Alice Washburn

Alice Washburn

Born: September 12, 1860
Died: November 18, 1929
in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA

Movies for Alice Washburn...

Snow White
Title: Snow White
Character: Witch Hex
Released: December 24, 1916
Type: Movie
Snow White, a beautiful girl, is despised by a wicked queen who tries to destroy her. With the aid of dwarfs in the woods, Snow White overcomes the queen.
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Mr. Toots' Tooth
Title: Mr. Toots' Tooth
Released: September 30, 1913
Type: Movie
A short silent film in which Mr. Toots miraculously loses his tooth. Mister Toots tries everything to cure his toothache. He eventually succeeds with a string and a book. Furious with the staff, he throws the book towards them, and is then freed of his sore tooth.
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With the Assistance of 'Shep'
Title: With the Assistance of 'Shep'
Character: Aunt Jane
Released: May 6, 1913
Type: Movie
Ruth, a very nice young girl, is under the guardianship of her Aunt Jane, a straight-laced spinster. Ruth is in love with a young man, and every time her aunt catches her in his company she orders her home to play the piano. No sooner has the aunt left the room when Ruth runs out to her lover, leaving "Shep," their faithful dog, playing the piano. Edward is ordered out of the house, but "Shep" takes a note to him from Ruth, and returns with one, fixing a meeting place. "Shep," seeing no one in the room but the aunt, hides the note in the waste paper basket until Ruth comes. Because Ruth tears up the note without letting her see it, the aunt locks her in the woodshed. When the aunt brings Ruth her supper, she leaves the door open and Ruth, seizing the opportunity, rims away, while "Shep" slams the door, locking in the aunt. She manages to get out just in time to see a fast receding automobile, with the lovers and "Shep" in it.
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The Politician
Title: The Politician
Character: Bridget
Released: March 17, 1913
Type: Movie
A political boss antagonizes his constituents when he delivers an oratory while being fed talking points from his daughter who is reading from the wrong newspaper
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Jack's Joke
Title: Jack's Joke
Character: Aunt Jane
Released: February 7, 1913
Type: Movie
A comic sketch that features two players who think each one is deaf, causing them to shout. Part of the Edison Kinetophone Collection. The Kinetophone was a fairly complex mechanical means of creating talking pictures. Unlike previous systems, in which actors would be required to lip sync to preexisting recordings on camera, the Kinetophone was one of the earliest film technologies to record sound at the same time as the image.
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Over the Back Fence
Title: Over the Back Fence
Character: Matilda Scraggs
Released: February 3, 1913
Type: Movie
Harry Beaumont and Bessie Learn are in love, but their respective uncle and aunt, back fence neighbors, feud bitterly with each other and insist the youngsters have nothing to do with each other. The young leads come up with a plan in this pleasant Edison comedy. (IMDb)
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A Serenade by Proxy
Title: A Serenade by Proxy
Character: Romantic Molly, the cook
Released: January 29, 1913
Type: Movie
A farmer’s daughter helps a farmhand win the heart of a cook by convincing him to serenade her, with unexpected results.
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How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family
Title: How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family
Character: Mrs. Murphy
Released: December 28, 1912
Type: Movie
A farce in which Ms. Murphy finds that a horseshoe brings her anything but happiness.
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A Proposal Under Difficulties
Title: A Proposal Under Difficulties
Character: Jane - the Housemaid
Released: December 21, 1912
Type: Movie
Short film involving a flirtatious maid.