Stella Adams
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sherman, Texas, USA
Birthday: April 24, 1883
Deathday: September 17, 1961
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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His Honor the Mayor
Overview: Charles Murray is running for mayor. Opponent Eddie Baker has a young woman go into his shoe shop and, while changing stockings, say things that will alienate the women voters; Baker tells her it's a practical joke, and he'll get her boy friend out of jail.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-22
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Theodora Goes Wild
Overview: The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-12
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The Silent Trailer
Overview: "Fearless" the dog saves the day in this silent short.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-30
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The Lady Barber of Roaring Gulch
Overview: Violet De Ray opens up a barber shop at Roaring Gulch. Violet not only does a ripping good business, but she unconsciously has a hand in hurrying along several matrimonial affairs which have hung fire. This is notably the case with Si, who has loved bashfully and at a respectable distance for years. He is lured into Violet's shop, and after his chin whiskers have been clipped he emerges elated; and this coupled with Mandy's desire to protect him from such evil influences, cements a long drawn out romance.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-10-25
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The Village Choir
Overview: The choir practices and the quartette, driven to desperation by the frequent false notes played by the near-sighted organist, complain. He leaves in a huff. The minister tells them that his daughter will be on hand next Sunday and will play for them. Mary arrives. She is introduced to the quartette who, during the week days, sow seeds and plow. The minister is writing a sermon when the deacon enters and demands the payment of the mortgage on the church. He is insistent, but promises to wait upon meeting Mary, when his heart melts at the sight of her loveliness.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-03-17
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The Girls and Dad
Overview: Dad has three charming daughters who fall in love with three eligible young men and moreover, promise to marry them, each couple selecting a perfectly lovely place for the proposal. All this while Dad has been courting Jennie. He proposes, too, and likewise he is accepted. They arrange to keep their engagement a secret. The boys all arrange to beard the lion in his den. Dad simulates a terrible rage and banishes them forever. The boys leave. The girls are in despair. They send for the boys to come and say good-bye. The boys are interrupted by the entrance of Dad and Jennie and are astonished to learn that the lady is to be their new mamma. The boys are allowed to replace the rings upon the girl's fingers once more, and general rejoicing is in order.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-08-08
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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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The Tonto Kid
Overview: Lawyer Creech is after the ranch of the dying Cartwright. First he brings in Cahill to pose as the only living relative. Then when the Tonto Kid finds platinum on the ranch, Creech frames him for murder.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-14
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In the Sultan's Power
Overview: Jack Thornton, an American traveler, while touring Europe meets the daughter of an old French nobleman and falls in love with her. He is persistent in his suit for her hand, but outside of a seemingly cordial friendship the lady apparently does not return his affections. There is a reason for this. Osman Bey, a Turkish nobleman, desires the hand of this charming girl.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1909-06-17
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Sister to Judas
Overview: A young writer saves a desperate young woman from committing suicide. They eventually fall in love and marry, but their marriage faces some serious roadblocks.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-25
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Prize Puppies
Overview: Needy Ham Hamilton is mistaken for a dog show judge and he takes advantage of the situation for material gain.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-03
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Hubby's Night Out
Overview: Neal hates to give up his evenings with "the boys." even for his wife Betty. She gets a burglar scare and insists on his staying home. However, he wants to go to a masked ball, so he gives her a powder, telling her it will make her sleep soundly. She slips the powder into his favorite decanter, hides his costume, and then retires. In the kitchen, the cook gives a policeman some of the doped whiskey. Neal takes the cop's coat, hat, and stick and starts for the ball. On the way he is called on to restrain a wife-beating husband. He gets a black eye, so decides to go home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-20
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Good Night, Nurse
Overview: Neal, while sitting in his room, notices an accident in the street and kindly goes to the man's rescue with his car and takes him to the hospital. The nurse assigned to the case, Billie, makes a great hit with Neal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-02
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The Making Over of Mother
Overview: Neal and Betty are newlywed when her father dies. Betty goes to visit her mother and decides to take her to live with them. Neal, who has never met her, remonstrated furiously but in vain.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-15
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That Doggone Baby
Overview: That Doggone Baby (1916) is about a small puppy who is supposed to be a baby.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-20
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The Vampire Bat
Overview: A German village is stricken by a series of murders that appear to be the work of vampires.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-21
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The Girl Ranchers
Overview: Two sisters inherit a ranch and choose to manage it without male help
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-09-13
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Me, Gangster
Overview: Told in the form of a diary, the story details the rise and fall of gangster boss Jimmy Williams.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-20
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Behind the Screen
Overview: A look behind the scenes at Universal Studios in 1915.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-07-23
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All Aboard
Overview: Eddie leaves on the train for his uncle's place to meet the girl who has been picked out for him to marry, much to his displeasure. Victoria sets out for her aunt's for the same purpose and takes the same train. Neither knows the other and has no idea in what the other looks like. The fat man and his wife and three children board the train. Finding that they have left the baby's nursing bottle behind, the wife gets off to buy another and misses the train. At the next stop the fat man gets off to telegraph to his wife, leaving the children in charge of Eddie, who is his friend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-02-12
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Whom the Gods Destroy
Overview: Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-12
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Inoculating Hubby
Overview: Hubby's mother in law injects him with the nature of the house-cat.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-01
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