Harry Linson
Biography: Biography not available
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 26, 1839
Deathday: March 13, 1926
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The Truth About Helen
1915-11-12
The Truth About Helen
Overview: Helen Moore (Grace Williams) runs off with the nephew of Senator Foote, but when their car breaks down, they go to a hotel. A conference is going on there, and the boss politico is choosing his candidate for district attorney. Hugh Graham is the boss's favorite, and also Helen's ex-fiancee. The nephew tries to force himself on her and Graham hears her cries for help. When he rescues her, he is seen by his rival, Gregory, who assumes they are having an affair. He threatens to expose this, and to protect Helen, Graham withdraws from the nomination.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-12
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The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan
1914-01-31
The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan
Overview: An early Thomas Edison short. A young woman is kidnapped while attending a play in Chinatown. A reporter attends another play in Chinatown, is likewise kidnapped and rescues the young woman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011 in partnership with the National Film Preservation Foundation New Zealand Project.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-01-31
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The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement
1914-09-21
The Adventure of the Hasty Elopement
Overview: An amateur detective's automobile is stolen by a young woman who is determined to elope, leading to a complicated chase involving several vehicles.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-09-21
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The Haunted Bedroom
1913-12-20
The Haunted Bedroom
Overview: Lizette loves Jean but a 10,000 franc dowry insisted upon by Jean's father is keeping them apart. Paul, Lizette's "black sheep" brother, begs that she gives him her saved money so he can increase it for her - at the gaming table!! He does win but there are a few who are determined he shall not reach home with his money. Paul also suffers from a bad heart and with the stress he feels from being set upon, he takes refuge at an inn. He seals the money up in an envelope addressed to Lizette Rouget but dies before he can deliver it safely to her. Lizette is now destitute, Jean having long ago deserted her but the ghost of Paul continues to haunt the inn's bedroom to guard the money from "unworthy hands".
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-12-20
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A Soldier's Duty
1912-10-18
A Soldier's Duty
Overview: Lieutenant John Miller, U.S.A., receives a note from his southern sweetheart chiding him for not getting through the enemy's lines to visit her. His pride determines him, and going to his general he asks leave of absence. The general tells Miller that leave of absence will be given him on condition that he purposely gets captured in his fiancée's home with a decoy dispatch on him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-10-18
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The Magic Skin
1915-10-13
The Magic Skin
Overview: Ralph Valentine, a penniless pianist, goes to Paris to pursue his career. He is attracted to two women: Pauline, the sweet and innocent daughter of his landlady, and Flora Margot, a woman of loose morals who runs with a wild crowd. Because of his irrational passion for Flora, Ralph makes a bargain with Satan, who gives him a magic skin which gratifies every wish and shrinks, along with the well-being of its possessor, in proportion to the number of wishes realized. Ralph tries in vain to rid himself of the skin after Pauline commits suicide because of his vices. Just as the devil comes to lead him into hell, Ralph awakes with the skin in his hands in an antique store where he had gone to buy a necklace for Flora. He throws down the skin, and runs to Pauline and professes his love for her, happy that he had been only dreaming.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-13
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The Silent Woman
1918-09-02
The Silent Woman
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-09-02
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The Last Sentence
1917-01-01
The Last Sentence
Overview: George Crosby, a New York lawyer, with a passion for painting, wearied of his legal duties, sails for Brittany, where he meets Renée Kerouac, a fisher-maiden, and sketches her as a Corregan, a fairy who destroys the men who refuse her love. Hoel Kalloc, her betrothed, becomes jealous, and George marries her, after saving her from Hoel's brutality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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