Richard Walling

Richard Walling

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Silks and Saddles
Title: Silks and Saddles
Character: Johnny Spencer
Released: January 20, 1929
Type: Movie
Jockey Johnny Spencer loses his job with Mrs. Calhoun for throwing a race. An adventuress named Sybil, who made Johnny hold back Mrs. Calhoun's horse, Lady, leaves him, and he becomes a racetrack bum. Johnny returns to Mrs. Calhoun's stable when the new jockey proves unable to manage Lady. Johnny wins the next race, thereby regaining Mrs. Calhoun's confidence and winning the love of her attractive daughter, Lucy.
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Shanghai Rose
Title: Shanghai Rose
Character: Gregor West
Released: January 1, 1929
Type: Movie
Shanghai Rose is the proprietress of a gin mill which doubles as a bordello. A murder occurs, and she is put on trial for her life. A series of flashbacks "reconstruct" the crime from several different points of view -- and as the story progresses, it becomes less and less obvious that Rich is the guilty party.
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Walking Back
Title: Walking Back
Character: Smoke Thatcher
Released: May 21, 1928
Type: Movie
Jazz age youngster Smoke Thatcher "borrows" a neighbor's car to take Patsy, his sweetheart, to a dance after his father refuses to lend him his car. A car-fight with a rival results in the borrowed automobile's being so wrecked that Smoke cannot return it. The garage to which he and Patsy take the car for repair turns out to be actually a gang's hideaway and a place where stolen cars are brought and later fenced.
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The Head of the Family
Title: The Head of the Family
Character: Charley Sullivan
Released: January 18, 1928
Type: Movie
Silent Comedy film directed by Joseph C. Boyle
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Buffalo Bill's Last Fight
Title: Buffalo Bill's Last Fight
Released: November 26, 1927
Type: Movie
A 1927 Western short
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Slaves of Beauty
Title: Slaves of Beauty
Character: Robert
Released: June 5, 1927
Type: Movie
Comedic send-up of the beauty salon industry...
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Girls
Title: Girls
Character: Tom Drake
Released: March 27, 1927
Type: Movie
When the girls on campus learn that Tom Drake is so super-shy that he never kissed a girl, they begin betting which one will kiss him first. So the girls line up to try to get their lips on him. However, in this and subsequent scenes, crazy stuff keeps happening to prevent him from getting that kiss.
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The Return of Peter Grimm
Title: The Return of Peter Grimm
Character: James Hartman
Released: December 7, 1926
Type: Movie
"Old Peter Grimm makes his ward Katie promise to marry his nephew Frederik [ sic ] and then dies. Frederik proves to be a scapegrace and Peter's spirit returns to right matters and finally succeeds in doing so by communicating with Jimmie who is in a delirium." ( Moving Picture World, 20 Nov 1926, p164.) Peter thus thwarts selfishness and greed and rewards virtue.
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The City
Title: The City
Character: Chad Morris
Released: November 14, 1926
Type: Movie
The City is a lost 1926 silent film produced and released by the Fox Film Corporation. It was directed by Roy William Neill and is based on Clyde Fitch's 1909 Broadway play. A previous film on Fitch's play appeared in 1916. This version has been updated to contemporary 1926
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The Midnight Kiss
Title: The Midnight Kiss
Character: Thomas H. Atkins, Jr.
Released: October 10, 1926
Type: Movie
While vain Lenore Hastings busies herself with her romantic pursuits, Lenore's kid sister Mildred tries to keep the family of her boyfriend Thomas from going broke. Mildred works up a business arrangement, whereby she will sell Thomas' father's 250 pigs for a dollar each. Though Lenore is appalled by Mildred's "disgraceful" behavior, the younger girl quickly earns the respect of everyone in town