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