Richard Rosson

Richard Rosson

Born: April 4, 1893
Died: May 31, 1953
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Richard Rosson...

The Love Charm
Title: The Love Charm
Released: November 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Orphaned Ruth Sheldon reads an article on "Love Charms" on her way to live in the home of her Aunt Julia and Cousin Hattie Nast. Upon her arrival, Ruth is put to work as housekeeper, cook, and seamstress. When Thomas Morgan, a young banker, is invited to dinner, he focuses his attention on Ruth, prompting the envious Hattie to claim him as her own. To oblige her cousin, Ruth attempts to discourage Thomas by behaving like a frivolous society "vampire," rather than the old-fashioned girl he believes her to be.
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For Those We Love
Title: For Those We Love
Character: Jimmy Arnold
Released: September 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Berenice Arnold spends her time trying to keep her family happy. This is easier said than done -- her brother, Jimmy, is a gambler and he steals 80 dollars that his father was responsible for. Berenice sets out to get the money back, but winds up causing a scandal because of her association with Trix Ulner, a gambler and thief.
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Beating the Game
Title: Beating the Game
Character: Ben Fanchette
Released: September 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Professional safecracker Fancy Charlie breaks into the apartment of G.B. Lawson, a criminologist, and mistakenly believes that he has robbed a fellow safecracker. Out of "professional courtesy" he informs Lawson of what he has done. Instead of calling the police, Lawson--who believes in the philosophy of "honor among thieves"--makes a deal with Charlie: to show Charlie that it's actually more profitable to be a legitimate businessman then a crook, he'll give Charlie some money if Charlie will use it to establish a legitimate business in the small town of Plumfield, and at the end of a year they will divide up whatever profits Charlie is able to make honestly. Charlie agrees, but soon discovers that things aren't going to be quite as easy as he thought.
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Polly of the Storm Country
Title: Polly of the Storm Country
Released: April 4, 1920
Type: Movie
Polly Hopkins belongs to a family of squatters living in Silent City. The poor squatters are constantly at odds with the wealthy "hilltoppers," but Polly's grandmother has gone against popular opinion by teaching Polly to love everybody. Polly keeps the faith, even when her sister's husband is railroaded into jail.
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Playthings of Passion
Title: Playthings of Passion
Character: Spiffy (as Dick Rosson)
Released: June 8, 1919
Type: Movie
Helen Rowland is indifferent towards her wealthy husband Henry and spends most of her time at social events. Henry agrees to give financial assistance to young clergyman John Sterling if Helen can become interested in Sterling's work in the slums.
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The Secret Garden
Title: The Secret Garden
Character: Colin Craven
Released: January 12, 1919
Type: Movie
A young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's estate. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected.
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The Ghost Flower
Title: The Ghost Flower
Released: August 18, 1918
Type: Movie
Giulia, a Neapolitan girl, much against her will, becomes the mistress of a wealthy gangster. Her "protector" is stabbed to death by Giulia's hot-headed musician lover Tony (Francis McDonald), whereupon the heroine takes refuge in the villa of French playwright La Farge. Under La Farge's careful tutelage, Giulia develops into a famous actress, capturing the heart of the Duke De Chaumont. Though LaFarge himself has fallen in love with the girl, he does not stand in her way when she accepts the Duke's proposal. But Giulia has not reckoned with Tony, who is still crazy about her and still willing to kill any man who stands in his way. Tony murders LaFarge, then sets his sights on the Duke, intending to kill the poor fellow during the wedding ceremony. Hoping to save the Duke's life, Giulia pretends to have fallen out of love with him and returns to Tony.
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Panthea
Title: Panthea
Character: Pablo Centeno
Released: January 7, 1917
Type: Movie
A woman sacrifices everything for her husband's career.
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Seventeen
Title: Seventeen
Character: Johnny Watson
Released: November 2, 1916
Type: Movie
Seventeen year old William Sylvanus Baxter has fallen madly in love with young coquette, Lola Pratt. After spending all of his money on the fickle girl, she runs off with an older man. William now heartbroken, contemplates suicide, until a friend from childhood, May Parcher, pays a visit and William decides to fall in love with her.
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The Comet's Come-Back
Title: The Comet's Come-Back
Released: May 31, 1916
Type: Movie
The gases left in the wake of a comet that passed by earth have the effect of making everyone on the planet lazy and lethargic, and actually stops time.
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The Pretty Sister of Jose
Title: The Pretty Sister of Jose
Character: Manuel - the Serenader
Released: May 31, 1915
Type: Movie
Pepita, a radiant and merry Spanish beauty, and her playful brother Jose, witness their mother, whose faded beauty led her husband to abandon her for another, plunge a dagger into her breast.
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The Magic Cloak of Oz
Title: The Magic Cloak of Oz
Character: Mary's Father (uncredited)
Released: September 28, 1914
Type: Movie
The fairies of Oz gather in the forest of Burzee one evening and weave a magic cloak that gives the wearer one wish, so long as it has not been stolen.
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The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Title: The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Character: Danx
Released: September 28, 1914
Type: Movie
Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve. Along the way, they meet Mewel, a waif and stray (mule) who leads them to Dr. Pipt, who has been stirring the powder of life for nine years. Ojo adds plenty of brains to Margolotte's Patchwork servant before she is brought to life with the powder. When Scraps does come to life, she accidentally knocks the liquid of petrifaction upon Unc Nunkie, Margolotte, and Danx (daughter Jesseva's boyfriend). So all go on separate journeys to find the ingredients to the antidote.
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Richelieu
Title: Richelieu
Character: François
Released: September 26, 1914
Type: Movie
Based on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four due to poor reviews. A lost film.
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Sherlock Bonehead
Title: Sherlock Bonehead
Character: Bert Smith - Secret Service Agent
Released: August 21, 1914
Type: Movie
Chief of Police Ivorytop and Chief of Detectives Sherlock Bonehead, of Rottenport, fall in love with Helen, a girl from the city
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By the Sun's Rays
Title: By the Sun's Rays
Character: The Bandit (as Dick Rosson)
Released: July 21, 1914
Type: Movie
The earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun's Ray's was but one of several 2-reel westerns starring the florid Murdock MacQuarrie. MacQuarrie plays a detective investigating a series of gold shipment robberies. Along the way, he falls for a mine superintendent's pretty daughter (Agnes Vernon), much to the dismay of a sullen mine office clerk (Chaney), who is also smitten with the girl...
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How Fatty Made Good
Title: How Fatty Made Good
Character: Zeb
Released: January 31, 1913
Type: Movie
Hughey Mack comedy produced by Vitagraph.
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Bettina's Substitute, or There's No Fool Like an Old Fool
Title: Bettina's Substitute, or There's No Fool Like an Old Fool
Character: Bettina's Substitute
Released: November 1, 1912
Type: Movie
Bettina was justified in being indignant because her employer, a married man, makes love to her. She tells her beau, Raymond, about it and he vows to get square with the old masher and teach him a lesson. He tells Bettina to send word to her boss that she is sick and obliged to remain at home for a few days, but she will send a substitute.
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She Cried
Title: She Cried
Released: October 2, 1912
Type: Movie
A short comic film about a woman who cannot get the hang of her work in a cardboard factory.
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Diamond Cut Diamond
Title: Diamond Cut Diamond
Released: May 23, 1912
Type: Movie
A silent comedy in which a jealous woman wants to catch her husband in the act of infidelity.