Mattie Witting
Also Known As: Mattie Davis, Martha Witting, Mrs. Arthur Witting, Mrs. A.E. Witting, Mrs. A.E. Whitting, Mrs. Witting
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Palla, Iowa, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: March 09, 1863
Age: 162 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: January 30, 1945
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Heart Strings
Overview: Hartley, fascinated by the vampish Leonie, steals and serves a term in prison. Not satisfied with this downfall, Leonie again works her womanly charms upon Dr. Gerald, who is engaged to Johanna, the adopted daughter of Dr. McLean. Learning of the woman's designs on the young doctor, Hartley denounces her in Gerald's presence. In response, Gerald foolishly renounces Johanna and his friendship with Dr. McLean. However, when Leonie discovers that Johanna is her own daughter whom she had deserted as a child, she becomes conscience-stricken, gives up the young man and begs forgiveness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-22
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Painted Lips
Overview: The daughter of a sea captain, the heroine falls in with a bad crowd and is soon working as a "hostess" (wink! wink!) in a cheap waterfront dive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-02-04
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The Girl in the Checkered Coat
Overview: When Mary and Fannie Graham, daughters of a good mother but a father with criminal instincts, are left motherless, Mary flees from her unhappy surroundings while Fannie, inheriting her father's disposition, remains and is raised as a thief.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-23
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Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Overview: An orphan is adopted by a kindly old racehorse owner. He decides to pay back his benefactor by training to ride the horse so he can win an important race.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-15
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The Double Room Mystery
Overview: William Newman, a notorious shyster lawyer, in return for a cut of the jewels, agrees to take the case of Morris, a man convicted of stealing diamonds. After gaining possession of the gems, Newman appropriates all of them and then refuses to carry out his share of the deal. Subsequently, Newman, who is attracted to Georgianna, a maid at his boardinghouse, frames the girl on charges of theft and then arranges for her freedom, thus appearing to be her savior.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-15
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Follow the Girl
Overview: Orphan Hilda Swanson's prayers are answered when a Swedish-American colonization company agrees to send her to America. Aboard the steamer, she meets Olaf, a young Swede, and Donna, an enemy courier who is posing as a passenger. Learning that the secret service is on her trail, Donna sews secret documents into the hem of Hilda's skirt. She then sends a wire to her comrade Felix Martinez, notifying him to intercept the Swedish girl.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-08-06
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The Son-of-a-Gun
Overview: A young man is lured into a cardgame by a crooked dealer. He is about to lose all the money that was given to him to get medicine for his mother when a local cowboy comes to his rescue.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-02-02
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Shoes
Overview: A young working girl, struggling to support her family on her meager salary, desperately wishes for a new pair of shoes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-26
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'49–'17
Overview: A judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the experience in this rather fanciful silent Western. The make-believe turns serious when a real gold mine is discovered nearby and a local girl is kidnapped by a nasty gambler.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-10-15
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Love Never Dies
Overview: Love Never Dies was set in France, and convincingly so (which was not often the case in American-made films of this period). It is established in the first reel that hero Felix and heroine Cecile have been sweethearts since childhood. Later on, Fate forces Felix and Cecile to separate, but viewers could take heart in the positive sentiments expressed by the film's title.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-23
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The Unattainable
Overview: An actress falls in love with a shepherd, to the dismay of a wealthy suitor. One reel survives at the National Archives Of Canada and the Library of Congress.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-09-04
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The Girl Who Won Out
Overview: Orphaned after the death of their mother, Nancy Grimm and her baby sister Ellen are taken to the country where Ellen is adopted by the wealthy Walsh family. Nancy keenly feels the loss of her sister, and when the judge rules that she cannot visit Ellen without permission, she throws herself onto a bench, winning the sympathy of young attorney Chester Noble. Nancy is then placed in the Wick's home where she is treated as a servant. Miserable, Nancy cuts off her hair and, dressed as a boy, runs away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-10-08
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Man and Beast
Overview: During the great drought on the South African veldt, bitterness erupts between the von Haagen and Townsend families when they quarrel over a cattle spring. Nevertheless, a romance grows between Gretel von Haagan and Ned Townsend, who, to escape their families' opposition, marry and leave for the interior.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-06-25
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