Janet Gaynor

Janet Gaynor

Born: October 6, 1906
Died: September 14, 1984
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Janet Gaynor (October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an American actress and painter.

One of the most popular actresses of the silent film era, in 1928 Gaynor became the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in three films: Seventh Heaven (1927), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) and Street Angel (1928). This was the only occasion on which an actress has won for multiple roles. This rule would be changed three years later by AMPAS. Her career continued with the advent of sound film, and she achieved a notable success in the original version of A Star Is Born (1937).

She worked only sporadically after the late 1930s. Severely injured in a 1982 vehicle collision, the incident contributed to her death two years later.

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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Title: Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 29, 2013
Type: Movie
Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers from some of the biggest movies in history . You'll see stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, Marlene Dietrich, Boris Karloff, Edward G. Robinson, Errol Flynn and more. They're not so perfect after all when these flubbed moments are caught on film!
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Title: The Love Boat
Character: Violet Hooper
Released: September 24, 1977
Type: TV
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Title: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 6, 1975
Type: Movie
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Title: Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1961
Type: Movie
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.
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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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Bernardine
Title: Bernardine
Character: Mrs. Ruth Wilson
Released: July 24, 1957
Type: Movie
A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
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: General Electric Theater
Character: Martha Allen
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Eleanor
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Title: Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 31, 1940
Type: Movie
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
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Three Loves Has Nancy
Title: Three Loves Has Nancy
Character: Nancy Briggs
Released: September 2, 1938
Type: Movie
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
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The Young in Heart
Title: The Young in Heart
Character: George-Anne Carleton
Released: July 6, 1938
Type: Movie
A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Esther Blodgett / Vicki Lester
Released: April 27, 1937
Type: Movie
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
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Ladies In Love
Title: Ladies In Love
Character: Martha Karenye
Released: October 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Three young women in Budapest share living quarters while searching for romance.
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Small Town Girl
Title: Small Town Girl
Character: Katherine 'Kay' Brannan
Released: April 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dakin, who asks her for directions while drunk and then proceeds to take her out on a night on the town. Kay likes the stranger, and when the drunken Bob decides that they should get married, Kay hesitates little before consenting. The morning after the affair, Bob, once sober, regrets his mistake. His strict and upright parents, however, insist that the young couple pretend marriage for 6 months before divorcing, in order to avoid bad publicity. Bob resents Kay for standing in the way of him and his fiancée, Priscilla, but Kay still hopes that he'd have a change of heart.
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The Farmer Takes a Wife
Title: The Farmer Takes a Wife
Character: Molly Larkins
Released: July 5, 1935
Type: Movie
A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.
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One More Spring
Title: One More Spring
Character: Elizabeth Cheney
Released: February 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.
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Servants' Entrance
Title: Servants' Entrance
Character: Hedda Nilsson aka Helga Brand
Released: September 25, 1934
Type: Movie
Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid. After the usual trials and tribulations, Hedda falls in love with humble chauffeur Eric Landstrom.
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Change of Heart
Title: Change of Heart
Character: Catherine Furness
Released: May 18, 1934
Type: Movie
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
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Carolina
Title: Carolina
Character: Joanna Tate
Released: February 2, 1934
Type: Movie
During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory when Will Connelly marries a Yankee farm girl, Joanna Tate, despite the objects of his temperamental father Bob Connelly.
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Paddy the Next Best Thing
Title: Paddy the Next Best Thing
Character: Paddy Adair
Released: September 1, 1933
Type: Movie
In Ireland, Major Adair’s older daughter Eileen is about to marry Lawrence Blake for his money in order to pay off her father’s debts, even though she really loves Jack Breen.
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Adorable
Title: Adorable
Character: Marie Christine "Mitzi"
Released: May 18, 1933
Type: Movie
Rebellious Princess Marie "Mitzi" Christine must try to marry the man she loves, instead of the stuffy old prince her parents want her to marry.
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State Fair
Title: State Fair
Character: Margy Frake
Released: February 10, 1933
Type: Movie
The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.
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Tess of the Storm Country
Title: Tess of the Storm Country
Character: Tess Howland
Released: November 20, 1932
Type: Movie
When Captain Howland decides that his daughter Tess is getting a bit to old to continue to go to sea with him, they move into a small cottage on the coast of Maine, but not for long. A local millionaire, Frederick Garfield, lays a false claim to the property and has them evicted. Later, when Tess saves a young man about her age from drowning, she is a bit dismayed to learn that he is Garfield's son. But when her father is jailed on a false-accusation charge of murder, the younger Garfield comes to their aid and proves he himself.
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The First Year
Title: The First Year
Character: Grace Livingston
Released: July 30, 1932
Type: Movie
Grace Livingston is leading a happy life in her small town, with her mother and father, being courted by two men, the steady but predictable Tommy Tucker and the more ambitious, flashy, and worldly Dick Loring, who seems closer to Grace in his desire for travel and adventure.
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Delicious
Title: Delicious
Character: Heather Gordon
Released: December 27, 1931
Type: Movie
A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.
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Merely Mary Ann
Title: Merely Mary Ann
Character: Mary Ann
Released: September 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Orphan drudge Mary Ann finds love and hope in the arms of a promising but poor composer, John Lonsdale.
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Daddy Long Legs
Title: Daddy Long Legs
Character: Judy Abbott
Released: June 5, 1931
Type: Movie
Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.
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The Man Who Came Back
Title: The Man Who Came Back
Character: Angie Randolph
Released: January 11, 1931
Type: Movie
A spoiled carefree rich kid gets into too much trouble for his father who sends him out on his own to prove himself capable of making a respectable man of himself.
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High Society Blues
Title: High Society Blues
Character: Eleanor Divine
Released: March 23, 1930
Type: Movie
After selling his business in Iowa, Eli Granger and his family move to an exclusive Scarsdale area in New York, where by chance he occupies a house adjacent to Horace Divine, a wealthy businessman with whom he made his business transaction...
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Sunny Side Up
Title: Sunny Side Up
Character: Molly Carr
Released: December 25, 1929
Type: Movie
Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long Island mansion but is markedly less happy, since his fiancée Jane won't discourage her other admirers. Fleeing in his car, Jack ends up in an urban block party where he meets you-know-who.
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Christina
Title: Christina
Character: Christina
Released: December 15, 1929
Type: Movie
This part-talkie (17 minutes of dialogue in its 83-minute running time) tells the tale of Christina, the daughter of Dutch toymaker Niklaas. Much to her dad's dismay, Christina falls in love with sideshow huckster Jan. Likewise disapproving of the romance is Jan's jealous employer Mme. Bosman, who frames the young man on an embezzlement charge.
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Happy Days
Title: Happy Days
Character: Herself
Released: September 16, 1929
Type: Movie
Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with the owners grandson. She is successful, but suddenly she hears that the showboat is in deep financial trouble, and she calls all the boats former stars to join in a big show to rescue it.
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Lucky Star
Title: Lucky Star
Character: Mary Tucker
Released: August 18, 1929
Type: Movie
Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs. Home again, Tim is visited by Mary, and they are powerfully attracted to each other; but his physical handicap prevents him from declaring his love for her. Deeper complications set in when Martin, Tim's former sergeant and a bully, takes a shine to Mary.
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4 Devils
Title: 4 Devils
Character: Marion
Released: October 3, 1928
Type: Movie
The circus provides the backdrop for this melodrama that chronicles the lives of four children raised within the big top. Film historian and collector William K. Everson stated that the only surviving print was lost by actress Mary Duncan who had borrowed it from Fox Studios. In the December 1974 issue of "Films in Review," he explained that Mary Duncan, one of the film's stars, wanted it to show to a group of friends in Florida. The star was aware that it was a dangerous nitrate print and assumed that Fox had others. She threw the only copy in the ocean, a mistake characterized by Everson as "a monumental blunder to rank with Balaclava, Sarajevo, and the Fall of Babylon as one of history's blackest moments."
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Street Angel
Title: Street Angel
Character: Angela
Released: April 9, 1928
Type: Movie
A spirited young woman finds herself destitute and on the streets before joining a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter.
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Title: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Character: The Wife (Indre)
Released: November 4, 1927
Type: Movie
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
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Two Girls Wanted
Title: Two Girls Wanted
Character: Marianna Wright
Released: September 11, 1927
Type: Movie
Marianna Miller, who together with her sister Sarah pounds the pavements, looking for a job. After a period of starvation and deprivation Marianna is hired as secretary to duplicitous businessman Philip Hancock.
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7th Heaven
Title: 7th Heaven
Character: Diane
Released: September 10, 1927
Type: Movie
A dejected Parisian sewer worker feels his prayers have been answered when he falls in love with a street waif.
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With Love and Hisses
Title: With Love and Hisses
Character: Extra
Released: August 28, 1927
Type: Movie
Dimwitted Cuthbert Hope is enlisted in the army, and gets himself and his sergeant in constant trouble.
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The Horse Trader
Title: The Horse Trader
Character: (uncredited)
Released: August 20, 1927
Type: Movie
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45 Minutes from Hollywood
Title: 45 Minutes from Hollywood
Character: Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1926
Type: Movie
A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.
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The Stolen Ranch
Title: The Stolen Ranch
Character: Extra
Released: December 26, 1926
Type: Movie
Returning home from the Great War, "Breezy" Hart (Fred Humes) and his shell-shocked buddy Frank Wilcox (Ralph McCullough) discover the Wilcox property in the hands of evil Sam Hardy (William Norton Bailey). Frank, who is the rightful heir to the ranch, goes into hiding, while "Breezy" takes a job in the ranch kitchen. Learning of Frank's whereabouts, Hardy plots to have the young heir killed. Luckily, Breezy overhears the villain plotting with his henchmen and is able to rescue his friend. Hardy and his men are arrested, and Frank, now cured of his illness, is reunited with his girl, June Marston (Nita Cavalier). Breezy, meanwhile, is busy romancing his kitchen staff colleague, Mary Jane (Louise Lorraine).
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Martin of the Mounted
Title: Martin of the Mounted
Character: (uncredited)
Released: December 11, 1926
Type: Movie
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The Return of Peter Grimm
Title: The Return of Peter Grimm
Character: Catherine
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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The Midnight Kiss
Title: The Midnight Kiss
Character: Mildred Hastings
Released: October 10, 1926
Type: Movie
While vain Lenore Hastings busies herself with her romantic pursuits, Lenore's kid sister Mildred tries to keep the family of her boyfriend Thomas from going broke. Mildred works up a business arrangement, whereby she will sell Thomas' father's 250 pigs for a dollar each. Though Lenore is appalled by Mildred's "disgraceful" behavior, the younger girl quickly earns the respect of everyone in town
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The Blue Eagle
Title: The Blue Eagle
Character: Rose Kelly
Released: September 12, 1926
Type: Movie
Waterfront rivals George Darcy and Big Tim Ryan are both in love with Rose Kelly, and continue their feud when they join the Navy. After the war, they call a temporary truce to take on dope peddlers who are destroying their neighborhood.
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Don't Shoot
Title: Don't Shoot
Character: Girl
Released: August 7, 1926
Type: Movie
Nancy Burton, niece of the sheriff, is in love with Deputy Tom Farrell, but she as an aversion to bloodshed. She overhears that he shot and killed an outlaw three years in the past. He swears to her that it never happened but she does not believe him. Later her uncle tells he that it was he who killed the outlaw, Trevis, in the line of duty. She also learns that the brother of Trevis, seeking revenge, is on his way to kill Farrell.
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The Man in the Saddle
Title: The Man in the Saddle
Character: Doubtful (uncredited)
Released: July 11, 1926
Type: Movie
A party of campers return to Tom Stewart's ranch resort to report they have been held up by bandits. Lawrence, their guide, explains that it is a staged stunt for their benefit; Stewart confirms this and refunds the losses but writes to his old pal Jeff Morgan, a former gunfighter, telling him of his predicament. Morgan sends his son, Jeff, Jr., a superb rider and dead shot but otherwise an awkward lout; at the insistence of Pauline, Stewart places Jeff in charge of a camping party. Laura Mayhew, a city girl in league with Lawrence, sends up a flare signal at night, and while Jeff chases some bears into the woods, Lawrence and his men hold up the camp.
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The Galloping Cowboy
Title: The Galloping Cowboy
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: May 16, 1926
Type: Movie
Bill Crane is a fun-loving cowboy who likes to play pranks with an Australian bull-whip, much to the dismay of his ranch-owning uncle, Pete Perry. Bill and his cousin, Jack Perry, compete for the affections of Mary Pinkleby. Jack, unknown to Bill, is also an outlaw gang-leader, known as Poncho. The latter frames Bill as being the gang leader, and now Bill has to elude the sheriff and also prove his own innocence.
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The Shamrock Handicap
Title: The Shamrock Handicap
Character: Lady Sheila O'Hara
Released: May 2, 1926
Type: Movie
Because he refuses to collect rent payments from his impoverished tenants, kindly Irish nobleman Sir Miles Gaffney is in danger of losing his estate. He is forced to sell off part of his racing stable to a wealthy American, who takes along Gaffney's jockey Neil Ross as part of the bargain. When Neil is crippled in a racing accident, Sir Miles and his daughter Sheila sail to America with their prize horse "Dark Rosaleen" in tow. The first film having an Irish motif that John Ford directed, a six reel delight set in Eire's County Kildare and in the United States, with a steeplechase background, mixing charged elements of comedy and sentimental drama.
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Fade Away Foster
Title: Fade Away Foster
Character: (uncredited)
Released: April 24, 1926
Type: Movie
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Ridin' for Love
Title: Ridin' for Love
Character: Girl
Released: April 17, 1926
Type: Movie
Robert Kane, owner of the Bar-L Ranch, has received word from his attorney that he will have to marry Ann Scott before the 15th of the month, whom he has never met, or else lose the title to the Vista Water Company, which Ann has inherited under the condition that she be married. There is dirty-work afoot, instigated by a lawyer.
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The Gunless Bad Man
Title: The Gunless Bad Man
Character: Gertrude Dowell
Released: March 13, 1926
Type: Movie
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The Johnstown Flood
Title: The Johnstown Flood
Character: Anna Burger
Released: February 28, 1926
Type: Movie
A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
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A Punch in the Nose
Title: A Punch in the Nose
Character: Bathing Beauty (uncredited)
Released: January 3, 1926
Type: Movie
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Flaming Flappers
Title: Flaming Flappers
Character: One of the Co-Eds (uncredited)
Released: December 27, 1925
Type: Movie
Mother - The hand that rocks the family - and rocks it often! A family comedy.
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The Crook Buster
Title: The Crook Buster
Character: (uncredited)
Released: December 26, 1925
Type: Movie
A 1925 silent Western
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Title: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Character: Slave Girl (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1925
Type: Movie
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
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The Plastic Age
Title: The Plastic Age
Character: Co-ed (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to party, and finds that it's impossible to please her and still keep up with his studies and athletic training. Soon the two face some difficult decisions.
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The Burning Trail
Title: The Burning Trail
Character: (uncredited)
Released: May 10, 1925
Type: Movie
A professional boxer known as "Smiling Bill Flannigan" accidentally kills an opponent in the ring. He gives up the sport and heads west. He gets a job on a ranch as a cook, and before he knows it he finds himself involved in a war between ranchers and sheepherders.
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The Haunted Honeymoon
Title: The Haunted Honeymoon
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 29, 1925
Type: Movie
The Haunted Honeymoon is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and Ted Wilde, starring Glenn Tryon and Blanche Mehaffey with Janet Gaynor in one of her first films. One of the first comedies to parody horror films, it was produced by Hal Roach and released by Pathé Exchange.
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Young Ideas
Title: Young Ideas
Character: (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1924
Type: Movie
Universal star Laura LaPlante stars in this lighthearted comedy based on Sophie Kerr's magazine story, Relative Values. Octavia Lowden (LaPlante) has virtually become a drudge in order to support her sponging relatives -- flapper sister Eloise (Lucille Ricksen), hypochondriac Aunt Minnie (Lydia Yeamans Titus), and storytelling Uncle Eph (James O. Barrows). Only Octavia's frail grandmother (Jennie Lee) really needs help. When Octavia's sweetheart, photographer Pritchett Spence (T. Roy Barnes), discovers the toll these bloodsuckers are exacting, he plots with the family doctor to rescue her.
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Cupid's Rustler
Title: Cupid's Rustler
Character: (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1924
Type: Movie
Story of a cowboy who falls for a notorious dance-hall girl. The girl is brought back home to the farm, where a crooked ranch foreman who knew the girl before, tries to seduce her. Gilbert, alas, is reformed and remains faithful to her benefactor.
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All Wet
Title: All Wet
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1924
Type: Movie
Charley Chase has car trouble.