J.P. McGowan Movies

  • 1912
    Vagabonds

    Vagabonds

    Vagabonds

    01912HD

    A story of love triangle, between Nell, Big Jim and Tom.

    Vagabonds
  • 1912
    Tragedy of the Desert

    Tragedy of the Desert

    Tragedy of the Desert

    01912HD

    An English doctor based in Egypt finds his wife in the arms of a local diplomat, and in a madness-induced frenzy departs for the desert. After being...

    Tragedy of the Desert
  • 1929
    'Neath Western Skies

    'Neath Western Skies

    'Neath Western Skies

    01929HD

    Ranch owner Tex McCloud is convinced there is oil under his property and brings in a drilling rig and equipment to drill for it. But a gang who wants...

    'Neath Western Skies
  • 1914
    Helen's Sacrifice

    Helen's Sacrifice

    Helen's Sacrifice

    01914HD

    In the first entry in the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, the night telegraph operator at Lone Point, relieves Benton, the day operator,...

    Helen's Sacrifice
  • 1911
    The Special Messenger

    The Special Messenger

    The Special Messenger

    01911HD

    During the Civil War, a woman helps her injured husband by delivering an important message to his general.

    The Special Messenger
  • 1925
    A Desperate Chance

    A Desperate Chance

    A Desperate Chance

    01925HD

    Girl's father who is in sore financial straits because of a corporation man is aided by stranger who reveals that his father was ruined same way by...

    A Desperate Chance
  • 1929
    A Texas Cowboy

    A Texas Cowboy

    A Texas Cowboy

    01929HD

    Dick Carlysle returns home to find that his mother has married Brute Kettle who is really out to get the Carlysle ranch. First Kettle gets Bennett to...

    A Texas Cowboy
  • 1910
    When Lovers Part

    When Lovers Part

    When Lovers Part

    41910HD

    A young couple’s love is forbidden by the girl’s father. He forces her to write a farewell letter. Three years later, the Civil War...

    When Lovers Part
  • 1915
    The Girl at Lone Point

    The Girl at Lone Point

    The Girl at Lone Point

    01915HD

    Helen catches two yeggmen who have broken into a freight car which has been detached from a train because of a hot box and are attempting to rifle...

    The Girl at Lone Point
  • 1914
    The Escape on the Limited

    The Escape on the Limited

    The Escape on the Limited

    01914HD

    Brandt, a defaulting cashier, hiding in Lone Point in his effort to throw detectives off his track, cuts the wires of Helen's telephone to prevent...

    The Escape on the Limited
  • 1924
    A Two Fisted Tenderfoot

    A Two Fisted Tenderfoot

    A Two Fisted Tenderfoot

    01924HD

    Pampered Easterner Tom Ransom is sent West by his father, a meatpacking tycoon, to buy a large herd. Tom soon comes into conflict with the agents of...

    A Two Fisted Tenderfoot
  • 1925
    The Fast Freight

    The Fast Freight

    The Fast Freight

    01925HD

    Eighth of a series of 8 features produced by Morris R. Schlank starring Helen Holmes and directed by J.P. McGowan for Anchor distribution.

    The Fast Freight
  • 1915
    The Box Car Trap

    The Box Car Trap

    The Box Car Trap

    01915HD

    Jim, determined to ruin a box car brake test, hides inside, removes the flooring, and ruins the brake apparatus. As a result, the box car runs wild,...

    The Box Car Trap
  • 1920
    Elmo the Fearless

    Elmo the Fearless

    Elmo the Fearless

    01920HD

    Elmo finds himself in 18 different hair raising and dangerous adventures always escaping in the nick of time!

    Elmo the Fearless
  • 1915
    The Broken Circuit

    The Broken Circuit

    The Broken Circuit

    01915HD

    Attempting to prevent an armed robbery in the paymaster's office, Helen is bound and gagged, and the thieves escape on a hand car. With her feet...

    The Broken Circuit
  • 1914
    The Plot at the Railroad Cut

    The Plot at the Railroad Cut

    The Plot at the Railroad Cut

    01914HD

    In the second entry of the popular Hazards of Helen series, Helen, is temporarily assigned as a telegraph operator at Quarry Depot; bad blood springs...

    The Plot at the Railroad Cut
  • 1910
    The Lad from Old Ireland

    The Lad from Old Ireland

    The Lad from Old Ireland

    5.11910HD

    A young man leaves Ireland for America, but doesn't forget home.

    The Lad from Old Ireland
  • 1922
    Perils of the Yukon

    Perils of the Yukon

    Perils of the Yukon

    01922HD

    A silent serial with the following chapter titles: 1. Fangs of Jealous; 2. Doomed; 3. Tricked by Fate; 4. Master and Man; 5. Terrors of the North; 6....

    Perils of the Yukon
  • 1911
    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

    Railroad Raiders of '62

    51911HD

    Union raiders infiltrate Confederate territory by train. Early film version of the Civil War incident on which Buster Keaton's The General and...

    Railroad Raiders of '62
  • 1911
    Rory O'More

    Rory O'More

    Rory O'More

    4.21911HD

    Based on the story of the real-life 17th Century Irish rebel and the eighteen century ballad about him, this one-reeler is one of the Kalem pictures...

    Rory O'More