Mathilde Comont

Mathilde Comont

Born: September 8, 1886
Died: June 21, 1938
in Bordeaux, France
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Mathilde Comont (9 September 1886 – 21 June 1938) was a French-born American actress of the silent era. She appeared in films in her native country, particularly shorts, before going on to appear in US films, she would feature in a total of 71 films between 1908 and 1937. A largish and short women of 5 feet,4 inches, she died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.

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Along Came Love
Title: Along Came Love
Character: Customer
Released: November 5, 1936
Type: Movie
The shop girl Emmy Grant meets the handsome doorman John Patrick O'Ryan outside of a theater and she is convinced that he is her true love. O'Ryan is a zealous medical student, soon to be a pediatrician, and is oblivious to Emmy's frantic attempts to gain his attention. O'Ryan is totally focused on babies. Undaunted, she 'borrows' a baby and a buggy, determined to catch O'Ryan.
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Anthony Adverse
Title: Anthony Adverse
Character: Cook Guisseppi
Released: August 26, 1936
Type: Movie
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.
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Poor Little Rich Girl
Title: Poor Little Rich Girl
Character: Tony's Wife
Released: July 18, 1936
Type: Movie
Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending up as part of radio song-and-dance act Dolan and Dolan sponsored by a rival soap company.
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Robin Hood of El Dorado
Title: Robin Hood of El Dorado
Character: Señora Matinez
Released: March 17, 1936
Type: Movie
In the 1840's Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and gold-crazy Americans. Farmer Joaquin Murrieta revenges the death of his wife against the four Americans who killed her and is branded an outlaw. The reward for his capture is increased as he subsequently kills the men who brutally murder his brother. Joining with bandit Three Fingered Jack, Murrieta raises an army of disaffected Mexicans and goes on a rampage against the Americans, finally forcing his erstwhile friend, Bill Warren, to lead a posse against him.
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Here's to Romance
Title: Here's to Romance
Character: Viola
Released: October 4, 1935
Type: Movie
Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris. He and her girlfriend are perfectly happy until the Gerards pay a visit and Mrs. Gerard starts to show too much interest in him.
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Waterfront Lady
Title: Waterfront Lady
Character: Mrs. Spadaloni
Released: October 4, 1935
Type: Movie
When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner.
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Escapade
Title: Escapade
Character: Carmen
Released: July 5, 1935
Type: Movie
A romantic comedy-drama-musical of mistaken identity, infidelity and farce, set in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century.
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Caravan
Title: Caravan
Character: Gypsy (Uncredited)
Released: December 30, 1934
Type: Movie
A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary.
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A Wicked Woman
Title: A Wicked Woman
Character: Proprietess (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1934
Type: Movie
A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed her abusive husband in order to protect her children from him.
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Design for Living
Title: Design for Living
Character: Heavy Woman (uncredited)
Released: December 29, 1933
Type: Movie
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
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The Devil's in Love
Title: The Devil's in Love
Character: Nana
Released: July 21, 1933
Type: Movie
The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. Victor Jory plays a Legion doctor falsely accused of murdering his commander over the love of Loretta Young. Jory escapes prosecution by heading for parts unknown, but when a deadly illness strikes his old fort, he returns to aid his comrades. He is arrested, but clears himself of the murder charge and ends up with Young. Devil's in Love is distinguished by the surprise appearance of Bela Lugosi, who shows up unbilled as a relentless prosecuting attorney in the courtroom scenes.
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Laughing at Life
Title: Laughing at Life
Character: Mamacita
Released: July 12, 1933
Type: Movie
Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities and an American detective named Mason. His globe hopping escape leads him finally to South America, where he is hired to organize a band of revolutionaries, unaware that they plan to eliminate him when his job is done. Here, also, he encounters his own son, on track to waste his own life in pursuits similar to Easter's.
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The Film Parade
Title: The Film Parade
Character: (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915. He finally released a 52-minute feature called The Film Parade that was shown in New York and favorably reviewed by "Variety" in 1933. He continued tinkering with the film for the rest of the decade, and later filmmakers and distributors used Blackton's footage for stock or to produce their own variously titled and truncated versions. -UCLA Film & Television Archive
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Careless Lady
Title: Careless Lady
Character: French Hotel Maid
Released: April 2, 1932
Type: Movie
Innocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of an unmarried businessman on a trip to Paris.
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Lady with a Past
Title: Lady with a Past
Character: Waitress (Uncredited)
Released: February 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
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Freaks
Title: Freaks
Character: Madame Bartet (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1932
Type: Movie
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
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The Cuban Love Song
Title: The Cuban Love Song
Character: Aunt Rosa
Released: November 18, 1931
Type: Movie
A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry.
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The Hard Hombre
Title: The Hard Hombre
Character: Maria Romero
Released: September 20, 1931
Type: Movie
When Peaceful Patton goes to work at the Martini ranch he is mistaken for the notorious outlaw the Hard Hombre. This enables him to force the ranchers to divide up the water rights. But he is in trouble when his mother arrives and exposes the hoax.
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The Lady Who Dared
Title: The Lady Who Dared
Character: Chambermaid
Released: May 29, 1931
Type: Movie
A blackmailer falls in love with his female victim.
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Along Came Youth
Title: Along Came Youth
Character: Señora Cortez
Released: December 20, 1930
Type: Movie
An American sportsman stranded in London poses as a cook to remain near the aristocratic lady he would woo.
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Just Like Heaven
Title: Just Like Heaven
Character: Madame Fogharde
Released: October 21, 1930
Type: Movie
Tobey is a headstrong peddler who sells balloons on the streets of Paris. A traveling dog circus usurps his corner and a power struggle ensues between Tobey and the circus's beautiful ballet star, Mimi. Intent on ruining the circus's chances at success, Tobey sabotages their performances. But after a tragedy befalls Mimi, Tobey has a dramatic change of heart and views Mimi in a completely new way.
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Romance
Title: Romance
Character: Rita's Maid Vannucci
Released: August 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.
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Call of the Flesh
Title: Call of the Flesh
Character: La Rumbarita
Released: August 16, 1930
Type: Movie
A student nun falls in love with a Mexican singer starring in a cafe next door to her convent.
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The Sea Bat
Title: The Sea Bat
Character: Mimba
Released: July 5, 1930
Type: Movie
The sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.
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You Know What Sailors Are
Title: You Know What Sailors Are
Released: December 14, 1928
Type: Movie
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The Beautiful Spy
Title: The Beautiful Spy
Character: Aunt Rosita
Released: May 10, 1928
Type: Movie
A complete version of the film is held by Cineteca Del Friuli.
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Ramona
Title: Ramona
Character: Marda
Released: March 27, 1928
Type: Movie
Based on the Helen Hunt Jackson novel of 1884 about a young woman of partial Native American descent, who experiences love and loss in 1800s California.
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A Woman's Way
Title: A Woman's Way
Character: Mother Suzy
Released: February 18, 1928
Type: Movie
Set in Paris, the story concentrates on the romantic triangle involving cabaret singer Liane, bon vivant Tony and petty crook Jean.
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Streets of Shanghai
Title: Streets of Shanghai
Character: Buttercup, Mary's Companion
Released: December 15, 1927
Type: Movie
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Love
Title: Love
Character: Marfa the Hostess at Inn (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1927
Type: Movie
In Imperial Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky and abandons her husband and child to become his mistress.
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The Loves of Carmen
Title: The Loves of Carmen
Character: Emilia
Released: September 3, 1927
Type: Movie
Carmen, a gypsy, working in a Spanish cigar factory, is flaunted by Escamillo, the bullfighter, but infatuates José, a soldier, who aids her to escape from jail and follows her to the gypsy camp. Tiring of his love, Carmen finally fascinates Escamillo and the love-crazed José kills her at a bull fight just as Escamillo is being proclaimed by the audience.
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The Wrong Mr. Wright
Title: The Wrong Mr. Wright
Released: February 27, 1927
Type: Movie
Scott Sidney silent mistaken identity romantic comedy about a timid man, named Seymour White, who creates a new kind of ladies' lingerie. When he goes to Atlantic City to meet his lost sweetheart, he discovers she has grown fat and ugly, so he pretends to be "Mr. Wright". All kinds of comic hilarity ensue. This is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist.
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The Whole Town's Talking
Title: The Whole Town's Talking
Character: Maid (scenes deleted)
Released: December 26, 1926
Type: Movie
Chester Binney, a wounded war veteran, erroneously believes he is carrying a silver plate in his head and must avoid all excitement. He returns to his hometown, and there his former employer, George Simmons, attempts to arrange a match between Chester (who is to inherit a fortune) and his daughter Ethel. Ethel, however, finds Chester unexciting as a lover; and to enliven the affair, the father invents a lurid past for the boy by displaying a signed photograph of Rita Renault, a famous movie star. Rita, accompanied by her jealous husband, Jack Shields, arrives in the town for a personal appearance. By chance, Jack discovers the photograph of Rita, presumably the property of Chester, and when he sees his wife kissing Chester, a running fight ensues.
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What Price Glory
Title: What Price Glory
Character: Camille
Released: November 23, 1926
Type: Movie
U.S. Marine sergeants Quirt and Flagg are inveterate romantic rivals on peacetime assignments in China and the Philippines. In 1917, W.W. I brings them to France, where Flagg, now a captain, takes up with flirtatious Charmaine, inn-keeper's daughter. Of course, Quirt has to arrive and spoil his fun. But the harsh realities of war and the threat of a shotgun marriage give the two men a common cause...
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Puppets
Title: Puppets
Character: Rosa
Released: June 20, 1926
Type: Movie
Nicola Riccobini, a puppet master in New York's Italian quarter, is an energetic and domineering man in the family, in contrast to his dreamy, poetic cousin Bruno.
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Volcano
Title: Volcano
Character: Madame Timbuctoo
Released: May 23, 1926
Type: Movie
Zabette de Chauvalons leaves a convent in Brussels to join her father on the island of Martinique, escorted by Père Bénédict. In St. Pierre she finds that her father has died; his widow, who rules the island's French society, believes Zabette to be the child of a beautiful quadroon with whom Zabette's father left for France; when Zabette is sent to the mulatto quarter, Stéphane Séquineau is present and takes an interest in her. Destitute, Zabette is forced to auction off her Paris fashions, and though Quembo, a cunning quadroon, is the highest bidder, Stéphane outbids him at the last minute and professes his love, which she accepts, believing herself to be une fille de couleur; however, his older brother, Maurice, insinuating that a mixed marriage would ruin him, persuades her to desist.
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Paris at Midnight
Title: Paris at Midnight
Character: Madame Vauquer
Released: April 17, 1926
Type: Movie
In a Paris boarding house, a mysterious stranger seems to somehow solve the problems and conflicts of the residents, all the while hiding a secret of his own.
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Kiki
Title: Kiki
Character: Maid (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1926
Type: Movie
Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job singing and dancing at a nearby theater. While she is there, she invites herself into the life of the revue's manager, with whom she has fallen in love.
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La Bohème
Title: La Bohème
Character: Madame Benoit
Released: March 13, 1926
Type: Movie
It is 1830 in Paris and the rent is due, but the money is not there. An article here, a painting there and a monkey with a cup gives them enough money for the rent, but not for food. Fortunately, Musette from downstairs has enough food for everyone including Mimi - the poor little waif from next door who Rodolphe has met. But Count Paul also has his lusting eye on Mimi and uses her embroidery to get close to her. Rodolphe and Mimi fall in love and Mimi works endlessly to support Rodolphe who is writing his play with a new found passion. He does not know that he has been discharged from writing for 'Dog and Cat Fanciers'. Mimi wants to get his play produced and Count Paul offers to help, but there is a terrible fight when Rodolphe thinks that Mimi is faithless to him with Count Paul. After the fight, he seeks out a doctor as she is sick, but she has left when Rodolphe returns and will stay away until his play is finished.
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The Gilded Highway
Title: The Gilded Highway
Character: Sarah
Released: March 13, 1926
Type: Movie
After inheriting a fortune from an uncle they barely and carelessly cared for during his last years, the Welbys become social-climbing snobs to the point of ignoring old friends and breaking off marriage engagements.
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The Girl from Montmartre
Title: The Girl from Montmartre
Character: Carmenata
Released: January 31, 1926
Type: Movie
A Parisian cabaret dancer Emilia finds herself under the scrutiny of aristocratic British military officer Jerome Hautrix, who catches her act while on furlough during WWI. Convinced that Emilia is of noble birth, Hautrix tracks her down after the war, determined to trace her family tree. In the process, the two mismatched souls fall in love.
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The Enchanted Hill
Title: The Enchanted Hill
Character: Conchita
Released: January 18, 1926
Type: Movie
Based on a Peter B. Kyne novel, The Enchanted Hill featureds a triangle romance between Jack Holt, rancher's daughter Mary Brian and jealous foreman Richard Arlen.
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The Sea Beast
Title: The Sea Beast
Character: Mula
Released: January 15, 1926
Type: Movie
Based on Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick."
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His Hour
Title: His Hour
Character: Fat Harem Lady
Released: September 29, 1924
Type: Movie
Gritzko, a prince of pre-World War I Russia, is the ultimate ladies' man. Women fall at his feet -- all except for a young but cold British widow, Tamara Loraine. While she's spurning his advances, Tamara is growing ever more fascinated with Gritzko.
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Mademoiselle Midnight
Title: Mademoiselle Midnight
Character: Dueña / Mme. Nellie
Released: April 14, 1924
Type: Movie
Renée (Mae Murray) is the heiress of a Mexican ranch, granddaughter of a woman known for her recklessness and frivolity at night. This first "Mademoiselle Midnight" is banished in the opening scene by Napoleon III at Empress Eugenie's insistence to Mexico. Renee is kept locked at the hacienda at night by her father to prevent her following in her grandmother's wayward footsteps. She falls in love with a visiting American (Monte Blue) but is also pursued by the craven outlaw Manuel Corrales. Miss Murray gets to do some of her trademark dancing, but this one isn't a comedy, despite comic relief provided by Johnny Arthur.
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The Thief of Bagdad
Title: The Thief of Bagdad
Character: Persian Prince (uncredited)
Released: March 18, 1924
Type: Movie
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.
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Rosita
Title: Rosita
Character: Rosita's Mother
Released: September 3, 1923
Type: Movie
The King tosses Rosita in jail and when Don Diego, who Rosita loves, tries to defend her, he too is thrown in jail. While Don Diego is sentenced to be executed, the King lusts after Rosita and decides to put her up in a luxurious villa. To give her a title, he marries her to a masked nobleman, who turns out to be Don Diego.
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The Handy Man
Title: The Handy Man
Character: The bride
Released: March 12, 1923
Type: Movie
A 1923 silent comedy.
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A Rogue's Romance
Title: A Rogue's Romance
Released: June 19, 1919
Type: Movie
A welcome guest of the French aristocracy, Monsieur Picard having been awarded the Croix De Guerre, is also a master thief who baffles the Parisian police. One night, while Picard watches an Apache dance, he learns that one of his three adopted children is seriously ill. When his car breaks down, Picard politely forces Helen Deprenay to loan him her auto, and leaves his cross as security. The next day, the police pursue Picard to the Deprenay home where the prefect warns Helen about Picard. Helen writes to the entreating Picard, and refuses to see him until he proves himself of worth to society. Disguised as Scotland Yard agent Armand DuBois, Picard is present at the Deprenay home when a necklace is stolen. After Helen covers for him, Picard catches the thief in an attempt to swindle the entire community in a stock market scheme. He informs the police that Picard no longer exists, and escapes with Helen to a new life.