Lewis Sargent
Also Known As: Lew Sargent
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthday: August 19, 1903
Deathday: November 19, 1970
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Tarzan and the Green Goddess
Overview: Tarzan retells the story of a trip to Guatemala in which the ape-man had gone to aid a friend in searching for a very valuable totem pole called the Green Goddess. Second of two feature versions of the 1935 serial film "The New Adventures Of Tarzan", culled from the serial's last 10 episodes.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-14
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The Call of the Wilderness
Overview: In a small western town, a man meets a girl whose father is a land agent. To please her, he buys a plot of land from her father. Next thing he knows, he's mixed up in a plot to drive him off his land.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-12-05
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Ace High
Overview: Annette finds a baby in the snow alongside her dead mother and takes it to Baptiste Dupre and his wife, where the two of them grow up. A corrupt sheriff is infatuated with her, and Jean Rivard (Tom Mix), an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, must rescue her from him. Ace High is one of the earliest surviving Tom Mix westerns.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-06-09
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The Coming of the Law
Overview: Kent Hollis has arrived in Dry Bottom, New Mexico to settle the affairs of his dead father. But when he discovers that the town is at the mercy of "Big Bill" Dunlavey and his crew, he decides to stick it out at dad's old ranch for a spell.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-11
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Even Up
Overview: A new student at Washington College undergoes hazing, college football, dirty tricks by the rival team and a romance with a co-ed from Betsy Ross College.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-20
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The New Adventures of Tarzan
Overview: A feature film. Tarzan, who has returned to Africa after living in England, sets off to Guatemala in search of an old friend who may have survived a plane crash there. Also in Guatemala are Ula Vale and Major Martling who are out to find the riches of the Green Goddess. They join forces after they learn that a competitor, Raglan, has already set out ahead of them. Tarzan has to rescue everyone after they are taken prisoner. When they get to the hidden city, Tarzan finds his friend alive and the fabulous treasure.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-21
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Punches and Perfume
Overview: When a journeyman boxer's gal is attacked by a rival boxer, his manager says he is not ready--so he comes up with a plan to get revenge on the bully.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-20
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The Speed Hound
Overview: Lewis Sargent as a college runner with a eye for the girls.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-04-20
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Oliver Twist
Overview: Oliver's mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker, and eventually is taken in by a gang of thieves who befriend him for their own purposes. All the while, there are secrets from Oliver's family history waiting to come to light. Written by Snow Leopard
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-10-30
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Back Fire
Overview: Fat, Fatty and Fatter are seen rescuing their old Ford from the scrap wagon that is hauling it away. And then report to work, where they have a dyspeptic boss. With the help of a monkey they manage to wreck the office.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-07
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Huckleberry Finn
Overview: Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-02-29
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Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Overview: In Bagdad, Princess Badr al-Budur, the daughter of the Sultan, falls in love with Aladdin, the son of a poor tailor, and rejects the suit of evil alchemist al-Talib, her father's choice. Al-Talib consults his Evil Spirit, who advises him to find the magic lamp hidden in an underground cave. Unable to get it himself, al-Talib hires Aladdin, who secures the lamp but keeps it when he realizes al-Talib's wickedness. With wealth obtained through wishes, Aladdin courts the princess. After the lamp changes hands between al-Talib and Aladdin, al-Talib steals it and abducts the princess to the desert. Aladdin follows with only a gourd of water. Suffering from thirst and exhaustion, Aladdin nearly succumbs, but the horsemen of the Sultan, who learned of his daughter's abduction, ride up and rescue Aladdin.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-10-11
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Campus Knights
Overview: High-stepper Earl Hastings is continually mistaken for his twin brother, Ezra, a meek professor at a girls' seminary, and his constant flirtations in and around the dormitories--most notably with the daughter of the dean--involve Ezra in several compromising situations. Finally, a woman pursuing Earl for breach of promise unscrambles the twins with the help of the dean's daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-01
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Too Many Cooks
Overview: A young couple, soon to wed, begin building their dreamhouse, but their interfering relatives cause no end of trouble. Comedy.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-18
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The Shadow
Overview: The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.
Genres: Action Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-05
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South Of Panama
Overview: South of Panama is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Charles J. Hunt and starring Carmelita Geraghty, Edward Raquello and Lewis Sargent
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-14
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The Soul of Youth
Overview: Ed Simpson has been raised in an orphanage where he has caused much trouble. He can't stand living there anymore and runs away. On the streets, he finds a friend in newsboy Mike. Mike teaches him how to survive, but inevitably Ed gets hauled into court. The judge sees potential in him and hands him over to be adopted by a young politician.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-08-15
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Just Around the Corner
Overview: A young woman attempts to find a good man to marry so that her mother may die in peace.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-12-11
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Miss Mink of 1949
Overview: Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-11
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Flip Flops
Overview: An itching courtship from Mack Sennett.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-12-02
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Overview: Ali Baba, a poor Turkish wood chopper, discovers that a robbers' cave, concealed in the mountains that surround his house, opens to the magical phrase, "Open Sesame." Learning that the cave is filled with stolen treasure, he takes home as much as he can carry, but his greedy brother forces him to reveal the cave's location. After gaining admittance to the cave, Ali Baba's brother is seen by the thieves and killed. Meanwhile, Ali Baba falls in love with Morgianna, a slave girl forced to dance in the local inn, and by securing her freedom, he wins her love and loyalty. The leader of the band of robbers suspects that Ali Baba knows the secret of the treasure cave, and in the guise of an oil merchant, he visits Ali Baba with his forty thieves concealed in oil jars. When Morgianna discovers the robbers, she fills the jars with boiling oil, thereby killing them all. Ali Baba defeats the robber chief in combat and then marries his beautiful Morgianna.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-11-24
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Ridin' the Wind
Overview: 1920's cowboy superstar Fred Thomson stars in this western comedy adventure.
Genres: Comedy Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-08-09
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One Splendid Hour
Overview: While on a "slumming" excursion, debutante Bobbie Walsh (Viola Dana) falls in love with tenement-district doctor Thornton (Allan Simpson). Not wishing to scare the doctor off, Bobbie doesn't tell him that she's the wealthy daughter of a prominent senator. But when Dr. Thornton ends up in night court after punching out a pair of would-be mashers, Bobbie is forced to reveal her true identity. The expected resentments arise, leading to the inevitable reconciliation. Star Viola Dana's final film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-01
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The New Adventures of Tarzan
Overview: A serial in 12 chapters. Tarzan goes to Guatemala to find his lost friend, D'Arnot. On the way he helps Major Matling search Mayan ruins for hidden jewels and an idol containing the formula for a powerful explosive. D'Arnot and the idol are rescued, but the idol falls into the clutches of the explorer Raglan.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-05-21
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Vamping Babies
Overview: "Lewis Sargent of 'Huckleberry Finn" fame, now grown up, and Alice Ardell are the principal players in this Standard Comdy which deals with the attempts of a love-sick young couple to wed despite an irate father who shows his temper by demolishing straw hats. They finally elope, resulting in a chase scene. Slapstick comedy of average amusement value". - Synopsis via The Moving Picture World. Originally two reels, one survives.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-27
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The Man from New Mexico
Overview: The cattle on the Langton Ranch are mysteriously dying and cowhands are disappearing or being shot. Two Langton riders bring a wounded rider they found wounded and hung up in a barbed-wire fence to Sally Langton and report that her father is missing. A lone rider, Jess Ryder, tops a rise and sees a band of men working on some calves in a secluded corral, and he frowns as he sees what Bat Murchinson is doing.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-01
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Crashing Broadway
Overview: When Tad Wallace's act flops on Broadway, he joins a troop heading west. In a small town, they run into Jeffries who has just burned down the theater. When Jeffries kills Griswold, Tad has a plan to trap him by using the talents of Shakespearian actor Thorndyke.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-01
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Treasure Island
Overview: Jim Hawkins and his widowed mother run the Admiral Ben Bow Inn, but when they are threatened by a pirate attack, they stay with friend, the squire, for the night. He is given something from Mrs. Hawkins. The squire discovers it's a map showing the location of the treasure buried by someone named Flint. Jim overhears how the squire is planning to retrieve the treasure and feels inspired by it ...
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1917-11-18
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What Price Hollywood?
Overview: Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-24
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