Movies: Alexander Butler

Mr. Blackwell discovers a relic that informs him about Blythe (as Ayesha, or "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed"), who loved his father and others in the ancestral line. Blackwell accompanies pal Heinrich George and handyman Tom Reynolds to Arabia....

Emperor Napoleon divorces his wife to marry an Austrian Queen and have an heir....

Short film by Alice Guy about a Western love triangle....

The first silent adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Considered a lost film....

An ex-convict tries to kill the detective who once posed as a member of an American hooded clan....

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A quack doctor 'cures' a victim of venereal disease, whose baby is later born infected....

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A band of Klan-like night riders have been running rampant, and ranch owner Julian Marbolt (Andre Beaulieu) -- who is afflicted with day blindness and can only see in the evening -- offers a reward for the leader's capture....

'Inventor's wife avenges death by posing as anarchist and exploding their den.' (British Film Catalogue)...

aka Maisie's Marriage, based on Marie Stopes book, a fireman falls in love with a daughter from a large family. When she refuses to marry and have children, she is estranged from her family, and after being imprisioned after a failed suicide attempt ...

The Sorrows of Satan is a 1917 British silent fantasy film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Gladys Cooper, Owen Nares and Cecil Humphreys. Made at Isleworth Studios, and based on the novel of the same name, the plot involves a poverty-strick...

'Spy blackmails commander's wife into stealing treaty.' (British Film Catalogue)...

A beetle is possessed by the soul of an ancient Egyptian princess, who is determined to get her revenge on a member of the British Parliament....

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'A housewife seeks solace in hats.' (British Film Institute)...