Alexander Butler
Directing
Known For
Mr. Blackwell discovers a relic that informs him about Blythe (as Ayesha, or "She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed"), who loved his father and others in the ancestral line. Blackwell accompanies pal Heinrich George and handyman Tom Reynolds to Arabia.
She
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The Girl Who Loves a Soldier
aka Maisie's Marriage, based on Marie Stopes book, a fireman falls in love with a daughter from a large family. When she refuses to marry and have children, she is estranged from her family, and after being imprisioned after a failed suicide attempt becomes a maid. Controversial at the time for its views on marriage and birth control.
Married Love
An ex-convict tries to kill the detective who once posed as a member of an American hooded clan.
The Valley of Fear
The Sorrows of Satan is a 1917 British silent fantasy film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Gladys Cooper, Owen Nares and Cecil Humphreys. Made at Isleworth Studios, and based on the novel of the same name, the plot involves a poverty-stricken author so depressed that he agrees to sell his soul to the Devil.
The Sorrows Of Satan
Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.
Little Women
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In Another Girl's Shoes
A beetle is possessed by the soul of an ancient Egyptian princess, who is determined to get her revenge on a member of the British Parliament.
The Beetle
'Inventor's wife avenges death by posing as anarchist and exploding their den.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Tube of Death
Short film by Alice Guy about a Western love triangle.
Greater Love Hath No Man
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Love in the Wilderness
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Her Story
Emperor Napoleon divorces his wife to marry an Austrian Queen and have an heir.
A Royal Divorce
A band of Klan-like night riders have been running rampant, and ranch owner Julian Marbolt (Andre Beaulieu) -- who is afflicted with day blindness and can only see in the evening -- offers a reward for the leader's capture.
The Night Riders
'A housewife seeks solace in hats.' (British Film Institute)
Her Great Mistake
A quack doctor 'cures' a victim of venereal disease, whose baby is later born infected.
Damaged Goods
A doctor learns his pregnant patient is engaged to his son.
Should a Doctor Tell?
'Spy blackmails commander's wife into stealing treaty.' (British Film Catalogue)
O.H.M.S.
A telephone supervisor saves a banker's son from a theft charge.
The Ugly Duckling
Lady Helen Reynolds is forced to choose one of her two cousins to be her husband if she wants to inherit a large fortune.