Dorothy Revier

Dorothy Revier

Born: April 18, 1904
Died: November 19, 1993
in San Francisco, California, USA

Movies for Dorothy Revier...

The Cowboy and the Kid
Title: The Cowboy and the Kid
Character: June Caldwell
Released: July 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Penniless drifter Steve Davis finds young Jimmy Thomas just after his father is killed. The two become friends and Steve looks for work. This brings him to town where teacher June Caldwell has lent money from the school fund to the dishonest Jess Watson, She now desperately needs it back and Steve soon finds himself in the middle of the conflict.
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The Eagle's Brood
Title: The Eagle's Brood
Character: Dolly
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
When the outlaw El Toro saves Hoppy's life, Hoppy agrees to find his missing grandson.
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The Lady in Scarlet
Title: The Lady in Scarlet
Character: Julia Sayre
Released: October 20, 1935
Type: Movie
When a wealthy art dealer is murdered, the private investigator hired for the case discovers a web of blackmail, corruption and stolen bonds.
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Circus Shadows
Title: Circus Shadows
Released: May 3, 1935
Type: Movie
A phoney "psychic" ring tricks a pretty young circus performer into working for them.
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Circumstantial Evidence
Title: Circumstantial Evidence
Character: Bernice Winters
Released: March 30, 1935
Type: Movie
A reporter sets out to provide how unreliable circumstantial evidence is by faking a murder and then taking the rap for it. However, the "fake" murder victim turns out to be really dead
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When a Man Sees Red
Title: When a Man Sees Red
Character: Barbara Gordon
Released: November 24, 1934
Type: Movie
Our hero tries to dissuade a pretty ranch owner from taking up with an unsavory character to no avail. Eventually, the lout proves himself to be a thief and a liar, out to wrest the ranch owner's property away from her.
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The Curtain Falls
Title: The Curtain Falls
Character: Helene Deveridge
Released: October 2, 1934
Type: Movie
In this drama an older actress plays her last role. The aging thespian is terribly depressed and ready to kill herself when she finds out that an older more successful friend has vanished. The missing actress's family is in a real quandry. To help them, the other impersonates the older actress. Loose ends are knitted together and then she admits her ruse.
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Green Eyes
Title: Green Eyes
Character: Mrs. Pritchard
Released: June 15, 1934
Type: Movie
The owner of a large mansion in the country throws a costume party for some of his friends. However, the party turns sour when he is found stabbed to death in a closet. The police and a guest try to discover who committed the murder.
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Unknown Blonde
Title: Unknown Blonde
Character: Helen Rodie
Released: April 23, 1934
Type: Movie
An unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases finds that he's framing his own daughter.
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The Fighting Ranger
Title: The Fighting Ranger
Character: Tonita, Cantina Singer
Released: March 17, 1934
Type: Movie
The Buck Jones western The Fighting Ranger utilizes its familiar plotline with excellent results. When Jones' kid brother is killed by the villains, our hero quits the Texas Rangers and sets off to seek vengeance on his own. He ends up just below the Mexican border, where bandit leader Cougar (Bradley Page) lives high off the hog, knowing he can't be extradited.
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By Candlelight
Title: By Candlelight
Character: Countess von Rischenheim
Released: December 18, 1933
Type: Movie
A beautiful woman mistakes a Prince's butler for the Prince.
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Above the Clouds
Title: Above the Clouds
Character: Dolly
Released: December 13, 1933
Type: Movie
Robert Armstrong stars as Scoop Adams, an ace newsreel cameraman whose love affair with the bottle all but destroys him professionally. Scoop manages to get his photographer pal Dick (Richard Cromwell) fired as well, but he promises to restore Dick's reputation, some way or another. He gets his chance while covering a dirigible wreck (some three years before the Hindenburg), saving the day for both Dick and himself.
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The Thrill Hunter
Title: The Thrill Hunter
Character: Marjorie Lane
Released: April 30, 1933
Type: Movie
A blowhard cowboy talks himself into a job as a movie stunt man.
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The Secrets of Wu Sin
Title: The Secrets of Wu Sin
Character: Margaret King
Released: December 15, 1932
Type: Movie
A murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown.
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A Scarlet Week-End
Title: A Scarlet Week-End
Character: The Wife
Released: November 30, 1932
Type: Movie
A woman's cheating husband is murdered at their country estate, and suspicion immediately falls on her.
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The King Murder
Title: The King Murder
Character: Miriam King
Released: September 15, 1932
Type: Movie
A beautiful blonde makes a career out of seducing and then blackmailing wealthy married men. She is found murdered after demanding a $5000 payoff from her latest victim, and the detective investigating the case finds out that she was involved in a lot more than just blackmail.
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Beauty Parlor
Title: Beauty Parlor
Character: Stella, Fremont's partner
Released: June 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Film follows the romantic exploits of two depression-era manicurists, one of whom is being woo'd by a true gentleman of means, the other of whom lets herself become a pawn of operators of a call-girl ring.
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Night World
Title: Night World
Character: Jill MacDonald
Released: May 4, 1932
Type: Movie
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
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The Arm of the Law
Title: The Arm of the Law
Character: Mrs. Estelle Brandess
Released: April 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A reporter and a detective team up to solve the murder of a nightclub singer who had been involved in a divorce scandal.
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Sin's Pay Day
Title: Sin's Pay Day
Character: Iris Markey
Released: March 2, 1932
Type: Movie
A woman married to a defense lawyer leaves him when he refuses to stop defending criminals she believes are guilty.
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Sally of the Subway
Title: Sally of the Subway
Character: Sarah Minx aka Sally of the Subway
Released: January 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Con artists use a member of a European royal family to swindle a major jewelry company.
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Anybody's Blonde
Title: Anybody's Blonde
Character: Janet Reese
Released: November 1, 1931
Type: Movie
When a boxer is murdered a newspaper reporter tries to frame the boxer's sister, a nightclub owner, for the crime.
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Left Over Ladies
Title: Left Over Ladies
Character: Amy
Released: September 30, 1931
Type: Movie
Two married couples are involved in divorce proceedings; Patricia and Ronny, who are still in love with each other, and Jerry and Amy who couldn't care less for each other. Patricia's friendship with "Duchess," a tragic, aging lady well versed in making mistakes, leads her and Ronny to the avoidance of a mistake.
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Graft
Title: Graft
Character: Pearl Vaughan
Released: September 21, 1931
Type: Movie
Cub reporter Dusty investigates the murder of the District Attorney and stumbles into a plot involving a kidnapping and a crooked election.
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The Black Camel
Title: The Black Camel
Character: Shelah Fane
Released: June 21, 1931
Type: Movie
Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.
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The Avenger
Title: The Avenger
Character: Helen Lake
Released: March 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Goss, Mason, and Kelly force Joaquin Murieta to watch as they hang his brother Juan for a crime he did not commit. To exact his revenge on the three, Joaquin becomes the notorious Black Shadow.
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The Bad Man
Title: The Bad Man
Character: Ruth Pell
Released: September 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Film version of a play about a Mexican bandit.
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The Way of All Men
Title: The Way of All Men
Character: Poppy
Released: September 3, 1930
Type: Movie
A variety of broad-painted and unlikely characters are trapped in an underground café when a Mississippi River levee breaks and causes flood havoc above and below.
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The Squealer
Title: The Squealer
Character: Margaret Hart
Released: August 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A gangster's wife, fearful that he is about to be murdered by his rivals, tips off the police to his whereabouts in order to save his life. Her husband, however, believes her reason was that she wanted him out of the way so she could have his best friend.
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Call of the West
Title: Call of the West
Character: Violet La Tour
Released: May 10, 1930
Type: Movie
Nightclub entertainer Violet La Tour collapses during a performance in Sagebrush, Texas, and is taken to the ranch of Lon Dixon. They fall in love and are married. Feeling deserted when Lon joins a posse in search of rustlers, she returns to New York. There, she is wooed by her agent, Maurice Kane, but confirms her love for Lon when he comes to claim her.
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Hold Everything
Title: Hold Everything
Character: Norine Lloyd
Released: March 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A man is mistaken for a champion fighter.
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Vengeance
Title: Vengeance
Character: Margaret Summers
Released: February 22, 1930
Type: Movie
John Meadham, in charge of a West Africa trading post, wire the home office in London that he is tired and worn out, and they need to send a replacement to take over. The company sends a stiff upper-lipper, Charles Summers, accompanied by his wife, Margaret. An antagonism develops between the two men from the moment Summers arrives.
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The Mighty
Title: The Mighty
Character: Mayme
Released: November 16, 1929
Type: Movie
In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their beloved son had died in his arms during a battle. The major then falls in love with the late soldier's sister and decides to accept a position in town as the new police commissioner.
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Tanned Legs
Title: Tanned Legs
Character: Mrs. Lyons-King
Released: November 10, 1929
Type: Movie
Peggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy spends most of her summer straightening out her wayward parents and her unlucky-in-love sister Janet. Mama and Papa are set to rights fairly quickly, but Janet's the one with real problems. It seems she sent some compromising love letters to a worthless cad, and now the bounder wants to use the letters for blackmail. Peggy's friend Roger and his flapper sweetheart Tootie hatch an elaborate plan to retrieve the incriminating letters and salvage Janet's reputation.
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The Dance of Life
Title: The Dance of Life
Character: Sylvia Marco
Released: August 16, 1929
Type: Movie
A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head.
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Light Fingers
Title: Light Fingers
Character: Dorothy Madison
Released: July 29, 1929
Type: Movie
"Light Fingers" is both the name and the physical description of this film's hero, a dapper petty thief.
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Father and Son
Title: Father and Son
Character: Grace Moore
Released: May 13, 1929
Type: Movie
A phonograph recorder provides incriminating evidence in this mystery that centers upon a widower and his 10-year old child who receives it as a birthday present.
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The Donovan Affair
Title: The Donovan Affair
Character: Jean Rankin
Released: April 11, 1929
Type: Movie
Inspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.
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The Quitter
Title: The Quitter
Character: Patricia
Released: April 1, 1929
Type: Movie
Neal Abbott (Ben Lyon), a disgraced surgeon, regains his self-respect after operating on and saving the life of cafe-owner Duffy Thompson (Fred Kohler).
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The Iron Mask
Title: The Iron Mask
Character: Milady de Winter
Released: February 21, 1929
Type: Movie
King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D'Artagnan, off to a convent. D'Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu out-smarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever.
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The Red Dance
Title: The Red Dance
Character: Princess Varvara
Released: December 2, 1928
Type: Movie
Tasia (Dolores del Río), a beautiful dancer lower class of Russia, falls heir to the throne Prince, Grand Duke Eugene (Charles Farrell), but only admired from a distance. At the outbreak of the Russian Revolution, the Duke falls in captivity and this allows Tasia be near him.
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Sinners' Parade
Title: Sinners' Parade
Character: Mary Tracy
Released: September 14, 1928
Type: Movie
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Submarine
Title: Submarine
Character: Bessie, Mrs. Jack Dorgan
Released: August 28, 1928
Type: Movie
Two sailors who are always competing against each other set their sights on the same girl. When she chooses one over the other, their friendship ends acrimoniously. However, things change when one the men is in a submarine trapped beneath the ocean and the other, a diver, is sent down on a rescue mission.
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Cleopatra
Title: Cleopatra
Character: Cleopatra
Released: July 7, 1928
Type: Movie
An early retelling of Cleopatra’s story.
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Beware of Blondes
Title: Beware of Blondes
Character: Mary
Released: July 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Jeffrey (Matt More), a jewelry store clerk prevents a robbery and, as a reward, given a vacation in Honolulu, provided that he transports a valuable emerald to the Hawaiian Islands. On the boat he meets a blonde named Mary (Dorothy Revier) whom he mistakes for a jewel thief called Blonde Mary (Hazel Howell).
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The Warning
Title: The Warning
Character: Mary Blake
Released: November 26, 1927
Type: Movie
This story of the British Silent Service operating on the coast of China finds Tom Fellows, captain of an opium-smuggling ship, going into a notorious Chinese joint called "The House of a Thousand Delights," where he finds a beautiful girl, Mary Blake, bound and captive. He starts a brawl, rescues Mary in the mêlée that follows, and then loses her when she flees to a hotel. He follows her and finds she is mixed up in some mysterious activity. However, he knows more about her than she does him (because he isn't what he is supposed to be - and she isn't, either), he stays close by, even to the point of using a machine-gun to dispel a mob at a Chinese temple.
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The Tigress
Title: The Tigress
Character: Mona, 'The Tigress'
Released: October 21, 1927
Type: Movie
In Spain, a band of gypsies poach the deer in a neighboring estate. The gypsy chief, Tser (Harold Truesdale), is murdered in cold blood, and the estate owner Winston Graham (Jack Holt) is blamed. The chief's daughter Mona (Dorothy Revier) is an expert knife-thrower and sets out to avenge her father.
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The Drop Kick
Title: The Drop Kick
Character: Mrs. Eunice Hathaway
Released: September 25, 1927
Type: Movie
College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when he pays an innocent visit to a woman whose husband kills himself.
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The Clown
Title: The Clown
Character: Fanchon
Released: September 12, 1927
Type: Movie
Silent crime drama Directed by William James Craft.
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When the Wife's Away
Title: When the Wife's Away
Character: Ethel Winthrop
Released: October 20, 1926
Type: Movie
Mistaken identity and female impersonation take place when indigents Billy Winthrop (George K. Arthur) and Ethel Winthrop (Dorothy Reviere) rent a fashionable apartment for a few days in order to impress rich uncle Hiram (Tom Ricketts.) Complications and misunderstanding arise.
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Poker Faces
Title: Poker Faces
Character: The Prizefighter's Wife
Released: September 5, 1926
Type: Movie
In order to secure a lucrative contract, a businessman hires a woman to pose as his wife at a business dinner when his own wife can't make it. Unfortunately, the woman he hires is the wife of an insanely jealous prizefighter.
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The Danger Signal
Title: The Danger Signal
Character: Laura Whitman
Released: January 26, 1926
Type: Movie
A recently widowed and destitute young mother (Jane Novak) appeals to her wealthy and heartless father-in-law (Robert Edeson) for financial aid. Instead, he convinces her to hand over her new baby to his care so that the child will be brought up with "everything money can buy." Unbeknownst to the grandfather, we learn that there are twin sons and our heroine keeps one baby to raise herself. The narrative jumps ahead to the boy's twenty-first birthday and we see what's become of them. Not surprisingly, the wealthy son has grown up spoiled and greedy while the poor one works hard and loves his mother.
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Dangerous Pleasure
Title: Dangerous Pleasure
Released: February 11, 1925
Type: Movie
This story deals with a man, who causes his wife great jealousy on account of his relation to other women, yet who regards himself as a man of destiny in settling others unhappy marital relations. He is named co-respondent in a suit - leaves town - takes a house in a smaller village - picks up a little girl on the street in his car and drives into the country.
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The Rose of Paris
Title: The Rose of Paris
Character: Florine du Vallois
Released: November 9, 1924
Type: Movie
A French orphan who grew up in a convent sets out to see Paris. It turns out that she is the heir to a fortune but doesn't know it, and has been lured to Paris by one of the heirs who does know who she is; he plans to swindle her out of her inheritance so he can have everything.
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The Cowboy and the Flapper
Title: The Cowboy and the Flapper
Released: August 25, 1924
Type: Movie
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The Reckless Age
Title: The Reckless Age
Released: August 16, 1924
Type: Movie
Lord Harrowby takes out an $100,000 insurance policy to be paid if his wedding to Cecilia Meyrick is cancelled. The insurance company sends Dick Minot to make sure the wedding takes place, but he falls in love with the bride.
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The Virgin
Title: The Virgin
Character: Maía Valdez
Released: August 1, 1924
Type: Movie
The Virgin (1924)
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The Sword of Valor
Title: The Sword of Valor
Released: May 6, 1924
Type: Movie
American romantic comedy which had the well known Australian actor Snowy Baker as a cast member. The daughter of a Spanish don falls in love with an American captain the moment she sees him. Her father takes the girl to the Riveria, where she is promised to a wealthy cad, but the captain arrives in time to rescue her from him as well as a crazed gypsy who has abducted her.
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The Italian Warship Libia
Title: The Italian Warship Libia
Character: Dorothy Valerga
Released: December 3, 1921
Type: Movie
A documentary recording the visit of the Italian navy warship Libia to San Francisco.