Joseph De Grasse

Directing

Joseph De Grasse

Born — Died

1873-05-04 — 1940-05-25

Place of birth

Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada

Known for

Directing

Credits

51 titles

Most famous for his work directing with his wife Ida May Park.

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 4 titles

1910s · 5 titles

Behind the camera

L'apache poster
NR

Natalie Bourget, an American living in Paris, is married against her will to Jean Bourget, the brutal leader of the Paris "Apache" underworld. At a cabaret, Jean compels Natalie to perform an Apache dance, during which Harrison Forbes and his American mistress, Helen Armstrong, notice Natalie's strong resemblance to Helen.

L'apache

1919

Bobbie of the Ballet poster
NR

Wealthy Jack Stimson (Jay Belasco) falls in love with Broadway diva Velma Vrooman (Gretchen Lederer), and for her sake bankrolls the musical production in which she is currently starred. But when Velma proves to be fickle and unreliable, Jack shifts his affections to humble chorus girl Bobbie (Louise Lovely).

Bobbie of the Ballet

1916

The Market of Souls poster
10.0

A country girl goes to visit friends in the big city, and observes a different kind of life.

The Market of Souls

1919

The Place Beyond the Winds poster
6.0

The story of a young woman living in the wilderness.

The Place Beyond the Winds

1916

A Mother's Atonement poster
5.5

A man recalls his earlier days when he was married and his wife cheated on him.

A Mother's Atonement

1915

The Old Swimmin' Hole poster
10.0

The normal life of a young farm boy as he goes to school and as he relaxes in the country is depicted.

The Old Swimmin' Hole

1921

Hell Morgan's Girl poster
NR

Roger Curwell (William Stowell) is disowned by his father (Joseph W. Girard) because of his desire to be an artist. But instead of making good as a painter, Roger finds himself drunk and on the skids in San Francisco's Barbary Coast. At a dive run by Hell Morgan (Alfred Allen), he meets Lola (Dorothy Phillips), who nurses him back to physical and moral health.

Hell Morgan's Girl

1917

Father and the Boys poster
NR

Wealthy stockbroker Lemuel Morewood wants his sons, Billy and Tom, to learn the business and marry Emily Donelson and Frances Berkeley, respectively. Billy, however, is infatuated with Mrs. Bruce Guilford, a leader of the "smart set," while Tom loves boxing. At a dinner for which Lemuel hires Bessie Brayton, an orphan from the West, to entertain, Lemuel responds to Bessie's taunts about being old-fashioned by winning a lot of money gambling with Major Bellamy Didsworth, who tries to swindle Bessie, and leaves with her to spend it.

Father and the Boys

1915

The Hidden Way poster
9.0

The film tells the tale of three ex-cons who finally go straight, through the redemptive power of love. After rescuing Mary from certain death, the “three bad men” meet her saintly mother and stay on to help on their farm. In The Hidden Way, two of the ex-cons conspire to steal the family’s tiny nest egg, but through plot twists involving a medicinal spring, a wronged woman, a villainous Casanova, his avaricious father, and government inspectors (!), the pair eventually see their error and join the third in turning over a new leaf.

The Hidden Way

1926

A Doll's House poster
NR

Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career.

A Doll's House

1917

A Doll's House poster
NR

Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career.

A Doll's House

1917

The Girl in the Checkered Coat poster
NR

When Mary and Fannie Graham, daughters of a good mother but a father with criminal instincts, are left motherless, Mary flees from her unhappy surroundings while Fannie, inheriting her father's disposition, remains and is raised as a thief.

The Girl in the Checkered Coat

1917

His Wife's Friend poster
9.0

Unhappily married to Sir Robert Grimwood, an older man whose only passion is chess, Lady Marion finds solace in the arrival of her old suitor, John Heritage.

His Wife's Friend

1919

The Girl I Loved poster
8.0

John Middleton is distressed to learn that his family is taking in an orphan girl named Mary. He turns aside all her attempts to befriend him. But with the passage of time, John discovers (long after everyone else has) that he loves Mary. But by now it's too late. She plans to marry his friend Willie.

The Girl I Loved

1923

The Lion, the Lamb and the Man poster
NR

A spirited young college graduate is sent away to the Kentucky mountains to live with her uncle after returning home and scorning the effete minister her parents had chosen for her husband. One day, finding herself lost in the wilderness, she is rescued by two brothers who fall in love with her—but as they compete for her affections with increasing ferocity, her feelings become conflicted. Partially lost: the second of two reels survives.

The Lion, the Lamb and the Man

1914

Tangled Hearts poster
NR

Montgomery Seaton, one of the idle rich, pays more attention to his friends' business than to his marital situation.

Tangled Hearts

1916

A Tailor-Made Man poster
NR

A tailor tries to pass himself off in high society by wearing some of his rich customer's clothes.

A Tailor-Made Man

1922

Dolly's Scoop poster
NR

James Fairfax, editor of the scandalous Morning Argus, stops at nothing for a juicy story, much to the disdain of his staff—especially reporter Dolly Clare.

Dolly's Scoop

1916

Heart o' the Hills poster
6.3

Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit the area for its coal.

Heart o' the Hills

1919

The Price of Silence poster
NR

A woman gives up her illegitimate child, and then marries without telling her new husband about the child.

The Price of Silence

1916

The Wildcat of Paris poster
NR

A girl from Paris' underworld fights for love and survival during a time of international turmoil.

The Wildcat of Paris

1918

The Mark of Cain poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Mark of Cain

1916

The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis poster
NR

The heraldic image of the fleur-de-lis weaves through the story of an orphaned girl, born with a birthmark in the shape of the insignia her mother had become obsessed with before her death, as her own fascination with the symbol leads her to a series of troubled relationships with powerful men. Partially lost: an unknown length of the film survives.

The Fascination of the Fleur de Lis

1915

The Grip of Jealousy poster
NR

In pre-Civil War days, a woman dies in childbirth. Her sister, believing the child to be illegitimate, leaves the baby in the care of one of her sister's slaves.

The Grip of Jealousy

1916

Virtue Its Own Reward poster
NR

A humble, conscientious factory worker decides to take matters into her own hands when her guileless younger sister catches the eye of a disreputable department manager. Mostly lost: a small fragment exists.

Virtue Its Own Reward

1914

Pay Me! poster
NR

During a violent disagreement, a miner strangles his partner and accidentally shoots the man's wife. He then deserts his own wife and son to elope with the saloon keeper's daughter. As they are fleeing, the girl discovers the deed and insists upon caring for the baby found in the dead wife's arms.

Pay Me!

1917

The Scarlet Car poster
4.6

Paul Revere Forbes, an descendant of Paul Revere, is a teller at Cyrus Peabody's bank. He learns that Cyrus and his son, Ernest, have speculated with $35,000 of the bank's money, and the entire sum has been lost.

The Scarlet Car

1917

A Broadway Scandal poster
NR

Having been misinformed that all French girls are morally suspect, American soldier David Kendall (Edwin August) is in for quite a shock when he's shipped Over There. After meeting several "nice" Frenchwomen, David returns to the states with a whole new perspective on things. It isn't long before he falls in love with Nenette (Carmel Myers), the daughter of French-born restaurateur Armande Bisson (Andrew Robson). But when Nenette is implicated in a murder, the disillusioned David instantly repudiates her -- and by extension, all Daughters of France.

A Broadway Scandal

1918

Bonnie May poster
7.0

Young actress Bonnie May finds work in a private play given at Mrs. Baron’s mansion, where she endears herself to all, especially Victor Baron, the invalid son who has written the play. He begs her to stay on to help him write another play, despite the reluctance of his mother.

Bonnie May

1920

The Grasp of Greed poster
NR

En route to Australia, beautiful authoress Alice Gordon (Louise Lovely) is shipwrecked on a desert island in the company of wealthy book publisher John Meeson. Sensing that his days are numbered, and lacking pencil and paper, Meeson tattoos his last will and testament on Alice's lovely back.

The Grasp of Greed

1916

The Brand of Lopez poster
7.0

When a famed matador is forced to become an outlaw, he seeks to get revenge on the dancing girl who betrayed him.

The Brand of Lopez

1920

If My Country Should Call poster
6.5

A doctor is called to the home of a young man who wants to enlist in the Army.

If My Country Should Call

1916

The Piper's Price poster
NR

After divorcing his first wife and marrying a more gentle natured woman, Ralph Hadley finds himself again attracted to his ex-wife, a shrewd business woman. Trouble begins when he foolishly invites her to lunch, setting gossipy tongues-wagging. The news reaches his devoted wife who has discovered she is pregnant.

The Piper's Price

1917

Thundergate poster
8.0

Robert Wells is an American born in China who, unbeknownst to him, has an Oriental half-brother. Wells' uncle sends him to help Ray Williams build bridges in China. Williams is in league with Chinese reactionaries and he discredits Wells by turning him into a drug addict. Wells eventually becomes an outcast and is in a stupor when he is found by his half-brother, Kong Sue, the son of the Lord of Thundergate, a powerful Mandarin reactionary.

Thundergate

1923

Flowing Gold poster
9.0

Calvin Gray, a former soldier, is hired to manage the wealth of the Briskow family in a Texas oil town. As he defends them from a corrupt banker and a cunning con artist, he forms a deep connection with the Briskows' daughter, Allegheny, leading to unexpected changes in his life.

Flowing Gold

1924

Triumph poster
NR

This melodrama about an actress in love with a playwright and the stage manager blackmailing her for her affections offers a unique glimpse into Chaney’s career before his classic performances in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera. Preserved and restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.

Triumph

1917

No artwork available
NR

Hazel and Jack are about to be married. At his death, Hazel's uncle, Howard Wild, has bequeathed to them as a wedding present a deed to the old Wild mansion.

A Night of Thrills

1914

Alas and Alack poster
5.4

A fishwife tells her young daughter a fairy story about a princess imprisoned by a hunchback in a seashell, a story that parallels her own life.

Alas and Alack

1915

No artwork available
NR

Helen MacDermott, daughter of the Factor at Bear Lake, has been carefully and religiously brought up by her widowed father. Bob Brandt, a dashing young gambler and adventurer, stops at Bear Lake in his wanderings, and having occasion to visit the post to buy supplies, he becomes acquainted with Helen. She quickly surrenders to his charms.

The Measure of a Man

1915

No artwork available
NR

The youthful monarch, Edward IV of England, is treacherously advised by Sir Stephen Fitz Allen, who is the King's boon companion, in favor of turning down the offer of Louis XI to cease the controversy that has been pending so long. The King, Edward IV, follows the advice of his companion and the French messenger meets with an insult, returning to the French court in a quandary.

The Higher Law

1914