Dorothy Gish Movies

Battling Jane

Jane is a rootless young lady who finds an abandoned child and adopts it as her own. The decision, however, leads to great conflict with the child's vicious outlaw father.

Stage Struck

In a garish theatrical boardinghouse in New York, orphan Ruth Colby ( Dorothy Gish ), who taught herself to be an actress through a correspondence course, turns for companionship to Jack ... See full summary »

The Hope Chest

Night Life of New York

Peppy Polly

Polly has herself arrested and committed to a reformatory in order to investigate conditions at the institution, after the committee charged with the investigation whitewashes the facts.

Mary Ellen Comes to Town

A simple country girl comes to the big city and is taken advantage of by unscrupulous city-slickers.

Her Official Fathers

When Janice Webster's ( Dorothy Gish ) father dies and leaves her guardianship to Ethan Dexter and Henry Jarvis, the vice presidents of the Webster Trust Co., which holds her fortune until ... See full summary »

The Little Yank

Sallie is a beautiful Kentucky girl who belongs to a family of Union sympathizers. Her brother is a lieutenant in the Union army, and on a visit home brings Major Rushton, his superior ... See full summary »

The Country Flapper

Boots

Boots is a young servant girl who polishes shoes in an English inn. She is an incurable romantic, addicted to melodramatic stories of love and adventure. When she discovers a Bolshevik plot... See full summary »

Jordan Is a Hard Road

A bandit reforms himself and gives up his baby into better hands. Years later, he attempts to reunite with his daughter without revealing who he is.

Clothes Make the Pirate

The film is a comedy that centers on a disgruntled 18th century Bostonian, played by Errol, who while wishing that he was a pirate, dons the clothes and play-acts the part. He is mistaken ... See full summary »

Nugget Nell

Big Hearted Jim, the sheriff, loves the tomboyish Nugget Nell ( Dorothy Gish ), who runs a hash house in the mining country, but although she has romantic feelings, they are not aroused by ... See full summary »

Children of the Feud

Pap Clayton a Mountaineer has promised his daughter Sairy Ann ( Dorothy Gish ) to his cousin Jed Martin, but Sairy Ann loves Dr. Richard Cavanagh ( Sam DeGrasse ), the son of Judge Lee ... See full summary »

Little Miss Rebellion

The Grand Duchess Marie Louise is the beautiful young ruler of Molvania. She is a fun-loving girl who secretly hopes that the revolutionaries who threaten to take over her country are able ... See full summary »

Susan Rocks the Boat

Susan ( Dorothy Gish ), a pretty society girl, bored with her lot in life, reads and decides to use her time and money to help the poor. She founds the Joan of Arc Mission and quickly ... See full summary »

The Little School Ma'am

The little school ma'am has gone out to a western town from her home back in Virginia. The townspeople just can't help making life miserable for the little school teacher, and when a young ... See full summary »

London

A Lady adopts a runaway slum girl who resembles her own dead daughter.

The Beautiful City

Nobody Home

A young woman is so superstitious that she cannot make a move or a decision without the approval of the cards or the stars...