Frank Newburg
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 09, 1886
Deathday: November 11, 1969
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The Cipher Message
1913-12-01
The Cipher Message
Overview: Two English crooks, Lionel Verker and his sister, Marie, come to America, where at a seaside resort Lionel makes a heroic rescue by saving Bob Kent, the son of a millionaire, from drowning. He is introduced to the Kent family. Learning that there is a position of lady's maid open in the house, he wires his sister to come at once. With the aid of false references she obtains the position. At a lawn fete Muriel, the daughter of the millionaire, wears a lot of jewelry. Lionel notices this and after a dance with him she misses one of her diamonds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-12-01
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The Open Door
1913-12-22
The Open Door
Overview: His beloved wife having died, Mark Boland sells his furniture and seeks to forget his sorrow in dissipation. He comes in contact with David Yarnall, a man who has been discharged from the employ of Jim Driscoll, a prosperous Quaker, for his dissolute habits. Yarnall persuades Boland to help him rob the home of Driscoll.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-12-22
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When May Weds December
1913-10-29
When May Weds December
Overview: Mrs. Force, a social parasite, with a beautiful daughter, is so closely pressed by her creditors, that she uses her beautiful child as an asset, urging her to accept the offer of the hand of an aged banker, Black, old enough to be her grandfather.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-10-29
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Man's Enemy
1914-08-01
Man's Enemy
Overview: Set in London (but filmed in New Jersey), the story endeavors to prove that man's greatest enemy is liquor. When elderly tosspot John Warriner is shot for trespassing, Warriner's son holds property owner Sir Arthur Stanton. Thus begins a bitter and deadly feud between the Warriner and Stanton clans, fueled by rotgut booze. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of the Library of Congress and the Museum of Modern Art.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-08-01
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Cross Your Heart
1912-11-22
Cross Your Heart
Overview: A little boy, inmate of an orphan asylum, ran away. He fell in with an itinerant knife grinder. The boy had had no home life and when his companion suggested that they steal some chickens, he did not object. The farmer was alert, however, and although the knife grinder escaped, the boy was made a prisoner.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-11-22
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The Iron Hand
1916-05-29
The Iron Hand
Overview: After political boss Tim Noland adopts Roy, the infant son of a dead crony, he reluctantly gives the boy up to a doctor who claims that, if raised in an respectable environment, the child will grow into a model citizen. Twenty years later, Roy comes back to live with Tim, and is appalled at his unscrupulous methods of conducting business. Then, he falls in love with Enid Winslow, the daughter of a social reformer who is running for office against Tim. Largely due to Roy's financial support, Winslow wins the election, but, holding a grudge against Tim and anyone connected to him, he refuses to let Enid marry Roy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-05-29
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A Juvenile Love Affair
1912-07-30
A Juvenile Love Affair
Overview: Two little children, who think themselves very much in love with each other, imbued with the ideas of their elders, plan a romantic marriage. Alvin Strong, the boy, confides his intentions to the family's servant, Jaspar. Alvin arranges with Jane, his sweetheart, to elope in the usual way, through a window, with the assistance of a ladder.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-07-30
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Saving an Audience
1912-08-23
Saving an Audience
Overview: Four young college students find themselves with no money and a lot of debts. Each has received a peremptory refusal from home to send any more money to them and they are in despair. Suddenly Claude has an idea. They will hire Susan B. Gabonthy to lecture for them, clear about one hundred dollars apiece, and have enough to tide them over into the next term.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-08-23
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Written in the Sand
1912-08-30
Written in the Sand
Overview: Love is awakened in the heart of Peter Hansen when he sees his name written within the outlines of a heart on the sands of the seashore. Above his own name is written the name of "Norma," a daughter of Gyntsen, the aristocrat of the little village. Norma's father is a widower. He idolizes his daughter. Peter is a quiet, noble fellow, a fisherman, with the instincts of a poet and the rule of a king. He is not given to associating with his fellows, being of a retiring disposition. His natural timidity and shyness forbid him to make known his love for her and he worships her in silence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-08-30
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Unexpected Places
1918-09-30
Unexpected Places
Overview: The valet of Lord Harold Varden, on a secret mission to our Government, has been murdered. Dick Holloway, a reporter, detailed to the story, calls on Lord Varden just as the latter feels the effects of poison administered to him. He takes the place of the nobleman when his American cousins come for him, and not only saves his lordship's papers, but captures the spies detailed to get them.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-09-30
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Lorraine of the Lions
1925-10-11
Lorraine of the Lions
Overview: A ship carrying a touring circus troupe sinks at sea, and Lorraine, a young girl, is washed up on a deserted island. Her only companion is a gorilla from the circus, Bimi, who raises her as its own. Several years later Lorraine's wealthy grandfather, who has hired a psychic to help find her, is led by the psychic to Lorraine's island, and she and Bimi are taken back to "civiliation" in San Francisco, but things don't work out exactly as planned.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-11
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The Grapes of Wrath
1940-03-15
The Grapes of Wrath
Overview: Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-15
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Toys of Destiny
1915-05-02
Toys of Destiny
Overview: A romantic film in which the good-hearted Charles falls in love with Mary, a girl whom he has employed because she cannot pay her rent. When she receives an inheritance, she moves in with her aunt and uncle, and the man falls ill.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-05-02
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The Married Virgin
1918-12-01
The Married Virgin
Overview: In order to save her wealthy father from disgrace and a possible prison sentence, a daughter agrees to marry the gigolo who's been blackmailing him...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-12-01
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The Home Maker
1925-11-22
The Home Maker
Overview: A man's life seems to be falling apart. He's bored with his job, gets passed over for a promotion and, when the pressures get to be too much, he tries to commit suicide, but he even fails at that and manages only to cripple himself instead of killing himself. Forced to stay at home, he finds the role of "househusband" enjoyable--until his wife takes a low-paying job with his old company, and rapidly rises up the corporate ladder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-22
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Smouldering Fires
1925-01-18
Smouldering Fires
Overview: A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her much younger factory workers. She doesn't know that he is in love with her younger sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-01-18
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The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
1924-02-02
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Overview: A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1924-02-02
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The Forest Rose
1912-11-29
The Forest Rose
Overview: Forester and Maywood, two wealthy neighbor planters, volunteered their services to defend their country when the war of the Revolution broke out. Forester was made colonel of his regiment, while Maywood became a captain. The men mortgaged their plantations and gave the benefits to the government, which was hard pressed for funds. Colonel Forester was mortally wounded at the battle of Cowpens, but before he passed away, Captain Maywood promised that he would care for Forester's motherless little girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-11-29
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Whom the Gods Would Destroy
1919-04-15
Whom the Gods Would Destroy
Overview: After a young inventor discovers a powerful new explosive, agents from a German chemical firm induce him to study at a German university. While there, he is repelled by certain aspects of the people, and he leaves for Belgium. When the war begins, the inventor saves a Belgian burgomaster's daughter from Prussian invaders. The inventor and the girl endure horrible suffering because of the war, but they find happiness at its end, while the formerly fighting nations direct their effort towards world peace at the Paris conferences. The assassination of Kurt Eisner of Bavaria occurs at the end.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-04-15
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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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