William Wadsworth
Also Known As: Mr. Wadsworth, William Norwood Wadsworth
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts, USA
Birthday: June 07, 1874
Deathday: June 06, 1950
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Cossack Whip
Overview: Feodor Turov, chief of the Russian Czar's secret police, orders his Cossacks to attack a village he believes to be infested with rebels. The Cossacks attack the village and massacre almost everyone, and the young Katerina is whipped to death. Before escaping to England, her sister Darya swears to avenge her sister's death. Years later--now one of the world's most famous prima ballerinas--she returns to Russia. Turov falls in love with her and manages to secure a meeting. She coyly asks him to take her to see a prison first. As it turns out, what he has planned for her is nothing compared to what she has planned for him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-11-13
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Rich Man, Poor Man
Overview: Born and raised in poverty, Marguerite Clark has learned to expect very little out of life and thus is rather surprised to learn that she is the niece of a wealthy financier. Alas, this puts a crimp in her romance with a handsome young architect, who has long despised the financier for causing the downfall of the architect's father.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-04-22
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A Christmas Accident
Overview: Well-to-do Mr. and Mrs. Gilton live next door to a large family, the Biltons, that struggles to make ends meet. Despite their desire to be friendly, Mr. Gilton is frequently irritated by his neighbors, insisting that they stay out of his yard, and blaming them for anything that goes wrong. During the holiday season, the differences between the two families become even clearer. Mrs. Gilton wants to do something to help the Biltons, but Mr. Gilton will take a lot of convincing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-14
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Where Love Is
Overview: A six-part adaptation of William J. Locke's novel "Where Love Is."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-05
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The Light in Darkness
Overview: Bank cashier Ramsey Latham is sentenced to prison for violation of the banking laws. On his way to the penitentiary, he encounters Hilary Kenyon, a young girl who speaks encouragingly to him. Later he is surprised to discover that Hilary is also a prisoner, having been found guilty of manslaughter for killing a man who attacked her.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-07-09
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Cy Whittaker's Ward
Overview: Returning to the village of Bayport after twenty-two years, retired sea captain Cyrus Whittaker finds the community under the power of political boss Herman Atkins. Cy opposes Atkin's choice for the position of teacher and helps to elect Miss Daws instead, thus earning the enmity of the politician. One day, a young girl named Emily Thomas arrives with a note from Sarah Oliver, a relative of Cy, explaining that the girl is the daughter of his old sweetheart and that her father is in jail and her mother dead.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-10-22
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What Happened to Mary
Overview: The forerunner of all serials, What Happened to Mary was a series of twelve monthly one reel episodes, each a complete entity in itself, revolving its immediate dramatic and melodramatic problems within the framework of a single episode and designed more for story and suspense situations than action.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-07-25
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White Mice
Overview: Roddy Forrester has formed the White Mice club with a pal. The purpose of the club is to help those in trouble. When Roddy's father sends him to the South American republic of Montebello, he gets his chance to be of service. General Rojas, the former president, is locked away in a prison and slowly dying. Roddy decides to rescue him, especially since he has been inspired by the general's pretty daughter, Inez.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-31
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The Luck of Roaring Camp
Overview: The story takes place in a small struggling mining town located in the foothills of the California mountains at the time of the gold rush. The camp is suffering from a long string of bad luck. With only one woman in their midst, it seems as though the miners have no future. However, the tide turns when a small boy is born. "Thomas Luck" is the first newborn the camp has seen in ages; things are looking up.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-08-04
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The Last Sentence
Overview: George Crosby, a New York lawyer, with a passion for painting, wearied of his legal duties, sails for Brittany, where he meets Renée Kerouac, a fisher-maiden, and sketches her as a Corregan, a fairy who destroys the men who refuse her love. Hoel Kalloc, her betrothed, becomes jealous, and George marries her, after saving her from Hoel's brutality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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Friends, Romans and Leo
Overview: The plot and setting is actually a bit like Keaton's The Three Ages will be in 1923. But less sophisticated: The Roman Emperor Mulius Caesar borrows more money than he should. The loan shark is all over him and exploits this to get near the emperor's daughter. A slave falls in love with the daughter and sends the loan shark in a rage – unless the slave is sent to Colosseum he will foreclose the emperor's mortgage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-10-06
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Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
Overview: A young man buys an Aladdin’s lamp at an auction and employs the genie to help him see his love.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-07-14
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Barnaby Lee
Overview: Pirate melodrama.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-08-10
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Vanity Fair
Overview: "Vanity Fair" is a historical drama, based on the classic English novel written by William Thackeray, featuring Shirley Mason. Shirley Mason was 15 y.o. and played the role of the young Becky Sharp. Directors obviously took notice of her performance, because in 1917 she appeared in 17 feature films, in many of them playing the star role.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-05
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A Serenade by Proxy
Overview: A farmer’s daughter helps a farmhand win the heart of a cook by convincing him to serenade her, with unexpected results.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-01-29
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Thirty Days at Hard Labor
Overview: Jack must prove himself before Beatrice's father will allow him to continue seeing his daughter.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-01-09
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Bringing Home the Pup
Overview: A short comedy about a boy who buys a dog during the holidays; the family seems unable to get rid of it.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-10-29
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The Right Number, But the Wrong House
Overview: A comedy short film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-08-12
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Children of Eve
Overview: An illegitimate child of the slums comes to faith. Later, she chooses to labor in a canning factory in order to investigate its poor conditions, not realizing she has a significant connection to the cold-hearted factory owner.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-10
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Everything Comes to Him Who Waits
Overview: Cud McGiven applies for employment in a Bowery restaurant. The restaurant is conducted by a German, who engages Cud. Whenever Cud finds himself alone in the pantry he exercises his mania for juggling plates with disastrous results to the crockery. Every time the proprietor bears a crash he is Johnny-on-the-spot and takes out his little book to jot down the damage and charge it to Cud. At last the proprietor loses all patience and decides to discharge Cud. Accordingly he summons him to his private office and demands a settlement of the broken dishes and spoiled food. Cud is unable to see the situation this way at all. The disagreement waxes hot and furious and Cud in revenge breaks all the dishes in the pantry. The riot brings the frightened guests to their feet, where they stand spellbound at seeing a half of the waiters flee before the burly Cud, who is flinging plates after them with the accuracy of a baseball pitcher.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-02-21
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Over the Back Fence
Overview: Harry Beaumont and Bessie Learn are in love, but their respective uncle and aunt, back fence neighbors, feud bitterly with each other and insist the youngsters have nothing to do with each other. The young leads come up with a plan in this pleasant Edison comedy.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-02-03
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A Proposal Under Difficulties
Overview: Short film involving a flirtatious maid.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-12-21
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Kidnapped
Overview: In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-05-07
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The Title Cure
Overview: Mr. Clayworth, a wealthy American and self-made man, has a daughter Bessie, who is determined to marry a foreign title much against her father's wishes. She has an American suitor, William Brooks, who is deeply in love with her but he is given little encouragement. Mr. Clayworth plans to discourage his daughter with nobility and accordingly goes to an employment agency where he engages three foreign menials to impersonate noblemen, supplying them with evening clothes and arranging to have them call at his house that evening. Bessie is overjoyed when she learns from father that three noblemen are to honor them with their presence. Father incidentally suggests that if the noblemen do not come up to her expectations to patch up her little quarrel with Billy and say no more about marrying a title. The fun begins when the three bogus noblemen present themselves at Clayworth's house as Duke Macaroni, Lord Brien Berue and Baron Hasenpfeffer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-01-15
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Cohen's Luck
Overview: A winning lottery ticket and the theft of half of it leads to both joy and a lot of trouble for former coworkers Abe and Kitty as well as Abe’s daughter Minnie and her true love David Moss.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-06-11
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How They Outwitted Father
Overview: Should she marry for love or for money?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-02-05
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Seven Deadly Sins: Envy
Overview: Eve Leslie is a poor country girl, who wishes she could have fine clothes, motors and wealthy friends. The person she envies most is Betty Howard, a famous actress. Eve does not know that Betty's life has been full of sorrow
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-29
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