Thomas H. Ince

Total Credits at Criticker: 4 (Actor), 29 (Director), 18 (Writer)
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Confederate soldier Frank Winslow is terrified of the war and eventually runs away from battle. But when he finds himself behind enemy lines with vital information, he must decide between his fear and his conscience. (imdb)
The Drummer of the 8th (1913) - Short Film
When the Civil War begins, young Billy runs away from home to enlist in the Northern Army as a drummer; he's wounded in battle and taken prisoner. He manages to escape and deliver an important message to his commanding officer, but loses his life in the process. (imdb)
Granddad (1913) - Short Film
Mildred is staying with her grandfather, Civil War veteran Jabez Burr, when she receives a letter from her father. Her father has re-married, and will be bringing his new wife home soon. But when Mildred's stepmother finds out that Jabez drinks, she takes a dislike to him, and begins to resent his closeness with Mildred... (imdb)
A film about a submarine commander who refuses to fire at a civilian ocean liner supposedly carrying ammunition for his country's enemies. (wikipedia)
The Dream (1911) - Short Film
A loutish husband neglects his patient, loving wife to enjoy a night on the town. When he comes home drunk and irritable, he mistreats her. Then he falls asleep, and has a dream that causes him to reconsider the way that he treats his wife. (imdb)
In Old Madrid (1911) - Short Film
A young Spanish couple want to be together, but are hindered by the girl's parents. They try a ruse to get a chance to be alone, but it is discovered. The young man then decides to resort to more daring methods. (imdb)
The Penniless Prince (1911) - Short Film
A penniless European aristocrat finds love in the tobacco fields of Cuba. (imdb)
Sweet Memories (1911) - Short Film
An elderly woman looks back on the special times in her life, thinking especially about her now-departed husband and the things they did together. Though it is sad that these times are now gone, she is comforted by her memories and by the hope of sharing in the lives of her child and grandchildren. (imdb)
Behind the Times (1911) - Short Film
A congregation decides its minister is too old, so they hire a new, young minister. But the new minister is too interested in his social obligations to pay attention to his pastoral obligations. (imdb)
By the House That Jack Built (1911) - Short Film
A wicked queen casts a spell over a prince and steals his heart. (imdb)
The Empty Water Keg (1912) - Short Film
A prospector finds gold in the desert, but is near dying of thirst. He is discovered by a cowboy and his sweetheart who are out riding. They are too late to save him, but he tells them the location of his discovery. (imdb)
The Reckoning (1912) - Short Film
A wounded Yankee soldier takes refuge in the home of his onetime Confederate sweetheart. (imdb)
The Altar of Death (1912) - Short Film
An army lieutenant is loved by an Indian girl, who gives her life in order to save the fort. (imdb)
In Love and War (1913) - Short Film
Despite being disqualified for war service, a young man volunteers as a war correspondent and ends up performing heroically at the front anyway. (imdb)
Peggy, a rambunctious young American girl, goes to Scotland to visit her uncle. Her American ways both shock and eventually delight the people of the old village - especially the handsome young minister. (imdb)
Wealthy John Steele has a handsome young son, Frank, on whom he pins his hopes. But riches lead Frank not into social standing and duty, but into depravity, drug-addiction, criminal activity, and finally to tragedy. (imdb)
The Invaders (1912) - Short Film
A relatively sensitive story of a broken treaty between Native American tribes and the US by encroaching railroad men. (archive.org)
In the first cinematic adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play, Anna (Sweet) visits the absentee father (Marion) who abandoned her and her mother years prior. When romance develops on the docks of New York between Anna and a brutish sailor (Russell), tensions erupt between her father and her lover. Their hostility prompts Anna to reveal a secret.
On Secret Service (1912) - Short Film
Fred Martin is a Southern spy. A northern dispatch bearer is captured, and the signature to his messages is forged and Martin is sent on the dangerous mission of luring the Northern troops into an ambush. He accomplishes this, and a terrible battle results, in which the Federals are driven back. The work of Martin is so damaging to the North that plans are laid for his capture, and John Bruce, a secret service man, is assigned to the task.
The Heart of an Indian (1912) - Short Film
When Indians attack a white settlement, a brave kidnaps a white baby to give to his wife as a replacement for their dead baby. The white mother goes to the Indian camp to look for her child and is captured by the Indians who plan to torture her. The settlers attack the Indian camp, destroying it completely and killing the braves, while the Indian wife returns the baby to the white woman and allows her to escape. The Indian wife mourns her baby, unaware of the destruction of the Indian camp. (imdb)
The Lieutenant's Last Fight (1912) - Short Film
American Indian Buffalo Big falls in love with the daughter of Colonel Sherry.
Artful Kate (1911) - Short Film
The story opens with a pretty love scene between the Lieutenant and his betrothed, Kate Stanley. Hammond is ordered to join his regiment in Cuba and Kate is heartbroken. He tells her they must part, and the girl decides to be brave. She exacts from him a promise that he will be true to her, and not indulge in any flirtations with the dark-eyed senoritas she has been told lure men from their vows of constancy in the land of flowers. (imdb)
The Post Telegrapher (1912) - Short Film
Bob Evans, a telegraph operator, together with a group of soldiers gets ambushed by Sioux Indians. Wounded, he climbs into a telegraph pole and asks through the telegraph wires for help from the fort.
Bob's fiancée Edith comes along with the soldiers. The soldiers find only dead bodies and decide to chase the Indians. Edith stays behind to search for Bob. She finds him and together they return to the fort. The Sioux then attack the fort, but when the situation seems hopeless.
As a Boy Dreams (1911) - Short Film
Jack Howard, a typical American boy, is addicted to reading literature of the yellow-backed variety, despite the admonitions of his father. One day he dozes off to sleep, after devouring a thrilling story of the sea. The story of his dream is told in detail. While walking on the dock he is seized upon by some sailors and shanghaied in the most approved manner, being taken aboard a ship bound on a long cruise. (imdb)
Blazing the Trail (1912) - Short Film
Showing the trail of civilization across the western country, the emigrant train, the Cooper family, the treachery of the Indians, the capture of Helen Cooper and the daring attempt to rescue her, resulting in his capture and being made to run the gauntlet and forced to undergo torture by the squaws. Thrilling rescue of the prisoners from the Indian camp, sensational battle, as the emigrants swoop down on the redskins.
Pictureland (1911) - Short Film
The actors arrive in a motor car, and are welcomed to the hotel by the boniface and his assistants. The Americans admire the surroundings, and are agreeably surprised at what they see, and the cordial welcome extended to them. All the well-known "Imp" stars appear in traveling costume, which is their first formal introduction in proper personae, an innovation which will be welcomed by their many admirers. In the next scene they sally forth to engage in the work of producing a picture.
A young woman's sweetheart fights for the Union, while her brother fights for the Confederates, in the pivotal 1863 battle of the U.S. Civil War.
The Death Mask (1914) - Short Film
A Native American warrior travels to a faraway tribe to find and defend a woman that haunts his dreams.
The Lighthouse Keeper (1911) - Short Film
Tom Alkins, a sturdy fisherman, loves Polly Berry, the daughter of old Nat Berry, the keeper of the light. Bert Duncan also loves Polly and is insanely jealous of Tom. The course of true love runs smoothly for the happy couple with the exception of an attempt on the part of Duncan to force his unwelcome attentions on Polly. He is soundly thrashed by Tom and vows vengeance.