Anne Schaefer

Anne Schaefer

Born: July 10, 1870
Died: May 3, 1957
in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Movies for Anne Schaefer...

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Title: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
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Lilies of the Field
Title: Lilies of the Field
Character: First Maid
Released: January 5, 1930
Type: Movie
Mildred Harker loses custody of her child in a messy divorce settlement. Leaving her hometown in disgrace, Mildred heads to New York, where after a crash course in the school of hard knocks she joins the chorus of a Ziegfeld-like musical revue. Now a full-fledged gold-digger, she enjoys the favors of backstage johnnies and elderly sugar daddies, but finally finds true love in the form of Park Avenue socialite Ted Willing.
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Prisoners
Title: Prisoners
Character: Aunt Maria
Released: May 18, 1929
Type: Movie
Prisoners was released as a part-talking, part-silent feature. An Austrian showgirl working in a cabaret moonlights as a thief. When she is caught in the act, a young lawyer offers to defend her. Unfortunately, he loses the case, causing her to spend several months in jail. Fortunately, the two have fallen in love, and he promises to wait for her.
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Saturday's Children
Title: Saturday's Children
Character: Mrs. Halevy
Released: March 10, 1929
Type: Movie
Youthful sweethearts, Bobbi and Jim, plan to get married but Bobbi wants them to settle down in their sleepy hometown. Jim has bigger plans and walks out on Bobbie who then resorts to her feminine tricks to win him back.
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Wheel of Chance
Title: Wheel of Chance
Character: Hanscha Talinef
Released: June 17, 1928
Type: Movie
A Russian family, the Turkeltaubs, emigrates to the US before the Communist revolution that overthrew the Czar. One of their twin sons, Schulke, disappears and is believed dead before they leave. After they settle into their new country, the family does well: the surviving twin, Nicholai, becomes a crusading District Attorney. One of the cases he is assigned to prosecute is that of small-time gangster Jacob Talinef, who has killed a former girlfriend of Nicholai's. Further investigation of the case, though, reveals a shocking secret.
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The Night Flyer
Title: The Night Flyer
Character: Mrs. Murphy (as Ann Schaeffer)
Released: February 5, 1928
Type: Movie
Jimmy Bradley, a fireman on the old locomotive No. 99, loves Kate Murphy, daughter of the proprietress of the local lunch counter. His rival, Bat Mullins, is engineer of the new mail train scheduled to make a competition run. When Mullins overturns the new train, Bradley completes the run and earns the contract for his company by delivering the mail in record time on No. 99. A promotion to engineer helps him win Kate.
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The Devil Dancer
Title: The Devil Dancer
Character: Tana (as Ann Schaeffer)
Released: November 3, 1927
Type: Movie
An English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native girl he has become fascinated with. THE DEVIL DANCER was highly praised at time of release for its exquisite cinematography, especially in the use of light and shadow. The film received an Academy Award nomination in this category. Sadly, it is among the lost. No prints or negatives are known to survive.
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With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
Title: With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
Character: Mame Mulcain
Released: June 14, 1927
Type: Movie
The story of a controversial white settlement in 1860s Spirit Lake, Iowa. Unbowed by the encroachment, Chief Sitting Bull vows to reclaim the land of his fathers. A long-thought-lost film finally surfaces after being unseen for over eight decades. Created and copyrighted by Sunset Productions in 1925 but not released until June 15, 1927, this silent epic features the superior Native American actor Chief Yowlachie (performing here under the name Chief Yowlache) as Sitting Bull.
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Three Hours
Title: Three Hours
Character: The Governess
Released: March 5, 1927
Type: Movie
Left penniless by her vengeful ex-husband, Madeline is forced to become a pickpocket to pay for a new wardrobe. One of her victims is a Mr. Finlay, who threatens to turn her over to the police -- until he hears Madeline's woeful tale of her cruel, possessive husband.
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The Heritage of the Desert
Title: The Heritage of the Desert
Character: Mrs. Naab
Released: January 23, 1924
Type: Movie
The year is 1876 and Holderness "tyrant of the desert" is trying to force August Naab to sell his property. Naab's feisty daughter, Mescal has been pushed into a loveless marriage, and as she is trying to escape, she is captured by Holderness' men.
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Main Street
Title: Main Street
Character: Mrs. Valborg
Released: April 25, 1923
Type: Movie
The arrival of pretty Carol Milford in the staid Midwestern town of Gopher Prairie really shakes up the locals.
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The Man Unconquerable
Title: The Man Unconquerable
Character: Duenna (as Anna Schaeffer)
Released: July 2, 1922
Type: Movie
A conservative young man inherits his uncle's pearl fishery concession in the South Pacific. Upon his arrival there, he becomes involved with a woman and a mystery.
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The Ordeal
Title: The Ordeal
Character: Minnie
Released: May 21, 1922
Type: Movie
Sybil marries George Bruce, an alcoholic 20 years her senior, In order to provide for her crippled sister, Helen, and her brother, Geoffrey. Bruce becomes jealous of Sybil's attentions to young physician Robert Acton, and when Bruce suffers a heart attack and calls for digitalis, Sybil allows the vial to break and he dies.
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Nobody's Kid
Title: Nobody's Kid
Released: April 17, 1921
Type: Movie
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The Chorus Girl's Romance
Title: The Chorus Girl's Romance
Character: Aunt Emma
Released: August 6, 1920
Type: Movie
When, on a prank, shimmy dancer Marcia Meadows visits bookworm Horace Tarbox in his Yale dormitory, Horace falls madly in love and follows her to New York where he and Marcia marry. Denounced by his wealthy father, Horace attempts to support Marcia through his writing, but all his manuscripts are rejected, and he is fired from every job.
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A Fighting Colleen
Title: A Fighting Colleen
Character: Mother Malone
Released: November 22, 1919
Type: Movie
Young and spunky Alannah, an Irish immigrant living in a tenement, sells newspapers to support her family. She is soon helping a district attorney secure proof that the unjust town mayor is collecting bribes. For her reward, Alannah and her boyfriend Jimmy are appointed managers of a municipal restaurant.
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Six Feet Four
Title: Six Feet Four
Character: Mrs. Riddell (uncredited)
Released: September 13, 1919
Type: Movie
A cowboy matches the description of the man who robbed the local hotel--both are 6'4". When a young woman is robbed, suspicion falls on the cowboy again. However, he discovers that the actual culprits are a local gang headed by the sheriff. He sets out to capture the robbers and clear his name.
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The Solitary Sin
Title: The Solitary Sin
Character: Mrs. Meredith
Released: July 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Bob, John, and Edward--three young boys growing up in the same neighborhood--have vastly-different experiences with sex. Bob's father patiently explains "the birds and the bees" to him, and even takes him to a hospital to see the effects of venereal disease.
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The Weaker Vessel
Title: The Weaker Vessel
Released: June 30, 1919
Type: Movie
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Johanna Enlists
Title: Johanna Enlists
Character: Ma Renssaller
Released: September 14, 1918
Type: Movie
A young girl, stifling on her father's backwoods farm, is reinvigorated by the arrival of an army regiment, come to train in the area.
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Her Moment
Title: Her Moment
Released: July 1, 1918
Type: Movie
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Social Briars
Title: Social Briars
Character: Martha Kane
Released: May 13, 1918
Type: Movie
Iris Lee is reared in the small town of Dalton by her deceased mother's friend, Martha Kane, and when she reaches adulthood, Martha's son Jim falls in love with her. When Iris fails to return his affections, Mrs. Kane treats her so coldly that Iris decides to leave the stuffy little village for the metropolis. On her journey, she accepts a ride with Jack Andrews, but after he attempts to kiss her, she leaps from the car and walks the rest of the way. While singing in the choir of a large metropolitan church, she is discovered by Jack's wealthy father Peter, who recommends her as a soloist. Light opera star Helen Manning, who has helped Iris to cultivate her voice, quarrels with her theatrical manager, and Iris is offered her position.
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A Little Princess
Title: A Little Princess
Character: Amelia Minchin
Released: November 5, 1917
Type: Movie
Little Sara Crewe is placed in a boarding school by her father when he goes off to war, but he does not understand that the headmistress is a cruel, spiteful woman who makes life miserable for Sara.
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The Price of a Good Time
Title: The Price of a Good Time
Character: Her Mother (as Ann Schaefer)
Released: November 4, 1917
Type: Movie
A poor shopgirl is offered a "good time" for a week by the son of her employer. She accepts, but the offer is misunderstood by her brother, who informs the girl's parents of her "fling."
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The Mystery of Lake Lethe
Title: The Mystery of Lake Lethe
Released: January 15, 1917
Type: Movie
The Mystery of Lake Lethe is a 1917 silent film
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Through the Wall
Title: Through the Wall
Character: Mrs. Kittredge
Released: October 2, 1916
Type: Movie
Through the Wall is a silent 1916 film
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The Cost of High Living
Title: The Cost of High Living
Character: The Cook
Released: May 22, 1916
Type: Movie
Vitagraph comedy starring William Duncan & Corinne Griffith about The Cost of High Living.
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What Did He Whisper?
Title: What Did He Whisper?
Released: August 9, 1915
Type: Movie
Under an assumed name, Phineas courts a widow and makes love to his own wife. He lands in court with a Breach of Promise suit looming big. He confesses, whispers in his wife's ear, and all is forgiven.
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A Little Madonna
Title: A Little Madonna
Released: April 22, 1914
Type: Movie
Terrorized by Guido, her drunken and brutal father, Marie receives assurance from her dying mother that the Madonna will always protect her. The father reels in just after the mother has expired, too drunk to realize the woman is dead, and finding the whiskey bottle empty, abuses the child. Marie appeals to the image of the Madonna and Guido, in a frenzy of rage, smashes it on the floor. Horrified at the sacrilege, Marie screams.
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Anne of the Golden Heart
Title: Anne of the Golden Heart
Character: Anne Blake
Released: January 22, 1914
Type: Movie
Upon the death of his wife, George Blake, an attorney, leaves the east. He first places his pretty young daughter, Lucy, in a convent. After traveling for a few years from place to place, in an endeavor to find some location which he might be happy in, he settles in Lariat Hollow, a mining town. He soon falls in love with a woman of the dance hall named Anne. This incites the jealousy of Larkin, the political boss of the town. To break George Blake, Larkin nominates him for mayor, purposing to have him defeated. Anne suspects the plot and tries to influence Blake to refuse the nomination. But Blake has given his word to enter the contest and goes in to win. Blake's daughter writes to her father that she wishes to remain in the convent and become a nun. The father gives his consent. Now with every eastern tie severed, he asks Anne to marry him. She accepts, but says they will wait until after the election.
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A Bit of Blue Ribbon
Title: A Bit of Blue Ribbon
Character: Mrs. Hartwell - Mary's Mother
Released: January 4, 1913
Type: Movie
A short Western in which a cowboy is rescued from a lynching in the nick of time.
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The Better Man
Title: The Better Man
Character: Mrs. Saunder
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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The Redemption of Red Rube
Title: The Redemption of Red Rube
Character: Mrs. Saunders - the Sheriff's Wife
Released: July 16, 1912
Type: Movie
A short Western about a bandit who saves the daughter of the sheriff.
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The Triumph of Right
Title: The Triumph of Right
Character: Dave's Wife
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 Craven
Title: The Craven
Character: Mrs. Ann Fiske, Harvey's Wife
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: Annie Mattson - Harvey's Wife
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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Father and Son
Title: Father and Son
Released: January 15, 1912
Type: Movie
A Chinese man cares for the orphan of a dying woman who stumbles into his laundry.
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Willie's Sister
Title: Willie's Sister
Released: January 13, 1912
Type: Movie
Willie Green, off for college, tearfully kisses Ma and Pa and Sister good-bye. Arrived on the campus, he approaches a grave and reverend senior to ask where the proctor is located. The senior knocks off his hat. Willie replaces it and laughs feebly at the joke. The senior sternly tells him to take it off and be respectful to his betters. Willie obeys, and awe-stricken, repeats his question. The senior points, Willie dodges, gathers up his suitcases and exits cautiously, watching the senior. The proctor places him in a room with a senior, who makes life a burden to him, using him as a valet.
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A Friendly Marriage
Title: A Friendly Marriage
Released: September 4, 1911
Type: Movie
A penniless British Lord sets up an arranged marriage with an American heiress. He soon falls in love with her and is determined to support himself financially so they can have a real marriage.
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The Grandmother
Title: The Grandmother
Released: October 10, 1909
Type: Movie
A spoiled rich boy meets and falls in love with an older woman, a dancer who is more amused than flattered by his attentions.