William V. Mong
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Birthday: June 24, 1875
Deathday: December 10, 1940
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Seven Footprints to Satan
1929-01-27
Seven Footprints to Satan
Overview: A young man of society wants to make an expedition to Africa, but his fiancée asks him for help about one of her fathers guests shortly before his planed departure. Her suspects about that guest were serious, this man tries to steal one of her fathers rubin, and she and her fiance are kidnapped and brought to a house, where strange things happen. The whole thing becomes a nightmare under the direction of a mysterious Mr. Satan.
Genres: Crime Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-27
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Shame
1921-07-31
Shame
Overview: William Fielding, a young widower, is living in Shanghai with his little boy, David. A young Chinese woman looks after the child, and Foo Chang, a trader, lusts after her. Because he believes she is David's mother, he kills Fielding. Fielding's faithful secretary, Li Clung, takes the boy to San Francisco to be raised by his grandfather. As an adult, David (also played by Gilbert) fights against opium trafficking with Li Clung's help.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-07-31
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Lost in the Soudan
1910-08-11
Lost in the Soudan
Overview: Captain Iris and Lieutenant Payne, brother officers in the British army, are commanded to report for duty in the Soudan. Hasty preparations are made and the two young soldiers, with their escort, begin their weary march across the hot desert sands.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-08-11
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The Range Riders
1910-06-09
The Range Riders
Overview: Each year the unique surroundings and novel characters of this great and typical American custom is becoming more and more obsolete and in a few short years entirely extinct. Can you imagine a more exciting or sensational picture than a great cattle stampede, curbed by fearless cowboys and dauntless riders of the western range horse?
Genres: Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1910-06-09
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Silent Men
1933-03-03
Silent Men
Overview: In prison for a crime he didn't commit, Tim Richards has escaped and is now a cattle inspector. He is after the Wilder brothers who he thinks are rustling cattle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-03
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Double Cross Roads
1930-04-20
Double Cross Roads
Overview: Ex-convict David Harvey attempts to go straight and settles in a small town where he meets and falls in love with Mary Carlyle. His former gang tries to persuade him to take part in a robbery of a wealthy woman but he refuses until discovering that Mary is in league with the gang.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-04-20
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Treasure Island
1934-08-17
Treasure Island
Overview: In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain Flint's buried treasure.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-17
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The Old Soak
1926-10-11
The Old Soak
Overview: To the distress of his family, Clem Hawley, retired from his garage business, spends his time and money in the company of Al, the local bootlegger.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-11
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Drifting
1923-08-26
Drifting
Overview: In Shanghai, an American girl who helps runs an opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-08-26
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Together We Live
1935-08-16
Together We Live
Overview: A ham-handed cautionary fable against communism, the film concerns a group of Civil War veterans who are appalled by the burgeoning radical movement in America.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-16
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The Hoosier Schoolmaster
1935-05-14
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Overview: Right after the Civil War, an ex-Union soldier sets out to become a schoolmaster in his small town, even though many locals still harbor a resentment against "Yankees". He goes up against the town bully, who both want the same girl, and his troubles multiply when a vicious band of nightriders set out to drive him out of town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-14
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813
1920-11-14
813
Overview: Robert Castleback is in possession of secret papers which could bring a certain prince to power under conditions which would make Castleback a ruling force in Europe. Master crook Arsene Lupin becomes aware of Castleback's bid for power and, in the interests of France, begins a search for the plans.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-11-14
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The Sign of the Cross
1932-11-30
The Sign of the Cross
Overview: After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old Christians are caught, and about to be hauled off, when Marcus, the highest military official in Rome, comes upon them. When he sees their stepdaughter Mercia, he instantly falls in love with her and frees them. Marcus pursues Mercia, which gets him into trouble with Emperor (for being easy on Christians) and with the Empress, who loves him and is jealous.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-30
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I Loved a Woman
1933-09-23
I Loved a Woman
Overview: The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-23
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The Chorus Girl's Romance
1920-08-06
The Chorus Girl's Romance
Overview: When, on a prank, shimmy dancer Marcia Meadows visits bookworm Horace Tarbox in his Yale dormitory, Horace falls madly in love and follows her to New York where he and Marcia marry. Denounced by his wealthy father, Horace attempts to support Marcia through his writing, but all his manuscripts are rejected, and he is fired from every job.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-08-06
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The Mayor of Hell
1933-06-24
The Mayor of Hell
Overview: Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-24
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The Haunted House
1928-11-04
The Haunted House
Overview: Four heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate for the reading of the will, where they meet the estate's staff, which includes a nurse, a crazed doctor, and a sinister handyman.
Genres: Horror Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-04
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Rendezvous
1935-10-25
Rendezvous
Overview: A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-25
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The Turning Point
1920-02-01
The Turning Point
Overview: Upon finding themselves in financial difficulties because of the failure of the Edgerton-Tennant Company, New York socialites Diana and Silvette Tennant decide to work as society hostesses.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-02-01
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The Iron Hand
1916-05-29
The Iron Hand
Overview: After political boss Tim Noland adopts Roy, the infant son of a dead crony, he reluctantly gives the boy up to a doctor who claims that, if raised in an respectable environment, the child will grow into a model citizen. Twenty years later, Roy comes back to live with Tim, and is appalled at his unscrupulous methods of conducting business. Then, he falls in love with Enid Winslow, the daughter of a social reformer who is running for office against Tim. Largely due to Roy's financial support, Winslow wins the election, but, holding a grudge against Tim and anyone connected to him, he refuses to let Enid marry Roy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-05-29
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Life's Twist
1920-08-11
Life's Twist
Overview: Socially prominent but penniless Stephen De Koven marries Muriel Chester, a woman whose loveliness he admires but whose money he really desires. Discovering this on her wedding night, Mrs. De Koven, because of her love for her husband and her wounded pride, elects to live her life alone, seeing her husband only when formalities demand.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-08-11
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What Price Glory
1926-11-23
What Price Glory
Overview: U.S. Marine sergeants Quirt and Flagg are inveterate romantic rivals on peacetime assignments in China and the Philippines. In 1917, W.W. I brings them to France, where Flagg, now a captain, takes up with flirtatious Charmaine, inn-keeper's daughter. Of course, Quirt has to arrive and spoil his fun. But the harsh realities of war and the threat of a shotgun marriage give the two men a common cause...
Genres: Comedy Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-11-23
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If I Had a Million
1932-11-18
If I Had a Million
Overview: An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-18
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Two Men of Sandy Bar
1916-04-03
Two Men of Sandy Bar
Overview: John Oakhurst, a gentleman gambler, befriends Sandy Morton, who has dissipated his birthright through gambling and excessive drinking and dropped from his father's sight. Although Oakhurst soon takes Sandy's place in the affections of his father, he boards a train heading West and meets Pritchard, an alcoholic, and his wife, the Duchess. Pritchard is wanted by the law and Oakhurst helps him to escape detectives who are on his trail.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-03
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The Magic Garden
1927-06-30
The Magic Garden
Overview: Story about a little boy and girl that meet in a beautiful garden and the little girl promises the boy that some day she would meet him there again. He goes off to study the violin in Italy and when he returns he finds the girl in the garden.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-06-30
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Cross-Examination
1932-02-13
Cross-Examination
Overview: Defense Atorney Gerald Waring uses great skill and ingenuity in his efforts to save the life of a young man charged with the murder of his father. Witness after witness piles up damaging evidence against the accused youth, but expert cross-examination by Waring digs out the startling truth behind the killing and subsequently reveals the identity of the real killer in a surprise-twist ending.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-13
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Stand-In
1937-10-29
Stand-In
Overview: An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help from a former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-29
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A Strange Adventure
1932-11-20
A Strange Adventure
Overview: A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders committed by a hooded killer in an old dark house.
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-20
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Crazy Like a Fox
1926-08-26
Crazy Like a Fox
Overview: Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-26
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Dancing Pirate
1936-05-22
Dancing Pirate
Overview: Jonathan Pride is a mild-mannered dance instructor in 1820 Boston. En route to visit relatives, Jonathan is shanghaied by a band of zany pirates and forced to work as a galley boy. When the pirate vessel arrives at the port of Las Palomas, Jonathan, clad in buccaneer's garb, makes his escape. Everyone in Las Palomas, including Governor Alcalde (Frank Morgan) and fetching senorita Serafina (Steffi Duna), assumes that Jonathan is the pirate chieftain, leading to a series of typical comic-opera complications.
Genres: Music Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-22
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The Girl Said No
1930-03-15
The Girl Said No
Overview: A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-15
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The Dark Hour
1936-02-17
The Dark Hour
Overview: A pair of detectives investigates the murder of an elderly millionaire who was the target of blackmail and death threats and find that there is no shortage of suspects, many of them in the victim's own family.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-17
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Shattered Idols
1922-02-06
Shattered Idols
Overview: This exotic adventure drama was based on the novel, The Daughter of Brahma, and went through at least one title change before reaching the screen as Shattered Idols. Jean Hurst, the widow of a British Army officer in India, hates her crippled son David because she thinks he is a coward and a weakling. She sends him away to England for his education. When he returns to India, he falls in love with native girl Sarasvati, who he saves from being burned on a funeral pyre.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-02-06
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The Severed Hand
1914-07-17
The Severed Hand
Overview: The Severed Hand, a society of Italian criminals and blackmailers, swear to kill Danny Dawson, who has turned traitor.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-07-17
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Oh, Doctor!
1925-02-23
Oh, Doctor!
Overview: Rufus Billings was born premature and after a lifetime of doctors doting on his frail health he is now a hypochondriac of the first order. Now an adult Rufus has learned his late father has left him $750,000 but he won't inherit the sum for three more years. Rufus is certain he is on death's door and will never last three years so his Doctor arranges for a loan of $100,000 to pay for a live in nurse. Rufus only has to sign over his inheritance to the greedy trio of Clinch, McIntosh and Peck who along with the doctor are confident he'll live long enough to pay his debt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-02-23
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Her Forgotten Past
1933-09-01
Her Forgotten Past
Overview: A compulsive gambler, thought to have been killed in an automobile crash, reappears when his wife remarries.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-01
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The Narrow Corner
1933-07-08
The Narrow Corner
Overview: An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-08
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Women Won't Tell
1932-11-16
Women Won't Tell
Overview: A homeless woman living at the city dump hears of the death of a wealthy industrialist and puts in a claim on his estate for her daughter, who is actually the rightful heir.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-16
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Dark Hazard
1934-01-31
Dark Hazard
Overview: Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His gambling causes problems. When he runs into old flame Valerie Marge leaves him. After a few years he returns, but she is now in love with old flame Pres. Jim buys racing dog Dark Hazard and makes a fortune which he loses on roulette.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-31
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Playthings of Destiny
1921-05-01
Playthings of Destiny
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-05-01
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Flapper Wives
1924-02-23
Flapper Wives
Overview: Broad-minded rector Stephen Carey is ousted from his church by his vestrymen and befriends Claudia Bigelow, a young divorcée who defended his position in the church. Claudia's carelessness in leaving a cigarette burning causes Jimsy, the housekeeper's son, to go blind. Stephen's prayers restore the boy's sight, and a happy future is predicted for all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-23
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Monte Cristo
1922-09-03
Monte Cristo
Overview: A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-09-03
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In Gay Madrid
1930-05-17
In Gay Madrid
Overview: Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son by transferring him to a school in the rural town of Santiago. At Santiago, his father's old friend is to be his guardian. When Ricardo arrives at Santiago he joins a fraternity, and continues his carefree lifestyle while serenading and courting his guardian's daughter, Carmina.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-17
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No More Orchids
1932-11-25
No More Orchids
Overview: Despite loving another man, a young woman is talked into marrying a wealthy and boorish prince in order to help her financially-strapped father.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-25
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Massacre
1934-01-20
Massacre
Overview: Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reservation of his youth, only to discover that his people are dying of various diseases and are being systematically cheated of their possessions and basic rights by crooked Indian agents. He heads to Washington in hopes of righting these wrongs, only to experience prejudice and hatred all along the way.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-20
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The Flames of Chance
1918-01-20
The Flames of Chance
Overview: During World War I, Jeanette Gontreau becomes a "godmother" to three Allied soldiers imprisoned in a German camp. Describing herself as an old woman, she sends them cheerful letters and baskets of small gifts until one of the soldiers, Harry Ledyard, informs her that he has been released and will visit her in New York. Panic-stricken, Jeanette dons a wig and spectacles, and although she convinces Harry that she is old and gray, she soon falls in love with him. Harry worships his "godmother," and when secret service agents discover coded messages on her letters, he shields her by assuming the blame.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-01-20
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Shoes
1916-06-26
Shoes
Overview: A young working girl, struggling to support her family on her meager salary, desperately wishes for a new pair of shoes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-26
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The Yellow Traffic
1914-06-09
The Yellow Traffic
Overview: The capture of the two masted Schooner “Caroline” by smugglers and the Coast guards fight for life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-06-09
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Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
1923-02-17
Lost and Found on a South Sea Island
Overview: Faulke, a swindling white trader who persuaded Madge to leave Captain Blackbird, insists that her daughter, Lorna, marry Waki, a native leader, although Lorna loves Lloyd Warren. While in search of a doll for his other daughter, Baby Madge, Captain Blackbird comes to Pago Pago and gruffly refuses to aid Lloyd and Lorna, whom he does not recognize. A chance encounter with Faulke, however, reveals the trader's evil doings and Lorna's identity. The captain and his men rush to the island and rescue Lorna from the warring natives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-02-17
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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 County Fair
1920-09-05
The County Fair
Overview: "The County Fair" begins with a nasty rich guy threatening to turn an old lady onto the street--unless her niece (who lives with her) marries this man's son. While she's dead set against it, the niece is a sweet thing and would do anything to help her aunt--even marry the rich jerk. However, a possible way out is presented. When a poor young man is taken in and fed, he turns out (naturally) to be a jockey and thinks he can win the $3000 prize at the fair and save the farm.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-05
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1921-03-13
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Overview: In 1921, a young man, having read Mark Twain's classic novel of the same title, dreams that he himself travels to King Arthur's court, where he has similar adventures and outwits his foes by means of very modern inventions including motorcycles and nitroglycerine.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-03-13
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The Shadow on the Wall
1925-01-01
The Shadow on the Wall
Overview: George Walters is a youth who is dominated by Bleary, a heartless bully, who forces him to pose as the son of millionaire George Warring, kidnapped as a baby. The missing son had a twin brother who had recently died, but a painting of the shadow of the late son is on one wall. Walters' shadow matches this painting perfectly, establishing him as the missing son to the Warring family. Walters falls in love with Warring's daughter Lucia and finds that the family attorney Glaxton is slowly poisoning the old man.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-01-01
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Lilly Turner
1933-05-13
Lilly Turner
Overview: One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engineer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-13
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The Delicious Little Devil
1919-05-01
The Delicious Little Devil
Overview: A poor hat-check girl loses her job and is forced to get a job as a dancer at a roadhouse. There she falls in love with the son of a rich businessman. The boy's father, believing her to be after the family's money, determines to embarrass her and show his son what she really is.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-01
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Strike Me Pink
1936-01-24
Strike Me Pink
Overview: Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-24
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Eleanor's Catch
1916-07-01
Eleanor's Catch
Overview: ELEANOR'S CATCH is a delightful short, directed by and starring Cleo Madison. A successful actress, Madison was one of many women who directed films at Universal, particularly in the mid 1910s. In this two-reeler, she stars as a young city girl dragged into a life of crime by a ne’er-do-well suitor. A terrific surprise ending gives Eleanor and Cleo an early claim to promoting women’s equality in the workforce.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-01
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Code of the Air
1928-09-30
Code of the Air
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Genres: War Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-30
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A Dangerous Affair
1931-09-29
A Dangerous Affair
Overview: Holt plays police lieutenant McHenry, while Graves is his friendly rival, crime reporter Wally Cook. After the two men verbally duel over a variety of details, they hunker down to business, that of solving the murder of a lawyer who was in the midst of reading a will to a motley collection of heirs.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-29
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Let Us Live
1939-03-29
Let Us Live
Overview: When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-29
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The Broken Mask
1928-01-01
The Broken Mask
Overview: Pertio, an Argentine dancer, has a severely scarred face that has kept him from succeeding in his chosen career. He is persuaded by Caricia, an Argentine dancer who has become a star, to have a plastic surgeon repair his face. The surgery is successful and the two dancers team up both professionally and personally. However, the doctor who performed the operation has fallen madly in love with Caricia, and his determination to have her leads him to perform a procedure on Pertio that makes his scars reappear.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-01
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Whispering Smith Speaks
1935-05-15
Whispering Smith Speaks
Overview: O'Brien is "Whispering" Smith, so named because he speaks softly but knows how to fend for himself. The son of a railroad president, Smith is determined to learn the business from the ground up, so he gets a job as a track walker for his dad's rail line. While going about his duties, he meets Nan Roberts (Irene Ware), who is about to sell her Colorado ranch. Smith finds out that there are valuable tungsten deposits on her land and makes certain she won't be cheated by the villains
Genres: Action Adventure Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-15
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Back to the Primitive
1911-05-10
Back to the Primitive
Overview: John Wilton cables his sister Helen in London to leave for South Africa via S.S. China and apprises her of the fact that Lord Thurlow sails on the same ship and is to act as her escort. At the same time telling her he will meet them at Cape Town. After a hurried preparation for the departure the long journey is begun. Lord Thurlow is attentive to his charge that he may fulfill the wishes of his friend and confidant, John Wilton. Will Carson, a fellow passenger aboard, much admires the young and handsome Helen and seeks an introduction through the ship officer. The admiration becomes mutual and they are seen on the promenade deck enjoying fresh sea air. Their action causes much uneasiness on the part of Lord Thurlow, who interferes in the discharge of his duty, and is in turn insulted by Will, much to the disgust of Helen, who regrets the publicity of the incident. The approaching storm rivets the attention of all on board and for a time the unfortunate affair is forgotten.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-05-10
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The Clown
1927-09-12
The Clown
Overview: Silent crime drama Directed by William James Craft.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-12
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Rule 'Em and Weep
1932-05-02
Rule 'Em and Weep
Overview: King Bool returns to Bulvania to claim his throne and his girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-02
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Alias the Lone Wolf
1927-08-22
Alias the Lone Wolf
Overview: Michael Lanyard, aka the Lone Wolf, is sailing to America when he meets pretty Eve de Montalais. Eve wants to sneak her valuable necklace through U.S. customs so that she can use the money from its sale to help straighten out her brother. The only problem is that there is a gang of jewel thieves on board who are just as determined to steal the necklace.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-22
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The Strong Man
1926-11-19
The Strong Man
Overview: A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a photo from "Mary Brown", an American girl he has never met. He becomes infatuated with her by long distance. After the war, the young Belgian journeys to America as assistant to a theatrical "strong man", Zandow the Great (Arthur Thalasso). While in America, he searches for Mary Brown... and he finds her, just as word comes that Zandow is incapacitated and the little nebbish must go on stage in his place.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-11-19
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The Florentine Dagger
1935-03-30
The Florentine Dagger
Overview: A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-30
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Shadow of the Law
1926-01-24
Shadow of the Law
Overview: A young woman is framed and sent to prison for a crime she didn't commit. When she is released, she sets out to take her revenge on those responsible.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-24
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Lost in the Jungle
1911-10-25
Lost in the Jungle
Overview: Jan Kruga and his daughter Meta live on a farm in the Transvaal. The nearest neighbor, Sir John Morgan, lives 20 miles away, and it is only on rare intervals that she ever goes even that far away from her isolated home. Toddles, a work elephant on her father's farm, is her only pet and in the first part of our story we see her befriend him from a cruel keeper. Hans, a neighboring Boer farmer calls and asks for Meta's hand in marriage. The girl is ordered by her father to accept Hans' attentions. She has been taught to obey and when Hans gives her a love offering, a huge necklace of beads, she meekly offers her cheek for the betrothal kiss. Sir John's nephew, Hirshal, comes for a visit from England and Sir John brings him for a friendly call on the Krugas. Meta's heart awakens at the sight of the handsome, young Englishman, and she returns Hans's necklace. The father, however, orders her to marry Hans, or never darken his door again.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-10-25
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The Big Trail
1930-11-01
The Big Trail
Overview: Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-01
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Love Bound
1932-03-01
Love Bound
Overview: A gold-digging woman wins a big settlement against an older married man, which threatens to destroy the man's family. His son, discovering that the woman is part of a ring of blackmailers and that she is planning to flee the country, takes along his hulking chauffeur and follows her onto an ocean liner. There the two pretend to be a pair of wealthy playboys so that the woman will make a play for him and try to blackmail him, too, so he can then expose her and prove his father's innocence. Complications ensue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-01
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The Vampire Bat
1933-01-21
The Vampire Bat
Overview: A German village is stricken by a series of murders that appear to be the work of vampires.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-21
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Gun Smoke
1931-04-10
Gun Smoke
Overview: Following a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of his henchies take a train to a small western town in Idaho, with intentions of hiding out there until things cool down back in Chi or NYC, or wherever they lammed from.They are welcomed with open arms by the citizens under the impression they are there as capital investors with money to spend. Before long, Darvas figures the town is ripe for the taking and sends word for reinforcements, and each arriving train unloads a few suits and snappy-brim hats.Then they get rough, kill Sheriff Posey Meed and rile up the citizens, led by cowhand Brad Farley, who had Darvas spotted for a wrong number just by the way he made moves on Sue Vancey.
Genres: Western Action Crime Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-10
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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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Wandering Daughters
1923-07-01
Wandering Daughters
Overview: The daughter of straitlaced parents, Bessie Bowden is attracted to the social life of the fast set and finds Austin Trull, lounge lizard and sometime artist, more interesting than hard-working John Hargraves. Mr. Bowden and John try to compete with Bessie's new friends and spend all the family savings on making the Bowden home appear wealthy and a part of the social whirl. Bessie and Geraldine Horton finally catch Trull at his double-dealing, and Bessie wisely returns to home and Hargraves.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-07-01
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Up the Ladder
1925-05-02
Up the Ladder
Overview: An inventor invents a television telephone while going through some love troubles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-05-02
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Ladies Must Live
1921-10-29
Ladies Must Live
Overview: A societal romance drama based on an Alice Duer Miller novel.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-10-29
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Why Men Leave Home
1924-03-03
Why Men Leave Home
Overview: John and Irene Emerson's marriage begins well enough, but it is not long before John becomes less attentive. Feeling neglected, Irene spends more time with her girl friends, and John, consequently, falls prey to the vamping wiles of his secretary, Jean Ralston. When John comes home from the theater smelling of Jean's perfume, Irene procures a divorce; John then marries Jean.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-03-03
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Cleopatra
1934-10-05
Cleopatra
Overview: The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-05
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Brooding Eyes
1926-03-15
Brooding Eyes
Overview: Slim Jim Carey, the leader of a criminal gang, is in reality a nobleman called Lord Talbois, and his daughter is the rightful heir to the family estate. When "Slim Jim"'s gang finds out about this, they conspire to cheat her out of her inheritance by passing off one of the gangster's girlfriends as the real daughter. Unbeknownst to the gang, however, their leader isn't dead and finds out what they're up to. Complications ensue.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-15
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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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Telling the World
1928-06-30
Telling the World
Overview: The journalist Don Davis becomes involved in a murder case, where Chrystal Malone is part of it. Davis follows Chrystal to China. When Chrystal arrives in China, Davis has to save her from an execution.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-06-30
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Thy Name Is Woman
1924-02-04
Thy Name Is Woman
Overview: A Spanish soldier seduces and falls in love with the young wife of a smuggler.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-04
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The Last of the Mohicans
1936-07-02
The Last of the Mohicans
Overview: The story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns—in part—a Huron massacre (with passive French acquiescence) of between 500 to 1,500 Anglo-American troops, who had honorably surrendered at Fort William Henry, plus some women and servants; the kidnapping of two sisters, daughters of the British commander; and their rescue by the last Mohicans.
Genres: Western Adventure Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-02
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The Last Days of Pompeii
1935-10-18
The Last Days of Pompeii
Overview: In this action-filled spectacle set in ancient Pompeii, a blacksmith becomes a Roman gladiator, though his rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son's Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-18
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The Girl and the Crisis
1917-02-26
The Girl and the Crisis
Overview: Lieut. Governor Oliver Barnitz accedes to the governorship when his predecessor, failing to call out the militia during a riot at the Wilmot plant, is shot and killed by terrorist Oliver Poole. Faced with the dilemma of whether or not to commute the assassin's death sentence, Barnitz falls into a troubled sleep and dreams of being forced to cast judgment on his father in a similar position.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-26
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Her Bitter Cup
1916-04-17
Her Bitter Cup
Overview: Rethna works hard to organize her fellow factory employees against the miserly, uncaring owner, Henry Burke. Then, realizing that she needs money to fight Burke, she begins an affair with his unscrupulous son Harry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-17
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The Silent Lover
1926-11-21
The Silent Lover
Overview: Based on the 1922 play Der Legionër by Lajos Biró.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-11-21
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Sowing the Wind
1921-04-01
Sowing the Wind
Overview: When Rosamond, a convent girl, discovers that her mother is Baby Brabant, a notorious queen of Petworth's gambling house, her ideals are shattered and she denounces her mother's life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-04-01
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Put up Your Hands
1919-03-16
Put up Your Hands
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Genres: Western Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-03-16
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The Perfect Tribute
1935-08-15
The Perfect Tribute
Overview: The day after his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln meets a wounded Confederate soldier in a hospital. The blinded rebel, not knowing his visitor's identity, regales him with memorized lines from the speech.
Genres: History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-15
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The Working Man
1933-04-20
The Working Man
Overview: A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy through their careless behavior. Reeves takes it upon himself to save his rival's company by teaching the heirs a lesson in business.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-20
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Fifth Avenue
1926-01-24
Fifth Avenue
Overview: When her cotton crop is burned, Barbara Pelham, a beautiful southern girl, comes to New York to find work as a fashion designer, staying with Mrs. Kemp, a woman she meets on the northbound train. In Mrs. Kemp's house, Barbara encounters Peter Heffner, a wealthy stockbroker, and discovers from him that she has taken up residence in a whorehouse. There is a police raid, but Barbara escapes arrest and returns home. Heffner's son, Neil, goes south to inspect some family property and there meets Barbara, with whom he falls in love. They decide to be married, and she accompanies him to New York, where she meets the elder Heffner for a second time. He denounces her as a whore, but Barbara goes to Mrs. Kemp, who explains the misunderstanding to everyone's satisfaction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-24
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A Fool There Was
1922-06-18
A Fool There Was
Overview: A respectable businessman leaves his wife and daughter for the clutches of a cold, heartbreaking female.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-06-18
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Pilgrims of the Night
1921-09-26
Pilgrims of the Night
Overview: The son of a British earl, Philip Champion is exiled to Paris after having served a prison term to shield his wife and there forms an alliance with his brother-in-law, Marcel, who conducts a fashionable gambling establishment as the head of a band of criminals. Marcel is arrested and sent to prison, and Champion escapes. Ambrose, a hunchbacked street musician, escapes with Christine, Champion's daughter, and frames Champion for robbery.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-26
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Fine Clothes
1925-08-09
Fine Clothes
Overview: The owner of a London clothing store is driven out of business, but later makes a triumphant return.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-08-09
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The Unwritten Law
1925-08-01
The Unwritten Law
Overview: The Unwritten Law is an extant 1925 silent film crime melodrama directed by Edward LeSaint and starring Elaine Hammerstein. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation. In the UK distribution was handled by Film Booking Offices of America.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-08-01
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Fighting for Justice
1932-08-28
Fighting for Justice
Overview: Property taxes, murder charges, and outlaws trouble the son of a dead rancher.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-28
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The Fighting Fool
1932-01-20
The Fighting Fool
Overview: A sheriff (Tim McCoy) flirts with a local girl (Marceline Day) and chases an outlaw called the Shadow.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-01-20
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Painted Desert
1938-08-12
Painted Desert
Overview: A cowboy and a bandit face off over possession of a valuable mine.
Genres: Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-12
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Too Many Crooks
1927-04-02
Too Many Crooks
Overview: Too Many Crooks is a lost 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, written by E.J. Rath and Rex Taylor, and starring Mildred Davis, Lloyd Hughes, George Bancroft, El Brendel, William V. Mong, John St. Polis, and Otto Matieson. It was released on April 2, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1927-04-02
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The Prince of Graustark
1916-11-06
The Prince of Graustark
Overview: Graustark needs thirty million dollars to satisfy a Russian loan. The Prince of Dawsbergen, ruler of the adjoining principality, will advance the money if the young Prince of Graustark marries his daughter. Prince Robin, however, inherits an independent spirit, his father having been an American. He refuses absolutely to marry a Princess whom he has never seen. His councilors plead in vain. With the ruin of his country imminent, the boy ruler hastily sails for America to negotiate the loan, hoping at the same time to meet the girl of his dreams. The money is readily advanced by William W. Blithers, a self-made millionaire anxious to have his daughter marry into royalty. The daughter, however, avoids the Prince and he does not see her. He rescues a girl from drowning and falls in love with her. He believes her to be Blithers' daughter, but she does not reveal her identity.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-11-06
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Excuse Me
1925-01-19
Excuse Me
Overview: A sailor and his would-be bride search their train for a clergyman to marry them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-01-19
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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 Follies Girl
1919-04-27
The Follies Girl
Overview: The relatives of dying Edward Woodruff, Nina Leffingwell, her brother Frederic, and her cousin Basil, whom she wants to marry, scheme to inherit Woodruff's wealth. Since Woodruff continually calls for an imagined granddaughter, the child of his daughter who died before they could patch up a quarrel which estranged them, Nina gets Doll, a Follies girl, to impersonate the granddaughter, try to endear herself to Woodruff, and thus inherit the money. Doll would then be paid off and the relatives would get the inheritance. When Doll's administrations cause Woodruff to recover, Nina sends for Woodruff's grandson Ned, whom he disowned for marrying beneath him, hoping that Ned will send Doll away. When Ned seems to fall in love with Doll, Nina tells Woodruff that Ned and Doll are secretly meeting in the estate lodge. Woodruff investigates and finds that Doll and Ned are married and have a baby boy. Delighted, Woodruff forgives Ned.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-04-27
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By Whose Hand?
1932-07-06
By Whose Hand?
Overview: On the night express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco everyone’s a suspect when a jewelry magnate is found stabbed to death and an escaped killer is feared on board. It’s up to newspaper reporter Jimmy Hawley (Ben Lyon) to unravel the secrets of the motley group of passengers and find the killer before he strikes again in this tense and atmospheric whodunit.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-06
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Murder on the Roof
1930-01-29
Murder on the Roof
Overview: This primarily two-set programmer has a has-been criminal lawyer, Anthony Sommers (William V. Mong) wrongly accused of murder and follows the efforts of his daughter, Molly Sommers (Dorothy Revier), a nightclub singer and two newspapers reporters, Ted Palmer (David Newell) and the inaptly-named Drinkwater (Raymond Hatton), posing as a drunk, to clear him.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-29
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The Arm of the Law
1932-04-19
The Arm of the Law
Overview: A reporter and a detective team up to solve the murder of a nightclub singer who had been involved in a divorce scandal.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-19
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Good-for-Nothing Gallagher
1917-03-08
Good-for-Nothing Gallagher
Overview:
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-03-08
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Fanatics
1917-12-09
Fanatics
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-12-09
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