Movies: Grace Henderson

  • 1909
    A Corner in Wheat

    A Corner in Wheat (1909)

    A Corner in Wheat

    6.21909HD

    On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who wor...

    A Corner in Wheat
  • 1912
    An Unseen Enemy

    An Unseen Enemy (1912)

    An Unseen Enemy

    5.61912HD

    The physician's death orphans his two adolescent daughters. Their older brother is able to convert some of the doctor's small estate to cash. But it is late in the day, and with the banks closed he stores the money in his father's household safe. The...

    An Unseen Enemy
  • 1910
    The House with Closed Shutters

    The House with Closed Shutters (1910)

    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 place in the battle, and is killed. Their mother, not wanting the shameful truth to become known, cl...

    The House with Closed Shutters
  • 1911
    The Making of a Man

    The Making of a Man (1911)

    The Making of a Man

    6.31911HD

    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 forces her to return home......

    The Making of a Man
  • 1912
    The School Teacher and the Waif

    The School Teacher and the Waif (1912)

    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 when she's made to wear a dunce cap, she flees the schoolhouse in shame. Unsupervised by her alcoholi...

    The School Teacher and the Waif
  • 1911
    Enoch Arden

    Enoch Arden (1911)

    Enoch Arden

    5.81911HD

    Moving Picture World described the film: "There is a small need to describe this subject as the poem of Lord Tennyson is so well known, so suffice it to say that this Biograph subject is an unusually faithful portrayal of that beautiful romance of En...

    Enoch Arden
  • 1911
    The Baron

    The Baron (1911)

    The Baron

    41911HD

    A Mack Sennett comedy short for Biograph released as a split reel along with the comedy The Villain Foiled....

    The Baron
  • 1912
    The Old Actor

    The Old Actor (1912)

    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 theatre he panics at the thought of telling his family the bad news and decides to disguise himself as a...

    The Old Actor
  • 1912
    For His Son

    For His Son (1912)

    For His Son

    5.51912HD

    A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke which is laced with cocaine. Dopokoke is advertised as relief "for that tired feeling." The drink is a success, but the son becomes addicted to it, much...

    For His Son
  • 1911
    The Failure

    The Failure (1911)

    The Failure

    41911HD

    A man loses his business and his fiancée, and drifts into the saloons. There he meets a similarly-downtrodden young woman. She works behind the scenes to help him recover his life, and eventually he realizes how steadfast she is....

    The Failure
  • 1910
    The Usurer

    The Usurer (1910)

    The Usurer

    51910HD

    A wealthy, callous moneylender finds a terrifying way to learn about money's limitations....

    The Usurer
  • 1911
    The Primal Call

    The Primal Call (1911)

    The Primal Call

    41911HD

    A young woman who is engaged to a millionaire she doesn't love meets and falls in love with a rough sailor....

    The Primal Call
  • 1910
    Love in Quarantine

    Love in Quarantine (1910)

    Love in Quarantine

    01910HD

    A quarrelling couple are forced to quarantine together after the household maid becomes ill of an infectious disease....

    Love in Quarantine
  • 1911
    When a Man Loves

    When a Man Loves (1911)

    When a Man Loves

    4.21911HD

    Mr. Bach, a wealthy man, visits the scenes of his boyhood days in his auto and meets farmer Brown, his boyhood friend. Brown is the father of a very pretty daughter named Tessie. Bach becomes deeply smitten with the artless little country lass, and s...

    When a Man Loves
  • 1918
    Thirty a Week

    Thirty a Week (1918)

    Thirty a Week

    01918HD

    Although she is engaged to the wealthy Freddy Ruyter, Barbara Wright prefers her father's handsome Irish chauffeur, Dan Murray, and marries him. The newlyweds struggle to survive on Dan's meager income, but Barbara's father, furious with them both, n...

    Thirty a Week
  • 1911
    The Unveiling

    The Unveiling (1911)

    The Unveiling

    01911HD

    The boy, who is the idol of his widowed mother, returns from college with a collegiate record she is justly proud of. To mark the occasion his boyhood sweetheart and her mother come to spend a few days. The too-indulgent mother, however, is blind to ...

    The Unveiling
  • 1912
    The Baby and the Stork

    The Baby and the Stork (1912)

    The Baby and the Stork

    01912HD

    Bobby is jealous of the new baby, so he takes it to the zoo and tries to return it to the stork....

    The Baby and the Stork
  • 1910
    The Golden Supper

    The Golden Supper (1910)

    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 ceremony he departs heartbroken to his own house. Utopian was the existence of Lionel and Camilla...

    The Golden Supper
  • 1912
    The Tragedy of a Dress Suit

    The Tragedy of a Dress Suit (1912)

    The Tragedy of a Dress Suit

    41912HD

    A Mack Sennett comedy short starring Dell Henderson & Mabel Normand....

    The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
  • 1910
    The Message of the Violin

    The Message of the Violin (1910)

    The Message of the Violin

    01910HD

    A girl's family suddenly becomes rich and rejects her long-time sweetheart....

    The Message of the Violin