Barbara Tennant
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Barbara Tennant was born in London, England in 1892. Barbara is one of those actresses that is very hard to find anything on. Research brings up so very little. We do know that Barbara started life on the stage, but changed to films when she was 20. Her first movie was The Holy City (1912) in 1912. The parts she had weren't big ones by any means, but it was more than some aspiring actresses were getting. Barbara was 35 when she made Hidden Aces (1927) in 1927. Afterwards she made no others. It's as though she dropped off the face of the earth because no one seems to know what happened to her or what she had done since her film career.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Birthday: May 19, 1892
Deathday: March 18, 1982
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Infidel
Overview: Lola Daintry (MacDonald) is an actress who's mad at the world, and especially ministers, one of whom -- her father -- was so cruel that he drove her mother out of the house. When Bully Haynes (Melbourne MacDonald) wants her help in showing up a group of South Seas missionaries, she's more than happy to assist. But Lola doesn't realize she's being used so that Haynes can gain control over the copra trade from his rival, Cyrus Flint (Robert Ellis).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-04-02
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Wolves of the North
Overview: Aurora, daughter of Professor Norris, a student of Eskimo culture in the region of Unalik on the southeast coast of Alaska, is devoted to David, a youth of weak character who has been reared in the family, and she is aloof to other men. "Wiki" Jack, primitive and passionate, sets out to win her despite her unconcealed disdain for him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-04-16
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The Link in the Chain
Overview: Mr. Goodwin, head of the Crown Jewel Company, has poor health and consequently often transacts his business at home. He is a kind-hearted employer, and his two assistants, Rogers and Burton, have little to complain of. Burton is the father of a beautiful daughter, Marie, who is loved by Rogers. However, she rejects his suit, preferring charity work in the slums. Here she is known as "the little angel."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-05-27
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Hearts and Spangles
Overview: Steve Carris, a medical student, is expelled from college, disowned by his father and joins a circus.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-15
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Motorboat Mamas
Overview: Motorboat Mamas is a silent comedy short.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-30
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Poisoned Paradise
Overview: Margot Le Blanc loses her small fortune at Monte Carlo and makes the acquaintance of Hugh Kildair, an artist, who hires her as a housekeeper. A gang of thieves set a trap for Kildair when they find that he knows a mathematical system guaranteed to win at the gambling table.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-29
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The Perils of Petersboro
Overview: The Perils of Petersboro is a 1926 silent comedy
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-26
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Should Sleepwalkers Marry?
Overview: Should Sleepwalkers Marry? is a 1927 comedy short
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-23
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What Every Woman Wants
Overview: Poor stenographer Gloria Graham believes that clothes make a woman successful in business and as a result she incurs great debts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-02-23
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The Midnight Flyer
Overview: The speed of lightning; the roar of thunder; the thrills of an earthquake; it's "The midnight flyer".
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-12-06
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The Love Gambler
Overview: Drifter Dick Manners arrives at a ranch owned by Colonel Angus McClelland. When he wagers that he will be able to ride a wild bronco and kiss the ranchman's haughty daughter, Jean -- and wins -- he lands a job there. But Manners and Jean really fall in love and Colonel McClelland fires him. He then meets a woman who is dying, and she begs him to marry her so that her child will have a name. Manners obliges, and then Jean finds out about the situation.
Genres: Adventure Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-11-12
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Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
Overview: A dancing instructor goes to a married woman's home, to giver her lessons, while her husband is absent. He leaves and goes to a poker game. The husband is one of the players, and the instructor, not knowing who he is, shows her picture around the table. This prompts a round-table discussion in which none of the standard rules for civility is part of the discussion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-08
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Captain January
Overview: During a tempestuous storm, a lighthouse keeper finds an infant girl who washes ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become inseparable. Eventually her real family finds her and wants her to live with them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-07-06
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The Devil Dancer
Overview: An English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native girl he has become fascinated with. THE DEVIL DANCER was highly praised at time of release for its exquisite cinematography, especially in the use of light and shadow. The film received an Academy Award nomination in this category. Sadly, it is among the lost. No prints or negatives are known to survive.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-11-03
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The Masquerader
Overview: John Loder looks exactly like his cousin, John Chilcote, who is a member of Parliament. Because of his dissolute ways, Chilcote collapses, and Loder is called in to take his place so that the family honor can remain unsullied. Loder's masquerade is so successful that no one suspects him of being an impostor, not even Chilcote's estranged wife, Eve. Loder distinguishes himself with his actions, both in public and private, while the real Chilcote sinks further into the gutter until he finally dies. Loder decides to remain as John Chilcote, and marries Eve, who, up until Loder reveals his true identity, has believed she was falling in love with her husband all over again.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-07-01
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A Blonde's Revenge
Overview: Turpin plays a candidate who poses as the worker's friend but spends hi time buttering up wealthy women and seizing upn any opportunity to womanise.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-12-19
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Deserted at the Altar
Overview: Anna Moore, a poor orphaned country girl, and her little brother, Tommy, live with hypocritical Squire Simpson, who conspires with his son to acquire the inheritance due the girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-12-01
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You Can't Get Away with It
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-11-18
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The Price of Malice
Overview: Captain Mills is jealous of Jim Clifford, his fellow officer at the British War Department, so he steals an important document in an attempt to make Clifford look bad. Clifford has to undergo quite a bit to get the papers back, and his adventures take him to several fancy weekend parties, including one on a yacht, which wrecks. He discovers that Mills gave the document to Grace Weston, who doesn't realize what she's got.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-02-21
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The Trail of the Silver Fox
Overview: A real life drama enacted in the Yukon region where the rigors of battle for existence reduced it's human characters to it's primitive. The girl's perilous trip to the frozen north to save a life will grip you tight....
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-02-12
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Run, Girl, Run
Overview: A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-15
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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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Bulldog Courage
Overview: College athlete Jimmy Brent is sent to Wyoming by his wealthy uncle John Morton, who has promised him $50,000 if he beats up Bob Phillips, who was once Morton's rival for Mary Allen. Jimmy finds Phillips, but when he falls in love with Phillips' daughter Gloria, he starts to think twice about performing his "job" for Uncle John. Matters are further complicated when a ranch hand tricks Phillips into thinking that Jimmy is the head of a gang of rustlers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-08-01
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Robin Hood
Overview: Robin Hood is a 1912 film made by Eclair Studios when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century. The movie's costumes feature enormous versions of the familiar hats of Robin and his merry men, and uses the unusual effect of momentarily superimposing images different animals over each character to emphasize their good or evil qualities. The film was directed by Étienne Arnaud and Herbert Blaché, and written by Eustace Hale Ball. A restored copy of the 30-minute film exists and was exhibited in 2006 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Genres: Romance Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-08-21
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The Transgression of Deacon Jones
Overview: The Purity League tries to close down a small-town nickelodeon.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-10-30
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Her Sacrifice
Overview: A woman with a sordid past is redeemed by love in this silent melodrama from low-budget Sanford Productions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-26
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Chamber of Forgetfulness
Overview: A husband, thinking his wife is unfaithful to her, has a confrontational scene with her, which causes her to have a heart attack and die. He sends his son away until, after a dozen years, he discovers she was true; whereupon he summons his son and, after a bit, they reconcile at her grave.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-05-20
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Hidden Aces
Overview: Larry 'Hutch' Hutchdale, gentleman thief, is keeping an eye on the newly-arrived Princess Orloff of Russia...and not just because of her curvaceous figure. The woman's jewel necklace is worth a fortune. But her secretary, Natalie Knowles, is secretly a famed cat burglar, and wants the necklace for herself. The two thieves outwit each other at every turn, all the while realizing they're a perfect match. But the star-crossed lovers have a surprise on their hands when they realize the jewels are a fake, and the princess an imposter! Hidden Aces was Charles Hutchison's seventh and final appearance as 'Hutch' Hutchdale, the character he originated in 1921's Hurricane Hutch.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-06
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The Closed Road
Overview: 1916 silent drama directed by Maurice Tourneur
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-24
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Fight Night
Overview: While somewhat happily married, Walter Moore's eyes do stray from time to time, especially when Tessie McNab is within his eye-sight range. But while trying to just be helpful to a damsel-in-distress, Walter's jealous wife suspects there may be some hanky-panky involved.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-05-09
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Smith's Fishing Trip
Overview: Twelfth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies and the family gos fishing while their house is renovated.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-29
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A Small Town Princess
Overview: A small town princess gets hired for the movies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-20
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Circus Days
Overview: 10-year-old Toby runs away from his abusive uncle to join the Big Top.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-07-30
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Borrowed Finery
Overview: Dress model Sheila Conroy loses her job after ruining a gown she borrowed from her employer. Harlan, a criminal posing as a government agent, offers Sheila work as his assistant. She accepts for the sake of her brother-in-law, Billy, who embezzled money from his firm and is in danger of discovery. Her assignment is to obtain the necessary "evidence" on Mrs. Bordon, a wealthy widow who smuggled a valuable jewel into the country. Channing Maynard, a real government agent, reveals the truth to Sheila, and after they bring Harlan to justice, Channing takes Sheila for his bride.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-01
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The Submarine Eye
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-05-27
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The Butterfly
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-05-10
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When Broadway Was a Trail
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Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-10-26
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The Better Wife
Overview: Charmian Page has developed a great affection for the child of Sir Richard. When the child is seriously hurt in a car crash that has killed his mother Lady Beverly, who was on her way to see her lover, Charmian persuades her wealthy father to pay for the operation that saves the child. Sir Richard marries Charmian for his child's sake, but remains aloof towards her for the memory of Beverly. When he learns the truth about his late wife's infidelity, he begs for Charmian's forgiveness, realizing she is the better wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-07-13
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The House of Youth
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-10-19
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The Beaten Path
Overview: A lost film. "The Beaten Path" was a 3-reel 3000-foot film produced by the Eclair company in the United States. The film was directed by O.A.C. Lund, and starred Barbara Tennant, O.A.C. Lund, Alec B. Francis, Julia Stuart, Will E. Sheerer. It premiered in August of 1913. Plot summary from "Moving Picture World", August 23, 1913: "This three-reel picture has many big situations in it. In the cast are some of the company's best players: Alec Francis, Julia Stuart, Barbara Tennant, Will Sherer, O.A.C. Lund, Hector Dion, and others. The story is of a family feud between two families, the heads of which quarrel over a boundary line. The main scenes are laid about large mansions, but there are others in an atmosphere of the Northwest, in primitive surroundings. "The Beaten Path" is a real feature."
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-08-20
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