King Baggot

King Baggot

Born: November 6, 1879
Died: July 11, 1948
in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies", "The Most Photographed Man in the World", and "The Man Whose Face Is As Familiar As The Man In The Moon".

Baggot appeared in over 300 motion pictures from 1909 to 1947, wrote 18 screenplays, and directed 45 movies from 1912 to 1928, including The Lie (1912), Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925), and The House of Scandal (1928). He also directed William S. Hart in his most famous western, Tumbleweeds (1925).

Among his film appearances, Baggot was best known for The Scarlet Letter (1911), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913), and Ivanhoe (1913).

Baggot began his career on the stage, in a Shakespearean stock company, and toured throughout the U.S.

While acting in stock in St. Louis in 1909, he was cast as supporting player in the Schubert touring production of The Wishing Ring. When The Wishing Ring closed in Chicago, Baggot returned to New York to join another company. Upon a chance meeting with Harry Solter, who was directing movies for Carl Laemmle at Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), he was persuaded to go with Solter to the studio. Baggot became interested in the fledgling industry and decided to turn picture player.

His first film was the romance short The Awakening of Bess (1909) opposite Florence Lawrence. It was directed by Harry Solter, her husband, at IMP in Fort Lee, New Jersey. At a time when screen actors worked anonymously, Baggot and Lawrence became the first "movie stars" to be given billing, a marquee, and promotion in advertising.

Baggot starred in at least 42 movies opposite Lawrence from 1909 to 1911. In the latter year, he starred in at least 16 movies with Mary Pickford.

He also began writing screenplays and directing, all the while becoming a major star internationally. When he appeared "in person" at theatres he was mobbed at stage doors.

By 1912, he was so famous that when he took the leading part in forming the prestigious Screen Club in New York, the first organization of its kind strictly for movie people, he was the natural choice for its first president.

King Baggot died in Los Angeles, California in 1948, age 68.

For his contributions to the film industry, Baggot received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. His star is located at 6312 Hollywood Boulevard.

Movies for King Baggot...

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Title: Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: April 3, 2011
Type: Movie
Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927), the only Oscar®-winning performance in a lost film. Fragments also features clips from such lost films as Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara; The Miracle Man (1919), with Lon Chaney; He Comes Up Smiling (1918), starring Douglas Fairbanks; an early lost sound film, Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), filmed in early Technicolor, and the only color footage of silent star Clara Bow, Red Hair (1928). The program is rounded out with interviews of film preservationists involved in identifying and restoring these films. Also featured is a new interview with Diana Serra Cary, best known as "Baby Peggy", one of the major American child stars of the silent era, who discusses one of the featured fragments, Darling of New York (1923).
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Merton of the Movies
Title: Merton of the Movies
Character: Man in Audience (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1947
Type: Movie
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
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My Brother Talks to Horses
Title: My Brother Talks to Horses
Character: Bank Employee (uncredited)
Released: February 4, 1947
Type: Movie
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horses--and also pick the winners of upcoming races. When it appears as though Lewie is telling the truth, he attracts the interest of gambler Rich Roeder who needs a "sure thing" in the upcoming Preakness. Meanwhile, Lewie's older brother John carries on a romance with the lovely Martha.
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The Secret Heart
Title: The Secret Heart
Character: Man at Graduation Ceremony
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
Title: The Postman Always Rings Twice
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: May 2, 1946
Type: Movie
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Title: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Character: Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1945
Type: Movie
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
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Swing Fever
Title: Swing Fever
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
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Her Cardboard Lover
Title: Her Cardboard Lover
Character: Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Released: July 16, 1942
Type: Movie
A flirt tries to make her fiancée jealous by hiring a gigolo.
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Jackass Mail
Title: Jackass Mail
Character: Old Miner
Released: July 1, 1942
Type: Movie
An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
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Fingers at the Window
Title: Fingers at the Window
Character: Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1942
Type: Movie
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
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Rio Rita
Title: Rio Rita
Character: Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 11, 1942
Type: Movie
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
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Honky Tonk
Title: Honky Tonk
Character: Townsman
Released: October 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
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The Big Store
Title: The Big Store
Character: Store Employee (uncredited)
Released: June 20, 1941
Type: Movie
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
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Ziegfeld Girl
Title: Ziegfeld Girl
Character: Man in Audience (Uncredited)
Released: April 25, 1941
Type: Movie
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
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Come Live with Me
Title: Come Live with Me
Character: Doorman
Released: January 31, 1941
Type: Movie
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
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The Philadelphia Story
Title: The Philadelphia Story
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1940
Type: Movie
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
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Gallant Sons
Title: Gallant Sons
Character: Man on Street / Man in Audience (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1940
Type: Movie
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
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Bitter Sweet
Title: Bitter Sweet
Character: Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1940
Type: Movie
In order to avoid an arranged marriage with a man she doesn't love, Sarah Millick runs off to Vienna with her music teacher, Carl Linden, whom she does love. They are married. In Vienna, they struggle to make a living by making music. Carl writes an operetta and tries to get it produced. They are helped along by Viennese Baron, but his intentions are not honorable. He kills Carl in a sword fight. A big producer does put on the operetta, with Sari in the lead -- but without her husband, it is a bittersweet victory.
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The Ghost Comes Home
Title: The Ghost Comes Home
Character: Townsman at Banquet (uncredited)
Released: March 8, 1940
Type: Movie
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.
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I Take This Woman
Title: I Take This Woman
Character: Man in Subway (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1940
Type: Movie
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
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Dancing Co-Ed
Title: Dancing Co-Ed
Character: Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
Released: September 29, 1939
Type: Movie
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.
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Stronger Than Desire
Title: Stronger Than Desire
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Released: June 30, 1939
Type: Movie
An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
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The Ice Follies of 1939
Title: The Ice Follies of 1939
Character: Man in Audience (Uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.
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Opening Day
Title: Opening Day
Character: Baseball Fan
Released: November 12, 1938
Type: Movie
The City Treasurer stands in for the mayor, throwing out the first pitch on Opening Day.
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Stablemates
Title: Stablemates
Character: Bettor
Released: October 7, 1938
Type: Movie
A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a broken-down horse in the big race.
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Boys Town
Title: Boys Town
Character: Derelict in Mission (uncredited)
Released: September 8, 1938
Type: Movie
Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father's tough-love system.
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Marie Antoinette
Title: Marie Antoinette
Character: Nobleman at Court (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1938
Type: Movie
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
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Think It Over
Title: Think It Over
Released: July 24, 1938
Type: Movie
A gang of 'professional torches' burn down stores for the insurance money.
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Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Title: Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Character: Department Store Customer (uncredited)
Released: May 14, 1938
Type: Movie
A department store has an indoor ski slide for the annual contest for store employees. Salesgirl June has two admirers - a sausage salesman in the store and the store's snooty ski instructor. The Dandridge Sisters (Dorothy, Vivian and non-sister Etta Jones) perform two numbers.
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That Mothers Might Live
Title: That Mothers Might Live
Character: Passerby (uncredited)
Released: April 30, 1938
Type: Movie
That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and his discovery of the need for cleanliness in 19th-century maternity wards, thereby significantly decreasing maternal mortality, and of his struggle to gain acceptance of his idea. Although Semmelweis ultimately failed in his lifetime, later scientific luminaries advanced his work in spirit like microbiologist Louis Pasteur, who provided a scientific theoretical explanation of Semmelweis' observations by helping develop the germ theory of disease and the British surgeon, Dr. Joseph Lister who revolutionized medicine putting Pasteur's research to practical use. In 1939, at the 11th Academy Awards, the film won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).
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Arsène Lupin Returns
Title: Arsène Lupin Returns
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1938
Type: Movie
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy and alluring society woman, while one of the two rivals is none other than Arsène Lupin, the notorious jewel thief everybody thought dead, now living under the assumed name of René Farrand. As for the other suitor he is an American, a former F.B.I. sleuth turned private eye by the name of Steve Emerson. Steve not only suspects Farrand of being Lupin but when someone attempts to steal a precious emerald necklace from Lorraine's uncle, Count de Brissac, he is persuaded Lupin is the culprit. Is Emerson right or wrong? Which of the two men will win over Lorraine's heart?
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A Night at the Movies
Title: A Night at the Movies
Character: Movie Patron (uncredited)
Released: November 6, 1937
Type: Movie
A Night at the Movies is a short film starring Robert Benchley. It was Benchley's greatest success since How to Sleep, and won him a contract for more short films that would be produced in New York. In this comedic short, a man and his wife suffer through a night at the movies. The film was nominated for an Academy Award at the 10th Academy Awards, held in 1937, for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
Title: The Emperor's Candlesticks
Character: Customs Official (uncredited)
Released: July 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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It May Happen to You
Title: It May Happen to You
Character: Man in Hospital (uncredited)
Released: June 5, 1937
Type: Movie
From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help them hijack a truckload of beef.
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Torture Money
Title: Torture Money
Character: False Accident Witness (uncredited)
Released: January 2, 1937
Type: Movie
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
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Mad Holiday
Title: Mad Holiday
Character: Film Director (uncredited)
Released: November 13, 1936
Type: Movie
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
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Sworn Enemy
Title: Sworn Enemy
Character: Accident Witness (uncredited)
Released: September 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
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The Devil-Doll
Title: The Devil-Doll
Character: Detective Pierre (uncredited)
Released: July 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When the scientist dies during the escape, Lavond heads for his lab, using the shrinking technology to get even with those who framed him and vindicate himself in both the public eye and the eyes of his daughter, Lorraine. When an accident leaves a crazed assistant dead, however, Lavond must again make an escape.
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San Francisco
Title: San Francisco
Character: Earthquake Survivor (uncredited)
Released: June 26, 1936
Type: Movie
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.
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The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Title: The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Character: Chemistry Professor
Released: January 13, 1936
Type: Movie
A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school just in time to win a decisive baseball game with his remarkable pitching and hitting.
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A Night at the Opera
Title: A Night at the Opera
Character: Dignitary (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1935
Type: Movie
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
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3 Kids and a Queen
Title: 3 Kids and a Queen
Character: Druggist
Released: October 21, 1935
Type: Movie
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.
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Chinatown Squad
Title: Chinatown Squad
Character: Patrol Wagon Guard
Released: May 31, 1935
Type: Movie
Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.
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The Call of the Savage
Title: The Call of the Savage
Character: Dr. Pierce
Released: April 14, 1935
Type: Movie
Two competing teams of scientists search the African jungles for a secret formula.
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Mississippi
Title: Mississippi
Character: Gambler
Released: March 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.
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Sweepstake Annie
Title: Sweepstake Annie
Character: Motion Picture Studio Executive (uncredited)
Released: January 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A young woman who works in the movie business buys a sweepstakes ticket that turns out to be a winner. Her stroke of luck changes her life around--and not necessarily for the better.
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A Notorious Gentleman
Title: A Notorious Gentleman
Released: January 21, 1935
Type: Movie
A lawyer sets out to commit the perfect murder.
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Romance in the Rain
Title: Romance in the Rain
Character: Milton McGillicuddy
Released: August 13, 1934
Type: Movie
The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cinderella and Prince Charming" contest.
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The Red Rider
Title: The Red Rider
Character: Townsman
Released: July 16, 1934
Type: Movie
"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, "Silent" Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sentences Slade to hang for the murder of "Scotty McKee (J.P. McGowan). Davidson allows Slade to escape from jail and follows him to aid him in proving his innocence.
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Beloved
Title: Beloved
Character: Second Doctor
Released: January 22, 1934
Type: Movie
Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
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I Loved a Woman
Title: I Loved a Woman
Character: Banker (uncredited)
Released: September 23, 1933
Type: Movie
The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in love.
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The Death Kiss
Title: The Death Kiss
Character: Al Payne
Released: December 5, 1932
Type: Movie
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative publicity, one of the writers tags along as the killing is investigated and clues begin to surface.
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Afraid to Talk
Title: Afraid to Talk
Character: Police Officer (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.
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The Big Flash
Title: The Big Flash
Character: Hinkle
Released: November 5, 1932
Type: Movie
Would-be photographer Harry gets his big chance when a newspaper wants pictures of a prominent gangster and his girl. Harry and another photographer first visit the gangster's girl, and then wait at the scene of an expected robbery. But before they can get the pictures they want, they must first distract a policeman whose presence would otherwise deter the gangster from appearing.
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What Price Hollywood?
Title: What Price Hollywood?
Character: Department Head (uncredited)
Released: June 24, 1932
Type: Movie
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
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Police Court
Title: Police Court
Character: Harry Field
Released: February 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A once great stage and screen actor has fallen from fame because of his alcoholism; his young son is determined to see his father "make good" again.
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Girl of the Rio
Title: Girl of the Rio
Character: Maitre d'hotel, Purple Pigeon Cafe
Released: January 15, 1932
Type: Movie
A café dancer bluffs a Mexican landowner to save her lover.
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Graft
Title: Graft
Character: Ship's Captain
Released: September 21, 1931
Type: Movie
Cub reporter Dusty investigates the murder of the District Attorney and stumbles into a plot involving a kidnapping and a crooked election.
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Sweepstakes
Title: Sweepstakes
Character: Mike - Weber's Trainer
Released: July 10, 1931
Type: Movie
A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
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The Bad Sister
Title: The Bad Sister
Character: Policeman on Street (uncredited)
Released: March 29, 1931
Type: Movie
Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later dumping her. Her sister Laura loves Dr. Lindley although she knows he loves Marianne. Marianne returns and marries a wealthy young man, and Lindley turns his love toward Laura.
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Once a Gentleman
Title: Once a Gentleman
Released: September 1, 1930
Type: Movie
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The Czar of Broadway
Title: The Czar of Broadway
Released: May 25, 1930
Type: Movie
Mort Bradley, New York political boss and underworld czar, controls not only the city's most popular nightclub but also much of the press; however, the managing editor of the Times is determined to expose him. Jay Grant, a San Francisco reporter, is assigned to investigate Mort, who believes Jay to be a country boy and is delighted to see him fall in love with Connie Colton, of whom Mort has tired. Dismayed to learn that Jay is a reporter, Mort plans to have his gunman, Francis, kill him, but both Mort and Francis are shot by rival gangsters. Jay, believing that Mort will recover, rushes to the newspaper with an exposé, but while writing it he learns of Mort's death and decides their friendship would not permit him to submit the story. He leaves his paper and embarks on a new life with Connie.
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The Thrill Chaser
Title: The Thrill Chaser
Character: Himself - Cameo
Released: November 26, 1923
Type: Movie
In this partially lost silent film, a man working as a motion picture extra in Hollywood westerns impresses a visiting sheikh with his boxing skills and is engaged to go to Arabia, where he becomes involved in warring and falls in love with a beautiful princess.
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The Girl in the Taxi
Title: The Girl in the Taxi
Character: Maj. Frederick Smith
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
The Girl in the Taxi (1921)
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The Forbidden Thing
Title: The Forbidden Thing
Character: Dave
Released: November 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Puritanical Abel Blake is planning to marry the domestically oriented Joan when she is called away to a neighboring fishing village to care for her sick uncle. In her absence, Abel falls under the corrupting influence of some friends who take him to Ryan's, a notorious dance hall, where he meets seductress Glory Prada. Glory determines to make a conquest of Abel, who gradually falls under her spell and finally marries her. After learning of the news, Abel's mother dies of grief and Joan marries Dave, a fisherman.
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Life's Twist
Title: Life's Twist
Character: Jim Sargent
Released: August 11, 1920
Type: Movie
Socially prominent but penniless Stephen De Koven marries Muriel Chester, a woman whose loveliness he admires but whose money he really desires. Discovering this on her wedding night, Mrs. De Koven, because of her love for her husband and her wounded pride, elects to live her life alone, seeing her husband only when formalities demand.
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The Cheater
Title: The Cheater
Character: Lord Asgarby
Released: June 7, 1920
Type: Movie
Lilly Meany has grown up amongst charlatans, including her father. She decides to become a faith healer, and her first victim, a rich hypochondriac woman, is easy enough to "cure." In fact, the woman's so happy with Lilly, now calling herself Vashti Dethic, that she recommends her to her nephew, Judah, Lord Asgarby, who has a crippled sister, Eve. The little girl gives Lilly so much innocent trust and love that she actually is able to walk for the first time ever.
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The Hawk's Trail
Title: The Hawk's Trail
Released: December 13, 1919
Type: Movie
Through a forged will, a crook assumes control of a valuable estate. He poses as the brother of a dead man, and endeavors to dispose of the deceased man's two daughters, one of whom is in love with the forger's son.
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The Eagle's Eye
Title: The Eagle's Eye
Character: Harrison Grant
Released: March 27, 1918
Type: Movie
A criminologist and a government agent team up to expose a ring of German spies.
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Mission of the War Chest
Title: Mission of the War Chest
Released: January 1, 1918
Type: Movie
Mission of the War Chest is a 1918 silent film.
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The Silent Stranger
Title: The Silent Stranger
Character: The Silent Stranger
Released: August 10, 1916
Type: Movie
The man is a mystery in the little town. He lives alone in his cabin and will not meet the advanced of his neighbors. One night he talks and tells the story of his life. He had been a prosperous lawyer in an eastern town and was engaged to be married to the sweetest of girls. The night before the wedding day she died and in his anguish he called in the devil. The devil said that he would bring back the departed life, but that if the man laughed he would lose his love again. And in the man's joy at his sweetheart's recovery he forgot and laughed and straight the girl died. "Here is Satan now," said the man, as he fell over dead.
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The Man from Nowhere
Title: The Man from Nowhere
Character: James Herron
Released: June 19, 1916
Type: Movie
Although Dorenzo murders Betty Herron, a jury convicts her brother James, and sentences him to life imprisonment. Then, after James saves the governor's life during a prison revolt, he is made a trustee and falls in love with the governor's daughter Ruth, even though he has yet to meet her.
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Half a Rogue
Title: Half a Rogue
Released: May 22, 1916
Type: Movie
When New York playwright Richard Warrington returns to his home town, Republican bosses nominate him for mayor. The Democrats, alarmed at Richard's popularity, decide to unearth a scandal that will ruin his chances of winning and quickly discover that, months before, actress Katherine Challoner had spent the night in Richard's apartment. Although it simply had been the result of Katherine's fainting spell, the home-town Democratic newspaper turns the overnight visit into an illicit rendezvous between two lovers.
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The Suburban
Title: The Suburban
Character: Donald Gordon
Released: September 17, 1915
Type: Movie
Robert Gordon wants Donald, his son, to marry Sir Ralph Fisher's sister, but Donald loves Alice, a working-class girl, and weds her in secret.
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The Marble Heart
Title: The Marble Heart
Character: Raphael / Phidias
Released: July 2, 1915
Type: Movie
A modern artist named Raphael dreams that he is the ancient Greek sculptor Phidias, who has been commissioned by the wealthy Georgias to carve a number of statues. When Phidias refuses to give up his work, Diogenes appears and suggests that the sculptor ask the statues themselves whom they would prefer as their owner. After coming to life, the statues abandon the sculptor for the rich man. Awakening, Raphael continues his pursuit of the beautiful Marco, a society woman who has posed for him. Marco ultimately spurns his love in favor of a wealthy viscount, however, leaving Raphael to seek happiness with the humble but loving Marie.
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The Great Universal Mystery
Title: The Great Universal Mystery
Character: Himself
Released: July 10, 1914
Type: Movie
A promotional one-reel film promoting the stars of Universal Pictures.
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Absinthe
Title: Absinthe
Character: Jean Dumas
Released: January 22, 1914
Type: Movie
Melodrama about an artist who finds out in time about the personal and social damage that his alcohol addiction causes.
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Ivanhoe
Title: Ivanhoe
Character: Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Released: September 22, 1913
Type: Movie
Wilfred of Ivanhoe (played by King Baggot), son of Sir Cedric (played by Wallace Bosco), returns to England from the Crusades in the Holy Land. As Ivanhoe, disguised, discovers that his beloved Lady Rowena (played by Evelyn Hope) has remained faithful, two weary travelers, Isaac of York (played by Herbert Brenon) and his pretty daughter Rebecca (played by Leah Baird), are admitted to Sir Cedric's castle, but after the knights learn that Isaac has money they abduct the visitors to the Norman stronghold of Torquilstone Castle.
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The Wanderer
Title: The Wanderer
Character: The Shepherd
Released: April 7, 1913
Type: Movie
In the valley the world's best "eternal triangle" is being worked between a husband, a much younger wife and "one who covets." On the heights, the shepherd hears the call and for the nonce becomes a wanderer, and descends into the valley of Passions and Pain. It is the gentle, unfelt, almost unseen influence of the wanderer that stops a maddened husband from first murder and then suicide; exposes the frailty of a wife to her own consideration, and points out to her the grim consequences of a moment's folly, and finally takes the "one who covets" away from the born passions of the valley a far journey up the heights, and disaster to three souls.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character: Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Released: March 6, 1913
Type: Movie
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
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Up Against It
Title: Up Against It
Character: Amos Bentley
Released: May 31, 1912
Type: Movie
Amos Bentley was up against it in more senses than one. Times were so hard with him that he had to part with the furniture of his little apartment in order to pay his debts. However, things were inclined to take a better turn for him. He was invited to be a guest of some friends of his. And between him and the daughter of the family some sort of heart interest was supposed to exist. Disinclined to accept the invitation at first, he yielded to the persuasions of his friend, the brother of the girl, and made his way to the host's house. Unfortunately his nether garment gave way in a somewhat conspicuous place and in his attempts to conceal the tear while the evening party was in progress, poor Amos suffered a great deal of torture. Finally, he was shown into the room of his probable fiancée. And while in the act of searching for a needle and thread, was discovered by her father, who had not yet made the acquaintance of Amos.
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A Cave Man Wooing
Title: A Cave Man Wooing
Character: George - the 'Sissy' Hero
Released: May 19, 1912
Type: Movie
George, a somewhat "unathletic" young man, falls for Clarice, a healthy, athletically inclined young woman. Unfortunately for George, however, a strapping, musclebound stud is also after Clarice, and she seems to prefer him to George. After reading an article by a female writer saying that women prefer the "caveman" type of man, George decides that if that what it takes to get Clarice, then that is what he will be.
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Shamus O'Brien
Title: Shamus O'Brien
Character: Shamus O'Brien
Released: March 14, 1912
Type: Movie
Based on JS Le Fanu's 1850 poem "Shamus O'Brien." Copies of this short film survive at the Library of Congress and British Film Institute.
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Over the Hills
Title: Over the Hills
Character: Wayne Holland
Released: November 30, 1911
Type: Movie
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The Better Way
Title: The Better Way
Character: Louis Perry - a Reformed Crook
Released: October 12, 1911
Type: Movie
A lost film. Louis Perry is discharged from the penitentiary, having served his sentence. He immediately resumes relations with his evil companions. One day he happens to meet Lillian Garvey, a Salvation Army worker. One of his companions insults her and Louis resents it and incurs his enmity. Lillian is the only good woman he has known for years and he learns to love her. Her influence tempts him to abandon the life he is leading, and he attends the services and becomes converted. Just at this juncture Madeline Raymond, a woman of the underworld, who was his sweetheart before he was arrested, again comes into his life.
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The Rose's Story
Title: The Rose's Story
Character: Gerald Kinney
Released: October 2, 1911
Type: Movie
A lost film. Gerald Kinney is a man with plenty of money and wild excesses. one day he leaves his club and motors out into the country. In a pretty wooded dell he meets pretty Myrtle Edgar, a simple country maiden. She is a revelation to him, unlike any woman he has ever seen. Endeavoring to take liberties with her, he is repulsed, kindly but firmly. This is a new experience for him, seeing in her only the pure and holy. Roses grow in profusion in the pretty spot and she plucks one and fastens it on his lapel. The rose acts as a talisman. Whenever he is tempted to do wrong, he regards the flower. His friends rail at him and wish to learn his secret, but he guards it jealously.
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The Call of the Song
Title: The Call of the Song
Character: Hugh Norton
Released: August 13, 1911
Type: Movie
A lost film. Hugh Norton and Amy Gordon are sweethearts. Hugh receives an offer to enter the office of a business firm in the city. Hugh goes to the city, and mingles with the fast set. Amy visits the post office every day, awaiting news from her sweetheart that never comes.sweetheart. At school she reads the engagement of Hugh to a wealthy city woman. The shock is too much for her; it turns her brain. At a dinner, surrounded by his companions, a street singer appears and sings, "With the Last Rose of Summer, I'll Come Back to You." Hugh listens. In an instant it all comes back to him.
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Science
Title: Science
Character: Dr. Crawford
Released: July 24, 1911
Type: Movie
A lost film. Dr. Crawford and his wife with their little daughter, Elsie, are at home amusing themselves with the Scotch collie puppy, Imp, when another doctor is announced and he is shown an article in a newspaper which describes the providential rescue from drowning of the doctor's child by Lassie, the mother of Imp. Two more physician's arrive and announce that they have come to try an experiment with a newly discovered anesthetic. Dr. Crawford has a guinea pig, on which the experiment is to be tried, but it is discovered the animal has died, and the men of medicine are in a quandary. It is finally decided to use Imp, the puppy, for the experiment, despite the mild protest of Elsie.
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At a Quarter of Two
Title: At a Quarter of Two
Character: Dan Nolan - the Burglar
Released: July 13, 1911
Type: Movie
A lost film. Dan Nolan is on strike and in the depths of despair. He resolves to steal to help his plight. He enters the home of Homer Warren and the household is saddened by the serious illness of a little daughter. Nolan is prowling about the house, enters the room in which the child is ill and secretes himself in a closet, watching procedings through the keyhole. He watches the doctor impress upon the family the importance of administering the medicine promptly at the appropiate hour. When that time arrives everyone is asleep and he finds that he must be the one to help the child.
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For the Queen's Honor
Title: For the Queen's Honor
Character: The King
Released: July 6, 1911
Type: Movie
A lost film. The king is good-natured and doesn't suspect that the queen is plainly beginning to think too much of one of the courtiers. The queen's sister is aware of the situation and saves the queen by taking her place. This deceives the king, but he requires that the villain and the queen's sister be married which complicates the situation as the sister is in love with another courtier entirely.
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In the Sultan's Garden
Title: In the Sultan's Garden
Character: Lt. Robbins
Released: July 3, 1911
Type: Movie
Lieutenant Robbins, a young naval officer, sees Haydee the favored inmate of the sultan's harem and is smitten by her charms. She is also interested in the handsome young American. She manages to write him a note that is delivered to him on the deck of his warship lying at anchor in a harbor and implores him to effect her rescue,
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The Master and the Man
Title: The Master and the Man
Character: Basil King
Released: May 15, 1911
Type: Movie
A lost film. Henry Jenkins, just released from prison visits his old confederate in crime, Basil King, who is living in affluence. King is not overjoyed to see him, but Jenkins comes just in time as King's butler has left and he is about to entertain lavishly. King loves Elsie Graham, who has given her heart to Ralph Webster and both are guests at the reception. Ralph takes advantage of an opportunity and asks Elsie to marry him and she consents. He has forgotten the ring and announces he will leave the party to get it. King cannot resist the temptation to steal an expensive neckless from one of the guests but the act is noted by Jenkins. The loss is discovered and suspicion falls upon Ralph, who had just left the party.
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The Fair Dentist
Title: The Fair Dentist
Character: Dental Patient
Released: May 8, 1911
Type: Movie
A lost film. Claude Marlow, Eugene Wilson and Fred Strong pose as a trio of mashers whom women cannot resist. However, They soon find have have met their match with the arrival of Edith Morton, the new dentist.
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The Temptress
Title: The Temptress
Character: Gilbert Irving
Released: May 4, 1911
Type: Movie
Gilbert Irving and Bertie Erroll have been inseparable companions since boyhood. At a house party Mrs. Allen announces the engagement of her daughter, Lucille, to Gilbert and the pair are congratulated. At the reception Madam Eloise and her companion, a count, are introduced. Gilbert is at once infatuated by her charms, and neglects Lucille.
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Second Sight
Title: Second Sight
Character: Tom Mooreland
Released: May 1, 1911
Type: Movie
A lost film. Gertrude Edgar is loved by Tom Moreland and Owen Jackson, and Gertrude, being a woman, is inclined to a mild flirtation with Jackson, while loving Moreland devotedly. Very soon Moreland is invited to join a party to discover the headwaters of the Amazon River. After reading reports of Tom's supposed death Gertrude promises Owen that she will marry him he if he can find and bring back Tom safely to her.
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While There is hope, There is Life
Title: While There is hope, There is Life
Character: Alfred King
Released: April 24, 1911
Type: Movie
Two men attempt to commit suicide for vastly different reasons. They try various methods but find it increasingly difficult to finish the job.
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Sweet Memories
Title: Sweet Memories
Character: Edward Jackson
Released: March 27, 1911
Type: Movie
An elderly woman looks back on the special times in her life, thinking especially about her now-departed husband and the things they did together. Though it is sad that these times are now gone, she is comforted by her memories and by the hope of sharing in the lives of her child and grandchildren.
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The Secret of the Palm
Title: The Secret of the Palm
Character: Cecil Abbott
Released: March 13, 1911
Type: Movie
A lost film.
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Tracked
Title: Tracked
Character: Roger Densmore
Released: March 6, 1911
Type: Movie
A lost film. Dan Barret, a forger, is sought by Balfour, a detective. Barret finding the States a rather dangerous abiding place, goes to Cuba to avoid the officers.
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Pictureland
Title: Pictureland
Character: Pablo
Released: February 20, 1911
Type: Movie
Americans arrive at their hotel in Cuba in a car, to make a movie. Romantic complications ensue while the cast and crew attempt to finish the movie.
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At the Duke's Command
Title: At the Duke's Command
Character: Edward, the Duke's Nephew
Released: February 16, 1911
Type: Movie
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The Mirror
Title: The Mirror
Released: February 9, 1911
Type: Movie
A love story filled with amusing complications, but the contest is won by Dick because he believes that all is fair in love and manages to circumvent the fates which often decree otherwise. The fortune teller prescribed the mirror test for the girl saw to it that the test was in his favor.
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The Count of Montebello
Title: The Count of Montebello
Character: Percy
Released: October 24, 1910
Type: Movie
Gerald and Percy inherit a fortune and spend all of it in pursuit of a young heiress.
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All the World’s a Stage
Title: All the World’s a Stage
Released: October 3, 1910
Type: Movie
A jealous husband misinteprets the performance his actress wife is putting on with his best friend.
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Pressed Roses
Title: Pressed Roses
Released: September 26, 1910
Type: Movie
Roses and trousers have little in common and pressed roses presage something wrong in the scheme of things. When roses are pressed instead of a pair of trousers, chaos and confusion is the result
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Debt
Title: Debt
Released: September 19, 1910
Type: Movie
An extravagant wife leaves her husband, but returns when he strikes it rich.
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The Taming of Jane
Title: The Taming of Jane
Released: August 21, 1910
Type: Movie
A fickle tomboy eventually falls for the suitor who had previously been annoying her.
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Once Upon a Time
Title: Once Upon a Time
Released: August 8, 1910
Type: Movie
A woman is forced to reevaluate the quiet man in her life when she finds he actually could be her knight in shining armor.
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The Irony of Fate
Title: The Irony of Fate
Released: August 1, 1910
Type: Movie
A rejected suitor rebuffs the woman he loves after the death of her husband.
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Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
Title: Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens
Character: George Rand
Released: July 28, 1910
Type: Movie
When an infirm husband learns of the dire circumstances his wife must endure, he makes every effort to bring himself back to health.
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Old Heads and Young Hearts
Title: Old Heads and Young Hearts
Released: July 11, 1910
Type: Movie
Two old gentlemen who have been pals from boyhood decide that their children ought to marry. This intention is a commendable one, to be sure, and what is more, their son and daughter like each other pretty well, still more, the wish of the parents would have been automatically done if the old men only had sense enough to remember the adage about the cooks and the broth.
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The Call of the Circus
Title: The Call of the Circus
Released: July 7, 1910
Type: Movie
A circus girl must decide to stay under the big top or marry the minister who loves her.
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A Game for Two
Title: A Game for Two
Character: Clark, the Best Friend
Released: June 30, 1910
Type: Movie
A wife tries to drive away her husband's best friend by flirting with him, but trouble arises when the friend flirts back.
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A Reno Romance
Title: A Reno Romance
Character: Jack
Released: May 30, 1910
Type: Movie
A couple goes to Reno to be divorced, but change their minds at the last moment.
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The Eternal Triangle
Title: The Eternal Triangle
Character: The Dashing Young Count
Released: May 23, 1910
Type: Movie
A young wife instigates a duel between a dashing count, with whom she has been having an affair, and her elderly husband. In the duel, the husband is mortally wounded and his now repentant wife chooses to join him in death.
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The Doctor's Perfidy
Title: The Doctor's Perfidy
Released: May 16, 1910
Type: Movie
A young doctor is jealous of one of his patient's romantic interest in his nurse.
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Two Men
Title: Two Men
Character: The Tenderfoot
Released: May 2, 1910
Type: Movie
An orphaned girl raised by a miner in the wilderness falls in love with a tenderfoot, even though the miner loves her as well.
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The New Shawl
Title: The New Shawl
Character: Jacques
Released: April 28, 1910
Type: Movie
A husband becomes jealous when he finds his wife's shawl in a suspicious location.
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The Maelstrom
Title: The Maelstrom
Released: April 21, 1910
Type: Movie
A young woman marries a man she hardly knows or understands; in a moment of crisis, the two suddenly realize what they mean to each other.
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His Second Wife
Title: His Second Wife
Released: April 7, 1910
Type: Movie
A dramatic love triangle between two women and a man.
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The Miser’s Daughter
Title: The Miser’s Daughter
Released: April 4, 1910
Type: Movie
A young woman pulls a fast switch on the fiance handpicked by her father.
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Transfusion
Title: Transfusion
Released: March 28, 1910
Type: Movie
After an accident, a young girl desperately needs a blood transfusion to save her life. A young blacksmith agrees to be the donor and wins her heart as well.
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Jane and the Stranger
Title: Jane and the Stranger
Character: The Stranger
Released: February 21, 1910
Type: Movie
Jane thinks she has witnessed a murder and the suspect is arrested; she later learns the truth and saves him from hanging.
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The Blind Man’s Tact
Title: The Blind Man’s Tact
Released: February 14, 1910
Type: Movie
Five days more! Only five more days says the physician, and the man who has for so long a time been totally blind will be able to take off the bandage, and have the great, light world before him!
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The Right of Love
Title: The Right of Love
Released: January 10, 1910
Type: Movie
Two girls fall for the same boy.
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The Winning Punch
Title: The Winning Punch
Released: January 3, 1910
Type: Movie
A girl's affections waver between the winner of a boxing match, and a greedy count.
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The Awakening of Bess
Title: The Awakening of Bess
Character: Bess' Sweetheart
Released: December 27, 1909
Type: Movie
The Awakening of Bess is a silent short film of 1909 directed by Harry Solter . The protagonists of the film are Florence Lawrence (wife of the director) and King Baggot , a well-known theatrical actor, here in his cinematographic debut.
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Love's Stratagem
Title: Love's Stratagem
Character: The Boy
Released: November 1, 1909
Type: Movie
A short romance starring Florence Lawrence.