Marjorie Bonner
Also Known As: Marjorie Bonner Lowry, Margerie Bonner
Biography: Margerie Bonner (February 17, 1905 – September 28, 1988) was an American actress, scriptwriter, and novelist. She is best known as the wife of Malcolm Lowry and for her support of the author while he wrote his best known novel, Under the Volcano, considered one of the finest novels of the 20th century. The younger sister of silent screen star Priscilla Bonner, she also appeared in several films (spelling her first name Marjorie), among them Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings (1927), The Sign of the Cross (1932), and the talkie Cleopatra (1934). By the late 1930s her movie career was over and she was working as a personal assistant to the actress Penny Singleton. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: February 17, 1905
Age: 120 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: September 28, 1988
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The Ancient Highway
Overview: When not cutting down trees and shouting "TIMMMM-BERRRRR!", Jack Holt has to deal with someone who's sabotaging the camp. The miscreant turns out to be the odious Montagu Love, whom Holt dispenses with in a climactic fisticuffs session. Billie Dove provides the toothsome romantic interest.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-08
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Trail of Courage
Overview: A cowhand is fired for romancing the boss' daughter in this bantam-weight silent Western from assembly-line studio FBO.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-07-08
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Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
Overview: This feature-length Oscar®-nominated documentary focuses on Malcolm Lowry, author of one of the major novels of the 20th century, Under the Volcano. But while Lowry fought a winning battle with words, he lost his battle with alcohol. Shot on location in four countries, the film combines photographs, readings by Richard Burton from the novel and interviews with the people who loved and hated Lowry, to create a vivid portrait of the man.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Secret Orders
Overview: At the outbreak of the World War, Janet Graham, a telegrapher, is persuaded by Eddie Delano, a crook masquerading as a salesman, to marry him. She agrees, but upon discovering his duplicity, she turns him over to the police. Janet enters the U. S. Secret Service and is detailed to uncover the source of a "leak" in the sailing of troop transports
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-07
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Paying the Price
Overview: Michael Donovan, a heavy loser at a gambling casino, confronts its owner with evidence of cheating and finds himself accused of murder, on circumstantial evidence, of the owner's murder.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-04-05
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Reno
Overview: After obtaining a divorce from his second wife Emily, Roy Tappan marries Dora Carson, who has just divorced her husband. Left poor with two children, Emily marries Walter Heath, a former suitor, then discovers that she cannot live with her new husband because the divorce is not legal in her home state. Tappan and his new wife soon run out of money, each having thought the other was wealthy. His aunt promises to support him in exchange for his two children. He kidnaps the children and hides them from Emily in his aunt's home. After Emily and Walter find them, they go to Yellowstone Park, where they are considered legally married. Tappan follows and is killed after a fight with Walter when a boiling geyser throws him into the air and throws him onto the rocks below.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-12-09
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Sinners' Parade
Overview: In order to support her sister and her sister's small child, Mary Tracy leads a double life: by day, she works as a schoolteacher; nights, she dances in a cabaret show. Mary becomes interested in Bill Adams, whose mother is prominent in an anti-vice crusade, and therefore attempts to quit her job in the cabaret. Al Morton, the club's owner, holds her to her contract, however, and Mary is caught up in a police raid on the cabaret. The club is shut down, and Mary is fired from her teaching post. Morton threatens to expose Bill (who is running a crime syndicate with money embezzled from his father's bank), and Bill sets out to take Morton for a ride. Finally realizing that she has fallen in love with Morton, Mary calls the cops and saves him from certain death. Bill is arrested, and Mary and Morton decide to get married.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-14
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A Broadway Lady
Overview: Chorus girl Rosalie Ryan catches the eye of Bob Westbrook, a wealthy playboy. He proposes to her but she refuses, mainly because of his heavy drinking. However, after being brazenly insulted by his family, she accepts his proposal, just to get under their skin. She finds out that Bob's sister Phyllis is planning to run off with Martyn Edwards, a cad who once betrayed a close friend of Rosalie's. Rosalie goes to Phyllis' apartment to talk her out of it, but soon finds herself involved in, and arrested for, a murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-15
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A Made-To-Order Hero
Overview: Bert Lane and Margery Murray are in love, but her aunt insists she marry either a society man or a hero, so his hands decide that he will be a made-to-order hero - but society man Fred Van Ralt keeps getting the credit.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-08
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The Four-Footed Ranger
Overview: The ranger Jack Dunne and his dog Dynamite are called in to investigate a series of cattle rustlings.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-25
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Rapid Fire Romance
Overview: Former boxer Billy Sullivan as Tommy Oliver, a young fighter who joins a gang of crooks in order to save Marjorie Bonner, the innocent girlfriend of gang leader Johnny Sinclair.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-06
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Cleopatra
Overview: The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-05
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