Writing

William E. Wing

Born — Died

1869-07-04 — 1947-03-10

Place of birth

Maine, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

22 titles

Known for

A Woman in the Ultimate poster
NR

The unwilling dupe of her step-father, she became the decoy of the wealthy young man, but at the crucial moment she saved both herself and the young man and thus ended the game of the badgers.

A Woman in the Ultimate

1913

The Struggle poster
7.0

Spirited story of West, which begins after the hero has spent four years overseas and has left the army so much of a fighting devil that he becomes embroiled in a mix-up. Learning that his antagonist has died from wounds is the reason for the hero going West, when he meets a tramp who is on his way to join a gang of outlaws and who invites the ex-soldier to join.

The Struggle

1921

Glenister of the Mounted poster
8.0

Sergeant Richard Glenister of the Royal Mounted Police is rescued from a blizzard in the Canadian Northwest by Jack and Betty Danrock, a couple fleeing from the law. After Glenister recovers, he encounters them again at a trading post, where Betty denies knowing him to protect their identity.

Glenister of the Mounted

1926

Death's Marathon poster
5.7

Two business partners pursue the same woman. She accepts the marriage proposal of the irresponsible partner, much to her later regret. He squanders money on gambling, as his interest in her gradually wanes. One day after losing the company money in a card game, he decides to commit suicide. He telephones his wife from the office, as he puts a revolver near his head. The wife tries to keep him talking while the reliable business partner races to the office in an attempt to save his old friend. Will he make it in time?

Death's Marathon

1913

No artwork available
NR

Casey, a baseball hero in Mudville, is revered for his game-winning abilities but struggles with personal relationships, except for his love for his niece and a few children. When his niece gets injured, he's distracted during a crucial game, causing him to lose, and after being shunned by the town, he leaves his lifelong home.

Casey at the Bat

1916

The Brazen Beauty poster
NR

Jacala, a strong-willed, temperamental ranch girl, inherits her father's millions and moves from Montana to New York, determined to earn a place in society.

The Brazen Beauty

1918

Behind the camera

A Woman in the Ultimate poster
NR

The unwilling dupe of her step-father, she became the decoy of the wealthy young man, but at the crucial moment she saved both herself and the young man and thus ended the game of the badgers.

A Woman in the Ultimate

1913

The Struggle poster
7.0

Spirited story of West, which begins after the hero has spent four years overseas and has left the army so much of a fighting devil that he becomes embroiled in a mix-up. Learning that his antagonist has died from wounds is the reason for the hero going West, when he meets a tramp who is on his way to join a gang of outlaws and who invites the ex-soldier to join.

The Struggle

1921

Glenister of the Mounted poster
8.0

Sergeant Richard Glenister of the Royal Mounted Police is rescued from a blizzard in the Canadian Northwest by Jack and Betty Danrock, a couple fleeing from the law. After Glenister recovers, he encounters them again at a trading post, where Betty denies knowing him to protect their identity.

Glenister of the Mounted

1926

Death's Marathon poster
5.7

Two business partners pursue the same woman. She accepts the marriage proposal of the irresponsible partner, much to her later regret. He squanders money on gambling, as his interest in her gradually wanes. One day after losing the company money in a card game, he decides to commit suicide. He telephones his wife from the office, as he puts a revolver near his head. The wife tries to keep him talking while the reliable business partner races to the office in an attempt to save his old friend. Will he make it in time?

Death's Marathon

1913

No artwork available
NR

Casey, a baseball hero in Mudville, is revered for his game-winning abilities but struggles with personal relationships, except for his love for his niece and a few children. When his niece gets injured, he's distracted during a crucial game, causing him to lose, and after being shunned by the town, he leaves his lifelong home.

Casey at the Bat

1916

The Brazen Beauty poster
NR

Jacala, a strong-willed, temperamental ranch girl, inherits her father's millions and moves from Montana to New York, determined to earn a place in society.

The Brazen Beauty

1918

The Lure of the Circus poster
5.5

Lure of the Circus is a 1918 American adventure film serial directed by J. P. McGowan.

The Lure of the Circus

1918

Out for the Coin poster
NR

Try & Helpus are two junk dealers, who have to raise five hundred to pay the rent which the villainous landlord demands. Various times the five hundred is placed in their hands but Always it is removed therefrom by a grouchy policeman.

Out for the Coin

1917

The King of the Jungle poster
7.0

Elmo Lincoln is a rugged jungle hero safeguarding a vulnerable heroine. They faced escalating perils in the untamed wilderness, including rampaging elephants, ferocious lions, massive apes, and cunning villains in this 10 episode serial. Chapters: "The Great Tragedy", "The Elephant Avenger", "Battling for Her Life", "Into the Lion's Jaws", "The Striped Terror", "Gripped by the Death Vice", "The Slinking Demons", "The Giant Ape Strikes", "No Escape."

The King of the Jungle

1927

No artwork available
7.0

Silent romantic cowboy western short was billed as "A story of an inheritance of hatred!"

Vengeance and the Girl

1919

Olaf—An Atom poster
6.0

Broken by grief after his mother's death, Olaf becomes a wanderer. He is treated cruelly until he is given a meal by a woman at the homestead where she lives with her husband and baby. Olaf is able to return her kindness when he overhears a plot to rob the settlers of their home. He alerts the couple and delays the would-be thieves long enough for the husband to file a claim on his land. Olaf is injured by the claim jumpers but he recovers, alone and forgotten by those he has helped. He then moves aimlessly along.

Olaf—An Atom

1913

The Courage of the Commonplace poster
5.5

A farmer's daughter, who devotedly endlessly gives selflessly of herself to her parents and younger siblings, dreams of going to college, which she's saved money to be able to pay for.

The Courage of the Commonplace

1913

Vanishing Trails poster
9.0

A 15-chapter Western serial. The serial involves the mystery of the murder of William Stillman (Wells) and the finding of the heir to his fortune. Silent Joe (Farnum) arrives in an effort to discover the murderer and prove that he is the true heir. He and the heroine Lou (Anderson) have their adventures in the mountainous terrain with its "vanishing trails." They are aided by The Shadow (Orlamond), a demented scientist with his trained dog, and several remarkable, death-dealing inventions.

Vanishing Trails

1920

Sold for Marriage poster
5.9

A poor Russian girl's beauty leads her unscrupulous uncle to bring her to the United States. There he is going to sell her into a marriage with a rich old man she has never met. But her lover, an returning immigrant visiting Russia from the U.S., sails on the same ship. When they arrive he learns, to his surprise, that the American police, unlike those of his native country, are not oppressors of the poor, but friends that will aid in securing the release of his beloved Marfa.

Sold for Marriage

1916

Before the White Man Came poster
6.0

Big Elk and Che-wee-na, both of the Great Bear tribe, are engaged to be married. White Wolf, the son of the chief of another tribe, offers to buy Che-wee-na; when her father refuses, Little Wolf challenges Big Elk to a physical contest that Big Elk wins. Embittered, Little Wolf provokes a war between the tribes, abducting Che-wee-na while Big Elk and the other Great Bear warriors are away from their camp. Che-wee-na feigns insanity among Little Wolf's people, who think that she is in communication with the great spirits. She wins the gratitude of the tribe when she nurses a sick child to health, but in so doing incurs the jealousy of the tribe's medicine man, who accuses her of poisoning the tribe's water supply.

Before the White Man Came

1920

Hugon, the Mighty poster
NR

Hugon, a Canadian backwoodsman who is respected for his strength both of limb and of character, falls in love with Marie even though she has another sweetheart, a young man named Gabriel. Realizing that Marie favors Gabriel, Hugon good-naturedly offers to help the boy develop muscles and stamina but soon abandons the hopeless task. Meanwhile, Roque and his group of crooked surveyors have made plans to swindle the woodsman out of his property.

Hugon, the Mighty

1918

No artwork available
7.0

The Riddle Rider is a 1924 American silent Western film serial directed by William James Craft.

The Riddle Rider

1924

The Hunger of the Blood poster
7.0

1921 Western

The Hunger of the Blood

1921

The Coast Patrol poster
6.0

Coast Patrol was a threadbare silent 5-reeler starring Kenneth MacDonald as an officer in the titular patrol. Nothing much happens really, except for a few misunderstandings, fistfights and boat chases.

The Coast Patrol

1925

Born to Battle poster
7.0

Dennis Terhune, ranch foreman for John Morgan, an eastern capitalist, discovers that there is oil on Morgan's ranch shortly after Morgan has deeded the ranch to Daley, western manager for the Morgan properties. Dennis rides after Daley and retrieves the deed, saving Morgan's ranch and securing for himself the love of the financier's daughter, Eunice.

Born to Battle

1926

No artwork available
5.5

A seaman on board a sailing ship battles mutinous crew members, a corrupt millionaire trying to take over the ship and falls in love with a girl who turns out to be his adopted sister.

Savages of the Sea

1925

No artwork available
7.0

Silent western

Vic Dyson Pays

1925