Agnes Vernon

Agnes Vernon

Born: December 27, 1895
Died: February 21, 1948
in La Grande, Oregon, USA

Movies for Agnes Vernon...

The Fighting Breed
Title: The Fighting Breed
Released: September 1, 1921
Type: Movie
A wealthy young Australian, the last of the "Fighting O'Farrells," decides to secretly work at his own farm in order to prove himself.
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Silks and Saddles
Title: Silks and Saddles
Character: Bobbie Morton
Released: July 5, 1921
Type: Movie
Bobbie Morton is a gutsy heroine in the grand Australian tradition. She's a champion horsewoman who can hold her own amongst the men of the racecourse. As part of her adventures she must come to the bottom of a secret race-rigging scam, as well as fend off the advances of an amorous squatter.
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The Man from Kangaroo
Title: The Man from Kangaroo
Character: Muriel Hammond
Released: January 24, 1920
Type: Movie
John Harland is a former boxer turned reverend posted to the town of Kangaroo. He falls in love with Muriel, an orphaned heiress, and discovers that her guardian Martin Giles is embezzling her inheritance. Harland earns the ire of parishioners by teaching young boys to box, and Giles manipulates local opinion to have the bishop remove him. Harland rescues a gentleman from a mugging in Sydney who suggests that he go to Kalmaroo where a criminal gang has driven the church out of the area. Harland preaches, and unexpectedly sees Muriel in the congregation; her property is near Kalmaroo. But her overseer is Red Jack Braggan who leads the gang which violently breaks up Harland's mission - much to the distress of Muriel who regards Harland as too timid - and is in cahoots with Giles.
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The Coming of the Law
Title: The Coming of the Law
Character: Nellie Hazelton (as Brownie Vernon)
Released: May 11, 1919
Type: Movie
Kent Hollis has arrived in Dry Bottom, New Mexico to settle the affairs of his dead father. But when he discovers that the town is at the mercy of "Big Bill" Dunlavey and his crew, he decides to stick it out at dad's old ranch for a spell.
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The High Sign
Title: The High Sign
Released: December 31, 1917
Type: Movie
In order to be admitted to his school fraternity, David Bruce is told to impersonate a Balkan prince. In that guise, Bruce leaves for the prince's tiny municipality. En route, he becomes involved with a gang of anarchists who order him to kill the prince he is supposed to be impersonating.
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Fear Not
Title: Fear Not
Character: Hilda Mornington
Released: November 26, 1917
Type: Movie
Brothers James and Allen Mornington are both addicted to cocaine and both believe that their addiction is caused by a hereditary failing. James rises to the position of judge, but when Allen is brought into his court on drug charges, James resigns. The two brothers, along with James's daughter, Hilda, then retire to the country to fight their desire for drugs.
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Flirting with Death
Title: Flirting with Death
Character: Jane Higginbotham (as Brownie Vernon)
Released: September 24, 1917
Type: Movie
When an aviator dies performing in a traveling circus, the circus closes and sideshow con men "Sky-High" Billy Wardell and "Domino" Dominick are arrested for giving out fake watches to wheel of fortune winners. After Domino springs the jail's lock, they jump a freight train and arrive in the next town, where Billy falls in love when Jane Higgenbotham allows them to breakfast on her freshly baked pies.
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A Stormy Knight
Title: A Stormy Knight
Character: Mary Weller
Released: September 10, 1917
Type: Movie
While relaxing in his cabin one stormy night, John Winton, a rising young businessman who has successfully resisted the institution of marriage, is interrupted by cries for help. Opening his door, he finds a soaking wet, pretty girl, who pleads with him to come to her aid.
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The Clean-Up
Title: The Clean-Up
Character: Hazel Richards (as Agnes 'Brownie' Vernon)
Released: August 6, 1917
Type: Movie
A publicist for a racy burlesque troupe romances the daughter of the head of The Purity League, an organization that wishes to see such shows banned.
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The Car of Chance
Title: The Car of Chance
Character: Ruth Rennett
Released: July 9, 1917
Type: Movie
In his will, Mr. Baird leaves his son Arnold just one seven-passenger auto and a hundred dollars to keep it filled up and in good repair. When James Bennett hears of this, he insists that Baird do something to make his fortune before he can marry his daughter Ruth. Bennett begins by using the car to start a jitney-bus line. This is not terribly impressive to Bennett -- who owns a trolley company -- and he decides he would rather see Ruth married to his controller, William Mott-Smith.
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Bringing Home Father
Title: Bringing Home Father
Character: Jackie Swazey
Released: June 4, 1917
Type: Movie
Peter Drake meets and falls in love with Jackie Swazey, the daughter of a feisty suffragette and incipient politician. In order to impress her, he agrees to help Mrs Swazey in her campaign to become elected.
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The Clock
Title: The Clock
Character: Vivian Graham
Released: April 30, 1917
Type: Movie
A 1917 American silent comedy film
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The Man Who Took a Chance
Title: The Man Who Took a Chance
Character: Constance Lanning
Released: January 19, 1917
Type: Movie
Monty Gray returns to the US after spending 10 years building railroads in China. As he enters a hotel he runs into an old friend from college whom he hasn't seen in years, and they begin catching up on old times. Monty notices a picture of a young woman that his friend is carrying and, bowled over by her beauty, he instantly falls for her.
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Little Partner
Title: Little Partner
Character: Sunny Lewis
Released: December 19, 1916
Type: Movie
Agnes Vernon is the daughter of an old prospector whose hard luck leads him to turn holdup. The father is hanged and the girl, unknowing the real truth, becomes the ward of two young and successful miners.
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A Stranger from Somewhere
Title: A Stranger from Somewhere
Character: Grace Darling
Released: November 13, 1916
Type: Movie
A rancher moves to the city, and finds competition for the affections of an heiress in the form of a doppelganger.
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The False Part
Title: The False Part
Character: Dorothy Moore
Released: June 20, 1916
Type: Movie
The False Part
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The Wire Pullers
Title: The Wire Pullers
Character: Joan
Released: June 4, 1916
Type: Movie
The Wire Pullers
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Tangled Hearts
Title: Tangled Hearts
Character: Lucille Seaton
Released: April 2, 1916
Type: Movie
Montgomery Seaton, one of the idle rich, pays more attention to his friends' business than to his marital situation.
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Jane's Declaration of Independence
Title: Jane's Declaration of Independence
Character: Jane Howe Proctor
Released: July 4, 1915
Type: Movie
Emphasizing themes of female independence and the esteem due to the men serving in the armed forces, the plot involves a strong-willed young woman (Agnes Vernon) who defies her father in order to marry a soldier (Hobart Henly) instead of the well-to-do suitor preferred by her father. JANE offers glimpses of soldiers on parade at the then-newly built Fort Winfield Scott and other rare views of the Presidio from a century ago
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The Old Doctor
Title: The Old Doctor
Character: Enid Emerson
Released: May 23, 1915
Type: Movie
Obscured by modesty and the ethics of the old school, old Doctor Jones, a master of his profession, pursues his practice in the village of Condon. A shunner of publicity and fame, his wife's work is wrapped up in promoting the welfare of his fellow-beings.
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By the Sun's Rays
Title: By the Sun's Rays
Character: Dora Davis - John's Daughter
Released: July 21, 1914
Type: Movie
The earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun's Ray's was but one of several 2-reel westerns starring the florid Murdock MacQuarrie. MacQuarrie plays a detective investigating a series of gold shipment robberies. Along the way, he falls for a mine superintendent's pretty daughter (Agnes Vernon), much to the dismay of a sullen mine office clerk (Chaney), who is also smitten with the girl...
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A Ranch Romance
Title: A Ranch Romance
Character: Kate Preston
Released: July 8, 1914
Type: Movie
Raphael Praz kidnaps heroine Kate.