Hallam Cooley

Hallam Cooley

Born: February 7, 1895
Died: March 20, 1971
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Hallam Cooley (February 8, 1895 – March 20, 1971) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 106 films between 1913 and 1936. He was born in Brooklyn, and died in Tiburon, California.

Movies for Hallam Cooley...

Just Show Folks
Title: Just Show Folks
Released: October 2, 2022
Type: Movie
A day in the life of a family of circus performers.
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Frisco Jenny
Title: Frisco Jenny
Character: Willie Gleason
Released: January 14, 1933
Type: Movie
Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the custody of a wealthy married couple. Years later, thanks to the protection of a corrupt politician, she becomes the main "madame" of San Francisco, in addition to participating in various illegal activities.
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Sporting Blood
Title: Sporting Blood
Character: Bill Ludeking
Released: August 8, 1931
Type: Movie
A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through multiple hands who do not treat him well.
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Too Many Cooks
Title: Too Many Cooks
Character: Frank Andrews
Released: July 18, 1931
Type: Movie
A young couple, soon to wed, begin building their dreamhouse, but their interfering relatives cause no end of trouble. Comedy.
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Soup to Nuts
Title: Soup to Nuts
Character: Mr. D. Quincy Throckmorton
Released: September 28, 1930
Type: Movie
Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy firemen try to help out; things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire.
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Oh, Sailor Behave!
Title: Oh, Sailor Behave!
Released: August 15, 1930
Type: Movie
Based on the farcical stage play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning* writer Elmer Rice, Oh, Sailor Behave! is a movie Musical with a split personality. Nanette Dodge (Irene Delroy) falls for newspaper reporter Charlie Carroll (Charles King) who is on assignment in Venice to land an interview with Romanian General Skulany (Noah Beery). Our couple is split apart by a pair of storylines - Nanette tries to woo a Russian prince (Lowell Sherman) who is blackmailing her sister, while Charlie, following a lead to the general, finds himself Romantically involved with Kunegundi (Vivien Oakland), "the general's favorite."
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What Men Want
Title: What Men Want
Character: Bunch
Released: July 12, 1930
Type: Movie
A playboy's mistress falls in love with another man. Her younger sister arrives in town. Complications ensue.
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Holiday
Title: Holiday
Character: Seton Cram
Released: July 3, 1930
Type: Movie
A young man is torn between his free-thinking lifestyle and the tradition of his wealthy fiancée's family.
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Back Pay
Title: Back Pay
Character: Al Bloom
Released: June 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Bored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress of a ruthless businessman.
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Wedding Rings
Title: Wedding Rings
Character: Wilfred Meadows
Released: December 29, 1929
Type: Movie
Two sisters battle for the love of a man.
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So Long Letty
Title: So Long Letty
Character: Clarence de Brie
Released: October 16, 1929
Type: Movie
Uncle Claude comes to the Ardmore Beach Hotel to see Tommy and his wife. At the hotel, with his two granddaughters Ruth and Sally, Uncle Claude meets a wise talking employee named Letty, which causes him to leave the hotel. When he finds Tommy, he mistakes Grace for his wife and likes her and the way she keeps a clean house. To get a big check from Uncle Claude and to see how life is with the other, the two couples switch spouses for a week.
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Paris Bound
Title: Paris Bound
Character: Peter
Released: August 3, 1929
Type: Movie
Jim Hutton and Mary Archer are two liberals who are content to remain faithful to each other in spirit only. They are married with all the ritual of a church wedding, the bride believing that each should be allowed perfect freedom in personal contacts. Complications arise when these ideals are put into practice.
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Black Waters
Title: Black Waters
Character: Chester
Released: April 5, 1929
Type: Movie
A mad captain poses as a cleric to murder people aboard a fogbound ship.
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Stolen Kisses
Title: Stolen Kisses
Character: Hal Lambert
Released: February 23, 1929
Type: Movie
A crotchety old coot wants his son and daughter-in-law to have kids so he can have grandchildren, but so far they haven't done so. In a somewhat ham-handed attempt to bring them closer together so they'll be in the mood to give them the grandchildren he wants, he winds up bringing them to the point where they're considering divorcing. He decides to change his tactics in order to achieve his goal.
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Fancy Baggage
Title: Fancy Baggage
Character: Diuckey
Released: January 26, 1929
Type: Movie
In order to get back some very important papers from her father's business rival, a young woman pretends to be the rival's new secretary. Complications ensue.
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The Little Wildcat
Title: The Little Wildcat
Character: Victor Sargeant
Released: December 8, 1928
Type: Movie
A pair of elderly Civil War veterans, Judge Holt and his friend Joel Ketchum, spent most of their time reminiscing about their wartime experiences. In the meantime, Holt's granddaughter falls in love with a devil-may-care aviator. The only problem is that Holt hates aviators and will do whatever he can to break up the romance.
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Her Wild Oat
Title: Her Wild Oat
Character: Tommy Warren
Released: December 25, 1927
Type: Movie
In this feature comedy, silent film star Colleen Moore plays a woman who owns a small lunch wagon and falls for a duke’s son, played by Larry Kent, who is pretending to be his own chauffeur. With her savings, she pursues him to a resort hotel, only to be mistaken for a duchess. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Národní filmový archív in 2007.
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Ladies Must Dress
Title: Ladies Must Dress
Character: Art
Released: November 20, 1927
Type: Movie
Joe and Eve are engaged, but Joe cannot help contrasting the drabness of her attire with the dressy clothes of their friends. Eve overhears him talking of this and breaks with him. Then, with the help of her friend, Mazie, she metamorphoses into a ravishing beauty. Joe is remorseful, but the situation is made more complex when he suspects Eve of questionable relations with her boss.
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No Place to Go
Title: No Place to Go
Character: Ambrose Munn
Released: October 30, 1927
Type: Movie
Starry-eyed heiress Mary Astor yearns for a "cave man" who will treat her rough and make her like it.
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Naughty But Nice
Title: Naughty But Nice
Character: Ralph Ames
Released: June 25, 1927
Type: Movie
Naughty But Nice was based on The Bigamists, a story by Lewis Alen Brown. Gawky country girl Berenice Summers (Colleen Moore) is catapulted head-first into High Society when her Uncle Seth (Burr McIntosh) strikes oil. Shipped off to a fancy boarding school, Berenice suffers at the hands of her snooty classmates, but the last straw comes when she's publicly humiliated by local wise-guy Paul Carroll (Donald Reed).
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Ladies at Play
Title: Ladies at Play
Character: Terry
Released: November 15, 1926
Type: Movie
Ann Martin will inherit six-million dollars if she marries a man her two spinster-aunts approve of, but, so far, her aunts haven't approved of any man she knows. Ann tries to get a bashful hotel clerk to marry her in name only, and then get a divorce, but he refuses to because he is in love with her. Her cousin then brings in another clerk and Ann now has two men on her hands. Ann now wants to marry the first clerk, having discovered she also loves him, but the aunts object. She then hires two gigolos to charm her aunts into a compromising situation.
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Forever After
Title: Forever After
Character: Jack Randall
Released: October 24, 1926
Type: Movie
A wounded captain recalls his youth, his time at college, and the woman he fell in love with.
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Free to Love
Title: Free to Love
Character: Jack Garner
Released: November 19, 1925
Type: Movie
An ex-reformatory girl seeks a new life with the help of a fatherly judge and an earnest young minister. Trouble ensues when a criminal gang catch up with her.
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Seven Days
Title: Seven Days
Character: Tom Harbison
Released: September 20, 1925
Type: Movie
Jim Wilson is separated from his wife Bella, so when his maiden Aunt Selina -- who thoroughly disapproves of divorce -- comes to visit, Wilson is compelled to locate a temporary wife. His friend, Kit Eclair, is happy to fill in, but during a party, his home is quarantined for smallpox. To complicate matters, a burglar is hiding from a cop in Wilson's home, and wacky Anne Brown is busy trying to hold a seance.
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Stop Flirting
Title: Stop Flirting
Released: March 30, 1925
Type: Movie
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The Monster
Title: The Monster
Character: Amos Rugg
Released: March 16, 1925
Type: Movie
A general store clerk and aspiring detective investigates a mysterious disappearance that took place quite close to an empty insane asylum.
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The White Sin
Title: The White Sin
Character: Spencer Van Gore
Released: February 24, 1924
Type: Movie
Wealthy playboy Grant Van Gore means to have his way with his beautiful maid, the innocent Hattie Lou. He swears his love to the naive girl, and in an act so heinous as to defy belief, has the captain of his yacht perform a fake marriage ceremony. He ruins poor Hattie Lou, and then abandons her ashore the very next morning. A year later, the destitute girl and her starving baby are wandering the streets. When she sees a newspaper headline announcing that Grant has drowned at sea, Hattie Lou hatches a desperate plan for survival. She will present herself to the wealthy Van Gore's, who cannot fail to provide for their late son's widow and child!
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Sporting Youth
Title: Sporting Youth
Character: Walter Berg
Released: February 4, 1924
Type: Movie
Jimmy Wood, a chauffeur, is mistaken for famous racing driver Splinters Wood. Because he is deeply in debt, he enters a race on the advice of Betty Rockford, daughter of a wealthy automobile manufacturer.
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Going Up
Title: Going Up
Character: Hopkinson Brown
Released: September 30, 1923
Type: Movie
Going Up (1923)
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Are You a Failure?
Title: Are You a Failure?
Character: Emmett Graves
Released: March 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Coddled by his maiden aunts and apparently unable to make decisions, Oliver Wendell Blaine signs up for a mail-order course in "Success." Oliver follows the instructions step by step, builds his self-confidence, and proves himself a hero when a log jam threatens the town. He is made river boss and marries Phyllis Thorpe, daughter of the owner of the lumber-mill.
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One Week of Love
Title: One Week of Love
Character: Francis Fraser
Released: November 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Spoiled society girl Beth Wynn agrees to stake her marriage to Francis Fraser on the outcome of an airplane race with him.
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Her Night of Nights
Title: Her Night of Nights
Character: Ted Bradley (as Hal Cooley)
Released: June 26, 1922
Type: Movie
Molly, a glamorous clothing model in New York, though yearning for a life of luxury, spurns the advances of her boss's son in favor of a shipping clerk, late of the backwoods.
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Beauty's Worth
Title: Beauty's Worth
Character: Henry Garrison
Released: May 14, 1922
Type: Movie
Prudence Cole is an unsophisticated Quaker girl being raised by her two aunts. Prudence is flirted with by snobbish Henry Garrison, who actually disdains the girl for her lack of worldliness and savoir faire. When Henry and his friends try to embarrass her at a posh resort, Prudence turns the tables on them.
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Playing with Fire
Title: Playing with Fire
Character: Kent Lloyd
Released: December 19, 1921
Type: Movie
Enid Gregory, a pianist at the Melody Shop, a music store on Broadway, is content with her snappy, routine existence until Janet Fenwick, a society girl whose father committed suicide under a cloud of financial disgrace, comes to Enid's boardinghouse.
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What Do Men Want?
Title: What Do Men Want?
Character: Yost
Released: November 13, 1921
Type: Movie
According to this Lois Weber production, men don't really seem to know what they want at all -- first Frank (J. Frank Glendon) wants to be an inventor. Then he wants to marry his childhood sweetheart, Hallie (the lovely Claire Windsor). Then he wants children. Then, when his inventions bring him financial success, he becomes restless, so he takes up with another woman. Eventually he figures out that the woman's reputation is less than squeaky clean, so he wants his wife back.
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The Foolish Age
Title: The Foolish Age
Character: Homer Dean Chadwick
Released: October 16, 1921
Type: Movie
After graduating from college, rich girl Margery Carr decides to do some good in the world. Much to the chagrin of her father, she decides to open an office to help derelicts. For her secretary, she picks an ex-gangster named Bubbs out of the throng.
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An Old Fashioned Boy
Title: An Old Fashioned Boy
Character: Fredie (as Hal Cooley)
Released: October 31, 1920
Type: Movie
David Warrington is an old-fashioned boy, not very familiar with modern girls. When the girl of his dreams lets her kiss him, he thinks that seals their betrothal. But when he finds out that she has other ideas, David tries a trickier method of winning her for his bride.
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A Light Woman
Title: A Light Woman
Character: Paul Evans
Released: September 20, 1920
Type: Movie
Young Doris Kane suspects that her fiance, Paul Evans, doesn't love her anymore. She finds out that he is now infatuated with a "vamp", Jeanne DuPre. Paul's father is appalled at his son's behavior, and devises a plan to break up the romance between his son and the vamp by making her fall for him and exposing her perfidy to his son.
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Trumpet Island
Title: Trumpet Island
Character: Allen Marsh
Released: September 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Richard moves to a remote island to escape from the memory of Eve. Who had been forced to marry another man. But fate still has more in store.
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Pinto
Title: Pinto
Character: Armand Cassel
Released: January 10, 1920
Type: Movie
When Pinto reaches her eighteenth birthday, the five wealthy Arizonans who adopted her upon the death of her parents decide that ranch life will never make a lady of her. Their old friend Pop Audry, formerly of Arizona and now a member of New York society, agrees to provide Pinto with the necessary education. Accordingly, Pinto and her cowboy nursemaid Looey are dispatched to New York where they lose Audry's address. ...
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The Long Arm of Mannister
Title: The Long Arm of Mannister
Character: Gaston Sinclair
Released: November 15, 1919
Type: Movie
Walking aimlessly in the desert, crazed by thirst and hunger, Lucy Mannister and Gaston Sinclair are overtaken by her husband George, who has pursued them around the world.
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Upstairs
Title: Upstairs
Character: Harrison Perry
Released: August 3, 1919
Type: Movie
While working as a dishwasher in a fashionable New York hotel, Elsie MacFarland often sneaks upstairs to enviously peek at the people dancing to jazz music. Seeing the attractive Elsie dressed in a boy's uniform, wealthy Lemuel Stallings wagers a friend that he can get Elsie onto the dance floor....
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One of the Finest
Title: One of the Finest
Character: Teddy
Released: June 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Traffic cop Larry Hayes takes care of four-year-old Mary Jane, the daughter of Gus Andrews, a criminal sent to prison because of Larry, and Nellie, a shop girl who visits often.
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The Brass Bullet
Title: The Brass Bullet
Character: The Mystery Man
Released: August 10, 1918
Type: Movie
Rosalind Joy is a constantly imperiled heiress to a fortune in gold.
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The Deciding Kiss
Title: The Deciding Kiss
Character: Jimmy Sears
Released: July 22, 1918
Type: Movie
The first part is pathetic and shows Eleanor Hamlin (Edith Roberts) severing home ties with her grandparents to be "adopted" by a party of idle rich on the cooperative plan. The parties adopting her are single, and one of them, Beulah Page (Winifred Greenwood), has her own ideas on the subject of raising the young - these ideas absolutely precluding the main requisite, love.
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A Dog Catcher's Love
Title: A Dog Catcher's Love
Character: F.P. Ketchum - Film Director
Released: June 24, 1917
Type: Movie
The dog catcher of the title is arrow-narrow Slim , and his "love" is pert Peggy. Alas, his rival is handsome bow-wow fancier E.R. Ketchum, whose luck with women borders on the fantastic.