Willis Marks

Willis Marks

Born: August 20, 1865
Died: December 6, 1952
in Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Movies for Willis Marks...

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Title: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Character: Jacob
Released: July 3, 1932
Type: Movie
A young girl from Sunnybrook goes to live with her wealthy relatives and falls in love with a doctor. Adapted from Kate Douglas Wiggin's famous novel.
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Which Shall It Be?
Title: Which Shall It Be?
Released: June 15, 1924
Type: Movie
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His Forgotten Wife
Title: His Forgotten Wife
Character: Meadows
Released: April 14, 1924
Type: Movie
During the World War, Donald Allen is reported killed in action but is really a victim of amnesia. His French nurse, Suzanne, gives him a new identity, and they marry.
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The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Title: The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Character: William H. Seward, Secretary of State
Released: February 2, 1924
Type: Movie
A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
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Travelin' On
Title: Travelin' On
Character: 'Know-It-All' Haskins
Released: March 22, 1922
Type: Movie
A Western involving William S Hart as an outlaw who comes to the aid of a preacher in a small town through his infatuation with the preacher's wife. Rarely screened but considered one of his best; the version at the Library of Congress is missing one of the middle reels.
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The Jack-Knife Man
Title: The Jack-Knife Man
Character: Rasmer Briggles
Released: July 31, 1920
Type: Movie
A dying mother left his child with an old man, but the village people want to take the child away from him because he is too old.
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Everything But the Truth
Title: Everything But the Truth
Character: Bookkeeper
Released: May 31, 1920
Type: Movie
Although the Hervey oil company is nearly bankrupt, owner Bill Hervey is unconcerned because he is about to be married to Helen Gray and can think of nothing else. One day, while visiting his newly purchased home in the suburbs, he meets his neighbor, newlywed Annabelle Eaton, who asks Bill for a ride to a nearby chicken farm. Bill agrees, but when they reach the farm, they are locked in a room by a lunatic and forced to remain there overnight.
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The Dancin' Fool
Title: The Dancin' Fool
Character: Tim Meeks
Released: May 2, 1920
Type: Movie
Sylvester Tibble is a clerk in his uncle's restaurant. Sylvester dreams of becoming a famous dancer and tries to inject a little of the jazz life into his uncle's old-fashioned establishment. When dancer Junie Budd shows up at the restaurant, Sylvester sees a chance to make his dream come true.
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The Family Honor
Title: The Family Honor
Character: Dobbs
Released: March 15, 1920
Type: Movie
Beverly Tucker, the daughter of an impoverished aristocratic Southern family, has scraped together her last pennies to put her brother Dal through college in the hope that he will support the family after graduation. However, Dal harbors no such ambition and instead spends his time gambling and drinking in a saloon owned by the town's mayor, Curran. During a raid led by Curran's crusading son Merle, a detective is killed and Dal is accused of the crime.
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Over the Garden Wall
Title: Over the Garden Wall
Character: Matthew Gordon
Released: September 21, 1919
Type: Movie
Peggy ( Bessie Love ) and her sister Frances ( Myrtle Reeves ) live with their father, but because of his idleness, they must all move to humbler quarters. Peggy adapts quickly to their new surrounding, while Frances misses the social life she once enjoyed. Their neighbors are well off, and Peggy begins a romance with their son, whom she thinks is the chauffeur. Meanwhile, Frances has become involved with a roguish character and plans to elope with him. Peggy saves her sister from imminent disgrace, but comes close to compromising herself instead. Peggy's sweetheart comes to her rescue and now his true identity is revealed to the very grateful girl.
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Greased Lightning
Title: Greased Lightning
Character: Laban Flint
Released: April 27, 1919
Type: Movie
Andy Fletcher is a blacksmith in a country village, but he dreams of racing automobiles. He gets his chance to enter a big race, but winning is complicated by a band of bank robbers.
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The Wishing Ring Man
Title: The Wishing Ring Man
Character: Grandfather Havenith
Released: March 10, 1919
Type: Movie
Forced to wear quaint short dresses and pigtails so that she will inspire her grandfather's sentimental poetry, nineteen-year-old Joy Havenith longs for companions of her own age.
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When a Girl Loves
Title: When a Girl Loves
Character: William Wiatt
Released: February 15, 1919
Type: Movie
A minister and his young daughter Bess, journey west where he hopes to regain his health. They become involved with notorious outlaw 'Eagle' Ryan. The outlaw becomes influenced by the power of religion along with Bess's gentle persuasion, he is reformed from his life of crime and forgiven by all the townspeople.
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Vanity Pool
Title: Vanity Pool
Character: Mr. Royal
Released: December 7, 1918
Type: Movie
A candidate for governor, eager Gerald Harper persuades his equally ambitious wife Carol to enlist the aid of her friend Diana Casper, whose influence with political boss Jarvis Flint could help him win the election. Carol agrees to speak to Diana on condition that Gerald temporarily assume her work in the city's tenements.
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The Man from Funeral Range
Title: The Man from Funeral Range
Character: Joe Budlong
Released: October 6, 1918
Type: Movie
While out West, prospector Harry Webb makes enemies of a con artist, Mark Brenton and the con's crooked lawyer, Frank Beekman. Jack goes to the city and meets singer Janice Williams in a cabaret. They become engaged, but Brenton also has designs on her. He tricks her into going to a room to meet with him, and Webb, hearing of the scheme, follows. What he finds when he gets there is Brenton on the floor, dead, and Janice holding a gun.
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The Flash of Fate
Title: The Flash of Fate
Character: Abner Hinman
Released: February 18, 1918
Type: Movie
When his father commits suicide after being ruined by dishonest stockbroker Abner Hinman, Randolph Shorb resolves to gain revenge and rebuild his fortune by whatever means necessary.
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The Clock
Title: The Clock
Character: Brandon
Released: April 30, 1917
Type: Movie
A 1917 American silent comedy film
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The Mysterious Mrs. M
Title: The Mysterious Mrs. M
Character: Green
Released: February 5, 1917
Type: Movie
A depressed man grows to love life just as his fortune teller's predictions become dire.
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The People vs. John Doe
Title: The People vs. John Doe
Character: Doe's Brother
Released: December 10, 1916
Type: Movie
A farmer is unjustly convicted of a homicide he did not commit.
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Her Bitter Cup
Title: Her Bitter Cup
Released: April 17, 1916
Type: Movie
Rethna works hard to organize her fellow factory employees against the miserly, uncaring owner, Henry Burke. Then, realizing that she needs money to fight Burke, she begins an affair with his unscrupulous son Harry.
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Secret Love
Title: Secret Love
Character: Craddock
Released: January 31, 1916
Type: Movie
In an English mining town during the 1870's, Joan Lowrie falls in love with Fergus Derrick, the new chief engineer who vows to improve working conditions. Joan's father Don, however, runs the mine and likes conditions just as they are. As a result, he quickly learns to detest the crusading Fergus, even to the point of trying to murder him.
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Her Defiance
Title: Her Defiance
Character: Old Scapin
Released: January 14, 1916
Type: Movie
A woman is deserted by her wealthy young lover.
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Over the Garden Wall
Title: Over the Garden Wall
Released: June 10, 1910
Type: Movie
Making the best of her genteel poverty, our heroine prepares to attend the dance to which she has been invited, and, after surveying the general effect of her plain and somewhat passé attire, goes on her way with a painful self-consciousness to the home of her friend.