Miss DuPont
Also Known As: Patricia Hannan , Patty Du Pont , Patricia Dupont
Biography: Miss DuPont (April 28, 1894 – February 6, 1973) was an American film actress and fashion designer. Sometimes credited as Patty DuPont, Miss DuPont was born as Patricia Hannon in Frankfort, Kentucky, though sources sometimes state her place of birth as Frankfort, Indiana. She appeared as a wealthy and naive American woman seduced by Erich von Stroheim's odious count in Foolish Wives (1922). Although Stroheim is credited with discovering her, she had already made several films beginning in 1919 with The Day She Paid. Miss DuPont died in Palm Beach in 1973.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Frankfort, Kentucky, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: April 26, 1894
Age: 131 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: February 06, 1973
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The Rage of Paris
Overview: Forced into a loveless marriage by her mother, Joan Coolidge, a beautiful American girl, finds her husband a brute. She runs away to Paris and studies dancing and becomes The Rage of Paris.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-25
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The Wheel of Destiny
Overview: After suffering a blow on the head, brilliant scientist Forrest Stanley totally loses his memory. Wandering into a travelling carnival, Stanley manages to land a job as a fast-talking spieler. In this capacity, he meets and falls in love with fellow "carnie" Georgia Hale.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-30
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The Day She Paid
Overview: Manhattan model Marion Buckley hesitates to accept a marriage proposal from wealthy upstate department store owner Warren Rogers, a widower with two daughters, because of her previous affair with her employer Leon Kessler, who had promised to marry her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-21
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Foolish Wives
Overview: A con artist masquerades as Russian nobility and attempts to seduce the wife of an American diplomat.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-11
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Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Overview: Another entry in the popular one-reel series.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-11-05
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Lombardi, Ltd.
Overview: Tito Lombardi a Fifth Avenue dress designer, causes his business to suffer by his generous dispensation of credit to clients, one of whom, Max Strohm, the manager of a musical review, has promised payment for his girls' lavish costumes as soon as the show makes money. To the dismay of Norah Blake, Lombardi's faithful assistant, who loves him, Lombardi proposes to Phyllis Manning, one of the showgirls, and presents her with his finest creations, while not even attempting to kiss her, as she puts off setting a wedding date and also accepts the attentions of wealthy bachelor Bob Tarrant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-10-01
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The Man from Brodney's
Overview: A drama of the India Seas that has Hollingsworth Chance, a young American, tangled in court intrigue to, is put to the supreme test to save the girl he loves, Princess Geneva
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-12-16
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Hula
Overview: The daughter of a pineapple plantation owner in Hawaii sets her sights on a married English engineer.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-28
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Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
Overview: Raffles is an English gentleman with a secret life—he is the notorious jewel thief known as "The Amateur Cracksman." While sailing from India to England accompanied by his friend, Bunny Manners, it is rumored that the infamous cracksman is aboard ship. Raffles warns a lady passenger to keep an eye on her necklace, which is stolen soon afterward. Although a search reveals no evidence, the necklace is returned upon reaching London.
Genres: Romance Adventure Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-05-23
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Bonnie May
Overview: Young actress Bonnie May finds work in a private play given at Mrs. Baron’s mansion, where she endears herself to all, especially Victor Baron, the invalid son who has written the play. He begs her to stay on to help him write another play, despite the reluctance of his mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-06-10
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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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Good and Naughty
Overview: Four middle-aged actors jointly adopt an orphaned baby girl, raising her in a backstage milieu.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-07
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A Slave of Fashion
Overview: Katherine Emerson, an Iowa girl hungry for the good things in life, leaves her small hometown and sets out for New York. En route, she is involved in a train wreck in which another woman is killed. Katherine finds the woman's purse and, among its contents, discovers an invitation for the woman to spend 6 months in an unoccupied luxury apartment in Manhattan. Katherine seizes this opportunity and sets up housekeeping in the elegant suite, living well and dressing in the newest fashions.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-08-23
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The Broken Wing
Overview: An American pilot flying in Mexico crash-lands on a ranch, and is nursed back to health by the daughter of the ranch's owner. Unbeknownst to the pilot--who has lost his memory because of the crash--the girl has been praying for a husband, and believes that God has answered her prayers by sending him this handsome pilot. However, a local guerrilla leader has also had designs on the daughter, and comes up with a plan to get rid of his competition, make some money and win the girl in the bargain.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-12-19
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The Common Law
Overview: Valerie West, a beautiful artist's model, falls for wealthy artist Louis Neville. However, his aristocratic family doesn't approve of the relationship and persuades Valerie to promise that she won't marry him. She does, however, tell Louis that she will become his common-law wife on a certain date the following summer. Complications ensue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-08-30
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Accused
Overview: Cyrus Braidwood has a secret. His daughter Helen isn't actually his daughter--her father is a murderer, and Braidwood has been raising her as his own because he has her father's written confession hidden. One day her father manages to get ahold of the confession. Helen shows up at his apartment looking for it, which culminates in her and a young man she meets there being taken prisoner by a criminal gang.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-12-03
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False Kisses
Overview: Jennie Blake, a schoolteacher from the city, comes between Paul Whalen and Jim Payne, fishing partners in the seaport town of Rocky Point, and is unable to decide which one she loves until Jim loses his temper and is beaten in a fight by Paul.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-11-21
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So This Is Marriage?
Overview: After five years of marriage, Beth and Peter Marsh's life together is a series of rows and reconciliations. Beth is frivolous and extravagant; Peter is domineering and ambitious and has difficulty paying the bills. Daniel Rankin, who lives in the same apartment building, becomes attracted to Beth and arranges with the Marsh chauffeur to have her car break down, allowing him to offer assistance and gracefully introduce himself; Rankin later invites her to a dance. Resenting Rankin's attentions to his wife, Peter forbids her to go. However, Beth accompanies Rankin to spite her husband, and Rankin proposes that she divorce Peter and become his wife. A lost film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-26
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Brass
Overview: With her marriage on the verge of breaking up, a young wife attempts to win back the love of her husband and child.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-03-04
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