Direction: Van Dyke Brooke

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Van Dyke Brooke. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Loyalty of Sylvia (S)

1912 · Movie · 14 min. · United States

Direction Van Dyke Brooke

Cast Maurice Costello · Florence Turner · James Morrison · Kate Price

Plot "I cheerfully accept the guardianship of your daughter Sylvia, during your trip abroad. You say she is rather mischievous and self-willed, but I am sure we will get along famously...

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Father's Hatband (S)

1913 · Movie · 15 min. · United States

Direction Van Dyke Brooke

Cast Van Dyke Brooke · Norma Talmadge · Leo Delaney · Flora Finch

Plot Love finds a way, that in very plain, when Sam and Doris make use of their father's new hat to convey their love missives to each other, because Doris' father...

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The Love of Chrysanthemum (S)

1910 · Movie · 13 min. · United States

Direction Van Dyke Brooke

Cast Maurice Costello · Norma Talmadge

Plot A little tragedy of Japan wherein a tourist fails to realize that love is a sacred thing the world round.

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The Helpful(?) Sisterhood (S)

1914 · Movie · 19 min. · United States

Direction Van Dyke Brooke

Cast Norma Talmadge · Mary Maurice · Marie Weirman · Marie Tener

Plot Mary, a poor but well-born girl, is invited to join a sorority club in the high school she attends, while her chum, Sophie, is ignored. Mary is flattered by the...

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An Old Man's Love Story (S)

1913 · Movie · 17 min. · United States

Direction Van Dyke Brooke

Cast James Lackaye · Florence Radinoff · Norma Talmadge · Van Dyke Brooke

Plot Ethel, whose financially distressed parents depend on her marrying into wealth, may be forced to abandon the man she loves for her father's rich friend.

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The Loan Shark King (S)

1914 · Movie · 11 min. · United States

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Dr. LaFleur's Theory (S)

1912 · Movie · 12 min. · United States

Direction Van Dyke Brooke · Maurice Costello

Cast Maurice Costello · Van Dyke Brooke · Clara Kimball Young · James Morrison

Plot Dr. Lafleur is convinced that crime is an illness and can be treated like that.

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Mrs. 'Enry 'Awkins (S)

1912 · Movie · 12 min. · United States

Direction Van Dyke Brooke · Maurice Costello

Cast Maurice Costello · Norma Talmadge · Van Dyke Brooke · Harry T. Morey

Plot Noah Clayton, an old coster, who has made a bit of money, lives with his daughter Liza. He is very cranky and very gouty. Henry Hawkins, a young coster, and...

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The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened (S)

1913 · Movie · 13 min. · United States

Direction Van Dyke Brooke

Cast L. Rogers Lytton · Rosemary Theby · Kate Price

Plot A romantic film in which a young mother leaves her child as a foundling with a wealthy bachelor. By a strange twist of fate, the mother becomes the nanny of...

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Solitaires (S)

1913 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Van Dyke Brooke

Cast Norma Talmadge · Leo Delaney · Florence Ashbrooke · Charles Delaney

Plot Frank and Julia are very good friends, both being single, and live in adjoining apartments. Getting a letter from a friend who asks him to buy an engagement ring. Frank...

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