Directing

Will Louis

Born 1873-06-24 · Maryland, USA

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Hungry Hearts poster
4.6

Plump and Runt are starving artists who are both in love with their pretty model. Runt chooses money over love and marries a widow he thinks is rich. It turns out the model is the real heiress, and Plump marries her.

Hungry Hearts

1916

The Serenade poster
5.3

Plump and Runt are street musicians who are rivals for Florence's affection.

The Serenade

1916

Black Eyes poster
6.2

A husband and wife swear never again to sneak out on each other with their friends, and are both faced with complications when they go back on their word.

Black Eyes

1915

Love and Duty poster
4.9

Ollie is a love-struck private who is drilled by his unsympathetic lieutenant at reveille. The colonel of the regiment wants his daughter to marry the lieutenant but she has her heart set on the chubby-faced Hardy, who himself is in love with another woman. He is thrown into a cell for disobeying orders, where he later escapes with the assistance of his sweetheart, and a casual touch of assault when he bumps the guard with his large stomach. The final chase scene ends with everyone getting what they want.

Love and Duty

1916

One Too Many poster
5.1

When his uncle arrives for a visit, Plump has to find a wife and baby in a hurry. With the help of his friend, Runt, soon there are wives and babies everywhere.

One Too Many

1916

No artwork available
6.5

Jack goes from business to business, trying to sell ad space in his newspaper. At each stop he catches the boss in a compromising position with a secretary. He writes an editorial about the practice, hinting that he could expose prominent businessmen. Suddenly everyone wants to buy ads in his paper.

It May Be You

1915

What 80 Million Women Want poster
3.5

The women's suffrage movement inspired this silent film classic that includes appearances by equal rights crusaders Emmeline Pankhurst and Harriet Stanton Blatch. As politicos work to deny women the right to vote, a young lawyer tells his activist girlfriend of the corruption within the government that actively seeks to ensure that her voice is never heard.

What 80 Million Women Want

1913

The Candy Trail poster
5.5

A 1916 silent comedy.

The Candy Trail

1916

The Battle Royal poster
6.5

Plump and Runt are on opposite sides of a mountain feud. Then government revenue agents arrive and both families join together to run off the common enemy.

The Battle Royal

1916

An Expensive Visit poster
7.5

At college, Jack is spending his dad's money and not studying. When dad comes for a visit, Jack gets one of his friends to dress as a woman and flirt with his father. Another friend pretends to be the jealous husband, forcing dad to buy his way out of trouble.

An Expensive Visit

1915

Santa Claus vs. Cupid poster
5.6

A desperate man and two romantic rivals encounter one another at a Christmas party.

Santa Claus vs. Cupid

1915

The Haunted Hat poster
6.5

A cat gets caught under a hat and walks around, frightening everyone in town.

The Haunted Hat

1915