Direction: John Emerson
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by John Emerson. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (S)
1916 · Movie · 25 min. · United States
Direction Christy Cabanne · John Emerson
Cast Douglas Fairbanks · Bessie Love · Allan Sears · Tom Wilson
Plot Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his own time in periods for "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope" and "Drink". In fact he's used to overcome every situation with drugs: consuming it to...
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84 votes
Reaching for the Moon
1917 · Movie · 69 min. · United States
Direction John Emerson
Cast Douglas Fairbanks · Eileen Percy · Richard Cummings · Eugene Ormonde
Plot A factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings". One day he discovers that he...
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Ghosts
1915 · Movie · 49 min. · United States
Direction George Nichols · John Emerson
Cast Henry B. Walthall · Mary Alden · Loretta Blake · Monte Blue
Plot Helen and Manders are in love and wish to marry. Her parents object to his poverty and want her to marry Alving, a notorious rake, who is wealthy and powerful....
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The Social Secretary
1916 · Movie · 52 min. · United States
Direction John Emerson
Cast Norma Talmadge · Kate Lester · Helen Weir · Gladden James
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In Again, Out Again
1917 · Movie · 50 min. · United States
Direction John Emerson
Cast Douglas Fairbanks · Arline Pretty · Walter Walker · Arnold Lucy
Plot A young man drowns his sorrows in strong drink when his girl jilts him. His drunkenness gets him thrown into jail, where he falls in love with the jailer's daughter....
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Wild and Woolly
1917 · Movie · 72 min. · United States
Direction John Emerson
Cast Douglas Fairbanks · Eileen Percy · Calvert Carter · Charles Stevens
Plot A rich young Easterner who has always wanted to live in "the Wild West" plans to move to a Western town. Unknown to him, the town's "wild" days are long...
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Less Than the Dust
1916 · Movie · 93 min. · United States
Direction John Emerson
Cast Mary Pickford · David Powell · Frank Losee · Mary Alden
Plot Young Hindu woman Radha, becomes best friends with Captain Raymond Townsend during his service in India, but he soon goes back to England to tend to the estate of an...
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His Picture in the Papers
1916 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
Direction John Emerson
Cast Douglas Fairbanks · Clarence Handyside · Rene Boucicault · Jean Temple
Plot A young man can only get the woman he loves if he becomes famous and manages to get his picture in the newspapers. He determines to let nothing stand in...
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The Americano
1916 · Movie · 61 min. · United States
Direction John Emerson
Cast Douglas Fairbanks · Alma Rubens · Spottiswoode Aitken · Carl Stockdale
Plot Doug is an American mining engineer. Pres. Valdez of Paragonia (Aitken) wants him to reopen the country's mines. Doug is not interested ... until he sees the President's beautiful daughter,...
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Down to Earth
1917 · Movie · 71 min. · United States
Direction John Emerson
Cast Douglas Fairbanks · Eileen Percy · Gustav von Seyffertitz · Charles McHugh
Plot A healthy outdoors-type follows the girl he loves to a resort for wealthy hypochondriacs. In order to prove to her and the other patients that their "illnesses" are all in...
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