Edwin R. Phillips

Edwin R. Phillips

Born: January 1, 1872
Died: August 30, 1915
in Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Movies for Edwin R. Phillips...

The Skull
Title: The Skull
Character: The Robber's Accomplice
Released: May 2, 1913
Type: Movie
Just as the bead clerk and his assistants are closing up the jewelry store for the day, a package containing a very costly necklace arrives by special messenger. The large safe deposit vault has been closed for the night and the time clock set. The head clerk is fearful to leave the necklace in the store and so decides to take it home. His actions have been closely watched by one of the junior clerks, with sinister and stealthy glances.
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Beau Brummel
Title: Beau Brummel
Character: Lord Ballarat (as E.R. Phillips)
Released: February 19, 1913
Type: Movie
In the early part of the Nineteenth Century, Beau Brummell was the most talked-of person in all the world, the extreme of fashion, the personification of elegance and the most pretentious individual imaginable.
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She Cried
Title: She Cried
Character: Red Grogan
Released: October 2, 1912
Type: Movie
A short comic film about a woman who cannot get the hang of her work in a cardboard factory.
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The Bond of Music
Title: The Bond of Music
Character: A German Infantry Officer
Released: August 30, 1912
Type: Movie
Short anti-war film in which a French musician turns out to be a German spy.
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The Black Sheep
Title: The Black Sheep
Character: Jack Moreland - the Black Sheep
Released: July 19, 1912
Type: Movie
You would think that the death of his wife through his dissipation and neglect would have brought Jack Moreland to his senses. Instead he is more dissipated, and deserts his child, Clara, who is taken by her uncle, Harold Moreland, and brought up in ignorance of her father's existence.
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An Eventful Elopement
Title: An Eventful Elopement
Character: The Detective
Released: June 1, 1912
Type: Movie
Emphatically opposed to Jack Moss, old Mr. McGillicuddy puts the ban on his marriage to his daughter Dolly. The old gentleman is adamant to the appeals of the young lovers and interposes his interference on every occasion, when they get together. McGillicuddy is seized with an attack of the gout, which handicaps him, and it is then Jack arranges with Dolly to elope.
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The Hieroglyphic
Title: The Hieroglyphic
Character: Jack Smart
Released: May 4, 1912
Type: Movie
Peter Barton leaves his wealth to his niece, Mary, disinheriting his dissipated son, Edgar, who steals the will. Jack Smart, a rascal, an associate of Edgar's, keeps close watch upon him. At the point of a revolver he compels Edgar to surrender the will to him. Mary, the niece, is obliged to go to work, takes a position as a reporter, and meets Tom Swayne, who falls in love with her. Tom sees Jack Smart in a restaurant, and after the villain leaves, Tom picks up a menu card, upon which Smart has written some hieroglyphics. Mary shows him an envelope which she picked up in her uncle's room, where Smart took the will from Edgar, after he had stolen it. Tom compares it and the hieroglyphics on it with those on the menu card. They are the same.
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His Father's Son
Title: His Father's Son
Character: Dick's Father
Released: April 10, 1912
Type: Movie
His Father's Son is a 1912 drama
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Lulu's Anarchist
Title: Lulu's Anarchist
Character: Max Morinsky - a Quick-Change Artist
Released: March 4, 1912
Type: Movie
Lulu Leach is a reader of dime novels. One day she is reading a terrifying tale of anarchists. A foreign-looking man enters the office and asks to see her employer, who is out. He hands her a card and strangely enough bears the same name as the anarchist in her novel. She at once imagines him a nihilist. He is joined by a friend and together they look at the next office and rent it from Pearson, Lulu's employer. When they are gone, Lulu warns her boss, but he only laughs at her. It happens that Lulu's employer goes away for a day or two and leaves the office in her charge. This is her chance.
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A Quaker Mother
Title: A Quaker Mother
Character: Tom Lester
Released: June 27, 1911
Type: Movie
Mrs. Pearson is a little different from most mothers, at least in her general appearance, for she has that sweetness and calmness of disposition, which is characteristic of the Quakeress. Lois, her only child, does not inherit her mother's sedate and quiet temperament, apparently she is no different from other girls, quite natural, and does not object to the attentions paid her by John Harmon, who is very much in love with her.
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When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
Title: When a Man’s Married His Trouble Begins
Character: A Reporter
Released: May 16, 1911
Type: Movie
Jack Howard, through hard work, has at last placed himself in a comfortable position and finds himself with his dear little wife, Mabel, located in a little apartment with all the comforts of home. He is now ready to enjoy married life; the strain has been too great, however, and he is almost on the verge of nervous prostration, sick and irritable. Mabel tries to cheer and comfort him; she waits on him and is a truly good and faithful wife, very much concerned about her hubby. She insists he must take a vacation.
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The League of Mercy
Title: The League of Mercy
Character: Martin
Released: February 10, 1911
Type: Movie
Helen, an heiress and the ward of Martin Talbot, is interested in charity and rescue work; she is vice president of the League of Mercy. Talbot's son makes love to her and her riches. In her visitations among the sick and poor she finds a young girl with a child. She takes the young mother to her home, aid and comforts her; tries to restore her to health. While she is thus engaged young Talbot, to whom she becomes affianced, enters. The young mother recognizes him as the father of her child. Helen gives back her engagement ring, denounces him and orders him from her home. The sick woman falls back dead. Helen adopts the child and brings it up as a member of her own household.
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In Northern Forests
Title: In Northern Forests
Released: January 1, 1911
Type: Movie
A story of escape and manhunt in the Canadian forests.
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Napoleon, the Man of Destiny
Title: Napoleon, the Man of Destiny
Released: January 2, 1909
Type: Movie
Part two of Blackton's "The Life of Napoleon". After Waterloo, Napoleon reminisces. His triumphs are seen in flashback. The film ends with the exiled Napoleon overlooking the beach of St. Helena.