Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson

Born: March 27, 1899
Died: April 4, 1983
in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Acadamy Award in the Best Actress catagory. In 1929, Swanson successfully transitioned to talkies with The Trespasser. However, personal problems and changing tastes saw her popularity wane during the 1930s when she moved into Theater and TV. Today she is best known for her role as Norma Desmond, a faded silent film start, in the critically aclaimed film Sunset Boulevard (1950).

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Movies for Gloria Swanson...

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Title: Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 16, 2021
Type: Movie
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the web of silent film star Gloria Swanson when she hires them to write a musical version of Sunset Boulevard, her 1950 film directed by Billy Wilder.
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Cinéastes de notre temps: Erich von Stroheim
Title: Cinéastes de notre temps: Erich von Stroheim
Character: Self
Released: October 14, 2012
Type: Movie
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Title: Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Character: Self (voice) (archive footage)
Released: May 23, 2007
Type: Movie
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
Title: Los Angeles Plays Itself
Character: Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd (archive footage)
Released: July 28, 2004
Type: Movie
From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
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The Casting Couch
Title: The Casting Couch
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes readers inside Hollywood's inner sanctum to show how casting decisions are made, who makes them, and who has the final word.
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Title: Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 1980
Type: TV
A 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios and its impact on 1920s culture.
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Title: Arena
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 1, 1975
Type: TV
Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50 most influential programmes of all time, it has run since 1 October 1975 with over five hundred episodes made, directed by the likes of Martin Scorsese, Alan Yentob, Roly Keating, Frederick Baker, Volker Schlondorff and Vikram Jayanti. Arena's subjects are a roll-call of the world's best known cultural figures from the 20th and 21st centuries, from singers Bob Dylan and Amy Winehouse to academics Edward Said and Eric Hobsbawm, from writers Jean Genet and V S Naipaul to artists Francis Bacon and Louise Bourgeois. The current series editor is Anthony Wall.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Airport 1975
Title: Airport 1975
Character: Gloria Swanson
Released: October 18, 1974
Type: Movie
When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.
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Killer Bees
Title: Killer Bees
Character: Madame Maria von Bohlen
Released: February 26, 1974
Type: Movie
A strong-willed woman not only dominates her family of California winegrowers, but also has a strange hold on a colony of bees in her vineyard.
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The Age of Ballyhoo
Title: The Age of Ballyhoo
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A television documentary about the Twenties told through the use of Hollywood movies, audio recordings and newsreels of the period. Narrated by Gloria Swanson.
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Title: V.I.P. Schaukel
Character: Self
Released: May 9, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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Title: The Carol Burnett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 11, 1967
Type: TV
The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."
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The Love Goddesses
Title: The Love Goddesses
Character: (archive footage)
Released: March 3, 1965
Type: Movie
This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.
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Title: The Hollywood Palace
Character: Self
Released: January 4, 1964
Type: TV
The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.
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Title: Kraft Suspense Theatre
Character: Mrs. Charlotte Heaton
Released: October 10, 1963
Type: TV
Kraft Suspense Theatre is an American anthology series that was telecast from 1963 to 1965 on NBC. Sponsored by Kraft Foods, it was seen three weeks out of every four and was pre-empted for Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall specials once monthly. Como's production company, Roncom Films, also produced Kraft Suspense Theatre. Writer, editor, critic and radio playwright Anthony Boucher served as consultant on the series. Later syndicated under the title Crisis, it was one of the few suspense series telecast in color at the time. While most of NBC's shows were in color then, all-color network line-ups did not become the norm until the 1966-67 season.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Miss Lily Boles
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: TV
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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Title: Burke's Law
Character: Venus Hekate Walsh
Released: September 20, 1963
Type: TV
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.
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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
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Title: The Beverly Hillbillies
Character: Self
Released: September 26, 1962
Type: TV
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
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Title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Mrs. Daniels
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: TV
A continuation of the dramatic anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and mystery.
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Title: The Mike Douglas Show
Character: Self
Released: December 11, 1961
Type: TV
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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Title: Straightaway
Character: Lorraine Carrington
Released: October 6, 1961
Type: TV
Straightaway is a 26-week half-hour adventure/drama television series which aired on ABC during the 1961–1962 season – the story of two young men who operate a garage and engage in auto racing. John Ashley and Brian Kelly played race car designers Clipper Hamilton and Scott Ross, respectively. Scott designs the vehicles, and Clipper is the mechanic. Asa Maynor was cast in four episodes as Dixie. Most episodes center on the clients who bring a race car to the Straightaway Garage. The series was originally planned to be named “The Racers”, but the title had to be altered because of sponsor problems. Straightaway ran at 7:30 Eastern on Fridays opposite CBS’s Rawhide with Clint Eastwood and Eric Fleming. Straightaway was moved to Wednesdays effective January 10, 1962, for the remainder of its brief run.
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Title: Ben Casey
Character: Victoria Hoffman
Released: October 2, 1961
Type: TV
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.
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Title: Dr. Kildare
Character: Julia Colton
Released: September 27, 1961
Type: TV
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Title: The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 24, 1961
Type: Movie
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.
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When Comedy Was King
Title: When Comedy Was King
Character: edited from 'Teddy at the Throttle' (archive footage)
Released: March 29, 1960
Type: Movie
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Title: Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 1960
Type: Movie
A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
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Title: The Big Party
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 1959
Type: TV
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Title: Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character: Self
Released: July 29, 1957
Type: TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.
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Nero's Mistress
Title: Nero's Mistress
Character: Agrippina
Released: September 13, 1956
Type: Movie
Nero is on holiday at the seaside. Poppea, Seneca and many other guests are with him. Nero is preparing a great show where he will be the star. When Agrippina, his mother, arrives with her German praetorians and decides Nero has to conquer Britain, she is asking for trouble. Many attempts of murder and poisoning will happen on the eve of his great show.
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Title: The Steve Allen Show
Character: Self
Released: June 24, 1956
Type: TV
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Title: The Oscars
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: This Is Your Life
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: TV
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.
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Three for Bedroom C
Title: Three for Bedroom C
Character: Ann Haven
Released: June 26, 1952
Type: Movie
After beginning their train trip to California, a famous film actress and her daughter discover their compartment has also been assigned to a handsome biology professor. Comedy.
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Sunset Boulevard
Title: Sunset Boulevard
Character: Norma Desmond
Released: August 10, 1950
Type: Movie
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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The Golden Twenties
Title: The Golden Twenties
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Down Memory Lane
Title: Down Memory Lane
Character: (archive footage)
Released: August 1, 1949
Type: Movie
This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo at the end of the film.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Dear Miss Gloria
Title: Dear Miss Gloria
Character: Miss Gloria
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A short subject, intended as the first of a series, where Gloria Swanson plays "Miss Gloria," advice columnist to the lovelorn.
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Title: Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.
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Father Takes a Wife
Title: Father Takes a Wife
Character: Leslie Collier Osborne
Released: October 3, 1941
Type: Movie
A famous actress has to win over her ready-made family when she weds a shipping magnate.
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Music in the Air
Title: Music in the Air
Character: Frieda Hotzfelt
Released: December 13, 1934
Type: Movie
A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.
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The Camera Speaks
Title: The Camera Speaks
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 11, 1934
Type: Movie
In this short film, an elderly cameraman and his camera reminisce about their days shooting silent films and news stories.
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Title: Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
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Perfect Understanding
Title: Perfect Understanding
Character: Judy Rogers
Released: January 15, 1933
Type: Movie
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
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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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Queen Kelly
Title: Queen Kelly
Character: Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
Released: October 18, 1932
Type: Movie
A prince betrothed to a mad queen falls in love with an orphan girl from a convent.
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The House That Shadows Built
Title: The House That Shadows Built
Character: (archive footage)
Released: July 8, 1931
Type: Movie
The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. It was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular theatrical release and includes a brief history of Paramount, interviews with various actors, and clips from upcoming projects (some of which never came to fruition). The title comes from a biography of Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, The House That Shadows Built (1928), by William Henry Irwin.
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Round About Hollywood
Title: Round About Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: May 22, 1931
Type: Movie
This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as seen from the streets. Considerable time is taken showing the kinds of architecture of private homes. There are images of various important buildings, and a depiction of the Hollywood Bowl. Finally, there is a sequence revolving around the premiere of the film “Dirigible” (1931) at the famed Chinese Theatre.
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Indiscreet
Title: Indiscreet
Character: Geraldine 'Gerry' Trent
Released: April 25, 1931
Type: Movie
A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.
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Tonight or Never
Title: Tonight or Never
Character: Nella Vago
Released: January 4, 1931
Type: Movie
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
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What a Widow!
Title: What a Widow!
Character: Tamarind Brook
Released: September 12, 1930
Type: Movie
A young woman's elderly husband dies and leaves her $5 million. She travels to Paris and becomes part of the "Continental" set and is pursued by a rich playboy and a lawyer who works for her.
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The Trespasser
Title: The Trespasser
Character: Marion Donnell
Released: November 11, 1929
Type: Movie
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."
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Sadie Thompson
Title: Sadie Thompson
Character: Sadie Thompson
Released: January 7, 1928
Type: Movie
A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported back to San Francisco.
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The Love of Sunya
Title: The Love of Sunya
Character: Sunya Ashling
Released: March 11, 1927
Type: Movie
A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.
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Fine Manners
Title: Fine Manners
Character: Orchid Murphy
Released: August 29, 1926
Type: Movie
The film depicts what happens when a rich boy accidentally meets a crude girl on New Year's Eve.
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The Untamed Lady
Title: The Untamed Lady
Character: St. Clair Van Tassel
Released: March 14, 1926
Type: Movie
A spoiled rich girl is brought down to earth by the man who loves her.
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Stage Struck
Title: Stage Struck
Character: Jennie Hagen
Released: November 16, 1925
Type: Movie
Daydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality she and her cook boyfriend, Orme Wilson, hope to one day own their own diner. Although Orme loves Jennie, he also has a weakness for stage stars -- so when a riverboat theatrical crew comes to their town, he is smitten by lead actress Lillian Lyons. Desperate to keep Orme, Jennie insists on going onstage to best Lillian, but is soon out of her depth.
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The Coast of Folly
Title: The Coast of Folly
Character: Joyce Gathway / Nadine Gathway
Released: September 21, 1925
Type: Movie
Silent film drama...
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Madame Sans-Gêne
Title: Madame Sans-Gêne
Character: Catherina Hubscher
Released: January 2, 1925
Type: Movie
A French washerwoman becomes a duchess and a friend of Napoleon.
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Wages of Virtue
Title: Wages of Virtue
Character: Carmelita
Released: November 10, 1924
Type: Movie
A carnival strongman and his girlfriend flee to Algiers to escape a murder charge but there they are caught again in a web of jealousy, deceit and murder.
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Her Love Story
Title: Her Love Story
Character: Princess Marie
Released: October 6, 1924
Type: Movie
When Princess Marie of the Balkan kingdom of Viatavia falls in love with Captain Rudi of the King's Guards, her father quickly arranges her marriage with the king of a neighboring country. Although Marie and Rudi are secretly wed by a Gypsy, the duke ignores the marriage and exiles Rudi. When a child is born to Marie, she declares to the king that it is Rudi's and is thereafter banished to a convent; however, Rudi returns and helps Marie retrieve her child from the palace, and they find happiness in another land.
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Manhandled
Title: Manhandled
Character: Tessie McGuire
Released: July 21, 1924
Type: Movie
Comedy which concerns the struggles of an ambitious department store sales clerk who is caught up in New York high society.
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A Society Scandal
Title: A Society Scandal
Character: Marjorie Colbert
Released: March 9, 1924
Type: Movie
Hector Colbert sues his wife Marjorie for a divorce after Peters, an admirer of Marjorie, deliberately compromises her. Colbert's lawyer, Daniel Farr, believing that Marjorie's behavior was wrong, gets the divorce, but he ruins the reputation of a fun-loving woman who was simply bored with her husband. Later, she and Farr meet; she plots a revenge against the lawyer but confesses her fabrication when she realizes that she loves him.
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The Humming Bird
Title: The Humming Bird
Character: Toinette
Released: January 13, 1924
Type: Movie
A pickpocket falls in love with a newspaperman. When he is sent off to war and she disguises herself as a boy, joins a gang and sets out to save him.
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Zaza
Title: Zaza
Character: Zaza
Released: October 21, 1923
Type: Movie
Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the rope and she falls. Zaza is badly injured and she makes Dufresne's acquaintance. A romance quickly springs up and he installs her in a villa. Their happiness is marred, however, when his wife appears.
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Hollywood
Title: Hollywood
Character: Gloria Swanson
Released: August 19, 1923
Type: Movie
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Title: Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Character: Mona deBriac
Released: August 5, 1923
Type: Movie
John Brandon, an American millionaire, has been married seven times but never found love. Then, when he is in Paris, Mona de Briac comes into his life. Mona comes from an noble family who is facing ruin.
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Prodigal Daughters
Title: Prodigal Daughters
Character: Swifty Forbes
Released: April 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Elinor "Swifty" Forbes and her younger sister Marjory are the carefree daughters of wealthy J. D. Forbes. Their mother shows no restraint over her daughters, so they live among the flapper set. Lester Hodges, a songwriter, is enamored of Marjory, while Garside, who runs a card room, is interested in Swifty. While gambling at Garside's place, Swifty meets Roger Corbin, who works as an engineer at her father's business. Corbin falls in love with Swifty. When Mr. Forbes protests against both his daughters' behavior, they move out. Marjory marries Hodges, but eventually leaves him and returns to her parents. Swifty, who has gambled herself into debt, agrees to marry Garside. But when the couple are together in a café, prohibition agents raid the place.
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My American Wife
Title: My American Wife
Character: Natalie Chester
Released: December 31, 1922
Type: Movie
A 1922 film.
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The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
Title: The Impossible Mrs. Bellew
Character: Betty Bellew
Released: October 22, 1922
Type: Movie
Lance Bellew ignores his wife, Betty, for his mistress, Naomi Templeton, but becomes so enraged when he finds Betty in the company of Jerry Woodruff that he shoots this family friend.
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A Trip to Paramountown
Title: A Trip to Paramountown
Character: Self
Released: July 10, 1922
Type: Movie
Documentary short film depicting the filmmaking activity at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, featuring dozens of stars captured candidly and at work.
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Beyond the Rocks
Title: Beyond the Rocks
Character: Theodora Fitzgerald
Released: May 7, 1922
Type: Movie
A young woman dutifully marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman-- who'd previously saved her life-- on her unhappy honeymoon.
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Her Gilded Cage
Title: Her Gilded Cage
Character: Suzanne Ornoff
Released: April 5, 1922
Type: Movie
A romance about a dancer seeking love and fame from Paris cabarets to New York society.
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Her Husband’s Trademark
Title: Her Husband’s Trademark
Character: Lois Miller
Released: February 1, 1922
Type: Movie
James Berkeley (who wants to get rich) and Allan Franklin (determined to be a great engineer) are rivals for the hand of Lois Miller. Berkeley marries her, and 15 years later, though he has not realized his ambition, he keeps his wife luxuriously attired as a "trademark" of his prosperity. Allan, who has obtained a large tract of oil land from the Mexican Government, visits the Berkeleys; and James, hoping to profit from his wealth, goes to Mexico with him, accompanied by Lois, who unwillingly agrees to help her husband. When Allan and Lois realize their love for each other, James, refusing to become angry, is denounced by his wife. A band of Mexican bandits attempt to capture Lois, and in the attack James is slain. Allan rescues Lois, and they escape across the border.
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Don't Tell Everything
Title: Don't Tell Everything
Character: Marian Westover
Released: November 13, 1921
Type: Movie
Two men in love with the same woman are further complicated by the arrival of a second woman.
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Under the Lash
Title: Under the Lash
Character: Deborah Krillet
Released: October 16, 1921
Type: Movie
The wife of a tyrannical Boer husband discovers what life could be like when a handsome Englishmen visits their home.
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The Affairs of Anatol
Title: The Affairs of Anatol
Character: Vivian Spencer (Anatol's wife)
Released: September 25, 1921
Type: Movie
Socialite Anatol Spencer, finding his relationship with his wife lackluster, goes in search of excitement. After bumping into old flame Emilie, he lets an apartment for her only to find that she cheats on him. He is subsequently robbed, conned, and booted from pillar to post. He decides to return to his wife and discovers her carousing with his best friend Max.
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The Great Moment
Title: The Great Moment
Character: Nada Pelham / Nadine Pelham
Released: September 3, 1921
Type: Movie
Sir Edward Pelham, married to a Russian Gypsy, fears that his daughter will follow in her mother's footsteps and arranges a marriage with her cousin, whom she does not love. During a trip to Nevada with her father, she meets engineer Bayard Delavel, who saves her life when she is bitten by a snake; when her father finds her with Bayard in his cabin, he forces them to marry. Believing that Nadine does not love him, Delavel leaves her and prepares to sue for divorce.
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Something to Think About
Title: Something to Think About
Character: Ruth Anderson
Released: October 16, 1920
Type: Movie
Wealthy cripple Markley finances the education of blacksmith's daughter Ruth. When she returns to their small town he asks to marry her, but she runs off with city worker Jim Dirk who is then killed in a subway accident. Markley offers to marry her in name only to protect her new son.
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Why Change Your Wife?
Title: Why Change Your Wife?
Character: Beth Gordon
Released: May 21, 1920
Type: Movie
Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sally's superficiality, Beth strives to improve her looks. The original couple falls in love again at a summer resort.
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Male and Female
Title: Male and Female
Character: Lady Mary Lasenby
Released: November 23, 1919
Type: Movie
When an aristocratic family and their servants are shipwrecked, the butler becomes their ruler.
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For Better, for Worse
Title: For Better, for Worse
Character: Sylvia Norcross
Released: April 26, 1919
Type: Movie
Dr. Edward Meade and friend Richard Burton both love Sylvia Norcross. Both enlist in the military, but Meade stays back to care for deformed children. Sylvia thinks him a coward and marries Burton. After Burton is presumed dead, Meade and Sylvia are to wed, but Burton returns maimed and scarred.
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Don't Change Your Husband
Title: Don't Change Your Husband
Character: Leila Porter
Released: January 26, 1919
Type: Movie
Leila Porter comes to dislike her husband James, a glue king who is always eating onions and looking sloppy. But after she divorces him and marries two-timing playboy Schuyler Van Sutphen the now-reformed James looks pretty good.
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Wife or Country
Title: Wife or Country
Character: Sylvia Hamilton
Released: December 29, 1918
Type: Movie
Sylia Hamilton rehabilitates an alcoholic attorney and marries him. When World War I breaks out, she is persuaded to help the German cause and later commits suicide rather than compromise her husbands career.
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The Secret Code
Title: The Secret Code
Character: Sally Carter Rand
Released: September 8, 1918
Type: Movie
Sally Carter Rand, married to an elderly senator, is accused of espionage, but she is able to clear herself by proving that her mysterious knitting is actually a baby sweater.
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Shifting Sands
Title: Shifting Sands
Character: Marcia Grey
Released: August 1, 1918
Type: Movie
Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she rebuilds her life and marries well.
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Every Woman's Husband
Title: Every Woman's Husband
Character: Edith Emerson
Released: July 17, 1918
Type: Movie
A young woman whose domineering mother almost ruins her marriage eventually learns that mother does not always know best when her father commits suicide.
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You Can't Believe Everything
Title: You Can't Believe Everything
Character: Patricia Reynolds
Released: June 23, 1918
Type: Movie
Patricia Reynolds, the belle of the summer resort she is visiting with her friend, Amy Powellson, attracts the attention of Arthur Kirby, whom Amy loves. On an evening drive, Arthur tries to kiss Patricia , whereupon she leaps from the car and walks home. While Amy, disguised in Patricia 's clothing, accompanies Arthur to a roadhouse, Patricia , walking near the beach, sees her invalid friend, Jim Wheeler, jump into the ocean intending to kill himself. After rescuing him, Patricia persuades Jim to visit a specialist, but when she later is accused of spending the night with Arthur, she refuses to defend herself in order to conceal Jim's attempted suicide.
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Station Content
Title: Station Content
Character: Kitty Manning
Released: June 16, 1918
Type: Movie
A wayward wife abandons her husband but finds redemption by preventing a railway accident and finding her way back to him.
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Her Decision
Title: Her Decision
Character: Phyllis Dunbar
Released: May 12, 1918
Type: Movie
A secretary (Gloria Swanson) uses her boss to get money for her unfortunate sister (Ann Kroman) but eventually falls in love with him.
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Society for Sale
Title: Society for Sale
Character: Phylis Clyne
Released: April 21, 1918
Type: Movie
Successful model, Phyllis Clyne, convinces a down-and-out nobleman, Billy, to pass her off in society as titled gentry. They fall in love and when it turns out that her late father actually was a lord, they decide they now can marry.
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The Sultan's Wife
Title: The Sultan's Wife
Character: Gloria
Released: September 29, 1917
Type: Movie
On a sailing trip, sweethearts Bobby and Gloria arrive in a very sinister-looking India, where an evil rajah attempts to force Gloria into his harem.
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Dangers of a Bride
Title: Dangers of a Bride
Released: July 8, 1917
Type: Movie
Dangers of a Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence Badger and Bobby Vernon starring Gloria Swanson.
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Whose Baby?
Title: Whose Baby?
Character: The Wife
Released: July 8, 1917
Type: Movie
Bobby Vernon is fooled into a mock bigamist gag and chaos assures.
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Baseball Madness
Title: Baseball Madness
Character: The Heiress
Released: May 8, 1917
Type: Movie
Baseball Madness is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Billy Mason and starring Gloria Swanson.
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Teddy at the Throttle
Title: Teddy at the Throttle
Character: Gloria Dawn
Released: April 1, 1917
Type: Movie
Gloria Dawn lives down the hall from her sweetheart, Bobbie Knight. The dishonest Henry Black is Gloria's guardian, and he is also in charge of Bobbie's inheritance. The scheming guardian and his sister have been spending Bobbie's money, and they hope to have the sister marry Bobbie so that they can keep control over his money.
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The Pullman Bride
Title: The Pullman Bride
Character: The Pullman Bride
Released: January 1, 1917
Type: Movie
The Pullman Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.
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The Nick of Time Baby
Title: The Nick of Time Baby
Character: The Blacksmith's Daughter
Released: December 22, 1916
Type: Movie
The Nick of Time Baby is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.
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Haystacks and Steeples
Title: Haystacks and Steeples
Character: Gloria - the Society Girl
Released: October 1, 1916
Type: Movie
A farm boy falls for a glamorous society girl who is engaged to another man.
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The Danger Girl
Title: The Danger Girl
Character: The Danger Girl - Reggie's Madcap Sister
Released: August 24, 1916
Type: Movie
Madcap Gloria disguises herself as a man, in order to lure a "dangerous" vamp away from her beau, Bobbie.
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A Social Cub
Title: A Social Cub
Character: Gloria
Released: July 16, 1916
Type: Movie
A Social Cub is a 1916 short silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson
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Hearts and Sparks
Title: Hearts and Sparks
Character: Gloria - Bobby's Sweetheart
Released: June 4, 1916
Type: Movie
Hearts and Sparks is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Parrott (Charley Chase) and starring Gloria Swanson. When Mack Sennett first saw Gloria Swanson, he felt that she would be right as a romantic lead for Bobby Vernon because they were both small in stature. This was their first film together and they proved to be a big hit with the public.
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A Dash of Courage
Title: A Dash of Courage
Character: The Prominent Citizen
Released: May 7, 1916
Type: Movie
A band of crooks, headed by Harry Gribbon, are on a train when they learn of a telegram sent to a fellow passenger, who is a police commissioner. The wire identifies him as official collector for the Old Cops' Home. A little chloroform does for him and when the train pulls out of his destination he is still on board while Gribbon is posing as the commissioner-collector.
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Sunshine
Title: Sunshine
Released: May 6, 1916
Type: Movie
A 1916 short starring Jack Cooper, Hank Mann & Bobby Dunn.
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The Broken Pledge
Title: The Broken Pledge
Character: Gloria
Released: June 17, 1915
Type: Movie
Three young girls, pledged to spinsterhood and contempt for mankind, go camping in the woods. Three boys, unpledged to anything save fun and the joy of living, likewise go camping. Fate spins the wheel and the six, pledged and unpledged, pitch their tents not far apart.
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The Romance of an American Duchess
Title: The Romance of an American Duchess
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: June 8, 1915
Type: Movie
The Duke de Longtour, a European nobleman, with impoverished estates, comes to America and wins the hand of Stephana Martin, an American heiress, defeating Marquis Ferdinand, an adventurer and his rival.
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Sweedie Goes to College
Title: Sweedie Goes to College
Character: Betty - College Girl
Released: February 8, 1915
Type: Movie
Sweedie, the cook, reads an ad in the newspaper for a maid to give her services in exchange for college tuition. She applies and is accepted.
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The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
Title: The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket
Character: Farina, Elvira's Daughter
Released: February 3, 1915
Type: Movie
The Fable of Elvira and Farina and the Meal Ticket is a 1915 silent film directed by Richard Foster Baker. Gloria Swanson made her first credited appearance in this film as Farina.
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His New Job
Title: His New Job
Character: Stenographer (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1915
Type: Movie
When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and replaces the actor. While waiting, he plays in a dice game and gets on many people's nerves. When he finally gets to act, he ruins his scene, accidentally destroys the set, and tears the skirt of the star of the movie.
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The Ambition of the Baron
Title: The Ambition of the Baron
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: January 29, 1915
Type: Movie
A young woman is used as a pawn to entice Count Jean de Lugnan into a game of ruritanian political intrigue.
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The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
Title: The Fable of the Syndicate Lover
Character: Department Store Customer (uncredited)
Released: January 27, 1915
Type: Movie
Kate had a very devoted beau known as George. George loved the girl so hard that he loved all her relatives. He thought it his duty to give three hearty cheers for Father and Mother, and likewise he worked for a stand-in with Tom, her husky brother. His gushing affections for Kate slopped over on Sister Lil, and this caused Kate to sit up and take notice. He went shopping with mother and carried everything she purchased. She was peeved but George thought he was making a great hit. Next day he tried to cultivate the big athletic brother, but found his Waterloo.
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At the End of a Perfect Day
Title: At the End of a Perfect Day
Character: Hands Bouquet to Holmes
Released: January 26, 1915
Type: Movie
The story opens with an old couple in the evening of life, sitting by the fireside reminiscing the happenings of their younger days. How the young man had left his country home to seek work in the great city, and after many days of wandering had found employment as an office boy in the same office with the young lady. How she had taken an interest in him and before many days had become more than friends.
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The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
Title: The Misjudged Mr. Hartley
Character: Maid
Released: January 19, 1915
Type: Movie
In honor of his return from abroad, Mrs. Worthington invites her cousin, Brian Hartley, to dinner that evening, but forgets to tell him she has moved from her old address. He goes to the old home where he is met at the door by Celia Thayer, a guest of the Holbrooks, who now occupy the residence. None of the family being at home, Ceclia admits him, thinking he has been invited to dinner. When her hostess does not arrive the two have dinner together and become quite infatuated. Later it develops that the house was robbed while Mr. Hartley was there and, of course, he is suspected.
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The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
Title: The Fable of the Club Girls and the Four Times
Character: One of the Club Girls (uncredited)
Released: December 2, 1914
Type: Movie
Once a lot of grown-up girls organized a club for the discussion of current evils. The principal current evil they discussed was man. The object was to find some way to keep them home at nights. One dame thought every wife ought to provide her companion with an intellectual atmosphere so he wouldn't sneak out at night to the thirst parlor.