Charlotte Burton

Charlotte Burton

Born: May 30, 1881
Died: March 28, 1942
in San Francisco, California, USA
Charlotte Burton was born on May 30, 1881 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Her Younger Sister (1914), Polly of the Storm Country (1920) and The Craving (1916). She was married to Darrell Stuart and William Russell. She died on March 28, 1942 in Los Angeles, California.

In 1919 she sued Essanay Studio for $25,000 for breach of contract. She claimed she was hired as a "dramatic actress" but was instead cast as a comedienne in films that failed, resulting in her contract being canceled. In September 1920 a judge found her argument "reasonable" and she won her case.

Movies for Charlotte Burton...

Polly of the Storm Country
Title: Polly of the Storm Country
Character: Evelyn Robertson
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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Man's Desire
Title: Man's Desire
Character: Vera Patton
Released: July 20, 1919
Type: Movie
Tom Denton comes from the East to the Northwest lumber region and becomes co-owner of a lumber camp with Howard Patton, whose bored wife Vera insists on flirting with Tom despite his discouragement.
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Up Romance Road
Title: Up Romance Road
Character: Marta Millbanke
Released: June 24, 1918
Type: Movie
An engaged couple, whose two fathers are millionaire ship owners, is determined to put a little life in their engagement by writing a threatening letter.
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Hearts or Diamonds?
Title: Hearts or Diamonds?
Character: Adrienne Gascoyne
Released: April 29, 1918
Type: Movie
Wealthy diamond collector Larry Hanrahan is given the opportunity to assist the beautiful, jewel-bedecked woman he admires in a Broadway café when she and her guardian are attacked by robbers. Larry is invited to visit the grateful pair, Col. Paul Gascoyne and his ward Adrienne, at the colonel's laboratory, where he is introduced to Wintermute, a chemist who produces imitation diamonds. In return, Larry asks them to view his priceless diamond collection. Although he has fallen in love with Adrienne, Larry is forced to believe that she is a thief when he is robbed by a woman wearing Adrienne's scarf. Larry finds his jewels in Gascoyne's house, but before he can escape, a group of thugs overpowers him. Adrienne assists him in contacting the police, who arrive in time to capture Gascoyne and his gang. Badly wounded, the colonel confesses that Adrienne has been his innocent dupe, whereupon Larry happily takes her to his heart.
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The Bruiser
Title: The Bruiser
Character: Fen Bernham
Released: March 23, 1916
Type: Movie
Athletic star William Russell puts on his boxing gloves for this waterfront drama.
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The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
Title: The Smugglers of Santa Cruz
Character: Verna
Released: January 28, 1916
Type: Movie
Langdon, a revenue officer in search of smugglers operating along the coast of Santa Cruz Island, Cal., meets Verna. the daughter of the lighthouse keeper and they fall deeply in love.
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The Diamond from the Sky
Title: The Diamond from the Sky
Released: May 3, 1915
Type: Movie
This serial told the story of the diamond heir loom of the Stanley family.
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Destinies Fulfilled
Title: Destinies Fulfilled
Character: Mrs. Tolliver
Released: January 12, 1914
Type: Movie
Back in '65 there was an old Southern fire eater, Pennington, and his daughter, Lucille, fell in love with Carr who was then a lieutenant in the small Yankee force that arrived in their city at the base of the mountains. When the confederacy fell, Pennington fled into the mountains with his daughter, rather than submit and there buried himself in the same place where Carr now lived with Rosemary. Several years passed and Lucille did not forget Carr, her Yankee lover. It was then that fate brought them together and old Pennington finally consented to the marriage, exacting a promise from Carr, not to take Lucille away from him and her mountain home.
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American Born
Title: American Born
Released: December 1, 1913
Type: Movie
The dying mother, tells her only child, an orphan, of the wealth and power of her family and of her royal blood.
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Boobs and Bricks
Title: Boobs and Bricks
Character: The Traveling Saleslady
Released: April 21, 1913
Type: Movie
A pretty female drummer charms the rural swains. She borrows money and makes away with it. The village belle then refuses to take back her old admirers and weds another.