Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Born: November 9, 1887
Died: November 9, 1977
in Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Gertrude Astor (Born Gertrude Eyster November 9, 1887 – November 9, 1977) was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone on a riverboat.

Born in Lakewood, Ohio, Astor at the age of 12 ran off and joined a woman's band as a trombone player and toured the states. In New York she left the band to obtain film work and got a job as an extra before her career took off. Astor was a prolific performer, between 1915 and 1962 she appeared in over 250 movies. Her first known credit is in a Biograph short in 1915. She then became a contract player at Universal. A tall, angular and beautiful woman, Astor frequently towered over the leading men of the era; thus, she was most frequently utilized in comedy roles as aristocrats, golddiggers and "heroine's best pal".

Her best-known silent appearances were as the visiting stage star in Stage Struck (1925) with Gloria Swanson, as the vamp who plants stolen money on Harry Langdon in The Strong Man (1926), and as Laura LaPlante's wisecracking travelling companion in The Cat and the Canary (1927).

Astor worked prolifically at Hal Roach studios with such headliners as Laurel and Hardy, Our Gang, and especially Charley Chase. She was also kept busy at Columbia Pictures' short subjects unit.

She continued to play bits in feature films throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. She was briefly glimpsed as the first murder victim in the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Scarlet Claw and was among the ranks of dress extras in 1956's Around the World in Eighty Days. Her last appearance was in John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

In her later years, Astor was a welcome guest at several Sons of the Desert gatherings, and became an honorary member of the Way Out West tent.

She died in Woodland Hills, California from a stroke. She is interred in the Abbey of Psalms in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA.

Movies for Gertrude Astor...

Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Title: Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
Character: Townswoman
Released: April 9, 1966
Type: Movie
Dr. Frankenstein's Granddaughter Maria, and her brother assistant Rudolph, moved to the old west because the lightning storms there are more frequent and intense, which allows them to work on the experiments of their grandfather. But the experiments are failing and Rudolph's been secretly killing the corpses afterwards. Meanwhile, the Lopez family leaves the town because of the evil going on there
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Title: My Mother the Car
Released: September 14, 1965
Type: TV
The story of the relationship between a man and his mother, the latter having been reincarnated as a 1928 Porter automobile.
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The Sound of Music
Title: The Sound of Music
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 29, 1965
Type: Movie
In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Title: The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Character: Denver Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1964
Type: Movie
The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. She assures the Leadville saloon keeper that she can sing and play the piano, and learns quickly. Soon she marries Johnny Brown, who in a few years will be able to replace the original cigar wrapper wedding ring with a replica in gold and gemstones. The Browns head for Europe and bring a few crowned heads back to Denver for a party that turns into a ballroom brawl. Molly goes to Europe alone, returning on the Titanic. She didn't survive a flood as a baby for the story to end here.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Title: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Character: Townswoman (uncredited)
Released: April 13, 1962
Type: Movie
A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.
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The Devil's Hand
Title: The Devil's Hand
Character: The Elderly Cultist
Released: September 13, 1961
Type: Movie
A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a satanic cult.
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All in a Night's Work
Title: All in a Night's Work
Character: Customer (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1961
Type: Movie
After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine and has big plans to expand it. While negotiating a loan from the bank, Tony gets a call from a detective surrounding his uncle's death. It turns out Colonel Ryder died in his hotel room with a smile on his face and a young woman was seen fleeing his room wearing only a towel. Suspicious of this woman and afraid the magazine's wholesome image may be tarnished and their loan denied, Tony asks the detective to stick around and find her.
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Sergeant Rutledge
Title: Sergeant Rutledge
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1960
Type: Movie
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
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The Best of Everything
Title: The Best of Everything
Character: Leading Woman in Play (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1959
Type: Movie
An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.
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The Horse Soldiers
Title: The Horse Soldiers
Character: Townswoman
Released: June 11, 1959
Type: Movie
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
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The Female Animal
Title: The Female Animal
Character: Actress on Movie Set (uncredited)
Released: January 22, 1958
Type: Movie
Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursues him, and soon he's the 'caretaker' of her beach house. Vanessa's sexy, alcoholic adult daughter Penny accidentally meets Chris, who rescues her from an 'octopus' boyfriend. Before you know it, Chris is involved with both mother and daughter, and his only way out is to take a job in a Mexican picture about man-eating orchids...
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My Man Godfrey
Title: My Man Godfrey
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1957
Type: Movie
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Title: Around the World in Eighty Days
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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The Virgin Queen
Title: The Virgin Queen
Character: Lady-in-Waiting - 2nd Group
Released: July 22, 1955
Type: Movie
Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
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Wichita
Title: Wichita
Character: Saloon Madam (uncredited)
Released: July 3, 1955
Type: Movie
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.
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Daddy Long Legs
Title: Daddy Long Legs
Character: Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Released: May 5, 1955
Type: Movie
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.
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Deep in My Heart
Title: Deep in My Heart
Character: Dorothy's Nurse (uncredited)
Released: December 9, 1954
Type: Movie
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Scared Stiff
Title: Scared Stiff
Character: Man with Spaghetti's Wife (uncredited)
Released: April 27, 1953
Type: Movie
A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island. The trio hunt for a hidden treasure and encounter a ghost, a zombie, and a mysterious killer...
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The Old West
Title: The Old West
Character: Townswoman (uncredited)
Released: September 29, 1952
Type: Movie
Doc Lockwood and his gang are trying to take away Autry's contract for supplying horses to the stagecoach line. Parson Brooks joins Autry in an effort to clean up the town of Sadderlock.
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Paula
Title: Paula
Character: Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1952
Type: Movie
A woman, distraught because of her recent miscarriage, accidentally injures a child in a hit-and-run accident, but she keeps the incident a secret. Overcome with guilt and remorse, she seeks out the child in the hospital and attempts to help him regain his speech, even though, if successful, it might mean he will implicate her for the crime.
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Fort Osage
Title: Fort Osage
Character: Townswoman (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1952
Type: Movie
Rod Cameron stars as frontier scout Tim Clay, assigned to guide a wagon train through Indian territory. Clay knows that he's in for a lot of trouble because of the treaty-violating activities of white criminals Pickett and Keane. Fortunately for the hero, Pickett and Keane double-cross each other somewhere along the line, weakening their ability to foment an all-out Indian attack.
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Scandal Sheet
Title: Scandal Sheet
Character: Neighbor (uncredited)
Released: January 16, 1952
Type: Movie
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.
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Thunder on the Hill
Title: Thunder on the Hill
Character: Village Woman (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1951
Type: Movie
Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becoming convinced that Valerie is innocent so Sister Mary sets about to clear the girl and bring the real killer to justice.
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Title: I Love Lucy
Character: Showgirl #4
Released: October 15, 1951
Type: TV
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
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When Worlds Collide
Title: When Worlds Collide
Character: Traveler (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1951
Type: Movie
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.
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A Place in the Sun
Title: A Place in the Sun
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 1951
Type: Movie
An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.
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All About Eve
Title: All About Eve
Character: Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1950
Type: Movie
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
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Again Pioneers
Title: Again Pioneers
Character: Mrs. Jans
Released: November 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Citizens of Fairview are outraged when they learn children from the "Patch", a squalid migrant camp on the outskirts of town, will soon be attending Fairview's school.
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Bunco Squad
Title: Bunco Squad
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances. When the plan leads to murder, Johnson and McManus must bring the group down before they kill again.
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Sunset Boulevard
Title: Sunset Boulevard
Character: Courtier (uncredited)
Released: August 10, 1950
Type: Movie
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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Caged
Title: Caged
Character: Inmate (uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1950
Type: Movie
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
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The File on Thelma Jordon
Title: The File on Thelma Jordon
Character: Juror (Uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1949
Type: Movie
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
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3 Godfathers
Title: 3 Godfathers
Character: Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1948
Type: Movie
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.
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My Dear Secretary
Title: My Dear Secretary
Character: Miss Gee (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1948
Type: Movie
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppointed, however, when he turns out to be an erratic, immature playboy. Opposites attract, of course, but not without sub-plots that touch on competitiveness within marriage and responsibility.
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Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Title: Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
Character: Mrs. Howard
Released: September 19, 1948
Type: Movie
Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.
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Music Man
Title: Music Man
Released: September 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Bickering brothers unwittingly wind up working together on the same musical production.
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Here Comes Trouble
Title: Here Comes Trouble
Character: Woman with Dog (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover the police beat.
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Sitting Pretty
Title: Sitting Pretty
Character: Townswoman (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1948
Type: Movie
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, but a most eccentric, outrageously forthright genius with seemingly a million careers and experiences behind him.
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Monsieur Verdoux
Title: Monsieur Verdoux
Character: Garden Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1947
Type: Movie
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
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Fun on a Weekend
Title: Fun on a Weekend
Character: Party Guest (Uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by Peter's belief that a person can acquire wealth simply by creating an aura of success, the outgoing Nancy convinces Peter to join her in impersonating a confident and eccentric wealthy couple. The experiment works, and the couple secure a stunning wardrobe and a lavish room at a resort. Peter panics, however, when he gets a fantastic job offer.
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The Best Years of Our Lives
Title: The Best Years of Our Lives
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
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Calcutta
Title: Calcutta
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1946
Type: Movie
Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.
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Sister Kenny
Title: Sister Kenny
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1946
Type: Movie
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
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Crack-Up
Title: Crack-Up
Character: Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
Released: September 6, 1946
Type: Movie
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
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Dragonwyck
Title: Dragonwyck
Character: Nurse (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1946
Type: Movie
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.
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Leave Her to Heaven
Title: Leave Her to Heaven
Character: Prison Matron (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1945
Type: Movie
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
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An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
Title: An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
Character: Eva Tanguay (uncredited)
Released: November 27, 1945
Type: Movie
An angel returns to Earth to help a Broadway producer put on a show, so a struggling young actress will have a job.
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Girls of the Big House
Title: Girls of the Big House
Character: Railroad Matron
Released: November 2, 1945
Type: Movie
A women's prison provides the setting for this drama that centers around a naive small-town woman framed by a man whom she met in a nightclub in the big city. She is not welcomed by the inmates and immediately the prisoners are divided.
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Swingin' on a Rainbow
Title: Swingin' on a Rainbow
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1945
Type: Movie
A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is passing them off as his own.
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The Climax
Title: The Climax
Character: Woman in Audience Behind Franz (Uncredited)
Released: October 20, 1944
Type: Movie
Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer reminds Hohner of the late diva and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever.
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Weird Woman
Title: Weird Woman
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1944
Type: Movie
After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was raised, Professor Norman Reed begins to feel the clash between his world of rational science and hers of bizarre dancing and freaky voodoo rituals. Norman's stuck-up friends also sense Paula's strangeness, and soon their meddling gossip and suspicious scheming push the poor woman to use her magic to defend herself and her husband – and maybe even to kill! Or is it just the power of suggestion...?
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The Kansan
Title: The Kansan
Character: Blonde Townswoman
Released: September 10, 1943
Type: Movie
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital to find that he's been elected town marshal. He soon comes into conflict with the town banker, who controls everything in town and is squeezing the townspeople for every penny he can get out of them.
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The Avenging Rider
Title: The Avenging Rider
Character: Martha
Released: May 20, 1943
Type: Movie
Wrongfully arrested, Tim must escape and find the men who murdered his partner and stole the gold.
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Idaho
Title: Idaho
Character: Party Guest
Released: March 10, 1943
Type: Movie
A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.
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Lost Canyon
Title: Lost Canyon
Character: Mrs. Anson
Released: December 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Burton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends his men to rustle his cattle. Hoppy is Clark's new foreman and is on to Burton's scheme. But just as he learns of the rustling and is about to go after the gang, the Sheriff arrives and arrests him for hiding Johnny who has been accused of robbery.
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Moontide
Title: Moontide
Character: Woman
Released: May 29, 1942
Type: Movie
After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.
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Reap the Wild Wind
Title: Reap the Wild Wind
Character: Ball Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 26, 1942
Type: Movie
The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap, aboard frail schooners, the harvest of the wild wind, facing the shark teeth of the reefs to rescue the sailors and the cargo from the shipwrecks caused by the scavengers of the sea.
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Frisco Lil
Title: Frisco Lil
Released: March 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge. She also falls in love with lawyer Brewster.
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The Wolf Man
Title: The Wolf Man
Character: Townswoman (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1941
Type: Movie
After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.
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Hold Back the Dawn
Title: Hold Back the Dawn
Character: Young Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1941
Type: Movie
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
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Misbehaving Husbands
Title: Misbehaving Husbands
Character: Gossiping Friend
Released: December 20, 1940
Type: Movie
Marital comedy in which a department store mannequin is mistaken for "the other woman".
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The Doctor Takes a Wife
Title: The Doctor Takes a Wife
Character: Extra
Released: April 25, 1940
Type: Movie
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
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The Llano Kid
Title: The Llano Kid
Character: Saloon Hostess
Released: December 8, 1939
Type: Movie
Lora Travers is the only person who can identify hold-up artist The Llano Kid and she persuades him to come in on a scheme with her and her husband. They have been searching for the long-lost son of a rich Mexican widow and they get the Kid to claim it is him. All goes according to plan until greed and jealousy raise their heads.
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$1,000 a Touchdown
Title: $1,000 a Touchdown
Character: McGlen Wife (uncredited)
Released: October 4, 1939
Type: Movie
A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each touchdown they score.
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Dust Be My Destiny
Title: Dust Be My Destiny
Character: Dame (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 1939
Type: Movie
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
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The Women
Title: The Women
Character: Mud Bath Nurse (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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Tassels in the Air
Title: Tassels in the Air
Character: Louella Pindell (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1938
Type: Movie
The stooges are janitors in an office building. They stencil the wrong names on all the offices, causing a rich lady to mistakes Moe for famous decorator Omay. She hires the boys to redecorate her house, which they proceed to ruin. More trouble ensues when the real Omay shows up.
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The Big Broadcast of 1938
Title: The Big Broadcast of 1938
Character: Woman (uncredited)
Released: February 11, 1938
Type: Movie
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
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Wells Fargo
Title: Wells Fargo
Character: Pioneer Woman
Released: December 31, 1937
Type: Movie
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
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All Over Town
Title: All Over Town
Character: Mamie
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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Easy Living
Title: Easy Living
Character: Saleswoman (uncredited)
Released: July 16, 1937
Type: Movie
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.
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Rich Relations
Title: Rich Relations
Released: February 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A secretary finds herself being romanced by a "ladies man". What she doesn't know is that it's her boss who really loves her.
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Empty Saddles
Title: Empty Saddles
Character: Eloise Hayes
Released: December 20, 1936
Type: Movie
Buck runs into trouble when he buys a deserted cattle ranch that he turns into a dude ranch.
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Great Guy
Title: Great Guy
Character: Party Guest (Uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.
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San Francisco
Title: San Francisco
Character: Drunk's Girl (uncredited)
Released: June 26, 1936
Type: Movie
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.
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I Don't Remember
Title: I Don't Remember
Character: Sophie Glick
Released: December 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Amnesiac can't find the other half of his winning sweepstakes ticket.
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Manhattan Monkey Business
Title: Manhattan Monkey Business
Character: Gwendolyn
Released: November 9, 1935
Type: Movie
When Charley can't pay his bill at a restaurant, he is forced to become a waiter.
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It's in the Air
Title: It's in the Air
Character: (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1935
Type: Movie
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
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Cappy Ricks Returns
Title: Cappy Ricks Returns
Character: Speaker (uncredited)
Released: September 25, 1935
Type: Movie
"Cappy" Ricks comes out of retirement to fight against a bill, sponsored by his old political rivals, that, if passed, would forbid the selling of wooden shingles for house-roofs. He also takes time, along the way, to smooth the rocky road to romance being traveled by Bill Peck and Barbara Blake.
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Here Comes the Band
Title: Here Comes the Band
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1935
Type: Movie
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."
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Honeymoon Limited
Title: Honeymoon Limited
Character: Lady Devonshire
Released: July 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a walking trip from New York to San Francisco.
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No More Ladies
Title: No More Ladies
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 14, 1935
Type: Movie
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
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Border Brigands
Title: Border Brigands
Character: Big Six -Saloon Girl
Released: May 31, 1935
Type: Movie
Canadian Mountie goes undercover to catch his brother's killers.
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The Drunkard
Title: The Drunkard
Character: Peggy
Released: April 3, 1935
Type: Movie
An unscrupulous lawyer uses alcohol to swindle an innocent family.
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Northern Frontier
Title: Northern Frontier
Character: Mae
Released: February 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.
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The Chases of Pimple Street
Title: The Chases of Pimple Street
Character: Gertrude Astor - Lucas' Fiancee (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1934
Type: Movie
In order to get out of his boss's doghouse, Charley pairs his troublesome sister-in-law with an important client and inevitable complications result.
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Wedding Belles
Title: Wedding Belles
Released: June 24, 1934
Type: Movie
Lloyd stows away on a ship to be near his girlfriend.
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I'll Take Vanilla
Title: I'll Take Vanilla
Character: Mom
Released: May 5, 1934
Type: Movie
Ice-cream vendor Charley gets mixed up with a cute girl and her snotty nephew.
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Guilty Parents
Title: Guilty Parents
Character: Marie
Released: April 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A young girl is being tried for murder. Her defense attorney attempts to show how her descent into a life of crime, prostitution and degradation was caused by her puritanical, religious fanatic mother.
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Carnival Lady
Title: Carnival Lady
Character: Zandra, Fortune Teller
Released: November 11, 1933
Type: Movie
When his bank fails, a young man loses not only all his money but his fiancée, deserts him, too. Depressed, he joins a circus.
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Crook's Tour
Title: Crook's Tour
Character: Mrs Dorigan
Released: September 23, 1933
Type: Movie
A short film from Hal Roach Studios' All-Star series.
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Ship of Wanted Men
Title: Ship of Wanted Men
Character: Vera
Released: September 8, 1933
Type: Movie
A shipful of fugitives from justice pulls up on a Pacific Island where there are no extradition laws. The island is a magnet for the scum of the earth, as well as a few honest guys who were framed. Into this den of iniquity swims socialite Dorothy Sebastian, who jumped off a yacht after apparently murdering her lecherous host. To remain on the Island, Sebastian is told that she must pay $5,000 to head honcho Fred Kohler -- and if she hasn't got the money, it is implied, there are other methods of collection.
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I Have Lived
Title: I Have Lived
Character: Harriet Naisson
Released: June 15, 1933
Type: Movie
A girl with a shady past is picked by a playwright to be the star of his newest play.
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The Plumber and the Lady
Title: The Plumber and the Lady
Character: Mrs. Otto Mauser
Released: March 31, 1933
Type: Movie
A Mack Sennett talking comedy, released through Paramount Pictures, starring Frank Albertson, Marjorie Beebe, Joyce Compton, Herman Bing, Gertrude Astor and Matt McHugh.
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Wine, Women and Song
Title: Wine, Women and Song
Character: Jennie Tilson
Released: March 27, 1933
Type: Movie
The story of aging chorus girl Frankie Arnette, who'll do anything for publicity. Fiercely ambitious, Frankie even promises that if she is given a leading role in an upcoming Broadway musical, prominent producer Morgan Andrews will be allowed to enjoy the "attentions" of her own daughter Marilyn. But Marilyn is in love with likeable Ray Joyce, and wants no part of her mother's intrigues.
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Flaming Gold
Title: Flaming Gold
Character: Escort Service Madam
Released: September 28, 1932
Type: Movie
Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.
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Western Limited
Title: Western Limited
Character: Mrs. Winters
Released: August 5, 1932
Type: Movie
A fancy masquerade party is the scene of a jewel robbery, and later several suspects in the robbery are discovered to be aboard the same train.
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High Hats and Low Brows
Title: High Hats and Low Brows
Character: Mrs. Billingsgate
Released: July 10, 1932
Type: Movie
Sixth entry in the Rufftown 2-reel comedy series based on stories by Arthur 'Bugs' Baer.
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They Never Come Back
Title: They Never Come Back
Character: Kate
Released: May 10, 1932
Type: Movie
Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to his arm. From there, Nolan's path leads downhill. He is drawn into a romance with a nightclub entertainer, then is framed on a theft charge by a jealous suitor. After his prison term, Nolan makes a spectacular comeback in a fight which proves his courage and integrity, while disproving the fallacy about the old sports adage that "they never come back."
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While Paris Sleeps
Title: While Paris Sleeps
Released: May 8, 1932
Type: Movie
To save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict Jacques Costard escapes from jail. Jacques' problems are twofold: he must keep Manon from being abducted into a life of prostitution, and he must also hide his true identity from the girl, who has been raised to believe that Jacques died a hero in WWI.
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In Walked Charley
Title: In Walked Charley
Character: Gertrude Henderson
Released: April 22, 1932
Type: Movie
Charley, a travel agent, finds himself in a situation where he has to humor an apparent lunatic.
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Running Hollywood
Title: Running Hollywood
Character: Gertrude Astor
Released: January 27, 1932
Type: Movie
Running Hollywood is a comedy short.
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Poker Widows
Title: Poker Widows
Character: Mrs. Thomas Regan
Released: September 13, 1931
Type: Movie
Dance instructor Arthur Stone's wife, Gertrude Astor, is a jealous woman. Patsy O'Leary's husband, Wade Boteler, is a jealous man. Boteler goes out to play poker every night, so Miss O'Leary phones Stone for a private dance lesson at her apartment. When there's a knock at the door, Stone goes out the window and enters an apartment, where Boteler is playing poker.
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Come Clean
Title: Come Clean
Character: Mrs. Hardy
Released: September 2, 1931
Type: Movie
The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and manage to prevent a shrewish woman from committing suicide on the way back home. The woman is ungrateful and makes threats against the them unless they look after her. They spend a chaotic evening trying to keep her hidden from their wives.
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Hell Bound
Title: Hell Bound
Character: Rosie
Released: May 1, 1931
Type: Movie
Lane and Diane are a young married couple living in a coastal town whose lives are about to be torn apart by an old book of magic.
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Live and Learn
Title: Live and Learn
Character: Mrs. Brown
Released: June 15, 1930
Type: Movie
A jealous husband endeavors to reach his wife who is quarantined in an apartment with her former spouse.
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Dames Ahoy
Title: Dames Ahoy
Character: The Blonde
Released: February 9, 1930
Type: Movie
Three sailors go searching for a girl who swindled one of them out of half his pay.
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Be Yourself!
Title: Be Yourself!
Character: Lillian
Released: February 7, 1930
Type: Movie
Ethnic comedy of a nightclub entertainer trying to train a boxer.
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Untamed
Title: Untamed
Character: Mrs. Mason
Released: November 23, 1929
Type: Movie
In her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan upside down in her hunt for Andy McAllister, the man of her dreams. Unfortunately for Bingo, Andy is penniless and refuses to agree to the match until he can provide for the wild, rich girl. Andy's prideful position is more than encouraged by Bingo's Uncle Ben, who seeks to scuttle their love match.
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Frozen Justice
Title: Frozen Justice
Character: Moosehide Kate
Released: October 13, 1929
Type: Movie
Drama set in Alaska
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The Fall of Eve
Title: The Fall of Eve
Character: Mrs. Ford
Released: June 17, 1929
Type: Movie
The Fall of Eve
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Two Weeks Off
Title: Two Weeks Off
Character: Agnes
Released: May 11, 1929
Type: Movie
Frances, a salesgirl, is planning a summer vacation at the beach with a girlfriend, who also works at her store. Just as she is getting ready to leave home, Dave, a handsome young plumber, arrives to repair a leaky faucet. Her vacation turns into a bust when it rains at the beach, but a hunky lifeguard shows up to brighten her day. Then, of all people, Dave the plumber shows up, too. Complications ensue.
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The Fatal Warning
Title: The Fatal Warning
Released: February 15, 1929
Type: Movie
When a bank executive disappears, he is accused of stealing a fortune from the bank. But his daughter and her criminologist friend set out to find her father and clear his name.
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Synthetic Sin
Title: Synthetic Sin
Character: Sheila Kelly
Released: January 6, 1929
Type: Movie
A young woman impulsively marries a young playwright who whisks her away to New York promises her a role in his next production. Unfortunately the production is a disaster and her husband proclaims her unfit for the role. Rather then return home in defeat, she stays in New York and accidentally gets involved with some vicious gangsters.
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Chasing Husbands
Title: Chasing Husbands
Released: December 22, 1928
Type: Movie
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A Woman of Affairs
Title: A Woman of Affairs
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1928
Type: Movie
Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Neville have long been smitten with each other, but her father disapproves of the relationship, resulting in her eventual marriage to David. It's not long after their wedding, however, that tragedy strikes, sending Diana on a downward spiral. When Neville reappears in her life, will he be able to save her from her own misery?
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The Butter and Egg Man
Title: The Butter and Egg Man
Character: Fanny Lehman
Released: September 22, 1928
Type: Movie
Peter Jones is a young man who arrives on Broadway from Chillicothe, Ohio, hoping to invest $20,000 in a play and turn a profit sufficient to buy a local hotel back home. He is conned by Joe Lehman and Jack McClure into backing their play with a 49-percent stake. The play opens out-of-town in Syracuse and bombs. Lehman and McClure want out, and Jones buys them out
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The Family Group
Title: The Family Group
Released: February 18, 1928
Type: Movie
Charley tries to get a photograph taken with his wife and child.
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Rose-Marie
Title: Rose-Marie
Character: Wanda
Released: February 11, 1928
Type: Movie
Sergeant Malone of the Mounties and effeminate Etienne Doray are both in love with Rose-Marie, but she doesn't light up until soldier of fortune Jim Kenyon drifts into the post. Soon Jim is accused of murder but he escapes.
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Oh, What a Man!
Title: Oh, What a Man!
Character: The Bandit
Released: December 4, 1927
Type: Movie
A detective sets out to nab Notorious Nora, the tough female leader of a gang whose headquarters is in a dangerous speakeasy. He decides to infiltrate her gang in order to get the goods on her, but things don't turn out exactly the way he expected them to.
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The Small Bachelor
Title: The Small Bachelor
Character: Fanny
Released: November 6, 1927
Type: Movie
What must a man do in order to put an end to his bachelorhood? For George Finch, one of nature's white mice and probably the worst artist ever to put brush to canvas, there are many obstacles. Undoubtedly the greatest is his beloved Molly's fearsome stepmother, Mrs. Waddington, who has her eye on an eligible English lord for a son-in-law. Luckily, George has an ally in sharp-witted Hamilton Beamish, an old family friend of the Waddingtons, not to mention George's butler, Mullett, and his light-fingered girlfriend, Fanny, whose valuable skills are of particular interest to the would-be father-in-law.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Title: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Character: Mrs. St. Clare (uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1927
Type: Movie
In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later, Eliza flees with her son, Harry, after learning the Shelbys plan to hand them over to a crooked creditor to prevent foreclosure. George also escapes and goes on the run while Eliza and Harry are captured and brought back home. Mother and son are separated as George tries to find them both.
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The Cat and the Canary
Title: The Cat and the Canary
Character: Cecily
Released: September 9, 1927
Type: Movie
Rich old Cyrus West's relatives are waiting for him to die so they can inherit. But he stipulates that his will be read 20 years after his death. On the appointed day his expectant heirs arrive at his brooding mansion. The will is read and it turns out that Annabelle West, the only heir with his name left, inherits, if she is deemed sane. If she isn't, the money and some diamonds go to someone else, whose name is in a sealed envelope. Before he can reveal the identity of her successor to Annabelle, Mr. Crosby, the lawyer, disappears. The first in a series of mysterious events, some of which point to Annabelle in fact being unstable.
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The Taxi Dancer
Title: The Taxi Dancer
Character: Kitty Lane
Released: February 5, 1927
Type: Movie
A southern girl tries her luck as a dancer in New York City.
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The Cheerful Fraud
Title: The Cheerful Fraud
Character: Rose
Released: December 27, 1926
Type: Movie
A young man fakes his identity to impress a girl.
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The Strong Man
Title: The Strong Man
Character: Lily de Broadway
Released: November 19, 1926
Type: Movie
A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a photo from "Mary Brown", an American girl he has never met. He becomes infatuated with her by long distance. After the war, the young Belgian journeys to America as assistant to a theatrical "strong man", Zandow the Great (Arthur Thalasso). While in America, he searches for Mary Brown... and he finds her, just as word comes that Zandow is incapacitated and the little nebbish must go on stage in his place.
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The Country Beyond
Title: The Country Beyond
Character: Mrs. Andrews
Released: October 17, 1926
Type: Movie
In the Canadian mountains an orphan girl, Valencia, is left in the care of the abusive Hawkins family. A fugitive outlaw, Roger McKay, stumbles onto the property and immediately falls in love with Valencia. When Mr. Hawkins is killed by his long-suffering spouse, Roger assumes that Valencia committed the murder and confesses to the crime to protect her.
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Tell 'Em Nothing
Title: Tell 'Em Nothing
Character: Mrs. Gladstone
Released: October 16, 1926
Type: Movie
Charlie is the great divorce attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands. While explaining to one woman how to obtain a divorce by getting photos in a compromising situation...
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The Old Soak
Title: The Old Soak
Character: Sylvia De Costa
Released: October 11, 1926
Type: Movie
To the distress of his family, Clem Hawley, retired from his garage business, spends his time and money in the company of Al, the local bootlegger.
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Don Juan's 3 Nights
Title: Don Juan's 3 Nights
Character: Baroness von Minden
Released: September 4, 1926
Type: Movie
A concert pianist who is popular with women tries to discourage a teenage admirer.
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Kiki
Title: Kiki
Character: Paulette Mascar
Released: April 4, 1926
Type: Movie
Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job singing and dancing at a nearby theater. While she is there, she invites herself into the life of the revue's manager, with whom she has fallen in love.
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Wife Tamers
Title: Wife Tamers
Character: Mrs. Barry
Released: March 25, 1926
Type: Movie
Mr. Barry has a huge argument with his wife, and to make her jealous, he asks his valet to set him up with a pretty girl who is stranded in their neighborhood. He takes her out to dinner, but to his disgust he discovers that she lacks even one ounce of class and her table manners are frightening. Soon enough, Barrymore is reunited with his wife.
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Dizzy Daddies
Title: Dizzy Daddies
Character: A Former Flame
Released: March 14, 1926
Type: Movie
When the story begins, Johnnie comes to the lawyer's house (James Finlayson) in order to woo the man's daughter. However, a love-crazy woman has been chasing Johnnie and the lawyer tries to help out....and gets nothing but trouble in return. The lady now wants the lawyer...who's a married man. Soon all sorts of problems develop...and the lawyer is sure his wife is going to kill him!
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Behind the Front
Title: Behind the Front
Character: French barmaid
Released: February 22, 1926
Type: Movie
During World War I a young man joins the army and winds up befriending another young recruit, not knowing that it's the same pickpocket who stole his watch. After finishing basic training, the two are sent to the front lines in France, where they wind up in trouble with the MPs, getting involved with some cute French girls and "volunteering" for a dangerous front-line mission, and their antics result in their endangering the armistice.
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The Boy Friend
Title: The Boy Friend
Character: Mrs. White
Released: January 1, 1926
Type: Movie
A young man uses tips from an absurd book to woo a woman he fancies.
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Stage Struck
Title: Stage Struck
Character: Lillian Lyons
Released: November 16, 1925
Type: Movie
Daydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality she and her cook boyfriend, Orme Wilson, hope to one day own their own diner. Although Orme loves Jennie, he also has a weakness for stage stars -- so when a riverboat theatrical crew comes to their town, he is smitten by lead actress Lillian Lyons. Desperate to keep Orme, Jennie insists on going onstage to best Lillian, but is soon out of her depth.
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Satan in Sables
Title: Satan in Sables
Character: Dolores Sierra
Released: October 14, 1925
Type: Movie
A young lady plans her devious revenge on a Russian aristocrat of fantastic wealth, who will not give her his permanent affections.
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Kentucky Pride
Title: Kentucky Pride
Character: Mrs. Beaumont
Released: September 6, 1925
Type: Movie
This rare John Ford silent is a charming, sweetly sentimental tale of the relationship between humans and animals told largely from the point of view of a racehorse who observes as her breeder (Henry B. Walthall) is forced to sell her when he loses everything in a poker game. Several of the era’s most famous racehorses make appearances, including the legendary champion thoroughbred Man o’ War.
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The Charmer
Title: The Charmer
Character: Bertha Sedgwick
Released: April 20, 1925
Type: Movie
A wild dancer in a cheap Seville cafe, Mariposa is taken to New York by Señor Sprott, a prominent theatrical producer. Billed as "The Charmer," Mariposa becomes the toast of two continents. Among her most ardent admirers are Ralph Bayne, a millionaire playboy, and his chauffeur, Dan Murray, both of whom first met her in Spain. Madly in love with Bayne, Mrs. Sedgwick invites Mariposa and her mother to a weekend party in a deliberate attempt to humiliate the beautiful dancer. Bayne quickly realizes that Mariposa is out of place in high society, and, determining to make her his mistress, takes her home with him. Mrs. Sedgwick unexpectedly arrives at Bayne's swank suite ( followed by her suspicious husband), and Mariposa protects the society woman's reputation at the cost of her own.
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Robes of Sin
Title: Robes of Sin
Released: December 1, 1924
Type: Movie
Ruth Rogens (Sylvia Breamer) is married to policeman John Rogens (Jack Mower), whose work causes him to neglect her. Her neighbor Adelaide Thomas (Gertrude Astor), the mistress of bootlegger Cyler Bryson (Bruce Gordon),invites her out on a party and loans her a gown. Before long, Cyler, the cad, is buying Ruth fancy clothes and forgets about Adelaide. The latter, in revenge, leads Cyler's wife Grace (Helene Sullivan), to believe that Ruth is her husband's mistress. John makes a raid on the bootlegger's warehouse and finds his wife in Cycler's company at a roadhouse.
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The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
Title: The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
Character: 'Kansas' Lou
Released: November 30, 1924
Type: Movie
After 15 years of searching, Bud Watkins finally has his revenge on the cattlemen's gunman who killed his homesteader foster father, Pop Watkins. Bud finds refuge from the sheriff at the ranch of The Spider, falls in love with the bandit's daughter, "Miss," and is betrayed to the sheriff by his rival, Steve Lanning. In an attempt to escape, Miss is shot and Bud risks discovery to get a doctor from town.
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The Silent Watcher
Title: The Silent Watcher
Character: Mrs. Steele
Released: October 5, 1924
Type: Movie
The Silent Watcher is a lost 1924 American silent melodrama film directed by Frank Lloyd. It stars Glenn Hunter and Bessie Love.
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Broadway or Bust
Title: Broadway or Bust
Character: Mrs. Dean Smythe
Released: June 9, 1924
Type: Movie
Virginia Redding inherits a fortune and goes to New York, leaving behind her suitor Dave, a rancher. Good fortune strikes Dave when radium deposits are discovered on his ranch, and he and his partner sell out, go to New York, and become society sensations.
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Secrets
Title: Secrets
Character: Mrs. Manwaring
Released: March 24, 1924
Type: Movie
An old woman's memories are rekindled as she rereads her diary. She recalls her youth in England when she married a suitor over the objections of her parents and moved with him to the Wyoming frontier. They live a hardscrabble life there and suffered deprivation, hunger, Indian attacks, and the death of her baby. Although they eventually make a go of it, her husband becomes involved with another woman. Now that he is on his deathbed, will she forgive her husband after 40 years.
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The Wanters
Title: The Wanters
Character: Mrs. Van Pelt
Released: November 26, 1923
Type: Movie
Elliot Worthington falls in love with Myra, the maid in his sister's household. Myra is dismissed; Elliot finds her, proposes marriage, and returns home with his new bride. She is snubbed by his relatives and shocked by the hypocrisy of his wealthy friends. Disillusioned, she runs away: Elliot follows and saves her from being hit by a train when her foot gets caught in a switch.
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Hollywood
Title: Hollywood
Character: Gertrude Astor
Released: August 19, 1923
Type: Movie
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
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Rupert of Hentzau
Title: Rupert of Hentzau
Character: Paula
Released: July 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Rudolf Rassendyll returns to Ruritania, to play the King once more. Lost Adaptation of the eponymous Anthony Hope nove, the sequel of the Prisoner of Zenda.
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The Ne'er-Do-Well
Title: The Ne'er-Do-Well
Character: Edith Cortlandt
Released: April 29, 1923
Type: Movie
The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923)
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The Ninety and Nine
Title: The Ninety and Nine
Character: Kate Van Dyke
Released: December 17, 1922
Type: Movie
Melodramatic thriller, presented in 9.5mm format
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You Never Know
Title: You Never Know
Character: Miriam Folansbee
Released: December 10, 1922
Type: Movie
Eddie Manning, on a secret mission in Central America, is apparently penniless, and he becomes friends with a street urchin named Muggsy. When Muggsy is knocked down by a car, Manning meets its owner, Miriam Folansbee, and she offers him a job as a chauffeur. There is a plot to overthrow the country and Inez, a dancer at a cafe, tells Manning that Carlos Medina is the leader of the revolutionaries.
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The Kentucky Derby
Title: The Kentucky Derby
Character: Helen Gordon
Released: December 4, 1922
Type: Movie
Posing as relatives, Ralph and Helen Gordon visit Col. Moncrief Gordon's Kentucky mansion, hoping to marry Helen to the colonel's son, Donald. The colonel agrees, but Donald balks at the suggestion, then reveals his secret marriage to Alice Brown. The colonel turns them out, and Ralph conspires with Bob Thurston to frame Donald for theft of Colonel Gordon's wager money and to shanghai him. After 3 years Donald discovers the source of his misfortune, returns, finds his wife, hears of a plot against his father's best racehorse, wrings a complete confession from Thurston, and saves the Derby for his repentant father.
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The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
Title: The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
Character: Alice Granville
Released: October 22, 1922
Type: Movie
Lance Bellew ignores his wife, Betty, for his mistress, Naomi Templeton, but becomes so enraged when he finds Betty in the company of Jerry Woodruff that he shoots this family friend.
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Lorna Doone
Title: Lorna Doone
Character: Countess of Brandir (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1922
Type: Movie
In 17th-century England, an outlaw clan kidnaps a young girl, who grows up among them. The farm boy who met her just before the kidnapping eventually rescues her, and they fall in love.
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Skin Deep
Title: Skin Deep
Character: Mrs. Carlson
Released: September 1, 1922
Type: Movie
The plot concerns a war hero who returns home determined to give up his old ways as a crook. Bud Doyle (Milton Sills) is still being hounded by the cops, and both his wife (Marcia Nanon) and a former associate, a dishonest politician, want to do him in.
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Hurricane's Gal
Title: Hurricane's Gal
Character: Phyllis Fairfield
Released: July 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Allen Holubar silent seafaring pirate ship adventure thriller
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Beyond the Rocks
Title: Beyond the Rocks
Character: Morella Winmarleigh
Released: May 7, 1922
Type: Movie
A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman-- who'd previously saved her life-- on her unhappy honeymoon.
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The Wall Flower
Title: The Wall Flower
Character: Pamela Shiel
Released: May 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Idalene Nobbin attends a village dance but, due to the constant nagging of her mother, she believes herself to be a constitutional wallflower. By great luck she gets a dance with college football star Roy Duncan, although Roy has eyes for the village belle Prue Nickerson.
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Seeing's Believing
Title: Seeing's Believing
Released: May 1, 1922
Type: Movie
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Her Mad Bargain
Title: Her Mad Bargain
Character: Ruth Beresford
Released: December 12, 1921
Type: Movie
After the death of her benefactress, Mrs. Beresford, Alice Lambert is evicted by Ruth, Mrs. Beresford's jealous niece; and in despair Alice seeks employment as a model. Her refusal to accept the attentions of Monsieur Armand ends in her dismissal
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Through The Back Door
Title: Through The Back Door
Character: Louise Reeves
Released: May 5, 1921
Type: Movie
A young Belgian girl, raised by her longtime nanny, flees Europe at the advent of World War I and travels to America to find her real mother.
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The Concert
Title: The Concert
Character: Eva
Released: February 20, 1921
Type: Movie
A concert pianist, the romantic idol of many women, is seduced away from his wife. The seductress's husband takes in the pianist's wife, and all four pretend to be happy with the new arrangement.
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The Branding Iron
Title: The Branding Iron
Character: Betty Morena
Released: October 31, 1920
Type: Movie
Pierre Landis is insanely jealous of his beautiful young wife Joan, and his jealousy makes him take a branding iron to her to mark her as his property.
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The Wicked Darling
Title: The Wicked Darling
Character: Adele Hoyt
Released: December 25, 1919
Type: Movie
A slum girl is forced to steal for a living. After she swipes a rich society's matron's necklace, she hides out at the home of a man who turns out to be the socialite's former fiance.
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Loot
Title: Loot
Character: Lady Gwendolyn
Released: October 6, 1919
Type: Movie
Wade Hildreth is sent to New York from London to receive a diamond necklace for Lady Gwendolyn from the jeweler Arabin. A gang of crooks led by Pete Fielding, known as "The Shadow," plans to keep Hildreth from going to Arabin's until they have robbed the store. Actress Morn Light, whom the Shadow loves, agrees to entice Hildreth to her apartment to be imprisoned. When she warns Hildreth because she wants to avenge her father's death, which was caused by the Shadow, the Shadow overhears and captures them both.
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What Am I Bid?
Title: What Am I Bid?
Character: Diana Newlands
Released: April 14, 1919
Type: Movie
Betty Yarnell lives with her drunkard father in the North Woods mountains. Betty is shunned by the villagers whenever she ventures out to pick up her father from Abner Grimp's saloon, and her only friend is a little lamb. In debt to Abner, John Yarnell signs a note turning over his daughter to Abner in return for unlimited drinks. When Abner goes to the cabin to claim Betty, revenue officer Ralph McGibbon arrives from the city and rescues her. Abner sends his Indian partner Dark Cloud, but Ralph rescues Betty again, although he is badly beaten up.
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The Brazen Beauty
Title: The Brazen Beauty
Character: Mrs. Augusta Van Ruysdael
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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Bucking Broadway
Title: Bucking Broadway
Character: Gladys
Released: December 24, 1917
Type: Movie
On a ranch in Wyoming, one of the cowboys, Cheyenne Harry (Harry Carey), falls in love with his boss's daughter. But she decides to elope to the city with Captain Thornton, a wealthy visitor to the ranch. She quickly discovers that life in the city is not what she expected. Cheyenne, devastated by the loss of his fiancée, decides to go to the city to find her, and in the end rescues her from the grips of Captain Thornton and from the extravagant and decadent way of life in the city.
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The Lash of Power
Title: The Lash of Power
Character: Phyllis Ward
Released: November 5, 1917
Type: Movie
John Rand, having lived in a small town his entire life, dreams of possessing wealth and power in New York. Napoleon Bonaparte has long been his ideal, and one day he feels a message from the departed general urging him to take up the fight for world supremacy. He goes to the city ready to begin the battle, and there, aided by his Napoleonic visions, John amasses a great fortune, ruthlessly destroying everyone who presents an obstacle to his lust for power.
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The Price of a Good Time
Title: The Price of a Good Time
Character: Mis Schyler
Released: November 4, 1917
Type: Movie
A poor shopgirl is offered a "good time" for a week by the son of her employer. She accepts, but the offer is misunderstood by her brother, who informs the girl's parents of her "fling."
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Bondage
Title: Bondage
Character: Eugenia Darth
Released: October 17, 1917
Type: Movie
Dorothy Phillips was starred as Elinor Crawford, a small-town girl who becomes a reporter on a big-city newspaper -- and immediately plunges into the "Bohemian" lifestyle. Assigned to interview a condemned murderer, Elinor must first obtain permission from criminal lawyer Evan Klavert (William Stowell), who happens to hail from Elinor's hometown and who prudishly disapproves of her current mode of living.
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The Girl Who Won Out
Title: The Girl Who Won Out
Character: Mrs. Walsh
Released: October 8, 1917
Type: Movie
Orphaned after the death of their mother, Nancy Grimm and her baby sister Ellen are taken to the country where Ellen is adopted by the wealthy Walsh family. Nancy keenly feels the loss of her sister, and when the judge rules that she cannot visit Ellen without permission, she throws herself onto a bench, winning the sympathy of young attorney Chester Noble. Nancy is then placed in the Wick's home where she is treated as a servant. Miserable, Nancy cuts off her hair and, dressed as a boy, runs away.
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Cheyenne's Pal
Title: Cheyenne's Pal
Character: Dancehall girl
Released: August 13, 1917
Type: Movie
During World War I, westerner Cheyenne Harry is a horse seller, but he refuses to part with his favorite horse and friend, Cactus. One night, broke and drunk, he sells Cactus to an Englishman for $350 which he soon loses gambling. When Harry discovers that Cactus is being sent to the war in France and probable death, he gets a horse- tending job on the ship. When they get the opportunity Harry jumps off the ship with Cactus and they swim to shore. Harry is eventually caught but is allowed to work off his debt and keep Cactus.
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The Rescue
Title: The Rescue
Character: Mrs. Hendricks
Released: July 23, 1917
Type: Movie
After divorcing her husband Kent, actress Anne Wetherall returns to the stage. Upon receiving a plea for help from childhood chum Nell Jerrold begging Anne to save Nell's daughter Betty from marrying Kent, the ex-Mrs. Wetherall decides to journey to the Jerrold's home in the town of Wheaton to investigate.
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The Little Orphan
Title: The Little Orphan
Character: Emmeline Warren
Released: June 18, 1917
Type: Movie
Three bachelor buddies, David Clark (Jack Conway), Dick Porter (Richard LeReno), and Jerry Mathers (George Webb) adopt three Belgian children who have been orphaned by the war. David winds up with Rene Lescere (Ella Hall), who -- much to his dismay -- comes with a pet goat and chicken. But Rene comes to love her foster father and vice versa. In fact, she's determined to find him a wife who will also serve as a foster mom for her.
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Polly Redhead
Title: Polly Redhead
Character: Lady Caroline
Released: February 9, 1917
Type: Movie
Aside from the fact that Polly had red hair in abundance, she was not otherwise an exceptional child, save for one thing. She was willing to work and slave, if need be, to keep her baby brother, affectionately termed "The Lump," from being sent to the poor house. So she did housework and prepared breakfasts for John Ruffin, an attorney, and Hon. Gedge-Tompkins. John Ruffin's sister, Lady Osterly, has separated from her husband, and he holds their child. When Lady Osterly calls on Ruffin she is struck with the remarkable resemblance Polly bears to her own child. Ruffin and Lady Osterly formulate a plan to come into possession of her daughter, by using Polly as a substitute.
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The Scarlet Crystal
Title: The Scarlet Crystal
Character: Helen Forbes
Released: February 5, 1917
Type: Movie
Priscilla Worth, an innocent country girl, goes to the city to visit her aunt, who has sent for her, thinking that her childlike simplicity will afford a welcome relief to Vincent Morgan, a wealthy bachelor and man-about-town. The plan works, but soon after Vincent and Priscilla's marriage, Vincent, besieged by his friends to return to his gay life and suspicious of his wife's relationship with Durant--an artist who has painted her portrait--yields to temptation.
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The Devil's Pay Day
Title: The Devil's Pay Day
Character: Hazel Davidson
Released: January 29, 1917
Type: Movie
When Gregory Van Houten went to the country to recuperate, he intended to remain only a few weeks and then return to plunge into the swirl of city gaieties. But when Van Houten returned he brought with him a country-girl wife and set upon himself the seal of new duties and obligations.
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Bombs and Banknotes
Title: Bombs and Banknotes
Character: His Daughter
Released: January 2, 1917
Type: Movie
The Janitor arrives, turns his things over to the valet, puts on overalls and jumper and gets to work. The President and daughter arrive, the President bawls the Janitor out for not keeping things dusted.
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Under Two Flags
Title: Under Two Flags
Character: Venetia
Released: July 21, 1915
Type: Movie
Tells the story of an English aristocrat, apparently in disgrace, who disappears and joins a French battalion in Algeria, loosely based on the Foreign Legion.