Duane Thompson

Duane Thompson

Born: July 28, 1903
Died: August 15, 1970
in Red Oak, Iowa, USA

Movies for Duane Thompson...

West of Singapore
Title: West of Singapore
Character: Minor Role
Released: January 31, 1933
Type: Movie
Tropical "heat" drives a man into the arms of a disreputable tramp, making things tough for the woman who really loves him.
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Born to the Saddle
Title: Born to the Saddle
Character: Helen Pearson
Released: October 3, 1929
Type: Movie
John Pearson of Wall Street and his daughter Helen are out west on vacation to open his exclusive hunting lodge and are accompanied by Clyde Montgomorency.
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Frozen River
Title: Frozen River
Character: Billy's Mother
Released: April 20, 1929
Type: Movie
Canine star Rin Tin Tin makes his all-talking (all-barking?) debut in Warner Bros.' Frozen River. In characteristic fashion, Rinty braves the elements to rescue heroine Jane from the villains, a gang of cutthroats and thieves.
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The Voice of the City
Title: The Voice of the City
Character: Mary Doyle
Released: April 13, 1929
Type: Movie
An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict's name and nab the gangsters that framed him.
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A Wireless Lizzie
Title: A Wireless Lizzie
Character: Mary
Released: March 7, 1929
Type: Movie
Walter has invented an automatic remote-control for his jalopy. When a potential buyer comes to look it over, Walter proudly shows how he cam the car stop and go, turn corners and steer correctly. His spiteful rival, Bill, switches the plug and the car runs out of control. Walter and his sweetheart, Mary, plan to elope but they discuss their plans in front of an open microphone at the broadcast station, and Mary's father hears it and sets out to stop their elopement.
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The Flyin' Buckaroo
Title: The Flyin' Buckaroo
Character: Sally Brown
Released: November 25, 1928
Type: Movie
A stirring story of western love and action! 
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Vacation Waves
Title: Vacation Waves
Character: His Wife
Released: September 15, 1928
Type: Movie
Eddie and his wife rent a boat and plan a relaxing weekend fishing. Unfortunately, her mother and bratty kid brother show up and insist on coming along, sending relaxation right to the bottom of the ocean.
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The Fightin' Redhead
Title: The Fightin' Redhead
Character: Jane Anderson
Released: July 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Red Hepner and his sidekick Sidewinder Steve go in search of an outlaw
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Phyllis of the Follies
Title: Phyllis of the Follies
Character: Mabel Lancing
Released: June 1, 1928
Type: Movie
As a favor to her old chorus pal Mrs. Dexter, Broadway dancer Phyllis Sherwood agrees to play a joke on a client of Mrs. Dexter's lawyer husband. The client, a roving rogue named Clyde Thompson, has a habit of romancing married women and has already made up his mind to make Mrs. Dexter -- whom he's never met -- his next conquest. Phyllis poses as Mrs. D. to throw Clyde off the track, leading to an unending supply of humorous complications.
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The Phantom of the Range
Title: The Phantom of the Range
Character: Patsy O'Brien
Released: April 21, 1928
Type: Movie
Duke Carlton, an actor stranded in a small western town, gets a job as a cowboy on Tim O'Brien's ranch as a reward for beating up "Flash" Corbin, a real estate agent who has been trying to swindle the rancher. A romance develops between the actor and Patsy O'Brien, the rancher's daughter, but it is interrupted by the appearance of his former stage partner, Vera Van Swank, who claims him as her husband. He clears himself of the bigamy charge, foils a plot to cheat the rancher out of a $90,000 land property, and wins the daughter's hand.
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Too Many Cookies
Title: Too Many Cookies
Released: March 11, 1928
Type: Movie
Too Many Cookies is a comedy short
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Her Summer Hero
Title: Her Summer Hero
Character: Joan Stanton
Released: February 12, 1928
Type: Movie
Her Summer Hero
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Call Again
Title: Call Again
Character: Peggy
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Edward Everett Horton is scheduled to go on a date with Duane Thompson. She, being only 25, is a schoolgirl at Aileen Manning's girl's school. Horton becomes trapped in the school, trying to avoid headmistress and cops.
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Husband Hunters
Title: Husband Hunters
Character: Helen Gray
Released: January 15, 1927
Type: Movie
Marie Devere and Helen Gray are two sophisticated, gold-digging chorus girls on the look-out to marry a rich man, who measure the men they meet by their Bradshaw ratings. They befriend Lettie Crain, a country girl who comes near being deceived by Bartley Mortimer, a rich playboy. She is saved by another girl, Cynthia Kane, whose life Mortimer has ruined, and Lettie finds happiness with Bob Garrett, a poor but honest working man.
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April Fool
Title: April Fool
Character: Irma Goodman
Released: November 15, 1926
Type: Movie
An out-of-work pants presser starts an umbrella business and makes a fortune. His daughter is set to marry the nephew of a rich neighbor until the nephew is accused of stealing money from his uncle--but the money was really stolen by the rich man's son.
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College Days
Title: College Days
Character: Phyllis
Released: October 15, 1926
Type: Movie
Jim Gordon, the son of a proud and loving father, enters the University of California as a student. There he meets Mary Ward, a campus coed who captures his heart on the first day. He becomes close friends with Larry Powell, his roommate, but incurs the wrath of Kenneth Slade, who is unable to take a practical joke. Jim and Larry attend a campus dance with Bessie and Phyllis, two vamps, and through a series of romantic complications Jim tries to convince Mary of his love for her.
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The Lodge in the Wilderness
Title: The Lodge in the Wilderness
Released: July 11, 1926
Type: Movie
Jim Wallace, a young engineer, is engaged by Hammond, manager of an estate in the Northwest, to build flumes for a logging camp, but Donovan, the superintendent, dislikes him and places numerous obstacles in his way. Virginia Coulson, owner of the estate, and her maid Dot arrive, and when Hammond proposes to Virginia, she refuses his declaration in favor of Jim. Later, when Donovan is found murdered, suspicion points to Jim, who is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Hammond gets evidence on the murderer, Goofus, a half wit, and plans to use it to force Virginia to marry him; Goofus wounds Hammond and, seeing he has not killed him, starts a forest fire. Jim, who has escaped from prison with the aid of his friend, Buddy, rescues Virginia from the burning lodge; Goofus confesses to the murder, and Jim is freed.
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Weak, But Willing
Title: Weak, But Willing
Character: Nanny
Released: January 3, 1926
Type: Movie
A devilish courtship.
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The Mysterious Stranger
Title: The Mysterious Stranger
Character: Helen Dresden
Released: July 5, 1925
Type: Movie
Raoul Lesage suspects his wife, April, of infidelity with Herman Bennett, an artist, and forsakes her, living for the next 20 years in a hermitage surrounded by high walls. He is accompanied in this solitary life only by his young son, Paul, who, at the age of 21, has not seen anything of women or the world. One night, Paul walks in his sleep and wanders from his home. He falls into the company of his mother (whom he does not recognize), Bennett, and Bennett's beautiful ward, Helen, with whom Paul soon falls in love. After a series of thrilling adventures, Paul foils Bennett and reunites his parents; he and Helen hear wedding bells.
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A Rarin’ Romeo
Title: A Rarin’ Romeo
Released: March 29, 1925
Type: Movie
A 1925 comedy featuring Walter Hiers and Jack Duffy. A theater company does a unique presentation of the Shakespeare classic after consuming gasoline in their drinks.
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Away We Go
Title: Away We Go
Character: The Girl
Released: January 1, 1924
Type: Movie
Bobby Vernon was a talented comic actor during the silent era, who became a writer and comedy supervisor at Paramount for W.C. Fields and Bing Crosby, when the sound era arrived. Here Vernon stars with Duane Thompson, Lila Leslie and Victor Rodman in a 1924 classic originally released as RENO OR BUST.
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Plumb Crazy
Title: Plumb Crazy
Character: Olga Hanson
Released: June 2, 1923
Type: Movie
Bobby Vernon comedy produced by Al Christie.