Anders Randolf
Biography: From Wikipedia Anders Randolf (18 December 1870 – 2 July 1930) was a Danish American actor in American films from 1913 to 1931. Anders was born in Viborg, Denmark where he became a professional soldier in the Danish army and a world-class swordsman. He emigrated to the United States in March 1890, quickly giving in to a lifelong passion for the theater. After briefly heading his own production company, Frontier Features, Inc., Randolf settled into a career as one of Hollywood's best screen villains. Often billed as Anders Randolph, he appeared in character roles opposite such stars as John Barrymore (Sherlock Holmes 1922), Mary Pickford (Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall 1924) Douglas Fairbanks (The Black Pirate 1926), and Greta Garbo (The Kiss 1929). He also appeared in several comedy short films for Hal Roach alongside Charley Chase and Laurel and Hardy before his death in 1930 following a relapse after a kidney operation. He was later interred at Fredericksburg Cemetery in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 16, 1870
Deathday: July 02, 1930
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Erstwhile Susan
1919-11-16
Erstwhile Susan
Overview: Barnabetta Dreary's grim life of slaving for her Pennsylvania Dutch father Barnaby and her two brothers, is surprisingly changed when Barnaby marries Juliet Miller. Known as Erstwhile Susan, she becomes fond of Barnabetta, and because she retains control of her fortune, induces the other Drearys to relieve Barnabetta of some of her drudgery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-11-16
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The Kiss
1929-11-15
The Kiss
Overview: An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-15
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The Third Degree
1919-05-19
The Third Degree
Overview: An expose of the methods used by a police-department to extract a confession from a suspect, regardless of innocence or guilt, and the effect and consequences on a family when an innocent member breaks under the interrogation methods and confesses to a crime he did not commit.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-19
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Broken Hearts of Hollywood
1926-08-14
Broken Hearts of Hollywood
Overview: Virginia Perry, a former movie star, leaves her family and returns to Hollywood to make a comeback, but age has taken its toll and she is cast in small character roles. Meanwhile, her daughter, Betty Ann, has won a beauty contest, and heads for Hollywood. They end up in the same, film, with Mom playing her Mom. Marshall tries to take advantage of the naive Betty. Somebody gets shot. Somebody is put on trial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-14
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The Wheels of Justice
1915-04-22
The Wheels of Justice
Overview: Ralph Brooks, although engaged to Julia Dean, meets and becomes infatuated with Rita Reynolds. She gains his sympathy by telling untrue stories of her husband's brutality. They plan to run away together but while Rita is taking a large sum of money from her husband's safe, he returns early from a business trip and a fight ensues which results in her husband's death.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-04-22
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The Way of All Men
1930-09-03
The Way of All Men
Overview: A variety of broad-painted and unlikely characters are trapped in an underground café when a Mississippi River levee breaks and causes flood havoc above and below.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-03
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The Common Sin
1920-07-01
The Common Sin
Overview: Wall Street financier Frederick Searles goes bankrupt, prompting his mercenary wife to marry their eldest daughter Needa to the wealthy, disreputable John Davis Warren, despite Needa's love for Hugh Stanton.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-07-01
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Mum's the Word
1926-05-09
Mum's the Word
Overview: A widow has married rich, but didn't tell her husband about her son. And he's coming for a surprise visit. To hide his identity he is introduced as the husband's new valet, but still the husband has some doubts about a few strange scenes. And during the night, when the son tries to visit his mother, the husband always starts interfering, but the new maid also behaves strangely, trying to sneak into the husband's room...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-05-09
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Night Owls
1930-01-04
Night Owls
Overview: Policeman Edgar Kennedy is told by his chief he better stop a string of burglaries that have been happening on his watch or else he will get the sack. He persuades vagrants Stan and Ollie to rob the chief's house so he can regain his reputation by catching them. The policeman promises to later get the boys off. Things do not go as planned.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-04
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The Black Pirate
1926-03-08
The Black Pirate
Overview: A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he infiltrates the pirate band; Acting in character, he single-handedly captures a merchant vessel, but things are complicated when he finds that there is a beautiful young woman of royal blood aboard.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-08
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The Love of Sunya
1927-03-11
The Love of Sunya
Overview: A young woman at life's crossroads is granted mystic visions of how her decisions will affect her future life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-11
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Underneath the Paint
1914-12-14
Underneath the Paint
Overview: Walking through the Ghetto, Arthur Kellogg rescues Tryphena Winters, an actress, and her little sister, Salome, from starvation. He falls in love with, and proposes marriage to Tryphena, but she tells him she must first make her success on the stage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-12-14
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The Streets of New York
1922-11-15
The Streets of New York
Overview: Badger, a clerk at a Wall Street brokerage, discovers that his boss Gideon Bloodgood has swindled an investor, Fairweather, out of his money. Fairweather dies of a heart attack after an argument with Bloodgood, and Badger uses this knowledge to blackmail him. By a strange coincidence, Bloodgood's daughter Lucy runs over Fairweather's son, Paul, and cripples him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-11-15
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The Cinema Murder
1919-12-14
The Cinema Murder
Overview: A 1919 movie directed by George D. Baker.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-14
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Dangerous Curves
1929-07-12
Dangerous Curves
Overview: A young bareback rider in a circus is in love with a trapeze artist, but he has two problems: he drinks too much and he's fallen under the spell of a "vamp" who's nothing but trouble for him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-12
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
1925-10-19
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Overview: A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-19
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The Love Flower
1920-08-21
The Love Flower
Overview: A man murders his wife's lover and escapes with his daughter to the South Pacific. A detective pursues him, joined by a young man who eventually falls in love with the daughter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-08-21
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4 Devils
1928-10-03
4 Devils
Overview: Four orphans, raised by an aging clown, becomes a high wire act in a circus. Lost film.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-03
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A Pair of Frauds
1914-03-04
A Pair of Frauds
Overview: Young and pretty, Margery Dean, companion to Mrs. Sawyer, a wealthy lady, chances to meet Jack Drislane, a young clerk. It is raining hard; she has not an umbrella; he secures one and escorts her home. He is duly impressed when she enters a large brownstone mansion, particularly as the girl does not enlighten him as to her real social position; Later, they see each other again in passing autos and then Jack, who has been unable to forget Margery, asks permission to call, neglecting to mention, however, that he is a working man and not a wealthy idler.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-03-04
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The Vanity Case
1914-04-18
The Vanity Case
Overview: In a jewelry store, Grace Norris, a wealthy girl, unnoticed by the salesman, absent-mindedly takes a vanity case. She is seen by Fred Wright, who thinks she stole it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-04-18
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The Passing of Diana
1914-06-23
The Passing of Diana
Overview: Geoffrey Brooke, an African explorer, becomes a friend of Rodney Miller, a struggling young artist. Through his influence Miller becomes celebrated. Brooke is called to the Congo, leaving behind his bride of a few months. Miller is about to despair of finding a suitable model for his supreme artistic effort, a painting of Circe, the temptress, when Cleo, a bewitchingly beautiful woman enters and offers to pose for it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-06-23
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The Soul of Luigi
1914-07-13
The Soul of Luigi
Overview: In the poor Italian quarter of New York lives Luigi, an Italian peasant and inventor, who is so absorbed in his work that he greatly neglects his wife, Nedda. She is younger than he and fond of pleasure. Not understanding his neglect, she strongly resents it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-07-13
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The Hero of Submarine D-2
1916-03-13
The Hero of Submarine D-2
Overview: Lieutenant Commander Colton, U.S.N., is in love with Caroline Austen, daughter of a prominent political power in Washington. Colton has a rival in James Archer, a journalist of prominence, unscrupulous and secretly in league with the Ruanian Ambassador, who is endeavoring to obtain for his country inside information as to the United States naval resources.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-03-13
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Mother's Roses
1915-02-13
Mother's Roses
Overview: John Morrison, Wall Street financier, is in the habit of bringing home to his wife daily a bunch of beautiful roses. Delevan, a recognized Money King, meets Helen, the financier's daughter, upon whom he seems to immediately exert a hypnotic influence. She becomes infatuated with him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-02-13
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Iron and Steel
1914-02-21
Iron and Steel
Overview: Herr Ludwig Kronitz is a king in his own works and rules with a controlling hand. He is known as the "Man of Iron." He has made a fortune out of the manufacture of guns, and is hard and unscrupulous.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-02-21
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By Divine Right
1924-02-17
By Divine Right
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-17
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Daughter of Destiny
1917-12-23
Daughter of Destiny
Overview: In the days before the U.S. enters World War I Marion Ashley, an American woman living in Paris, discovers that her husband, Franz Jorn, is a spy. So she leaves him and goes to the neighboring (and fictional) neutral nation of Belmark to stay with her father, an American Ambassador. After she hears her husband has been killed, she resumes an old romance with the Crown Prince and they go through a secret morganatic marriage ceremony.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-12-23
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Son of the Gods
1930-03-09
Son of the Gods
Overview: The popular Caucasian-looking son (Richard Barthelmess) of a wealthy Chinese businessman lives away from his widowed father and passes as white, but experiences prejudice, rejection, insult, and heartache when the socialite (Constance Bennett) he loves learns of his heritage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-09
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The Sin Sister
1929-02-10
The Sin Sister
Overview: Pearl a vaudeville dancer is stranded somewhere in Alaska. With no official place to stay in the vicinity, Pearl is obliged to accept the hospitality of a wealthy family which has itself been stranded in the Great White North. An ill-tempered fur trader and a looney Eskimo both lust after Pearl, but she is rescued by Peter Van Dykeman her hosts' male secretary….
Genres: Adventure Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-10
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Warfare in the Skies
1914-08-04
Warfare in the Skies
Overview: Richard Lawrence, an Army Aviator, introduces his friend, Count Zurich, to Zenia, his father's beautiful ward. The Count becomes infatuated with the girl and determines to win her. General Lawrence, Richard's father, is ordered to prepare for war. as Prince Dureseign is gathering an army to overthrow the government. In a terrific battle, the forces of Dureseign are driven back. Zenia and Richard fall in love, he proposes and she accepts him. Dureseign's forces are greatly augmented in numbers, surround General Lawrence's army and the General sends his son in a fast aeroplane for reinforcements.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-08-04
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The Splendid Sinner
1918-03-24
The Splendid Sinner
Overview: A woman marries a German immigrant in New York, but loses him when her soiled past is revealed. He returns to Germany after the beginning of the First World War, where he becomes a high-ranking officer in the German army. His wife joins the Red Cross and, in a combat hospital, discovers her wounded husband. Her love for both her husband and her country lead her to a great sacrifice.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-03-24
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The Viking
1928-11-02
The Viking
Overview: In this historical adventure based on traditional legend concerning Leif Ericsson and the first Viking settlers to reach North America by sea, Norse half-brothers vie for a throne and for the same woman.
Genres: History Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-02
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The Last Performance
1929-10-13
The Last Performance
Overview: A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant. She, on the other hand, is in love with the magician's young protege, who turns out to be a bum and a thief.
Genres: Drama Horror Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-13
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In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
1924-09-28
In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
Overview: A sequel of sorts, the Jewish ethnic comedy characters of Potash and Perlmutter return from their 1923 debut film, also produced by Goldwyn, but with a different actor for Potash.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-28
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Old San Francisco
1927-09-04
Old San Francisco
Overview: In San Francisco, a villainous landowner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-04
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The First Auto
1927-06-27
The First Auto
Overview: The transition from horses to automobiles at the turn of the century causes problems between a father and son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-06-27
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Noah's Ark
1928-11-01
Noah's Ark
Overview: The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-01
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The Safety Curtain
1918-07-10
The Safety Curtain
Overview: Puck is a music hall dancer, married to an abusive husband. One night the music hall catches fire. Puck is rescued by an army officer and her husband perishes. Puck marries the officer and they begin a new life in India, until a man from her past finds her and makes demands.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-07-10
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None So Blind
1923-02-19
None So Blind
Overview: Aaron Abrams' daughter Rachel died broken-hearted after her marriage was cruelly annulled by her father-in-law Roger Mortimer, and so years later, his oath of revenge remembered, Abrams has plans to destroy Mortimer's son Russel, unaware and uncaring how the happiness of the people he loves most has became intertwined with the Mortimer family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-02-19
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Going Wild
1930-12-21
Going Wild
Overview: Rollo and Lane just happen to be tossed off the train at White Beach where Robert Story -Air ace and writer- is supposed to stop. It is a case of mistaken identity as no one knows what Story looks like. So they get free room and meals at the Palm Inn and everything is going well until they want Story to fly in the race on Saturday. Rollo has never even be up in a plane, never mind fly one, so he must figure a way out. But the girls have everything bet on his winning the race. Written by Tony Fontana
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-21
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The Idol Dancer
1920-03-21
The Idol Dancer
Overview: A religious zealot and his nephew are thrown together on a South Seas Island with an alcoholic beach comber and a native dancer. A battle to see who will "civilize" whom ensues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-03-21
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Wrong Again
1929-02-23
Wrong Again
Overview: Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it being the painting, not the horse. They take the horse to the owner's house to claim the reward. The owner instructs them to put "Blue Boy" on the piano and Ollie explains, "these millionaires are peculiar."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-23
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A Reno Divorce
1927-10-22
A Reno Divorce
Overview: An attractive heiress, Carla (May McAvoy), and David (Ralph Graves), a successful artist, fall in love following an automobile accident. and are married. Their idyll is interrupted by a misunderstanding and she gets a Reno-quickie divorce. Years later a chance meeting brings them together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-22
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Three Sinners
1928-04-13
Three Sinners
Overview: A woman allows her husband, who she knows no longer loves her, to believe that she has been killed in a train wreck. Her husband later finds her as a hostess in a gambling den.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-13
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Snappy Sneezer
1929-07-29
Snappy Sneezer
Overview: Charley falls in love with Mary, but his attack of hay fever alienates her father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-29
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The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968-12-14
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
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Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-14
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The Power of Silence
1928-10-20
The Power of Silence
Overview: Would An Innocent Woman Keep Silent? Would the fear of a murderer's death shake her from the Sphinx-like silence that shielded- who?
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-20
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Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
1924-05-24
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Overview: In the year 1550, Sir George Vernon agrees to have his young daughter Dorothy betrothed to John Manners, the son of the Earl of Rutland. Sir George signs a contract, promising that the marriage will take place on Dorothy's 18th birthday, or else he will have to pay a large penalty to Rutland. But when the two children have grown older, rumors of John's wild behavior in France provoke Sir George to call off the engagement, and to pledge his daughter instead to her cousin Malcolm. Rutland now claims the forfeit from Sir George, and meanwhile, John has befriended Mary Stuart, the sworn enemy of Elizabeth, who is now Queen of England.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-05-24
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The Crown Prince's Double
1916-02-07
The Crown Prince's Double
Overview: A prince, aiming to avoid an unwanted marriage, hires an American as a double to evade his pursuing father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-02-07
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Women They Talk About
1928-08-10
Women They Talk About
Overview: Women They Talk About is a part-talkie Vitaphone film, with talking, music and sound effects sequences, starring Irene Rich, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It is considered to be a lost film.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-08-10
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Buried Treasure
1921-04-09
Buried Treasure
Overview: Strung around the idea of reincarnation, this film goes back in time to the days of the Spanish galleons and pirates burying their treasure; treasure to be found centuries later.
Genres: Romance Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-04-09
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Me, Gangster
1928-10-20
Me, Gangster
Overview: Told in the form of a diary, the story details the rise and fall of gangster boss Jimmy Williams.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-20
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Her Market Value
1925-02-09
Her Market Value
Overview: Her Market Value is a 1925 American silent melodrama film directed by Paul Powell and starring Agnes Ayres. Powell produced the picture and distributed through Producers Distributing Corporation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-02-09
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Slightly Used
1927-09-03
Slightly Used
Overview: Cynthia Martin’s father insists she marry before her two younger sisters Helen and Grace. So, she invents a husband for herself called Major Smith. Trouble begins when the fictitious husband Major John Smith materializes, bringing with him chaos and confusion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-03
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Womanpower
1926-09-19
Womanpower
Overview: Spoiled rich boy Johnny Bromley, goaded by the sneering laughter of the cheap Dot and by his father's open contempt, retires to a prizefighters' training camp for rehabilitation. There he meets Jenny Killian, daughter of the camp owner whose encouragement and love help him overcome the unpleasant memories of Dot's accusations of cowardice. When at last he is a success, he wins the hand of Jenny in marriage and his parent's forgiveness; upon meeting his former rival (The Broker) with Dot, he surprises him with a swift punch in the jaw.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-19
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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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The College Widow
1927-10-15
The College Widow
Overview: Following another instance of the perennial defeat of the Atwater College football team, President Witherspoon is told that unless better athletes can be induced to come to Atwater, he will be asked to resign. Acting upon the suggestion of Professor Jelicoe, Jane, the professor's beautiful daughter, uses her personal charm to draw noted football stars from neighboring schools by a series of ruses at a vacationing spot. Billy Bolton, son of a financial magnate, falls for Jane and to prove himself registers under another name and works his way through school, attaining scholastic and athletic honors. Through the jealousy of another girl, Billy learns of Jane's trickery and persuades the athletes not to play;
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-15
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Sherlock Holmes
1922-03-07
Sherlock Holmes
Overview: Sherlock Holmes is a master at solving the most impenetrable mysteries, but he has his work cut out for him on his latest case. As the famed detective investigates an alleged theft, he’s brought face to face with his most devious adversary yet — Professor Moriarty.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-03-07
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The Tender Hour
1927-05-01
The Tender Hour
Overview: This romantic drama was released in 1927.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-01
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Miss Nobody
1926-06-27
Miss Nobody
Overview: The father of an heiress dies broke leaving her destitute without inheritance. She falls in with a group of hobos traveling incognito cross country dressed as a man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-27
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Young Nowheres
1929-10-20
Young Nowheres
Overview: Young Nowheres is a 1929 American drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Richard Barthelmess, Marian Nixon and Bert Roach.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-20
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The Johnstown Flood
1926-02-28
The Johnstown Flood
Overview: A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-28
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Ranson's Folly
1926-05-30
Ranson's Folly
Overview: U. S. Cavalry Lieutenant Ranson belittles the exploits of a bandit known as "The Red Rider," and boasts to his fellow officers that he could hold up a stagecoach with a pair of scissors. And rides out and does so. But the next day, the postmaster, returning from a neighboring town, is also held up and his bodyguard is killed. Ranson is arrested on suspicion and placed on trial. But at the trial suspicion point to Cahill, post trader, and father of Ranson's sweetheart, Mary. In order to save him, Ranson pleads guilty but, in return and knowing that his daughter loves Ranson, Cahill admits he is "The Red Rider." Meanwhile, the real "Red Rider" is still at large.
Genres: Western Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-05-30
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Sins of Ambition
1917-09-19
Sins of Ambition
Overview: Andrew Maxwell is so intent on creating a universal language that he completely neglects his wife, Laurette, and daughter, Ruth. Laurette decides she wants to return to the stage and is encouraged by Charles Prescott, a former suitor. When Maxwell discovers Laurette and Prescott together, he berates her, and she angrily moves out, taking Ruth along with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-09-19
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Peacock Alley
1922-01-23
Peacock Alley
Overview: A young man brings his new worldly Parisian wife back home to Pennsylvania.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-23
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The Big Killing
1928-07-01
The Big Killing
Overview: The Beagles and the Hickses are two mountain families that have been feuding all their lives. The Hickses come up with a plan to get rid of their enemies once and for all by hiring two sharpshooters to finish them off. Turns out that the "sharpshooters" aren't quite all they're cracked up to be, resulting in some unintended consequences.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-07-01
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Shanghai Lady
1929-11-17
Shanghai Lady
Overview: Having spent several wasted months in a Shanghai opium dem, former prostitute Cassie Cook yearns to start her life afresh. Likewise, ex-convict Badlands McKinney also wants to clean up his act.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-17
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The Happy Warrior
1925-07-05
The Happy Warrior
Overview: Malcolm McGregor joins the circus and falls in love with Olive Borden but his life changes when he finds out he is a titled Lord.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-07-05
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The Crimson City
1928-04-07
The Crimson City
Overview: Gregory Kent is on the run for a crime he did not commit.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-07
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The Climbers
1927-05-03
The Climbers
Overview: The Duchess of Aragon is wooed by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, much to the displeasure of his mistress Countess Veya, who forces the Duchess out of Spain and into Puerto Rico, where she is forced to behave in very unladylike manners, such as riding horses like a cowboy, and dueling with and fending off various brigands and bandits.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-03
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Jim the Penman
1921-04-04
Jim the Penman
Overview: A bank clerk forges a check to help his girlfriend's father. He's found out, but instead of being arrested he becomes a member of a gang of forgers.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-04-04
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The Suspect
1916-05-22
The Suspect
Overview: The Suspect is a 1916 lost silent film directed by S. Rankin Drew. Set in France and Russia, the plot revolves around the cruelties of Russian Grand Duke Karatoff, known to friends and enemies alike as "the butcher." Sophie, leader of a band of revolutionaries, attempts to assassinate Karatoff but accidentally wounds his son Paul instead.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-05-22
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Who's Your Neighbor?
1917-06-15
Who's Your Neighbor?
Overview: Reformers pass a law to force prostitutes out of the Red Light District.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-06-15
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The Girl Philippa
1917-01-21
The Girl Philippa
Overview: About the year 1900 in a midnight raid on the palace of a Balkan king, emissaries of a great power slay the royal pair, and carry off the infant crown princess. The time shifts to the present. Foreign agents steal the plans of a new shell loaned Great Britain by America. Halkett and Gray, English officers, recover the plans; and the foreign agents endeavor to gain possession of them again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-21
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The Gateway of the Moon
1928-01-01
The Gateway of the Moon
Overview: John Griffith Wray silent South America romantic melodrama starring Dolores Del Rio, Walter Pidgeon, Anders Randolf, Lesle Fenton, and Noble Johnson.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-01
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Madonna of the Streets
1924-10-19
Madonna of the Streets
Overview: Rev. John Morton, who is determined to follow as closely as possible the teachings of Jesus, inherits a considerable fortune when his uncle dies. Shortly thereafter he succumbs to the wiles of Mary Carlson and marries her. To Mary's dismay, John uses his money for charitable work. When John learns that not only has Mary been unfaithful to him but she was also his uncle's mistress and became Mrs. Morton in order to share the inheritance she believed to be rightfully hers, he sends her away with his secretary.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-10-19
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Mighty Lak' a Rose
1923-02-12
Mighty Lak' a Rose
Overview: A blind orphan, Rose Duncan, who has a special talent with the violin. Jerome Trevor, a famed pianist, hears her playing and sends her to an uncle in New York so she can become educated. But the uncle is killed in an accident on his way to meet her and she is taken in by gang leader Bull Morgan. Morgan pretends to be her uncle to elude the police, and he sees the value of keeping her around as cover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-02-12
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The Jazz Singer
1927-10-06
The Jazz Singer
Overview: A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-06
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The Daring of Diana
1916-07-24
The Daring of Diana
Overview: To assuage his grief over the death of his wife during childbirth, newspaper publisher John Briscoe resettles in Paris. Twenty-five years pass, during which time Briscoe's estranged son Jason has taken charge of his dad's newspaper. When Jason refuses to support crooked politician Stange in an upcoming election, he receives a cablegram from Briscoe Sr., who overrides his son's decision.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-24
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Maybe It's Love
1930-10-04
Maybe It's Love
Overview: A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president. The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson, the black-sheep son of a wealthy alumnus. Though Nelson is an ace football player, President Sheffield refuses to enroll the boy because of his bad reputation, whereupon Tommy's father withdraws his financial backing and bars his son from ever setting foot on Sheffield's campus. Falling in love with Nan, Tommy signs up with the college under an assumed name, giving up his wastrel ways to lead the football team to victory. Joe E. Brown steals the show as Speed Hanson, a goofy gridiron star who emits a loud and long yell whenever scoring a touchdown (this was, in fact, the first film in which Brown's famous "Yeeeeowww" was heard -- but certainly not the last).
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-04
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All Faces West
1929-03-02
All Faces West
Overview: Outlaw trio joins wagon train, planning to rob it.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-02
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Powder My Back
1928-03-10
Powder My Back
Overview: Rex Hale, a reform mayor, closes the musical comedy "Powder My Back" because he feels that it is immoral. Indignant, Fritzi Foy, star of the comedy, determines to revenge herself on Hale. Gaining entrance to his home by pretending to be injured in an automobile accident, Fritzi has Claude, her press agent, masquerade as a doctor and advise that she should not be disturbed until she has completely recovered. Hale is enraged, but his son, Jack, falls in love with Fritzi though he is already engaged to Ruth Stevens, an attractive flapper. When she sees that her plan has caused unhappiness for an innocent person, Fritzi dissuades Jack, who returns to his old sweetheart; she ends up with the mayor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-10
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The Silent Flyer
1926-01-01
The Silent Flyer
Overview: This movie was billed as a thriller with ice boats, dynamite, and a dog that saves the day. The original movie has been lost. It survives as a 90 second trailer. This trailer is also available on "More Treasures of the AFA" without the video game music.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-01
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Unseen Foes
1922-11-01
Unseen Foes
Overview: Nick Carter, called to a prominent New York hotel room by a wealthy mine owner, finds him dead when he arrives. His investigation involves a number of supposed reputable business men, but he solves the mystery and brings all to justice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-11-01
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The Island of Surprise
1916-01-24
The Island of Surprise
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-24
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Souls for Sables
1925-01-01
Souls for Sables
Overview: A lonely wife becomes obsessed with furs and keeps bad company in an effort to obtain more.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-01-01
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