William Desmond Movies

The Riddle Rider

The Sorrows of Love

The Prodigal Liar

The Mystery Rider

The Broken Coin

A police chief and two security agencies work to find out who is behind a recent rash of hijackings.

Time Locks and Diamonds

Blood and Steel

The president of a railroad that is trying to build a new line in the west travels to the site to find out why construction is so far behind schedule. What he doesn't know is that his ... See full summary »

Women Men Love

The Pretender

Outwitted

A Treasury Department agent captures the head of a counterfeiting ring, and the man is sentenced to 20 years in prison. His gang later breaks him out, however, and he swears vengeance on ... See full summary »

Captain of His Soul

At the suggestion of his sons Horace and Henry, aging Ebenezer Boyce turns over control of his pistol factory to Martin...

The Dawn Maker

Joe Elk, half-Indian, half-white, attempts to secure for his tribe the benefits of schools and medicine such as he had seen on a trip to Montreal, far to the south. Joe loves Alice McRae, ... See full summary »

Shadows of the North

Wild Life

The Waifs

The Measure of a Man

A Gamble in Souls

Arthur Worden, who runs a mission on San Francisco's Barbary Coast, is derided by chorus girl Freda Maxey when he asks her to attend services. These two meet again on board a ship when ... See full summary »

Tongues of Scandal

Fighting Back

Cashiered out of the army by what he believes was an unjust court-martial, the man known as The Weakling wanders aimlessly in the desert and is found by cowboys from the Lazy Y Ranch. They ... See full summary »

Paws of the Bear