Leo Pierson

Leo Pierson

Born: December 25, 1888
Died: October 2, 1943
in Abilene, Kansas, USA

Movies for Leo Pierson...

Wagon Tracks
Title: Wagon Tracks
Character: Billy Hamilton
Released: July 28, 1919
Type: Movie
Buckskin Hamilton guides a wagon train across the wasteland, caring well for the pioneers he escorts, but hoping to solve the murder of his brother by one of the travellers.
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The Solitary Sin
Title: The Solitary Sin
Character: Bob's Playmate
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 Girl of My Dreams
Title: The Girl of My Dreams
Character: Ralph Long
Released: December 15, 1918
Type: Movie
A girl nicknamed "The Weed" lives with her foster parents in their mountain cabin and frequently visits a nearby health resort to sell milk and eggs. On one of her excursions, she befriends a cantankerous old millionaire, George Bassett, who later bequeaths to her his entire estate. Ralph Long's car plunges down an embankment, and he is dragged from the wreckage and looked after by the Weed, who soon captivates him with her charm and ingenuousness. While he is in the hospital, however, the lecherous Kenneth Stewart snaps a photo of the girl swimming in the nude in a mountain pool and hangs an enlargement of it in his club.
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'49–'17
Title: '49–'17
Character: Tom Reeves aka Tom Robbins
Released: October 15, 1917
Type: Movie
A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The make-believe turns serious when a real gold mine is discovered nearby and a local girl is kidnapped by a nasty gambler.
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A Wife on Trial
Title: A Wife on Trial
Character: Allan Harrington
Released: July 30, 1917
Type: Movie
Phyllis Narcissa, an underpaid children's librarian, eagerly accepts a dinner invitation from Horace de Guenther, one of her patrons, and happily entertains his invalid wife. Later, Mrs. de Guenther encourages Phyllis to meet with Mrs. Harrington, a dying rich woman whose son Allan, once a vigorous young man, was paralyzed in an auto accident. When Mrs. Harrington proposes to the librarian that she marry and take care of Allan in exchange for his wealth, Phyllis reluctantly consents. While struggling to cheer up the eternally gloomy Allan, Phyllis welcomes the visits of his friend, a doctor who informs her that her husband's paralysis may be psychosomatic.
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Treason
Title: Treason
Character: Jossef Natarre
Released: May 14, 1917
Type: Movie
The enemy's success in smuggling a spy through the lines places the Stratiria armies in a dangerous position. The spy is intercepted and killed by Pettrus Baariot, the telegraph operator, who then succeeds in sending a message that saves the Stratiria forces from defeat. For his heroism, Pettrus is promised a promotion, but after his recovery from his severe wounds, he is humiliated through the treachery of Danick Rysson, a government official who desires to marry Floria Natarre, Pettrus' beloved. Bitter, Pettrus listens to the overtures of one of the enemy and steals the new telegraph code.
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The Birth of Patriotism
Title: The Birth of Patriotism
Released: April 30, 1917
Type: Movie
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Avarice
Title: Avarice
Character: The Man
Released: February 9, 1917
Type: Movie
Death reviews the life of a mean, miserly old woman.
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At Piney Ridge
Title: At Piney Ridge
Character: Jack Rose
Released: May 1, 1916
Type: Movie
When Cindy Lane becomes pregnant, Mark Brierson, the father, refuses to marry her. Instead, Brierson romances Azalia Deering, whose father, General Deering, owns the town bank. Brierson misuses bank funds, but the bank is saved by Jack Rose, a wealthy farmer. Cindy's father Zeb vows to kill her lover, but she refuses to reveal the man's identity.
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A Jungle Revenge
Title: A Jungle Revenge
Character: Elbert Carey
Released: December 4, 1915
Type: Movie
Elbert Carey, a trapper of wild animals, seeing the admiration of Dais, a native servant, for a jaguar, indicates that she may have it. The native woman secretly loves Elbert, but he is ignorant of this fact.
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Young Love
Title: Young Love
Character: Jasper Leigh
Released: November 27, 1915
Type: Movie
When Jasper Leigh calls on Professor Hunt to ask for his daughter, Mary's, hand in marriage, the Professor tells him that the girl is too young. He also tells Jasper that Mary believes her mother dead, but that she had eloped with another man. Leigh encounters a ragged and worn woman, who proves to be Mary's mother.
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The Vengeance of Rannah
Title: The Vengeance of Rannah
Character: Captain Alva
Released: November 15, 1915
Type: Movie
Henry Ranson, a soldier, returns home and finds his sweetheart is going to marry another man. He seeks consolation from General Craddock, a retired army officer. Craddock tells, young Ranson his story. General Craddock, years before in India, was very happy with his wife. Captain Alva stole the woman's affections.
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The Blood Seedling
Title: The Blood Seedling
Released: September 23, 1915
Type: Movie
Farmer Allen Golyer finds his romance with his naïve sweetheart Susie usurped by Bertie Leon, a traveling salesman. Leon's slick, citified ways win the girl's heart and she leaves Golyer for him . Just then Golyer's friend, Colonel Blood, shows up with a sapling which he presents to him. Leon meanwhile leaves the little country village and is never heard from again. Susie, believing that he was fickle, agrees to marry Golyer. For the next 20 years they are happy, until Golyer goes to a seer.
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In the King's Service
Title: In the King's Service
Character: Jacques
Released: August 16, 1915
Type: Movie
Rupert returns to his Canadian home after five years, an officer of the Royal Mounted Police, under orders to capture some illicit distillers. Jacques, an invalid, being unable to make farming pay, has, unknown to his sister, Philomel, been induced by Antoine, a suitor for the hand of Philomel, to join him in the illicit whiskey traffic.
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The Heart of Paro
Title: The Heart of Paro
Released: July 24, 1915
Type: Movie
Paro, a half-breed Indian, overcome with liquor, encounters Grace, the pretty daughter of James Lathrop, a mine owner. She is sorry for his condition and gives him a cross of black jet. Dick Graham is a ne'er-do-well, who has been sheep raising in the low lands and lost his fortune.
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The Octopus
Title: The Octopus
Character: Archie Sheldon - Emily's Son
Released: July 15, 1915
Type: Movie
Archie Sheldon, determining to go to New York City, is given a letter by his mother to Thatcher Thole, Gotham's most unscrupulous financier. She tells her son that Thole is an old friend of the family, and will undoubtedly give him a start in life.
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The Girl and the Reporter
Title: The Girl and the Reporter
Released: June 28, 1915
Type: Movie
Billie Benton, a cub reporter, goes to the home of Violet Reynolds, a society girl and settlement worker, and asks for an interview, which is refused. Billie returns to the reportorial room, expresses his failure and the city editor assigns Ned Pelton, another reporter, to get the story.
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The Fork in the Road
Title: The Fork in the Road
Character: Rudolph - the Innkeeper's Assistant
Released: March 15, 1915
Type: Movie
In the prophecy of a palm reading hag that he will find his fate through his bravery, Rudolph, the inn-keeper's assistant, obtains encouragement for his fond fancy that he was born to a noble career. Elsa. the pretty daughter of the inn-keeper, refuses to elope with Rudolph, and he seeks his fortune in the great world.