Joseph W. Girard

Joseph W. Girard

Born: April 1, 1871
Died: August 21, 1949
in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA
Joseph W. Girard was an American screen actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1911 and 1944. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Movies for Joseph W. Girard...

Mission to Moscow
Title: Mission to Moscow
Character: American Senator (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
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The Secret Code
Title: The Secret Code
Character: Col. Drake
Released: September 4, 1942
Type: Movie
A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort.
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Captain Midnight
Title: Captain Midnight
Character: Major Steel (as Joe Girard)
Released: February 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Secret Service Major Steel is one of the few men in America aware of the fact that Captain Albright is also Captain Midnight, daring masked aviator dedicated to fighting gangsters and enemies of America.
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Sergeant York
Title: Sergeant York
Character: General John J. Pershing (uncredited)
Released: September 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
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The Spider Returns
Title: The Spider Returns
Character: Police Commissioner Kirk
Released: May 9, 1941
Type: Movie
The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.
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The Green Archer
Title: The Green Archer
Character: Inspector Ross
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans.
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Deadwood Dick
Title: Deadwood Dick
Character: Government Referee
Released: July 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
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Crashing Thru
Title: Crashing Thru
Character: Steamship Captain
Released: December 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Renfrew of the Mounties hunts brother-and-sister gold hijackers.
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Zenobia
Title: Zenobia
Character: Juryman
Released: April 21, 1939
Type: Movie
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
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Navy Secrets
Title: Navy Secrets
Character: Navy Captain
Released: February 8, 1939
Type: Movie
After a stamp-collecting Navy chief petty officer is jailed following FBI and Naval Justice investigation, his fiancee meets one of his fellow officers, becomes romantically interested in him, and joins him in trying to get an envelope, believed to contain rare stamps, to its intended recipient, only to end up in a web of intrigue involving foreign-accented men who are unusually interested in that simple envelope.
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Ride 'em, Cowgirl
Title: Ride 'em, Cowgirl
Character: 'Ruf' Rickson
Released: January 20, 1939
Type: Movie
Sandy Doyle, gambler and political chief of a small border town, seeks to gain control of the Bar-X Ranch, owned by Rufe Rickson, to further some undercover activities of his own. He counts on Rickson's inability to stay away from gambling as the means to his ultimate success. Government investigator Oliver Shea and his assistant, Dan Haggerty, start a fight in Doyle's place when they see Rickson being cheated and are invited to the Bar-X where Oliver and Helen Rickson, Rufe's daughter, discover interest in each other and Dan finds himself pursued by Bell, the ranch cook. Sheriff Larson brings the prize money for the $5,000 race of the Rodeo Association, and that night it is stolen.
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Frontier Scout
Title: Frontier Scout
Character: Dr. Lawrence
Released: September 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant has a job for Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) and his sidekick (Al St. John).
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Held For Ransom
Title: Held For Ransom
Character: Police Chief Howell
Released: June 17, 1938
Type: Movie
A female detective investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman.
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Whirlwind Horseman
Title: Whirlwind Horseman
Character: Jim Radford
Released: April 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Ken and Happy, looking for their friend Cherokee, run into an outlaw gang led by Ritter who have been terrorizing the ranchers. Ken figures that one of the prominent citizens is the real boss and sets a trap to find him.
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Unashamed: A Romance
Title: Unashamed: A Romance
Character: Dr. Malvin
Released: March 19, 1938
Type: Movie
A woman who is in love with her boss entices him to join her at a nudist camp, but his affection soon turns elsewhere.
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Clipped Wings
Title: Clipped Wings
Character: Col. A.C. Clayton, Flight Surgeon
Released: December 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.
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The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
Title: The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
Character: Dan Farley
Released: August 6, 1937
Type: Movie
Tex is up against a group of hooded outlaws. When he shoots one, he uses the hood to infiltrate the gang. Almost caught by them, he escapes only to be arrested by the Sheriff who thinks he's one of the gang.
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Wild West Days
Title: Wild West Days
Character: Judge Lawrence
Released: July 5, 1937
Type: Movie
Retired lawman Kentucky Wade and his three buddies, Mike Morales, "Dude" Hanford and "Trigger" Benton come to Brimstone and help their friends Larry Munro and his sister, Lucy , in their fight to retain control of Larry's rich ore mine. "Doc" Hardy , as an old friend of Wade's, joins them in their efforts to keep Matt Keeler , the scheming owner of "The Brimstone News", from his efforts to wrest control of Munro's property and mine. Keller employs a legion of henchmen, and sidelines at running runs guns to Red Hatchet and his tribe so they can also get in on the fray against the Munro's and Kentucky and friends.
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What Becomes of the Children?
Title: What Becomes of the Children?
Character: Detective Chief
Released: December 4, 1936
Type: Movie
Get ready for a roller-coaster trip of emotion with this campy collection from the golden age of Hollywood! Originally intended to warn America's youth of the perils of drugs, sex, and alcohol, these outlandish and unintentionally hilarious tales have heartache, tragedy, crime, and even insanity, lurking around every corner!
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A Tenderfoot Goes West
Title: A Tenderfoot Goes West
Character: Dad Keith
Released: October 15, 1936
Type: Movie
Wellington Pike, author of 'Wild and Bloody Tales of the West', has never been away from the sedate and civilized East, so he takes a vacation to see the land he knows nothing about. Rancher Ann Keith and her cowhands, who have read and laughed at Pike's "wild" west, decide to give him a shock impression that is even wilder than depicted in his imaginative literary flights. Gang leader "Killer" Madden and his bandits decide to make the staged robberies real ones and Pike is arrested for the crimes Madden has pulled. Written by Les Adams for IMDb.
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Frontier Justice
Title: Frontier Justice
Character: Samuel Halston
Released: October 1, 1936
Type: Movie
When Brent Halston returns he finds his father in an insane asylum and Wilton about to foreclose on their ranch and bring sheep onto the cattle range. When Wilton kills a rancher, Brent is blamed and jailed. Escaping jail he gets Ware to confess that he payed to have Halston committed. He then gets unexpected help from Ethel Gordon when Wilton tries to foreclose.
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
Title: Ride 'Em Cowboy
Character: Sam Parker
Released: September 20, 1936
Type: Movie
A cowboy turns auto racer, beats his rival and wins a girl.
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Aces and Eights
Title: Aces and Eights
Character: Don Julio Hernandez (as Joseph Girard)
Released: June 6, 1936
Type: Movie
A card sharp steps in when a Mexican family's ranch is threatened by swindlers and cheats.
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The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Title: The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Character: Lawyer Cromwell
Released: April 17, 1936
Type: Movie
15-Chapter Serial about a scientist that discovers a formula for making synthetic gold and the people that want it.
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The Drag-Net
Title: The Drag-Net
Character: Thomas J. Harrison, District Attorney
Released: April 15, 1936
Type: Movie
A playboy takes a job as an assistant district attorney, finds himself up against a tough crime boss and his gang.
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Lightnin' Bill Carson
Title: Lightnin' Bill Carson
Character: Banker John Mount
Released: April 14, 1936
Type: Movie
A lawman captures the notorious "Pecos Kid", who is tried and hanged for his crimes--then starts to have doubts as to whether the Kid actually committed the crimes.
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The Oregon Trail
Title: The Oregon Trail
Character: Col. Delmont
Released: January 18, 1936
Type: Movie
Army Captain takes a leave of absence to find out what happened to his missing father.....
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The Silent Code
Title: The Silent Code
Character: NWMP Inspector Manning
Released: November 20, 1935
Type: Movie
Northwest Mounted Police Corporal Jerry Hale is assigned to take over the district of a fellow-officer, and is puzzled as he had worked this district before and had been mysteriously transferred, disrupting his romance with Helen Brent, the niece of Peter Barkley, the Factor at the trading post. An accountant of the company Berkley works for threatens to expose him when his account is found $10,000 short. Barkley pleads for more time to raise the money. His opportunity arises when he learns that Helen's father and his brother-in-law, Nathan Brent, has struck it rich and is on his way to visit Helen. Barkley instructs his henchmen Carney and Breen to lie in wait and rob Brent of his gold. Brent has a premonition of trouble and buries his gold, making a map of the location. Barkley is disturbed by the arrival of Corporal Hale and goes to warn his men, and finds them already engaged in the attack on Brent. Brent's dog Wolfgang (played by a dog named Rex, or maybe the other way around)...
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Racing Luck
Title: Racing Luck
Character: Commissioner
Released: November 19, 1935
Type: Movie
Racehorse-owner Dan Morgan is ruled off the track and out of racing when his horse is doped by a rival owner who knows that Dan's horse can win a high-stakes race. Trying to clear his name, Dan runs into many difficulties and incidents, including a blazing barn filled with valuable horses, before he is able to gather the needed evidence against the guilty man.
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The Ivory-Handled Gun
Title: The Ivory-Handled Gun
Character: Pat Moore
Released: November 11, 1935
Type: Movie
Buck Ward and the Wolverine Kid, who each own one of the ivory handled guns, continue the feud started by their fathers.
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His Fighting Blood
Title: His Fighting Blood
Character: RCMP Inspector Carstairs (as Jos. Girard)
Released: October 14, 1935
Type: Movie
A cowboy's brother falls in with a gang of thieves; when he tries to get his brother out of the gang, the gang orders his death--and tells his brother to kill him.
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Diamond Jim
Title: Diamond Jim
Released: September 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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Outlawed Guns
Title: Outlawed Guns
Character: Sheriff Rocky Ellsworth (as Jos. W. Girard)
Released: July 29, 1935
Type: Movie
Outlawed Guns stars Buck Jones as Reece Rivers, the nice-guy older brother of headstrong Babe Rivers. When Babe gets mixed up with outlaws, Reece loyally takes the rap. Eventually Babe pays for his recklessness with his life, but not before leading Reece to the film's head bad guy, gambler Jack Keeler.
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Men of Action
Title: Men of Action
Character: Official
Released: July 13, 1935
Type: Movie
A villainous banker and his hired saboteurs attempt to thwart construction of Sweetwater Dam.
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The Outlaw Deputy
Title: The Outlaw Deputy
Character: Ed Rutledge (as Joe Girrard)
Released: June 20, 1935
Type: Movie
While searching for his friend's killer, a former outlaw (Tim McCoy) thwarts a robbery and becomes a lawman.
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Kentucky Blue Streak
Title: Kentucky Blue Streak
Character: Prison Warden Carlson (as Joseph Girard)
Released: May 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A nosy reporter (Nugent) befriends the dumb Coughlin and pushes the Governor to commute his sentence. Now, Coughlin can ride his family's pride and joy in the Kentucky Derby. BUT, the mean old Warden cancels all paroles--and the idiot decides to escape (even though he's only got 10 more months to serve). So, the reporter has a hunch and goes to see if he can find Coughlin--and the Warden deputizes him!! At this point you might wonder if the boy will make good and win the big race
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Social Error
Title: Social Error
Character: Edward Bentley, Sr.
Released: April 30, 1935
Type: Movie
A wild college student gets in fights, steals cars, is caught by the police and finally expelled from college. Later on, though, he comes to the aid of a kidnapped heiress.
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Blazing Guns
Title: Blazing Guns
Character: Sheriff Crabtree
Released: February 3, 1935
Type: Movie
After Slug Raton takes Brady's horse, hat, and gun, the Sheriff arrests Grady thinking he is the outlaw. Slug's men chase them to Ricard's ranch which they burn. After Grady saves the Ricard's from their burning house, Betty Lou saves Grady from hanging at the hands of the masked vigilantes. Grady recognizes the voice of Raton among the vigilantes and now knows who to go after.
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Outlaw Rule
Title: Outlaw Rule
Character: Banker Payton (as Joseph Girard)
Released: February 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A rancher, frustrated with constant cattle rustling and the inability of the local sheriff to stop it, is accused of murder when the sheriff is found dead.
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The Fighting Trooper
Title: The Fighting Trooper
Character: RCMP Inspector O'Keefe
Released: November 1, 1934
Type: Movie
When the Ranger Sergeant returns murdered with a note that LaFarge did it, Trooper Burke sets out to after LaFarge. Working undercover, he saves LaFarge's life and this gets him into LaFarge's gang. He then arrests LaFarge and brings him in only to learn that LaFarge is not only innocent but is now a prisoner of the real killer.
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The Tonto Kid
Title: The Tonto Kid
Character: Rance Cartwright
Released: August 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Lawyer Creech is after the ranch of the dying Cartwright. First he brings in Cahill to pose as the only living relative. Then when the Tonto Kid finds platinum on the ranch, Creech frames him for murder.
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The Murder in the Museum
Title: The Murder in the Museum
Character: Police Commissioner Brandon
Released: May 26, 1934
Type: Movie
When a city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on a a somewhat disreputable sideshow, the daughter of the chief suspect teams up with a newspaper reporter to find the real killer.
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The Sin of Nora Moran
Title: The Sin of Nora Moran
Character: Captain of Detectives
Released: December 13, 1933
Type: Movie
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves.
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My Woman
Title: My Woman
Character: Sponsor (Uncredited)
Released: October 4, 1933
Type: Movie
A devoted wife helps her husband achieve success as a radio comic, but stardom comes at a price.
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Golden Harvest
Title: Golden Harvest
Character: Wheat Broker (uncredited)
Released: September 21, 1933
Type: Movie
A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying Chicago socialite Cynthia Flint.
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The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Title: The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
Character: Kerriman
Released: July 20, 1933
Type: Movie
Government man Fiddlin' has joined Wolf's gang and Banty has become his friend. When Fiddlin' objects to Wolf's kidnapping of Ann, he is left in a burning building. Rescued by his horse Tarzan, he convinces Banty to help bring in the gang.
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The Whirlwind
Title: The Whirlwind
Character: Mr. Reynolds
Released: April 13, 1933
Type: Movie
After years of wandering due to a charge of murder, Tim Reynolds returns to Sagebrush to find the Sheriff Tate Hurley who was his chief accuser. The hatred between the two men was not extinguished, and they first compete in a wrestling match.
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Silent Men
Title: Silent Men
Character: Two-Block Burkett (as Joseph Girard)
Released: March 3, 1933
Type: Movie
In prison for a crime he didn't commit, Tim Richards has escaped and is now a cattle inspector. He is after the Wilder brothers who he thinks are rustling cattle.
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Racetrack
Title: Racetrack
Character: Judge
Released: February 25, 1933
Type: Movie
Joe Tomasso is an Italian-American bookmaker and gambler who, outwardly, is hard but soft-hearted inwardly. He becomes fond of a homeless waif, Jackie Curtis, and begins to look upon him as the son he never had. But when Jackie's mother appears, Joe has a hard decision to make.
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Man Of Action
Title: Man Of Action
Character: Banker
Released: January 20, 1933
Type: Movie
The Sheriff shoots the robber of the Bank and recovers the money bag only to find it empty. Ranger Tim Barlow arrives and takes over the investigation.
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Officer Thirteen
Title: Officer Thirteen
Character: Chief of Police Kramer
Released: November 26, 1932
Type: Movie
A motorcycle policeman's partner is deliberately run off the road and killed by a member of a syndicate that controls the gambling--and much of the justice system--in his town. When the killer is freed because of perjured testimony and the corrupt legal system, the dead officer's partner quits the force and vows to bring the killer to justice.
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Renegades of the West
Title: Renegades of the West
Character: James Dowling
Released: November 25, 1932
Type: Movie
A cowboy goes undercover to catch the cattle thieves who killed his father.
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The Crusader
Title: The Crusader
Character: Chief of Detectives Corrigan
Released: October 4, 1932
Type: Movie
Gangsters scheme to get rid of a crusading District Attorney by blackmailing him through his daughter.
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The Big Stampede
Title: The Big Stampede
Character: Major Parker
Released: September 29, 1932
Type: Movie
Deputy Sheriff John Steele recruits bandit Sonora Joe to help him find out who's been bumping off all the local lawmen and rustling the cattle.
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Trapped in Tia Juana
Title: Trapped in Tia Juana
Character: Capt. Holbert - Kenneth's Father
Released: August 14, 1932
Type: Movie
An American army officer, Kenneth Holbert, is after a Mexican bandit, El Zorro, who he doesn't know is his long-lost twin brother. Dorothy Holbert has a hard time figuring out which is which, especially since Romanian native Renaldo uses the same accent for both brothers.
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The Hurricane Express
Title: The Hurricane Express
Character: The Railroad Detective
Released: August 1, 1932
Type: Movie
The Wrecker wrecks trains on the L & R Railroad. One of his victims is Larry Baker's father. Baker wants to find the evildoer, among a host of suspects, but it will be difficult since the Wrecker can disguise himself to look like almost anyone
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Radio Patrol
Title: Radio Patrol
Character: Police Capt. John Slater (uncredited)
Released: June 2, 1932
Type: Movie
A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing house is to be robbed.
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Strictly Dishonorable
Title: Strictly Dishonorable
Character: Officer
Released: December 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A hopelessly silly young flibbertigibbet from Mississippi is faced with the choice of her poor, boorish New Jersey boyfriend or a dashing Opera star, a man of experience.
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Sealed Lips
Title: Sealed Lips
Released: November 11, 1931
Type: Movie
The Shadow's third movie short, an adaptation from a Donald Van Riper story, "Dying Lips," which appeared in an issue of Detective Story Magazine.
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The Sky Spider
Title: The Sky Spider
Character: Colonel Hawton
Released: October 1, 1931
Type: Movie
The three Morgan brothers, Glenn, Jim and Buddy are all air mail pilots. The plane flown by Jim is shot down by Hugh Jeffries for the money it carries. Another flight is made by Buddy followed by Jeffries intending to shoot him down also...
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The Mystery Train
Title: The Mystery Train
Character: Sheriff
Released: August 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.
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Defenders of the Law
Title: Defenders of the Law
Character: The Police Chief
Released: May 23, 1931
Type: Movie
A gang of racketeers, with the aid of a high-ranking city official has control of a big-city, and the police plant an undercover cop to gather evidence against the hoodlums - except the police keep telling the wrong person what they are up to.
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The Secret Six
Title: The Secret Six
Character: Official (uncredited)
Released: April 18, 1931
Type: Movie
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of 6 masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.
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Dishonored
Title: Dishonored
Released: April 4, 1931
Type: Movie
The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
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The Third Alarm
Title: The Third Alarm
Character: Pensions Board Commissioner
Released: November 16, 1930
Type: Movie
The story of the firemen at Engine House No.8, where widower Frank "Dad" Brooks is the beloved veteran and whose children, Milly and Jimmie, are especially fond of firemen Dan and "Beauty" Johnson. The problem of the day is concern whether or not Brooks is going to qualify for a pension...until a three-alarm inferno breaks out at the orphanage.
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The Girl of the Golden West
Title: The Girl of the Golden West
Character: Ashby
Released: October 12, 1930
Type: Movie
A hard-bitten saloon girl falls for a dashing outlaw, and tries to keep the local sheriff from catching him and sending him to prison.
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Doughboys
Title: Doughboys
Character: General Hull (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1930
Type: Movie
Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he's hiring a new chauffeur) he accidentally volunteers for the army. Luckily, Mary's signed up to entertain the troops. Unluckily, Elmer's sergeant likes Mary, too. And worst of all, they're all about to ship out for France.
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Sons of the Saddle
Title: Sons of the Saddle
Character: Martin Stavnow
Released: August 3, 1930
Type: Movie
Jim Brandon, foreman of the Wind River Ranch, owned by Martin Stavnow, is in love with Ronnie, the rancher's daughter, though he is unaware that Harvey, a youthful cowhand, also loves her. Thus, Jim asks the boy, whom he protects like a brother, to speak for him. When he is spurned by Ronnie, Harvey decides to join Red Slade's gang, who are plotting a raid on the Wind River herd. As Jim forcibly attempts to separate him from the gang, Harvey is killed; and through the aid of his horse, Tarzan, Jim foils Slade's attempt to stampede the herd. Slade takes refuge in a wagon where Ronnie is hiding; Jim rescues Ronnie from the wagon just before the runaway team plunges over a cliff with Slade riding to his doom.
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Troopers Three
Title: Troopers Three
Character: Capt. Harris
Released: February 23, 1930
Type: Movie
Eddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny', and ,when they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the U. S. Cavalry. Eddie falls in love with Dorothy Clark, the daughter of a sergeant and, following a moonlight tryst, they are discovered by Sergeant Hank Darby who himself is in love with Dorothy. They have a fist-fight in which Eddie comes out second best. When Darby is reprimanded for fighting with an enlisted man, the troopers incorrectly think that Eddie squealed on him, and they punish him with a conspiracy of silence. Dorothy also rejects him. Eddie has a problem. Maybe a fire will break out in the stables and he can rescue Sergeant Darby.
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Courtin' Wildcats
Title: Courtin' Wildcats
Character: Everett Butts
Released: December 22, 1929
Type: Movie
College boy Clarence Butts has been sent west by the Doctor to join McKenzie's circus. There he finds Calamity Jane running roughshod over everyone. So the dude decides to tame her.
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The Girl from Havana
Title: The Girl from Havana
Character: Dougherty
Released: September 22, 1929
Type: Movie
Joan Anders, a girl detective for a jewelers' protective association, poses as a chorus girl in a musical comedy troupe to capture a gang of jewel thieves.
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The One Woman Idea
Title: The One Woman Idea
Character: Steamship Captain
Released: June 2, 1929
Type: Movie
He was a great Persian Prince. His Harem was filled with seductive beauties. Yet he loved one woman- a woman from another country-wife of another man.
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From Headquarters
Title: From Headquarters
Character: Major (as Joseph Girard)
Released: April 27, 1929
Type: Movie
United States Marine Corps Captain "Happy" Smith and Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer lead a squadron of Marines in a search of a party of American tourists lost in a Central America banana republic jungle.
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The Leatherneck
Title: The Leatherneck
Character: Court-Martial Officer (as Joseph Girard)
Released: February 24, 1929
Type: Movie
A film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans befriend a simple minded German and win him over into becoming an American. All three are still peacetime officers in the US Marines when an unscrupulous character steals Boyd's girl and his two buddies go off to rescue her. When they don't come back, Boyd goes after them to rescue all. This is all done in flashback from a court martial trial for desertion.
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King of the Rodeo
Title: King of the Rodeo
Character: Harlan (as Joe Girard)
Released: January 6, 1929
Type: Movie
A Montana cowboy battles lowlifes while preparing for a competition in Chicago.
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The Fleet's In
Title: The Fleet's In
Character: Commandant
Released: September 15, 1928
Type: Movie
A girl who works in a dance hall falls in love with a sailor, but he has the wrong idea of what it is she does and doesn't want anything to do with her.
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The Terror
Title: The Terror
Character: Supt. Hallick (as Joseph Gerard)
Released: September 6, 1928
Type: Movie
Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror".
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The Code of the Scarlet
Title: The Code of the Scarlet
Character: RCMP Inspector
Released: July 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Assigned to catch a gang of outlaws, officers Bruce Kenton and Paddy Halloran rescue Helen Morgan when her wagon is attacked by the very same gang. Through a ruse, Kenton manages to infiltrate the gang, which is holed up in the lawless community of Caribou Flats. While in the employ of villainous trading post operator Jack Blake, Kenton discovers that Blake is not only the leader of the gang but also the man who murdered Helen's brother.
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Hello Cheyenne!
Title: Hello Cheyenne!
Character: Fremont Cody
Released: May 13, 1928
Type: Movie
Rival telephone crews are in a race to be the first to connect telephone service between Rawlings and Cheynne, Wyoming. Lineman Tom Remington's girlfriend is the daughter of one crew foreman, who wants to win the race in order to re-establish himself in the business. However, the foreman of the other crew has his own scheme to win the race, and will stop at nothing--including kidnapping--to accomplish it.
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The Crowd
Title: The Crowd
Character: Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
Released: March 3, 1928
Type: Movie
John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.
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Partners in Crime
Title: Partners in Crime
Character: Chief of Police
Released: March 1, 1928
Type: Movie
After being dismissed for imitating his boss's voice on radio, former Assistant District Attorney Richard Deming witnesses a store robbery and is taken captive by the criminals. Suspected of the crime, he is sought by the police, but his sweetheart, Marie, convinced of his innocence, enlists the help of two friends, a newspaper reporter and a half-witted detective. Hoping to win the girl's favor, the two go to the gangsters' hideout, encounter a violent gang war, and accidently set off a case of police tear bombs. The police, summoned by Marie, arrive just in time to save the kidnaped attorney.
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While the City Sleeps
Title: While the City Sleeps
Character: Captain of Detectives
Released: February 15, 1928
Type: Movie
A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though the detective knows he's guilty of committing them.
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The Shield of Honor
Title: The Shield of Honor
Character: Chief of Police Davison
Released: December 10, 1927
Type: Movie
Can Jack MacDowell, the first flying policeman on the force, save his dad from stop-at-nothing jewel thieves?
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Fireman, Save My Child
Title: Fireman, Save My Child
Character: Chief Dumston
Released: August 1, 1927
Type: Movie
Two firemen must put up with a variety of travails in their job, especially their chief's spoiled and bratty daughter, who keeps turning in false alarms whenever she needs some heavy lifting done so that she can get the responding firemen to do it.
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The Silent Hero
Title: The Silent Hero
Character: John Stoddard
Released: August 1, 1927
Type: Movie
Bud Taylor loves Mary Stoddard but is leaving for Alaska in search of gold, leaving a police-dog pup with her that he has named "Phantom." Wade Burton is anxious to win Mary and her father's money. Later, Wade follows Bud to Alaska and attempts to claim-jump Bud's gold strike, but is foiled by Bud and "Phantom."
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Whispering Sage
Title: Whispering Sage
Character: Hugh Acklin (as Joseph Girard)
Released: March 20, 1927
Type: Movie
This silent Western featured a group of Basque settlers terrorized by a greedy land baron (Joseph W. Girard). Jones played Buck Kildare, who, after falling for Basque beauty Natalie Joyce, comes to the aid of the settlers. On his sterling horse Silver, Kildare goes after the villain, who, it turns out, is the very same man who murdered his brother Tom (William A. Steele).
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The Final Extra
Title: The Final Extra
Character: Editor Williams
Released: February 7, 1927
Type: Movie
The alert atmosphere of a large-city newspaper office and its giant presses combines with the back-stage atmosphere of the theatre, set against the sinister shadow of a bootleg gang and the glitter of a big musical comedy "first night" in a whirlwind of dramatic action. A hot-shot newspaper reporter and a Broadway show-girl provide the romance.
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Flying High
Title: Flying High
Character: Col. Rockliffe Owens
Released: December 20, 1926
Type: Movie
While taking a joyride with his sweetie Patricia, daredevil pilot Roy Cummins witnesses the aerial hijacking of a mail plane.
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The Boaster
Title: The Boaster
Released: December 14, 1926
Type: Movie
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Tentacles of the North
Title: Tentacles of the North
Character: Dan Blake
Released: November 25, 1926
Type: Movie
Two ships are caught in the Arctic ice. (Silent Film)
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We're in the Navy Now
Title: We're in the Navy Now
Character: U.S. Admiral
Released: November 6, 1926
Type: Movie
"Stinky" Smith makes off with the prize money when his buddy, "Knockout" Hansen loses a fight with Percival "Sailor" Scruggs. Hansen pursues him him a U.S. Navt recruiting office, and, the next thing they know, both are in the Navy and aboard an overseas transport ship. Madelyn Phillips is on board and Scruggs is the the ship's Master-of-Arms. They overhear a mysterious conversation between Madelyn and the ship's radio officer. Later, Madelun induces the pair to take her off the ship and into a row boat. She disappears and they are picked up by a French ship, which sinks a German U-Boat. When the war ends they learn that Madelyn was an operative of the U.S. Secret Service.
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Forlorn River
Title: Forlorn River
Character: Hart Blaine
Released: September 27, 1926
Type: Movie
A wanted-fugitive, called "Nevada," is wounded by a pursuing posse of lawmen, and is left to die on the desert by his companion, Bill Hall. He is rescued by a young rancher, Ben Ide, who is in love with Ina Blaine, daughter of a neighboring rancher. While "Nevada" is recovering, he and Ina fall in love but, through his loyalty to Ben, he sends her away. Going home, Ina falls into the clutches of Bill Hall, now heading a gang of rustlers, but the real leader is Les Setter who is posing as an honest rancher, and he has designs on Ina himself.
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Modern Youth
Title: Modern Youth
Released: April 10, 1926
Type: Movie
Modern Youth is a lost silent film.
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Out of the Storm
Title: Out of the Storm
Character: The Warden
Released: April 10, 1926
Type: Movie
Out of the Storm is a 1926 silent drama.
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Driftin' Thru
Title: Driftin' Thru
Character: Sheriff
Released: February 21, 1926
Type: Movie
A drifter hobo is falsely accused of killing a saloon owner
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The Pride of the Force
Title: The Pride of the Force
Character: Police Captain
Released: September 11, 1925
Type: Movie
The Pride of the Force s a 1925 silent crime film
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Ten Days
Title: Ten Days
Released: January 5, 1925
Type: Movie
Dick Van Buren, a wealthy young man with a penchant for breaking traffic laws, is arrested for speeding and sentenced to 10 days in jail. He is given the option to work out his sentence and becomes a lifeguard at a public beach, where he rescues a mysterious woman from several perils. The woman, with whom he begins a romance, turns out to be a famous film actress caught up in the frenetic antics of a publicity campaign.
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Vic Dyson Pays
Title: Vic Dyson Pays
Character: Dayton Keever
Released: January 3, 1925
Type: Movie
Silent western
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The Lighthouse by the Sea
Title: The Lighthouse by the Sea
Character: Inspector #1 (as Joseph Gerard)
Released: December 1, 1924
Type: Movie
A lighthouse keeper and his daughter are in trouble on two fronts--if the authorities find out he is going blind they will remove him, and a gang of liquor-smugglers is trying to destroy the lighthouse so they can land their illegal cargo on shore without being spotted.
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Laughing at Danger
Title: Laughing at Danger
Character: Cyrus Remington
Released: November 23, 1924
Type: Movie
A young fellow, down in the dumps after a belle breaks his heart, believes his father is setting up staged escapades and dangers in an attempt to get him out of his rut. His father isn't, and the dangers-- a cadre of hoods, car chases, a death ray-- are real!
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Wolves of the North
Title: Wolves of the North
Character: John MacLeod
Released: September 21, 1924
Type: Movie
The adventures of fur trappers in the Pacific Northwest, as they fight Indians, the elements and each other.
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The Night Hawk
Title: The Night Hawk
Character: Sheriff Milton
Released: February 17, 1924
Type: Movie
Our Western star begins this actioner rather improbably, as a New York City gangster. But soon enough he heads for the more comfortable expanse of the open spaces.
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Gambling Wives
Title: Gambling Wives
Character: Duke Baldwin
Released: February 10, 1924
Type: Movie
Bank clerk Vincent Forrest loses his savings in a gambling den run by Madame Zoe and her provider, Van Merton. Forrest's wife Ann begins an affair with Merton when she discovers that Forrest is infatuated with Madame Zoe. Ann loses heavily gambling, but Vincent soon realizes what is happening in time to save his wife and to restore her happiness.
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Jack O'Clubs
Title: Jack O'Clubs
Released: February 1, 1924
Type: Movie
A tough policeman who patrols the city's worst beat loses his nerve when he believes he has hurt the girl he loves.
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Soft Boiled
Title: Soft Boiled
Character: The Ranch Owner
Released: August 26, 1923
Type: Movie
John Steele, a rich uncle, threatens to disinherit his nephew, Tom Steele, unless the latter learns to curb his violent temper. Tom is put on a 30-day trial and must resist all temptation to get mad or fight back no matter how provoked. And he is easily provoked, especially when called a lavender sissy-boy.
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Legally Dead
Title: Legally Dead
Character: District Attorney
Released: July 30, 1923
Type: Movie
A man faces being hanged for a crime he didn't commit
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The Eagle's Talons
Title: The Eagle's Talons
Character: Burton Thorne
Released: April 30, 1923
Type: Movie
An unscrupulous gang attempts to corner the wheat market.
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Lovebound
Title: Lovebound
Character: David Belwyn
Released: April 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Besse Belwin works as a stenographer for district attorney John Mobley. It doesn't take long for Mobley to fall in love with his cute little employee and he proposes. Besse doesn't reveal that her father has a criminal past which he has since renounced.
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Three Jumps Ahead
Title: Three Jumps Ahead
Character: John Darrell (as Joe Girard)
Released: March 25, 1923
Type: Movie
John Ford both directed and wrote the story (based on his published work The Hostage), a typical western romance in which Mix falls for the daughter of an imperiled rancher. This above-average Tom Mix western contains one of the star's more spectacular stunts -- a jump on horseback across the 20-foot Beale's Cut. Truth be told, the star, who frequently did his own stunt work, was forced to use a double this time
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Perils of the Yukon
Title: Perils of the Yukon
Character: Ivan Petrof
Released: July 24, 1922
Type: Movie
A silent serial with the following chapter titles: 1. Fangs of Jealous; 2. Doomed; 3. Tricked by Fate; 4. Master and Man; 5. Terrors of the North; 6. Menace of Death; 7. Trapped by Fire; 8. Hurled into Space; 9. The Gold Rush; 10. Valley of Death; 11. A Race for Life; 12. The Path of Doom; 13. Martial Law; 14. Trail of Vengeance; 15. The Final Reckoning.
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Step on It!
Title: Step on It!
Character: Lafe Brownell
Released: May 29, 1922
Type: Movie
Brother of Lorraine Leighton is falsely accused of rustling and murder and shipped off to jail. Desperate, Lorraine enlists the help of rancher Vic Collins and the two track down the real culprit, evil Pidge Walters.
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Nan of the North
Title: Nan of the North
Character: Yukon Hays
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
A Canadian Mountie and a young girl team up to prevent an evil couple from finding a fallen meteorite that contains a powerful element called "Tilano."
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Red Courage
Title: Red Courage
Character: Joe Reedly
Released: October 10, 1921
Type: Movie
Pinto Peters and his pal Chuckwalla Bill ride into town just as the editor of the local newspaper is being urged to leave by a gang of thugs led by Joe Reedly. The pair give the editor $100 and get a bill of sale for the newspaper, only to find out later that Reedly holds a mortgage of $200 against it. This they pay off and start a campaign to clean up the town. They meet with considerable opposition until they enlist the services of Judge Fay.
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Dangerous Paths
Title: Dangerous Paths
Character: Silas Newton
Released: July 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Dangerous Paths is a 1921 silent film
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A Yankee Go Getter
Title: A Yankee Go Getter
Character: Nicholas Lanza
Released: July 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Popular action heroine Neva Gerber played the dual roles of Lucia and Vera Robilant in this low-budget silent melodrama produced by Benjamin F. Wilson, Gerber's frequent collaborator. Two almost identical women claim ownership to a pocketbook found by author turned adventurer Barry West (James Morrison). Barry is hired by nefarious Nicholas Lanza (Joseph W. Girard) to marry heiress Lucia, who surprisingly turns out to be one of the claimants. Meanwhile, Lucia's lookalike sister Vera is plotting to install herself as Lucia and claim the inheritance. After the wedding, Barry discovers a secret passage and finds the kidnapped Lucia. The villains are brought to justice and Barry and Lucia can finally plan a future together.
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The Blue Fox
Title: The Blue Fox
Released: May 9, 1921
Type: Movie
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The Screaming Shadow
Title: The Screaming Shadow
Character: Baron Pulska
Released: January 2, 1920
Type: Movie
Directed by Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne.
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Loot
Title: Loot
Character: Pete Fielding
Released: October 6, 1919
Type: Movie
Wade Hildreth is sent to New York from London to receive a diamond necklace for Lady Gwendolyn from the jeweler Arabin. A gang of crooks led by Pete Fielding, known as "The Shadow," plans to keep Hildreth from going to Arabin's until they have robbed the store. Actress Morn Light, whom the Shadow loves, agrees to entice Hildreth to her apartment to be imprisoned. When she warns Hildreth because she wants to avenge her father's death, which was caused by the Shadow, the Shadow overhears and captures them both.
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Paid in Advance
Title: Paid in Advance
Character: John Gray (the father)
Released: September 1, 1919
Type: Movie
In the northwestern wilderness of Alaska, an innocent young girl falls into the clutches of a band of evil men of the gold fields.
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The Midnight Man
Title: The Midnight Man
Character: Henry Morgan
Released: September 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Bob Gilmore, a young clubman, is called by telephone to his home, where his parents are giving him a birthday party. He overhears one of the men guests make a slurring remark about his mother's appearance, and proceeds to punish him then and there, throwing the entire gathering into an uproar. Later in the evening he assumes guilt for a check which had been in reality forged by his foster father, in order to save the mother's feelings, but obtains a written confession from the guilty man for future use if necessary. Learning that he had been adopted from a foundling asylum in infancy, Bob decides to go to New York to see if he cannot learn his real name, which he understands begins with "Mor."
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Bare Fists
Title: Bare Fists
Character: Harry's Father
Released: May 5, 1919
Type: Movie
Harry's father is killed in a gunfight, and his mother makes him swear he'll never again use his gun, and rely only on his bare fists. But when his little brother is branded on the chest by cattle rustlers, will Harry break his promise?
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What Am I Bid?
Title: What Am I Bid?
Character: John McGibbon
Released: April 14, 1919
Type: Movie
Betty Yarnell lives with her drunkard father in the North Woods mountains. Betty is shunned by the villagers whenever she ventures out to pick up her father from Abner Grimp's saloon, and her only friend is a little lamb. In debt to Abner, John Yarnell signs a note turning over his daughter to Abner in return for unlimited drinks. When Abner goes to the cabin to claim Betty, revenue officer Ralph McGibbon arrives from the city and rescues her. Abner sends his Indian partner Dark Cloud, but Ralph rescues Betty again, although he is badly beaten up.
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The Sealed Envelope
Title: The Sealed Envelope
Character: John Biggs (as Joseph Girard)
Released: February 17, 1919
Type: Movie
Peter James Slaney, just released from prison, is the only boarder who is kind to Lena, the maid at the cheap Paris Hotel. So that Lena can leave her abusive landlady, Slaney accepts $2,500 from a stranger, who threatens to send Slaney back to prison unless he undertakes a job. Slaney is sent to the home of political boss John Biggs with a sealed envelope which he is to open after entering.
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The Heart of Humanity
Title: The Heart of Humanity
Character: Canadian Colonel
Released: December 21, 1918
Type: Movie
The story centers around Nanette, an American girl living in a small Canadian village, who is in love with John Patricia, the eldest of five brothers. The war interrupts their romantic idyll, as everyone goes overseas to Belgium and France. Nanette becomes a Red Cross nurse and is terrorized by the evil Prussian Lt. von Eberhard.
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Danger, Go Slow
Title: Danger, Go Slow
Character: Judge Cotton
Released: December 16, 1918
Type: Movie
Muggsy Mulane, a waif who wears boy's clothing, jumps a freight train to the country after Jimmy "the Eel," the leader of the gang of crooks with whom she works, is arrested. In the village of Cottonville, Muggsy befriends Aunt Sarah, whom she later discovers is Jimmy's mother. When Muggsy learns that the greedy Judge Cotton, who holds the mortgage on Aunt Sarah's property, is planning to foreclose, she threatens to blackmail him, and he relents.
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The Brass Bullet
Title: The Brass Bullet
Character: Spring Gilbert
Released: August 10, 1918
Type: Movie
Rosalind Joy is a constantly imperiled heiress to a fortune in gold.
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Her Body in Bond
Title: Her Body in Bond
Character: Benjamin Sleeth
Released: July 20, 1918
Type: Movie
The cabaret act of husband-and-wife dancing team Peggy and Joe Blondin is broken up when Joe becomes consumptive and is ordered West to recuperate. Peggy remains in New York to maintain the couple's income but gradually becomes desperate when letters sent her by her husband request more and more money. Joe's letters actually are being intercepted and rewritten by millionaire Harlan Quinn, who has designs on Peggy and wishes to portray Joe's situation as hopeless. After receiving a particularly alarming letter, Peggy consents to sell her honor to Harlan.
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The Two-Soul Woman
Title: The Two-Soul Woman
Character: Dr. Copin
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 Marriage Lie
Title: The Marriage Lie
Released: April 27, 1918
Type: Movie
Left alone and penniless after her father dies, Eileen Orton attempts suicide. Douglas Seward, who must be married to obtain the position he seeks, befriends Eileen and offers to support her if she will pose as his wife.
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The Risky Road
Title: The Risky Road
Character: Van Belt (as Joseph Girard)
Released: April 8, 1918
Type: Movie
Ida May Park started in the film business as a scriptwriter, but in 1917 Universal announced that Park would direct films with actress and producer Dorothy Phillips for the company’s Bluebird brand. Park’s films often had a strong female perspective and The Risky Road is no exception. The story of a country girl who comes to the city to work, but falls for a rich man and undeservedly gets a bad reputation, the film was marketed as “the drama every woman should see”. The surviving fragment, showing the despair of Phillips’s character, is a real cinematic gem that leaves one yearning for more material of the film to be discovered. In 2008, a tinted nitrate fragment, with Swedish intertitles at the opening of the second reel, was deposited at the Archival Film Collections of the Svenska Filminstitutet. From the fragment, a 35mm B&W duplicate negative was made, from which this print was struck using the tinting of the nitrate as color reference.
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The Bride's Awakening
Title: The Bride's Awakening
Released: January 1, 1918
Type: Movie
A husband orders his wife to keep their marriage a secret, in order to better continue his affair with a married woman.
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A Soul for Sale
Title: A Soul for Sale
Character: Garet Pendleton (as Joseph Girard)
Released: November 30, 1917
Type: Movie
After Neila Pendleton's father dies, leaving his wife and daughter penniless, the avaricious Mrs. Pendleton decides to marry Neila to the highest bidder. At the cost of her daughter's reputation, Mrs. Pendleton accepts money from elderly broker Wilbur Simons, and later tries to force Neila into a marriage with a dissolute old millionaire named Hale Faxon.
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Fear Not
Title: Fear Not
Character: Mortimer Gildane
Released: November 26, 1917
Type: Movie
Brothers James and Allen Mornington are both addicted to cocaine and both believe that their addiction is caused by a hereditary failing. James rises to the position of judge, but when Allen is brought into his court on drug charges, James resigns. The two brothers, along with James's daughter, Hilda, then retire to the country to fight their desire for drugs.
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Society's Driftwood
Title: Society's Driftwood
Released: October 22, 1917
Type: Movie
When Judge Grant sentences Paul Rogers to jail on circumstantial evidence, Paul's sister Lena swears revenge.
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'49–'17
Title: '49–'17
Character: Judge Brand
Released: October 15, 1917
Type: Movie
A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The make-believe turns serious when a real gold mine is discovered nearby and a local girl is kidnapped by a nasty gambler.
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The Storm Woman
Title: The Storm Woman
Released: October 2, 1917
Type: Movie
Lost film.
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The Lair of the Wolf
Title: The Lair of the Wolf
Character: Oliver Cathcart
Released: August 20, 1917
Type: Movie
Widow Margaret Dennis, unaware of the abusive nature of Oliver Cathcart, agrees to become his wife. Among other cruelties, Cathcart has ruined the Taylor family in a bad business deal, causing the death of Mrs. Taylor, turning Mr. Taylor into a worthless drunk and embittering their son Raymond, who swears revenge on Cathcart. Margaret's son Jim, learning of all this, forces his mother to choose between him and Cathcart.
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The Double Standard
Title: The Double Standard
Character: Bishop Ferguson
Released: July 23, 1917
Type: Movie
Newly elected police court judge John Fairbrother is impassioned when it comes to the laws affecting the dives and cabarets of the city, and promises equal justice for all.
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Treason
Title: Treason
Character: Gergus Natarre
Released: May 14, 1917
Type: Movie
The enemy's success in smuggling a spy through the lines places the Stratiria armies in a dangerous position. The spy is intercepted and killed by Pettrus Baariot, the telegraph operator, who then succeeds in sending a message that saves the Stratiria forces from defeat. For his heroism, Pettrus is promised a promotion, but after his recovery from his severe wounds, he is humiliated through the treachery of Danick Rysson, a government official who desires to marry Floria Natarre, Pettrus' beloved. Bitter, Pettrus listens to the overtures of one of the enemy and steals the new telegraph code.
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The Voice on the Wire
Title: The Voice on the Wire
Character: Dr. Reynolds
Released: March 18, 1917
Type: Movie
A silent action movie serial.
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Hell Morgan's Girl
Title: Hell Morgan's Girl
Character: Oliver Curwell
Released: March 5, 1917
Type: Movie
Roger Curwell (William Stowell) is disowned by his father (Joseph W. Girard) because of his desire to be an artist. But instead of making good as a painter, Roger finds himself drunk and on the skids in San Francisco's Barbary Coast. At a dive run by Hell Morgan (Alfred Allen), he meets Lola (Dorothy Phillips), who nurses him back to physical and moral health.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Character: Major Cameron
Released: December 24, 1916
Type: Movie
Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away.
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The Man from Nowhere
Title: The Man from Nowhere
Character: Gov. Dudley Ward (as Joseph W. Gerard)
Released: June 19, 1916
Type: Movie
Although Dorenzo murders Betty Herron, a jury convicts her brother James, and sentences him to life imprisonment. Then, after James saves the governor's life during a prison revolt, he is made a trustee and falls in love with the governor's daughter Ruth, even though he has yet to meet her.
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The Huntress of Men
Title: The Huntress of Men
Character: Fleming Harcourt
Released: May 8, 1916
Type: Movie
Upon hearing about a woman dubbed The Huntress because of her wild attention craving ways, Fleming Harcourt decides he can domesticate her and they marry. He takes her to settle down in a mining town, however she soon becomes bored and returns to the city and her lavish parties with plenty of adoring male admirers. Fleming decides to make her jealous by flirting with other women. When the Huntress hears the rumors of his affairs, she soon realizes her one true love is Fleming, and they are happily reunited.
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Thrown to the Lions
Title: Thrown to the Lions
Released: April 24, 1916
Type: Movie
Linnie Carter, a cabaret entertainer, struggles to remain innocent in the midst of the fast life. Harry Sullivan, a gangster, becomes attentive to Linnie and asks her to marry him and, believing that his intentions are sincere, she accepts. When Linnie's friend Irma Wood and her husband Billy, who plays a clown in a cabaret act, discover that Harry has no intention of marrying Linnie and that Linnie is in danger, they rescue her from a phony marriage ceremony and force her to face the truth about Harry.
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The Lords of High Decision
Title: The Lords of High Decision
Released: February 28, 1916
Type: Movie
Even though he disapproves of the harshness with which his father, the Colonel, treats his employees, Wayne Craighill joins the old man's mining business. Adding to the strain between father and son, Wayne soon falls in love with Jean, the daughter of a small mine owner whom the Colonel wants to put out of business.
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Love's Pilgrimage to America
Title: Love's Pilgrimage to America
Released: January 10, 1916
Type: Movie
Lulu, the bishop's daughter, and Tom, the Duke of Bilgewater's nephew, are in love and want to marry. Their relatives oppose the marriage, however, because Lulu's marriage contract with a curate has been signed and Tom is engaged to his ugly cousin, Lady Mary. Lulu and Tom elope to America and look for work.
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Conscience
Title: Conscience
Character: The warden
Released: June 25, 1915
Type: Movie
Inventor George Grant and his partner, financier John Benson, accept an offer of $200,000 for the rights to an invention. After Grant breaks up a fight in a bar between drunken Dave Wilson and an old man reprimanding him, Dave is told by his mother to apologize to Grant. He meets Benson, who witnessed the fight, outside Grant's apartment and tells him his purpose, but during Dave's conversation with Grant, Grant suddenly drops dead. The police find Dave hiding, and after a pistol is found outside and Benson tells them about the fight but says he knew nothing about Dave's apology, Dave is convicted of murder and electrocuted.
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The Ladder of Fortune
Title: The Ladder of Fortune
Character: Colonel Novarro
Released: April 22, 1915
Type: Movie
Louis d'Angelo, a wandering minstrel, plays before the windows of an Italian's villa. From her casement above him, Delicia drops the rose worn in her hair. An attachment follows. Soon after we find Louis playing for a select gathering at the Romana salon where he makes his first appearance as Signor Romana's protégé. Love has already interceded in his behalf. A constant admirer of Delicia and aspirant for her hand, Colonel Navarro, takes exception to the attentions of Louis and upon a certain occasion tells Delicia how he feels. She promptly silences him and he insults her. Louis, rushing to her defense, meets with opposition.
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Shotgun Jones
Title: Shotgun Jones
Released: April 27, 1914
Type: Movie
Thomas Lattier is a well-to-do westerner in the cattle business. One fine day he sells a herd of cattle, receiving for it cash payment in bills of large denomination. He proceeds to town alone to deposit it in his bank. Two bad men, Bretall and Hayes, have learned of the deal and trail him with a view to securing the money.
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Back to the Primitive
Title: Back to the Primitive
Released: May 10, 1911
Type: Movie
John Wilton cables his sister Helen in London to leave for South Africa via S.S. China and apprises her of the fact that Lord Thurlow sails on the same ship and is to act as her escort. At the same time telling her he will meet them at Cape Town. After a hurried preparation for the departure the long journey is begun. Lord Thurlow is attentive to his charge that he may fulfill the wishes of his friend and confidant, John Wilton. Will Carson, a fellow passenger aboard, much admires the young and handsome Helen and seeks an introduction through the ship officer. The admiration becomes mutual and they are seen on the promenade deck enjoying fresh sea air. Their action causes much uneasiness on the part of Lord Thurlow, who interferes in the discharge of his duty, and is in turn insulted by Will, much to the disgust of Helen, who regrets the publicity of the incident. The approaching storm rivets the attention of all on board and for a time the unfortunate affair is forgotten.