Hope Hampton
Also Known As: Mae Elizabeth Hampton
Biography: From Wikipedia Hope Hampton (Mae Elizabeth Hampton) (February 19, 1897 - January 23, 1982) was an American silent motion picture actress and producer, who was noted for her seemingly effortless incarnation of siren and flapper types in silent-picture roles during the 1920s. She also at one time was an aspiring opera singer.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: February 19, 1897
Age: 128 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: January 23, 1982
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Colourful Fashions from Paris
Overview: Hope Hampton, aka Mrs. Jules Brulator of Park Avenue, models a large assortment of clothes from Parisian couturiers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-24
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Hollywood
Overview: Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-08-19
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The Bait
Overview: Crook Bennett Barton uses pretty Joan Granger as bait to blackmail millionaire John Warren.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-02
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The Price of a Party
Overview: An unscrupulous broker discovers his hated business rival has secured a valuable option in Brazil and determines to delay the latter in New York until it expires. He uses a cabaret dancer to use her wiles to keep him there.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-23
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The Light in the Dark
Overview: A young girl is struck and seriously injured by a wealthy society matron's car. The woman brings the girl back to her house. Later, a hardened thief is told by the girl of a goblet, that could be the Holy Grail, which has healing powers and could help her. The thief, touched by her predicament, sets out to steal the goblet and bring it to her.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-09-03
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From Farm to Fame
Overview: A two-reel comedy featuring Corliss Palmer, First Prize Winner of the 1920 Fame and Fortune Contest, and over 1000 other girls. Also showing the other winners, gold medalists, and Honor Roll girls of that memorable contest. Look them over and see if you think the judges acted wisely in selecting Corliss Palmer and Allene Ray as the best.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-10-01
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Lawful Larceny
Overview: During his wife's absence, Andrew Dorsey is snared by Vivian Hepburn, owner of a crooked gambling house, and her silent partner, Guy Tarlow. Dorsey loses so much money that Vivian persuades him to give her one of his firm's checks for a large sum of money. Hearing her husband's confession, Marion Dorsey, returned from Europe, determines to retrieve the check.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-07-22
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Colorful Fashions from Paris Displayed by Hope Hampton
Overview: McCall’s Color Fashion News
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-01
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Hey, Let's Twist!
Overview: Film about the creation of New York's famous Peppermint Lounge, where the Twist became a dance craze.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-31
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Overview: The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died in those 25 years. Finally there are tributes to the Screen Snapshots series by Cecil De Mille, Walt Disney, Louella Parsons and Rosalind Russell.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-01
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Stardust
Overview: Lily Becker is born in Paradise, Iowa and raised there by her prudish mother and her spineless father. Mrs Becker pressures Lily into marrying local yokel Albert Penny, who is extremely dull……
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-02-05
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The Road to Reno
Overview: An opera singer travels to Reno to divorce her rancher husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-01
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The Gold Diggers
Overview: Stephen Lee doesn't want his nephew Wally Sanders to marry chorus girl Violet Dayne, because he believes all chorus girls to be ruthless gold diggers, always chasing after the men's money. Violet's friend Jerry La Mar decides to 'gold dig' Stephen, to show him what a nice and unselfish girl Violet is, but then she realizes that she's really in love with Stephen Lee....
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-22
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Fifty-Fifty
Overview: Shortly after his marriage, a millionaire begins an affair with another woman. His wife tries to win him back by starting an affair herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-15
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Parisian Modes in Colour
Overview: Kodachrome Fashion Film
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-12-27
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Love's Springtime
Overview: Clothilde, taken out of her convent to marry the Marquis, refuses to recognize her new husband.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-11-24
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Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III
Overview: This two-color (green-blue and red) film was produced as a demonstration reel at the Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey, under the direction of Kodak scientist John Capstaff. It features leading actresses, including Mae Murray, Hope Hampton, and Mary Eaton, posing and miming for the camera to showcase the capability of the complex Kodachrome process to capture their translucent movie star complexions and colorful, high-fashion clothing.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-01
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Woman
Overview: A series of stories reflecting the changing position of women in the world, including the familiar tales of Adam and Eve, Messalina and Claudius, Abelard and Heloise, Cyrene and the Fisherman, as well as that of a young girl and an officer in the American Civil War.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-10-27
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Lover's Island
Overview: Clemmy Dawson, the daughter of a sea captain, lives in a small fishing village, where, in the summer season, she meets Jack Avery, who is visiting a nearby resort. When Clemmy is later attacked by Sam Johnson, her father (who does not know the identity of the man who sought to force his attentions on Clemmy) vows that he will force the responsible man to marry her. Clemmy names Avery, and her father proceeds to make plans for a wedding. In the meantime, Clemmy discovers that Avery already has a fiancée and, with a change of heart, she runs off, taking refuge on Lover's Island. She makes plans to marry the villainous Sam, but Avery, realizing that he has come to love her, goes to Lover's Island, stops the wedding, and marries Clemmy himself.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-12-30
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Does It Pay?
Overview: John Weston leaves his wife and kids to marry adventuress Doris Clark and loses his mind when he realizes his mistake. A lost film.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-07
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A Modern Salome
Overview: When her father's death leaves Virginia Hastings facing a life of poverty, she breaks her engagement to Robert Monti to marry millionaire James Vandam. Unaccustomed to wealth, she entertains lavishly and flirts with many men, although her husband's secretary remains immune to her wiles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-04
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