Joseph Henabery

Directing

Joseph Henabery

Born — Died

1888-01-15 — 1976-02-18

Place of birth

Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

48 titles

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 1 titles

1910s · 7 titles

The Birth of a Nation poster
5.9

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.

The Birth of a Nation

1915

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages poster
7.1

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

No artwork available
7.0

The new minister en route to a new western town to preach loses one of his suitcases containing his clerical robes. It is found on the road by Pete and Ike, cowboys of the Bar X Ranch, who decide to play a huge joke on the boys of their town.

The Joke on Yellentown

1914

The Spell of the Poppy poster
NR

Manfredi, an habitual user of opium, is a piano player in a Chinese café. A wealthy tourist becomes interested in the young musician and sends him abroad to study. He promises Zuletta, his common law wife, that on his return he will marry her. Five years later he comes back, still addicted to the drug. Under its spell he is proclaimed a genius. Failing to make good his promise to Zuletta, he becomes infatuated with Margery Rhodes, a society girl, who comes to study music with him. So strongly is Margery influenced by her teacher, that she also acquires a taste for opium. John Hale, her lover, is in the secret service. Through the revengeful Zuletta, he learns that Manfredi conducts an opium joint. Hale has the place raided, just in time to save Mergery from a fate worse than death.

The Spell of the Poppy

1915

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NR

The clerk has money to pay the last installment on his home, occupied by his old mother and himself, but meeting a fellow clerk and two girls is "forced" to treat in order to show that he really is no tightwad.

The Niggard

1914

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Little Cupids

1915

No artwork available
10.0

A Jesuit missionary and his Native American disciple converting a tribe, facing persecution, witnessing miracles, and dealing with a witch whose daughter, Monoka, is saved from blindness and evil spirits by their faith, all while Monoka and the disciple Abasan fall in love.

The Huron Converts

1915

Behind the camera

Alibi Mark poster
7.0

When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.

Alibi Mark

1937

Night Intruder poster
5.5

A middle-aged woman with friends and a sleeping mother upstairs uses her head to protect everyone when she finds out that there is a burglar in her house.

Night Intruder

1938

Sixty Cents an Hour poster
10.0

Although Jimmy Kirk earns only $7.50 a week as a soda jerk, he is ambitious and hopes to marry Mamie Smith, the bank president's daughter.

Sixty Cents an Hour

1923

Double or Nothing poster
6.3

Double or Nothing is a 1936 American short musical comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division in 2013.

Double or Nothing

1936

His Majesty, the American poster
6.6

A European prince is raised in America without knowing his true identity; he spends his time thrill-seeking, but his country needs him when a revolt threatens the crown.

His Majesty, the American

1919

Leather Burners poster
6.1

As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Johnny sends for his friend Hoppy, Hoppy arrives and immediately suspects Dan Slack. Realizing his telegram about Slack was intercepted, he locks up the operator Lafe knowing he can escape. Tailing Lafe he finds a secret entrance to a mine and inside finds the missing cattle. But Slack's men also find him just as the cattle are stampeded through the mine shaft.

Leather Burners

1943

Cobra poster
5.9

Rodrigo, an impoverished Italian nobleman takes a job with a New York antique dealer he met overseas. Swearing off women, Rodrigo focuses on his job. But complications arise when he falls in love with his friend's secretary-- and his friend's wife looks to make a date with him.

Cobra

1925

The Life of the Party poster
5.6

An attorney is thrust into wild adventures by an attractive young woman.

The Life of the Party

1920

Moonlight and Honeysuckle poster
7.0

When an Arizona ranchman (Willard Louis) is elected senator, he heads for Washington with his daughter, Judith Baldwin (Mary Miles Minter). But they leave behind ranch hand Tod Musgrove (Monte Blue), who is in love with Judith. In Washington, two men propose to Judith -- Congressman Hamill (Guy Oliver) and Robert Courtney (William Boyd). Since she doesn't know which one to pick, she puts them to a test at her aunt's woodland cabin.

Moonlight and Honeysuckle

1921

Mr. Fix-It poster
6.0

A young man impersonates his best friend, and in doing so upsets the decorum at a stuffy family gathering and falls in love. The arrival of a gang of hoodlums further disrupts the formalities, but our hero thwarts them and saves the day.

Mr. Fix-It

1918

Du Barry Did All Right poster
6.5

A woman living in Paris feels neglected by her husband, so she decides to go to New York City and enjoy herself.

Du Barry Did All Right

1937

The Fourteenth Man poster
8.0

During a quarrel at a Scottish inn, Captain Gordon wounds another officer and flees to New York with detective Jenks on his trail. Once there, he meets Marjory Seaton, an heiress whom her Uncle Tidmarsh is trying to marry to the profligate Winslow, but she is interested in fashionable sportsman Sylvester. One night at a ball, Gordon spies Jenks following him and, in the course of his escape, accepts refuge from a fight promoter named Brooks. At Brooks' request, Gordon substitutes for Sylvester's opponent, burglar Deacon, at a charity bout, and knocks out the real pugilist. Later, during a dinner party at the Tidmarshes', Gordon is mistaken for a lord and, when the real nobleman appears, is denounced as an impostor. A lost film.

The Fourteenth Man

1920

The River Woman poster
9.0

A drama of the underworld of the old Mississippi River

The River Woman

1928

A Sainted Devil poster
8.0

A nobleman seeks to rescue his bride, who has been kidnapped by his former lover and a bandit.

A Sainted Devil

1924

Speed Devils poster
5.3

A race car driver, injured during an accident, opens up a repair shop only to become the target of crooked government agents.

Speed Devils

1935

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7.0

Two criminals hear about a woman who has won a prize in the lottery, and decide to kidnap her to force her to give them the money. Unfortunately, they don't know that the prize she won amounted to $50.

Dumb Luck

1935

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6.2

The government has set up a special agency to stamp out what it considers the number one public menace: the jitterbug. They aren't after the many followers, but the primary perpetrator of the jitterbug, who they've coined "Public Jitterbug No. 1". Hal Sturges is one of several agents working on the case who goes undercover as a dancer in Broadway haunts to find and capture Public Jitterbug No. 1. In his investigation, Hal runs across the beautiful Betty, a seemingly innocent bystander. Hal and Betty fall for each other. However Betty is unaware that Hal is a federal agent, and Hal is unaware that Betty is Public Jitterbug No. 1. Will their roles as agent and public menace number one take priority over their roles of man and woman?

Public Jitterbug No. 1

1938

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7.0

Dave Apollon is a one-man production staff, who puts on a stage show as writer, director, producer, bandleader, art director, and other jobs.

Movie-Mania

1937

Her Own Money poster
10.0

After five years of marriage, Mildred comes to the realization that her husband, Lew, is going nowhere in the real estate business. Mildred, however, has managed to squirrel away two thousand dollars from the household budget -- enough to buy a home. But it turns out that Lew needs just that sum to avoid a financial disaster

Her Own Money

1922

No artwork available
NR

The love-struck couple Mitzi and Hal are expelled from school after a prom, where Hal stayed behind and hid in a closet and was found dressed as a girl.

The Way of All Freshmen

1933

The Man from Painted Post poster
4.8

In order to find out who's behind a cattle rustling operation that's hurting ranchers, a detective for the Cattleman's Protective Association pretends to be a tenderfoot from back east who's just arrived in the area and doesn't know how to ride, rope or shoot.

The Man from Painted Post

1917

See You in Jail poster
7.0

Jerry Marsden, the son of a wealthy man, finds himself in a series of comedic misunderstandings. To prove a point or escape a social obligation, Jerry decides to take the place of his butler, who has been sentenced to a short stay in jail. While incarcerated, Jerry finds the experience surprisingly pleasant, as he receives special treatment and even manages to flirt with the jailer's daughter, Ruth Morrisey (Alice Day). Chaos ensues when his true identity is threatened and he must navigate the complexities of high society while technically being a "prisoner."

See You in Jail

1927

The Tiger's Claw poster
9.0

Jack Holt plays Sam Sandell, an American engineer working in India who rescues a pretty half-caste girl (Aileen Pringle) from a tiger's attack, but is badly wounded himself. The girl, Chameli Brentwood, nurses him back to health and out of gratitude he marries her, ignoring the fact that he has a fiancée, Harriet Halehurst (Eva Novak), back home.

The Tiger's Claw

1923

Hellship Bronson poster
8.0

A ship's captain, believing that his wife has cheated on him, takes their young son and leaves her. he comes back 20 years later. His wife stows away on his ship when he leaves, hoping to see her son, who is aboard. She takes along with her Mary, the daughter of a woman the captain once loved. Complications ensue.

Hellship Bronson

1928

The Skull Murder Mystery poster
5.8

When a skeleton is dug up in an alley, a mysterious Chinese merchant and his eccentric upstairs tenants come under suspicion. The team of Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree study the skull of the victim to solve the murder.

The Skull Murder Mystery

1932

No artwork available
6.5

Musical performances set in a rooftop nightclub in Manhattan.

Roof Tops of Manhattan

1935

Maid for a Day poster
7.5

Real-life mother and son entertainers Grace and Peter Lind Hayes star as a mother and her son. She’s a fading Broadway star working as a maid to prep for a possible comeback role and he’s the offspring who wants to follow in mom’s footsteps.

Maid for a Day

1936

Brewster's Millions poster
6.5

Monte Brewster learns that he has inherited $10 million from his late grandfather, but then learns that he must spend $2 million in less than a year and remain unmarried to inherit the rest of the money.

Brewster's Millions

1921

No artwork available
1.0

Larry Clinton & His Orchestra and two guest vocalists perform a number of songs.

Larry Clinton & His Orchestra with Bea Wain

1939

Don't Call Me Little Girl poster
8.0

Joan Doubleday is a shy spinster, who has been engaged to Monty Wade for 12 years, is secretly adored by Peter Flagg. Her young niece, Jerry, arrives and sets out to capture Monty. On the wedding day, Jerry announces that the grooms have exchanged places and that Peter will marry Joan. A quarrel prevents preparations for the wedding, but Jerry finally convinces Joan that she was meant for Peter.

Don't Call Me Little Girl

1921

Phil Spitalny and His Musical Queens poster
5.3

Phil Spitalny and His All-Girl Orchestra, the females who are all clad in white gowns, perform a few musical numbers cabaret style in front of an appreciative audience. The multi-talented orchestra members not only play musical instruments, but also sing. In one number, one of their own is featured as a tap dancer. In another number, a dueling piano duet is featured.

Phil Spitalny and His Musical Queens

1934

Vaudeville poster
NR

A short film showing off four vaudeville acts from the mid 1930s.

Vaudeville

1934

The Wrong, Wrong Trail poster
NR

A freshly minted private eye is sent to a sanitarium as a gag.

The Wrong, Wrong Trail

1934

The Love Trader poster
8.0

A woman, raised in the most-strict New England atmosphere, marries a stern, God-fearing sea captain and is thrown suddenly into the romantic, colorful and licentious atmosphere of a South Sea island outpost. With her inhibitions and repressed desires what will be her reaction to the charms of the sensuous of the beautiful tropic nights and the call of love?

The Love Trader

1930

The Love Trader poster
8.0

A woman, raised in the most-strict New England atmosphere, marries a stern, God-fearing sea captain and is thrown suddenly into the romantic, colorful and licentious atmosphere of a South Sea island outpost. With her inhibitions and repressed desires what will be her reaction to the charms of the sensuous of the beautiful tropic nights and the call of love?

The Love Trader

1930

No artwork available
NR

A three reel Vitaphone musical short; Vitaphone production reels #1624-1626. Molly Picon's first American film and her talkie debut.

A Little Girl with Big Ideas

1934

Murder in the Pullman poster
7.0

Noted team of detective and criminologist solve the murder of a new bride, in her compartment, on the train on which they are travelling.

Murder in the Pullman

1932

The Broadway Boob poster
7.0

Dan Williams leaves his small hometown in disgrace, and travels to New York City to try his luck on Broadway. He gets a small part in a Broadway show, but his press agent releases a story that he has a big part and is making $3,000 a week. Dan's father, a banker who is facing a run on his bank, hears about Dan's sudden "fortune" and asks him for financial help. Complications ensue.

The Broadway Boob

1926

The Studio Murder Mystery poster
7.5

When the leading lady of a motion picture is murdered in the middle of a scene, Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree are called in to investigate.

The Studio Murder Mystery

1932

No artwork available
8.0

Jack Holt is Robert Pitt, a wealthy young idler who has just returned home to the States from London. While at a restaurant, he notices pretty Molly Creedon (Sigrid Holmquist). He sees that she has a photograph inscribed "with love" and as a joke, he makes a bet with his pals that he will obtain an autographed picture from the girl within 24 hours. But getting the photo is harder than it seemed at first, and he finally asks a burglar to help him out by stealing it.

A Gentleman of Leisure

1923