John Steppling Movies

  • 1924
    The Reckless Age

    The Reckless Age

    The Reckless Age

    51924HD

    Lord Harrowby takes out an $100,000 insurance policy to be paid if his wedding to Cecilia Meyrick is cancelled. The insurance company sends Dick...

    The Reckless Age
  • 1920
    Billions

    Billions

    Billions

    51920HD

    Princess Triloff, an emigrée from Czarist Russia, escapes to America where she becomes a patron of the arts. She falls in love with the verses...

    Billions
  • 1928
    Behind the Counter

    Behind the Counter

    Behind the Counter

    71928HD

    Eddie, a prim store salesman, gets locked in overnight and battles hoodlums.

    Behind the Counter
  • 1924
    The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

    The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

    The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

    01924HD

    A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

    The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
  • 1917
    A Bathtub Bandit

    A Bathtub Bandit

    A Bathtub Bandit

    51917HD

    Bathtub movers on the job.

    A Bathtub Bandit
  • 1921
    The Silver Car

    The Silver Car

    The Silver Car

    01921HD

    After serving in the Great War, international crook Anthony Trent resolves to go straight. He wants to track down the English private who saved his...

    The Silver Car
  • 1925
    California Straight Ahead

    California Straight Ahead

    California Straight Ahead

    71925HD

    Wealthy racing driver Tom Hayden loses his inheritance and his fiancé due to a wacky mishap on his wedding day.

    California Straight Ahead
  • 1925
    Eve's Lover

    Eve's Lover

    Eve's Lover

    01925HD

    Austin Starfield has his greedy eye on a steel mill belonging to Eve Burnside. He persuades an impoverished count, Leon Molnar to marry Eve so he can...

    Eve's Lover
  • 1925
    Soft Shoes

    Soft Shoes

    Soft Shoes

    71925HD

    Sheriff Pat Halahan comes into an inheritance and travels to San Francisco to collect. Faith O’Day, a cat burglar armed with pistol and...

    Soft Shoes
  • 1924
    The Fast Worker

    The Fast Worker

    The Fast Worker

    01924HD

    Roxbury asks his friend Terry to assume his identity and go on vacation with his wife, Edith, and their daughter. When Terry falls in love with...

    The Fast Worker
  • 1915
    Pretenses

    Pretenses

    Pretenses

    01915HD

    Short comedy about a janitor at a bank that pretends to be a director in order to impress a girl.

    Pretenses
  • 1920
    The Heart of a Child

    The Heart of a Child

    The Heart of a Child

    01920HD

    A poverty-stricken Cockney girl rises through incredible adventures to become the wife of a nobleman.

    The Heart of a Child
  • 1921
    Black Beauty

    Black Beauty

    Black Beauty

    01921HD

    Anna Sewell's "autobiography" of a horse named Black Beauty is here expanded to include the adventures of the humans who surround the horse.

    Black Beauty
  • 1920
    Madame Peacock

    Madame Peacock

    Madame Peacock

    01920HD

    Jane Goring, a ruthlessly ambitious actress, forsakes her life as a wife and mother for the stage. Returning home from a performance one night, Jane...

    Madame Peacock
  • 1918
    A Lady's Name

    A Lady's Name

    A Lady's Name

    01918HD

    Bright young novelist Mabel Vere is engaged to Gerald Wantage, a prig who angrily objects when she advertises for a husband in order to elicit ideas...

    A Lady's Name
  • 1913
    Billy McGrath on Broadway

    Billy McGrath on Broadway

    Billy McGrath on Broadway

    51913HD

    John Steppling is Billy McGrath in this popular series directed by Archer McMackin, of which this is the only existing example. Billy wants to be a...

    Billy McGrath on Broadway
  • 1917
    The Promise

    The Promise

    The Promise

    01917HD

    After an argument with his father, in which he is accused of stealing, Bill Carmody leaves home. His girlfriend Ethel is mad at him because of his...

    The Promise
  • 1926
    The Better Man

    The Better Man

    The Better Man

    01926HD

    Lord Hugh Wainwright is a Britisher who, on his way to his California ranch, rescues pretty American Nancy Burton from a brutal peddler. Interested...

    The Better Man
  • 1923
    The Man Next Door

    The Man Next Door

    The Man Next Door

    01923HD

    The story to this comedy-drama is based on the book by Emerson Hough, who was experiencing a surge of popularity because his book The Covered Wagon...

    The Man Next Door
  • 1923
    What a Wife Learned

    What a Wife Learned

    What a Wife Learned

    01923HD

    A novelist's success causes a rift between her and her rancher husband.

    What a Wife Learned