Joseph Levering

Joseph Levering

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Sporting Chance
Title: Sporting Chance
Character: Trainer
Released: October 25, 1931
Type: Movie
A jockey finally hits the big time, but he lets his success go to his head, threatening his career and his life.
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The Temptations of Satan
Title: The Temptations of Satan
Character: Everyboy
Released: November 1, 1914
Type: Movie
Satan decides to ruin the innocence of ambitious Everygirl , who has a beautiful voice and wishes to pursue a career singing in opera. He thus assumes human form and follows her in order to make sure that she accepts his terms.
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The Dream Woman
Title: The Dream Woman
Character: The Stranger
Released: March 1, 1914
Type: Movie
In this story the hero is haunted by a beautiful young woman who tries to stab him to death with a knife. This fantasy recurs on each of his birthdays, becoming more and more real as the years go on. He leaves home to secure a place as groom, but arrives at his destination too late. Forced to retrace his steps, he seeks shelter in a little inn, forgetting that the hour of his birth is approaching. In the middle of the night he awakens, terrified with fright… Based on Wilkie Collins' novel “The Dream Woman”.
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Brennan of the Moor
Title: Brennan of the Moor
Released: August 7, 1913
Type: Movie
The film carries the slogan: ‘He Stole From the Rich to Give to the Poor’. It is a story of the ‘nobleman-bandit’, Brennan O'Malley, who is captured and imprisoned, but an attempt to drown him through flooding his cell fails. Recaptured after his escape from prison, he overwhelms a soldier and escapes again. He then holds up Lord Hastings and changes into his clothes. He escapes through a secret passage with Betty, Lady Lorrequer whom he had earlier rescued and with whom he had fallen in love. The couple cross a chasm with the aid of a human chain to elude Lord Hastings' troop of soldiers. In the pursuit, Hastings falls into the sea and is killed, while Brennan and Betty escape by ship.
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The Pit and the Pendulum
Title: The Pit and the Pendulum
Released: July 9, 1913
Type: Movie
Alice Guy's version of Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum. This film is partially lost.
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The Lass of Gloucester
Title: The Lass of Gloucester
Character: John Monroe - Betty's Sweetheart
Released: October 16, 1912
Type: Movie
With a parting kiss, Betty Lane, a fisherman's daughter, and John Monroe, promise to meet later in the day at their trysting place on the seashore. Betty returns to keep the appointment and is waiting but a moment when a wealthy young yachtsman comes ashore for provisions. He flits with Betty and Betty's heart is lost. John arrives to find his sweetheart in the stranger's arms. Betty ignores John's protests and agrees to the newcomer's proposal that she pack her things, meet him in half an hour and elope. John hides and awaits their return. The yachtsman is the first to arrive. He has his provisions and has not forgotten a bottle of stimulant, most of which he has already consumed. John thrashes him for stealing his girl, throws him into his rowboat, and orders him to get aboard his yacht and not to return. On board the yacht the intoxicated yachtsman drops a match near the oil tank.