Edwin B. Tilton
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 15, 1859
Deathday: January 16, 1926
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Riddle Gawne
1918-08-03
Riddle Gawne
Overview: When Gawne finds his brother dying and hears that the killer has run off with his brother's wife, he swears revenge.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-08-03
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While the Devil Laughs
1921-02-13
While the Devil Laughs
Overview: Mary Franklin has a drunken father, an invalid mother, and a kid brother and sister to support. To make ends meet she is works as a hostess in a sleazy cafe, where she steals jewelry from her dancing partners.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-13
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Just Pals
1920-10-21
Just Pals
Overview: Bim (Buck Jones) seems to be his town's biggest loser, but when he takes a needy 13-year-old boy named Bill (George Stone) under his wing, it seems there may be some hope for Bim. After learning about Bill, a young teacher, Mary (Helen Ferguson), whom Bim secretly adores, helps get the young boy into school. And when Bim then helps Mary repay a loan, defaulted on by shifty boyfriend (William Buckley), it becomes evident that Bim can reform. As the plot in this captivating film twist and turns, the stakes get higher, the action gets more intense and hope for Bim bounds upward.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-10-21
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Taming the West
1925-03-01
Taming the West
Overview: John Carleton is living a carefree jazz lifestyle, much to the annoyance of his father. When he can take it no longer, Carleton senior sends John to his ranch in the West, hoping that the experience will make a man of him. John's ability to ride a bucking bronco wins the friendship of the cowhands, but trouble's a-brewin' when he falls in love with Beryl King.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-01
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The Lincoln Highwayman
1919-12-29
The Lincoln Highwayman
Overview: Masked bandit The Lincoln Highwayman terrorizes motorists on California highways. His latest victims are a San Francisco banker and his family on their way to a party. While the masked highwayman holds them up at gun point and steals the women's jewels, the banker's daughter Marian (Lois Lee) finds herself strangely attracted to him. When the family finally arrives at the party, they tell the guests their tale. Secret Serviceman Steele takes an interest in their encounter and starts working on the case. Jimmy Clunder (William Russell) arrives late and while talking to Marian a locket falls out of his pocket. Marian recognizes it, but Clunder claims that he found it on the Lincoln Highway. She begins to suspect that he is the Lincoln Highwayman, as does Steele, Clunder's rival for Marian's love.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-29
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Square Shooter
1920-08-08
Square Shooter
Overview: Chick Crandall, half owner of the Flying A Ranch, returns home after a five-year absence and, because he is suspicious of his foreman Sam Curtis' activities, decides to proceed incognito. Disguised as Harold Montague, his partner's son, Chick works among the ranch hands and discovers that Curtis is rustling cattle and is responsible for driving Barbara Hampton and her aunt from their home.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-08-08
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Sunset Sprague
1920-10-03
Sunset Sprague
Overview: When Sunset Sprague saves Calico Barnes from a bandit, the two men become friends. Barnes is heading out to protect his niece, Rose Loring, whose father was murdered right after his mine struck gold. Sprague goes to help and finds himself up against the villainous Mace Dennison.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-10-03
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Two Moons
1920-12-19
Two Moons
Overview: A fight breaks out between the cattle ranchers and the upstart sheep men, whose fences were seen as a threat to the freedom of the West.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-12-19
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Racing for Life
1924-08-08
Racing for Life
Overview: Jack Grant agrees to drive in the big race in order to save his brother Carl from being charged with embezzlement.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-08
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The Skywayman
1920-09-05
The Skywayman
Overview: Suffering from amnesia, Captain Norman Craig is embroiled in a doctor's plot to steal both a cache of jewels and Craig's own doting girlfriend. A lost film.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-05
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The Best Man
1919-05-04
The Best Man
Overview: The Library of Congress lists this as a ‘lost’ film, however a copy exists in the UK. Gordon, disguised as Hayne, meets with the criminals and manages to purloin the stolen code but the real Hayne, who the police have failed to apprehend, gives chase. Gordon escapes in a taxi that had been pre-booked to take Hayne to church to marry Celia. Arriving at the church, and remembering his instructions ‘Let Nothing Hinder You’, Gordon allows himself to be married to Celia while planning how he will escape.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-04
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The Splendid Sin
1919-09-14
The Splendid Sin
Overview: Although they have a happy marriage, Sir Charles Chatham, an explorer, and his American wife, Lady Marion, have been unable to have children. After Charles goes to Egypt, his sister Gertrude and her sweetheart Stephen Hartley, an American consulate attaché, take refuge from a storm in a deserted tower. Frightened, Gertrude yields to Stephen's advances. Although he intends to marry Gertrude, Stephen suddenly is called to deliver supplies to starving women and children in Russia. Marion takes the pregnant Gertrude away to have her child, and notifies Stephen, who, because he is shot during Bolshevik rioting, returns too late to marry Gertrude, who dies after childbirth. To honor Gertrude's dying request, and to provide Charles with a much desired child, Marion telegraphs Charles that the baby is theirs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-09-14
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Forbidden Trails
1920-05-15
Forbidden Trails
Overview: "Squint" Taylor owns a ranch and has a much older mining partner. When the partner is fatally wounded, he makes Taylor promise to take care of his daughter Marion. Taylor is more than happy to do his bidding, but Marion and her uncle are both involved with William Carrington, who is trying to cheat them out of her share of the mine.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-05-15
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Cupid's Round Up
1918-01-13
Cupid's Round Up
Overview: The film's highlight was a scene in which Mix, hoping to escape a pursuing posse, jumps towards a moving train and crashes neatly through one of the passenger windows.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-01-13
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Black Shadows
1920-03-01
Black Shadows
Overview: A victim of hypnotism begins to have compulsions to steal.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-03-01
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The Midnight Express
1924-06-01
The Midnight Express
Overview: Wastrel son of a railroad magnate, Jack's father becomes frustrated with his son's wild ways. To prove himself, Jack goes to work in the railroad yard as a laborer. An escaped convict, Silent Bill Brachley, steals Jack's car, and the chase leads to a meeting between Jack, the engineer of the Midnight Express, and the engineer's pretty daughter, Mary. As he is led back to jail, Brachley swears revenge.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-06-01
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A Midnight Romance
1919-03-10
A Midnight Romance
Overview: Marie, a hotel maid, falls in love with millionaire's son Roger, but Roger cannot marry her because of her inferior station and his unwillingness to make his family unhappy thereby. They separate. When next they meet, Roger discovers that Marie is actually a princess. Now their renewed romance cannot continue because Roger is a mere commoner. But the Bolshevik revolution provides complication and at last resolution to their dilemma.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-03-10
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Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919-09-21
Her Kingdom of Dreams
Overview: A young girl living a secluded and unsophisticated life is suddenly thrust into a great wealth and a frightening social whirl.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-09-21
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Thundergate
1923-10-15
Thundergate
Overview: Robert Wells is an American born in China who, unbeknownst to him, has an Oriental half-brother. Wells' uncle sends him to help Ray Williams build bridges in China. Williams is in league with Chinese reactionaries and he discredits Wells by turning him into a drug addict. Wells eventually becomes an outcast and is in a stupor when he is found by his half-brother, Kong Sue, the son of the Lord of Thundergate, a powerful Mandarin reactionary.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-15
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Curtain
1920-09-06
Curtain
Overview: Nancy Bradshaw (Katherine MacDonald) is a popular stage star who quits her career to marry millionaire clubman Dick Cunningham (Charles Richman). But after a few years of marriage, he starts seeing other women. Figuring that her public was more faithful to her than her husband, Nancy returns to the stage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-06
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Under the Yoke
1918-07-09
Under the Yoke
Overview: As described in a film magazine, when Maria Valverda (Bara) refuses the attentions of Diablo Ramirez (Nye), he starts an insurrection among the native Filipinos. Maria's father Don Ramon is killed and Maria is held hostage. She gets word to Capt. Paul Winter (Roscoe) of the American troops in Manila and he comes to her assistance, but his troops are outnumbered and they are made prisoners by the revolting revolutionists. Maria and Paul attempt to escape, but they are caught and brought back. At the Manila headquarters, trouble is suspected and reinforcements are sent. Before long, the revolt is subdued and peace reigns over Maria's home, and happiness over the betrothal of Maria and Paul. This film is lost.
Genres: Romance Action Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1918-07-09
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The Primal Law
1921-09-11
The Primal Law
Overview: silent cowboy western starring Dustin Farnum as a rancher whose partner is killed by rustlers. He takes in his partner's young son, and begins to sell his ranch, but the boy finds oil on the land.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-11
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The Seekers
1916-07-17
The Seekers
Overview: The quiet life style of Ruth Heck and her brother Lem, who belong to a religious sect called the Seekers, is disrupted when a judge imprisons Lem for a crime he did not commit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-17
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Hungry Hearts
1922-11-26
Hungry Hearts
Overview: A family of Russian Jews living in New York struggles to survive, while the mother strives to better their lives, but she finds that most of her efforts costs more then they are worth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-11-26
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The Shuttle
1918-02-01
The Shuttle
Overview: American heiress Bettina Vanderpoel departs for England to visit her sister Rosalie and her impoverished nobleman husband Sir Nigel Anstruthers. Arriving at their dilapidated estate, Betty finds that Nigel not only has wasted Rosalie's fortune but has treated his wife and their little son cruelly. Betty jumps into action promptly repairing the estate with her own money and seeking to offer some relief to her sister by introducing her into English society. In the process, she meets Lord Mount Dunstan, a proud but penniless nobleman who lives in the adjacent estate. Strongly attracted to Betty, he nonetheless avoids her so as not to appear a fortune hunter. When an epidemic breaks out among the farmers it leads to life changing consequences for both sisters and the men in their sphere.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-02-01
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What Would You Do
1920-01-01
What Would You Do
Overview: Released in January 1920, this silent romantic love triangle crime melodrama, about a man who sells fake stock and fakes his suicide. His wife remarries, but her new husband suffers a crippling accident, and wants to die, so she gives him a gun. The day he succeeds, her first husband returns, having made a fortune, and they are united.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-01-01
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The Lamplighter
The Lamplighter
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Original Language: fr
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Gates of Brass
1919-07-06
Gates of Brass
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-07-06
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Words and Music by -
1919-05-18
Words and Music by -
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-18
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