Around 600 American feature films,Pierce, David (2013) The Survival of American Silent Feature Films, 1912-1929 ISBN 978-1-932326-39-0 p18 Fig. 9 and over 5,630 short filmsSinger, Ben (2004) Fig 4.2 "Feature Films, Variety Programs, and the Crisis of the Small Distributor" in American Cinema's Transitional Era University of California Press p78 were released in the year 1915.Feature Releases Motion Picture News (1915) v12 #13:78–92 (partial)
A–F Title Director Cast Genre Studio The Absentee Christy Cabanne Robert Edeson, Olga Grey Drama Mutual Film After Dark Frederick A. Thomson Alec B. Francis, Eric Maxon Crime World FilmAfter Five Cecil B. DeMille Edward Abeles, Sessue Hayakawa Comedy Paramount Alias Jimmy Valentine Maurice Tourneur Robert Warwick, Alec B. Francis Crime World Film The Alster Case J. Charles Haydon Bryant Washburn, Ruth Stonehouse Mystery Essanay Always in the Way J. Searle Dawley Mary Miles Minter, Lowell Sherman Drama Metro An Affair of Three Nations Ashley Miller Arnold Daly, Sheldon Lewis Mystery Pathé ExchangeAnna KareninaJ. Gordon Edwards Betty Nansen and Edward JoséHistorical drama Fox Film Anselo Lee Harry Handworth Antonio Moreno, Naomi Childers Drama Vitagraph The Apaches of Paris Robert Ellis Edna Hibbard, Robert Ellis Drama KalemThe Arab Cecil B. DeMille Edgar Selwyn, Horace B. Carpenter Adventure Paramount Are You a Mason? Thomas N. Heffron John Barrymore, Helen Freeman Comedy Paramount Armstrong's Wife George Melford Edna Goodrich, Thomas Meighan, James Cruze Drama Paramount At Bay George Fitzmaurice Florence Reed, Frank Sheridan Drama Pathé Exchange Barbara Frietchie Herbert Blaché Mary Miles Minter, Fraunie Fraunholz Drama Metro The Barnstormers James W. Horne Myrtle Tannehill, Marin Sais Comedy Kalem The Battle Cry of Peace Wilfrid North, J. Stuart Blackton Charles Richman, Norma Talmadge, Charles Kent War drama VitagraphThe Beachcomber Phil Rosen Hobart Bosworth Drama Paramount Bella Donna Edwin S. Porter, Hugh Ford Pauline Frederick, Thomas Holding, Julian L'Estrange Drama Paramount The Beloved Vagabond Edward José Edwin Arden, Florence Deshon Romance Pathé Exchange Betty in Search of a Thrill Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber Elsie Janis, Owen Moore, Juanita Hansen Adventure Paramount Between Men William S. Hart William S. Hart, Enid Markey, House Peters Drama Triangle Film The Bigger Man John W. Noble Henry Kolker, Renee Kelly Drama Fox FilmThe Birth of a NationD. W. Griffith Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall Epic Independent Black Fear John W. Noble Grace Valentine, Franklyn Hanna Drama Metro A Black Sheep Thomas N. Heffron Otis Harlan, Grace Darmond Comedy Selig Blackbirds J. P. McGowan Laura Hope Crews, Thomas Meighan, Raymond Hatton Drama Paramount Blindness of Devotion J. Gordon Edwards Robert B. Mantell, Stuart Holmes Drama Fox Film The Blindness of Virtue Joseph Byron Totten Bryant Washburn, Edna Mayo Drama Essanay Body and Soul George Irving Florence Rockwell, George Irving Drama World Film The Boss Emile Chautard Holbrook Blinn, Alice Brady Drama World Film The Broken Law Oscar Apfel William Farnum, Dorothy Bernard Drama Fox FilmBuckshot John Hobart Bosworth Courtenay Foote, Herbert Standing Western Paramount Business Is Business Otis Turner Nat C. Goodwin, Jack Nelson, Maude George Drama Universal A Butterfly on the Wheel Maurice Tourneur Holbrook Blinn, Vivian Martin Drama World Film The Buzzard's Shadow Thomas Ricketts Harold Lockwood, May Allison Drama Mutual Film Camille Albert Capellani Clara Kimball Young, Paul Capellani Drama World Film The Caprices of Kitty Phillips Smalley Elsie Janis, Courtenay Foote, Herbert Standing Comedy Paramount Captain Courtesy Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber Dustin Farnum, Courtenay Foote, Winifred Kingston Drama ParamountThe Captive Cecil B. DeMille Blanche Sweet, House Peters Historical ParamountCarmen Cecil B. DeMille Geraldine Farrar, Wallace Reid Adventure ParamountCarmen Raoul Walsh Theda Bara Adventure Fox Film The Carpet from Bagdad Colin Campbell Kathlyn Williams, Wheeler Oakman, Guy Oliver Adventure Selig The Case of Becky Frank Reicher Blanche Sweet, Theodore Roberts, Carlyle Blackwell Drama Paramount The Caveman Theodore Marston Robert Edeson, Charles Eldridge Comedy Vitagraph The Celebrated Scandal J. Gordon Edwards Betty Nansen, Edward José, Stuart Holmes Drama Fox Film The Chalice of Courage Rollin S. Sturgeon Myrtle Gonzalez, Otto Lederer Drama VitagraphThe Cheat Cecil B. DeMille Fannie Ward, Sessue Hayakawa Drama Paramount Children of the Ghetto Frank Powell Wilton Lackaye, Ruby Hoffman Drama Fox FilmChimmie Fadden Cecil B. DeMille Victor Moore, Raymond Hatton Comedy western ParamountChimmie Fadden Out West Cecil B. DeMille Victor Moore, Raymond Hatton Comedy, Western ParamountThe Chorus Lady Frank Reicher Cleo Ridgely, Marjorie Daw Comedy ParamountChristmas Memories Robert Z. Leonard Ella Hall, Marc B. Robbins Drama Universal The Circular Staircase Edward LeSaint Eugenie Besserer, Guy Oliver, Stella Razeto Mystery Selig The Clemenceau Case Herbert Brenon Theda Bara, Stuart Holmes Drama Fox Film The Closing Net Edward José Howard Estabrook, Madlaine Traverse Crime Pathé Exchange The Clue Frank Reicher Blanche Sweet, Sessue Hayakawa Drama Paramount Cohen's Luck John H. Collins William Wadsworth, Viola Dana Comedy Edison The College Orphan William C. Dowlan Carter DeHaven, Flora Parker DeHaven Comedy Universal Colorado Norval MacGregor Hobart Bosworth, Anna Lehr Western Universal The Commanding Officer Allan Dwan Alice Dovey, Donald Crisp, Marshall Neilan Drama ParamountThe Commuters George Fitzmaurice Irene Fenwick, Charles Judels Comedy Edison Comrade John Bertram Bracken Ruth Roland, Lew Cody Drama Pathé Exchange Conscience Stuart Paton William Welsh, Frances Nelson Drama Universal Cora Edwin Carewe Emily Stevens, Frank Elliott Drama Metro Coral Henry MacRae Marie Walcamp, Wellington A. Playter Drama Universal The Country Boy Frederick A. Thomson Marshall Neilan, Loyola O'Connor Comedy Paramount Courtmartialed Stuart Paton Hobart Henley, Frances Nelson Drama Universal The Coward Reginald Barker Charles Ray, Frank Keenan, Gertrude Claire Historical Triangle Film The Cowardly Way John Ince Florence Reed, Ferdinand Tidmarsh Drama World Film The Cowboy and the Lady Edwin Carewe Gertrude Short, Helen Case Western Metro The Crimson Wing E.H. Calvert Ruth Stonehouse, Beverly Bayne War Essanay Crooky C.J. Williams Anna Laughlin, Harry T. Morey Comedy Vitagraph Cross Currents Francis J. Grandon Helen Ware, Courtenay Foote Drama Triangle Film The Crown Prince's Double Van Dyke Brooke Maurice Costello, Norma Talmadge Drama Vitagraph The Cub Maurice Tourneur Johnny Hines, Martha Hedman Comedy World Film The Cup of Life Thomas H. Ince Bessie Barriscale, Enid Markey, Charles Ray Drama Mutual Film The Dancing Girl Allan Dwan Florence Reed, Fuller Mellish Drama Paramount The Darkening Trail William S. Hart William S. Hart, Enid Markey Drama Mutual Film A Daughter of the City E.H. Calvert Marguerite Clayton, E.H. Calvert Drama EssanayDavid Harum Allan Dwan William H. Crane, May Allison Romantic comedy Paramount The Dawn of a Tomorrow James Kirkwood Sr. Mary Pickford, David Powell Drama Paramount The Deep Purple James Young Clara Kimball Young, Milton Sills Drama World Film The Despoiler Reginald Barker Frank Keenan, Enid Markey, Charles K. French War Triangle Film Destiny Edwin Carewe Emily Stevens, Fred Stone Drama Metro The Destroying Angel Richard Ridgely Mabel Trunnelle, Marc McDermott Drama Edison Destruction Will S. Davis Theda Bara, Warner Oland Drama Fox Film The Devil's Daughter Frank Powell Theda Bara, Jane Lee Drama Fox Film The Dictator Edwin S. Porter John Barrymore, Ruby Hoffman Comedy Paramount The Disciple William S. Hart William S. Hart, Dorothy Dalton Western Triangle Film Don Quixote Edward Dillon DeWolf Hopper Sr., Fay Tincher Drama Triangle FilmDouble Trouble Christy Cabanne Douglas Fairbanks, Margery Wilson Comedy Triangle Film Dr. Rameau Will S. Davis Stuart Holmes, Dorothy Bernard Drama Fox Film The Dust of Egypt George D. Baker Antonio Moreno, Edith Storey Comedy Vitagraph The Earl of Pawtucket Harry Myers Lawrence D'Orsay, Rosemary Theby Comedy Universal The Edge of the Abyss Walter Edwards Mary Boland, Robert McKim Drama Triangle Film Emmy of Stork's Nest William Nigh Mary Miles Minter, Niles Welch Drama Metro An Enemy to Society Edgar Jones Lois Meredith, Henry Bergman Drama MetroEnoch Arden Christy Cabanne Alfred Paget, Lillian Gish Drama Mutual Film The Eternal City Edwin S. Porter, Hugh Ford Pauline Frederick, Thomas Holding Drama Paramount The Explorer George Melford Lou Tellegen, Tom Forman, Dorothy Davenport Adventure Paramount An Eye for an Eye William Desmond Taylor Neva Gerber, William Desmond Taylor Drama Pathé Exchange The Face in the Moonlight Albert Capellani Robert Warwick, Montagu Love Drama World Film The Fairy and the Waif George Irving Mary Miles Minter, Percy Helton Drama World Film The Family Cupboard Frank Hall Crane Holbrook Blinn, Frances Nelson Drama World Film The Family Stain Will S. Davis Mayme Kelso, Walter Miller Mystery Fox Film Fanchon, the Cricket James Kirkwood Mary Pickford, Jack Standing, Lottie Pickford Drama Paramount The Fatal Card James Kirkwood John B. Mason, Hazel Dawn Drama Paramount Father and the Boys Joseph De Grasse Digby Bell, Louise Lovely, Lon Chaney Comedy Universal Fatherhood Hobart Bosworth Hobart Bosworth, Jack Hoxie Western Universal Fighting Bob John W. Noble Orrin Johnson, Olive Wyndham Drama Metro The Fighting Hope George Melford George Gebhardt, Laura Hope Crews Drama Paramount The Final Judgment Edwin Carewe Ethel Barrymore, Mahlon Hamilton Drama Metro The Flaming Sword Edwin Middleton Lionel Barrymore, Jane Grey Drama Metro The Flash of an Emerald Albert Capellani Robert Warwick, Julia Stuart Drama World FilmA Fool There Was Frank Powell Theda Bara, Edward Jose Drama Fox Film The Foundling Alan Dwan Mary Pickford, Edward Martindel Drama ParamountFour Feathers J. Searle Dawley Edgar L. Davenport, Fuller Mellish Drama Metro The Frame-Up Otis Turner George Fawcett, Maude George Drama Universal From the Valley of the Missing Frank Powell Vivian Tobin, William Bailey Crime Fox Film
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