Doris Dawson
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Biography: Doris Dawson Levy was born on April 16, 1905, in Goldfield, Nevada, the child of Bonewitz Xerxes Dawson and Reba Greenwood. She was another starlet working away in low-budget silent and early sound movie comedies as well as doing some photo modeling for the fashion industry. Some Information from archive.org motion picture realm 1929: Height 5 '1", red hair, blue eyes, 103 lbs. Schooling: Miss Gildner's School for Girls, and the Virginia College in Roanoke, VA. Swimming, dancing, reading and riding. No formal training in stage. Doris Dawson got her start in 1927 in The Christie Comedies silent shorts made by Al Christie. “A girl I had known was working at the Mack Sennett studio. I went to lunch with her one day and then went back to the studio to watch her work during the afternoon. It was the first time I had ever been inside of a studio and I was quite excited. They were ‘shooting’ some swimming scenes and needed some girls who could dive. “My chum, knowing that I could, said she would get me a job working in the picture if I wanted to. I declined at first since I had never before been given a thought to entering pictures. However, she urged me on and said we would have a lot of fun so I went to work.” Later on in 1927 she had small roles in "Gold From Weepah" and in the Tom Mix western "The Arazona Wildcat". During 1928 she was awarded the female lead opposite Harry Langdon in Heart Trouble. The role earned her a 1929 WAMPAS Baby Star nod (The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the United States Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers) and the trade paper Variety thought she had "more sex appeal than a lot of peaches Harry has picked in the past." Alas, Langdon's career was waning and few liked this comedy. After that she had roles in "Do Your Duty" and "The Little Wildcat" both made in 1928. Hardly anybody enjoyed her film, Hot Stuff released in August of 1928. It was a college burlesque which was set in "a little village in the state of Coma." During 1929 she had roles in "His Captive Woman", "Children Of The Ritz", "Hot Stuff" and in an early sound musical called "Broadway Scandels". After that she survived being hit by a car during September of 1929. On April 14, 1930 in Lyndhurst, New Jersey she married Pat William Rooney III the son of the famous Broadway tap dancer. Her screen career suffered a severe setback with the advent of sound due to a voice that some called "graiting". After divorcing Pat Rooney in 1934 Doris returned for a final film, the low-budget disaster "epic" Silver Streak in 1934. In 1938 she remarried to Robert Davis Levy and they both ran a dog kennel in Florida, where they raised some award winning show dogs. Doris passed on April 20, 1986, in Coral Gables, Florida, at the age of 81.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Goldfield, Nevada, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: April 16, 1905
Age: 120 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: April 20, 1986
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The Arizona Wildcat
Overview: Tom Mix plays a California breeder of polo ponies in love with a society gal. The cowboy saves the day when a member of her brother's polo team is injured during an important match. Mix immediately replaces him and amazes the audience with his spectacular riding stunts.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-11-20
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Broadway Scandals
Overview: Ted Howard, a vaudevillian left, stranded in a tank town. A local girl, Mary (Sally O'Neil), proposes to finance a new act with her savings and the team succeeds in a minor way until Ted is discovered by Broadway femme fatale Valeska (Carmel Myers). Not wishing to stand in her partner's way, Mary nobly resigns from the act and instead accepts a minor role in the show. She proves a sensation on opening night, however, and a jealous Valeska demands her ousted. But Ted, who is in love with Mary, reorganizes their old act and they begin a new life together as man and wife.
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-10
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The Silver Streak
Overview: A high-speed train becomes the star of the film as it rushes from Chicago to Hoover Dam to transport an iron lung to a needy patient.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-21
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Children of the Ritz
Overview: A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor chauffeur. Their situations are changed when her family loses all their money and he wins $50,000 at a racetrack. They get married, but it's not long before she starts spending their money the way she used to spend hers. Complications ensue.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-17
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Do Your Duty
Overview: While patrolling his New York City beat, Sgt. Tim Maloney is knocked out by the Dalton gang, which was about to pull a robbery when he came along. They pour a bottle of whiskey over his unconscious body, then commit the robbery. When Maloney wakes up, still groggy from being knocked out, he stumbles out into the street, and the combination of his grogginess and the smell of whiskey leads to him being charged with being drunk on duty. He must clear his name and bring the criminal gang to justice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-14
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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Overview: An orphan (Richard Barthelmess) is adopted by Major Buford (Claude Gillingwater) is educated in Lexington and joins the Union Army as a Captain. He rediscovers his childhood sweetheart (Molly O' Day) and after his adopted father dies in the civil war, he gives up his inheritance in Kentucky for the girl he loves and moves back to be to his real birthplace to be with her. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come is a lost 1928 silent film drama directed by Alfred Santell and starring Richard Barthelmess. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. The film is a remake of a 1920 Goldwyn Pictures film with the same title starring Jack Pickford, also lost.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-08
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Seven Footprints to Satan
Overview: A young man of society wants to make an expedition to Africa, but his fiancée asks him for help about one of her fathers guests shortly before his planed departure. Her suspects about that guest were serious, this man tries to steal one of her fathers rubin, and she and her fiance are kidnapped and brought to a house, where strange things happen. The whole thing becomes a nightmare under the direction of a mysterious Mr. Satan.
Genres: Crime Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-27
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The Little Wildcat
Overview: A pair of elderly Civil War veterans, Judge Holt and his friend Joel Ketchum, spent most of their time reminiscing about their wartime experiences. In the meantime, Holt's granddaughter falls in love with a devil-may-care aviator. The only problem is that Holt hates aviators and will do whatever he can to break up the romance.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-12-08
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His Captive Woman
Overview: Cabaret dancer Anna Janssen kills her sugardaddy and escapes to a South Seas island on the yacht of a wealthy admirer. Stolid, conscientious Tom McCarthy, a New York detective, is sent after Anna and arrests her, chartering a steamer to bring her back to the United States. The steamer sinks, and Anna and Tom are stranded on a small island. They fall in love, and Tom's influence brings about a benign change in Anna's character. They are rescued, however, and Anna is placed on trial for her life. Tom takes the stand in her defense and informs the judge of Anna's conversion in the solitude of the island. The judge instructs Tom to marry Anna and then sentences them to life--on the island where they found happiness together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-02-03
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The Royal Four-Flusher
Overview: Eddie, a modern man, suddenly finds himself in the palace in an ancient, mythical kingdom. This does not change his attitude or habits and, while pursuing a fair maid in the castle, he catches the attention of the Queen and forces him to make love to her. He slaps the King on the rump, thinking he is the Queen, and is sentenced to be beheaded.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-07
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The Man and the Moment
Overview: Rich lout marries for freedom.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-06
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Naughty Baby
Overview: A cloak room girl (Alice White) falls for a rich boy who may not actually be rich.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-12-16
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Hot Stuff
Overview: An uptight society aunt sends her too sexy niece to college so she can land a man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-05
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Heart Trouble
Overview: No known surviving copy is known to exist. This well received film revolved around Harry Van Housen's rejection from service in WWI and subsequent heroism in foiling a ring of spies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-01
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Swiss Movements
Overview: To win his girl Gertie back, Freddie decides to climb a high mountain and challenge a world champion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-31
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