Betty Francisco

Betty Francisco

Born: September 25, 1900
Died: November 25, 1950
in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
From Wikipedia

Betty Francisco (September 26, 1900 – November 25, 1950) was

an American silent-film actress, appearing mainly in dramatic/romantic films.

Her sister, Evelyn Francisco, was also an actress.

Born Elizabeth Barton (or Bartman) in Little Rock, Arkansas,

Betty acted in many credited roles from the period between 1920 and 1934, after

which it appears she left the movies for good. Her first film credit was in the

1920 film A Broadway Cowboy. However, the film did little to improve her

popularity.

In 1923, she was selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars,

although studios still preferred to cast her in roles opposite major female

leading ladies. However, she managed to have her own share of leading roles,

co-starring with Norma Talmadge, Wallace Beery and Conway Tearle in First

National's 1923 costume picture Ashes of Vengeance. She appeared in Maytime

that same year.The actress was still working after the transition of sound, but

her name was now virtually unnoticed and Betty, who had mostly done "B

movies" in her career, found herself almost forgotten by the film industry.

Her last film was Romance in the Rain (1934).

Betty Francisco died of a heart attack on her ranch in El

Cerrito, Riverside, California in 1950, aged 50, and was interred at the Forest

Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale, California, United States.

Movies for Betty Francisco...

Romance in the Rain
Title: Romance in the Rain
Character: Julia
Released: August 13, 1934
Type: Movie
The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.
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Stowaway
Title: Stowaway
Character: Madge
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
On her first night as a dockside dancer, Mary Foster loses her job when she tries to fend of the advances of first mate Groder. On the street and being pursued by a Policeman who thinks she is a prostitute, Mary seeks shelter on an old freighter. She is soon discovered by second mate Tommy and they quickly fall in love, but with first mate Groder lurking around will their lives work out in the end?
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Good Sport
Title: Good Sport
Character: Laura
Released: December 12, 1931
Type: Movie
Marilyn Parker decides not to accompany her husband Rex on his business trip to Europe when she receives a surprise visit from her mother.
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Charlie Chan Carries On
Title: Charlie Chan Carries On
Character: Sybil Conway
Released: April 11, 1931
Type: Movie
Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. The first film to star Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.
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The Widow from Chicago
Title: The Widow from Chicago
Character: Helen
Released: November 23, 1930
Type: Movie
A woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother's death.
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Street of Chance
Title: Street of Chance
Character: Mrs. Mastick
Released: February 8, 1930
Type: Movie
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Francis), wants to divorce him because of his addiction and lifestyle, but they agree on a reconciliation and second honeymoon together and 'Natural' promises to give up gambling. However, his plans change when his brother, 'Babe' (Regis Toomey), arrives in town looking to score big, and 'Natural' has to devise a plan quickly to put him off gambling forever.
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Broadway
Title: Broadway
Character: Mazie
Released: May 27, 1929
Type: Movie
A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.
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Thin Twins
Title: Thin Twins
Released: April 13, 1929
Type: Movie
Thin Twins is a comedy short.
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The Spirit of Youth
Title: The Spirit of Youth
Released: February 15, 1929
Type: Movie
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Broadway Daddies
Title: Broadway Daddies
Character: Agnes Forrest
Released: April 7, 1928
Type: Movie
Eve, a beautiful young nightclub dancer, turns down a string of wealthy and powerful suitors for Robert, a poor but ambitious young man. What Eve doesn't know is that Robert is the son of a wealthy businessman and is just pretending to be poor to see if she really loves him. However, an item in the society pages gives away Robert's true identity. Complications ensue.
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Queen of the Chorus
Title: Queen of the Chorus
Character: Flossie de Vere
Released: March 5, 1928
Type: Movie
A chorus girl falls for a young man pretending to be his boss, a millionaire. WHen his boss returns from a European trip and finds that the woman he loves is engaged to his secretary, complications ensue.
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The Gay Retreat
Title: The Gay Retreat
Released: September 25, 1927
Type: Movie
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Uneasy Payments
Title: Uneasy Payments
Character: Marie Valentia
Released: May 4, 1927
Type: Movie
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Too Many Crooks
Title: Too Many Crooks
Character: Frisco Flora
Released: April 2, 1927
Type: Movie
Too Many Crooks is a lost 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, written by E.J. Rath and Rex Taylor, and starring Mildred Davis, Lloyd Hughes, George Bancroft, El Brendel, William V. Mong, John St. Polis, and Otto Matieson. It was released on April 2, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.
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Long Pants
Title: Long Pants
Character: His finish
Released: March 26, 1927
Type: Movie
Harry Shelby has been kept in knee pants for years by his overprotective parents, but the day finally comes when Harry is given his first pair of long pants. Almost immediately, he is expected to marry his childhood sweetheart Priscilla... but instead, Harry's first heady whiff of manhood has got him panting after Bebe, a "fast" woman from the big city. Mistakenly thinking that Bebe fancies him too, Harry risks everything to help her out when she lands in jail, only to end up in hot water himself. Through it all, sweet Priscilla waits for her man to come to his senses.
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Man Bait
Title: Man Bait
Character: Betty Gerber
Released: January 18, 1927
Type: Movie
Silent romantic comedy...
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The Lily
Title: The Lily
Character: Mrs. Arnaud Jr
Released: October 3, 1926
Type: Movie
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Don Juan's 3 Nights
Title: Don Juan's 3 Nights
Character: Madame de Courcy
Released: September 4, 1926
Type: Movie
A concert pianist who is popular with women tries to discourage a teenage admirer.
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Irene
Title: Irene
Character: Cordelia Smith
Released: January 24, 1926
Type: Movie
Irene, a feisty Irish girl in Philadelphia, clashes with her family and walks out, heading to New York City to seek fame and fortune. She gets a job as a dressmaker's model and becomes involved with Donald, the scion of a wealthy family. Donald's mother doesn't approve of Irene and sets out to discredit her in Donald's eyes.
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
Title: Seven Keys to Baldpate
Released: October 19, 1925
Type: Movie
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.
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Faint Perfume
Title: Faint Perfume
Character: Pearl Crumb
Released: June 8, 1925
Type: Movie
After a stormy six year marriage, Barnaby Powers divorces his wife Richmiel. She returns home, taking their young son Oliver with her. Barnaby follows her, to ask for custody of the boy, but meets and falls in love with Richmiel's pretty and sensitive cousin Ledda. Complications ensue.
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Fifth Avenue Models
Title: Fifth Avenue Models
Character: Rosie Guffy
Released: April 26, 1925
Type: Movie
A model in an expensive clothing shop quarrels with another model, and an expensive gown is ruined. In order to pay for it, she asks her father, an artist, for the money. In order to get the money, the father gets mixed up with art thieves
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Wasted Lives
Title: Wasted Lives
Character: Grace Gardner
Released: April 7, 1925
Type: Movie
After the death of her brother, "Tommy" Carlton makes the acquaintance of a neighbor, Harold Graypon, who invites her to a party. Tommy, who is a bit of a hoyden, attends the party in overalls and shocks the guests. Tommy is later ejected from her home and takes refuge in a shack in the mountains, where she makes rustic furniture for a living. Despite the interference of Grace, Tommy and Harold finds happiness with each other.
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How to Educate a Wife
Title: How to Educate a Wife
Character: Betty Breese
Released: May 1, 1924
Type: Movie
Business failure Ernest Todd is advised by his friend, Billy Breese, to enlist his wife's charms as a means of winning customers.
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Gambling Wives
Title: Gambling Wives
Character: Sylvia 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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The Darling of New York
Title: The Darling of New York
Character: Frances
Released: December 3, 1923
Type: Movie
Santussa, an orphan who becomes separated from her nurse en route to America to live with her grandfather, is cared for by gangsters who hide their stolen jewels in her ragdoll. In New York, Big Mike, finding Santussa a nuisance, dumps her and the doll in a trash can, where a newsboy finds her. After several adventures, Santussa finds her grandfather, the jewels are handed over to customs officials, and the gang of crooks is reformed.
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Maytime
Title: Maytime
Character: Ermintrude
Released: November 17, 1923
Type: Movie
Ottilie Van Zandt is forced to wed her cousin, despite her love for Richard Wayne, the gardener's son. Richard leaves, vowing to return a wealthy man and eligible suitor for her. He returns to find she has already married and, in turn, marries another girl on impulse. Two generations later, the grandchildren of Ottilie and Richard, who both have inherited their names as well, meet and develop a close friendship that culminates in the romance that their grandparents began but could not consummate years before.
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Ashes of Vengeance
Title: Ashes of Vengeance
Character: Margot de Vancoire
Released: August 6, 1923
Type: Movie
This historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge's 37th feature film and the longest to date at two hours. The plot involves a man forced into servitude who falls in love with the sister of his persecutor. It was Ms. Talmadge's fourth involvement with director, Frank Lloyd and the cast included future star, Wallace Beery.
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The Love Piker
Title: The Love Piker
Released: July 22, 1923
Type: Movie
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Double Dealing
Title: Double Dealing
Character: Stella Fern
Released: May 21, 1923
Type: Movie
The servant girl of a wealthy young man helps him fend off criminals who are trying to steal his property.
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Crinoline and Romance
Title: Crinoline and Romance
Character: Kitty Biddle
Released: February 5, 1923
Type: Movie
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Poor Men's Wives
Title: Poor Men's Wives
Character: Claribel
Released: January 28, 1923
Type: Movie
Drama of two girls who married into different layers of society.
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Her Night of Nights
Title: Her Night of Nights
Character: Myone Madrigal
Released: June 26, 1922
Type: Movie
Molly, a glamorous clothing model in New York, though yearning for a life of luxury, spurns the advances of her boss's son in favor of a shipping clerk, late of the backwoods.
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Across the Continent
Title: Across the Continent
Character: Lorraine Tyler
Released: June 4, 1922
Type: Movie
Jimmy Dent , son of John Dent, the maker of the reliable but plain Dent automobile, is dismissed from the firm after he refuses to drive a Dent. He goes west with the Tyler family, owners of a rival automobile firm, in one of their expensive high speed cars. 
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Riding with Death
Title: Riding with Death
Character: Anita Calhoun
Released: November 13, 1921
Type: Movie
Texas Ranger Steve Dorsey searches for the villain who murdered his partner.
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Greater Than Love
Title: Greater Than Love
Character: Helen Wellington
Released: July 17, 1921
Type: Movie
Grace Merrill works as a shill in a gambling hall. Her five roommates are even less honestly employed. One of them, Elsie Brown commits suicide because her main squeeze, Frank Norwood has left her. Elsie's small town mother comes to the city and meets Elsie's roommates. But Mother Brown's faith and purity are so compelling that the ladies of the night reform. Grace, in fact, gives up her affair with a married man -- even though she really loves him -- to go live with Mrs. Brown in the country.
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Straight from Paris
Title: Straight from Paris
Character: Doris Charming
Released: April 9, 1921
Type: Movie
A young man takes a trip to Europe, and when he returns home he brings along the woman he fell in love with and became engaged to. However, his snooty mother finds out that she doesn't come from a "good" family and is, in fact, a clerk in a shoe store, and refuses to sanction the engagement. The young man's uncle disagrees and tries to convince the mother to accept the young girl--but then begins to realize he is developing feelings for her himself.
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Midsummer Madness
Title: Midsummer Madness
Character: Mary Miller
Released: January 23, 1921
Type: Movie
Because Bob Meredith (Jack Holt) spends all his time working, his wife Margaret (Lois Wilson) feels the romance has ebbed away from their marriage. One night, while Meredith is at the office, family friend Julian Osborn (Conrad Nagel) -- whose own spouse (Lila Lee) is out of town -takes Margaret to a dance. They wind up at a hunting lodge and begin to get carried away, but stop before things get out of hand. The pair agree to keep their encounter a secret, but unfortunately, they've been seen and word gets back to their spouses.
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The Furnace
Title: The Furnace
Released: November 1, 1920
Type: Movie