Florence La Badie
Also Known As: Florence Russ
Biography: From Wikipedia Florence La Badie (April 27, 1888 – October 13, 1917) was an American actress in the early days of the silent film era. Though little known today, she was a major star between 1911 and 1917. Her career was at its height when she died at age 29 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. In 1911, her career took a leap when she was hired by Edwin Thanhouser of the Thanhouser Film Corporation in New Rochelle, New York. With her sophistication and beauty, Florence La Badie soon became Thanhouser's most prominent actress, appearing in dozens of films over the next two years. Her most remembered films of that period were The Tempest (1911), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912), a film adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson story, and the first film of Shakespeare's Cymbeline (1914). Her most well-known work was in the 1914 - 1915 serial, The Million Dollar Mystery. Athletic and daring, in these films she performed all her own stunts. In 1915, she was featured in the magazine Reel Life, which described her as "the Beautiful and talented Florence La Badie, of the Thanhouser Studios, conceded one of the foremost of American screen players". Over a course of six years La Badie's career had taken her to top-billing as a film actress.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: April 26, 1888
Deathday: October 13, 1917
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Fighting Blood
Overview: After the Civil War, an ex-soldier and his family settle in the Dakota Territory. The son quarrels with the father and leaves home. Riding in the hills, he spots a band of Indians attacking a neighboring homestead, and he races back to warn his family as the Indians chase him.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-06-28
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The Buddhist Priestess
Overview: A young missionary, filled with religious fervor, joyfully accepts the post to carry the gospel to a section of Japan, where white men are not known. His wife and little daughter go with him, and he starts for his station with native guides and bearers.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-09-12
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Jilted
Overview: Age old tale of a couple marooned.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-05-14
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Jess
Overview: Silas Croft was a kindly old Englishman who had a farm in South Africa. With him resided his two nieces, whom he had taken from their drunken, worthless father when they were of a tender age. Jess, the elder, was brilliant and educated; Bess, the younger was beautiful, but frankly admitted that she did not possess the mental attainments of Jess. The two were great friends, and Jess, although the senior by only three years, had almost a motherly affection for her pretty little sister. Croft, finding old age stealing upon him, advertised for a partner, stipulating that he must be a gentleman. Probably it was his secret idea that the right man might come along, and fall in love with his favorite, beautiful Bessie.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-05-21
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The Ring of a Spanish Grandee
Overview: A romantic young girl, visiting St. Augustine, finds that she must make the choice which means happiness or misery for life. She has two suitors, one an everyday young American who has made his way in the world and is proud of it. He has money, will have more, and in every way would seem desirable. But the other man had ancestors!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-05-24
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My Baby's Voice
Overview: A neglected mother is tempted to stray, but she is saved by her baby's voice, whom she hears talking on the telephone.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-03-29
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Whom God Hath Joined
Overview: A young mechanic, temporarily residing in a southern city, found that business was slack in his trade, and decided to send his wife to her relations in the north until happier days dawned. He did not dream that he was putting her in peril, and when later he received word that the ship upon which she sailed had been lost with all on board, he was frantic with grief and self-reproach. Life in this city became hateful to him, and having no ties that bound him there, he abruptly departed into the country, deciding to wander wherever fate might lead him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-05-31
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Dottie's New Doll
Overview: Dottie was very proud of her great big beautiful doll but sometimes they are in danger of getting broke. And that was what happened to "Beautiful Bess" and it nearly broke her mother's tiny heart.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-06-04
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Lucile
Overview: Lucile is a 1912 drama film short.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-11-27
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Undine
Overview: In the days long ago when knights were brave and venturesome, enchanted forests grew and mythical creatures lived among us.
Genres: Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-09-24
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The Head Waiter
Overview: The head waiter was thoroughly impressed with his own importance and he ruled the fashionable restaurant, where he was employed, with a rod of iron. He knew he was brilliant, he realized that he was beautiful and he was thoroughly convinced that the majority of the women who dined at his establishment were very much in love with him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-12-28
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Enoch Arden: Part II
Overview: Annie remains faithful to her husband, Enoch, even though he's been lost at sea for many years. Finally her grown children convince her to marry Philip, her former suitor. Enoch is rescued from the deserted isle where he has been stranded, and returns home. He discovers Annie's new life, and decides not to interrupt her happiness.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-06-15
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The Man Without a Country
Overview: Convicted in a revolutionary conspiracy, a man rashly states that he wishes never again to hear the name of the United States of America. The judge grants him his wish, sentencing him to life aboard a ship always at sea, aboard with sailors under orders never to let him hear of his homeland in any way. The punishment nearly destroys him, while changing him thoroughly.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-09-08
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The Million Dollar Mystery
Overview: This twenty-three episode serial told the story of a secret society called The Black Hundred and its attempts to gain control of a lost million dollars.
Genres: Adventure Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-01-02
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War and the Woman
Overview: After learning that her stepfather, John Braun, is a spy, Ruth leaves him and starts out upon a cross-country journey. In her travels, she sees a plane crash to earth and rushes to assist its pilot, John Barker. The two fall in love and are married. In the midst of their honeymoon, war breaks out and John is called to his post, leaving Ruth alone with only the servants to protect her. In John's absence, the enemy invades the countryside, commandeers the Barker house and imprisons Ruth in her room. Meanwhile, John takes leave to search for his wife. Managing to get through the enemy line, he arrives just as Ruth, enraged at the action of the invaders, dynamites the cellar of the house. As the building explodes, Ruth and John escape in his plane.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-09-09
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The Mohammedan's Conspiracy
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-05-11
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The Fugitive
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-08-12
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The Cat's Paw
Overview: In this adventure the diplomatic free-lance and his brilliant aid in war, Nan Tremain, are again pitted against their relentless enemy, Pfaff.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-03-16
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Tannhäuser
Overview: Dramatic three-reel film based on Wagner's opera of chivalry and spiritual struggle. Wandering minstrel Tannhauser wins the heart of Elizabeth, niece of the powerful Landgrave. Later, under the spell of Venus and her nymphs, Tannhauser passes into Venusberg, a netherworld of earthly pleasures. Returning to the Landgrave's court, he praises Venus in song and sparks the righteous anger of all present. His own prayers and those of Elizabeth free him from enchantment and he takes up the habit of a monk, devoting himself to God. He sets off to seek absolution in Rome while Elizabeth waits at court, ever weakening in his absence.
Genres: Romance Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-07-14
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Getting Even
Overview: All the young men in the mining camp flirt with Lucy. Bud, the youngest of them, doesn't stand a chance. At a dance, Bud dresses as a woman and all the men flirt with him and abandon Lucy. When his disguise is revealed, the other men are too embarrassed to approach Lucy, and Bud dances the rest of the night with her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1909-09-12
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The Primal Call
Overview: A young woman who is engaged to a millionaire she doesn't love meets and falls in love with a rough sailor.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-06-21
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The Woman in White
Overview: The lead Florence La Badie plays dual roles. Clever editing is used for the scene where her two characters meet. La Badie, however, does appear twice within a scene via superimposition, but that's in a flashback-within-a-mirror scene. There are a couple such scenes where La Badie's reflection in the mirror reflects her reflective melancholy mood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-07-01
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Cymbeline
Overview: Southern California locations vividly suggest both elemental pre-Roman Britain and classical Rome. An energetic cinematic pacing and intimacy show rapidly improving narrative technique and realism well beyond the limitations of the stage. Especially cinematic are the bedchamber scene in the first reel, with its intimate cinematography and acting and special lighting effect, and the battle scene of the second reel, considered very effective in its day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-03-27
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Flying to Fortune
Overview: A wealthy old man, who has been a semi-invalid for years, is informed by his physician that his case is hopeless. The invalid decides to put "his home in order." Therefore it is a matter of gratification to him when he sees that his only daughter and the young partner in whom he implicitly relies seems to be mutually attracted. The partner is called to Europe just before the doctor gives his verdict, hut the invalid makes "everything all right" in his will. He provides that the bulk of his estate shall go to the girl, if she marries the partner within one year from the hour of her father's death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-03-12
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Overview: Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-01-16
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The Girl of the Grove
Overview: The girl was young, pretty, and also a good businesswoman; When her father died she took up the reins of management and ran an orange grove with successful results. Her capable hands were so busy that she had no time to think of love. One day, however, "the prince" appeared.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-04-04
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Rejuvenation
Overview: A rich man who finds that there is nothing in life worth living for, is worse off than is a poor man in similar circumstances, for the poor man may he stricken with ambition, and in a last effort to attain fame and fortune, redeems himself. But what is a man to do if he has wealth, health, all the fame he desires, and yet looks at life through blue spectacles?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-04-22
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The Saleslady
Overview: Silent romantic drama...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-05-06
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The Manicure Lady
Overview: The manicure lady spurns the barber and dates a rich cad instead.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-05-18
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The Portrait of Lady Anne
Overview: The ghost of a selfish, inconsiderate woman must make up for her past transgressions by making sure that her descendant marries the man who is right for her.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-07-23
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A Strange Meeting
Overview: Mary Rollins is torn between selfish depravity and righteous living. After she's coerced into helping with the burglary of her minister's apartment, she comes face to face with her misdeeds.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1909-08-01
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The Rose of Kentucky
Overview: A farmer takes in a young orphan after her mother's death and sends her off to school. After she's grown, he encourages her to consider his younger brother as a husband. When the younger brother proves to be a coward, she chooses the older brother instead.
Genres: Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-08-24
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The Return of Draw Egan
Overview: A small town marshal’s secret past as an outlaw comes back to haunt him when an old associate shows up and threatens to expose his former dark deeds.
Genres: Western Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-14
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The Voice of Conscience
Overview: Two girls fall in love with the same man. Out motoring one day they are thrown from the machine and carried to the hospital. One of the girls poisons the other. The story swings into a very pleasant finish.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-09-02
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Enoch Arden
Overview: Moving Picture World described the film: "There is a small need to describe this subject as the poem of Lord Tennyson is so well known, so suffice it to say that this Biograph subject is an unusually faithful portrayal of that beautiful romance of Enoch Arden, Annie Lee and Philip Ray, taken in scenes of rare beauty".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-06-15
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The Marble Heart
Overview: Outside the door of the home of a sculptor and his mother, fell a poor, friendless young girl. They took the girl in and cared for her, and as time went on the mother began to regard her as her daughter. The son regarded the affectionate advances of the girl with only brotherly love. But there came a time when the misgivings of the son changed, for he began to pay scant attentions to a young beauty he met at a reception and who was characterized as a woman with a heart "cold as marble." This piqued the beauty, who was accustomed to abject adulation. She determined to bring him to her feet and in this she succeeded. She offered to pose for him, and, spurred on by such a splendid model and her praises, he produced a figure which was acclaimed by all the critics as a masterpiece.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-05-11
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Crossed Wires
Overview: An innocent man is accused of murdering his aunt.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-06-28
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Star of Bethlehem
Overview: Following a bright wandering star, three magi from the East travel to Bethlehem of Judea to meet a very special newborn baby. Meanwhile, King Herod, driven by a hideous prophecy, orders him to be found and murdered.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-24
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Petticoat Camp
Overview: Several married couples go on a camp-out together, but the women soon realize that the men expect them to do all the dirty work.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-11-29
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The Evidence of the Film
Overview: A messenger boy is wrongfully accused of stealing bonds worth $20,000. Luckily, a film crew is shooting a moving picture on the same street. The boy's accuser has the police convinced, until...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-01-10
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Cinderella
Overview: Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie and Harry Benham.
Genres: Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-12-21
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East Lynne
Overview: Based on the novel of the same name by Mrs. Henry Wood (Ellen Wood).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-01-26
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Comata, the Sioux
Overview: This story of the Black Hills consistently tells of the unrequited love of a Sioux brave for his chief's daughter, and how he premonished the awful results of her ominous marriage with a white cowboy. Clear Eyes, the daughter of Chief Thunder Cloud, is beloved by Comata, a Sioux brave, but having met and listened to the persuasion of Bud Watkins, a cowboy, leaves her mountain home to become his squaw. Poor little confiding Clear Eyes lives only for Bud, and he at first seems devoted to her, but at the end of two years, a little papoose arriving meanwhile to bless their union, he tires of her, and courts Miss Nellie Howe, a white girl, who thinks him single. Comata, however, has unremittingly watched his movements, and vows to avenge his lost one. Following him to the white girl's home, he sees enough to convince him of the whelp's villainy, so he goes and reveals the truth to Clear Eyes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1909-09-09
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The Pillory
Overview: A young girl is kept ignorant of her mother by her aunt. After her aunt dies, the girl is used by crooks and arrested. In prison she meets a kindly woman, who is married to a judge. The woman, unbeknownst to the girl, is her mother, and adopts her. The companion of the deceased aunt, in the midst of a ball, denounces the mother and reveals her secret to the judge and guests. The judge will not forgive his wife, so the mother and daughter leave and work among the slums to benefit humanity. Eventually, the judge relents, and seeks his wife for forgiveness, but he is too late.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-08
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Divorce and the Daughter
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-12-03
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Under Two Flags
Overview: Drama of life in the foreign legion of Africa
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-07-02
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In The Chorus
Overview: A young widow is compelled because of her poverty to leave her only child, a little daughter, at a charitable institution, while she hunts for work.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-09-15
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David Copperfield
Overview: Thanhouser Company three-reel silent film based on Charles Dickens’s story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood, Thanhouser released the three films over the course of three weeks beginning on October 17, 1911, one 1,000 foot reel per week.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-10-17
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Through the Breakers
Overview: A society couple, neglect their young daughter in favor of their social life. When the girl becomes seriously ill, the father realizes the errors of his ways and stays home with her, demanding his wife do likewise. She sneaks out to a dance and the child takes a turn for the worse. By the time she returns home the child is dead. After her husband leaves her, the mother realizes her selfishness and begs forgiveness at her daughter's grave.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1909-12-06
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When Love Was Blind
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-15
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A Disciple of Nietzsche
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-09-25
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The Country Girl
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Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-06-15
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A Freight Car Honeymoon
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-06-06
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A Debut in the Secret Service
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-04-07
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Mr. Meeson's Will
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-06
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The County's Prize Baby
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-11-12
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The Wrecked Taxi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-08-16
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The Silent Witness
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-02-13
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The Fear of Poverty
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-09-10
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The Six-Cent Loaf
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-06-08
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God's Witness
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-05-20
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