Charles Gorman

Charles Gorman

Born: December 31, 1864
Died: January 25, 1928
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Charles Gorman...

The Primal Law
Title: The Primal Law
Character: Norton
Released: September 11, 1921
Type: Movie
silent cowboy western starring Dustin Farnum as a rancher whose partner is killed by rustlers. He takes in his partner's young son, and begins to sell his ranch, but the boy finds oil on the land.
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Holy Smoke
Title: Holy Smoke
Released: February 27, 1921
Type: Movie
Jimmie Adams comedy produced by Educational.
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Treasure Island
Title: Treasure Island
Character: Prologue Player
Released: November 18, 1917
Type: Movie
Jim Hawkins and his widowed mother run the Admiral Ben Bow Inn, but when they are threatened by a pirate attack, they stay with friend, the squire, for the night. He is given something from Mrs. Hawkins. The squire discovers it's a map showing the location of the treasure buried by someone named Flint. Jim overhears how the squire is planning to retrieve the treasure and feels inspired by it ...
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A Sister of Six
Title: A Sister of Six
Character: John Longstreet
Released: October 29, 1916
Type: Movie
A young woman and her five little brothers and sisters are left orphans by the murder of their father over gold found on his ranch. Together the seven offspring fight against their greedy neighbors to keep what is rightfully theirs.
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The Doll-House Mystery
Title: The Doll-House Mystery
Character: Georgie's Dad
Released: September 19, 1915
Type: Movie
When a stack of valuable bonds go missing from the Grant household, suspicion falls on little Carmen Grant's playmate Georgie, whose father is a poor ex-convict trying to go straight.
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For Love of Mary Ellen
Title: For Love of Mary Ellen
Character: Murphy
Released: September 7, 1915
Type: Movie
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Minerva's Mission
Title: Minerva's Mission
Character: The Workman
Released: March 7, 1915
Type: Movie
Minerva comes home from school filled with the idea that she has a great mission in life. All society needs reformation. She has her maiden aunt come to live with her as chaperon, and Minerva immediately starts in by reconstructing her. The trust company that has charge of her fortune is represented by young Mr. Grant, who looks on with dismay at the operations of Minerva and tries to dissuade her, but without success. She stops him from smoking and he compiles when she isn't looking. She discovers this and quarrels with him. A laborer making some repairs at the house attracts her attention when she finds him drinking a pail of beer with his lunch. She remonstrates with him and questions him about his home life. As a result she visits his mother's home and tries to educate the family, much against their will, lavishing money on them.
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The Adopted Brother
Title: The Adopted Brother
Character: The Son's Friend
Released: August 29, 1913
Type: Movie
A Western action film about two men who escape from prison to take revenge on the person who betrayed them. Harry’s actions ensure that William and his friend get sent to prison. They escape, and want to take revenge on Harry. Harry's wife warns the sheriff, and as William and his friend are chasing Harry on horseback, they are shot by the sheriff.
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When Love Forgives
Title: When Love Forgives
Character: First Criminal
Released: August 2, 1913
Type: Movie
Bessie, the bookkeeper, and Harry, the confidential clerk, are sweethearts. Harry does not fully realize the strength of Bessie's affection, but later, on the eve of a false step, he is made to appreciate her devotion and grit.
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The Enemy's Baby
Title: The Enemy's Baby
Character: The Sheriff
Released: June 10, 1913
Type: Movie
A feud began with a political argument. Then the justice declared if granddad did not pay up he would attach his household goods. Granddad was that mad all he left of the furniture was kindling. When he learned his act had made him liable to the law he fled with his family, but came back after a lost baby, now in the hands of the enemy.
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A Timely Interception
Title: A Timely Interception
Character: The Policeman
Released: June 7, 1913
Type: Movie
A farmer has saved all his life to pay for his daughter's wedding, but when his brother is fired from his job on the oil rig, the wedding must be postponed and the money put to the more pressing need. The farmer, now himself destitute, is forced to put his house up for sale to repay his creditors. Meanwhile, a man from the oil syndicate discovers oil on the farmer's land. Moving quickly, the syndicate tries to buy the farm before the farmer knows what he is selling. -Harpodeon
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Broken Ways
Title: Broken Ways
Character: Holt-Up Victim
Released: March 8, 1913
Type: Movie
In this story the young wife concerned is called upon to solve a rather momentous question. After separating from her husband, whom she has discovered to be a brute and a criminal, she is about to give herself to another man, believing her husband dead, when he appears before her fleeing from justice. Shall she deliver him to the law or surrender to his claims? She yields in one instance, but not in the other. Then justice intervenes.
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A Sailor’s Heart
Title: A Sailor’s Heart
Character: The Suitor
Released: November 25, 1912
Type: Movie
A short film directed by Wilfred Lucas for the Biograph Company.
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With the Enemy's Help
Title: With the Enemy's Help
Character: The Sheriff
Released: August 19, 1912
Type: Movie
A discouraged prospector is about to give up his search when he hears his two little children praying, "Please, God, help papa find gold." Their faith gives him new hope and their prayer is efficacious, for he does find it and so stakes the claim, intending to register it at his earliest opportunity. Meanwhile "Faro Kate" and her gambler husband ride by the claim and jump it, the husband urging Kate to go to the Claim Office and register it. When the prospector returns to his "diggings" he finds the gambler in possession and in a struggle the prospector falls and is hurt. The prospector's wife, arriving at the claim, realizes she must win the race to the Claim Office.
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A Temporary Truce
Title: A Temporary Truce
Character: Jack Hardy - the Prospector
Released: June 10, 1912
Type: Movie
A Mexican is thrown out of a bar by a young prospector and swears to get even. Later, he kidnaps the prospector's wife. In the meantime, a group of drunkards shoot and kill an old Indian; The son, a brave, vows revenge and asks the tribal chief for help. When the Indians attack both prospector and Mexican, these two make a temporary truce and join forces against the common enemy.
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The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
Title: The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
Character: A Cowboy (uncredited)
Released: March 25, 1912
Type: Movie
The Goddess, the prettiest and best-natured girl that ever graced that little mining town, meets the tenderfoot prospector and leaves him another worshiper of her. His chances, however, are slim for Blue-grass Pete has won her affections, he having at an opportune moment saved her from the fangs of a snake which was about to attack her. Pete's affections turn to the Goddess's sister, while Pete's friends plot to rob.
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Under Burning Skies
Title: Under Burning Skies
Released: February 21, 1912
Type: Movie
Joe, "The Bad Man of San Fernand," is one tough customer. He sets his sights on a lovely young lady who spurns his advances and elopes with a fresh-faced young cowpoke. An angry Joe eventually gets his revenge.
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At the Altar
Title: At the Altar
Released: February 25, 1909
Type: Movie
At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the landlady's pretty daughter, but she was of a poetic turn of mind and her soul soared above plebeianism and her aspirations were romantic. Most persistent among her suitors was Grigo, a coarse Sicilian, whose advances were odiously repulsive. The arrival at the boarding house from the old country of Giuseppe Cassella, the violinist, filled the void in her yearning heart. Romantic, poetic and a talented musician, Giuseppe was indeed a desirable husband for Minnie.
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The Cord of Life
Title: The Cord of Life
Released: January 28, 1909
Type: Movie
Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic, provident husband and father. His demands are met with a positive rebuff, and when he becomes insistent be is forcibly ejected by Galora. As he leaves the tenement he vows to get even, and lies in wait until Galora has gone out on business. Climbing to the fifth floor, on which the Galoras live, he watches his chance, which comes when Mrs. Galora goes for an instant to visit a neighbor on the same floor. Darting into the apartment and raising the window he perceives the awful result of a drop to the ground, five stories below, and so evolves a plan that is dastardly in the extreme. Taking the infant child from the cradle, and placing it in a basket he lets it out with a short rope, the end of which he secures by letting the sash down on it, so that to raise the window would precipitate the baby to destruction.
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An Awful Moment
Title: An Awful Moment
Released: December 18, 1908
Type: Movie
After a judge (Harry Solter) does his job and sentences a man, a gypsy woman (Marion Leonard) erupts in vehement protests and has to be taken forcefully out of the courtroom. Later the gypsy follows the judge to his home and plots a vicious revenge on his wife (Florence Lawrence).
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For a Wife's Honor
Title: For a Wife's Honor
Released: August 28, 1908
Type: Movie
Irving Robertson, a successful playwright, has just received a message from out of town to witness the initial performance of one of his plays. As he is about to leave, Henderson, the manager, calls to pay a sum due him for royalties. At the same time, Frank Wilson, a friend of the family, drops in.
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For Love of Gold
Title: For Love of Gold
Released: August 21, 1908
Type: Movie
It is often said there is honor among thieves, but not so, as we shall see in this story. Two denizens of the underworld are seen in their squalid furnished room planning a robbery. Their intended victim is known to hold at all times in his safe at home a large sum of money and a wealth of jewels. Gathering together the tools of their nefarious calling, they start off, arriving at the house shortly after the master had retired for the night.
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The Fatal Hour
Title: The Fatal Hour
Released: August 18, 1908
Type: Movie
This one-reeler has been regarded as a classic example of a Griffith thriller. It engages with the Chinese White slave traffic from the perspective of a female detective, played by Marion Leonard, whose assignment is to expose and break the traffic ring. A fragment is widely available.