Jessie Stevens
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 01, 1869
Deathday: June 01, 1922
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Cartoons in the Country
1915-10-20
Cartoons in the Country
Overview: Donald and Eleanor are in love, so that Jim realizes it is up to him to pick a peach for himself. There is only one room left at their country boarding house and Jim wants to make sure that no one but the proper peach rents it. In order to keep the proprietress busy while he interviews the applicants for the room, Jim gives her the animated picture book to look at.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-20
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The Tell-Tale Step
1917-05-28
The Tell-Tale Step
Overview: Giovanni Pallazzi, a former member of the Black Hand, an Italian criminal organization, comes to America with his blind daughter Lucia and prospers. Hearing of his success, his former associates demand that he aid in their support
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-05-28
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The Awakening of Ruth
1917-09-17
The Awakening of Ruth
Overview: Ruth Hoagland grows up on the Florida Keys with no companion other than her father, a half-witted fisherman who spends most of his time hunting for buried treasure. Vacationing yachtsman Bob Winthrop and Ruth fall in love, but Winthrop returns to New York, and after a year, has forgotten Ruth. After finding two chests in a cave, Ruth locates her father unconscious from a fall. She goes to the mainland for help, but returns with the Reverend Josiah Arbuthnot and Dr. William Strong, to find her father dead. Strong, out of kindness, offers to marry her, but Ruth declines, sure that Winthrop will return.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-09-17
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The Apple Tree Girl
1917-10-01
The Apple Tree Girl
Overview: Shirley Mason stars as a young girl who leaves the farm to attend school with her snooty cousin. While struggling to fit in she decides the key to happiness is figuring out these three problems: how to be make everyone like her, how to become famous, and how to marry a millionaire
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-10-01
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Seven Deadly Sins: Envy
1917-01-29
Seven Deadly Sins: Envy
Overview: Eve Leslie is a poor country girl, who wishes she could have fine clothes, motors and wealthy friends. The person she envies most is Betty Howard, a famous actress. Eve does not know that Betty's life has been full of sorrow
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-29
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McQuade of the Traffic Squad
1915-06-12
McQuade of the Traffic Squad
Overview: Policeman Patrick McQuade, of the traffic squad, has a sweetheart. Patrick has a rival in Policeman Flynn, who does not stop at anything to depreciate Patrick in Nora's eyes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-06-12
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The Last Sentence
1917-01-01
The Last Sentence
Overview: George Crosby, a New York lawyer, with a passion for painting, wearied of his legal duties, sails for Brittany, where he meets Renée Kerouac, a fisher-maiden, and sketches her as a Corregan, a fairy who destroys the men who refuse her love. Hoel Kalloc, her betrothed, becomes jealous, and George marries her, after saving her from Hoel's brutality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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A Pair of Cupids
1918-07-29
A Pair of Cupids
Overview: Henry Burgess favors a match between his ward, Virginia Parke, and his nephew, Peter Warburton, but she is only interested in her poodle, Frou Frou, and Peter devotes all of his attention to his business. To bring them together, Uncle Henry rents twin babies of the laundrywoman, Bridget McGroghan, placing one on Peter's doorstep and the other on Virginia's. Each discovering that the other has a baby, Peter and Virginia soon begin to share their views on child rearing and matrimony, and are about to become engaged when the babies disappear. Michael McGroghan, the twins' father, hires a pair of crooks to kidnap the babies so that he may collect the $25,000 bond that has been put up by Henry for their safe return. Peter, however, tracks down the kidnappers, and after the infants are returned to their grateful mother, he and Virginia look forward to having their own babies. (from the AFI)
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-07-29
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It May Be You
1915-07-07
It May Be You
Overview: Jack goes from business to business, trying to sell ad space in his newspaper. At each stop he catches the boss in a compromising position with a secretary. He writes an editorial about the practice, hinting that he could expose prominent businessmen. Suddenly everyone wants to buy ads in his paper.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-07-07
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Vanity Fair
1915-10-05
Vanity Fair
Overview: "Vanity Fair" is a historical drama, based on the classic English novel written by William Thackeray, featuring Shirley Mason. Shirley Mason was 15 y.o. and played the role of the young Becky Sharp. Directors obviously took notice of her performance, because in 1917 she appeared in 17 feature films, in many of them playing the star role.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-05
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Gladiola
1915-10-15
Gladiola
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-15
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Buster Brown Picks Out the Costumes
1914-11-04
Buster Brown Picks Out the Costumes
Overview: Buster Brown tosses a goat into the mix and pandemonium ensues.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-11-04
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Where Love Is
1917-02-05
Where Love Is
Overview: A six-part adaptation of William J. Locke's novel "Where Love Is."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-05
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Cinderella
1912-12-01
Cinderella
Overview: According to Vachel Lindsay, "the best film fairy-tale the present writer remembers".
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-01
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