Evelyn Selbie

Evelyn Selbie

Born: July 6, 1871
Died: December 7, 1950
in Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Movies for Evelyn Selbie...

Seven Sinners
Title: Seven Sinners
Character: Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
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Diamond Frontier
Title: Diamond Frontier
Character: Julia Bloem
Released: September 30, 1940
Type: Movie
Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.
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You're Not So Tough
Title: You're Not So Tough
Character: Bianca
Released: July 26, 1940
Type: Movie
The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick buck. The idea of working never enters their minds until Halop is egged on by Grey to show his capabilities. Before long, he and Hall are working on the ranch of Galli, an elderly Italian woman who treats her workers like human beings instead of animals. Galli's son disappeared as an infant, and Halop tries to convince her that he is that long lost son, thus possibly sharing in her wealth. Galli is such a good person that Halop is soon motivated by respect instead of greed, so he devises a plan to help her when truckers and a labor organization band together to keep her crops from making it to market.
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Winners of the West
Title: Winners of the West
Character: Jennie
Released: July 2, 1940
Type: Movie
Beyond Hell's Gate Pass is territory controlled by a man who calls himself King Carter; he uses a variety of schemes to prevent the railroad from being built, for fear it will finish his control of (what he considers) his land.
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Tower of London
Title: Tower of London
Character: Beggar Woman
Released: November 17, 1939
Type: Movie
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.
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The Great Commandment
Title: The Great Commandment
Character: Townswoman
Released: October 2, 1939
Type: Movie
Portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good Samaritan.
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Rough Riders' Round-up
Title: Rough Riders' Round-up
Character: Mexican Fortune-Teller
Released: March 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a local saloon. Determined to get revenge at any cost, Roy and Rusty cross the border in search of Arizona Jack, the man responsible for Tommy's death.
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Girls Can Play
Title: Girls Can Play
Character: Restaurant Fortune Teller
Released: June 23, 1937
Type: Movie
The Hollywood Post's sports writer, Jimmy Jones (Charles Quigley), yearns to be a crime reporter, and thus looks for foul play on even the most routine assignments. In writing a piece about a girl's softball team, Jimmy discovers that their sponsor, Foy Harris (John Gallaudet), is a notorious racketeer who has supposedly gone straight. Jimmy suspects Foy is still up to no good. He begins hanging around the team to do a bit of snooping, and also to be near the cute new pitcher, Ann Casey (Jacqueline Wells).
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The Grand Bounce
Title: The Grand Bounce
Character: Child's Mother (uncredited)
Released: May 22, 1937
Type: Movie
A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check was written on Friday afternoon, but cannot be cashed before the following Tuesday. The check is used to pay several debts until...
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Seventh Heaven
Title: Seventh Heaven
Character: Old Slattern (uncredited)
Released: March 25, 1937
Type: Movie
A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.
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The Devil-Doll
Title: The Devil-Doll
Character: Flower Woman (uncredited)
Released: July 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When the scientist dies during the escape, Lavond heads for his lab, using the shrinking technology to get even with those who framed him and vindicate himself in both the public eye and the eyes of his daughter, Lorraine. When an accident leaves a crazed assistant dead, however, Lavond must again make an escape.
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Paddy O'Day
Title: Paddy O'Day
Character: Immigrant Woman
Released: January 17, 1936
Type: Movie
A wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to an orphaned Irish child who has arrived illegally in New York.
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A Night at the Opera
Title: A Night at the Opera
Character: Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1935
Type: Movie
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
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A Night at the Opera
Title: A Night at the Opera
Character: The Fortune Teller in 'Trovatore' (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1935
Type: Movie
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
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A Notorious Gentleman
Title: A Notorious Gentleman
Released: January 21, 1935
Type: Movie
A lawyer sets out to commit the perfect murder.
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I'll Tell the World
Title: I'll Tell the World
Character: Gypsy Fortune Teller
Released: April 20, 1934
Type: Movie
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.
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Smoky
Title: Smoky
Character: Junkman's Wife
Released: December 8, 1933
Type: Movie
Rodeo star forms a strong bond with the noble horse he took from the wilds and trained. Unfortunately, they end up on different life paths and are separated. When at last they are reunited, the cowboy is appalled to discover that Smoky has become a broken down cart horse with an appointment at the local abattoir. Fortunately the cowboy intervenes and saves the horse from death
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Night Flight
Title: Night Flight
Character: Mother in Window (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1933
Type: Movie
Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.
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Faithless
Title: Faithless
Character: Hungry Woman in Bread Line
Released: October 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.
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The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Title: The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Character: Fai Lu
Released: May 2, 1930
Type: Movie
The sinister Dr. Fu Manchu returns to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.
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Dangerous Paradise
Title: Dangerous Paradise
Character: Mrs. Zangiacomo
Released: February 13, 1930
Type: Movie
Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms...
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Love Comes Along
Title: Love Comes Along
Character: Bianca
Released: January 5, 1930
Type: Movie
An American sailor comes to a seedy banana republic, and finds a fellow yank, a stranded girl, as a saloon singer. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding about her feelings toward the local dictator threatens their happiness.
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The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
Title: The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
Character: Fai Lu
Released: August 10, 1929
Type: Movie
A Chinese doctor vows revenge against the allied troops who killed his wife and child during the Boxer Rebellion.
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Eternal Love
Title: Eternal Love
Character: la mère de Pia
Released: May 11, 1929
Type: Movie
In the Swiss Alps of the early 19th century, a couple forced into loveless marriages struggle to find happiness with one another.
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In Old Arizona
Title: In Old Arizona
Character: Gypsy (Uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1928
Type: Movie
Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot on Tonia, the woman he loves, not realizing that she is being unfaithful to him in his absence. Soon, with her oblivious paramour off plying his trade, Tonia falls in with Dunn, drawn by the allure of a substantial reward for the Kid's capture -- dead or alive. Together, they concoct a plan to ambush and do away with the Cisco Kid once and for all.
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Freedom of the Press
Title: Freedom of the Press
Character: Italian Mother
Released: October 28, 1928
Type: Movie
When a newspaper owner is murdered, his son takes over his crusade against a corrupt politician with criminal associations.
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Cleopatra
Title: Cleopatra
Released: July 7, 1928
Type: Movie
An early retelling of Cleopatra’s story.
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Wild Geese
Title: Wild Geese
Character: Mrs. Klovatz
Released: November 15, 1927
Type: Movie
Silent romantic melodrama about a wife and mother who is desperate to keep a secret from the past IN the past, despite her husband's intentions to reveal it.
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Camille
Title: Camille
Character: Camille's Mother
Released: September 4, 1927
Type: Movie
Based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
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Wings
Title: Wings
Character: Dressing Room Attendant (uncredited)
Released: August 12, 1927
Type: Movie
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.
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The American
Title: The American
Character: Mrs. Williams
Released: January 1, 1927
Type: Movie
Seref, who returns to his country after many years in America, as a dollar billionaire with a cowboy hat on his head, and with his Dallas-type boots has an interesting past: Twenty years ago he has lost his sweetheart Melek to his closest friend, and furthermore, has been put in prison. He found a way to escape from prison, going to America, the country of dreams. Here, he has become a businessman with boundless wealth, known as Seref The Turk. When he returns to his country as an American, even though he has some commercial aims in mind, his real desire is to take revenge. He will settle accounts with the friend who stabbed him in the back many years ago, and with Melek who is betrayed him. However, when he sets foot in Turkey with yearning, he meets 'Small America' in chaos. On top of that, while looking for Melek, he finds himself in the middle of a funny and exciting adventure where sexuality and violence mingle.
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The Country Beyond
Title: The Country Beyond
Character: Martha Leseur
Released: October 17, 1926
Type: Movie
In the Canadian mountains an orphan girl, Valencia, is left in the care of the abusive Hawkins family. A fugitive outlaw, Roger McKay, stumbles onto the property and immediately falls in love with Valencia. When Mr. Hawkins is killed by his long-suffering spouse, Roger assumes that Valencia committed the murder and confesses to the crime to protect her.
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Into Her Kingdom
Title: Into Her Kingdom
Character: Stepan's Mother
Released: August 8, 1926
Type: Movie
In Czarist Russia, a young peasant boy is sent to Siberia for insulting the Grand Duchess. Released years later, he joins the fighting to overthrow the royal family. The entire royal family is condemned to death when fighting ceases.
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Silken Shackles
Title: Silken Shackles
Released: May 13, 1926
Type: Movie
The wife of an American diplomat falls in love with a young Hungarian violinist.
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The Test of Donald Norton
Title: The Test of Donald Norton
Character: Nee-tah-wee-gan
Released: March 1, 1926
Type: Movie
In the frozen north, a husky but not over-bright half-breed Indian seeks the identity of his white father. Any child in the audience could have told him this – despite the fact that the hissable hypocrite is actually presented as a man of character.
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A Cafe in Cairo
Title: A Cafe in Cairo
Character: Batooka
Released: December 7, 1924
Type: Movie
When her British parents are killed when an Arabian desert bandit launches an attack on their encampment, their young daughter is spared and brought up as an Arab known as Nadia. The bandit who killed Nadia's parents wishes to marry her. She is ordered to steal some documents from a British secret service agent. Lost film.
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Mademoiselle Midnight
Title: Mademoiselle Midnight
Character: Chiquita
Released: April 14, 1924
Type: Movie
Renée (Mae Murray) is the heiress of a Mexican ranch, granddaughter of a woman known for her recklessness and frivolity at night. This first "Mademoiselle Midnight" is banished in the opening scene by Napoleon III at Empress Eugenie's insistence to Mexico. Renee is kept locked at the hacienda at night by her father to prevent her following in her grandmother's wayward footsteps. She falls in love with a visiting American (Monte Blue) but is also pursued by the craven outlaw Manuel Corrales. Miss Murray gets to do some of her trademark dancing, but this one isn't a comedy, despite comic relief provided by Johnny Arthur.
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Name the Man
Title: Name the Man
Character: Lisa Collister
Released: January 27, 1924
Type: Movie
Victor Stowell, son of the deemster of the Isle of Man, is engaged to Fenella Stanley. He becomes involved in an intrigue with local girl Bessie Collister, becomes the deemster on his father's death, and is forced to try Bessie for killing her illegitimate child.
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The Broken Wing
Title: The Broken Wing
Character: Quichita
Released: December 19, 1923
Type: Movie
An American pilot flying in Mexico crash-lands on a ranch, and is nursed back to health by the daughter of the ranch's owner. Unbeknownst to the pilot--who has lost his memory because of the crash--the girl has been praying for a husband, and believes that God has answered her prayers by sending him this handsome pilot. However, a local guerrilla leader has also had designs on the daughter, and comes up with a plan to get rid of his competition, make some money and win the girl in the bargain.
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Snowdrift
Title: Snowdrift
Character: Wananebish (prologue)
Released: April 22, 1923
Type: Movie
A Northwest melodrama about a mining engineer who loses his money gambling in the Yukon.
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The Tiger's Claw
Title: The Tiger's Claw
Character: Azun
Released: April 22, 1923
Type: Movie
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.
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Omar the Tentmaker
Title: Omar the Tentmaker
Character: Zarah
Released: December 22, 1922
Type: Movie
About Omar Khayyam of Persia, the poet and mathematician, who wrote the Iranian first solar calendar circa A.D. 1073. His fiancé was forced to marry the shah, but she eventually escaped and, with help of grand Vazir, joined Omar Khayyam. Hollywood made a film based on the same story with Connell Wilde, the life and adventures of Omar Khayyam.
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The Half Breed
Title: The Half Breed
Character: Mary
Released: May 31, 1922
Type: Movie
Delmar Spavinaw, an educated "half-breed," loves Evelyn Huntington, daughter of a racist judge. Evelyn's other suitor is Ross Kennion, a widower with one child, and owner of a vast tract of land which Spavinaw insists belongs to his Indian mother. Spavinaw seeks revenge when Judge Huntington decides to evict the squaw. Assisted by Juan Del Rey, a cattle rustler, Spavinaw steals the title to the land, wounds Kennion, stages a raid on the judge's cattle, and attempts to kidnap Kennion's son and Evelyn. The arrival of the sheriff forces him into flight across the border without his hostages. En route he meets Doll Pardeau, a school friend of Evelyn's, and together they ride for the Mexican border. Caught between a cattle stampede and a sheriff's posse, the couple catch a passing freight train, leaving calamity behind as the train slowly passes.
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Without Benefit of Clergy
Title: Without Benefit of Clergy
Character: Ameera's mother
Released: June 19, 1921
Type: Movie
A British engineer in India takes a simple native girl as his bride, an act which defies social strictures and leads to tragedy.
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The Broken Gate
Title: The Broken Gate
Character: Julia Delafield
Released: December 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Aurora Lane (Bessie Barriscale) lives in a small town loaded with small-minded residents. She had an illegitimate child and with the earnings from her millinery shop, she has sent him away to be educated. When Don, her son (Arnold Gregg), returns from college, he finds he has to defend his mother constantly. He is accused of murdering a man who made a snide remark about Aurora and is put on trial.
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The Devil to Pay
Title: The Devil to Pay
Character: Mrs. Roan
Released: November 28, 1920
Type: Movie
Small town politician and banker Brent Warren is responsible for a murder, but only George Roan is sent to the gallows for it. Roan, however, is resuscitated after he is hung and proceeds to secretly haunt Warren's life. District attorney Cullen Grant is sure that Warren was behind the killing and has him arrested. Warren's fiancee, Dare Keeling, also happens to the Grant's ex-sweetheart, and she believes in his innocence. Her brother, Larry, however, isn't so sure and he goes to work as Warren's secretary.
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Seeds of Vengeance
Title: Seeds of Vengeance
Character: Martha Ryerson
Released: August 19, 1920
Type: Movie
In the mountains of West Virginia, Alderson Cree is mortally wounded in an ambush by Kip Ryerson, after Kip's wife, Martha, seeks refuge at the Crees's home for herself and her stepdaughter, Eileen. Cree makes his young son, David, promise to avenge his death once he has grown into manhood. As David Cree runs for help, Alderson recants and instructs Martha Ryerson to release his son from his promise. However, to eliminate her brutal spouse, Martha Ryerson remains silent, and George Hedrick, the local storekeeper, leads a crowd to drive Kip out of town. Hedrick later announces Kip's death, relieving David of his obligation to his father. Years pass, and David, now an adult, is engaged to Mary Reddin. When Kip Ryerson returns to town, David's mother demands that he keep his promise to avenge his father.
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The Red Glove
Title: The Red Glove
Character: Tiajuana
Released: March 17, 1919
Type: Movie
On the American frontier in the last decades of the 19th century, Billie is a female cowboy who fights a series of bad men in this film serial.
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The Two-Soul Woman
Title: The Two-Soul Woman
Character: Leah
Released: May 6, 1918
Type: Movie
Two men, one of them a villainous hypnotist, contend for the same woman, unaware that she suffers from dual personality disorder.
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The Grand Passion
Title: The Grand Passion
Character: Boston Kate
Released: January 28, 1918
Type: Movie
Dick Evans is the corrupt boss of a rough-and-tumble munitions town called Powderville. He hires his friend, Jack Ripley, to establish a newspaper, intending merely to further his own financial ambitions; however, Jack envisions The Trumpet as an instrument of good and soon persuades Dick to clean up Powderville.
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Sirens of the Sea
Title: Sirens of the Sea
Character: Hadji
Released: September 20, 1917
Type: Movie
During a raging storm, a baby is washed up on shore on an island in Greece and is adopted by the wealthy Stanhopes, who name her Lorelei. Eighteen years later, Lorelei, now a woman, invites her school friends to spend their vacation at her villa. One of her guests, Julie, is insanely jealous of Lorelei. One day Gerald Waldron, a disenchanted society fop, sails by on his yacht, accompanied by his social-climbing friend, Hartley Royce. Seeing Lorelei and her friends swimming, they decide to go ashore. Both Gerald and Hartley fall in love with Lorelei, and Julie rages, finding herself relegated to Hartley. Together Hartley and Julie plot to separate the lovers.
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Pay Me!
Title: Pay Me!
Character: Hilda Hendricks
Released: September 1, 1917
Type: Movie
During a violent disagreement, a miner strangles his partner and accidentally shoots the man's wife. He then deserts his own wife and son to elope with the saloon keeper's daughter. As they are fleeing, the girl discovers the deed and insists upon caring for the baby found in the dead wife's arms.
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The Flashlight
Title: The Flashlight
Character: Mrs. Barclay
Released: May 21, 1917
Type: Movie
Jack Lane (William Stowell) has made an invention for photographing wild animals. It consists of a camera with a trigger -- when the trigger is stepped on by a passing animal, a flash goes off and the camera shoots the picture. Lane goes up to the mountains to try out his new contraption. When a recluse refuses to let him spend the night in his cabin, Lane goes to sleep out of doors, with the camera set up near by. In the middle of the night, he is awakened by the flash and the sound of gunshots. Trekking back to his own cabin the next day, he develops the picture, which is of a girl holding a rifle. He returns to the recluse's cabin where he is arrested for murder.
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The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Title: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Character: Sarah
Released: May 13, 1917
Type: Movie
A doctor's wife is arrested for educating impoverished women about birth control.
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The Voice on the Wire
Title: The Voice on the Wire
Character: Pale Ida
Released: March 18, 1917
Type: Movie
A silent action movie serial.
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The Terror
Title: The Terror
Character: Mrs. Connelly
Released: February 12, 1917
Type: Movie
Gunman Chuck Connelly is hired to silence the new district attorney who has been pounding the graft organizations. Chuck goes to the D. A.'s home to threaten him, but is taken off guard when his victim's little daughter leans trustfully on his knee and looks up at him with a smile. The D. A. ignores Chuck's warning, and the gang orders the gunman to execute him. Chuck breaks into the house, but sees the little girl again and is unable to complete his task. Instead, he seeks out his girl friend, Annie Mangan, a Salvation Army reformer, and swears to end his life of crime.
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The Mysterious Mrs. M
Title: The Mysterious Mrs. M
Character: Mrs. Musselwhite
Released: February 5, 1917
Type: Movie
A depressed man grows to love life just as his fortune teller's predictions become dire.
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The Price of Silence
Title: The Price of Silence
Character: Jenny Cupps
Released: December 11, 1916
Type: Movie
A woman gives up her illegitimate child, and then marries without telling her new husband about the child.
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The People vs. John Doe
Title: The People vs. John Doe
Character: Mrs. Doe
Released: December 10, 1916
Type: Movie
A farmer is unjustly convicted of a homicide he did not commit.
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Broncho Billy's Teachings
Title: Broncho Billy's Teachings
Character: Indian Woman
Released: May 13, 1915
Type: Movie
Broncho Billy, a young clergyman, is struck on the head and left for dead by his partner, just after they have struck it rich on a mining claim. He is found by a young Indian girl and taken to the Indian camp where he is nursed back to health. During his convalescence he teaches the girl the commandment, "Thou Shalt Not Kill," and the motto, "Forgive and Forget."
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Broncho Billy's Vengeance
Title: Broncho Billy's Vengeance
Character: The Girl
Released: March 6, 1915
Type: Movie
Broncho's former wife writes a note to him shortly before her death, asking him to forgive her, also the other man. Broncho is heartbroken at hearing of her death, and his memory takes him back to the days when they were happily married. Then this scoundrel came into her life and finally succeeded in parting them.
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Broncho Billy's Brother
Title: Broncho Billy's Brother
Character: Broncho Billy's Mother
Released: February 27, 1915
Type: Movie
Broncho's brother has a quarrel with a greaser. In the fight that follows the greaser is bested, but swears to be avenged. Broncho's brother then goes home and while under the influence of liquor, strikes his mother. Broncho, hearing her screams, rushes into the room, but by this time his brother has departed.
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Broncho Billy's Sentence
Title: Broncho Billy's Sentence
Character: Minister's Wife
Released: February 12, 1915
Type: Movie
Billy commits a robbery but a preacher inspires him to have a change of heart.
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Broncho Billy and the False Note
Title: Broncho Billy and the False Note
Character: Billy's Sweetheart
Released: January 30, 1915
Type: Movie
While on the round-up, Broncho's rival one night steals his sweetheart's picture from his watch. He then returns to the girl with a note saying that Broncho has fallen in love with another girl and is returning her photograph. He signs Broncho's name. Believing Broncho's love dead, she marries the forger some time later.
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Broncho Billy and the Baby
Title: Broncho Billy and the Baby
Character: The Baby's Mother
Released: January 23, 1915
Type: Movie
Billy rescues a child and returns her to her mother. When the husband returns and discovers that the savior of his child is a wanted outlaw, he's faced with a moral crisis.
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The Battle of Snakeville
Title: The Battle of Snakeville
Released: January 7, 1915
Type: Movie
The proprietor of the O.K. hotel is advertising for a "lady" cook. Meanwhile, a Chinaman is stealing all his trade. Sophie arrives in Snakeville and applies for the position. The proprietor engages her without a moment's hesitation.
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Snakeville's Rising Sons
Title: Snakeville's Rising Sons
Character: Pete's Wife
Released: December 31, 1914
Type: Movie
Mustang and Slim are on very friendly terms. The same may be said of their wives, and when Slim's wife warns him that it is Friday the 13th and beware of friendship, he scorns her.
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Broncho Billy's Christmas Spirit
Title: Broncho Billy's Christmas Spirit
Character: The Prospector's Wife
Released: December 19, 1914
Type: Movie
It is Christmas Eve, and a humble prospector has spent his last cent for food. He is heartbroken to think that he cannot even buy anything for his two small children. When his wife finds a letter to Santa Claus asking for a doll and rocking horse, the prospector is desperate.
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Snakeville's Blind Pig
Title: Snakeville's Blind Pig
Released: December 17, 1914
Type: Movie
Snakeville's men are forced to stay home and do the housework when the women decide to take over the town.
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Broncho Billy's Dad
Title: Broncho Billy's Dad
Character: Broncho Billy's Mother
Released: December 12, 1914
Type: Movie
When Broncho Billy leaves home to take the office of sheriff, his dad's parting words are, "My boy, no matter what happens, do your duty."
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Sophie's Sweetheart
Title: Sophie's Sweetheart
Character: Mrs. Clutts
Released: December 10, 1914
Type: Movie
Slippery Slim and Mustang Pete are suitors for the hand of Sophie Clutts, but she cares nothing for either of them.
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Broncho Billy's Judgment
Title: Broncho Billy's Judgment
Character: Broncho Billy's Sweetheart
Released: December 5, 1914
Type: Movie
Broncho Billy and his pal are in love with the same girl. They argue one night as to which one she really loves. Broncho suggests that they go to her home and settle the matter. They arrive just in time to see the girl marrying a gambler who is known to be a low-down good-for-nothing by both Broncho and his pal.
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Broncho Billy's Scheme
Title: Broncho Billy's Scheme
Released: November 21, 1914
Type: Movie
Colonel Emmett's daughter is captured by an outlaw who blindfolds her just before taking her to his hut, so, in case she escaped, she would be unable to lead anybody to his rendezvous. She is told by one of his accomplices that he intends forcing her into marriage, so she feigns illness. While the outlaw goes for a doctor, she writes a note saying that she is not ill, and is being held for ransom. The outlaw arrives with Broncho Billy, the doctor, whom he has also blindfolded. The girl slips him the note and he pretends to be attending her. Before being blindfolded again for the return journey he fills his pocket with white pills, which he drops at intervals, marking the trail.
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Broncho Billy's Mother
Title: Broncho Billy's Mother
Character: Broncho Billy's Mother
Released: October 31, 1914
Type: Movie
The entire town is terrorized. Broncho Billy has again been drinking and is shooting at everything in sight. After "shooting up" a saloon and grocery store Broncho goes to his cabin where he falls asleep. The sheriff and his men arrive, and after a fierce struggle overpower him. The man stationed outside suddenly rushes in and informs them that Broncho's mother has arrived to pay him a visit. The news quickly sobers Broncho, and the sheriff seeing his distress, pins his star on him, and himself dons the handcuffs. When his mother enters she thinks Broncho is the sheriff, and takes pity on the prisoner.
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Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
Title: Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
Released: October 22, 1914
Type: Movie
Slippery Slim, the Justice of the Peace, serves a notice on Hiram Clutts, threatening to foreclose his mortgage unless Sophie marries him the next day. Hiram agrees that Sophie shall marry him as he demands. Sophie tells Mustang of this and they plan to elope that night. Mustang calls for her in his buggy, but they fail to make their escape unnoticed by Hiram. He chases them with a shotgun, but is unable to catch them before they reach Slim's office. They disguise themselves and Slim, not knowing who they are, performs the marriage ceremony.
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Broncho Billy's Indian Romance
Title: Broncho Billy's Indian Romance
Character: Broncho Billy's Indian Sweetheart
Released: August 29, 1914
Type: Movie
Broncho Billy is jilted by the girl he loves and goes up into the mountains with his friend to prospect for gold. His friend is very ill and asks for her constantly. In the meantime, Broncho has saved an Indian maiden from being sold to a chief whom she dislikes. She is very grateful and later falls in love with her rescuer. One day, as she is about to give him a Navajo blanket, his sweetheart appears, and the maiden realizes her love tor Broncho is hopeless. She is about to stab herself when spied by the disliked chief, who prevents her from doing so.
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Broncho Billy Puts One Over
Title: Broncho Billy Puts One Over
Released: July 18, 1914
Type: Movie
Broncho Billy is a foreman on Roger Newman's ranch and is in love with his daughter, Mae. Newman finds this out, discharges Broncho Billy and sends Mae to visit her brother in the east. Broncho Billy kidnaps Mae from the stage coach and they marry, squatting on Newman's land.
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Broncho Billy and the Sheriff
Title: Broncho Billy and the Sheriff
Released: July 11, 1914
Type: Movie
Broncho Billy, a cowpuncher, is elected to the office of deputy. The sheriff is in love with Gertrude Scott and fears that his deputy is smitten with her. An outlaw has been terrorizing the town and the sheriff determines to capture him. He meets the outlaw in the woods, gives him money and promises him his release the following day if he will give himself up.
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Broncho Billy's Punishment
Title: Broncho Billy's Punishment
Character: Broncho Billy's Wife
Released: July 4, 1914
Type: Movie
Drink makes a brute of Broncho Billy and he does not realize what he is doing when under its influence. His wife and children are mortally afraid of him when he is in this condition and keep out of his way. At the saloon one day he provokes a quarrel with the one doctor of the town and wounds him with a shot from his gun.
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Broncho Billy, Outlaw
Title: Broncho Billy, Outlaw
Character: The Sheriff's Wife
Released: June 20, 1914
Type: Movie
Carnos, a greaser, is sent to jail. He is a very refractory prisoner and swears to get even with the sheriff when he is liberated. On the day of the greaser's release, the sheriff had captured Broncho Billy, an outlaw, and was bringing him to justice, when he is suddenly pushed from his horse by the outlaw, and is left to wend his way across the plains afoot. Broncho Billy escapes on the sheriff's horse and unknowingly stops at the sheriff's home for food. Looking through a window he sees the greaser about to take the life of the sheriff's wife.
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The Good-for-Nothing
Title: The Good-for-Nothing
Character: Mrs. Sterling
Released: June 8, 1914
Type: Movie
The firm of John Sterling and Sons bad been organized by his father, and when son Gilbert was old enough, he took active part in the management. Gilbert's love for the high life led him away from his duties, and it was nothing unusual for him to spend six nights out of the week with questionable company. Early one morning, intoxicated, Gilbert finds his way to his home. His father reprimands him and finally puts him out of the house, telling him "never to return."
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Broncho Billy's True Love
Title: Broncho Billy's True Love
Released: March 28, 1914
Type: Movie
Broncho Billy is in love with Marguerite Clayton, who is devotedly fond of him. Broncho asks her to go to a dance with him, but when he meets Elsa Larimer, who is on a visit from the East, he forgets his promise to Marguerite and takes Elsa to the dance. Marguerite's heart is broken, and Elsa finding her weeping, discovers that she is the cause of Marguerite's sorrow
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The Calling of Jim Barton
Title: The Calling of Jim Barton
Character: Jim Barton's Mother
Released: February 14, 1914
Type: Movie
A mother's heart always goes out to her wayward son. Jim Barton caused his mother constant worry, and one night his father caught him in the act of tampering with the family strong box. Jim is severely admonished and that night runs away, leaving a note to his mother to the effect that he will never return. The parents are broken-hearted, but are consoled by their other son, who is a good, honest lad.
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A Gamblers' Way
Title: A Gamblers' Way
Character: Louise Carew
Released: February 5, 1914
Type: Movie
Jim Kane, a gambler, prevails upon Grace Carew to marry him. Grace is undecided whom she loves the best, John Hunter, a ranchman, or Kane, but finally decides to marry Kane. Some time later, we see Kane abusing his wife, neglecting her and always in a state of intoxication. Hunter has always been a friend of the family and it was nothing unusual to see him in their home, but Kane, entering the house one evening under the influence of liquor, misinterprets the meaning of Hunter's presence there, and upbraids his wife, slapping her in the face. Hunter is furious, but controls himself.
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Snakeville's New Doctor
Title: Snakeville's New Doctor
Character: Harry's Wife
Released: January 10, 1914
Type: Movie
In these days of women's equal rights, it is not strange to find the fair sex taking the places of men in every occupation. Women physicians are not unusual, but a really beautiful one is, and would have her hands full taking care of every lovesick swain, who would develop every known disease to have the pleasure of letting her feel his pulse or hold his head.
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The Hills of Peace
Title: The Hills of Peace
Character: Fred's Mother
Released: January 8, 1914
Type: Movie
Being in ill health, Fred Church goes west. Arriving there, he goes into partnership with Carl Stockdale. A few days after they strike pay dirt, Fred is taken with a paroxysm of coughing and Stockdale sends him back to the cabin to rest up. Realizing that the end is near, he writes a letter to his mother and sister, telling them he is going into the valley and not to worry if they do not hear from him, that his partner will send them his share every week.
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Through Trackless Sands
Title: Through Trackless Sands
Character: Mrs. John Bailey
Released: January 1, 1914
Type: Movie
While on the way to visit her mother, Mrs. Bailey stops to feed the horses. She discovers that the oats had leaked out of the bag and she is compelled to ask assistance of a party camping nearby. During her absence from the buggy, her young daughter strays off into the woods and falls over a high cliff.
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That Pair from Thespia
Title: That Pair from Thespia
Released: December 25, 1913
Type: Movie
Shakespeare the Second and Dan Rice the Third, would-be ham actors, blow into the town of Barnstorm. That afternoon they give a "free" performance, which is indeed terrible. Dan Rice passes the hat, only to receive cat-calls for his trouble. The hotel proprietor orders them to pay their bill and leave town.
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Children of the Forest
Title: Children of the Forest
Character: Mahtomee
Released: December 11, 1913
Type: Movie
Wanah-to-mah, a son of the forest, is in love with Mah-to-mee. George Bradford, a stranger and prospector, sets camp in the forest and, by his carelessness, sets the forest afire. Mah-to-mee makes a great impression on the stranger and he tries to work his eastern tactics on her. He is rebuked.
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Broncho Billy's Squareness
Title: Broncho Billy's Squareness
Character: The Sheriff's Sister
Released: December 6, 1913
Type: Movie
Earl Briggs, a ranchman, and Carl Underwood, a sheriff, are in love with Grace Woodward. Earl is the favored suitor and in time Grace becomes engaged to hire. Sometime later the stage is held up by Broncho Billy, a notorious outlaw. A fierce battle ensues in the woods between the posse and the bandit, in which Broncho Billy is wounded
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A Romance of the Hills
Title: A Romance of the Hills
Character: Lucy's Mother
Released: December 4, 1913
Type: Movie
Caleb Breen and Lucy Oliver are sweethearts and intend to marry just as soon as Breen strikes gold. Will Drummond arrives at Hillsdale, where he visits Henry McLean, a wealthy ranchman. Ruth, the ranchman's daughter, is engaged to Drummond. The stranger from the east meets Lucy one fine October morning, and the two become quite chummy.
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The Naming of the Rawhide Queen
Title: The Naming of the Rawhide Queen
Character: Martha Glen
Released: November 27, 1913
Type: Movie
Prospectors discover gold on the outskirts of Rawhide, a small town in the far west. Reuben Glen, a prospector, living in the next county, becomes discouraged and determines to try his luck elsewhere. When he arrives at Rawhide he is gently but firmly requested to remove himself immediately from the vicinity.
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The Cowboy Samaritan
Title: The Cowboy Samaritan
Character: Mrs. Landers
Released: November 20, 1913
Type: Movie
John Landers is sent to the drug store by his bedridden wife for some medicine. The druggist refuses him credit. Returning home his wife presents him with a letter from her brother in which he enclosed a check for fifty dollars. Landers is induced by Whiskey Bill Tate to gamble his money, which he does and loses.
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The Rustler's Step-Daughter
Title: The Rustler's Step-Daughter
Character: Gale - the Rustler's Step-Daughter
Released: November 6, 1913
Type: Movie
The sheriff of Mendocino County receives a letter from Bill Kato, proprietor of a ranch, stating that he is tired of losing his cattle and that if he can't find time to do something in the matter, he will have to see the higher authorities. The sheriff at once starts out on the trail of the rustlers.
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Broncho Billy Gets Square
Title: Broncho Billy Gets Square
Character: White Feather
Released: October 17, 1913
Type: Movie
A reward is offered for the capture of Broncho Billy and David Kirkland and freedom is promised to either one who will turn state's evidence.
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Broncho Billy Reforms
Title: Broncho Billy Reforms
Released: September 13, 1913
Type: Movie
Broncho Billy and his pals plot to rob the general store. Broncho Billy is elected to go into the store and engage the proprietor in conversation while the others enter the rear door and rob the till.
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A Western Sister's Devotion
Title: A Western Sister's Devotion
Released: August 30, 1913
Type: Movie
Evelyn Hicks, a beautiful daughter of the west, becomes engaged to Broncho Billy, while at an informal dance. Sheriff Hardley, laid up with an injured ankle, sends for Broncho Billy, swears him in as sheriff, and instructs him to capture the two horse thieves that were causing considerable disturbance in the surrounding territory. Imagine the surprise, humiliation and pain Broncho Billy suffers when he discovers that one of the bandits is the brother of the girl he loves.
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Broncho Billy's Mistake
Title: Broncho Billy's Mistake
Released: August 23, 1913
Type: Movie
Broncho Billy, a woodsman, living in northern Montana, is greeted by Paul Harding, an artist from New York City. Harding presents Broncho Billy with a letter of introduction. The newcomer is taken into the rough western home and is told to make his headquarters there until he has finished with his painting. Harding sees in Broncho Billy's wife, an excellent subject for oils, and is given consent to paint her portrait. Harding takes a deep interest in the woman and not only teaches her how to read and write, but gives her a thorough knowledge of worldly things in general. Some time later, Harding receives a telegram demanding that he return to his home immediately, that his mother is critically ill. Broncho Billy's wife takes Harding to the railroad station in their buggy. Broncho gets wind of his wife driving away with Harding, and comes to the untimely conclusion that she is eloping with the artist. Harding is overtaken by Broncho Billy and a fierce struggle ensues.
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The Man in the Cabin
Title: The Man in the Cabin
Character: Evelyn
Released: August 16, 1913
Type: Movie
Broncho Billy, a dangerous character, is captured. On the way to jail, the sheriff stops at Evelyn's house for something to eat. Broncho Billy becomes infatuated with Evelyn and attempts to talk to her, but the men prevent it. On the day of the trial. Broncho Billy, in a clever manner, gets the sheriff's gun and, although handcuffed, holds up the whole courtroom.
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Broncho Billy and the Navajo Maid
Title: Broncho Billy and the Navajo Maid
Character: The Navajo Maid
Released: August 9, 1913
Type: Movie
Chief Arraphoe promises his daughter in marriage to a young brave of the tribe. The Indian girl goes to the creek for water and a prospector attempts to embrace her. She calls for help and Broncho Billy responds, knocking the prospector down. The prospector shoots Broncho Billy and the Indian girl in nursing him, falls in love with him. His sweetheart, Bessie, writes that she will be with him in a few days. Bessie arrives and the Indian girl, seeing Broncho Billy embracing her, is about to stab her when she overcomes her desire for revenge and instead, is about to make away with herself, when the young brave appears on the scene and prevents it.
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Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
Title: Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
Character: Evelyn Courtney
Released: July 12, 1913
Type: Movie
Evelyn and Irene Courteny, through the helplessness of their father, who is a cripple, are given charge of the general store and post office. A large bag of gold with registered letters, etc., are delivered by the mail carrier on day. Dick Lee, a notorious outlaw, sees the delivery of the valuable bag. That night, with a gang, Lee breaks into the post office and would have carried off the treasure, had not Evelyn escaped through a back window, mounted her horse, and rode away. One of the men sees her, however, and the three go in pursuit. Irene is quick to inform Broncho Billy, and the latter arrives just in time to save Evelyn from the hands of the bandits. The three are captured. Broncho Billy falls in love with Irene and the two are left to plan their future happiness. (Moving Picture World synopsis)
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Broncho Billy's Strategy
Title: Broncho Billy's Strategy
Released: June 28, 1913
Type: Movie
Juan, a greaser, tries to influence Tom Morgan to steal some money from his wife. Juan finally persuades Morgan. The money Morgan gambles and loses. A week later, Juan discovers the express agent placing two bags of gold in the safe. Juan induces Morgan to help him rob the office.
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Broncho Billy's Capture
Title: Broncho Billy's Capture
Character: Evelyn
Released: June 6, 1913
Type: Movie
Juan Yukas, a greaser, schemes with his sweetheart, Evelyn, to hold up the stage and rob the driver of the express box. Broncho Billy is infatuated with Evelyn, The coach is held up. Broncho Billy captures Juan and takes him to Evelyn's shack, to get a drink of water. Evelyn betrays herself. Although he loves her, his duty compels Broncho Billy to take Evelyn prisoner.
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The Last Shot
Title: The Last Shot
Character: Helen Clay
Released: June 5, 1913
Type: Movie
Lee Clay is convicted by the jury and sent to prison for ten years. Tom, the son, swears revenge and determines to kill his brother-in-law for testifying against his father. Helen, the wife of Tom, goes to warn her brother. In trying to save him from her now maddened husband, she is killed. Clay and his brother-in-law end the feud over the lifeless form of Helen.
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Alkali Ike's Mother-in-Law
Title: Alkali Ike's Mother-in-Law
Character: Mrs. Alkali Ike
Released: May 10, 1913
Type: Movie
For some unknown reason or other, Alkali Ike cannot get along with his wife. To make matters worse, Mrs. Alkali invites her mother to visit her. Mother-in-law starts right in trying to reform her son-in-law. Alkali meets her at the railroad station, and instead of hiring a bus to carry up her baggage, she makes Alkali carry three or four hat boxes, a parrot, and a trunk, on his back to the house.
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The Crazy Prospector
Title: The Crazy Prospector
Character: Harriet Harlan
Released: May 3, 1913
Type: Movie
John Harlan, a crazy prospector living with his daughter in Nevada, accidentally discovers gold. He is so enthused over it that he immediately goes to the town saloon, where he informs everybody.
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Broncho Billy and the Rustler's Child
Title: Broncho Billy and the Rustler's Child
Character: Morgan's sick wife
Released: April 25, 1913
Type: Movie
David Morgan, a cowpuncher, is informed by Doctor Harding that the former's wife is in a serious condition and must be taken from the high altitude. An Indian horse thief shows David a way to make some money easy. That night, the Indian and the cowpuncher steal two horses. The Indian is captured by Broncho Billy, the sheriff, and squeals on Morgan. Dorothy, the cowpuncher's child, informs her father that a posse is coming up the road. Morgan instructs his child to say nothing to the men concerning his whereabouts. The cowpuncher crawls into the loft and pulls the ladder up after him. Broncho Billy enters, sees Morgan's wife is in a critical condition and asks the child where her father is. She tells him she does not know. The sheriff, hearing a sound above him, is about to fire his revolver into the loft, when the girl confesses that her father is above.
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Broncho Billy's Way
Title: Broncho Billy's Way
Character: Billy's Wife
Released: April 5, 1913
Type: Movie
When a woman's heart turns to stone, that is the time to watch out for her, for the possibilities are that you win lose her. This was Broncho Billy's experience, anyhow.
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Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
Title: Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
Character: Mrs. John Harding
Released: March 29, 1913
Type: Movie
Broncho Billy, suffering from a fever, collapses on the doorstep of a ranchman's home. John Harding, returning from his work, carries Broncho Billy into the house and places him on the bed. A doctor is summoned. A few weeks later, Broncho Billy now fully recovered thanks Harding and his wife for their kind treatment and returns to town where he is greeted with a welcome hand by everyone. Two or three days later Fred Church, hiding behind a tree opposite to Harding's home, sees the latter leave. Church forces his attentions on Mrs. Harding. Returning to his home Harding is informed by his wife of what had happened during his absence.
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Broncho Billy and the Step-Sisters
Title: Broncho Billy and the Step-Sisters
Character: Evelyn
Released: March 15, 1913
Type: Movie
Broncho Billy is in love with Agnes Shephard. The jealousy of the step-sister Evelyn arouses in her a scheme which, if carried out, would result in the breaking of the engagement.
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Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
Title: Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
Character: Sheriff's Wife
Released: February 22, 1913
Type: Movie
Broncho Billy, haying disturbed the laws of the state, is thrown into jail. The warden hands the outlaw a cup of water and a piece of stale bread. The latter grabs the warden's hand, pulls it through the bars and threatens the former with a broken arm unless he unlocks the door. Broncho Billy, having gained his freedom, takes to the woods.
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Broncho Billy's Gun Play
Title: Broncho Billy's Gun Play
Released: January 25, 1913
Type: Movie
The sheriff of Sioux County, Arizona, is notified to locate the bandits' rendezvous. Carl Waters, the sheriff, scouts the country and finally locates them. Returning to the town saloon and dance hall Waters, who is smitten with the fair Caroline Heston, proposes to her. She promises to give her answer the following day.
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The Reward for Broncho Billy
Title: The Reward for Broncho Billy
Character: Mrs. Gregg
Released: December 28, 1912
Type: Movie
After holding up a stage-coach, Broncho Billy disappears into the woods on horseback. The driver of the coach unhitches one of the horses and rides to the nearest town, notifies the sheriff, who goes in pursuit with the posse.
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The Prospector
Title: The Prospector
Character: Dunn's Daughter
Released: December 12, 1912
Type: Movie
On his way to file a claim, a lone prospector stops overnight with a settler and his family. The miner little suspects that his host plots to steal the gold. But the settler’s daughter overhears the plan and warns the visitor just in time. The couple escapes with the woman’s younger sister. In store-bought finery suggesting new wealth, they return to the scene of the attempted crime and make peace with the settler. “We’ll work the mine together,” promises the prospector.
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Broncho Billy's Love Affair
Title: Broncho Billy's Love Affair
Character: Winnie Allen, The Rancher's Daughter
Released: December 7, 1912
Type: Movie
Winnie Allen, a pretty western girl, is loved by Dan Wild, whose father owns the Circle C Ranch. Broncho Billy, foreman of the Circle C, also loves Winnie and she favors his suit. Knowing this, and to make his way clear, Dan persuades his father to discharge Broncho. Broncho is unable to learn the cause of his dismissal from Wild.
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Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife
Title: Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife
Character: Manuel's Girlfriend
Released: November 30, 1912
Type: Movie
Broncho marries a Mexican girl at the earnest entreaty of her dying father. Later a Mexican singer wins her love and, to get Broncho out of the way, she has him arrested and jailed on the charge of having assaulted her. In a frenzy of rage, Broncho secures the sheriff's revolver, escapes from jail and tracks the pair at his shack.
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The Ranch Girl's Trial
Title: The Ranch Girl's Trial
Character: Pepita, the Mexican Girl
Released: October 26, 1912
Type: Movie
Pepita, proprietress of the town dance hall, is loved by Big Moose, an Indian. Jake Harding, a worthless cowpuncher, also pretends love for Pepita in order to get an occasional drink of free whiskey. Big Moose swears to kill Harding, and is only prevented from carrying out his treat by Pepita.
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The Immortal Alamo
Title: The Immortal Alamo
Released: May 25, 1911
Type: Movie
A lost silent film depicting the battle of the Alamo. Filmed in San Antonio.