Eva Novak
Biography: Eva Barbara Novak (February 14, 1898 – April 17, 1988) was an American film actress, who was quite popular during the silent film era. On February 14, 1898, Eva Barbara Novak was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Joseph Jerome Novak, an immigrant from Bohemia, and Barbara Medek. Her older sister, Johana, also became an actress. Joseph Novak died when Eva was still a child and Barbara was left to raise five children. Novak began her acting career in 1917 in L-KO's Roped into Scandal, followed by another seven films that same year. She appeared in 17 films in 1918, and another eight in 1919. In 1920, she starred opposite Tom Mix in The Daredevil, one of six film roles she would have that year, and one of ten films in which she starred opposite Mix. In 1921, she married stuntman William Reed, whom she met while on location for a film. They had two daughters Vivian Barbara and Pamela Eve. Novak was interested in stunt performing herself, having been taught by Mix to perform many of her own stunts. From 1921 to 1928, she appeared in and starred in 48 films, including an early version of Boston Blackie. She also co-starred with Betty Bronson and Jack Benny in The Medicine Man (1930) and appeared in the 1922 film Chasing the Moon, which was an early forerunner of the 1950s film D.O.A. In the late 1920s, she and her husband moved to Australia, where she made numerous films, including The Romance of Runnibede. However, with the advent of "talking films", her popularity faded. She would continue to act, but mostly in obscure roles. She appeared in 123 films between 1917 and 1965, when she retired. She was residing in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles at the time of her death from pneumonia at the age of 90, on April 17, 1988. In May 1923, the Altoona Tribune held a contest to find the girl who most closely resembled Novak. An announcement in the newspaper said that the winner would receive $250 worth of clothes from a store.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 14, 1898
Deathday: April 17, 1988
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Apology for Murder
1945-09-27
Apology for Murder
Overview: Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-27
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Making a Man
1922-12-17
Making a Man
Overview: Jack Holt, as Horace Winsby, the lead character. Winsby is a millionaire beet sugar king who owns nearly all of California's San Geronimo Valley -- and he has mortgages on what's left over. But he's also a condescending snob who has no mercy for his debtors and that wins him no friends. He even patronizes Patricia Owens, the girl he loves (Eva Novak), and she turns down his marriage proposal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-12-17
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Wolves of the North
1921-04-16
Wolves of the North
Overview: Aurora, daughter of Professor Norris, a student of Eskimo culture in the region of Unalik on the southeast coast of Alaska, is devoted to David, a youth of weak character who has been reared in the family, and she is aloof to other men. "Wiki" Jack, primitive and passionate, sets out to win her despite her unconcealed disdain for him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-04-16
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The Torrent
1921-01-22
The Torrent
Overview: Velma is unhappily married to Sam Patton, a millionaire roué. Aboard his yacht bound for the South Seas, Sam pays more attention to his guests than to his wife, and she flees when he attempts to force liquor on her. A sudden paralytic stroke renders him helpless, and she believes him dead. A storm comes up, and Velma is washed ashore on a desert isle. She is later joined by Lieut. Paul Mack, whose hydroplane has run out of fuel. They fall in love, but their idyll is broken when they are captured by a band of moonshiners.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-22
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The Speed Maniac
1919-10-10
The Speed Maniac
Overview: Billy Porter sells his ranch and travels to San Francisco to try his hand in the business world. But he's barely off the ferryboat before he gets waylaid by a little newsboy and the boy's pugilist father, "Knockout" McClusky.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-10-10
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The Feud
1919-12-07
The Feud
Overview: Two Southern clans, the Lynches and the Summers, have been at odds with each other since long before Civil War times. But that hasn't stopped Jere Lynch and Betty Summers from falling in love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-07
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The Daredevil
1920-03-07
The Daredevil
Overview: When Timothy Atkinson arrives in a rough Western town to become the telegraph operator, the locals peg him as a tenderfoot.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-03-07
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Desert Love
1920-04-20
Desert Love
Overview: Murderous bandits shoot up a town and kill the sheriff. But before he dies, the lawman leaves behind a list of the men responsible for his murder. Twenty-five years later, his son, Buck Marston has grown up and followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a sheriff.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-04-20
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Up and Going
1922-04-22
Up and Going
Overview: In Up and Going, based on Mix's own story, Arctic Trails, the star played a titled, polo playing Northwest Mounted Police officer. From an elderly woman, Tom learns that childhood girlfriend Jackie McNabb is being kept prisoner by evil Basil Du Bois.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-04-22
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Chasing the Moon
1922-02-26
Chasing the Moon
Overview: Tom Mix, in mufti rather than his traditional western garb, plays a young man who is convinced he has taken a slow-acting poison.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-02-26
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Phantom of the Desert
1930-11-01
Phantom of the Desert
Overview: Horses are being stolen by a white stallion known as "The Phantom of the Desert." A cowboy sets out to find who's behind it.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-01
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The Beautiful Sinner
1924-10-01
The Beautiful Sinner
Overview: To help secret serviceman Bill Parsons in pursuit of the thieving Benson gang wealthy criminologist Henry Avery sends his assistant Blinky to cover the waterfront while he attends a reception at the home of Mrs. Cornelius Westervelt. At the soiree he meets gang member Alice Carter while also discover the gang’s cache hidden there. Captured Parsons is saved by Blinky, and the pair foil the gang’s attempt to rob Mrs. Westervelt and her guests.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-10-01
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Wanted at Headquarters
1920-10-25
Wanted at Headquarters
Overview: Although she is the mastermind of a gang of crooks, Kate Westhanger's talents are unknown to those outside her circle, thus enabling her to infiltrate George Flanbaugh's gold syndicate. While ostensibly working for Flanbaugh, Kate actually is compiling information on a large gold shipment. One day, while working, Kate meets young criminologist Michael Pretherson, and although finding herself attracted to the sleuth, she laughs at his detective work and challenges him to stop her.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-10-25
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The Last Trail
1921-11-01
The Last Trail
Overview: The successful operations of a lone bandit known as "The Night Hawk" terrorize a frontier town, and when a stranger arrives riding a fine horse, suspicions are aroused and he is mistaken for the criminal.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-11-01
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Blackmail
1947-07-24
Blackmail
Overview: A private detective is offered a job protecting a rich business man from suspected blackmail. Before he can accept the case a murder is uncovered.
Genres: Action Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-24
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30 Below Zero
1926-10-31
30 Below Zero
Overview: Don Hathaway Jr. goes to Alaska to escape Follies girl and meets with an accident. The girl helps him and takes him to her home where jealous rival accuses him of being a bootlegger, when he is the culprit himself. Hero proves innocence and defeats rival for affection of girl.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-31
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Duel at Apache Wells
1957-01-25
Duel at Apache Wells
Overview: A young man returns home after several years absence to find that a gang is after not only his family ranch, but his girlfriend as well.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-25
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Tall Man Riding
1955-06-18
Tall Man Riding
Overview: Still seeking revenge against ranch owner Tuck Ordway for publicly whipping him years earlier and breaking up his relationship with Ordway's daughter, cowboy Larry Madden plans to oust Ordway from his ranch by having his claim to the land declared invalid. Ordway's daughter Corinna, believing Madden to be the cause of the family's recent misfortunes, is unaware that the local saloon owner also has designs upon the Ordway holdings.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-18
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Hellfire
1949-05-29
Hellfire
Overview: Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher's mission of building a church. Frustrated in his attempts to get donations, Zeb attempts to capture fugitive Doll Brown in order to obtain the reward. But he finds that there's more to Doll than meets the eye. When his old friend Bucky McLean shows up gunning for Doll, Zeb sees a chance to redeem them all... one way or another.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-29
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Sky High
1922-01-15
Sky High
Overview: A government agent investigates a ring that is smuggling Chinese aliens across the border from Mexico. His investigation takes him to the Grand Canyon. He finds a dazed girl wandering around who has become separated from her companions and is lost. He and the girl are soon found by her companions - the smuggling ring!
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-15
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Racing for Life
1924-08-08
Racing for Life
Overview: Jack Grant agrees to drive in the big race in order to save his brother Carl from being charged with embezzlement.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-08
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For the Term of His Natural Life
1927-06-20
For the Term of His Natural Life
Overview: A convict, wrongfully accused and sent a harsh prison colony, attempts to escape.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-06-20
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Say It with Babies
1926-05-16
Say It with Babies
Overview: Casper is the baby-expert at a large department store and his life is less than peaceful as he provides much amusement for the babies at his own expense. On Sunday, he and his wife go on a picnic with the neighbors and hoe comes home on his day of rest with three traffic tickets and numerous stings from the hornets he failed to amuse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-05-16
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Boston Blackie
1923-05-06
Boston Blackie
Overview: Boston Blackie is a former prison inmate campaigning to outlaw Warden Benton's infamous "Water Cross" torture. Benton, however, is successful in his attempt to have Blackie arrested and returned to the prison, but his evil schemes are ultimately thwarted by Mary Carter, Blackie's girlfriend, who manages to alert the governor. Considered a lost film.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-05-06
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The Man from Hell's River
1922-05-01
The Man from Hell's River
Overview: A girl engaged to a member of the Royal Mounted Police is forced to marry a vicious blackmailer after he gains incriminating evidence on her father.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-05-01
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The Medicine Man
1930-06-14
The Medicine Man
Overview: The son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-14
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Sergeant Rutledge
1960-05-25
Sergeant Rutledge
Overview: Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-25
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The Fatal Witness
1945-09-15
The Fatal Witness
Overview: A playboy produces an airtight alibi when he is questioned about the murder of his wealthy aunt.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-09-15
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The King of the Kitchen
1918-10-30
The King of the Kitchen
Overview: A city couple drops into a restaurant and try to steal the cash box.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-10-30
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That Brennan Girl
1946-12-23
That Brennan Girl
Overview: Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a wild crowd and learns gets her "street smarts" first from her mother, who wants everyone to think they are sisters, and then from Denny Reagan, an older man. He starts teaching her his tricks of the trade and she falls right in line with his crooked ways. Then one night she meets Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson, a tall, handsome, honest farmer boy who's a sailor and they fall in love. While he's away fighting the war, she discovers she's pregnant.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-23
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The Dixie Flyer
1926-07-29
The Dixie Flyer
Overview: The railroad is building a new line, but the workers are unhappy. That's because one of the board members, hoping to oust the man in charge of the project (Rapley), has a saboteur on site. Rapley's daughter, Rose, sneaks out to the project to become their telegraph operator and, with the help of the supervisor, "Sunrise" Smith, eventually discovers the plot and helps catch the bad guys amid several thrilling train chases.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-07-29
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The Bells of St. Mary's
1945-12-27
The Bells of St. Mary's
Overview: Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods often lead to good-natured disagreements.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-27
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Four Faces West
1948-08-03
Four Faces West
Overview: Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks about securing a loan that large, McEwen shows him his six-gun collateral. The banker hands over the money in exchange for an I.O.U., signed "Jefferson Davis". McEwen rides out of town and catches a train, but not before being bitten by a rattler. On the train, a nurse, Miss Hollister, tends to his wound. A posse searches the train, but McEwen manages to escape notice. However a mysterious Mexican has taken note of the cowboy, and that loudmouthed brat is still nosing around. Who will be the first to claim the reward for the robber's capture?
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-03
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Irene
1926-01-24
Irene
Overview: Irene, a feisty Irish girl in Philadelphia, clashes with her family and walks out, heading to New York City to seek fame and fortune. She gets a job as a dressmaker's model and becomes involved with Donald, the scion of a wealthy family. Donald's mother doesn't approve of Irene and sets out to discredit her in Donald's eyes.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-24
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A Blind Pig
1918-06-12
A Blind Pig
Overview: A French perfume salesman is mistaken for a bootlegger. Partially missing two-reeler with 11 minutes surviving.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-06-12
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962-04-13
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Overview: Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-13
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The Northern Code
1925-10-13
The Northern Code
Overview: When drunken Canadian trapper Raoul La Fane attacks his young wife Marie, she takes a shot at him. La Fane falls, and Marie, thinking she killed him, flees into the white wilderness. Years later her secret comes back to haunt her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-13
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Trailin'
1921-12-11
Trailin'
Overview: A Tom Mix classic! Tom is a devil-may-care aristocrat whose father has mysteriously concealed all info about his deceased mother. One day, an old man shows up and shoots Tom's father dead! The only clue Tom has is a picture of a far-away ranch in Idaho that was hidden away for years in a secret locked room in their mansion.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-12-11
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Sunset Boulevard
1950-08-10
Sunset Boulevard
Overview: A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-10
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I, Jane Doe
1948-05-25
I, Jane Doe
Overview: While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows him to America only to discover he’s already married to a successful lawyer.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-25
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Robin Hood Of Texas
1947-07-15
Robin Hood Of Texas
Overview: When the bank is robbed, Gene and the boys are singing nearby and the Chief arrests them as gang members but lets them go thinking they will lead them to the others.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-15
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All Jazzed Up
1919-06-11
All Jazzed Up
Overview: Phil Dunham and Eva Novak must contend with Dan Russell and Hughie Mack in this early L-KO Kompany release.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-11
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The Blonde Bandit
1949-12-22
The Blonde Bandit
Overview: A duped bride joins a bookie in love and crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-22
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3 Godfathers
1948-12-31
3 Godfathers
Overview: Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-31
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The Testing Block
1920-12-26
The Testing Block
Overview: The tough outlaw 'Sierra' Bill falls in love with the traveling girl violinist Nelly Gray. Sierra forces her into marrying him. They have a child, but family life is interrupted by the gambler Ringe, who not only persuades Nelly to leave her husband but ruins Sierra at the gaming table. With thoughts of vengeance, the angry Sierra breaks out of jail and goes after Ringe.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-12-26
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Temptation
1923-03-01
Temptation
Overview: A wealthy New York City stockbroker who sets out to prove that women are corrupted by wealth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-03-01
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Wild Seed
1965-05-05
Wild Seed
Overview: A 17-year-old girl runs away from her east coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mother kept that he was tragically separated from her before the girl's birth. On the road, she is protected and befriended by an independent-minded young drifter who helps her on her journey.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-05-05
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No Man's Gold
1926-08-29
No Man's Gold
Overview: A dying prospector divides the map to his gold mine into three parts: one for the outlaw who shot him, one for comedy sidekick Harry Grippe, and the third to hero Tom Stone. Tom must care for the miner's now-orphaned son and, at the same time, reach the mine before his enemies do.
Genres: Western Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-29
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The Man Life Passed By
1923-12-24
The Man Life Passed By
Overview: Inventor John Turbin vows vengeance when "Iron Man" Moore, a wealthy iron industrialist, steals his plans. Poverty and disappointment make him a derelict, but he forgives his enemy and finds happiness after Moore's daughters, Hope and Joy, befriend him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-12-24
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The Belles of Liberty
1918-07-10
The Belles of Liberty
Overview: Monty Banks plays a paramour who starts all sort of silly highjinks with Eva Novak and Carolyne Wright
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-07-10
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The Battling Fool
1924-08-01
The Battling Fool
Overview: William Fairbanks stars in this fighting feature about a rural rube who enters the ring to earn prize money to help a crippled girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-01
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The Triflers
1924-12-15
The Triflers
Overview: Marjorie Stockton is a fickle flapper who has loads of suitors. She won't give any of them the time of day, however, until she meets her match in the equally fickle Monte Covington.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-12-15
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Up in Mary's Attic
1920-07-01
Up in Mary's Attic
Overview: Mary has married Jack Langdon , the physical instructor of the young ladies' seminary where she is being schooled. Because she is underage and risks losing the fortune her uncle has left her, Mary is compelled to keep the marriage a secret, but a baby adds to the complications. At first the young couple leaves it in the care of an Indian woman. Waldo Pennanink , the son of the school's headmaster, becomes suspicious of all the time the couple is spending with the Indian woman and the baby.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-07-01
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O'Malley of the Mounted
1921-02-06
O'Malley of the Mounted
Overview: Sergeant O'Malley of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police gets himself into a gang of outlaws in order to detect and capture a wanted murderer. He finds the killer, but falls in love with the man's sister. In the meantime, one of the outlaws uncovers O'Malley's true identity.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-06
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Society Secrets
1921-02-18
Society Secrets
Overview: Amos Kerran and his wife live a traditional, old-fashioned life on a Connecticut farm, while their son and daughter, Arthur and Maybelle, are successes in New York society. The children want to invite their parents to the city at Christmastime but are ashamed of their unrefined appearance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-18
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The Tiger's Claw
1923-04-22
The Tiger's Claw
Overview: Jack Holt plays Sam Sandell, an American engineer working in India who rescues a pretty half-caste girl (Aileen Pringle) from a tiger's attack, but is badly wounded himself. The girl, Chameli Brentwood, nurses him back to health and out of gratitude he marries her, ignoring the fact that he has a fiancée, Harriet Halehurst (Eva Novak), back home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-22
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The Rough Diamond
1921-10-30
The Rough Diamond
Overview: An unemployed cowboy (Tom Mix) joins a circus and falls in love with a woman (Eva Novak) whose father takes a shine to the ranch hand.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-10-30
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Red Signals
1927-03-01
Red Signals
Overview: Sabotage on the railroad with trains being derailed and looted. Good coverage of the Santa Fe La Grande Station that was demolished in 1939 due to earthquake damage.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-01
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Laughing at Danger
1924-11-23
Laughing at Danger
Overview: A young fellow, down in the dumps after a belle breaks his heart, believes his father is setting up staged escapades and dangers in an attempt to get him out of his rut. His father isn't, and the dangers-- a cadre of hoods, car chases, a death ray-- are real!
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-23
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The Smart Sex
1921-03-16
The Smart Sex
Overview: Rose, a stranded showgirl, participates in a local amateur show and wins the prize. After the performance, she meets a wealthy young man who buys her supper, gets her accommodation on a farm adjoining his father's estate, and turns farmhand to win her love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-03-16
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Sally
1925-03-29
Sally
Overview: Sally is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy film starring Colleen Moore.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-29
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