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