
Sidney Olcott
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John Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter. After making a number of very successful films for the Kalem studio, including "Ben Hur" (1907) with its dramatic chariot race scene, Olcott became the company's president and was rewarded with one share of its stock.
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Madame Butterfly (1915)
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The White Black Sheep (1926)
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The Smugglers (1916)
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Ranson's Folly (1926)
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Pardon My French (1921)
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From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
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The Amateur Gentleman (1926)
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Poor Little Peppina (1916)
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Uncle Tom's Cabin (1913)
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Scarlet Letter (1908)
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God's Country and the Law (1921)
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The Darling of the CSA (1912)
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Evangeline (1908)
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My Lady Incog. (1916)
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The Fiddler’s Requiem (1911)
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The Daughter of MacGregor (1916)
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Little Old New York (1923)
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Dust of the Desert (1912)
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The Evil Artist or a Girl Wronged (1910)
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Lady Peggy’s Escape (1913)
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Salome of the Tenements (1925)
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Her Indian Mother (1910)
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Winning a Widow (1912)
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An Arabian Tragedy (1912)
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Bold Emmett, Ireland's Martyr (1915)
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Not So Long Ago (1925)
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Rory O'More (1911)
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By a Woman's Wit (1911)
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The Moth and the Flame (1915)
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Ben Hur (1907)
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The Charmer (1925)
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The Humming Bird (1924)
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A Prisoner of the Harem (1912)
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The Romance of a Trained Nurse (1910)
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The Only Woman (1924)
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Monsieur Beaucaire (1924)
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The Innocent Lie (1916)
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The Lad from Old Ireland (1910)
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Diplomacy (1916)
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Marriage for Convenience (1919)
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Far from Erin's Isle (1912)
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The Railroad Raiders of '62 (1915)
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Timothy's Quest (1922)
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Railroad Raiders of '62 (1911)
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The Special Messenger (1911)
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The Little Spreewald Maiden (1910)
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The Navajo's Bride (1910)
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The Poacher's Pardon (1912)
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When the Dead Return (1911)
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The Mayor from Ireland (1912)
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Tragedy of the Desert (1912)
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The Little Soldier of ’64 (1911)
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Conway, The Kerry Dancer (1912)
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The Wives of Jamestown (1913)
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The Seven Sisters (1915)
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The Colleen Bawn (1911)
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The Further Adventures of the Girl Spy (1910)
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The Ghost of Twisted Oaks (1915)
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The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg (1910)
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The Fishermaid of Ballydavid (1911)
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The Claw (1927)
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A Slave to Drink (1909)
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All for Old Ireland (1915)
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The Best People (1925)
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The Shaughraun (1912)
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The Irish Honeymoon (1911)
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The Green Goddess (1923)
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Come Back to Erin (1914)
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The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War (1909)
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Captured by Bedouins (1912)
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The Right Way (1921)
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His Mother (1912)
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For Ireland's Sake (1914)
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Her Chum’s Brother (1911)
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A Sawmill Hero (1911)
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You Remember Ellen (1912)
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The Conspiracy of Pontiac (1910)
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The Eye of the Government (1914)
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When Lovers Part (1910)
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The Step-mother (1910)
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For Love of an Enemy (1911)
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Way Down East (1908)
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Ireland, the Oppressed (1912)
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The Little Gluers (1912)
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The O'Neill (1912)
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Vagabonds (1912)
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