George Lessey Movies

Two brothers are separated after the death of their father. One grows up to be a politician, while the other gets involved in corruption.

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

Hired actors posing as Russian royalty complicate a social-climbing mother's efforts to fix up her son with the daughter of a wealthy Texas rancher.

Lieutenant John Miller, U.S.A., receives a note from his southern sweetheart chiding him for not getting through the enemy's lines to visit her. His...

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

20 two reels episodic dramatic serial now lost. (1) Liquor and the Law (1915); (2) The Tenement House Evil (1915); (3) The Traction Grab (1915); (4)...

After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find...

John Manley one day learns to his great sorrow that Caroline Hastings, whom he was going to ask to be his wife, is already betrothed to another.

Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves...

A short comedy about the romance between Margaret and John. At a masked ball at the home of John's mother, Margaret is suspected of stealing...

This silent mystery is considered a lost film.

Thanhouser's version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

After graduating from Harvard University, Peter Siner returns to his small Tennessee hometown, where he hopes to start a school for black children.

A troubled youth is offered the opportunity to serve as a Senate page in Washington, DC.

Madame Vavin dies alone in a small French village without knowledge of her second marriage in England known to anyone. Consequentially her first...

A socially-minded drama about a doctor who keeps his fiancée waiting at their engagement party, because a sick child needs help.

Part of MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series, this short film focuses on crimes revolving around pension scams.

A naive young man raised poor in a small town, comes to New York City to make his fortune. Overwhelmed by the city's hustle and bustle, and entranced...

A random passer-by is invited to a bachelor party of rich men where he tells a tale of loss to those present.