Lionel Belmore

Lionel Belmore

Born: May 11, 1867
Died: January 30, 1953
in Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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Lionel Belmore (12 May 1867, Wimbledon, Surrey, England - 30 January 1953, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California) was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century.

Onstage, Belmore appeared with Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham, Lily Langtry, and other famous actors. He entered in films from 1911. In total, he had some 200 titles to his film credit. He was notable as the huffy-puffy Herr Vogel the Burgomaster in Frankenstein (1931). Belmore played bit parts in several 1930s film classics. Unusually, he was a director before he became a prolific actor. He directed from 1914 to 1920, only acting in a limited number of films, until concentrating as an actor from then on.

He was the brother of the actress Daisy Belmore (Mrs. Samuel Waxman) (1874-1954) and the actor Paul Belmore. He was married to stage actress Emmeline Florence Carder and they had two daughters. Their daughter Violet had decided to follow in her father's footsteps and go into acting.

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Horrible Horror
Title: Horrible Horror
Character: Burgermeister Gustave Schoen in 'The Vampire Bat'
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.
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The Big Parade of Comedy
Title: The Big Parade of Comedy
Character: Blacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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The Ghost of Frankenstein
Title: The Ghost of Frankenstein
Character: Councilman (uncredited)
Released: March 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan goes sour when he turns malevolent and goes on a rampage.
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The Son of Monte Cristo
Title: The Son of Monte Cristo
Character: Hercules Snyder
Released: December 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to come to the aid of the Duchess.
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Diamond Frontier
Title: Diamond Frontier
Character: Piet Bloem
Released: September 30, 1940
Type: Movie
Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.
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Tom Brown's School Days
Title: Tom Brown's School Days
Character: Tavern Keeper
Released: June 26, 1940
Type: Movie
When private tutor Thomas Arnold (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster at Rugby, a boy's preparatory school in England, he puts into place a policy of strict punishment for unruliness and bulying. Arnold finds an ally in Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), a new student who is subjected to hazing and abuse by a group of older boys and is pressured by his friends to keep quiet about it. Fed up, he leads his fellow classmates in an underground rebellion against their tormentors. But certain unspoken rules still apply at the school and Brown loses his hero status when he is accussed of breaking the Rugby code of silence.
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My Son, My Son!
Title: My Son, My Son!
Character: Mr. Moscrop
Released: March 21, 1940
Type: Movie
A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled rotten, causing grief and pain to everyone who loves him.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Title: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Character: Judge at Esmeralda's Trial (uncredited)
Released: December 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
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Tower of London
Title: Tower of London
Character: Beacon - a Chamberlain
Released: November 17, 1939
Type: Movie
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.
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Rulers of the Sea
Title: Rulers of the Sea
Character: Villager (Uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1939
Type: Movie
The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the early 19th century.
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The Sun Never Sets
Title: The Sun Never Sets
Character: Selection Board Member #3
Released: May 31, 1939
Type: Movie
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, is not keen on following in his footsteps. John is then persuaded to try colonial service by his grandfather. He is accompanied by Clive who has been sent to investigate the source of a series of radio broadcasts that are sewing unrest throughout the world. These may be linked to Hugo Zurof, a man plotting to rule the world.
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Son of Frankenstein
Title: Son of Frankenstein
Character: Emil Lang
Released: January 13, 1939
Type: Movie
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.
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Pie a la Maid
Title: Pie a la Maid
Character: Dr. Kornbloom
Released: December 25, 1938
Type: Movie
Charley falls for a waitress who mistakes him for a gangster.
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The Declaration of Independence
Title: The Declaration of Independence
Character: The Innkeeper (uncredited)
Released: November 26, 1938
Type: Movie
This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
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Service de Luxe
Title: Service de Luxe
Character: Wade
Released: October 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Glamorous and efficient Helen Murphy runs a service that will provide any type of assistance to wealthy customers, but what she's really looking for is a man who can take care of himself.
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If I Were King
Title: If I Were King
Character: Chief Steward
Released: September 28, 1938
Type: Movie
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
Title: The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character: Humility Prim
Released: May 13, 1938
Type: Movie
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
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It's Love I'm After
Title: It's Love I'm After
Character: Friar Lawrence (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1937
Type: Movie
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
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The Toast of New York
Title: The Toast of New York
Character: President of Board
Released: July 22, 1937
Type: Movie
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his way through the treacherous world of Wall Street's financial markets.
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Topper
Title: Topper
Character: Bank Guard (uncredited)
Released: July 16, 1937
Type: Movie
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.
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The Prince and the Pauper
Title: The Prince and the Pauper
Character: Innkeeper
Released: April 30, 1937
Type: Movie
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.
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The Romance Of Robert Burns
Title: The Romance Of Robert Burns
Character: Coachman (uncredited)
Released: April 10, 1937
Type: Movie
The 'Farmer Poet' Robert Burns, after a bad romance, pens "Auld Lang Syne" to much fanfare and courts high society at the expense of his blossoming relationship with beautiful Jean Armour. Soon a marriage is arranged for Jean, and Robby must race to her side before she is married off.
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Maid of Salem
Title: Maid of Salem
Character: Tavern Keeper
Released: February 12, 1937
Type: Movie
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachusetts. After a meddling girl arouses their suspicions, the town's elders accuse Barbara of being a witch. She is tried, convicted of sorcery and sentenced to death. As the townspeople prepare to burn Barbara at the stake, Roger tries desperately to save the woman he loves.
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The Last of the Mohicans
Title: The Last of the Mohicans
Character: Patroon
Released: July 2, 1936
Type: Movie
The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns—in part—a Huron massacre (with passive French acquiescence) of between 500 to 1,500 Anglo-American troops, who had honorably surrendered at Fort William Henry, plus some women and servants; the kidnapping of two sisters, daughters of the British commander; and their rescue by the last Mohicans.
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The White Angel
Title: The White Angel
Character: Captain (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1936
Type: Movie
In mid-nineteenth century England the medical establishment does not recognize the value of skilled nurses, cleanliness, nutrition and kindness. Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly changes all of this.
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Master Will Shakespeare
Title: Master Will Shakespeare
Character: Manager Burbage (uncredited)
Released: June 13, 1936
Type: Movie
A short biography of William Shakespeare that highlights the various jobs he worked at in the theater.
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One Rainy Afternoon
Title: One Rainy Afternoon
Character: Stage Doorman (Uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Title: Little Lord Fauntleroy
Character: Higgins
Released: March 6, 1936
Type: Movie
An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.
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Hitch Hike Lady
Title: Hitch Hike Lady
Character: Mr. Harker - Green-grocer
Released: December 28, 1935
Type: Movie
Brit Amelia Blake travels to America to join her son Alfred. Fate forces her to hitchhike to California, a perilous journey that she shares with kind young Judy Martin. When Judy and another fellow traveler discover the unfortunate truth about Alfred, they struggle to spare Amelia's feelings.
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Mutiny on the Bounty
Title: Mutiny on the Bounty
Character: Innkeeper (uncredited)
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
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The Three Musketeers
Title: The Three Musketeers
Character: Inn Proprietor
Released: November 1, 1935
Type: Movie
The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
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Bonnie Scotland
Title: Bonnie Scotland
Character: Blacksmith
Released: August 23, 1935
Type: Movie
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
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Cardinal Richelieu
Title: Cardinal Richelieu
Character: Agitator
Released: April 18, 1935
Type: Movie
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
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Vanessa: Her Love Story
Title: Vanessa: Her Love Story
Character: Will Leathwaite
Released: March 1, 1935
Type: Movie
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
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David Copperfield
Title: David Copperfield
Character: Old Bailey Warden (uncredited)
Released: January 18, 1935
Type: Movie
Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an ordinary young man who lives an extraordinary life, filled with people who help and hinder him.
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Caravan
Title: Caravan
Character: Station Master
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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Red Morning
Title: Red Morning
Character: The Storekeeper
Released: December 14, 1934
Type: Movie
A captain's daughter become marooned on an island after the ship is taken over by a mutinous crew.
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Cleopatra
Title: Cleopatra
Character: Fidius
Released: October 5, 1934
Type: Movie
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
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The Affairs of Cellini
Title: The Affairs of Cellini
Character: Court Member (uncredited)
Released: August 24, 1934
Type: Movie
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
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Jane Eyre
Title: Jane Eyre
Character: Lord Ingram
Released: August 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Jane Eyre is an orphan who was raised by her aunt until she came to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. But Jane is attracted by the intelligent and energetic Sir Rochester, a man of almost twice her age. But just when Sir Rochester seems to pay attention to her, he invites the beautiful and wealthy Blanche Ingram to stay at his house.
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Range Riders
Title: Range Riders
Character: Bartender Mike
Released: July 1, 1934
Type: Movie
An elderly rancher writes to his son to come home and help him fight against a bandit gang that is trying to take over the ranch.
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Stingaree
Title: Stingaree
Character: Governor's Second Aide (uncredited)
Released: May 24, 1934
Type: Movie
A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by Sir Julian, a famous composer arriving from London, drives jealous Mrs. Clarkson (an interfering biddy who fancies she can sing - but can't) to send away Hilda, so he doesn't hear Hilda has a good voice. Meanwhile, an infamous outlaw named Stingaree has just arrived in town and kidnaps Sir Julian, then poses as him at the Clarksons, where he meets Hilda a few hours before she is to leave.
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Design for Living
Title: Design for Living
Character: Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Released: December 29, 1933
Type: Movie
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
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I Am Suzanne!
Title: I Am Suzanne!
Character: Puppeteer / Satan
Released: December 25, 1933
Type: Movie
A dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. The puppeteer himself seems more interested in his puppets than in romance with her. Can she find true love?
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Meet the Baron
Title: Meet the Baron
Character: Explorer with Newspaper (uncredited)
Released: October 20, 1933
Type: Movie
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
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Berkeley Square
Title: Berkeley Square
Character: Innkeeper (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1933
Type: Movie
A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
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The Warrior's Husband
Title: The Warrior's Husband
Character: Homer
Released: April 28, 1933
Type: Movie
The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with masculine authority; in fact, it is the women of Pontus who do all the laboring, fighting, and governing. Hippolyta's husband Sapiens (Ernest Truex) is truly a sissy of the first order, and is not unlike most of Pontus' male inhabitants.
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The Constant Woman
Title: The Constant Woman
Character: Character Man
Released: March 12, 1933
Type: Movie
A mother abandons her family only to become a crispy critter with her lover, the husband finds out about it AND that his son isn't really his, becomes an alcoholic, is being held prisoner in a speak-easy, is rescued by 'Beef', is sobered up, gets a good job, negotiates a great contract for lots 'o money, realizes he's in love, asks the girl to marry him, son returns from boarding school and freaks out when told this, runs off and joins the circus that now happens to catch fire.....
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Oliver Twist
Title: Oliver Twist
Character: Mr. Bumble
Released: February 28, 1933
Type: Movie
An orphan boy in 1830s London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves.
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Cavalcade
Title: Cavalcade
Character: Uncle George (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1933
Type: Movie
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.
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The Vampire Bat
Title: The Vampire Bat
Character: Bürgermeister Gustave Schoen
Released: January 21, 1933
Type: Movie
A German village is stricken by a series of murders that appear to be the work of vampires.
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The Sign of the Cross
Title: The Sign of the Cross
Character: Bettor of 300 Silver
Released: November 30, 1932
Type: Movie
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old Christians are caught, and about to be hauled off, when Marcus, the highest military official in Rome, comes upon them. When he sees their stepdaughter Mercia, he instantly falls in love with her and frees them. Marcus pursues Mercia, which gets him into trouble with Emperor (for being easy on Christians) and with the Empress, who loves him and is jealous.
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Malay Nights
Title: Malay Nights
Character: Buck - Bartender
Released: November 3, 1932
Type: Movie
The owner of a pearl bed falls in love with a bitter young girl who had been taken advantage of by an unscrupulous ex-boyfriend.
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The Man Called Back
Title: The Man Called Back
Character: Mr. Cartright
Released: July 16, 1932
Type: Movie
Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey dashed off The Man Called Back at bargain-basement Tiffany Studios. The film is set in the tropics; Conrad Nagel tops the cast as a dissipated, derelict doctor, hopelessly in love with married socialite Doris Kenyon. Doris' insane husband John Halliday commits suicide, but arranges the evidence so that his wife will be charged with murder.
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So Big!
Title: So Big!
Character: Reverend Dekker (uncredited)
Released: April 30, 1932
Type: Movie
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
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Vanity Fair
Title: Vanity Fair
Character: Sir Pitt Crawley
Released: March 15, 1932
Type: Movie
An ambitious and ruthless young woman advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
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Police Court
Title: Police Court
Character: Albert Furman
Released: February 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A once great stage and screen actor has fallen from fame because of his alcoholism; his young son is determined to see his father "make good" again.
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Safe in Hell
Title: Safe in Hell
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1931
Type: Movie
To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.
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Frankenstein
Title: Frankenstein
Character: Herr Vogel, the Burgomaster
Released: November 21, 1931
Type: Movie
Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a human monster to life; the mad scientist's dreams are shattered by his creation's violent rage as the monster awakens to a world in which he is unwelcome.
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The Great Junction Hotel
Title: The Great Junction Hotel
Character: The District Attorney
Released: October 26, 1931
Type: Movie
A Masquers' Club spoof short. Newly-weds spend their wedding night in a run-down hotel, watched over by an under-employed house detective. When the bride goes missing, the groom (Horton) is chief suspect number one. Fortunately, the cops are completely incompetent.
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Alexander Hamilton
Title: Alexander Hamilton
Character: General Philip Schuyler
Released: September 12, 1931
Type: Movie
The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.
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Daybreak
Title: Daybreak
Character: Herr Kessner (uncredited)
Released: May 2, 1931
Type: Movie
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
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Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Title: Ten Nights in a Bar-room
Character: Bill, the Bartender
Released: March 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A man's heavy drinking drives away his family and threatens to destroy his relationship with his little daughter.
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Kiss Me Again
Title: Kiss Me Again
Character: Cafe Manager (uncredited)
Released: January 7, 1931
Type: Movie
An officer of the French Military is in love with a shop girl, but his aristocratic father wants him to marry in his class and convinces the girl that marriage would be a mistake. The officer goes off to war and she becomes an opera star.
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One Heavenly Night
Title: One Heavenly Night
Character: Baron Zagon
Released: December 25, 1930
Type: Movie
A poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.
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The Boudoir Diplomat
Title: The Boudoir Diplomat
Character: War Minister
Released: December 5, 1930
Type: Movie
A ladies' man flirts with the wives of other governments' officials.
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River's End
Title: River's End
Character: Mountie
Released: November 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Sgt. Conniston and his alcoholic guide O'Toole are on the trail of an escaped murderer named Keith. When they catch up with him in the farthest reaches of Northern Canada, Keith turns out to be a dead ringer for Conniston. On the way back, the sled overturns, Keith grabs the gun and leaves them to die in the snow. After second thoughts he comes back and brings them to safety at an RCMP emergency cabin. Conniston dies of a frozen lung.
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Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Title: Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Character: Col. Villiers
Released: September 5, 1930
Type: Movie
Kitty Bellairs, a flirtatious young woman of 18th Century England, cuts a swath of broken hearts and romantic conquests as she visits a resort with her sister.
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Monte Carlo
Title: Monte Carlo
Character: Duke Gustav von Liebenheim
Released: August 27, 1930
Type: Movie
A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.
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Hell's Island
Title: Hell's Island
Character: Monsieur Dupont
Released: July 16, 1930
Type: Movie
In this adventure, trouble ensues when two American French Legionnaires fall for the same girl and begin fighting over her when one of them announces that he plans to marry her. The argument is quite heated and in the ensuing scuffle one of them is shot and wounded.
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The Green Specter
Title: The Green Specter
Character: Commandant Endicott
Released: May 7, 1930
Type: Movie
A group of people who knew each other years before discover that members of the group are being killed off one by one by someone who calls himself (or herself) The Green Ghost. The survivors gather at an old mansion to find out who is doing the killing and why, and discover that the murderer is a member of that very group.
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Captain of the Guard
Title: Captain of the Guard
Character: Colonel of Hussars
Released: March 28, 1930
Type: Movie
A captain of the king's guards secretly works for the rebels.
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The Love Parade
Title: The Love Parade
Character: Prime Minister
Released: January 18, 1930
Type: Movie
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
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The Rogue Song
Title: The Rogue Song
Character: Ossman
Released: January 17, 1930
Type: Movie
In czarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a stormy one.
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Playing Around
Title: Playing Around
Character: Morgan
Released: January 10, 1930
Type: Movie
New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go.
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Love Comes Along
Title: Love Comes Along
Character: Brownie
Released: January 5, 1930
Type: Movie
An American sailor comes to a seedy banana republic, and finds a fellow yank, a stranded girl, as a saloon singer. They fall in love, but a misunderstanding about her feelings toward the local dictator threatens their happiness.
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Devil-May-Care
Title: Devil-May-Care
Character: Innkeeper (uncredited)
Released: December 27, 1929
Type: Movie
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
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Evidence
Title: Evidence
Character: Inkeeper
Released: December 5, 1929
Type: Movie
Lord Cyril Wimborne, a barrister, divorces his wife, Myra, and takes custody of their child, Kenyon, when he finds her name linked with the profligate Major Pollock. Myra goes into seclusion while Pollock, intending to conceal Myra's innocence, goes to Burma. A few years later Myra sees Kenyon in the park with Mrs. Debenham, a widow with designs on Wimborne. Noting the resemblance between the lady in the park (whom he calls his "princess") and a photograph of his mother, Kenyon invites Myra to dinner at a time when his father, who has curtailed the visits to the park, plans to be away. At the same time Harold Courtenay, an old family friend, sees an opportunity to reunite the estranged couple.
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The Doll Shop
Title: The Doll Shop
Character: The Toy Maker
Released: September 28, 1929
Type: Movie
Early Vitaphone short.
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The Unholy Night
Title: The Unholy Night
Character: Major Endicott
Released: September 13, 1929
Type: Movie
When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an Englishman's estate.
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From Headquarters
Title: From Headquarters
Character: Señor Carroles
Released: April 27, 1929
Type: Movie
United States Marine Corps Captain "Happy" Smith and Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer lead a squadron of Marines in a search of a party of American tourists lost in a Central America banana republic jungle.
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The Redeeming Sin
Title: The Redeeming Sin
Character: Father Colomb
Released: February 16, 1929
Type: Movie
The Redeeming Sin (1929) is a crime drama part-talking silent film with Vitaphone music and sound effects. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and stars Dolores Costello. This film is currently a lost film.
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Stark Mad
Title: Stark Mad
Character: Amos Sewald
Released: February 2, 1929
Type: Movie
An expedition sets out through the jungle to find a missing explorer, but stumbles upon an ancient Mayan temple that houses a giant ape.
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The Circus Kid
Title: The Circus Kid
Character: Beezicks
Released: October 7, 1928
Type: Movie
In 'The Circus Kid', Buddy, an orphan who runs away from a a harsh orphanage, joins Cadwallader's Circus.
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Heart Trouble
Title: Heart Trouble
Character: Adolph Van Housen
Released: October 1, 1928
Type: Movie
No known surviving copy is known to exist. This well received film revolved around Harry Van Housen's rejection from service in WWI and subsequent heroism in foiling a ring of spies.
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The Matinee Idol
Title: The Matinee Idol
Character: Jasper Bolivar
Released: March 14, 1928
Type: Movie
The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally joins a traveling acting troupe, and falls in love with Ginger Bolivar, who runs the troupe and stars in their Civil War melodrama. Don's producer sees the play, and thinks it's a comic masterpiece, and just what Don's Broadway show needs. But when Ginger finds out she's been played for a fool, will she forgive Don?
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Rose-Marie
Title: Rose-Marie
Character: Henri Duray
Released: February 11, 1928
Type: Movie
Sergeant Malone of the Mounties and effeminate Etienne Doray are both in love with Rose-Marie, but she doesn't light up until soldier of fortune Jim Kenyon drifts into the post. Soon Jim is accused of murder but he escapes.
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Title: The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Character: Stout Student (uncredited)
Released: January 30, 1928
Type: Movie
A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.
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Run, Girl, Run
Title: Run, Girl, Run
Character: The Dean
Released: January 15, 1928
Type: Movie
A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.
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Sorrell and Son
Title: Sorrell and Son
Character: John Palfrey
Released: December 2, 1927
Type: Movie
Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a promising job offer and is forced to take work as a menial. Both his dignity and his health are damaged as he suffers under the exhausting labor and harsh treatment he receives as a hotel porter. But Sorrell thrives in the knowledge that his son will benefit from his labors. Sorrell has allowed the boy to believe his mother dead, but when the mother shows up, wanting to re-enter the young man's life, Sorrell must make hard decisions.
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Life in Hollywood No. 7
Title: Life in Hollywood No. 7
Character: Himself
Released: August 25, 1927
Type: Movie
Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
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The Sunset Derby
Title: The Sunset Derby
Character: Jack McTeague
Released: June 5, 1927
Type: Movie
After suffering a fall during a race, rider Jimmy Burke loses his nerve. But with the help of his girlfriend Molly Gibson, Jimmy regains his confidence just in time to achieve victory during the Big Race.
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The King of Kings
Title: The King of Kings
Character: Roman Noble
Released: April 19, 1927
Type: Movie
The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.
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The Demi-Bride
Title: The Demi-Bride
Character: Monsieur Girard
Released: February 19, 1927
Type: Movie
Trouble begins when Mme. Girard steps out on her husband, Criquette's father, to fool around with rakish Phillippe Levaux. When Monsieur Girard finds out, Criquette saves her stepmother from scandal by tricking Levaux into a hasty marriage.
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Winners Of The Wilderness
Title: Winners Of The Wilderness
Character: Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia
Released: January 15, 1927
Type: Movie
During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to rescue and wed her.
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Lucky Fool
Title: Lucky Fool
Character: Mr. Bowden
Released: January 1, 1927
Type: Movie
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The Return of Peter Grimm
Title: The Return of Peter Grimm
Character: Rev. Bartholomey
Released: December 7, 1926
Type: Movie
"Old Peter Grimm makes his ward Katie promise to marry his nephew Frederik [ sic ] and then dies. Frederik proves to be a scapegrace and Peter's spirit returns to right matters and finally succeeds in doing so by communicating with Jimmie who is in a delirium." ( Moving Picture World, 20 Nov 1926, p164.) Peter thus thwarts selfishness and greed and rewards virtue.
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Bardelys the Magnificent
Title: Bardelys the Magnificent
Character: Vicomte de Lavedan
Released: September 30, 1926
Type: Movie
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardeleys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen.
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The Dice Woman
Title: The Dice Woman
Character: Rastillac
Released: June 19, 1926
Type: Movie
Anita Gray is the spoiled daughter of a millionaire. Returning home from a party, her car breaks down and she is picked up by a stranger, who sells her his car for a diamond bracelet. The car has been stolen and the police arrest her, but she escapes and takes refuge on a freighter bound for China. She has no money and has to work her way there. Her father learns of her destination and hires Hamlin to bring her safely home.
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The Blackbird
Title: The Blackbird
Character: Music Hall Proprietor (uncredited)
Released: February 13, 1926
Type: Movie
Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub performer named Fifi. Each man tries to outdo the other to win her heart.
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The Checkered Flag
Title: The Checkered Flag
Character: Joel Corbin
Released: January 19, 1926
Type: Movie
Wallace MacDonald as a car mechanic who invents a revolutionary new carburetor. To prove the efficiency of his creation, MacDonald enters an important auto race. It soon develops that our hero is in direct competition with a car owned by Lionel Belmore, the father of his girl friend Elaine Hammerstein.
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The Return of Grey Wolf
Title: The Return of Grey Wolf
Character: Jacques St. Claire
Released: January 1, 1926
Type: Movie
Grey Wolf, a German Shepherd Dog, leads the human hero to victory in this silent western.
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Madame Behave
Title: Madame Behave
Character: Seth Corwin
Released: December 6, 1925
Type: Movie
A cross-dressing farce, adapted from "Madame Lucy" by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in a lawsuit, Jack Mitchell disguises himself as the mysterious "Madame Brown," a missing witness important to the case of the plaintiff. He attracts the romantic attention of two old roués and one hot Broadway showgirl.
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Without Mercy
Title: Without Mercy
Character: Honest Tom Massingham
Released: October 4, 1925
Type: Movie
In this silent melodrama Sir Melmoth Craven is running against John Orme for a seat in Parliament. Orme is an honest man, but Craven is on the shady side. For campaign money, he borrows money from an equally shady establishment called Gordon, Ltd. Orme's sweetheart, Margaret Garth, becomes infatuated with Craven, much to the dismay of her mother, Enid.
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Never the Twain Shall Meet
Title: Never the Twain Shall Meet
Character: Gaston Larrieau
Released: September 13, 1925
Type: Movie
Exemplifying Kipling's adage, a white man falls to pieces when he is in the South Seas.
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Eve's Secret
Title: Eve's Secret
Character: Baron
Released: May 11, 1925
Type: Movie
Eve's Secret is that she's not the elegant society woman she seems to be. In fact, Eve is an unkempt country girl who's been "transformed," Pygmalion style, by European duke Poltava.
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The Man Who Fights Alone
Title: The Man Who Fights Alone
Character: Meggs
Released: September 15, 1924
Type: Movie
John Marble, a construction engineer is stricken by paralysis and begins to envision the growth of love between his wife Marion and his best friend, Bob Alten. Bent on suicide, however, the shock of seeing his wife and child endangered on a broken bridge shakes him to recover from his illness and discover that his suspicions were all imaginary.
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The Sea Hawk
Title: The Sea Hawk
Character: Justice Anthony Baine
Released: June 14, 1924
Type: Movie
The adventures of Oliver Tressilian, who goes from English gentry to galley slave to captain of a Moorish fighting ship.
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A Boy of Flanders
Title: A Boy of Flanders
Character: Baas Cogez
Released: April 6, 1924
Type: Movie
An orphan boy wins a prize for his drawing.
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A Lady of Quality
Title: A Lady of Quality
Character: Sir Geoffrey Wildairs
Released: January 14, 1924
Type: Movie
Clorinda Wildairs breaks off an affair with the unscrupulous Sir John Ozen to become engaged to a rich nobleman, Mertoun, the Duke of Osmonde. Clorinda accidentally kills Sir John when he, infuriated by her forthcoming marriage, threatens to blackmail her. She buries the body in the cellar and admits her act to the forgiving Osmonde before marrying him.
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Red Lights
Title: Red Lights
Character: Aiden Murray
Released: September 30, 1923
Type: Movie
A mysterious figure attempts to keep a daughter from reuniting with her father.
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Three Ages
Title: Three Ages
Character: Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Released: September 24, 1923
Type: Movie
The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set off by dinosaurs, a turtle used as a ouija board, and a round of golf with stones. In ancient Rome, the men display their brawn through a chariot race, using dogs instead of horses. In contemporary times, the man finds himself overcome by modernity, including a very fragile car.
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Within the Law
Title: Within the Law
Character: Irwin - his attorney
Released: April 28, 1923
Type: Movie
When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to take vengeance on those who wronged her, always staying however within the letter of the law.
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Jazzmania
Title: Jazzmania
Character: Baron Bolo
Released: February 12, 1923
Type: Movie
The queen of a mythical European nation flees to America when a general threatens to overthrow her government.
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Peg o' My Heart
Title: Peg o' My Heart
Character: Hawks
Released: December 17, 1922
Type: Movie
PEG O MY HEART (Metro Studios, 1922), directed by King Vidor, under the supervision of J. Hartley Manners, introduces the legendary theatrical actress Laurette Taylor (1884-1946) to the screen reprising the role she made famous as a poor Irish farm girl who inherits a fortune but would rather have happiness instead. While a bit too old for the character supposedly in her late teens or early twenties, Laurette was tailor made for it.
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The Kentucky Derby
Title: The Kentucky Derby
Character: Col. Rome Woolrich
Released: December 4, 1922
Type: Movie
Posing as relatives, Ralph and Helen Gordon visit Col. Moncrief Gordon's Kentucky mansion, hoping to marry Helen to the colonel's son, Donald. The colonel agrees, but Donald balks at the suggestion, then reveals his secret marriage to Alice Brown. The colonel turns them out, and Ralph conspires with Bob Thurston to frame Donald for theft of Colonel Gordon's wager money and to shanghai him. After 3 years Donald discovers the source of his misfortune, returns, finds his wife, hears of a plot against his father's best racehorse, wrings a complete confession from Thurston, and saves the Derby for his repentant father.
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Enter Madame
Title: Enter Madame
Character: Archimede
Released: November 13, 1922
Type: Movie
Directed by Wallace Worsley.
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Oliver Twist
Title: Oliver Twist
Character: Mr. Brownlow
Released: October 30, 1922
Type: Movie
Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually is taken in by a gang of thieves who befriend him for their own purposes. All the while, there are secrets from Oliver's family history waiting to come to light. Written by Snow Leopard
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The Galloping Kid
Title: The Galloping Kid
Character: 'Five-Notch' Arnett
Released: September 11, 1922
Type: Movie
Cowboy Simplex Cox, now a drifter and odd-job seeker, lands the assignment of chaperoning the pretty daughter of cattleman "Five-Notch" Arnett. Laura Arnett has a weakness of falling in love with every man she meets---Simplex Cox the exception---and it is Simp's job to keep her from meeting any. However, too late, as she has succumbed to the polished, oily charms of Hubert Bolston, who has dastardly designs upon Arnett's land and intends getting them by marrying the daughter.
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Head Over Heels
Title: Head Over Heels
Character: Al Wilkins
Released: April 16, 1922
Type: Movie
When theatrical agent Sterling, a ladies man known for signing his latest paramours onto his agency's talent roster, returns to New York from a trip to Europe, he tells his more down-to-earth partner, Lawson, that he has hired a beautiful Neopolitan acrobat he saw onstage in Italy. When the acrobat, Tina Bambinetti, arrives in their office, though, Sterling is shocked to find that, offstage, she is plain, unkempt and badly dressed. Crushed by Sterling's dismissive treatment, Tina performs some acrobatics that almost destroy the office...
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The World's Champion
Title: The World's Champion
Character: John Burroughs
Released: March 12, 1922
Type: Movie
Young William Burroughs comes from wealth but not nobility, so despite his income he is not welcomed when he pursues Lady Elizabeth Galton, and indeed he is not only beaten by her cousin but thrown out by his own father for the disgrace he has caused. He travels to the United States where he becomes a champion prizefighter. Upon his return to England, he finds circumstances quite changed for Lady Galton and he sets out to change her circumstances further.
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Iron to Gold
Title: Iron to Gold
Character: Sheriff
Released: March 12, 1922
Type: Movie
George Kirby steals a mining claim from Tom Curtis and forces him to become an outlaw. Years later, Curtis comes to the rescue when Anne Kirby is kidnapped by real outlaws, but when he finds out she is married to his enemy, he decides to hold her captive.
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Kindred of the Dust
Title: Kindred of the Dust
Character: The Laird of Tyee
Released: February 27, 1922
Type: Movie
Discovering that her husband is a bigamist, Nan returns with her child to her Puget Sound logging town. She is treated as an outcast by all save Donald, her childhood sweetheart, the son of a millionaire....
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Moonlight Follies
Title: Moonlight Follies
Character: James Rutledge
Released: September 24, 1921
Type: Movie
Vivacious Marie Prevost starred in this pleasant little Universal comedy about a flirt who stages moonlight dances at her father's country estate in order to provoke eligible men to fall in love with her.
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Guile of Women
Title: Guile of Women
Character: Armstrong
Released: January 1, 1921
Type: Movie
A naive young Swede is repeatedly victimized by predatory women. When finally he meets a young woman who seems sincere and true, he wonders if he can trust her.
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A Shocking Night
Title: A Shocking Night
Character: Bill Bradford
Released: January 1, 1921
Type: Movie
William Harcourt loses all his money in a business transaction and is forced to dismiss his servants. Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt are about to entertain Richard Thayer and his fiancée, Bessie Lane, at dinner when there is received a message announcing the arrival of Montana millionaire Bill Bradford, a client of Harcourt's. Anxious to make a good impression, Harcourt and his wife disguise themselves as servants, while Thayer and his fiancée take the part of the Harcourts.
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The Great Lover
Title: The Great Lover
Character: Impresario
Released: November 15, 1920
Type: Movie
Ethel Warren returns from studying in Europe to make her debut in New York with the opera company in which Jean Paurel, world-famous baritone, is the star. Carlo Sonino, also a member of the company, falls in love with Ethel and warns her against becoming infatuated with the amorous singer.
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Godless Men
Title: Godless Men
Character: Seaman Neighbor
Released: November 6, 1920
Type: Movie
On board his trading schooner in the South Pacific, tough sea captain Black Pawl confronts his own son, who has grown up in his father's shadow and reflects only his dark side.
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The Man Who Had Everything
Title: The Man Who Had Everything
Character: Mark Bullway
Released: October 17, 1920
Type: Movie
Harry Bullway is a careless young man, always after a good time. He nearly runs over a blind beggar with his car, but he shows no remorse. In response to his heartlessness, the beggar curses him, saying, "May you always have everything that you want."
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Milestones
Title: Milestones
Character: Richard Sibley Sr
Released: September 9, 1920
Type: Movie
1860 ushers in the era of iron ships, Richard Sibley, a builder of wooden ships, stubbornly resists the change, which leads him to forbid the marriage of his daughter Rose to John Rhead, a proponent of the new method. This injustice outrages John's sister Gertrude so much that she breaks off her engagement to Sibley's son Sam. Meanwhile, John and Rose elope.
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Jes' Call Me Jim
Title: Jes' Call Me Jim
Character: Belcher
Released: May 23, 1920
Type: Movie
Happy-go-lucky Jim Fenton is in love with Miss Butterworth, the town milliner, who is taking care of little Harry Benedict while his father Paul, an inventor, is in the local insane asylum. Miss Butterworth convinces Jim that Belcher, one of the town's prominent citizens, has incarcerated Paul to steal the patents from his inventions. Jim breaks into the asylum and spirits away the enfeebled inventor......
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The Strange Boarder
Title: The Strange Boarder
Character: Jake Bloom
Released: April 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Honest Arizona rancher Sam Gardner, goes with his motherless son Billy to the city, where he is cheated out of ten thousand dollars by a band of crooks. Taking up residence in a boardinghouse where he meets Jane Ingraham, Sam decides that the only way to regain his losses is by gambling. To achieve this, he makes friends with gambler Kittie Hinch who takes him to Jack Bloom's gambling house. When Bloom begins flirting with Hinch's wife Florry, the injured husband kills his rival and the evidence points to Sam as the killer. Jane tries to provide him with an alibi, but fails. Just as things look grim for the rancher, a wire arrives from Hinch, now in Mexico, confessing to the crime. His faith in mankind thus rewarded, Sam is free to marry Jane
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Leap to Fame
Title: Leap to Fame
Character: Carl Hoffman
Released: April 24, 1918
Type: Movie
Charles Trevor is a young chap just out of college, who is put to work on a daily newspaper and at once starts to lead a life of adventure and romance. A German spy and a maiden in distress cross his path the first day and, before the end of the story, he has landed a big scoop for his paper, put the German in jail and married the girl.
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Wanted, A Mother
Title: Wanted, A Mother
Released: March 18, 1918
Type: Movie
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The Wasp
Title: The Wasp
Character: Brazsos
Released: March 11, 1918
Type: Movie
Grace Culver's sharp tongue, has garnered her with the nicknamed "The Wasp." A spirited disagreement with her canning magnate father, John Culver, results from Grace's refusal to marry Kane Putnam, her father's business partner, and she orders her new chauffeur, Tim Purcell, to take her and her maid Miller on a drive. On their return, they are captured by Brazsos, a German spy who plans to blow up her father's munitions factory. Grace learns of the hidden tunnel Brazsos has excavated to the factory, and as Miller escapes to alert the police, Grace unties the chauffeur and leads him to the tunnel. When the bomb explodes prematurely, Grace and Tim become trapped, and facing death, they confess their mutual love. The two are rescued, after which Grace discovers that Tim actually is wealthy Yale football star Harry Cortland, a revelation that delights her father.