Robert Anderson
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 20, 1890
Deathday: June 25, 1963
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The Non-Stop Flight
1926-03-28
The Non-Stop Flight
Overview: In 1906 Sweden, Captain Lars Larson (Knute Erickson) goes on a sea voyage, leaving his wife (Marcella Daly) behind expecting their first child. Unbeknownst to him while he is at sea, a bitter rival kidnaps her and makes it look as though she left him willingly. When he returns and discovers their home abandoned, he all but goes mad with bitterness and rage, destroying their home. In the years that follow, Larson becomes a sadistic, drunken reprobate of the sea, working for smugglers carrying all kinds of illegal cargo, including drugs -- and human cargo.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1926-03-28
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Pals in Blue
1915-06-10
Pals in Blue
Overview: Fleeced by a pair of good-time gals, the boys are unable to pay their bar tab and end up cooling their heels in jail. Once released, the two pals decide to join the army, if only to know where their next meal is coming from. They are shipped to a remote frontier outpost, which is already a hotbed of intrigue due to the commanding officer's lust for the wife of one of his officers.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-06-10
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Foreman of Bar Z Ranch
1915-07-20
Foreman of Bar Z Ranch
Overview: Tom Wallace lives with his uncle, John Higgins, and Tom is the sole heir to his uncle's wealth. Joe Watkins, the sheriff, and Higgins are life-long enemies, and when Higgins discovers that Tom is in love with Fern Watkins, he threatens to disinherit Tom.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-07-20
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Without Reservations
1946-05-13
Without Reservations
Overview: Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-13
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Clear the Decks
1929-03-03
Clear the Decks
Overview: This 1929 drama about mistaken identities contains three eight minute scenes that involve talking. The rest of the film is silent and subtitled. The trouble begins when the hero follows a pretty lady aboard an ocean liner. He boards the ship using the name of his friend who was supposed to take the cruise for health reasons. The friend was told that if he did not board the boat, he would not receive his inheritance. Unfortunately for the hero, a male nurse believes that he is the sick friend and forces him to stay in the cabin and subsist upon a diet of goat's milk.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-03
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Draft 258
1917-11-15
Draft 258
Overview: Mary Alden and her brothers Matthew and George have extremely different political views. Matthew is a committed pacifist, and is constantly giving speeches against war. George is notified that his draft number, 258, has been called and to report for induction, but he refuses. Mary, on the other hand, is intensely patriotic and comes up with a plan to shame him into reporting for induction. Meanwhile, Matthew is being set up for a patsy by a gang of German secret agents, led by Van Bierman, who are planning to blow up an airplane factory.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-11-15
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The Hun Within
1918-09-08
The Hun Within
Overview: A German-American father, loyal to his new U.S. home, finds himself on opposite sides with his son in the wartime conflict between Germany and America. The son becomes involved with German agents plotting against U.S., and the father must decide between his son and his adopted homeland.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-09-08
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The Heart of Humanity
1918-12-21
The Heart of Humanity
Overview: The story centers around Nanette, an American girl living in a small Canadian village, who is in love with John Patricia, the eldest of five brothers. The war interrupts their romantic idyll, as everyone goes overseas to Belgium and France. Nanette becomes a Red Cross nurse and is terrorized by the evil Prussian Lt. von Eberhard.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-12-21
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The Temptress
1926-10-03
The Temptress
Overview: A seductive woman forsakes her husband and lover to pursue a young engineer.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-03
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White Shadows in the South Seas
1928-11-11
White Shadows in the South Seas
Overview: An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.
Genres: Romance Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-11
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Once to Every Woman
1920-09-06
Once to Every Woman
Overview: Aurora Meredith is the daughter of the village blacksmith. Because she has a promising voice, her family does everything they can to develop her talent. A wealthy New York woman hears her sing and sends her to Europe to study. But the woman dies, and Aurora borrows money for her last year from a hot-blooded Italian man. Instead of being paid back financially, the Italian wants her love, and she rejects him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-06
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The Eternal Struggle
1923-10-08
The Eternal Struggle
Overview: Believing she's responsible for the death of her would-be seducer, a young woman flees to North Vancouver.
Genres: Crime Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-08
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Hearts of the World
1918-03-11
Hearts of the World
Overview: A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies village, bringing both destruction and torture. The young people of the village resist, some successfully, others tragically, until French troops retake the town.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-03-11
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Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927-09-26
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Overview: In Old Vienna in the days prior to The Great War, a beautiful woman, Hannerl, has her choice of two men; the first is a dashing young army officer who can provide blazing romance and little long-time security. The other is an older man, influential in the affairs of Austria, who could provide wealth...and tender devotion. Hannerl thinks about it.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-26
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Time Table
1956-02-08
Time Table
Overview: An insurance detective encounters numerous surprises when he is assigned to investigate a meticulously-planned train robbery in Arizona.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-02-08
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A Petal on the Current
1919-08-03
A Petal on the Current
Overview: A shop girl finds herself disgraced after being pressured into drinking too much at a party and getting arrested for public drunkenness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-08-03
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The Right to Happiness
1919-08-30
The Right to Happiness
Overview: The story of twin sisters, one raised in Russia, the other in America, and how their lives diverge and re-entangle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-08-30
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Dr. Jim
1921-11-28
Dr. Jim
Overview: Although renowned pediatrician Dr. Jim Keene loves his wife, Helen, she resents his devotion to his work and finds solace with other men. After the death of one of Jim’s young patients causes him to suffer a nervous collapse, the couple takes a sea voyage to restore his health.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-11-28
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Tillie
1922-01-30
Tillie
Overview: Tillie Getz, the eldest daughter of Jacob Getz, a brutal, driving father, lives in a Pennsylvania Mennonite village. Her Mennonite aunt leaves a will by the terms of which Tillie will inherit a small fortune if she has joined the Mennonite church by age eighteen. A plot is hatched by the lawyer who drew up the will and an attempt is made to force Tillie into a marriage with Absalom Puntz, an undesirable young man, sharing her fortune being its end.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-30
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Common Property
1919-10-18
Common Property
Overview: Russian Paval Pavlovitch is married to an American woman when a decree is handed down that nationalizes women between the ages of seventeen and thirty-five as common property of the state for the use of its citizens. Passports are refused for Pavlovitch's family. His old servant takes out a certificate claiming Pavlovitch's wife Anna, and the son of the village priest claims Pavlovitch's daughter. Matters appear bleak for the Pavlovitch family, but a troop of American cavalry arrives and battles the Russian mob in the streets of Saratov.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-10-18
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The Beautiful Cheat
1926-02-21
The Beautiful Cheat
Overview: A motion picture producer has press agent Jimmy Austin take Mary Callahan, a pretty shopgirl, to Europe. After an extensive publicity campaign, Mary returns to the United States as Maritza Callahansky, a Russian actress owning the crown jewels. To add support to her newly established identity, Maritza gives a party in a Long Island mansion in the rightful owner's absence. The owners return to find their home taken over by strangers and are about to call the police when it is discovered that they are the parents of one of the extras in the company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-21
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Below the Deadline
1921-11-06
Below the Deadline
Overview: Wharf-master Buck Elliot is the leader of a band of murderous crooks. The gang shoots down a policeman in a wharf side scuffle, and Detective Donovan swears revenge on the murderer.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-11-06
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Fires of Faith
1919-08-03
Fires of Faith
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-08-03
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