Ralph Yearsley

Ralph Yearsley

Born: October 5, 1896
Died: December 4, 1928
in London, England, UK

Movies for Ralph Yearsley...

Show Boat
Title: Show Boat
Character: The Killer
Released: July 27, 1929
Type: Movie
This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel
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The Big Killing
Title: The Big Killing
Character: Second Beagle Son
Released: July 1, 1928
Type: Movie
The Beagles and the Hickses are two mountain families that have been feuding all their lives. The Hickses come up with a plan to get rid of their enemies once and for all by hiring two sharpshooters to finish them off. Turns out that the "sharpshooters" aren't quite all they're cracked up to be, resulting in some unintended consequences.
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Rose-Marie
Title: Rose-Marie
Character: Jean
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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The Kid Brother
Title: The Kid Brother
Character: Hank Hooper
Released: January 17, 1927
Type: Movie
The most important family in Hickoryville is (not surprisingly) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and his tough manly sons Leo and Olin. The timid youngest son, Harold, doesn't have the muscles to match up to them, so he has to use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and also the love of beautiful Mary.
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Hurricane Hal
Title: Hurricane Hal
Character: Sad Slim
Released: November 13, 1925
Type: Movie
A young Texan known as "Hurricane Hal," saves Bill Adams from Mexican bandits. In gratitude, Adams gives Hal a job on his ranch
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Another Man's Wife
Title: Another Man's Wife
Released: September 7, 1924
Type: Movie
Vengeful husband pursues, kidnaps his wife aboard a deserted ship when he becomes injured and taken aboard, then sinks in a collision following a fight with the captain for his wife. Stars real life husband-wife James Kirkwood, Lila Lee.
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The Fighting Sap
Title: The Fighting Sap
Character: Twister
Released: June 30, 1924
Type: Movie
A disgraced son of a mine owner discovers a plot among the workers to defraud his father.
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Valley of Hate
Title: Valley of Hate
Character: Bob Darley
Released: June 20, 1924
Type: Movie
A city visitor falls for a mountain girl and collides with her family of rustic moonshiners.
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The Valley of Hate
Title: The Valley of Hate
Character: Bob Darley
Released: June 20, 1924
Type: Movie
A young man in South Carolina inherits property in a valley he has never visited before. On arriving he is mistaken by the locals for a revenue officer intent on enforcing the Volstead Act on Prohibition. As the whole area lives off the moonshining trade, this prevents problems - particularly when he falls in love with the daughter of the head of the local producers.
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The Hill Billy
Title: The Hill Billy
Character: Aaron
Released: March 15, 1924
Type: Movie
Jed is a hillbilly in love with pretty Emmy Lou who is forced into marriage with her dreadful cousin Aaron. Jed interrupts the marriage and Aaron is accidently shot. Jed stands trial for the murder but is acquitted when almost everyone admits to the murder.
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The Call of the Canyon
Title: The Call of the Canyon
Character: Charlie Oatmeal
Released: December 16, 1923
Type: Movie
Returning from World War I, Glenn Kilbourne travels to Arizona to regain his health. He meets a local girl, Flo Hutler, who helps him recover. His fiancee, Carley Burch, follows him to Arizona but soon decides she'd rather go back to New York. When Flo is badly hurt in an accident, Glenn decides to repay her for her help in bringing him back to health by proposing marriage.
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Anna Christie
Title: Anna Christie
Character: The Brutal Cousin
Released: November 24, 1923
Type: Movie
A troubled young woman comes to live with her estranged father on the New York waterfront. A tough sailor falls in love with her, sparking conflict between her father and her suitor. What neither knows is that she has a secret that could cause her to lose both of them.
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A Chapter in Her Life
Title: A Chapter in Her Life
Character: Zeke Forbes
Released: September 17, 1923
Type: Movie
Jewel stays with her grizzled, angry grandfather while her parents are overseas on business. Family squabbling is brought to heel through love and understanding from Jewel's pure love for others and trust in Divine Love. Complete copies are held by many film archives in Europe and the United States.
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Arabia
Title: Arabia
Character: Waldemar Terhune
Released: November 5, 1922
Type: Movie
Tom Mix travels from the desert of the American West to the Sahara desert in this picture, which is as much farce as it is Western
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The Village Blacksmith
Title: The Village Blacksmith
Character: Anson Brigham
Released: November 1, 1922
Type: Movie
(survived only 10 minutes) As young men, the squire (Marshall) and the village blacksmith (Walling) are in love with the same woman (Boardman), whom the blacksmith marries. This angers the squire. Years later, the squire's son Anson (Yearsley) dares the blacksmith's son Johnnie (Hackathorne) to climb a tree, from which he falls and is crippled. As adults, Anson and the blacksmith's daughter Alice (Valli) fall in love, which angers the blacksmith, who chastises his daughter. The blacksmith's other son Bill (Butler) returns from college and is injured in a train accident. Anson steals $480 from a church fund which is currently in Alice's possession. Alice is struck by lightning. The blacksmith take Anson and the squire to church where they both repent.
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Tol'able David
Title: Tol'able David
Character: Saul 'Little Buzzard' Hatburn
Released: December 31, 1921
Type: Movie
Young David Kinemon is a good-natured, easy-going lad in a mountain village. Circumstances force him to take his brother's place as mail carrier for the community, and this brings him into deadly contact with the vicious Hatburn brothers.