Louise Emmons
Also Known As: Louise A. Emmons, Mrs. L.A. Emmons, Mrs. Emmons, Mrs. L. A. Emmons
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Yuba County, California, USA
Birthday: January 07, 1858
Deathday: March 06, 1935
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Ten Commandments
Overview: The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receipt of the tablets and the worship of the golden calf. The second part shows the efficacy of the commandments in modern life through a story set in San Francisco. Two brothers, rivals for the love of Mary, also come into conflict when John discovers Dan used shoddy materials to construct a cathedral.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-11-23
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The Stronger Love
Overview: Nell, a beautiful mountain girl, is a member of the Serviss family, rivals of the neighboring Rutherford family. Nell is engaged to Jim Serviss, who is the head of their clan, but when, by accident, she meets a stranger who has come to stay with the Rutherfords, they become infatuated.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-08-13
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The Grasp of Greed
Overview: En route to Australia, beautiful authoress Alice Gordon (Louise Lovely) is shipwrecked on a desert island in the company of wealthy book publisher John Meeson. Sensing that his days are numbered, and lacking pencil and paper, Meeson tattoos his last will and testament on Alice's lovely back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-17
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True Heart Susie
Overview: Susie secretly loves her neighbor, William Jenkins, but neither, it seems, can confess their feelings for each other.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-01
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Mixed Blood
Overview: For Nita Valyez, who is half-Spanish and half-Irish, Carlos represents potential violence and danger, two things to which she is both attracted and repelled. In contrast, she has only a passing interest in Big Jim, the town's honest, good-hearted sheriff. Then, after Carlos kills a faro dealer, he forces Nita to make an escape with him.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-12-18
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He Fell in Love with His Wife
Overview: A widowed farmer, failing in his efforts to find a woman capable of running his household, decides to marry a young woman he believes can fill the bill. Wat he doesn't know is that she is running away from a brutish and violent husband, whom she has discovered is also a bigamist, and that her angry and vengeful husband is looking for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-02-17
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Spoilers of the West
Overview: A soldier falls in love with a beautiful settler who has refused his order to leave American Indian land.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-10
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Great Gobs!
Overview: Charley and Edgar on shore leave in Mexico, fight for the affection of a pretty senorita.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-28
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Overview: In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
Genres: Romance Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-06
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The Blackbird
Overview: Two thieves, the Blackbird and West End Bertie, fall in love with the same girl, a French nightclub performer named Fifi. Each man tries to outdo the other to win her heart.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-13
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Manslaughter
Overview: Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of motorcycle policeman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-09-24
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If I Had a Million
Overview: An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-18
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Mush and Milk
Overview: When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-27
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Irish Hearts
Overview: Sheila, a feisty Irish girl, loves Emmett, a somewhat shady Irish boy. When Emmett goes to America, Sheila and her father follow and join him. However, when he loses his job, Sheila is forced to get a job in a cheap restaurant. There she meets Rory, a poor American boy who works in a shipyard. Rory falls in love with her but she still loves Emmett. Then she finds out that Emmett has been taking up with a brassy "flapper" named Clarice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-21
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Captain Kidd, Jr.
Overview: An old man wills a map to his grandson, with instructions showing a buried treasure, but it is accidentally sold to a book store. The owner and her granddaughter Mary discover it. Mary and her boyfriend an aspiring author, meet the desperate grandson and agree to share the treasure.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-04-05
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The Return of Chandu
Overview: Chandu consults his crystal ball and sees that Nadji, Princess of Egypt, is in danger. She is about to be sacrificed by the black magic cult of Ubasti. Headed for the magic island of Lemuria, he is shipwrecked , washed ashore and captured. He becomes invisible, escapes and after numerous detours is able to rescue the princess.
Genres: Action Fantasy Romance Adventure Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-01
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A Connecticut Yankee
Overview: Making a delivery to a mysterious mansion in a rainstorm, radio salesman Hank Martin is knocked out when a suit of armor topples on him. Upon awakening, Hank finds himself in the time of King Arthur. At Camelot Castle, Hank uses a cigarette lighter and his skill with a lasso to save himself from being executed as a demon. Hank so impresses Arthur that the king orders him to joust with one of his knights to save the life of Princess Alisande.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-06
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Ladies They Talk About
Overview: A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-04
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King Kong
Overview: Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-15
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Shifting Sands
Overview: Marcia Grey is wrongly convicted on trumped-up evidence of a German. After serving her term, she rebuilds her life and marries well.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-08-01
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The Eyes of Julia Deep
Overview: The Eyes of Julia Deep is a 1918 silent comedy-drama film starring Mary Miles Minter, directed by Lloyd Ingraham. The film is based on the short story by the same name, written by Kate L. McLaurin. It is one of the few films starring Minter which are known to have survived.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-08-01
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Heaven on Earth
Overview: A young boy finds out that the man he thought was his father actually killed his real father, then adopted him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-27
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The Wizard of Oz
Overview: A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-02-12
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Winners Of The Wilderness
Overview: During the French and Indian War the Indians under Pontiac kidnap Rene. Colonel O'Hara hopes to rescue and wed her.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-15
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Evangeline
Overview: A young Acadian woman spends years searching for her lost love after the two are separated and forcibly relocated by the British.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-24
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The Conquering Power
Overview: Young playboy Charles Grandet is sent to live with his miserly uncle after his father loses his fortune. He and his cousin Eugenie fall in love, but his uncle sends him away and tries to arrange a marriage more to his liking (and profit!). Will true love triumph?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-07-08
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Three Ages
Overview: The rituals of courtship, romantic rivalry, and love play out three times as a man vies with a villain for the girl. In the Stone Age, the rivalry is set off by dinosaurs, a turtle used as a ouija board, and a round of golf with stones. In ancient Rome, the men display their brawn through a chariot race, using dogs instead of horses. In contemporary times, the man finds himself overcome by modernity, including a very fragile car.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-24
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Open All Night
Overview: Therese Duverne (Viola Dana) is bored with her even-tempered husband, Edmond (Adolphe Menjou). Isabelle Fevre (Gale Henry) suggests that Edmond go to the bicycle races and stay out all night. Then she takes Therese there and introduces her to manly Petit Mathieu, one of the racers (Maurice B. Flynn). Since he has just quarreled with his sweetheart, Lea (Jetta Goudal), he is glad to have Therese's attention and offers to run away with her after he wins the six-day race. Lea, meanwhile, is spending her time with Edmond. Therese eventually decides she doesn't care for brutes like Mathieu, and Edmond gains a temper and wins his wife back. Lea and Mathieu are reunited, while Isabelle goes back to helping her own alcoholic sweetheart, Igor (Raymond Griffith), break into the movies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-10-12
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The Bride's Play
Overview: A sweet-natured young Irish woman is courted by a romantic poet and a local country gentleman. Which man will she choose?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1922-01-22
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My Best Girl
Overview: Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-31
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Chandu on the Magic Island
Overview: On the mystic island of Lemuria, the cult of Ubasti seek the Egyptian Princess Nadji to sacrifice so that their goddess Ossana, whose soul resides in Nadji's body, may be resurrected by Black Magic. Nadji is located in the Far East port of Suva, but shielded by the White Magical powers of Frank Chandler, an American raised by Eastern mystics who is also known as Chandu. When Chandu takes a voyage alone, however, the evil Voice of Ubasti is able to magically spirit her to Lemuria, where Black Magic reigns supreme. Chandu sets out in pursuit with his sister Dorothy, niece Betty and nephew Bob; but, shipwrecked on the magic island, Chandu finds his family also held prisoner for sacrifice while he is plunged into an endless maze of caverns beneath the evil temple, where both his mortal and magical strength seem rendered useless.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-01
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Polly Redhead
Overview: Aside from the fact that Polly had red hair in abundance, she was not otherwise an exceptional child, save for one thing. She was willing to work and slave, if need be, to keep her baby brother, affectionately termed "The Lump," from being sent to the poor house. So she did housework and prepared breakfasts for John Ruffin, an attorney, and Hon. Gedge-Tompkins. John Ruffin's sister, Lady Osterly, has separated from her husband, and he holds their child. When Lady Osterly calls on Ruffin she is struck with the remarkable resemblance Polly bears to her own child. Ruffin and Lady Osterly formulate a plan to come into possession of her daughter, by using Polly as a substitute.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-09
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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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Mark of the Vampire
Overview: Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body are certain that the vampire is the mysterious Count Mora, or perhaps his daughter, but receive little help from the law. Professor Zelen, an expert in the occult, is called in to assist with the investigation.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-26
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Overview: Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being half of French heritage, the other being half German. Following the death of the family patriarch, the man's two daughters and their families resettle to France and Germany, respectively. In time the Great War breaks out, putting members of the family on opposing sides.
Genres: War Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-03-06
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The Enemy
Overview: Carl Behrend, son of a wealthy businessman, marries Pauli Arndt, daughter of a pacifist professor. When World War I breaks out, Carl is drafted. Pauli and her family and friends are left behind to experience the suffering which befell civilians during the war. Her luck worsens when her father is dismissed from his professorship for teaching that war is evil. Her father argues violently with Carl's father, and degradation and despair descend on Pauli and her family as they await Carl's return from the front.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-08
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Hearts of the World
Overview: A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies village, bringing both destruction and torture. The young people of the village resist, some successfully, others tragically, until French troops retake the town.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-03-11
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Pioneer's Gold
Overview: An old pioneer wants his brother's children whom he has never met to inherit his wealth, but a villain substitutes ringers for them.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-12-01
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Waterloo Bridge
Overview: In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid she meets Roy, a naive young American who enlisted in the Canadian army. After they fall for each other, Roy tricks Myra into visiting his family, who live in a country estate outside London, his mother having remarried to a retired British Major. Myra is reluctant to continue the relationship with Roy, he not aware of her past.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-01
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When a Man Loves
Overview: A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
Genres: History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-21
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The Wet Parade
Overview: The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-26
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Blood and Sand
Overview: Juan is the son of a poor widow in Seville. Against his mother's wishes he pursues a career as toreador. He rapidly gains national prominence, and takes his childhood sweetheart Carmen as his bride. He meets the Marquis' daughter Doña Sol and finds himself in the awkward position of being in love with two women, which threatens the stability of his family and his position in society. He finds interesting parallels in the life of the infamous bandit Plumitas when they eventually meet by chance.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1922-08-05
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The Unknown
Overview: On the lam, criminal Alonzo hides in the circus as The Armless Wonder – a performer who uses his feet to hurl knives. Alonzo keeps the arms he really has concealed to hide his identity. Meanwhile, ringmaster's daughter Nanon has a phobia of being touched by men, but is romantically pursued by not only Alonzo but the strongman Malabar. Alonzo's desperation to remain with Nanon will only end in tragedy.
Genres: Drama Romance Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-29
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The Man Who Laughs
Overview: Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.
Genres: Drama Romance Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-27
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West of Zanzibar
Overview: A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician's wife.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-24
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The Topsy Turvy Twins
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-19
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Lonesome
Overview: Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day together. Will they ever see each other again?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-06-20
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