Duane Thompson
Also Known As: Lura Duane Malony
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Red Oak, Iowa, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: July 28, 1903
Age: 121 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: August 15, 1970
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Too Many Cookies
Overview: Too Many Cookies is a comedy short
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-11
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Frozen River
Overview: Canine star Rin Tin Tin makes his all-talking (all-barking?) debut in Warner Bros.' Frozen River. In characteristic fashion, Rinty braves the elements to rescue heroine Jane from the villains, a gang of cutthroats and thieves.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-20
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Phyllis of the Follies
Overview: As a favor to her old chorus pal Mrs. Dexter, Broadway dancer Phyllis Sherwood agrees to play a joke on a client of Mrs. Dexter's lawyer husband. The client, a roving rogue named Clyde Thompson, has a habit of romancing married women and has already made up his mind to make Mrs. Dexter -- whom he's never met -- his next conquest. Phyllis poses as Mrs. D. to throw Clyde off the track, leading to an unending supply of humorous complications.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-06-01
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The Fightin' Redhead
Overview: Red Hepner and his sidekick Sidewinder Steve go in search of an outlaw
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-07-01
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Away We Go
Overview: Bobby Vernon was a talented comic actor during the silent era, who became a writer and comedy supervisor at Paramount for W.C. Fields and Bing Crosby, when the sound era arrived. Here Vernon stars with Duane Thompson, Lila Leslie and Victor Rodman in a 1924 classic originally released as RENO OR BUST.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-01-01
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April Fool
Overview: An out-of-work pants presser starts an umbrella business and makes a fortune. His daughter is set to marry the nephew of a rich neighbor until the nephew is accused of stealing money from his uncle--but the money was really stolen by the rich man's son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-11-15
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The Voice of the City
Overview: An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict's name and nab the gangsters that framed him.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-13
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West of Singapore
Overview: Tropical "heat" drives a man into the arms of a disreputable tramp, making things tough for the woman who really loves him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-31
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The Mysterious Stranger
Overview: Raoul Lesage suspects his wife, April, of infidelity with Herman Bennett, an artist, and forsakes her, living for the next 20 years in a hermitage surrounded by high walls. He is accompanied in this solitary life only by his young son, Paul, who, at the age of 21, has not seen anything of women or the world. One night, Paul walks in his sleep and wanders from his home. He falls into the company of his mother (whom he does not recognize), Bennett, and Bennett's beautiful ward, Helen, with whom Paul soon falls in love. After a series of thrilling adventures, Paul foils Bennett and reunites his parents; he and Helen hear wedding bells.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-07-05
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Plumb Crazy
Overview: Bobby Vernon comedy produced by Al Christie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-06-02
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Reno or Bust
Overview: Bobby Vernon has just been married to Lila Lee, but her parents object and kidnap her to Reno, where, if not rescued, they will be divorced. It probably wouldn't hold up before a judge, but it does produce a fairly funny movie.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-03-22
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The Phantom of the Range
Overview: Duke Carlton, an actor stranded in a small western town, gets a job as a cowboy on Tim O'Brien's ranch as a reward for beating up "Flash" Corbin, a real estate agent who has been trying to swindle the rancher. A romance develops between the actor and Patsy O'Brien, the rancher's daughter, but it is interrupted by the appearance of his former stage partner, Vera Van Swank, who claims him as her husband. He clears himself of the bigamy charge, foils a plot to cheat the rancher out of a $90,000 land property, and wins the daughter's hand.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-21
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Born to the Saddle
Overview: John Pearson of Wall Street and his daughter Helen are out west on vacation to open his exclusive hunting lodge and are accompanied by Clyde Montgomorency.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-03
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College Days
Overview: Jim Gordon, the son of a proud and loving father, enters the University of California as a student. There he meets Mary Ward, a campus coed who captures his heart on the first day. He becomes close friends with Larry Powell, his roommate, but incurs the wrath of Kenneth Slade, who is unable to take a practical joke. Jim and Larry attend a campus dance with Bessie and Phyllis, two vamps, and through a series of romantic complications Jim tries to convince Mary of his love for her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-15
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A Wireless Lizzie
Overview: Walter has invented an automatic remote-control for his jalopy. When a potential buyer comes to look it over, Walter proudly shows how he cam the car stop and go, turn corners and steer correctly. His spiteful rival, Bill, switches the plug and the car runs out of control. Walter and his sweetheart, Mary, plan to elope but they discuss their plans in front of an open microphone at the broadcast station, and Mary's father hears it and sets out to stop their elopement.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-07
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Weak, But Willing
Overview: A devilish courtship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-03
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Her Summer Hero
Overview: Champion college swimmer and summer lifeguard Ken Holmes saves Joan Stanton from drowning. They are sweethearts until a misunderstanding causes Joan to cast off Ken for his chief competitor, Herb Darrow. Joan promises Herb she will wear his fraternity pin if he wins the big swimming race at the hotel the next day. Despondent over his loss, Ken decides not to enter the race; later, he reconsiders when he learns that Joan is to wear Herb's pin if Herb wins. Ken wins the race and resolves his misunderstanding with Joan.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-12
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The Lodge in the Wilderness
Overview: Jim Wallace, a young engineer, is engaged by Hammond, manager of an estate in the Northwest, to build flumes for a logging camp, but Donovan, the superintendent, dislikes him and places numerous obstacles in his way. Virginia Coulson, owner of the estate, and her maid Dot arrive, and when Hammond proposes to Virginia, she refuses his declaration in favor of Jim. Later, when Donovan is found murdered, suspicion points to Jim, who is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Hammond gets evidence on the murderer, Goofus, a half wit, and plans to use it to force Virginia to marry him; Goofus wounds Hammond and, seeing he has not killed him, starts a forest fire. Jim, who has escaped from prison with the aid of his friend, Buddy, rescues Virginia from the burning lodge; Goofus confesses to the murder, and Jim is freed.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-07-11
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Husband Hunters
Overview: Marie Devere and Helen Gray are two sophisticated, gold-digging chorus girls on the look-out to marry a rich man, who measure the men they meet by their Bradshaw ratings. They befriend Lettie Crain, a country girl who comes near being deceived by Bartley Mortimer, a rich playboy. She is saved by another girl, Cynthia Kane, whose life Mortimer has ruined, and Lettie finds happiness with Bob Garrett, a poor but honest working man.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-15
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The Flyin' Buckaroo
Overview: Bill Mathews mistakenly comes to believe that his sweetheart, Sally Brown, prefers the company of his brother, Henry, to that of his own and dejectedly goes to the city, where he finds work driving a truck. Six months later Bill returns home; that very day, the Delno gang robs the bank and kidnaps Sally. Bill follows the outlaws in a plane and parachutes into their mountain hideout; he captures Delno's men and rescues Sally, who quickly convinces him that she has never loved another.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-25
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Vacation Waves
Overview: Eddie and his wife rent a boat and plan a relaxing weekend fishing. Unfortunately, her mother and bratty kid brother show up and insist on coming along, sending relaxation right to the bottom of the ocean.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-15
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A Rarin’ Romeo
Overview: A 1925 comedy featuring Walter Hiers and Jack Duffy. A theater company does a unique presentation of the Shakespeare classic after consuming gasoline in their drinks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-29
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Call Again
Overview: Edward Everett Horton is scheduled to go on a date with Duane Thompson. She, being only 25, is a schoolgirl at Aileen Manning's girl's school. Horton becomes trapped in the school, trying to avoid headmistress and cops.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-01
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Hitchin' Up
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-06-20
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Fresh Faces
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-04-25
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