Percy Standing
Also Known As: Percy Archibald Standing
Biography: From Wikipedia Percy Standing (26 October 1882 – 17 September 1950) was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 42 films between 1913 and 1934. He was the son of Herbert Standing (1846–1923). Several of his brothers were actors including Sir Guy Standing, Wyndham Standing and Jack Standing. He was born in Lambeth, London and died in Placer County, California, USA.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lambeth, London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: October 26, 1882
Age: 142 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: September 17, 1950
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Becket
Overview: The fatal encounter between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-04
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Colonel Blood
Overview: '1670. Irish patriot caught stealing Crown Jewels talks his way to pardon.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-01-01
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The Final Judgment
Overview: Actress Jane Carleson has three admirers: Henry Strong (a millionaire), Hamilton Ross (a chemist), and Murray Campbell (a district attorney). When Jane weds Campbell, Ross writes an anonymous letter to Campbell, warning him that Strong is after his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-18
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Bonds of Love
Overview: A young woman is hired as a governess for the son of a man grieving the loss of his wife. The governess's presence is unwelcome to the rest of the family, especially after the governess develops a romantic attachment to her employer.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-11-02
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The Song of the Soul
Overview: Young, innocent, confiding, it is a shock to Ann Fenton to learn that her supposed husband is not a business man, but a gambler, and that her marriage is bigamous. The child is taken from her by a Helping Hand Society and apprenticed to a brutal farmer. She is left upon her own resources. Seven years later Fenton again crosses her path, but she finds happiness in honorable marriage while her betrayer is taken away to face a murder charge, and the Song of the Soul now rises in full, pure tones from the breast of the happy wife and mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-03-04
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Her Fighting Chance
Overview: Corporal Blake is sent to apprehend the murderer of François Breault. All evidence points to Jan Thoreau as the guilty man. Blake arrives at Thoreau's cabin while he is away and is greeted by his wife Marie. Posing as a friend of her husband, Blake learns that Thoreau and Breault had quarreled shortly before the murder. This, together with Breault's dying accusation that Thoreau was his murderer, seems undeniable evidence. Blake, fascinated by Marie, agrees to let Thoreau escape, providing that she become his mistress. After much anguish, she consents. When Thoreau arrives, Blake arrests him but during the night Marie helps him escape. Blake goes in pursuit.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-05-18
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Harmony Heaven
Overview: The tale of a young songwriter, the actress who helps him find success, and the vamp who sets her sights on him.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-21
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My Four Years in Germany
Overview: The experiences of the American ambassador to Germany, James Gerard, are recounted in this semi-documentary.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-03-10
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The Final Problem
Overview: Holmes and Watson travel to Europe to escape Professor Moriarty's vengeance.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-03-01
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Life Without Soul
Overview: A young man gives life to a statue with disastrous results. Early adaptation of Frankenstein with the names changed.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-01
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The Flame of Love
Overview: A Chinese troupe star and the Grand Duke's adjutant fall in love, to tensions from both sides' respective comrades.
Genres: Music Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-07
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The Fall of a Nation
Overview: A sequel to DW Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, by the same author, and now lost. It is considered the first film sequel ever made and recounts a fictional invasion of America by a united army from Europe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-06
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Every Mother's Son
Overview: When the United States enters World War I, a mother sends her two eldest sons off to the battlefields with a smile, although her heart is breaking.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-12-01
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Aaron's Rod
Overview: A mysterious murder sets Nayland Smith and Petrie once again on the trail of villainous Fu-Manchu, and seeking a strange old stick with magical powers
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-01-01
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Kaiser's Finish
Overview: During World War I, an illegitimate son of the German Kaiser, who had been raised in the US--and is a double for the Kaiser's son, the Crown Prince--is sent to Germany as a spy in order to kill both the Kaiser and his son.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-11-02
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His Wife’s Child
Overview: A young girl survives a dreadful childhood and grows up to right an old wrong.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-11-14
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The Bribe
Overview: A woman is commanded under hypnosis to break into her father's safe.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-05-22
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The False Bride
Overview: A woman of loose morals takes the place of a young bride.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-01-30
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The Coryphee
Overview: An actress assumes a guilty appearance in order to save her faithless cousin's marriage.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-01-02
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Should a Husband Forgive?
Overview: After Mary Carroll's husband learns that she has had an affair, he challenges her former lover to a duel and is killed. Mary is thrown out by her husband's wealthy family and separated from her little boy, John Carroll, Jr. Years later, John Jr. falls in love with Ruth Fulton, the daughter of the horse trainer for Rex Burleigh. When her father dies, Ruth accepts Rex's offer to care for her, but she leaves the expensive apartment he has provided when she learns his true motives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-11-01
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A Gipsy Cavalier
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-12-29
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A Modern Salome
Overview: When her father's death leaves Virginia Hastings facing a life of poverty, she breaks her engagement to Robert Monti to marry millionaire James Vandam. Unaccustomed to wealth, she entertains lavishly and flirts with many men, although her husband's secretary remains immune to her wiles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-04
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Fires of Fate
Overview: In Egypt a colonel with a year to live saves a girl from an Arab prince.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-07-27
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The Desert Sheik
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Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-07-21
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