Directing

Bert Van Tuyle

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Something New poster
5.8

A young woman visiting in Mexico is kidnapped by a gang of bandits, who drag her through the rugged wilderness to their hideout. She manages to leave word for her friend Bill, who knows the country well. But when Bill cannot find a horse, his only available form of transportation is his roadster. Nevertheless, he is determined to come to her rescue, even though it means trying to drive the car across miles of rocky, broken terrain.

Something New

1920

Something New poster
5.8

A young woman visiting in Mexico is kidnapped by a gang of bandits, who drag her through the rugged wilderness to their hideout. She manages to leave word for her friend Bill, who knows the country well. But when Bill cannot find a horse, his only available form of transportation is his roadster. Nevertheless, he is determined to come to her rescue, even though it means trying to drive the car across miles of rocky, broken terrain.

Something New

1920

White Water poster
7.0

"White Water" is a short drama about lumberjack country. Nell Shipman plays a girl in love with nature and animals. One day she meets a crippled boy, who sings for pocket change. When she finds out that the boy is badly malnourished, Nell Shipman takes him under her wing and finds work for his elder brother. Then one day disaster strikes when the boy, who can't swim, falls into the river and is carried downstream. Nell Shipman jumps in a canoe and paddles frantically to reach the boy before the current takes him to the rapids, where mortal danger awaits.

White Water

1926

The Light on Lookout Mountain poster
10.0

The Light on Lookout Mountain is a silent adventure drama.

The Light on Lookout Mountain

1926

A Bear, a Boy and a Dog poster
10.0

A short drama, made from a story written by Nell Shipman.

A Bear, a Boy and a Dog

1921

The Grub Stake poster
6.5

A young woman is lured to the Yukon by a gambler with promises of marriage and a grubstake for a gold mine. She takes her ailing father with her, only to discover when she gets there that the gambler was lying to her and actually planned to sell her to a dance hall. She gathers her father and an old miner she has met, takes a dogsled and supplies from the gambler and the three of them head for the wilderness to look for a lost gold claim the old miner has been looking for.

The Grub Stake

1923

The Girl from God's Country poster
7.0

A picture of the great outdoors, peppered with the thrills that dreams are made of.

The Girl from God's Country

1921

Trail of the North Wind poster
7.0

Trail of the North Wind is a silent 1924 adventure film.

Trail of the North Wind

1924