Mary McAllister
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 27, 1909
Deathday: May 01, 1991
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On the Level
1930-05-18
On the Level
Overview: An ironworker and his equally tough friend decide to leave New Orleans to work as beam-walkers on a New York City skyscraper. This arouses the ire of his Cajun girlfriend who promptly shoots at him as he walks away and then follows him to the Big Apple where she becomes a nightclub performer.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-18
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Singed
1927-08-23
Singed
Overview: Dance-hall girl Dolly Wall invests her life savings in an oil well. A gusher comes in, enriching not only Dolly but her ne'er-do-well socialite sweetheart Royce Wingate. While Wingate hobnobs with the Upper Crust, poor Dolly is left home alone, stigmatized by her "scandalous" past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-23
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The Red Rider
1925-08-02
The Red Rider
Overview: White Elk, a light-skinned Indian chief, incurs the enmity of Chief Black Panther, whom he prevents from looting a westbound wagon train. Although White Elk is betrothed to an Indian princess, he falls in love with Lucille Cavanagh, a white woman from the East. After her father, John Cavanagh, tricks White Elk into signing away the lands of his tribe, the young chief is condemned to be burned alive by Black Panther.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-08-02
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The Waning Sex
1926-09-05
The Waning Sex
Overview: Nina Duane is a criminal lawyer whose gender was professionally resented by Philip Barry, the District Attorney. She wins acquittal for man-chasing widow Mary Booth, then defeats her in romancing the D.A.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-05
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Pants
1917-09-10
Pants
Overview: Little Betty has a luxurious home, an army of servants and the costliest of toys. But she hasn't what a child wants most of all, other children to play with. The result is that she runs away and joins a group of children from the ghetto district on the beach. In play she exchanges clothing with a little boy. That evening Betty doesn't return home. Her maiden aunt, an over-zealous guardian, is frantic. She notifies the police. The same evening the father of the boy, who has lost his position and is facing starvation, decides to turn burglar. He steals into the home of Betty's father. The household is awakened and the intruder captured.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-09-10
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On Trial
1917-06-23
On Trial
Overview: Robert Strickland, the self-confessed murderer of Gerald Trask, refuses to defend himself on the witness stand. His attorney, however, cross-examines Strickland's wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-06-23
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Loves of an Actress
1928-08-18
Loves of an Actress
Overview: Rachel becomes the leading actress in the Comédie Française through the patronage of three influential men: Baron Hartman, the wealthiest man in France; Count Vareski, a relative of Napoleon; and Dr. Durande. All three men are in love with her, but she throws them over when she falls in love with Raoul Duval. A lost film.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1928-08-18
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Ashes of Vengeance
1923-08-06
Ashes of Vengeance
Overview: This historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge's 37th feature film and the longest to date at two hours. The plot involves a man forced into servitude who falls in love with the sister of his persecutor. It was Ms. Talmadge's fourth involvement with director, Frank Lloyd and the cast included future star, Wallace Beery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-08-06
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Young Mother Hubbard
1917-10-29
Young Mother Hubbard
Overview: Forced by the death of her mother to care for her three brothers and sisters, little Mona Fairfax is known to farmers of her district as Young Mother Hubbard. The children's step-father, heavily in debt and tired of the burden imposed by the little family, abandons his farm, leaving the children, penniless, to shift for themselves. The following day Daniel Banning, a wealthy "country gentleman" and owner of the Fairfax farm, calls to collect back rent. He finds Mona and her children panic-stricken over a note left by their step-father, telling of his decision to leave. Banning turns a deaf ear to Mona's pleas that she be allowed to remain on the farm with her wards. He notifies the Children's Welfare Society. Directors of the society go to the farm, load them into an automobile, and take them to the society's headquarters. At headquarters the chairman calls for volunteers to take the children into their homes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-10-29
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Do Children Count?
1917-03-06
Do Children Count?
Overview: "Do Children Count?" was a series of 12 films, each completely independent of the other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-03-06
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The Devil's Skipper
1928-02-01
The Devil's Skipper
Overview: The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman who becomes the most brutal and feared slave-ship captain on the Seven Seas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-01
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One Minute to Play
1926-09-12
One Minute to Play
Overview: "Red" Wade, a star high-school football player, has intentions of going to Claxton College, which has a powerhouse football team, but changes his mind when he meets the sister of the pitiful Paramlee team and goes to college there, just as his father, an alum of the school, had wished. But his father has ordered him not to play football. "Dad" Wade, has offered a $100,000 endowment to his old school, not knowing his son has joined the football team but is going to withdraw it if his son plays in the Big Game against Claxton. This puts "Red" between a rock and a hard place.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-12
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The Boomerang
1925-02-28
The Boomerang
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Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-02-28
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Madam Satan
1930-09-20
Madam Satan
Overview: A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.
Genres: Romance Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-20
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Into No Man's Land
1928-06-15
Into No Man's Land
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-06-15
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Wickedness Preferred
1928-01-28
Wickedness Preferred
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-28
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Fire and Steel
1927-09-12
Fire and Steel
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-12
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The Midnight Watch
1927-02-01
The Midnight Watch
Overview:
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-01
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The Man in the Shadow
1926-10-15
The Man in the Shadow
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-15
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The Sap
1926-03-20
The Sap
Overview: Barry Weston is raised by his widowed mother and is, at best, a "mama's boy," and, at worst, a bit of a coward. He is drafted into the A.E.F. when World War I breaks out, and accidentally captures a nest of German snipers, and is decorated for bravery. He returns home as a hero but Vance, the town bully, challenges him to a fight but Barry refuses and the townsmen mock him and consider him a coward. His girlfriend Janet is none too impressed, either. He heads for the tall timber with suicide as his intent.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-20
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The Ace of Spades
1925-10-19
The Ace of Spades
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Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-19
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A Roaring Adventure
1925-02-08
A Roaring Adventure
Overview: Duffy Burns returns from college in the East and discovers that his father's cattle are being systematically stolen by a band of unknown outlaws. Duffy resolves to catch the culprits, conceals his identity, and goes to work on his father's ranch.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-02-08
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The Measure of a Man
1924-10-14
The Measure of a Man
Overview: Overcoming his addiction to drink, John Fairmeadow leaves the Bowery for a western logging camp posing as a minister. His fistic ability and his gentle manner reform the town drinkers and put the saloon out of business.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-10-14
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All's Swell on the Ocean
1924-08-18
All's Swell on the Ocean
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-18
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Half a Chance
1920-10-24
Half a Chance
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-10-24
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Sadie Goes to Heaven
1917-12-24
Sadie Goes to Heaven
Overview: Little six-year-old Sadie O'Malley, a child of the tenement district, has a vision of heaven awakened within her by the teaching of a settlement worker, so when she sees a handsome limousine in front of the settlement laundry near her home she thinks it is a heavenly chariot, climbs into a clothes hamper in the interior of the car and is whisked away to the home of Mrs. Welland Riche.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-12-24
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