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