Dorothy Dwan

Dorothy Dwan

Born: April 26, 1906
Died: March 17, 1981
in Sedalia, Missouri, USA

Movies for Dorothy Dwan...

The Fighting Legion
Title: The Fighting Legion
Character: Molly Williams
Released: April 5, 1930
Type: Movie
After being shot, a dying Marshal Dawson gives Dave Hayes his badge and asks him to finish his job. Dave becomes Marshal but when Bowie, the man that shot Dawson appears, he exposes Dave as an imposter. Dave is then in trouble when Edwards incites the mob to lynch him.
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The Peacock Fan
Title: The Peacock Fan
Character: Peggy Kendall
Released: August 1, 1929
Type: Movie
A bumbling detective sent to investigate a murder at a wealth home is replaced by a sneering second investigator of mixed racial ancestry in this mystery involving an ancient Asian fan.
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The California Mail
Title: The California Mail
Character: Molly Butler
Released: April 7, 1929
Type: Movie
During the darkest hour of the American Civil War, the Union desperately needs gold to keep its armies in the field and its credit good. Federal Agent Bob Scott is therefore instructed to clean out the bandit gangs that have been stopping the vital California gold shipments.
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The Drifter
Title: The Drifter
Character: Ruth Martin
Released: March 18, 1929
Type: Movie
Silent cowboy western starring Tom Mix, Bernard Bolden, Dorothy Dwan, Barney Furey, Albert J. Smith, and Ernest Wilson. Also, note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist.
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The Devil Bear
Title: The Devil Bear
Character: Werta
Released: February 19, 1929
Type: Movie
An early Canadian horror/drama film.
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Obey Your Husband
Title: Obey Your Husband
Character: Joyce Kennedy
Released: May 15, 1928
Type: Movie
An inveterate gambler is charged with killing a card sharp.
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The Virgin Queen
Title: The Virgin Queen
Character: Bess Throckmorton
Released: May 12, 1928
Type: Movie
The Virgin Queen is a 1928 MGM silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the third short film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "Great Events" series.
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Behind the Counter
Title: Behind the Counter
Character: Dorothy Brown
Released: March 3, 1928
Type: Movie
Eddie, a prim store salesman, gets locked in overnight and battles hoodlums.
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Silver Valley
Title: Silver Valley
Character: Sheila Blaine
Released: October 2, 1927
Type: Movie
Fired for crashing his aeroplane into his employer's ranch, Tom Mix is elected sheriff in a town with, as a title stated, "a high mortality rate among sheriffs." Mix, of course, prevails against almost impossible odds, at one point cornering a gang of cutthroats holding leading lady Dorothy Dwan captive in the crater of a volcano about to erupt.
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Tumbling River
Title: Tumbling River
Character: Edna Barton
Released: August 21, 1927
Type: Movie
Tom heroically saves rancher's daughter Dorothy Dwan from both a raging river and a gang of cattle rustlers led by popular western villain Wallace McDonald.
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The Land Beyond the Law
Title: The Land Beyond the Law
Character: Ginger O'Hara
Released: June 5, 1927
Type: Movie
Deputy Marshal Jerry Steele (Ken Maynard) heads off to Oklahoma where a gang of nasty cattle rustlers is terrorizing the local ranchers. After a bit of detective work -- greatly aided by a motley group of would-be outlaws deputized for the occasion -- Steele unmasks a supposedly upstanding citizen Bob Crew (Tom Santschi) as the leader of the rustlers.
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Spuds
Title: Spuds
Character: Madelon
Released: April 10, 1927
Type: Movie
In France during World War I, an army payroll car containing $250,000 turns up missing. A GI, nicknamed "Spuds" because of his prowess at peeling potatoes, discovers that it was stolen by German spies, and--since his captain was responsible for the car and will be in big trouble if it's not recovered--goes behind the enemy lines to retrieve both the car and the $250,000 payroll.
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Hills of Kentucky
Title: Hills of Kentucky
Character: Janet
Released: February 26, 1927
Type: Movie
Adapted from Dorothy Yost's story, "The Untamed Heart"
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The Canyon of Light
Title: The Canyon of Light
Character: Concha Deane
Released: December 5, 1926
Type: Movie
The story begins as Tom Mills (Tom Mix) rides off to fight in WWI. Leaving his ranch in the care of his sister Ellen (Carmelita Geraghty) and her husband Ed (Carl Miller) Mills returns from the battlefield two years later to find that his brother-in-law has deserted, and the ranch is in a state of ruin and disrepair. Even worse, Ed is now top man in a vicious outlaw gang.
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The Great K&A Train Robbery
Title: The Great K&A Train Robbery
Character: Madge Cullen
Released: October 17, 1926
Type: Movie
Cullen has hired Tom to try and stop the robberies on his railroad. Knowing Cullen's secretary Holt is tipping off the gang, Tom works undercover by posing as a highwayman. To help him bring in the gang he enlists the help of the hobo DeLuxe Harry.
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The Call of the Klondike
Title: The Call of the Klondike
Character: Violet Winter
Released: June 24, 1926
Type: Movie
A desert prospecter, Dick Norton, decides to head to the Klondike in search of gold. In the Klondike, Norton becomes a mining engineer whose honesty upsets a crooked Mortimer Pearson. Norton's girlfriend, Violet Winter and her father suddenly arrive in town.
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The Perfect Clown
Title: The Perfect Clown
Character: The Girl
Released: December 14, 1925
Type: Movie
A clerk is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.
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The Cloudhopper
Title: The Cloudhopper
Character: Dorothy Jack
Released: June 6, 1925
Type: Movie
The plot of this film really isn't that important. Instead, the sight gags and chase scenes are paramount--with some of the most impressive chase footage you'll ever see. All the near-misses with the speeding train were amazing and the scene where the car gets smashed by the truck are absolutely priceless.
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The Dome Doctor
Title: The Dome Doctor
Character: Dorothy
Released: April 18, 1925
Type: Movie
A Larry Semon comedy short.
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The Wizard of Oz
Title: The Wizard of Oz
Character: Dorothy
Released: February 12, 1925
Type: Movie
A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
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Kid Speed
Title: Kid Speed
Character: Lou DuPoys
Released: November 16, 1924
Type: Movie
Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another competitor crashes into the action, who is also in love with DuPoys's daughter. DuPoys suggests that whoever wins the race will have the opportunity to visit his daughter every Wednesday night. An action-packed race commences, with one competitor doing more than usual to win the race.
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Her Boy Friend
Title: Her Boy Friend
Character: Iva Method, the girl detective
Released: September 27, 1924
Type: Movie
Young and beautiful Iva Method is spying for the police at the Dropem Inn, a sleazy club that the police suspect is a front for a bootlegging operation run by gangster Slim Chance. Chance discovers Iva's identity and kidnaps her, and the police chief sends his bumbling son Larry to rescue her.