Ann Forrest
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 13, 1895
Deathday: October 25, 1985
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The Midnight Man
1919-09-01
The Midnight Man
Overview: Bob Gilmore, a young clubman, is called by telephone to his home, where his parents are giving him a birthday party. He overhears one of the men guests make a slurring remark about his mother's appearance, and proceeds to punish him then and there, throwing the entire gathering into an uproar. Later in the evening he assumes guilt for a check which had been in reality forged by his foster father, in order to save the mother's feelings, but obtains a written confession from the guilty man for future use if necessary. Learning that he had been adopted from a foundling asylum in infancy, Bob decides to go to New York to see if he cannot learn his real name, which he understands begins with "Mor."
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-09-01
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The Man Who Played God
1922-10-01
The Man Who Played God
Overview: En eminent pianist is made deaf by an anarchist's bomb during a command performance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1922-10-01
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The Rainbow Trail
1918-10-27
The Rainbow Trail
Overview: Following in his dad's footsteps, Shefford devotes himself to freeing his community from the grip of a particularly despotic Mormon sect. In so doing, he rescues his foster sister Fay Larkin, who is coveted by lecherous Mormon elder Wagoner. As was the case in Riders of the Purple Sage, the Mormons are villains simply because they are Mormons.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-10-27
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If Winter Comes
1923-03-07
If Winter Comes
Overview: Mark Sabre hires young Effie Bright to keep his snobbish, cold-hearted wife Mabel company while he goes off to war. When he returns home from the front wounded, he finds that Mabel has fired Effie, who shows up at Mark's door with her baby, having no place to go. Mark takes her in, but Mabel leaves him when the town shuns him for what they believe is going on with Mark and Effie. Matters are further complicated when Effie, driven to desperation, commits an unspeakable act that results in Mark having a nervous breakdown--and then things get worse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-03-07
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A Wise Fool
1921-06-26
A Wise Fool
Overview: Jean, a wealthy young Canadian back from a trip to Europe, meets and falls for Carmen, a pretty young Spanish girl. They marry and have a daughter, but soon afterward Jean discovers his wife is having an affair. She takes her daughter and leaves him, and Jean's luck gets even worse--he loses his business in a fire and his thieving father-in-law steals what little money he has left.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-06-26
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Marked Cards
1918-07-14
Marked Cards
Overview: Ellen Shannon, the daughter of self-made Irish politician Pat Shannon, is engaged to Ted Breslin, but because Pat began his career as a menial laborer, Ted's mother, Mrs. J. De Barth Breslin, refuses to sanction the marriage. Heartbroken, Ted takes up drinking and gambling with "Poker" LeMoyne and Don Jackson, while Ellen attends a finishing school hoping to improve herself. While trying to elude her chaperone, Ellen unwittingly dashes into a man's hotel room, and from the window, she witnesses Don and "Poker" playing cards, while Ted lies unconscious from too much drink. When the two gamblers quarrel, Don kills "Poker," but Ted is accused of the crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-07-14
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A Splendid Hazard
1920-09-26
A Splendid Hazard
Overview: Karl Breitman, obsessed with the notion that he is a descendant of Napoleon, is driven to restore the monarchy in France. To accomplish this, he courts Hedda Gobert, who, he has learned, possesses Napoleon's papers. Upon winning Hedda, Breitman steals the documents, which lead him to America and the home of Admiral Killigrew where, the papers allege, the emperor's hidden wealth resides.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-26
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The Faith Healer
1921-03-13
The Faith Healer
Overview: A traveling preacher has, through his faith, the power to heal, but loses it when he falls in love. Considered lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-03-13
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The Great Impersonation
1921-10-09
The Great Impersonation
Overview: When the man calling himself Everard Dominey returns home, his loved ones recognize that something about him is different. But with Europe racing toward war and England infiltrated by saboteurs, will the truth emerge before it is too late?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-10-09
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Dangerous Days
1920-03-14
Dangerous Days
Overview: Patriotism, love and treason in the United States during the First World War. Barker manages to give every scene the right climate through inventive use of color. From semi-documentary to cruel melodrama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-03-14
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The Grim Game
1919-10-11
The Grim Game
Overview: Jailed unjustly for a murder he did not commit, a young man uses his amazing powers of escape to free himself and pursue the actual killers, who hold his fiancée captive.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-10-11
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The Midnight Man
1917-08-13
The Midnight Man
Overview: When young inventor Bob Moore fails in his efforts to provide his father, a safe manufacturer, with a lock that is burglar proof, he contacts The "Eel," the most talented safecracker in the city, to offer him a job in his factory. The Eel, deciding to go straight, accepts the offer, but when he later learns that Irene Hardin has been given a valuable necklace by her father, The Eel plans one last job to secure Irene's pearls.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-08-13
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Ridin' Pretty
1925-02-22
Ridin' Pretty
Overview: A red-blooded romance of a millionaire cowboy and a city girl with stirring chase after a racing express that'll hold you spellbound.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-02-22
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The Birth of Patriotism
1917-04-30
The Birth of Patriotism
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-30
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Her Decision
1918-05-12
Her Decision
Overview: A secretary (Gloria Swanson) uses her boss to get money for her unfortunate sister (Ann Kroman) but eventually falls in love with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-05-12
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Love's Prisoner
1919-06-07
Love's Prisoner
Overview: A young lady, who "hates the law" rises from the tenements to society. Financial reverses lead her to commit a series of burglaries as "The Bird". She becomes involved with the detective investigating the burglaries. After she confesses and pays for her crimes, they marry.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-07
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The Flame of Youth
1917-06-18
The Flame of Youth
Overview: James Gordon, Sr., owner of the Gordon syndicate, dispatches his roughneck son Jimmy to investigate why production has fallen off in his opal mine on an island off the coast of lower California. After an argument with his fiancée, socialite Lucy Andrews, Jimmy leaves for the island where he is met by Juan, McCool's servant who, along with Jasper Sneedham, has been cheating the company. On the launch, Juan tries to eliminate Jimmy by hitting him over the head, but the lad escapes and swims to shore where he is rescued by Sneedham's stepdaughter Nadine. Nadine takes Jimmy to the hut of mine foreman Fred Haimer, the only honest man on the island.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-06-18
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