Alphonse Ethier

Alphonse Ethier

Born: December 10, 1874
Died: January 4, 1943
in Virginia City, Nevada, USA

Movies for Alphonse Ethier...

Sunset Trail
Title: Sunset Trail
Character: Superintendent
Released: February 24, 1939
Type: Movie
Disguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude ranch in order to unmask the murderer of the owner's husband.
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The Baroness and the Butler
Title: The Baroness and the Butler
Character: President
Released: February 18, 1938
Type: Movie
A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
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Romance of Louisiana
Title: Romance of Louisiana
Character: Marbaugh
Released: July 8, 1937
Type: Movie
A short historical drama about the Louisiana Purchase.
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The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
Title: The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
Character: Doc. Northrup
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction.
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Mad Love
Title: Mad Love
Character: Assistant Prefect (Uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1935
Type: Movie
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
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Bordertown
Title: Bordertown
Character: Banker
Released: January 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.
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Red Morning
Title: Red Morning
Character: The Village Chief
Released: December 14, 1934
Type: Movie
A captain's daughter become marooned on an island after the ship is taken over by a mutinous crew.
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Secret of the Chateau
Title: Secret of the Chateau
Character: Commissioner
Released: December 3, 1934
Type: Movie
Murder results when a group of houseguests converge on a chateau, each plotting to steal a valuable Gutenberg Bible.
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British Agent
Title: British Agent
Character: Paul DeVigney
Released: September 15, 1934
Type: Movie
An Englishman falls in love with a Russian spy.
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Voice in the Night
Title: Voice in the Night
Character: W.T. Dale
Released: April 6, 1934
Type: Movie
Tim Dale is the son of the president of a big-city telephone company and quits his job following a dispute with his father over company policy. He takes up polo playing. Circumstances force him to give up his polo-playing and take on the job of helping a small-town telephone company overcome a plan by a gang to force the company out of business. He calls in his telephone-company pals Bob Hall and Jack to aid him against the crooks led by Matthews and Jackson, working for crooked lawyer Thomas Benton.
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No More Women
Title: No More Women
Character: Captain Brent
Released: March 3, 1934
Type: Movie
Two deep-sea divers, known only by their nicknames of "Three-Time" and "Forty-Fathoms," find that no place on earth is big enough for both of them at the same time, even the bottom of the ocean. All day long they fight to salvage sunken gold at forty fathoms deep in the ocean, and all night long they fight over dames. This situation continues even when they both go to work for Helen Young, the owner of a tug-boat and a salvage business.
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The Big Shakedown
Title: The Big Shakedown
Character: Norma's Doctor (uncredited)
Released: January 6, 1934
Type: Movie
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.
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Golden Harvest
Title: Golden Harvest
Character: Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Released: September 21, 1933
Type: Movie
A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market and becomes a millionaire. Outgrowing his humble farm beginnings, Chris makes a bid for respectability by marrying Chicago socialite Cynthia Flint.
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Baby Face
Title: Baby Face
Character: Adolf Cragg
Released: July 13, 1933
Type: Movie
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
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Ex-Lady
Title: Ex-Lady
Character: Mr. Adolphe Bauer - Helen's Father
Released: May 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.
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Men Of America
Title: Men Of America
Character: Indian Tom
Released: November 25, 1932
Type: Movie
Bank robbers and killers cause mayhem in a small western town.
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Wild Girl
Title: Wild Girl
Character: Sheriff (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1932
Type: Movie
Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued by authorities: one for killing a hypocritical mayoral candidate, the other for robbing the stagecoach.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Title: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Character: Mr Cobb
Released: July 3, 1932
Type: Movie
A young girl from Sunnybrook goes to live with her wealthy relatives and falls in love with a doctor. Adapted from Kate Douglas Wiggin's famous novel.
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Honor of the Family
Title: Honor of the Family
Character: Bela
Released: October 17, 1931
Type: Movie
Intrigue and greed come between an immoral woman and the man who loves her. This film is believed lost.
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Transgression
Title: Transgression
Character: Maria's Father
Released: June 27, 1931
Type: Movie
When British mining engineer Robert Maury is sent to India on an extended business trip, his wife Elsie finds romance with a Spanish playboy.
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Fair Warning
Title: Fair Warning
Character: Mr. Cumberland
Released: February 1, 1931
Type: Movie
This George O'Brien western is based on a novel by Max Brand, previously filmed as the 1920 Tom Mix vehicle The Untamed. Cast as devil-may-car Whistlin' Dan Barry, our hero rides into a passel of trouble in a wide-open town. Warned to leave the premises or else, Whistlin' Dan refuses to do so, sticking around long enough to whomp villain Jim Silent (Mitchell Lewis) and romance heroine Kate Cumberland (Louise Huntington).
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Lightnin'
Title: Lightnin'
Character: Mr. Harper
Released: November 28, 1930
Type: Movie
Lightnin' and Mary Jones are co-owners of a hotel built right on a state border, used by divorcing wives so they can pretend to be in California while establishing residency in Nevada. When Lightnin' refuses to sell his share of the hotel to a gang of crooks, Mary is coerced into divorcing her husband so that she can sign over the deed herself.
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The Storm
Title: The Storm
Character: Jacques Fachard
Released: August 17, 1930
Type: Movie
Burr and Dave, two close friends who have backed each other up in countless difficulties, are torn apart by the arrival of a woman, Manette, who becomes stranded with them in their cabin during a raging blizzard.
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His First Command
Title: His First Command
Character: Col. Gaylord
Released: December 28, 1929
Type: Movie
A playboy is in love with a woman and enters the army thinking it will improve his chances with her.
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The Donovan Affair
Title: The Donovan Affair
Character: Capt. Peter Rankin
Released: April 11, 1929
Type: Movie
Inspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.
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Smoke Bellew
Title: Smoke Bellew
Character: Harry Sprague
Released: January 25, 1929
Type: Movie
A tale of the great Alaska gold rush in which a man falsely accused of murder tracks down the guilty man.
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In Old Arizona
Title: In Old Arizona
Character: Sheriff (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1928
Type: Movie
Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot on Tonia, the woman he loves, not realizing that she is being unfaithful to him in his absence. Soon, with her oblivious paramour off plying his trade, Tonia falls in with Dunn, drawn by the allure of a substantial reward for the Kid's capture -- dead or alive. Together, they concoct a plan to ambush and do away with the Cisco Kid once and for all.
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Shadows of the Night
Title: Shadows of the Night
Character: O'Flaherty
Released: October 26, 1928
Type: Movie
Gray plays a reporter trying to unravel a murder involving organized crime. Lorraine plays the heroine.
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Say It with Sables
Title: Say It with Sables
Character: Mitchell (as Alphonz Ethier)
Released: July 13, 1928
Type: Movie
In this silent film, now considered lost, Doug Caswell falls for Irene, his wealthy father's mistress. It's up to Doug's stepmother Helen to put things right.
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The Fighting Eagle
Title: The Fighting Eagle
Character: Maj. Oliver
Released: August 28, 1927
Type: Movie
The exploits of Brigadier Gerard who helps expose Foreign Minister Talleyrand as a traitor to Napoleon.
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Alias the Lone Wolf
Title: Alias the Lone Wolf
Character: Police Inspector Crone
Released: August 22, 1927
Type: Movie
Michael Lanyard, aka the Lone Wolf, is sailing to America when he meets pretty Eve de Montalais. Eve wants to sneak her valuable necklace through U.S. customs so that she can use the money from its sale to help straighten out her brother. The only problem is that there is a gang of jewel thieves on board who are just as determined to steal the necklace.
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The Lone Wolf Returns
Title: The Lone Wolf Returns
Character: Crane
Released: August 15, 1926
Type: Movie
The Lone Wolf Returns
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The Midnight Flyer
Title: The Midnight Flyer
Character: Jeb Slater
Released: December 6, 1925
Type: Movie
The speed of lightning; the roar of thunder; the thrills of an earthquake; it's "The midnight flyer".
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The Alaskan
Title: The Alaskan
Character: John Graham
Released: September 14, 1924
Type: Movie
An Alaskan defies robber barons intent on corrupting the new state.
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A Message from Mars
Title: A Message from Mars
Released: April 10, 1921
Type: Movie
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The Frontier of the Stars
Title: The Frontier of the Stars
Released: January 30, 1921
Type: Movie
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Sandy Burke of the U-Bar-U
Title: Sandy Burke of the U-Bar-U
Character: Jim Diggs
Released: February 23, 1919
Type: Movie
Brave and good-natured cowboy Sandy Burke saves young Dolly after her father is killed in the saloon. He entrusts the girl to kindly Widow Mackey, who is having trouble paying her mortgage and decides he is responsible for the pair so he best start earning some money. Soon he is seeking work at the U-Bar-U ranch but who could predict the trouble he will have with the rancher's daughter, Molly, or the surly foreman, Jim Diggs!
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I Want to Forget
Title: I Want to Forget
Character: August Von Grossman
Released: December 15, 1918
Type: Movie
Prior to the declaration of World War I, dancer Varda Deering was a member of the Austrian secret service, but later became a loyal citizen of the United States. In America, she captivates many men but cares for none of them until she meets Lieutenant John Long. At first, he regards Varda as little more than a social butterfly, but gradually comes to recognize her goodness and falls in love with her. While John is away on a war-related diplomatic mission, Varda agrees to aid the U.S. Secret Service in procuring classified documents from August Von Grossman, an agent whom she had known in Austria.
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Rough and Ready
Title: Rough and Ready
Character: Jack Belmont
Released: March 24, 1918
Type: Movie
In New York, Bill Stratton saves a friend's marriage, but Bill's fiancée, Evelyn, misinterprets the situation and believes Bill to be unfaithful to her. She breaks her engagement, and Bill, in remorse, goes to Alaska. In the town of Yellow Gulch, Bill meets "Silver" Jack Belmont, the man responsible for nearly ruining the marriage of Bill's friend.
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The Forbidden Path
Title: The Forbidden Path
Character: William Sinclair
Released: February 3, 1918
Type: Movie
Mary Lynde (Theda Bara) is an innocent girl who has grown up in New York's Greenwich Village. One of the artists there, Felix Benavente (Sidney Mason), uses her as model when he paints a portrait of the Madonna for a church. His friend Robert Sinclair (Hugh Thompson) corrupts Mary so that her father (Walter Law) casts her from his home. She goes to live with Sinclair in his mountain lodge, but after the birth of a child, he callously casts her aside. Subsequently, her baby dies and she sinks to the depths of despair.
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The Patriot and the Spy
Title: The Patriot and the Spy
Character: Johannes
Released: June 7, 1915
Type: Movie
Two young people marry in a Continental village and receive the congratulations of all save the rejected suitor. He bides his time while the couple live happily and are blessed twice with children. War is declared after the husband has suffered an injury for life and the rejected suitor enlists.
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She
Title: She
Released: December 25, 1911
Type: Movie
She was the first attempt in film to depict the story of H. Rider Haggard's 1886 novel She: A History of Adventure.
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Cinderella
Title: Cinderella
Released: December 21, 1911
Type: Movie
Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie and Harry Benham.
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David Copperfield
Title: David Copperfield
Released: October 17, 1911
Type: Movie
Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood, Thanhouser released the three films over the course of three weeks beginning on October 17, 1911, one 1,000 foot reel per week.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Title: The Old Curiosity Shop
Released: January 29, 1911
Type: Movie
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.