Josephine Crowell

Josephine Crowell

Born: January 10, 1859
Died: July 27, 1932
in Nova Scotia, Canada

Movies for Josephine Crowell...

The Big Parade of Comedy
Title: The Big Parade of Comedy
Character: Css van Alstyne in 'The Sporting Venus' (arch. foot.) (uncred.)
Released: September 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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Wrong Again
Title: Wrong Again
Character: Painting owner's mother
Released: February 23, 1929
Type: Movie
Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it being the painting, not the horse. They take the horse to the owner's house to claim the reward. The owner instructs them to put "Blue Boy" on the piano and Ollie explains, "these millionaires are peculiar."
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The Man Who Laughs
Title: The Man Who Laughs
Character: Queen Anne
Released: April 27, 1928
Type: Movie
Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.
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Speedy
Title: Speedy
Character: Lady in Car (uncredited)
Released: April 7, 1928
Type: Movie
Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by his girl's grandfather) out of business, Speedy organizes the neighborhood old-timers to thwart their scheme.
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Dad's Choice
Title: Dad's Choice
Character: A Bargain Hunter
Released: January 7, 1928
Type: Movie
Eddie wants to marry a girl, but her father is strongly opposed to it. For her sake, she convinces him to at least meet Eddie.
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Scrambled Weddings
Title: Scrambled Weddings
Character: Her Mother
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
Edward Everett Horton and Ruth Dwyer are in love and expect to get married as soon as one of them mentions it to the other. In the meantime, Lolita Lee accepts Horton's proposal, which he doesn't recall making, and Miss Dwyer is invited to be a bridesmaid. So he tells Miss Dwyer that it's Stanley Taylor she's marrying, and hopes no one spills the beans before Taylor shows up in a false beard to spike the proceedings.
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No Publicity
Title: No Publicity
Character: Mrs. Van Pelt
Released: August 1, 1927
Type: Movie
Cameraman Eddie is sent to photograph a socialite at a private lecture on morals. The young woman's guardian will have none of it however, and Eddie resorts to a number of deceptions in order to get a picture.
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Fighting Love
Title: Fighting Love
Released: February 14, 1927
Type: Movie
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The Merry Widow
Title: The Merry Widow
Character: Queen Milena
Released: September 27, 1926
Type: Movie
When Prince Danilo falls in love with American dancer Sally O'Hara, his uncle, King Nikita I of Monteblanco, forbids him to marry her because Sally is a commoner. Thinking she has been jilted by her prince, Sally marries wealthy Baron Sadoja. When the elderly man dies suddenly, Sally must be wooed all over again by Danilo.
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Padlocked
Title: Padlocked
Character: Mrs. Galloway
Released: August 2, 1926
Type: Movie
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Mantrap
Title: Mantrap
Character: Mrs. McGavity
Released: July 24, 1926
Type: Movie
A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.
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Dog Shy
Title: Dog Shy
Character: The Girl's Mother
Released: April 4, 1926
Type: Movie
Charley is chased into a phone booth by a dog and agrees to help a young woman on the phone avoid getting married.
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Yellow Fingers
Title: Yellow Fingers
Character: Mrs. Van Kronk
Released: March 21, 1926
Type: Movie
Ralph Ince stars as Brute Shane, a South Pacific trader who has adopted native girl Saina (Olive Broden). When Shane rescues English lass Nona Deering (Claire Adams) from white slavers, the jealous Saina begins plotting Nona's demise.
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New Brooms
Title: New Brooms
Released: October 12, 1925
Type: Movie
Thomas Bates Sr. (Robert McWade) takes his broom manufacturing business very seriously, and his idle son, Tom Jr. (Neil Hamilton), calls him a grouch. As a result, Bates decides to teach his son a lesson by putting him in charge of the business for a year.
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No Father to Guide Him
Title: No Father to Guide Him
Character: Jimmy's Mother-in-Law
Released: September 5, 1925
Type: Movie
Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to the beach. The mother-in-law pursues and comedy ensues.
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Welcome Home
Title: Welcome Home
Character: Miss Pringle
Released: May 17, 1925
Type: Movie
Fred Prouty and his wife, Nettie, are living happily until the day that his aged father shows up on their doorstep. He immediately begins creating havoc, upsetting the once-orderly household and trying to force his opinions on everyone. Nettie does her best to be patient with the old man, but the day comes when he brings a group of his pals over while she is holding a meeting of a fashionable club.
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Zander the Great
Title: Zander the Great
Character: Orphanage Trustee (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1925
Type: Movie
Mamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kindly woman with a young son named Alexander. Mamie hits it off with the lad, and nicknames him "Zander". When Mrs. Caldwell dies, the authorities decree that the boy must be placed in the same orphanage where Mamie was mistreated. Horrified, Mamie determines to see to it that the boy will be spared the same treatment that she had to suffer.
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The Sporting Venus
Title: The Sporting Venus
Character: Countess Van Alstyne
Released: April 12, 1925
Type: Movie
Familiar story of spoiled heiress, Blanche Sweet, who dabbles in romance with commoner Ronald Colman. They roam the highlands together hunting since this is Sweet's "sport." They seem to have an idyllic affair going when into the mix comes an impoverished prince (Lew Cody). He determines to steal away the heiress and pay off his creditors. Indeed, this is the plan he shares with them.
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Hot Water
Title: Hot Water
Character: Wifey's Mother Winnifred Ward Stokes
Released: October 26, 1924
Type: Movie
Lloyd's look at married life and the issues of the in-law. Adventures include a ride on a crowded trolley with a live turkey; A wild spin in a new auto with the in-laws in tow. Finally, a sequence in which Hubby accidentally chloroforms his mother-in-law and becomes convinced that he's killed her!
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Flowing Gold
Title: Flowing Gold
Character: Ma Briskow
Released: March 1, 1924
Type: Movie
The film deals with the Texas Oil Industry. A silent film, it was famously remade in 1940 with sound.
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Ashes of Vengeance
Title: Ashes of Vengeance
Character: Catherine de Medicis
Released: August 6, 1923
Type: Movie
This historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge's 37th feature film and the longest to date at two hours. The plot involves a man forced into servitude who falls in love with the sister of his persecutor. It was Ms. Talmadge's fourth involvement with director, Frank Lloyd and the cast included future star, Wallace Beery.
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Rupert of Hentzau
Title: Rupert of Hentzau
Character: Mother Holf
Released: July 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Rudolf Rassendyll returns to Ruritania, to play the King once more. Lost Adaptation of the eponymous Anthony Hope nove, the sequel of the Prisoner of Zenda.
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Nobody's Money
Title: Nobody's Money
Character: Mrs. Judson
Released: January 28, 1923
Type: Movie
Two newspapermen who wrote a successful book using a phony author have to come up with a real person when the book is a huge success. Ailing literary agent Jack Holt takes the job while his safe cracking friend tags along for the ride. Jack falls in love with the Governor's daughter just as the Governor is about to be blackmailed by the evil Drisco, who has planted $20,000 in the Governor's safe. -Written by PetersMoviePosters, from IMDB.com
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Minnie
Title: Minnie
Released: December 1, 1922
Type: Movie
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A Homespun Vamp
Title: A Homespun Vamp
Character: Mrs. Dobbs
Released: February 12, 1922
Type: Movie
The story of Meg Mackenzie, the orphaned niece of two stingy Scotsmen, Donald and Duncan Craig. She's kept busy taking care of their home in the country, while they plan to marry her off to Joe Dobbs (Lincoln Stedman), the son of the village blacksmith. A wrench is thrown in the Craigs' plan when author Stephen Ware comes to the little hamlet in search of a quiet place to work. Meg immediately develops a crush on him and Ware's stay proves to be anything but quiet when there's a robbery and he is assumed to be the guilty party. A mob attacks him, and Meg steps in and saves his life. Her uncles happen to be away, and she takes him in while he recovers from his injuries. When they return, Donald and Duncan are infuriated to find Ware in their home, and they insist that he marry Meg to save her reputation.
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Shattered Idols
Title: Shattered Idols
Character: Mrs. Chichester
Released: February 6, 1922
Type: Movie
This exotic adventure drama was based on the novel, The Daughter of Brahma, and went through at least one title change before reaching the screen as Shattered Idols. Jean Hurst, the widow of a British Army officer in India, hates her crippled son David because she thinks he is a coward and a weakling. She sends him away to England for his education. When he returns to India, he falls in love with native girl Sarasvati, who he saves from being burned on a funeral pyre.
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Don't Neglect Your Wife
Title: Don't Neglect Your Wife
Character: Mrs. Abott
Released: July 31, 1921
Type: Movie
The wife of a prominent San Francisco doctor, feeling neglected by her husband, finds herself attracted to a young newspaper reporter. ...
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Live and Let Live
Title: Live and Let Live
Character: Mrs. Boland
Released: July 3, 1921
Type: Movie
While on a train trip, Mary Ryan runs into her old friend Jane Loomis. Mary was once a professional thief but is now reformed. Jane tells her that her uncle, Judge Loomis, has invited her to live with he and his family, but that she is planning to elope with her boyfriend instead. When the train arrives at the town where Judge Looms lives, Mary gets off and passes herself off as Jane. Complications ensue.
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Bunty Pulls the Strings
Title: Bunty Pulls the Strings
Character: Susie Simpson
Released: January 2, 1921
Type: Movie
A woman named Bunty Bigger struggles to keep her family in line in a small Scottish village. For one, her brother Jeemy faces jail time for robbing a bank. Meanwhile, her father, Tammas, pays back the stolen money with funds given him by Susie Simpson, a woman who hopes to marry him. Susie gets angry, so Bunty borrows money to pay her back. Things turn out well when Bunty gets married in a double-wedding ceremony—during which her father not only gives her away but gets married himself. The movie is based on a play by Graham Moffat. The film is lost.
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Held by the Enemy
Title: Held by the Enemy
Character: Sarah Hayne
Released: October 24, 1920
Type: Movie
During the Civil War, Rachel Hayne, a young widow, is among those "held by the enemy" when her old family home is within the lines occupied by the Northern troops. Protected by Colonel Prescott from looters and the unwelcome attentions of Surgeon Fielding, Rachel begins to fall in love with the gallant Yankee officer. Their romance is disrupted when Rachel's husband Gordon, long reported dead, is captured as a spy and condemned to death.
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Crooked Streets
Title: Crooked Streets
Character: Mrs. Griswold
Released: August 8, 1920
Type: Movie
Gail Ellis, a secretary, accompanies Professor Silas Griswold and his wife to China on an expedition to acquire antique vases. Curiosity draws her to the Shanghai slums where, unknown to Gail, her driver is participating in a scheme to abduct her. Gail escapes, but in the process is accosted by drunken sailors. Luckily, Rupert O'Dare, a young Englishman, is nearby and rescues Gail. He escorts her back to the hotel where he discloses his identity as a British secret service agent and proceeds to arrest the Griswolds for smuggling opium in antique vases. Gail then reveals herself as a member of the United States Secret Service and the two agents fall in love.
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The Six Best Cellars
Title: The Six Best Cellars
Character: Mrs. Teak
Released: February 8, 1920
Type: Movie
Henry Carpenter and his wife Millicent are the envy of their exclusive suburban set because of their abundant wine cellar, a blessing in the face of the recent prohibition against alcohol initiated by the Volstead Act. In reality, Henry is down to his last few bottles, and, faced with an impending dinner party, he decides to save face by denouncing the evils of drink. His impassioned speech earns him the support of the Prohibition party for a Congressional seat. Henry is relishing his popularity when his aunt discovers twenty-one cases of rare wine in the cellar, forcing the candidate to choose between political and social success.
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The Greatest Question
Title: The Greatest Question
Character: Mrs. Cain
Released: December 27, 1919
Type: Movie
Young Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man and his wife. Years later, "Little Miss Yes'm", as Nellie is known, returns to the area as an orphan. Locals Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, though poverty stricken, take her into their family. Fully integrated with the loving Hiltons, she wishes to relieve them of their financial strain. Nellie travels to a nearby farmhouse to gain employment from depraved Martin Cain and his paranoid wife.
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Josselyn's Wife
Title: Josselyn's Wife
Character: Aunt Elsie
Released: May 5, 1919
Type: Movie
Bessie Barriscale and Nigel Barrie play Ellen and Gibbs Josselyn, a young married couple who have spent several years in Europe while Gibbs, an artist, developed his talent. When they return to the States, they stay with Gibbs' father (Tom Guise) and stepmother (Kathleen Kirkham). Gibbs had never cared much for his stepmother, Lillian, but now he warms up to her -- a lot. Lillian is much younger than her husband and begins spending a suspicious amount of time with her stepson.
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Peppy Polly
Title: Peppy Polly
Character: Mrs. Crafton
Released: April 6, 1919
Type: Movie
Polly has herself arrested and committed to a reformatory in order to investigate conditions at the institution, after the committee charged with the investigation whitewashes the facts.
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Diane of the Green Van
Title: Diane of the Green Van
Character: Aunt Agatha
Released: February 9, 1919
Type: Movie
An heiress takes a road trip in a green van. Unbeknownst to her, she has four pursuers.
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The Bravest Way
Title: The Bravest Way
Character: Janitress
Released: June 16, 1918
Type: Movie
Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa was one of the most popular leading men in American silent films-this despite the fact that orientals were traditionally (and stereotypically) cast as villains at the time. In The Bravest Way, Hayakawa carries self-sacrifice to the nth degree. He is so devoted-in a perfectly platonic manner-to the widow of his best friend (Tsuri Aoki) that he loses the love of his American fiancee (Florence Vidor). Lost film.
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Hearts of the World
Title: Hearts of the World
Character: The Mother
Released: March 11, 1918
Type: Movie
A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies village, bringing both destruction and torture. The young people of the village resist, some successfully, others tragically, until French troops retake the town.
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Stella Maris
Title: Stella Maris
Character: Aunt Gladys Linden
Released: January 21, 1918
Type: Movie
Stella Maris is a beautiful, crippled girl, who is cared for by a rich family. They shield her from the harsh realities of the world, so that she has no idea of the cruel things that some people do. Unity Blake is a poor orphan all too familiar with the harsh realities of the real world. These two young women both fall in love with John, love which is complicated by the fact that he is still married to (though separated from) a bad wife.
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The Fair Barbarian
Title: The Fair Barbarian
Character: Lady Theobald
Released: December 17, 1917
Type: Movie
An Englishman who has made his fortune in America decides to return to England.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Title: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Character: Miranda Sawyer
Released: September 22, 1917
Type: Movie
Behind in the mortgage on Sunnybrook Farm and barely managing to feed seven hungry mouths, mother sends young Rebecca off to Riverboro to be raised by her wealthy Aunt Miranda. The little girl is treated like a prisoner by her strict Aunt, yet she gamely does her best to get an education. When spoiled girls at school mock the spirited Rebecca as "missy poor-house," she soon makes them come to eat their words. Despite many difficulties, Rebecca manages to help the less fortunate and spread joy in Riverboro, dreaming that her reward will come when she is "all growed up." This version is notable for having been adapted by famed female screenwriter Frances Marion.
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Cheerful Givers
Title: Cheerful Givers
Character: Mrs. Harriet Gray
Released: April 21, 1917
Type: Movie
A 1917 film directed by Paul Powell.
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Betsy's Burglar
Title: Betsy's Burglar
Character: Mrs. Dunn
Released: March 4, 1917
Type: Movie
Betsy Harlow is a hard-working maid in a boarding house. Her dream. however, is to be a detective, a dream she shares with her boyfriend Oscar, a delivery boy for a local grocer. One day a mysterious character named Harry Brent takes a room at the boarding house. Harry, seeing that Betsy is falling for his rather shady charms, persuades her to help him get a box of jewels owned by the Jaspers, an elderly couple who lives across the hall. It turns out that Harry is not quite who he seems; neither, however, are the Jaspers.
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The Bad Boy
Title: The Bad Boy
Character: Mrs. Bates
Released: February 18, 1917
Type: Movie
Small town youth Jimmie Bates is a well-intentioned, but troubled youth. Jimmie is a rowdy boy who is always getting into trouble and playing pranks on his friends and neighbors. Although deeply in love with young Mary, he eventually spurns Mary's affection for the more outgoing and worldly young Ruth.
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The House Built Upon Sand
Title: The House Built Upon Sand
Character: Mrs. Shockley
Released: December 31, 1916
Type: Movie
Evelyn Dare is a butterfly of fashion. David Westebrooke, her fiancé, is an altruist interested in sociology. He has made his home in the factory town of Oreville, where he works as factory manager. He takes her to their home in the factory town and there orders his housekeeper to take away her useless clothes and to supply those befitting the wife of a factory manager. Trouble lies ahead.....
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Title: Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Character: Catherine de Médici
Released: September 4, 1916
Type: Movie
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
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Pillars of Society
Title: Pillars of Society
Character: Karsten's Mother (as Josephine B. Crowell)
Released: August 27, 1916
Type: Movie
Based on Henrik Ibsen's play from 1877.
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A Child of the Paris Streets
Title: A Child of the Paris Streets
Character: The Landlady
Released: May 21, 1916
Type: Movie
When the son of a leader of a Paris underworld family known as The Apaches is arrested and tried in court, the boy's mother asks the judge for mercy, but he refuses. In retaliation, the family kidnaps the judge's young daughter, and raises her to be one of their own, schooling her in the ways of crime.
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Martha's Vindication
Title: Martha's Vindication
Character: Jennie Hawkins
Released: February 20, 1916
Type: Movie
A 1916 film directed by Chester M. Franklin.
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The She-Devil
Title: The She-Devil
Released: January 6, 1916
Type: Movie
The She-Devil is a 1916 short starring Constance Talmadge.
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A Yankee from the West
Title: A Yankee from the West
Character: Mrs. Stuvic, an Illinois Matron
Released: August 19, 1915
Type: Movie
Billy Milford, Harvard graduate, goes west to seek his fortune. In Addertown he secures a position as stationmaster of the L. & R. Railroad, but is forced out because of his drinking habits. He accidentally meets Gunhild, an emigrant Norwegian girl, as she arrives in Addertown to take up her home with Jan Hagsberg, the town's saloonkeeper. Seeking revenge on the railroad, Milford joins Jim Dorsey in a scheme to hold up the road's paymaster on his way to pay the employees of the company's mine.
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A Man and His Mate
Title: A Man and His Mate
Released: April 12, 1915
Type: Movie
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The Birth of a Nation
Title: The Birth of a Nation
Character: Mrs. Cameron
Released: February 8, 1915
Type: Movie
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
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The Craven
Title: The Craven
Character: Mrs. Walton
Released: January 23, 1915
Type: Movie
Bud Walton, the village blacksmith, is big and strong physically, but he has not the courage to put his strength to good purpose. All the boys take a slap at him whenever they choose, and Bud makes no attempt to retaliate. This causes his sweetheart, June, to despise him.
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The Better Way
Title: The Better Way
Character: Sunbeam's Employer
Released: December 22, 1914
Type: Movie
Sunbeam's father is sent to prison, and on his release promises to remain honest. He secures a job as a night watchman, but his prison record being discovered, he is fired, and finds it impossible to secure work. Sunbeam gets a job in a a family as a "slavey" in order to support the father and herself, but her father chafes at the idea of his daughter working, although he does not know what her job is nor where. In desperation, he decides to turn crook again, and breaks into the house where his daughter is working.
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The Sisters
Title: The Sisters
Released: November 29, 1914
Type: Movie
May and her younger sister, Carol, live in a small town. May is the more lovely of the two, but Carol is wooed by Frank, a country boy. George, a city man, comes to town on a visit, falls in love with Carol and wins her away from Frank. Carol is pleased with his attentions and poor Frank is brokenhearted. Calling one day to see Carol, George meets May and falls madly in love with her, and finally runs away with her and they are married. Carol, in despair, turns back to Frank and they are married, and a year later a baby is born.
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The Hop Smugglers
Title: The Hop Smugglers
Character: Helen's Mother
Released: November 24, 1914
Type: Movie
Short, silent movie about a female journalist who does a sensational article for the newspaper investigation opium smuggling.
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The Folly of Anne
Title: The Folly of Anne
Released: November 14, 1914
Type: Movie
A picture from the short story of Ellen Farley in "The Cavalier," and screened by John O'Brian. The story is of a girl who tries to be an author and has the usual fate of such. The new interest comes when she enters the home of the publisher because the policemen won't let her sit on the park benches and she wants to hide out of sight of them. She is starving and there is fruit on the table which she eats, but when the "burglar" comes she feels in duty bound to protect the place from him; it is the publisher, and from this meeting the two young people fall in, it always happens in fiction, why say it? But even with this ending the offering has much to commend it. Able direction and good acting give it atmosphere and it will go all right.
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The Tear That Burned
Title: The Tear That Burned
Character: The Blind Mother
Released: November 8, 1914
Type: Movie
The Tear That Burned is a silent movie drama.
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The Avenging Conscience
Title: The Avenging Conscience
Character: The Sweetheart's Mother (uncredited)
Released: August 2, 1914
Type: Movie
Thwarted by his despotic uncle from continuing his love affair, a young man's thoughts turn dark as he dwells on ways to deal with his uncle. Becoming convinced that murder is merely a natural part of life, he kills his uncle and hides the body. However, the man's conscience awakens; Paranoia sets in and nightmarish visions begin to haunt him.
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The Painted Lady
Title: The Painted Lady
Character: The Mother
Released: July 19, 1914
Type: Movie
Jess, a country girl, leaves home when her sister tries to boss her. Later she secures employment in a department store in the city. There she meets Jake, a good-for-nothing, who promises to marry her. Jane, Jess's elder sister, follows her to the city and secures employment in the same store. Jane soon learns that Jake does not intend to marry her sister, and, pretending to be infatuated with him herself, decides to give her sister proof of her supposed sweetheart's true character. Jess hides in Jake's rooms and Jane enters with the ne'er-do-well. Jake attempts to force Jane to his will with a revolver. Jane promises to be his sweetheart, provided he signs a note, presumably to Jess, saying, "I am tired of this life," etc. Jake signs the note, and when Jane fails to keep her promise there is a struggle for possession of the weapon. In the confusion the revolver is accidentally discharged and Jake is killed.
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Home, Sweet Home
Title: Home, Sweet Home
Character: Payne's Mother
Released: May 16, 1914
Type: Movie
John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and his sweetheart, Payne begins to lead a life of dissolute habits, and this soon leads to ruin and misery. In deep despair, he thinks of better days, and writes a song that later provides inspiration to several others in their own times of need.
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The Mountain Rat
Title: The Mountain Rat
Character: Mrs. Williams - Douglas's Mother
Released: May 1, 1914
Type: Movie
A 1914 silent Western short
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The School Teacher and the Waif
Title: The School Teacher and the Waif
Released: June 26, 1912
Type: Movie
Nora, the waif, is forced to attend school. She warms to her teacher for the way that he defends her against the taunts of some of the students, but when she's made to wear a dunce cap, she flees the schoolhouse in shame. Unsupervised by her alcoholic father, Nora becomes a determined truant, wandering the town during school hours. There she catches the attention of a huckster, who convinces her that they will run away and be married. The schoolmaster, meanwhile, preoccupied by Nora's absence, leaves his other students to go find her. He encounters her at a crossroads, being spirited away by the huckster, and calls the man's bluff by saying that he'll find them a minister.
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I Am Not a Racist
Title: I Am Not a Racist
Character: the mother
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A parody of D. W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation", "I Am Not a Racist" rearranges the scenes of the classic movie and recreates its dialogues to criticize the racism in it and also in the world today. Freemenville is a little city somewhere in the USA. A city ashamed because of its past of slavery, but proud of being the first in the country to end it. There is an annual ball to celebrate this fact. And this year's ball may be the biggest ever, because of the possible presence of a big celebrity, who is coming to town to see the premiere of a play. However, the play happens to be D. W. Griffith's "The Birth of a Nation", a racist work that starts a series of events exposing the racism that still exists in the city, culminating in the recreation of the KKK.