Blanche Payson

Blanche Payson

Born: September 19, 1881
Died: July 4, 1964
in Santa Barbara, California, USA

Movies for Blanche Payson...

Ghosts on the Loose
Title: Ghosts on the Loose
Character: Mrs. John G. Elwood (uncredited)
Released: July 30, 1943
Type: Movie
The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.
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Here Comes Mr. Zerk
Title: Here Comes Mr. Zerk
Character: Tenent
Released: July 23, 1943
Type: Movie
Harry, a famous scientist, is mistaken for an escaped lunatic.
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A Maid Made Mad
Title: A Maid Made Mad
Character: Amazon Hotel House Detective
Released: March 19, 1943
Type: Movie
Andy innocently becomes involved with a female customer; his wife jumps to the wrong conclusion and walks out on him.
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A Blitz on the Fritz
Title: A Blitz on the Fritz
Character: Egbert's Mother-in-Law
Released: January 22, 1943
Type: Movie
Harry is a patriotic citizen who starts a scrap drive but he soon encounters a group of Nazi spies and their hideout.
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The Talk of the Town
Title: The Talk of the Town
Character: Supreme Court Spectator (uncredited)
Released: August 20, 1942
Type: Movie
When the Holmes Woolen Mill burns down, political activist Leopold Dilg is jailed for arson and accidental murder. Escaping, Leopold hides out in the home of his childhood sweetheart Nora Shelley... which she has just rented to unsuspecting law professor Michael Lightcap.
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Among the Living
Title: Among the Living
Released: December 12, 1941
Type: Movie
A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.
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In the Navy
Title: In the Navy
Character: Hatchet-Faced Woman (uncredited)
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.
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Nice Girl?
Title: Nice Girl?
Released: February 21, 1941
Type: Movie
Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice girl" image when an associate of her father comes to town on his way to study Australian Aboriginal tribes.
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Li'l Abner
Title: Li'l Abner
Character: Large Woman
Released: November 9, 1940
Type: Movie
Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.
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Angels Over Broadway
Title: Angels Over Broadway
Character: Large Woman (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1940
Type: Movie
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.
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Convicted Woman
Title: Convicted Woman
Character: Matron (uncredited)
Released: January 31, 1940
Type: Movie
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character: Committeewoman (uncredited)
Released: October 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.
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The Women
Title: The Women
Character: Masseuse (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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A Doggone Mixup
Title: A Doggone Mixup
Character: Landlady
Released: December 5, 1938
Type: Movie
Harry, who can't resist a bargain, buys a St. Bernard dog.
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Slander House
Title: Slander House
Character: Hilda
Released: October 4, 1938
Type: Movie
Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous husband of a client.
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You Can't Take It with You
Title: You Can't Take It with You
Character: Matron (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
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All Over Town
Title: All Over Town
Character: Mother Wilson, Landlady
Released: August 9, 1937
Type: Movie
Two vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being being haunted.
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Slippery Silks
Title: Slippery Silks
Character: Woman on Street (uncredited)
Released: December 27, 1936
Type: Movie
The Stooges are carpenters who inherit a fancy dress boutique. They put on a fashion show with dresses they've designed based on furniture. During the show the owner of a antique box the stooges wrecked shows up and a wild cream puff fight ensues.
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Music Is Magic
Title: Music Is Magic
Character: Opera Singer in Music is Magic Number (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1935
Type: Movie
An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus.
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Pop Goes the Easel
Title: Pop Goes the Easel
Character: Art Student (uncredited)
Released: March 29, 1935
Type: Movie
The stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they are mistaken for students. The cop continues to hunt for them and they use a variety of disguises and tactics to elude him. A wild clay throwing fight ends the film.
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One More Spring
Title: One More Spring
Character: Wife
Released: February 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.
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Blind Date
Title: Blind Date
Character: Nurse
Released: July 20, 1934
Type: Movie
A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.
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Half a Sinner
Title: Half a Sinner
Character: Large Wife
Released: June 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.
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Loose Relations
Title: Loose Relations
Released: June 11, 1933
Type: Movie
The stereotype in old movies and TV shows is that the man hates his mother-in-law. Well, in "Loose Relations" it doesn't follow this convention, as Andy Clyde is actually happy that his mother-in-law is coming to stay with them and he plans on fixing up a place for her to stay. In a funny scene, when he tells his neighbors, they offer his an axe and a gun!
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Drifting Souls
Title: Drifting Souls
Character: Landlady
Released: August 7, 1932
Type: Movie
A pretty young lawyer discovers that her father needs an expensive operation to save his life. She goes to a nearby city and takes out an ad offering to marry whoever will pay her $5000, the cost of the operation. She soon finds herself involved with a newspaperman looking for a story, a drunken playboy and a con artist and his girlfriend out to fleece the playboy.
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Jewel Robbery
Title: Jewel Robbery
Character: Masseuse (uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1932
Type: Movie
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
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Red Noses
Title: Red Noses
Character: Dr. Payson, Physical Therapist
Released: March 18, 1932
Type: Movie
Thelma and Zasu go to a Turkish bath to try to get rid of a cold.
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The Impatient Maiden
Title: The Impatient Maiden
Character: Mrs. Thomas
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
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Love Pains
Title: Love Pains
Character: Mrs. Kornman
Released: February 13, 1932
Type: Movie
Mickey and Grady are left behind when a new kid comes to town and all the girls fall for him.
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Helpmates
Title: Helpmates
Character: Mrs. Hardy
Released: January 23, 1932
Type: Movie
Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tells him that she is returning home in the afternoon. Fearing his wife's wrath he calls Stan over to help him clean up. Things go downhill and they make more mess not less.
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Dogs Is Dogs
Title: Dogs Is Dogs
Character: Spud's Mother (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1931
Type: Movie
Wheezer and Dorothy are forced to live with her evil stepmother and her brat son.
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War Mamas
Title: War Mamas
Character: Head Nurse (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1931
Type: Movie
During WW1, the girls become spies when they spend the evening with two German officers.
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Taxi Troubles
Title: Taxi Troubles
Character: Mother-in-Law
Released: October 18, 1931
Type: Movie
Cabbie gets mixed up with gangster's wife.
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Wicked
Title: Wicked
Character: Matron
Released: October 4, 1931
Type: Movie
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.
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Our Wife
Title: Our Wife
Character: Turpin's wife
Released: May 16, 1931
Type: Movie
Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.
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Estrellados
Title: Estrellados
Character: Actress at Casting Call (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1930
Type: Movie
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the Spanish version of Free and Easy (1930) with Hispanic/Spanish-speaking actors.
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Shivering and Shaking
Title: Shivering and Shaking
Character: Formidable Woman (uncredited)
Released: April 28, 1930
Type: Movie
Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.
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Below Zero
Title: Below Zero
Character: Formidable woman
Released: April 26, 1930
Type: Movie
Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.
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Are Scotchmen Tight
Title: Are Scotchmen Tight
Released: March 2, 1929
Type: Movie
Two competitive Scotsmen are neighbours. Trouble starts when a tax inspector announces his imminent arrival, and the Scotsmen have to stash their expensive furniture. As soon as one succeeds in hiding every last stick, the other figures out where to put his. In his neighbour's now empty house!
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The Broadway Melody
Title: The Broadway Melody
Character: Wardrobe Lady (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1929
Type: Movie
The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.
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Bringing Up Father
Title: Bringing Up Father
Released: March 18, 1928
Type: Movie
The wealthy Jiggs is tired of being left out of the swanky parties thrown by his social-climbing wife Maggie and their daughter. He decides to teach them a "lesson" by faking his own suicide, but things don't quite turn out the way he planned.
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Figures Don't Lie
Title: Figures Don't Lie
Character: Mrs. Jones
Released: October 8, 1927
Type: Movie
Figures Don't Lie is a showcase for the physical charms of lovely Esther Ralston, who in one scene proves the accuracy of the title by donning a fetching one-piece bathing suit. The main story concerns wise-guy insurance salesman Richard Arlen, who through a combination of hard work and sheer gall lands a job as sales manager. But he can't land heroine Ralston, who has remained cool to his charms ever since he tried to make a play for her on the street.
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Naughty Boy
Title: Naughty Boy
Character: The 'Shrinking Violet'
Released: April 16, 1927
Type: Movie
This is a real corker. It starts off with a terrific routine with an erratic elevator. Lane's character, Johnny Jones, upon sight falls in love with Mary Craig (played by Kathryn McGuire who appears in a number of Lane comedies). The man who hopes to marry her is Henry Sharp played by Wallace Lupino; the title card introducing this character says" Henry Sharp – so mean he would steal a dead fly from a blind spider." Johnny agrees to do his father a favor by posing as his little boy of about 10 years old. The father had told the wealthy widow he hopes to marry that he was only 30 years old. Because of Lane's small stature this is more believable than most comedy routines that have an adult playing a child.
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The Bachelor's Baby
Title: The Bachelor's Baby
Character: Mrs. Boppo
Released: February 20, 1927
Type: Movie
Directed by Frank R. Strayer. With Helene Chadwick, Harry Myers, Midget Gustav, Edith Murgatroyd.
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Peaceful Oscar
Title: Peaceful Oscar
Character: Blanche - Oscar's Wife
Released: January 30, 1927
Type: Movie
Peaceful Oscar is a 1927 Comedy short
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When a Man's a Prince
Title: When a Man's a Prince
Character: Hilda - Princess of Amazonia
Released: August 15, 1926
Type: Movie
The plot has Ben Turpin as the prince of a mythical country who is being forced to wed a princess not of his choosing. In 1947, an outfit headed by J.J.Balaber, called Grand International Pictures, acquired 1,300,000 feet of Mack Sennet films with the intentions of editing 26 short comedies from them. The first of these was a 13 minute short edited from "When a Man's A Prince" and released on June 18,1947 as the first of the "Americana Comedy Film Classic Series."
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For Heaven's Sake
Title: For Heaven's Sake
Character: Lady on the Street (uncredited)
Released: April 5, 1926
Type: Movie
An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.
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We Moderns
Title: We Moderns
Character: Johanna
Released: November 15, 1925
Type: Movie
A 1925 film directed by John Francis Dillon.
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Half a Man
Title: Half a Man
Character: Shipwrecked Woman
Released: August 30, 1925
Type: Movie
Laurel plays Winchell McSweeney, whose fisherman parents forced him to leave home and make it on his own when they can no longer afford to keep supporting him. He takes a boat out of the village, but accidentally sets the ship on fire when he attempts to take a photograph of the passengers. The women end up on the island with McSweeney, and is constantly pursued by them, including one Amazon-size girl.
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Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Title: Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Character: Amazonian Dancer (uncredited)
Released: June 14, 1925
Type: Movie
An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of an oil company, who is also pursuing the inventor's daughter. This rival begins to scheme against the inventor, and it is left up to the inventor's hired man to try to stop him.
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The Raspberry Romance
Title: The Raspberry Romance
Character: Bonnie MacBelch - Rodney's Sweetheart
Released: March 1, 1925
Type: Movie
The Raspberry Romance is a 1925 comedy short.
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Oh, Doctor!
Title: Oh, Doctor!
Character: Dr. Maude - the osteopath
Released: February 23, 1925
Type: Movie
Rufus Billings was born premature and after a lifetime of doctors doting on his frail health he is now a hypochondriac of the first order. Now an adult Rufus has learned his late father has left him $750,000 but he won't inherit the sum for three more years. Rufus is certain he is on death's door and will never last three years so his Doctor arranges for a loan of $100,000 to pay for a live in nurse. Rufus only has to sign over his inheritance to the greedy trio of Clinch, McIntosh and Peck who along with the doctor are confident he'll live long enough to pay his debt.
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That's Funny
Title: That's Funny
Released: December 21, 1924
Type: Movie
A Mermaid Comedy
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Crushed
Title: Crushed
Character: Mrs. Jones
Released: November 23, 1924
Type: Movie
Mr. Jones must go to the big city and get married in order to receive an inheritance, but his marriage-of-convenience turns into a nightmare.
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His First Car
Title: His First Car
Character: 2nd Camping Wife
Released: July 26, 1924
Type: Movie
Al St. John buys a touring car and takes his extended family on a disastrous trip.
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The Misfit
Title: The Misfit
Character: The Domineering Wife
Released: March 22, 1924
Type: Movie
THE MISFIT - starring Clyde Cook, with Blanche Payson and Joe Roberts. A rarely-seen silent comedy short. Henpecked hubby Clyde totes groceries and paints floors for his wifey, escaping at last...by joining the U.S. Marines. The basic training sequence was shot at the Buster Keaton studios; this may be "Big" Joe Roberts' final screen role.
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Kidding Katie
Title: Kidding Katie
Character: Housemaid
Released: December 2, 1923
Type: Movie
A 1923 Christie comedy starring Babe London and Dorothy Devore. Queenie (London) has sent a picture of her sister Katie (Devore) to her pen pal as if it was her. Now that the pen pal is in love and coming to meet Queenie in person, Katie has to pretend she is a child.
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Kidding Katie
Title: Kidding Katie
Character: Governess
Released: December 2, 1923
Type: Movie
A 1923 Christie comedy starring Babe London and Dorothy Devore. Queenie (London) has sent a picture of her sister Katie (Devore) to her pen pal as if it was her. Now that the pen pal is in love and coming to meet Queenie in person, Katie has to pretend she is a child.
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Three Ages
Title: Three Ages
Character: The Amazon (uncredited)
Released: September 24, 1923
Type: Movie
The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set off by dinosaurs, a turtle used as a ouija board, and a round of golf with stones. In ancient Rome, the men display their brawn through a chariot race, using dogs instead of horses. In contemporary times, the man finds himself overcome by modernity, including a very fragile car.
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The Kid Reporter
Title: The Kid Reporter
Character: Policewoman
Released: May 30, 1923
Type: Movie
The 'secretary' of a busy newspaperman is revealed to be a cherubic small child, Baby Peggy. When a rich woman's pearl necklace is stolen, Baby Peggy's employer promises to make the reporter who cracks the case Editor-in-Chief. The little girl seizes the opportunity, and - several disguises and chases later, with the grudging aid of the office-boy - duly returns with the jewels to achieve promotion, with all the adults scurrying to serve her.
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No Vacancies
Title: No Vacancies
Character: His Better Half
Released: January 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Arrow comedy shot in 1921 but released 2 years later, with an ensemble cast including Jay Belasco, Blanche Payson, Billy Armstrong and Jack Duffy. The plot centers around Jack and his wife who are looking for a place to rent. But what to do when the housing situation is not exactly easy?
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The Little Rascal
Title: The Little Rascal
Character: Baby Peggy's Mother
Released: May 24, 1922
Type: Movie
The adventures of Baby Peggy in her own house.
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The Land of Jazz
Title: The Land of Jazz
Character: The Maid
Released: December 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Nina, engaged to a French captain, and Nancy, engaged to a doctor who runs an insane asylum on an island, are friends. When the doctor catches Nancy kissing the captain, known for kisses with a "heavenly kick," he breaks the engagement. In an effort to win back the doctor for Nancy, Nina pretends to be a bit "off" and becomes an inmate of the sanitarium.
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The Suitor
Title: The Suitor
Released: November 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Larry having to go through a lot of trouble to get his girl. All from bomb baking cooks to high flying crashes.
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Kiss Me Quick
Title: Kiss Me Quick
Released: May 5, 1920
Type: Movie
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The Heart Snatcher
Title: The Heart Snatcher
Released: March 1, 1920
Type: Movie
A farce in which the poor Lamo has to flee after he tries to rob a rich cinema operator. While on the run, he starts working for a blacksmith, who then betrays him.
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Damsels and Dandies
Title: Damsels and Dandies
Released: March 10, 1919
Type: Movie
Movie comedy with Earl Montgomery and Joe Rock.
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Bears and Bad Men
Title: Bears and Bad Men
Character: Maw Cutshaw
Released: October 7, 1918
Type: Movie
Bears and Bad Men is a 1918 silent comedy film directed by Larry Semon[1] and featuring Stan Laurel.
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A Sanitarium Scandal
Title: A Sanitarium Scandal
Released: December 17, 1917
Type: Movie
The sanitarium run by Lallah Hart (who does not appear in the IMDB cast-list) is in need of repairs and her nephew (Earle Rodney) is broke and after a loan. In her absence (off with her beau) he rents the place out to a group of (presumably) chorus girls (doubling inevitably as bathing beauties) while having to deal with the arrival of his own fiancée (Myrtle Lind) and her parents (the formidable Blanche Payson and Baldy Belmont) who between them provide most of what few laughs there are and a sheriff (Fritz Schade) with a debt to collect.
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The Sultan's Wife
Title: The Sultan's Wife
Character: Harem Matron
Released: September 29, 1917
Type: Movie
On a sailing trip, sweethearts Bobby and Gloria arrive in a very sinister-looking India, where an evil rajah attempts to force Gloria into his harem.
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Thirst
Title: Thirst
Character: Woman in Employment Agency (uncredited)
Released: July 29, 1917
Type: Movie
A woman has moved to a small town boarding house to seek peace and quiet. All too soon she finds herself in a Keystone movie, where there's everything but.
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Dollars and Sense
Title: Dollars and Sense
Character: The Innkeeper's Wife
Released: September 10, 1916
Type: Movie
A country girl and a foppish Englishman are to inherit an estate, and the terms say that it can't be divided: The two must get married, and if one refuses, then the other gets the entire estate. The girl schemes with her twin brother to trick the Englishman out of his part of the inheritance. The girl's corn-fed crush helps out, while the twins' father dreams of being force-fed dog sausage.
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A Social Cub
Title: A Social Cub
Released: July 16, 1916
Type: Movie
A Social Cub is a 1916 short silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson
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Wife and Auto Trouble
Title: Wife and Auto Trouble
Character: His Dominant Wife
Released: March 5, 1916
Type: Movie
A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.