wealthy but drunken playboy who cheats on her. Not only that, but on...

Captain Manning, a seasoned salt, is ordered to remove his battered ship, the Swallow, from the town's harbor because of a superstition connected...

James Benton marries much younger Alice Torrance, who is from from the city, but she soon finds it difficult to adjust to the small town and Benton's...

Small town politician and banker Brent Warren is responsible for a murder, but only George Roan is sent to the gallows for it. Roan, however, is...

Countess Olga and Prince Carl, although from two European countries that have been longtime enemies, are madly in love with each other. Olga's...

A street waif of questionable parentage through circumstances is taken into a wealthy home where she is adopted and cared for until her marriage,...

Directed by Wallace Worsley.

A story of greed and lust driven by gold fever. Rapacious Kate Kent abandons her daughter Betty to run off with Tom Romaine, her husband’s...

Jeffrey Wall, the dissipated grandson of a wealthy man, requests that a farewell party be given in his honor before he is disinherited. During the...