Alice Wilson

Alice Wilson

Born: June 14, 1887
Died: May 12, 1944
in O'Fallon, Missouri, USA

Movies for Alice Wilson...

Silk Stocking Sal
Title: Silk Stocking Sal
Character: Bargain Basement Annie
Released: November 30, 1924
Type: Movie
Silk Stocking Sal is discovered burgling a palatial townhouse by its owner, Bob Cooper. Intrigued with her poise and daring, he offers to find her an honest job. She accepts his proposition and is hired by Cooper's importing firm to show antiques to prospective buyers. When Abner Bingham, Bob's partner, is found murdered after an argument with Bob, he is accused of the crime on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to die. To save Bob from the chair, Sal, who suspects Bull Reagen, a mobster, of the murder, goes to his apartment. She plants a microphone in the closet, gets Bull drunk, and, by accusing him of not having the killer instinct, taunts him into boasting of having killed Bingham. The conversation is overheard by the district attorney, who narrowly saves Bob from electrocution and then arrests Bull and his gang. Bob and Silk Stocking Sal are soon married.
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The Dream Cheater
Title: The Dream Cheater
Character: Mimi Gascoigne
Released: April 4, 1920
Type: Movie
An adaptation of Balzac's novel set in the roaring twenties, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. La Peau de chagrin belongs to the Études philosophiques group of Balzac's sequence of novels, La Comédie humaine.
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Passion's Playground
Title: Passion's Playground
Character: Dodo Wardropp
Released: April 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Mary Grant has a gambling father and a mother who has disappeared. Even though she has been raised in a convent she proves true to her ancestry by running away to Monte Carlo and spending her small inheritance at the gambling table.
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The Willow Tree
Title: The Willow Tree
Character: Mary Fuller
Released: January 31, 1920
Type: Movie
After Ned Hamilton is rejected by his girlfriend, he travels to Japan where he hears an old legend about the Willow Tree Princess, who kills herself so that her lover will go off to battle. When he makes a purchase from Tomotada, an image maker, he meets his pretty daughter O-Riu, and they recreate the events of the legend.
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What's Your Husband Doing?
Title: What's Your Husband Doing?
Character: Sylvia Pennywise
Released: January 25, 1920
Type: Movie
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La belle Russe
Title: La belle Russe
Character: Lady Sackton
Released: September 21, 1919
Type: Movie
In this film, her next-to-last picture for Fox, it was Theda Bara's turn to tackle a double role. Bara's characters are twin sisters La Belle Russe, the wicked one, and Fleurette, the nice one. They're Parisian dancers, and Fleurette marries Philip Sackton (Warburton Gamble). However, Sackton is a member of Britain's snooty aristocracy, and his family disinherits him.
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The Brazen Beauty
Title: The Brazen Beauty
Character: Kate Dewey
Released: September 9, 1918
Type: Movie
Jacala, a strong-willed, temperamental ranch girl, inherits her father's millions and moves from Montana to New York, determined to earn a place in society.
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The Eyes of Julia Deep
Title: The Eyes of Julia Deep
Character: Lottie Driscoll
Released: August 1, 1918
Type: Movie
The Eyes of Julia Deep is a 1918 silent comedy-drama film starring Mary Miles Minter, directed by Lloyd Ingraham. The film is based on the short story by the same name, written by Kate L. McLaurin. It is one of the few films starring Minter which are known to have survived.
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Should She Obey?
Title: Should She Obey?
Character: Marie Gibson
Released: May 6, 1917
Type: Movie
Inspired by his wife Lorna, shiftless William Gordon discovers a welding process worth millions and becomes president of a large corporation. Henry Blake, a friend of Gordon's from his indolent days, is forced to marry when his girl friend Mamie gives birth to a daughter, who is sent to live in a convent.
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A Love Sublime
Title: A Love Sublime
Character: The Sculptress (as Alice Rae)
Released: March 11, 1917
Type: Movie
A Greek man falls for an injured French woman. When he is informed of her death, he continues to sing under her hospital window every night.
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The Children in the House
Title: The Children in the House
Character: Alice
Released: April 29, 1916
Type: Movie
A woman is stuck with an unfaithful husband until he is killed robbing a bank.