Marie Walcamp
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Biography: Marie Walcamp was an American actress of the silent film era, often specializing in roles as an "action heroine" in serials, including Westerns. After landing various roles in New York, she signed to Universal Studios in 1913 and was cast at the age of 19 in the film "The Werewolf". Marie Walcamp appeared in more than 100 hundred film productions from 1913 till 1927. On November 17, 1936, suffering from depression, she committed suicide by turning on the gas in her Los Angeles apartment.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dennison, Ohio, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: July 26, 1894
Age: 130 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: November 17, 1936
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Treasure Canyon
Overview: After discovering a rich silver deposit, Luke Hughes draws a map to his mine and plans on recording the claim. During his journey to the registrar's office, however, Luke is set upon by a bandit who steals the map.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-01-01
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John Needham's Double
Overview: Although he has been appointed to guard the fortune of young Thomas Creighton, the unscrupulous Lord John Needham decides to spend all of it after Tom runs away. Then, however, an announcement comes that Tom is returning and that he plans to claim his money. Fearful of punishment, both from Tom and the authorities, John kills his cousin and exact double, Joseph Norbury, and takes Joseph's place, thereby making it seem as if the dead man is really John.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-10
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The Blot
Overview: Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs daughter Amelia and also befriends the poor Reverend Gates (a young man who is also in love with Amelia), he observes the difference in his life and theirs and tries to help make a difference.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-04
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The Werewolf
Overview: An old Indian legend tells of the supposed ability of persons who have been turned into wolves through magic power to assume human form at will for purposes of vengeance. This film is presumed lost.
Genres: Adventure Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-12-13
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Patria
Overview: Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border. They are stopped by the efforts of munitions factory heiress Patria Channing and U.S. Secret Service agent Donald Parr.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-14
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A Desperate Adventure
Overview: A Desperate Adventure is a 1924 silent film western directed by J. P. McGowan and starring Franklyn Farnum.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-25
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Where Are My Children?
Overview: Walton, the District Attorney, yearns to have children. Soon after defending an author on trial for publishing indecent literature, Walton discovers a secret his wife and her socialite friends have been hiding from him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-16
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The Girl Ranchers
Overview: Two sisters inherit a ranch and choose to manage it without male help
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-09-13
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Hop - The Devil's Brew
Overview: Lydia Jansen is happily married to a young customs inspector, but she harbors a dark secret. She is addicted to smoking opium or in slang parlance “hop.” To keep her secret, she willingly pays the blackmail her maid extorts from her having learned of Lydia’s habit through her own fiancée who is part of the ring importing the devil’s brew. Something unknown to all is that the operation is run by Lydia’s father an important politician in the city where this all occurs. As her husband’s investigation tightens the noose on the organization Lydia faces a crisis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-02-14
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The Red Glove
Overview: On the American frontier in the last decades of the 19th century, Billie is a female cowboy who fights a series of bad men in this film serial.
Genres: Action Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-03-17
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Discontent
Overview: Ed Brown plays a old war veteran tired of living in a veterans' home and decides to move in with his wealthy nephew.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-25
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The Dragon's Net
Overview: A set of eight golden lotus leaves holds the secret for eternal life. A young girl is tricked out of the one she holds, and enlists the aid of an adventurer is tracking down the entire set. Based on "The Petals of Lao-Tze".
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-08-23
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Liberty
Overview: A 20 part 2-reel Western film serial.
Genres: War Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-08-20
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Coral
Overview: New England fisherman Dan McQuade finds a dying woman and her daughter shipwrecked after a storm and raises the daughter, whom he names Coral. After Dan reveals how he found her, Coral, who secretly builds sand sculptures, creates a life-size statue of a mother and baby. Wealthy artist Philip Norton and his self-centered bride Helen come on their honeymoon to the bay where Dan and Coral live. Coral, awed by Philip's talent, gives him a statue and they begin a friendship, which provokes Helen's jealousy. When Dan dies, Philip brings Coral to his parents' home in New York, where Helen plots to have her suspected of stealing a diamond.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-09-04
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The Flirt
Overview: Cora Madison, the town flirt, delights in making men love her and then dropping them, so when newcomer Valentine Corliss arrives, she views him as just another potential victim. Rather than falling for her charms, however, Valentine persuades Cora to use them in getting her past suitors to invest money in one of his phony business deals. Cora soon falls in love with Valentine but also discovers, along with the other townspeople, that he has been swindling almost everyone and that he courted Cora simply to be able to use her well-respected father's name in connection with his business scam.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-03-26
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Transients in Arcadia
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-18
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