Martha Franklin

Martha Franklin

Movies for Martha Franklin...

Points West
Title: Points West
Character: Mrs. Cole Lawson
Released: August 25, 1929
Type: Movie
Cole Lawson Jr. goes undercover as a bandit to infiltrate the gang responsible for his father's death.
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The Younger Generation
Title: The Younger Generation
Character: Mrs. Lesser
Released: March 4, 1929
Type: Movie
Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves the family to Park Avenue. They go, but were happier back on the East Side. Morris is ashamed of this parents and his humble origins, but learns in the end that there is more to life than money.
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The Woman from Moscow
Title: The Woman from Moscow
Character: Ipanoff's Mother
Released: November 3, 1928
Type: Movie
A silent film directed by Ludwig Berger.
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Love and Learn
Title: Love and Learn
Character: Martha
Released: January 14, 1928
Type: Movie
In love with political candidate Anthony Cowles, heroine Nancy Blair gets wind of the opposition's scheme to ruin Cowles' reputation. At the risk of her own good name, Nancy decides to turn the tables on the crooked politicos by framing Cowles' opponent in a compromising situation. Things don't go quite as planned.
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The Climbers
Title: The Climbers
Character: Clotilda
Released: May 3, 1927
Type: Movie
The Duchess of Aragon is wooed by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, much to the displeasure of his mistress Countess Veya, who forces the Duchess out of Spain and into Puerto Rico, where she is forced to behave in very unladylike manners, such as riding horses like a cowboy, and dueling with and fending off various brigands and bandits.
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Perch of the Devil
Title: Perch of the Devil
Character: Mrs. Stout
Released: March 6, 1927
Type: Movie
Ida is married to small-time Montana prospector Gregory Compton. She's bored and lonely, so a friend, wealthy widow and woman of the world Ora Blake, easily gets her to share a trip to Europe. There, Ida lives the high life amid the continent's rich and carefree, but soon grows weary of it, wishing she were home again with her true love. Back in Butte, Gregory has hit a gold strike and telegraphs Ida of his luck. Ora however, with a secret love for Gregory, sabotages Ida's response by rewriting the return cable to indicate Ida will return, but only for a share in the gold. When the travelers return to Montana, Ida has found out about what backstabbing Ora has done, and fight it out at the mine, but unaware of their presence, the now-disillusioned Gregory intends on blowing up the mine at the same time.
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Keep Smiling
Title: Keep Smiling
Character: The Mother
Released: September 6, 1925
Type: Movie
The Boy, involved in a maritime disaster as a child, suffers from hydrophobia. He invents a life preserver that automatically inflates when it hits the water, using it to save the life of Rose Ryan, the daughter of a steamship magnate.
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Don Q Son of Zorro
Title: Don Q Son of Zorro
Character: The Duenna
Released: June 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Don Cesar De Vega crosses swords with a vicious member of the Queen's Guard, and steals the affection of a young heiress. When the officer frames the young upstart for murder, Don Cesar fakes his own death and retreats to the crumbling ruins of the family castle he plots his vengeance.
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Other Men's Daughters
Title: Other Men's Daughters
Character: Mrs. Kane
Released: October 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Dorothy Kane leaves home after being denounced by her father, a businessman, who is dictatorial with his family but very lavish to his female companions in the city. Dorothy unwittingly becomes involved with his nightclub friends, Lottie, Trixie, and Alaska. At a dinner party attended by elderly men and young girls, Dorothy meets her father and decides to decry him to Mrs. Kane, but later feels that it would bring much sorrow to her already neglected mother.
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Trilby
Title: Trilby
Character: Madame Vinard
Released: July 29, 1923
Type: Movie
The hypnotist Svengali makes an artist's model sing, but cannot force her love.
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Little Miss Smiles
Title: Little Miss Smiles
Character: Mama Aaronson
Released: January 15, 1922
Type: Movie