Alice Knowland

Alice Knowland

Born: October 6, 1879
Died: May 27, 1930
in Fort Fairfield, Maine, USA

Movies for Alice Knowland...

The Adorable Cheat
Title: The Adorable Cheat
Character: Mrs. Mason
Released: August 14, 1928
Type: Movie
The daughter of a wealthy industrialist wants to take over the company when her father retires, but the father--an old-fashioned sort who doesn't believe that "girls" belong in business--is planning on leaving the company to her wastrel playboy brother. In order to prove to her dad that she can handle the job, she disguises herself as an ordinary "working girl" and gets a job in her dad's plant. There she meets and falls in love with a clerk. She brings the young man home to meet her folks, but during the evening the family safe is robbed, and all signs point to her new boyfriend.
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Coming Through
Title: Coming Through
Character: Mrs. Rawls
Released: February 17, 1925
Type: Movie
Because he wants a promotion, Tom Blackford marries Alice Rand, the daughter of his boss, John Rand. Rand is aware of Blackford's motivations and he sends him to take over as superintendent of one of the company's mines in the hopes that he will fail.
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On the High Seas
Title: On the High Seas
Character: Aunt Emily
Released: September 17, 1922
Type: Movie
Three castaways all from differing levels of society reach and board a deserted schooner in mid-ocean.
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All Souls' Eve
Title: All Souls' Eve
Released: February 1, 1921
Type: Movie
The wife of sculptor Roger Heath is killed by a maniac because of Roger's madly jealous admirer Olivia Larkin. To care for his home and son Peter, Roger hires Irish immigrant Nora O'Hallahan as a nursemaid whom he realizes is possessed by the soul of his departed wife.
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Full of Pep
Title: Full of Pep
Character: The Duenna
Released: May 26, 1919
Type: Movie
Returning from a selling trip, Jimmy Baxter, the fastest salesman at his father's munitions company, notices a pretty girl smiling at him in the station. Since her train soon leaves, all Jimmy learns about her is information on her luggage: her initials and destination, the Central American republic Santo Dinero.
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Satan Junior
Title: Satan Junior
Character: Emmeline Ardway
Released: March 3, 1919
Type: Movie
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Giving Becky a Chance
Title: Giving Becky a Chance
Character: Mrs. Knight
Released: June 17, 1917
Type: Movie
Since she is an only child, Becky Knight (Vivian Martin) is a bit spoiled by her parents (P.H. Sosso and Alice Knowland), who run a general store. They somehow manage to save up enough money to send Becky away to boarding school. The other girls come from very wealthy families and Becky allows them to believe that she comes from a rich family, too. One of her classmates invites her to her home, where she meets Tom Fielding (Jack Holt), a young doctor. He falls in love with Becky, and she never gets the opportunity to tell him the truth about her background.
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The Stronger Love
Title: The Stronger Love
Character: Mrs. Jane Rutherford
Released: August 13, 1916
Type: Movie
Nell, a beautiful mountain girl, is a member of the Serviss family, rivals of the neighboring Rutherford family. Nell is engaged to Jim Serviss, who is the head of their clan, but when, by accident, she meets a stranger who has come to stay with the Rutherfords, they become infatuated.
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The Marriage of Molly-O
Title: The Marriage of Molly-O
Released: August 6, 1916
Type: Movie
Brutal rental agent Joseph McGuire demands that Molly-O marry McGuire's son Denny, lest her family be thrown out of their humble shack. But Molly-O prefers the company of carriage driver Larry O'Dea, who unfortunately is just as broke as she is. Or is he?
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Martha's Vindication
Title: Martha's Vindication
Character: The Frump
Released: February 20, 1916
Type: Movie
A 1916 film directed by Chester M. Franklin.
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The Secret Sin
Title: The Secret Sin
Character: Mrs. Martin
Released: October 21, 1915
Type: Movie
Blanche Sweet has a dual role in this picture -- she plays twin sisters, Edith, a sweet, normal young girl, and Grace, who is a drug fiend. They live in poverty with their parents and their father (Hal Clements) finally finds work. Because he is faithful to his boss (Thomas Meighan), he is offered a partnership.