Acting

John Sturgeon

Born 1859-05-01 · Elderton, Pennsylvania, USA

Acting credits

Vanity Fair poster
NR

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.

Vanity Fair

1915

No artwork available
9.0

Felix, the King of Wallonia, has to marry Louise, Princess of the neighboring State of Trebizond. The old Prince, her father, craves the elixir of youth, and gets drunk so often that Trebizond is in bad shape. Thus, it is up to Felix to be King of both States. But Louise has a love affair with Stepan, the heir presumptive to his throne, and Felix flees to America in disguise. By a strange twist of circumstance he takes a job as butler in the home of J.P. Morton, multi-millionaire. There he meets Marcia, Morton's daughter, and the jig is up. He loves her.

When Love Is King

1916

Children Who Labor poster
4.7

The father of a working class family is having trouble finding a job, because the local textile mill is hiring only inexpensive child labor. Reluctantly, he allows his oldest daughter to work in the mill. Meanwhile, in New York, the wealthy businessman Hanscomb is being urged to speak out against child labor, but he declines to do so. Then, while Mrs. Hanscomb and her daughter are traveling, the young girl accidentally wanders away, gets lost, and is taken in by the working class family. To help them, she takes a job in the mill. While this is taking place, Hanscomb has initiated a search for the daughter even as he goes about building up his financial empire.

Children Who Labor

1912

No artwork available
5.5

A romantic comedy about two lovers; the parents of the girl forbid them from being together.

When She Was About Sixteen

1912

The Story of the Willow Pattern poster
NR

The story of the romance behind the iconic blue willow china design.

The Story of the Willow Pattern

1914

One Touch of Nature poster
6.3

An irritable man meets a boy in the woods, and gets a change of attitude.

One Touch of Nature

1914

The Crime of Carelessness poster
5.8

Edison short about a happy couple about to be married, but the guy's carelessness at their workplace leads to tragedy.

The Crime of Carelessness

1912

The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus poster
6.1

When a burglar dressed as Santa Claus steals a family's Christmas presents, amateur detective Octavius sets out to recover the loot.

The Adventure of the Wrong Santa Claus

1914

No artwork available
5.0

A naive young lady comes to the big city but is unfortunately befriended by a couple who probably are up to no good. However, she is unaware of this and accepts their offer to help. Soon, and completely out of the blue, another crook accosts them--and the two men struggle until one of them is killed.

The Call of the City

1915

At Bear Track Gulch poster
6.0

This western, with its simple story set in a gold mining camp, recycles many of the elements found in David Belasco's influential play, THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST, produced a decade earlier.

At Bear Track Gulch

1913