Acting

Justus D. Barnes

Born October 2, 1862 · Little Falls, New York, USA

Died February 6, 1946 · aged 83

Justus D. Barnes (October 2, 1862 – February 6, 1946), named George Barnes in some sources, was an American stage and film actor. He is best known for his role in the 1903 silent short The Great Train Robbery, which the American Film Institute and many film historians and critics recognize as the production that first established the Western genre, setting a new "narrative standard" in the motion …

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Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby · 1912

Nicholas Nickleby

With The Old Curiosity Shop and David Copperfield, both released in 1911, and Nicholas Nickleby in 1912, Thanhouser established itself as producer of the best Dickens adaptations in American film.

The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery · 1903

The Great Train Robbery

MovieWesternCrime

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

Cousins

Cousins · 1912

One little girl lived in the country. She was a model child, everybody admitted it, but it cannot be denied that she was more or less of a cry-baby and a coward.

Star of Bethlehem

Star of Bethlehem · 1912

Star of Bethlehem

Following a bright wandering star, three magi from the East travel to Bethlehem of Judea to meet a very special newborn baby. Meanwhile, King Herod, driven by a hideous prophecy, orders him to be found and murdered.

Old Jane of the Gaiety

Old Jane of the Gaiety · 1915

Old Jane of the Gaiety

A chorus girl in a theatrical show is being pursued by a "Stage Door Johnny" while her somewhat prudish boyfriend tries to "rescue" her from a life in the theater. Old Jane, the show's wardrobe mistress, takes the girl under her wing and gives her advice on how to handle her situation.

When the Studio Burned

When the Studio Burned · 1913

When the Studio Burned

A recreation of the Thanhouser Studio fire of 13 January 1913, it includes the rescue of a small child from the flaming building.

David Copperfield

David Copperfield · 1911

David Copperfield

Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood, Thanhouser released the three films over the course of three weeks beginning on October 17, 1911, one 1,000 foot reel per week.

When a Count Counted

When a Count Counted · 1912

When a Count Counted

The pretty young stenographer in a New York lawyer's office had two weeks' vacation coining to her, and decided for once in her life she would cut a dash in society. She expended what for her was an enormous amount of money on clothes, and went to a fashionable seashore resort.

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Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby · 1912

Nicholas Nickleby

With The Old Curiosity Shop and David Copperfield, both released in 1911, and Nicholas Nickleby in 1912, Thanhouser established itself as producer of the best Dickens adaptations in American film.

Uncle Ralph

The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery · 1903

The Great Train Robbery

MovieWesternCrime

After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.

Bandit Who Fires at Camera (uncredited)

Cousins

Cousins · 1912

One little girl lived in the country. She was a model child, everybody admitted it, but it cannot be denied that she was more or less of a cry-baby and a coward.

Father on Farm

Star of Bethlehem

Star of Bethlehem · 1912

Star of Bethlehem

Following a bright wandering star, three magi from the East travel to Bethlehem of Judea to meet a very special newborn baby. Meanwhile, King Herod, driven by a hideous prophecy, orders him to be found and murdered.

Mage Gaspar

Old Jane of the Gaiety

Old Jane of the Gaiety · 1915

Old Jane of the Gaiety

A chorus girl in a theatrical show is being pursued by a "Stage Door Johnny" while her somewhat prudish boyfriend tries to "rescue" her from a life in the theater. Old Jane, the show's wardrobe mistress, takes the girl under her wing and gives her advice on how to handle her situation.

When the Studio Burned

When the Studio Burned · 1913

When the Studio Burned

A recreation of the Thanhouser Studio fire of 13 January 1913, it includes the rescue of a small child from the flaming building.

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David Copperfield

David Copperfield · 1911

David Copperfield

Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood, Thanhouser released the three films over the course of three weeks beginning on October 17, 1911, one 1,000 foot reel per week.

Ham Peggotty (in part one)

When a Count Counted

When a Count Counted · 1912

When a Count Counted

The pretty young stenographer in a New York lawyer's office had two weeks' vacation coining to her, and decided for once in her life she would cut a dash in society. She expended what for her was an enormous amount of money on clothes, and went to a fashionable seashore resort.

W.T. Wilson, Attorney at Law

From the River's Depths

From the River's Depths · 1915

From the River's Depths

A murder victim's spirit takes revenge on the man who killed him.

William Hewins - Dorothy's Father

Cy Whittaker's Ward

Cy Whittaker's Ward · 1917

Cy Whittaker's Ward

Returning to the village of Bayport after twenty-two years, retired sea captain Cyrus Whittaker finds the community under the power of political boss Herman Atkins. Cy opposes Atkin's choice for the position of teacher and helps to elect Miss Daws instead, thus earning the enmity of the politician. One day, a young girl named Emily Thomas arrives with a note from Sarah Oliver, a relative of Cy, explaining that the girl is the daughter of his old sweetheart and that her father is in jail and her mother dead.

Simmons

The Marvelous Marathoner

The Marvelous Marathoner · 1915

The Marvelous Marathoner

An energetic and vivacious Falstaff comedy with good pacing combining physical comedy (without slapstick) with situation comedy.

Ewing Webster

The Portrait of Lady Anne

The Portrait of Lady Anne · 1912

The Portrait of Lady Anne

The ghost of a selfish, inconsiderate woman must make up for her past transgressions by making sure that her descendant marries the man who is right for her.

Lady Anne's Father in 1770

A Circus Stowaway

A Circus Stowaway · 1911

A Circus Stowaway

Ted, a tiny orphan sees his first circus parade and is much impressed with it. So much so, in fact, that he follows the line of march to the "Big Tent," and manages to get a free ticket by helping to care for the animals. So he became a circus stowaway.

Ringmaster

Mr. Meeson's Will

Mr. Meeson's Will · 1915

Mr. Meeson's Will

The wealthy, greedy publisher Mr. Meeson exploits the writer Augusta Smithers. After a shipwreck, Meeson has his dying will tattooed onto Augusta's back before he dies, setting up a dramatic legal battle in England over his fortune.

Mr. Meeson

It Happened to Adele

It Happened to Adele · 1917

It Happened to Adele

Adele has grown up in a tenement, but she longs for greater things. She gets her chance at the stage when her mother runs into an old friend, Blanche. Blanche has been working steadily in the theater, and she helps Adele get work. The young girl finds romance with Vincent Harvey, an aspiring composer. One day Adele suffers an accidental fall out of a window.

Vincent's Uncle

Joseph in the Land of Egypt

Joseph in the Land of Egypt · 1914

Joseph in the Land of Egypt

Film realization of the Biblical story of Joseph, played here by future director James Cruze.

Uncle's Namesakes

Uncle's Namesakes · 1913

Uncle's Namesakes

An American family in need of some money decides to pull a little innocent scam on a wealthy English relative.