Robert Thornby

Robert Thornby

Born: March 27, 1888
Died: March 6, 1953
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Robert Thornby...

The Better Man
Title: The Better Man
Character: Miguel Gomez
Released: December 27, 1912
Type: Movie
With a fondness for gambling, Jim Saunders is given to neglecting his wife and child. One night during his absence at the saloon, Miguel Gomez, a Mexican outlaw, for whom $1,000 reward is offered, enters Jim's home and demands food of Mrs. Saunders.
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A Wasted Sacrifice
Title: A Wasted Sacrifice
Character: Jack Martin - Gambler
Released: September 6, 1912
Type: Movie
A short Western. When his child dies, Dick is at wit’s end. He begins to drink, and shoots someone dead. As the sheriff is chasing him, Dick comes across a dead Indian woman with her child. He cares for the child, and warns the sheriff. When they find him, the child has already died, and they take him away.
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The Fatherhood of Buck McGee
Title: The Fatherhood of Buck McGee
Character: Buck
Released: August 3, 1912
Type: Movie
A gruff prospector with a distaste for women and children suddenly finds, when his mining partner dies in an accident, himself responsible for the man's orphaned daughter.
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The Redemption of Red Rube
Title: The Redemption of Red Rube
Character: Red Rube - the Outlaw
Released: July 16, 1912
Type: Movie
A short Western about a bandit who saves the daughter of the sheriff.
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At the End of the Trail
Title: At the End of the Trail
Character: Manuel Lopez - a Horse Thief
Released: June 28, 1912
Type: Movie
A short Western about the tragic romance between a sheriff and the daughter of a horse thief.
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The Triumph of Right
Title: The Triumph of Right
Character: Mexican Luke - a Criminal
Released: May 26, 1912
Type: Movie
A drama in which a man buys a horse in order to get medicine for his wife, but is then arrested because he is riding a stolen horse.
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The Greater Love
Title: The Greater Love
Character: The Kansas Kid
Released: May 16, 1912
Type: Movie
A romantic Western in which a notorious criminal who is in love with the fiancée of the sheriff digs his own sentence by reuniting the sheriff, whom he has wounded, with the girl.
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The Craven
Title: The Craven
Character: Harvey Fiske
Released: April 18, 1912
Type: Movie
A short western about a cowardly sheriff who leaves it up to his wife to catch a murderer, and then takes the credit himself.
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How States Are Made
Title: How States Are Made
Character: Bill Slick - a Roving Vagabond
Released: March 8, 1912
Type: Movie
Twenty or twenty-five years ago, when the unoccupied government lands were released for settlement, everyone who registered their names was given a fair and free chance to secure one of the sections of land, which was apportioned off in sections. The settlers were drawn up in a long line at a certain distance from the lands opened up, some of them on horseback and others in vehicles of all descriptions. At the firing of a cannon, everybody made a rush for the land. Harvey Mattson and his wife Annie, with their child, emigrate form Missouri in a prairie schooner. On their way they hear of the opening up of the Cherokee Strip. They hasten there and Harvey pitches camp, preparatory to entering his name. Their child is taken sick. Harvey goes for the doctor, and during his absence. Bill Slick, a good-looking ruffian, tries to force his attentions upon Annie. She repulses him. Harvey and the doctor arrive, and he "settles" Bill without ceremony. The ruffian, enraged, leaves.
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A Girl of the West
Title: A Girl of the West
Character: Scarfaced Bill - the Rustler
Released: January 20, 1912
Type: Movie
A Western drama in which a gang steals John’s horse and then kidnaps Polly when she tries to warn the new buyer.
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Destiny Is Changeless
Title: Destiny Is Changeless
Released: January 5, 1912
Type: Movie
A silent romantic film about the battle between two fur trappers for the hand of a lovely girl.