Direction: William Desmond Taylor
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by William Desmond Taylor. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Johanna Enlists
1918 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction William Desmond Taylor
Cast Mary Pickford · Anne Schaefer · Fred Huntley · Monte Blue
Plot A young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an army regiment, come to train in the area.
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Ben Blair
1916 · Movie · 64 min. · United States
Direction William Desmond Taylor
Cast Dustin Farnum · Winifred Kingston · Herbert Standing · Lamar Johnstone
Plot After the death of his mother, young Ben Blair finds a safe home on John Rankin’s ranch. But when Rankin is murdered, the older Ben sets out to seek vengeance.
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Tom Sawyer
1917 · Movie · 59 min. · United States
Direction William Desmond Taylor
Cast Jack Pickford · George Hackathorne · Alice Marvin · Edythe Chapman
Plot Tom Sawyer, a young Missouri lad, finds fun and adventure with his pals Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn, running away to hide out on Jackson's Island and pretending to be...
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The Soul of Youth
1920 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Direction William Desmond Taylor
Cast Lewis Sargent · Ernest Butterworth Jr. · Clyde Fillmore · Grace Morse
Plot The story of an orphan boy who, due to the cruelty of others, is drawn into a life of sin on the streets prior to the redemption of a caring...
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Nurse Marjorie
1920 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction William Desmond Taylor
Cast Mary Miles Minter · Arthur Hoyt · Vera Lewis · Frank Leigh
Plot Lady Marjorie Donegal becomes a nurse in hospital, much to the dismay of her aristocratic family. She falls in love with one of her patients, a commoner labor leader.
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Huckleberry Finn
1920 · Movie · 70 min. · United States
Direction William Desmond Taylor
Cast Lewis Sargent · Katherine Griffith · Martha Mattox · Frank Lanning
Plot Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying...
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