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