William Orlamond
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 01, 1867
Deathday: April 23, 1957
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King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934-09-15
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Overview: A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daughter of the dotty king, who has promised her to another.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-15
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The Wind
1928-09-15
The Wind
Overview: When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors leave Letty increasingly disturbed.
Genres: Drama Western Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-15
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That's My Baby
1926-04-19
That's My Baby
Overview: On the eve of his wedding, businessman Alan Boyd gets a telegram notifying him that his "bride" has fallen in love with another man and eloped with him. Announcing that he is through with women, an hour he meets pretty Helen Raynor, who takes to him (and is also his business rival's daughter). Helen's mother, though, doesn't take to Alan at all. In addition, Schuyler Van Loon, who is also after Helen, comes up with a scheme to embarrass Alan in Helen's eyes and ruin his reputation in the bargain--he comes up with a "baby" he claims is Alan's illegitimate son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-04-19
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The White Moth
1924-05-11
The White Moth
Overview: When a girl tries to drown herself in the Seine, she is rescued by dancer Gonzalo Montrez. She then becomes a famous dancer known as the White Moth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-05-11
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Vanishing Trails
1920-09-10
Vanishing Trails
Overview: A 15-chapter Western serial. The serial involves the mystery of the murder of William Stillman (Wells) and the finding of the heir to his fortune. Silent Joe (Farnum) arrives in an effort to discover the murderer and prove that he is the true heir. He and the heroine Lou (Anderson) have their adventures in the mountainous terrain with its "vanishing trails." They are aided by The Shadow (Orlamond), a demented scientist with his trained dog, and several remarkable, death-dealing inventions.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-10
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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 Sin Flood
1922-11-12
The Sin Flood
Overview: Stratton's café is a popular place with the people of Cottonia, a wealthy cotton town on the banks of the Mississippi, installs flood-proof doors as a safeguard against an overflow of the river; when a flood comes, it appears that the entire town will be submerged. Trapped in Stratton's cafe, amongst others, are Billy Bear, a young broker, and Poppy, a chorus girl with whom he has been in love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-11-12
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The Wife of the Centaur
1924-12-01
The Wife of the Centaur
Overview: Jeffrey Dwyer is a writer and a poet who wrestles with the conflicts between his idealism and his passion. The two sides of his nature are personified in the women he loves: the sweetly innocent Joan Converse, and the sexy, charismatic Inez Martin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-12-01
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Flesh and the Devil
1926-12-25
Flesh and the Devil
Overview: When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-12-25
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Stronger Than Death
1920-01-11
Stronger Than Death
Overview: Sigrid, A French dancer, diagnosed with a weak heart, is ordered by her doctor never to dance again. But when her dancing skills are needed by her lover's father to help quell a native uprising on the East Indian frontier, she determines to dance whatever the cost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-01-11
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The Lighter That Failed
1927-10-01
The Lighter That Failed
Overview: For his birthday, Charley gets a cigarette lighter, but it won't light. He works on it with ill-suited tools amidst his family all giving advice. Finally, he unwisely fuels it with gasoline, which gets it lit, but soon, so is his house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-01
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Us
1927-08-08
Us
Overview: Short comedy about airplanes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-08
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Aching Youth
1928-03-17
Aching Youth
Overview: Aching Youth is a silent comedy short
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-17
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Life in Hollywood No. 5
1927-08-25
Life in Hollywood No. 5
Overview: Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-25
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A Texas Steer
1927-12-04
A Texas Steer
Overview: Laconic cowboy Maverick Brander just happens to be a very wealthy rancher, but the money doesn't really mean that much to him. The same can't be said for his social-climbing wife and his man-crazy daughter Bossy. His wife, with the help of some political bosses, helps Maverick get elected to Congress, where he manages to get in all sorts of trouble, including getting blackmailed by opponents of a bill he's trying to get passed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-04
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Bromo and Juliet
1926-09-19
Bromo and Juliet
Overview: A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-19
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The Gorgeous Hussy
1936-08-28
The Gorgeous Hussy
Overview: It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who is the innkeeper of the establishment where most out-of-town politicians and military men stay when they're in Washington. Peggy is pretty and politically aware. She is courted by several of those politicians and military men who all want to marry her, except for the one with who she is truly in love.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-28
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Elmo, the Mighty
1919-01-02
Elmo, the Mighty
Overview: An 18-episode movie serial
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-02
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Beating the Game
1921-09-01
Beating the Game
Overview: Professional safecracker Fancy Charlie breaks into the apartment of G.B. Lawson, a criminologist, and mistakenly believes that he has robbed a fellow safecracker. Out of "professional courtesy" he informs Lawson of what he has done. Instead of calling the police, Lawson--who believes in the philosophy of "honor among thieves"--makes a deal with Charlie: to show Charlie that it's actually more profitable to be a legitimate businessman then a crook, he'll give Charlie some money if Charlie will use it to establish a legitimate business in the small town of Plumfield, and at the end of a year they will divide up whatever profits Charlie is able to make honestly. Charlie agrees, but soon discovers that things aren't going to be quite as easy as he thought.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-01
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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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Dog Shy
1926-04-04
Dog Shy
Overview: Charley is chased into a phone booth by a dog and agrees to help a young woman on the phone avoid getting married.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-04-04
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Name the Man
1924-01-27
Name the Man
Overview: Victor Stowell, son of the deemster of the Isle of Man, is engaged to Fenella Stanley. He becomes involved in an intrigue with local girl Bessie Collister, becomes the deemster on his father's death, and is forced to try Bessie for killing her illegitimate child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-01-27
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Kiki
1926-04-04
Kiki
Overview: Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job singing and dancing at a nearby theater. While she is there, she invites herself into the life of the revue's manager, with whom she has fallen in love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-04-04
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Roar of the Dragon
1932-07-08
Roar of the Dragon
Overview: A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage the area. Seeking refuge in a fortified inn, the group is led by the boat's Captain Carson, who becomes involved with a woman who "belongs" to Voronsky. Carson must contend with the bandits outside and the conflicting personalities of those trapped inside the inn, as well as dealing with spies among the inn's personnel.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-08
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Getting Gertie's Garter
1927-02-28
Getting Gertie's Garter
Overview: Attorney Ken Walrick, not quite realizing the difference between a garter and a bracelet, gives Gertie Darling a bejewelled garter with his photograph in miniature attached. But then he must cover his indiscretion by getting the garter back before his fiancee finds out.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-28
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The Awakening
1928-11-17
The Awakening
Overview: A French country lass Marie Ducrot, name is "mud" after she is compromised by a German soldier . Turning to religion, Banky becomes one of the "sisters in white" in the field hospitals of World War 1. THE AWAKENING was nominated by the Academy for its Art Direction in the first transitional year of the talkies. A vast number of films from this year are lost and this is no exception. No print or negative materials are known to exist at this time. William Cameron Menzies received his third nomination for this film, having received two the prior year and winning for both.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-17
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The Eternal Three
1923-09-22
The Eternal Three
Overview: A doctor's adopted son turns out to be an ungrateful whelp. He beds the doctor's maid, then his secretary, and finally targets the doctor's wife, his own stepmother as his next conquest....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-22
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Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
1924-04-16
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
Overview: Nellie Horton, when mistreated by her father, is taken in charge by Thomas Lipton. She grows up in poverty not knowing her true identity as the heiress to her mother's millions. Upon the death of her benefactor, she becomes a model in a fashionable shop. There she falls into the hands of her mother's unscrupulous nephew, who contrives to do away with her in order to obtain her fortune. ....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-04-16
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Words and Music
1929-08-18
Words and Music
Overview: Phil and Pete compete for Mary's love and also in a contest for best song written by a college student.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-18
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Her Private Affair
1929-09-27
Her Private Affair
Overview: A married society woman accidentally kills her would-be lover and blackmailer and then suffers a crisis of conscience when his disgruntled butler is charged with the crime.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-09-27
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Souls for Sale
1923-04-22
Souls for Sale
Overview: A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-22
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While the City Sleeps
1928-02-15
While the City Sleeps
Overview: A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though the detective knows he's guilty of committing them.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-15
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Sworn Enemy
1936-09-11
Sworn Enemy
Overview: A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-11
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Are These Our Children?
1931-11-13
Are These Our Children?
Overview: A tale of juvenile delinquency, about a high-school student neglecting his studies, partying hard, falling in with the wrong crowd and finally finding himself on trial for murder committed during a robbery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-13
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Mantrap
1926-07-24
Mantrap
Overview: A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds herself attracted to a young, rich and famous divorce lawyer who comes to town on vacation.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-07-24
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The Red Mill
1927-01-29
The Red Mill
Overview: A servant girl plays matchmaker for the local burgomaster's daughter while setting her own sights on a visiting Irishman.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-29
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Up in Mabel's Room
1926-06-20
Up in Mabel's Room
Overview: Mabel catches her husband buying lingerie, and he won't explain who it's for. She divorces him, but later learns he was buying her an anniversary gift. She becomes determined to win him back.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-20
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House of Horror
1929-04-28
House of Horror
Overview: House of Horror is a 1929 American comedy-horror mystery film directed by Benjamin Christensen. The film stars Louise Fazenda and Chester Conklin and was released in both a silent and sound version which featured a Vitaphone soundtrack with talking sequences, music and sound effects. Both the silent and sound versions of House of Horror are now presumed lost.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-28
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Broken Chains
1922-12-10
Broken Chains
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Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1922-12-10
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The Taxi Dancer
1927-02-05
The Taxi Dancer
Overview: A southern girl tries her luck as a dancer in New York City.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-05
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The Girl from Woolworth's
1929-10-27
The Girl from Woolworth's
Overview: Daisy, a clerk at Woolworth's, loves to sing. She meets Bill, a guard on the subway, at a party and they're both attracted to each other, but each tells the other that they have a different job than they actually do. Bill later finds her handbag on the subway, returns it to her and invites her to dinner. They dine at the swanky Mayfield Club, where owner Lawrence Mayfield is also attracted to Daisy and offers her a job there as a singer. Bill is not happy, although Daisy is.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-27
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All the Brothers Were Valiant
1923-01-15
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Overview: Mark is the captain of a whaling ship and he looks down on brother Joel, who has never gone to sea. But when Mark's ship arrives in port sans its captain, Joel takes over the command. His new bride, Priscilla, insists on coming along and they head for the South Seas, where Mark was last seen.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-01-15
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The Great Divide
1925-02-15
The Great Divide
Overview: Alone and unprotected in an isolated wilderness cabin, Ruth Jordan is discovered by three drunken brutes who begin to barter for her. In desperation, she appeals to Stephen Ghent, the least degraded of the desperadoes, promising herself to him if he saves her from the others. Ghent buys off Shorty with a chain of gold nuggets and knocks Dutch senseless. Ghent then sends Dutch off with Shorty and takes Ruth to the next town, where he forces her to marry him. During the 3-day ride across the desert to Ghent's gold mine, the idealistic Ruth learns that he is a man of rough passions.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-02-15
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The Girl in the Pullman
1927-10-31
The Girl in the Pullman
Overview: Dr. Burton's divorce is about to be effective when his flappery ex-wife Irene pays him a visit turning everything upside down. To avoid explanations to his bride-to-be and her mother they all take the train, including Irene and her lawyer, who will try to prevent him from committing bigamy, as the divorce won't be effective until midnight.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-31
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Camille
1921-09-26
Camille
Overview: Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-26
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Blue Skies
1929-03-16
Blue Skies
Overview: Better known for her work in talkie "weepers," Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary appearances in such late silent films as Fox's Blue Skies. The audience was expected to believe that the twentysomething Twelvetrees and Frank Albertson are teenagers living together platonically in an orphan asylum. A wealthy old man comes calling to adopt Albertson -- who, feeling sorry for Twelvetrees, trades places with the girl. Thus it is that the heroine is carted off to a luxurious mansion, while Albertson remains behind. One year later, the old man discovers Albertson's deception, whereupon he invites the boy to live with him as well. By this time, Twelvetrees and Albertson are of marriageable age, thus the film ends with a wedding in the offing.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-16
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As You Desire Me
1932-05-28
As You Desire Me
Overview: Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was destroyed during World War I. Zara doesn't remember but leaves with Tony to Salter's dismay. Bruno, now an officer in the Italian Army, tries to coax Maria's memory back on his large estate. No one is really sure if Zara is Maria, and when Salter shows up with a mental case from Trieste that he claims is the real Maria, everyone on Bruno's estate is desperately searching for the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-28
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The Declaration of Independence
1938-11-26
The Declaration of Independence
Overview: This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-26
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Madame Peacock
1920-10-01
Madame Peacock
Overview: Jane Goring, a ruthlessly ambitious actress, forsakes her life as a wife and mother for the stage. Returning home from a performance one night, Jane is disgusted to find her husband Robert McNaughton victimized by a tubercular cough and so banishes him and her young daughter to a sanitarium in Colorado. Years pass, finding Jane still estranged from her family. On the opening night of her new play, Jane finds herself upstaged and outperformed by Gloria Cromwell, a rising young actress, who, unknown to Jane, is her abandoned daughter. Returning home, Jane is haunted by visions of her husband and child and begins to sob. Looking up from her pillow, she is startled to see her husband with Gloria.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-10-01
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A Rogue's Romance
1919-06-19
A Rogue's Romance
Overview: A welcome guest of the French aristocracy, Monsieur Picard having been awarded the Croix De Guerre, is also a master thief who baffles the Parisian police. One night, while Picard watches an Apache dance, he learns that one of his three adopted children is seriously ill. When his car breaks down, Picard politely forces Helen Deprenay to loan him her auto, and leaves his cross as security. The next day, the police pursue Picard to the Deprenay home where the prefect warns Helen about Picard. Helen writes to the entreating Picard, and refuses to see him until he proves himself of worth to society. Disguised as Scotland Yard agent Armand DuBois, Picard is present at the Deprenay home when a necklace is stolen. After Helen covers for him, Picard catches the thief in an attempt to swindle the entire community in a stock market scheme. He informs the police that Picard no longer exists, and escapes with Helen to a new life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-19
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Rose-Marie
1928-02-11
Rose-Marie
Overview: Sergeant Malone of the Mounties and effeminate Etienne Doray are both in love with Rose-Marie, but she doesn't light up until soldier of fortune Jim Kenyon drifts into the post. Soon Jim is accused of murder but he escapes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-11
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Fashions for Women
1927-03-26
Fashions for Women
Overview: Celeste de Givray is renowned throughout Europe as the most beautiful and best-dressed model in all Paris. Her press agent DuPont concocts an attention-getting publicity scheme by having Celeste undergo cosmetic surgery, then unveiling her "new" face at a posh fashion show. But thanks to a delay in the surgery, DuPont is forced to hired a substitute for Celeste, a look-alike American girl named Lulu Dooley
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-26
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Look Your Best
1923-02-18
Look Your Best
Overview: Perla Quaranta, a half-starved "daughter of Little Italy," is given the place in Carlo Bruni's "Butterfly Act" that is vacated by a chorus girl who has become overweight. Although Perla becomes friendly with Krug, the wire-man, she rejects him as a suitor, and in revenge Krug causes Perla's wire to break.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-02-18
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Smouldering Fires
1925-01-18
Smouldering Fires
Overview: A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her much younger factory workers. She doesn't know that he is in love with her younger sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-01-18
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The Little Yellow House
1928-04-18
The Little Yellow House
Overview: Emmy Milburn must decide. Should she go back to the life she had dared so much to lose, or should she pay the price and live in luxury?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1928-04-18
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