Caroline Rankin
Also Known As: Spike Rankin, Caroline 'Spike' Rankin
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: August 22, 1880
Age: 144 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: February 02, 1953
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What Happened to Jones
Overview: Heeding the pleas of Bobbie Brown, Jimmie Jones packs his trunk full of liquor to present to his desperate friend and hops on a train. Upon his arrival, Jones discovers that his cargo has been purloined in transit, and while attempting to replenish his supplies by bargaining with the local bootlegger, is detected by the local sheriff.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-08-08
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The Village Blacksmith
Overview: (survived only 10 minutes) As young men, the squire (Marshall) and the village blacksmith (Walling) are in love with the same woman (Boardman), whom the blacksmith marries. This angers the squire. Years later, the squire's son Anson (Yearsley) dares the blacksmith's son Johnnie (Hackathorne) to climb a tree, from which he falls and is crippled. As adults, Anson and the blacksmith's daughter Alice (Valli) fall in love, which angers the blacksmith, who chastises his daughter. The blacksmith's other son Bill (Butler) returns from college and is injured in a train accident. Anson steals $480 from a church fund which is currently in Alice's possession. Alice is struck by lightning. The blacksmith take Anson and the squire to church where they both repent.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-11-01
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The Broken Gate
Overview: In the small farming community of Spring Valley, young Aurora Lane has caused a scandal by bearing a son by townsman Lucius Henderson, who refuses to marry her or even admit that he's the father. Shunned as a "sinful" woman by most of the town, she turns over her son, Don, to be raised by Miss Julia, the town librarian, who tells the boy that she's his "aunt". Don grows up and goes to college, and when he comes back home the town gossips begin a rumor-mongering campaign. When the town policeman tries to drive Aurora out of town he is found murdered, and Don is arrested for the crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-15
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Cartoons in a Seminary
Overview: Laura tells her companions at Miss Syntax's seminary that Jim, her sweetheart, is to visit her that afternoon. Shortly afterward, Jim climbs the fence surrounding the school playground, and after greeting the them girls, shows a copy of the "Grouch Chaser." The girls get a great laugh out of "Silas Bunkum's Boarders Picnic" in which Silas, his wife and their three guests spend a lively day in the country.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-09-22
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Kindred of the Dust
Overview: Discovering that her husband is a bigamist, Nan returns with her child to her Puget Sound logging town. She is treated as an outcast by all save Donald, her childhood sweetheart, the son of a millionaire....
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-02-27
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Cartoons in the Country
Overview: Donald and Eleanor are in love, so that Jim realizes it is up to him to pick a peach for himself. There is only one room left at their country boarding house and Jim wants to make sure that no one but the proper peach rents it. In order to keep the proprietress busy while he interviews the applicants for the room, Jim gives her the animated picture book to look at.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-20
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The Lottery Man
Overview: Young Jack Wright offers his hand in marriage to the winner of a lottery, but after committing to the winner falls in love with another woman.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-10-12
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The Jones Family in Hollywood
Overview: Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-02
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The Three Must-Get-Theres
Overview: In this movie, Max Linder parodies the famous novel "The Three Musketeers".
Genres: Romance Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-08-22
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Without Hope
Overview: To pick up material for his latest play, Kendall poses as a waiter at a fancy restaurant. In a twinkling, he gets mixed up with a gang of sinister foreign agents, who hope to get their hands on a noiseless explosive device
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-12-20
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What Price Beauty?
Overview: Wholesome country girl Mary works at the House of Magic beauty salon and pines for the owner Clay. Unfortunately Clay has also been targeted by experienced vamp Rita.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-22
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Be My Wife
Overview: Max is determined to woo Mary, despite her Aunt Agatha's disapproval. Then, Max and Mary become embroiled in the world of Madam Coralie, a prominent dressmaker-bootlegger.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-04-01
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Finishing School
Overview: Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the director of the school and her mother oppose such a relationship.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-04
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The Medicine Man
Overview: The son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-14
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Men Without Names
Overview: A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-29
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A Change of Complexion
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-05-25
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It May Be You
Overview: Jack goes from business to business, trying to sell ad space in his newspaper. At each stop he catches the boss in a compromising position with a secretary. He writes an editorial about the practice, hinting that he could expose prominent businessmen. Suddenly everyone wants to buy ads in his paper.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-07-07
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Time Out for Romance
Overview: A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-10
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The Lone Star Ranger
Overview: After shooting a man in self-defense, Buck Duane finds himself accused of many crimes, none of which he committed. In order to prove his innocence, he joins the Texas Rangers, and also hopes to win the approval and hand of Mary Aldridge, a girl from the East. He is assigned to round up a gang of cattle rustlers who are, unknown by Mary. led by her father.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-05
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Miss Nobody
Overview: The father of an heiress dies broke leaving her destitute without inheritance. She falls in with a group of hobos traveling incognito cross country dressed as a man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-27
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The Widow from Chicago
Overview: A woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother's death.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-23
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Tea- With a Kick!
Overview: The tale of Bonnie Day, a rambunctious young lady who is rankled when she is expelled from college for serving tea in her room. She goes on to open up a tearoom in a fancy hotel, saving all the profits to pay the legal fees for her father who has been unjustly jailed. Mr. Day's rival has embroiled him in a crooked stock deal and made him appear to be the guilty party. Meanwhile, Bonnie is in the midst of a romantic dilemma; her Aunt Pearl wants her to wed Napoleon Dobbings, but Bonnie much prefers helpful young lawyer Art Binger.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-08-26
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The Kiss Before the Mirror
Overview: When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who suspects that his own wife is having an affair.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-04
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Scandalous Tongues
Overview: Nell Bradley, the daughter of a wealthy bootlegger, who is encouraged to improve herself through education by Reverend Charles Alden.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-10-22
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The Precious Twins
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-05-16
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Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Overview: Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of Parents and Teachers') pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover...for cold-blooded murder!
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-21
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Laughing at Trouble
Overview: A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publisher who has befriended him. She knows who the real killer is.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-11
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Mind Over Motor
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-01-15
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Alias Aladdin
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-10-17
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Fair and Muddy
Overview: Living in an orphanage, the gang has to deal with Amanda, a child-hating spinster. To receive a bequest from a rich uncle, she must acquire a child. Thinking suspicion, the gang causes all kinds of havoc toward her including a mud battle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-05
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The Uplifters
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-30
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Bare-Fisted Gallagher
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Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-22
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When Do We Eat?
Overview: Impersonating Little Eva in a third-rate travelling production of Uncle Tom's Cabin fails to earn Nora enough for a square daily meal, and to make thing worse, her stage career comes to a sudden end when the sheriff arrives with a writ of seizure. Nora hops a passing freight but is frightened by a tramp, jumps off, and literally rolls into the town of Wattelville. After being arrested as a suspicious character, Nora is adopted by the kindly Ma Forbes, whose son James works in the local bank. "Pug" Hennessy and "Soup" McCool, two crooks, inveigle the scrupulously honest James into a poker game and, as a result, he is forced to steal $300 from the bank to cover his losses. Impersonating expert safe-cracker Velvet Mary, Nora helps the crooks to break into the bank, but upon opening the safe, she sounds the alarm, and the crooks are arrested. Having learned his lesson, James proposes to Nora, who never again is forced to go hungry.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-10-13
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A Nine O'Clock Town
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-07-28
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Wronged by Mistake
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-02-10
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Dummies and Deceptions
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-12-24
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Two Crooks
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-08-26
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The Pawnbroker's Heart
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-08-19
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His Cool Nerve
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-08-12
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Lost: A Cook
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-08-12
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