Betty Schade
Also Known As: Frida Feddersen
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bremerhaven, Germany
Adult: No
Birthday: March 27, 1895
Age: 130 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: March 27, 1982
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The Crimson Gardenia
Overview: Wastrel New York millionaire Roland Van Dam travels to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, looking for adventure and romance. Because the costume he is wearing includes a red gardenia, he is mistaken for escaped prisoner Emile Le Duc by a woman (who turns out to be a long-lost cousin) who was to meet Le Duc, who was to be wearing a red gardenia. It turns out that Le Duc is the head of a vicious gang of counterfeiters, and Roland winds up getting in more adventures than he had hoped for.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-14
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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 Edge of the Law
Overview: Nancy Glenn is a pupil in Pop Hogland's school for crooks. When, attired as a boy named "Spider", Nancy fails at her lessons as a pickpocket, Pop decides to pair her with Pliny Drew, a graduate thief and swindler.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-09-24
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On the Trail of the Tigress
Overview: Pidetta, a notorious French woman and leader of one of Paris' worst gangs of crooks, lives in a beautiful chateau which contains an underground palace. She reads in the papers of the arrival at the best hotel of Betty Hoffman, her mother and fiancé, an American millionaire. She decides to make Betty her next victim... .
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-08
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The Bronze Bride
Overview: Disgusted with his son Harvey's attitude since his return from college, wealthy William Ogden turns the boy out to make his own way in the world. Harvey finally lands in the Canadian North Woods, where he goes into business with Joe Dubois, a hunter and trapper. One day while Harvey is trapping, his leg is caught in a steel trap. He is rescued by A-Che-Chee, the daughter of Black Lynx the Indian Chief. A-Che-Chee takes Harvey to her cabin, where she dresses his wound. When her father and brother discover Harvey there, they insist upon an immediate marriage. Harvey protests, but finally agrees in order to maintain the good will of the Indians.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-02
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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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Riders of Vengeance
Overview: Harry's bride is murdered at their wedding along with Harry's mother and father, and the good-hearted outlaw turns grimly malevolent.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-09
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Her Birthday Present
Overview: Two thieves burgle a necklace from a policeman, but then begin to quarrel between themselves, leading to a shootout.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-02-14
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The Love Girl
Overview: A girl is hypnotized and kidnapped by the swami her aunt is devoted to.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-09
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The Foolish Matrons
Overview: Three women, each living in a separate social sphere, work out their destinies in New York.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-06-19
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Avarice
Overview: Death reviews the life of a mean, miserly old woman.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-09
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Voices of the City
Overview: When taken to a San Francisco cafe by her sweetheart Jimmy, Georgia Rodman witnesses the shooting of a policeman by an underworld gang. The owner, O'Rourke, whom Jimmy believes to be his friend, sends one of his men to their table to inquire about Georgia, and after he shoots the policeman, Georgia and Jimmy are held for questioning. As a result, Georgia is turned out of her home, and O'Rourke gives the couple a room in his hotel. Assistant District Attorney Steven Graham links the missing couple with O'Rourke's activities and collects evidence against him. O'Rourke plans to bribe Graham and have Jimmy shot on the night of his annual ball, and Sally, O'Rourke's ex-mistress, learning of the plan, turns against him and informs Georgia; finding Jimmy wounded, Georgia seeks revenge at the ball, but Sally shoots O'Rourke. Georgia is reunited with her family and Jimmy, while Graham finds happiness with her sister Mary. It is considered to be a lost film.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-12-01
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The Scarlet Drop
Overview: "Kaintuck" Ridge (Carey), refused admission to the local militia to fight on the side of Union in the American Civil War, joins a gang of marauders and at the end of the conflict finds himself a fugitive with a price on his head.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-04-22
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Married a Year
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-11-24
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Bare Fists
Overview: Harry's father is killed in a gunfight, and his mother makes him swear he'll never again use his gun, and rely only on his bare fists. But when his little brother is branded on the chest by cattle rustlers, will Harry break his promise?
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-05
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Lost by a Hair
Overview: A group of jealous men conspire to defeat a romantic rival who has captured the attention of all of the ladies at a summer hotel. (Note: The majority of this film is considered lost. Only a fragment survives.)
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-06-28
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The Reward of the Faithless
Overview: A woman who is presumed dead takes revenge on her unfaithful husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-12
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The Girl in the Dark
Overview: Lois Fox, upon whose shoulder is branded a Chinese idiograph resembling the letters "A. Y.," is rescued from a gang of Chinese ruffians by Brice Ferris. His servant Ming, in attempting to steal from her finger a ring that bears a mysterious green seal, is killed, and soon afterward a stranger named Strang arrives, also in search of the girl. Despite Brice's efforts to protect her, Lois is abducted and taken to the headquarters of Lao Wing, the leader of a secret Chinese society known as the Tong.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-03-04
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The Wolf and His Mate
Overview: When Donald Bayne, known in the North as The Wolf, loses his cabin to Steve Nolan in a backwoods court, he threatens and thrashes the new owner, then leaves him to tend to his traps. Upon his return, he discovers that Nolan has been killed in a shooting accident and that Bess Nolan, his niece, has moved into the cabin with Rose, her sister's child. Unable to evict her, The Wolf camps out next to the cabin, but soon realizes that this act has compromised her honor in the town. To correct the situation, he forces her into marriage, but she maintains a safe distance from him. When Bess's sister and "Snaky" Burns, her brother-in-law, kidnap Rose for use in their criminal activities, Bess implores Donald to intervene.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-01-07
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Winner Takes All
Overview: Saul Chadron, a brutal cattle baron, is distressed that homesteaders are intruding on his domain and hires outlaws to drive them away.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-07-20
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A Village Sleuth
Overview: A bumbling would-be detective always seems to reach the wrong conclusion, but one day accidentally stumbles across a real crook, guilty of a real crime.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-12
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First Love
Overview: The O'Donnells are a typical, everyday family -- Tad (George Hernandez) is a sensible working man, his wife (Fannie Midgely) is a good mother and their daughter Kathleen (Constance Binney) is pretty and innocent to the point of naiveté. Kathleen works in a factory and its owner, Donald Holiday (Warner Baxter), has taken a shine to her. But instead she falls for slick cab driver Harry Stanton (George Webb), who insists, "Honest, kid, you're the only girl I ever loved." Kathleen falls for this, and when her perceptive father makes clear he doesn't approve of Stanton, she moves out on her own.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-12-01
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Who Will Marry Me?
Overview: Rosie Sanguinetti's parents arrange her marriage, against her will, to Antonio Mosconi, "Tony the Barber." At the wedding ceremony in her Little Italy, New York neighborhood, Rosie flees to the settlement house where she meets Jerry Van Tyne, a wealthy young man who agrees, in a drunken state, to marry her. The next day Jerry realizes the consequences of the situation.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-27
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Nobody's Wife
Overview: Jack Darling of the North West Mounted Police is ordered to track down and arrest murderer Alec Young, whose girl, Dancing Pete, performs in the Nugget dance hall. En route to Nugget, Jack meets Hope Ross, who is caring for her sister's baby. Although the two fall in love, the outlook for a happy romance appears hopeless, because he believes that she is a married mother, and she thinks that he is an outlaw.
Genres: Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-03-04
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The Dumb Girl of Portici
Overview: Fenella, a poor Italian girl, falls in love with a Spanish nobleman, but their affair triggers a revolution and national catastrophe.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-30
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Fighting Mad
Overview: Doctor Lambert takes his wife west to a mining town, where he can both minister and doctor. His wife is not happy and upon discovering she is pregnant, runs away with a gambler. He soon dumps her, and she comes back and dies giving birth to a baby girl. Lambert, out of his mind with rage, leaves the baby on a doorstep and vows to never have faith again. He returns to the mining town fifteen years later a drunkard. He meets young, kind Lily Sawyer and is greatly impressed by her compassionate nature. Meanwhile, the gambler has returned and decides to abduct Lily, but his partner recognizes Lambert and tells him Lily is his daughter. He kills the gambler before he can harm Lily and soon his faith returns.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1917-11-18
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Happiness À La Mode
Overview: Easygoing Barbara Townsend is never jealous and allows her husband, Richard (Harrison Ford), to come and go as he pleases. Townsend, however, takes her considerate nature as neglect and he believes that Barbara has ceased to love him. Vampy Dorothy Mitchell convinces Townsend that he should seek a divorce, which he does, and Barbara is too proud to object.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-15
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The Heritage of Hate
Overview: After watching her mother die gradually from a broken heart, Roberta, an illegitimate child, decides to seek vengeance from her father Bradley, who ran away before she was born. Bradley is wealthy now, and so Roberta secures a job as his secretary and schemes to ruin his financial empire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-11-13
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Through the Wrong Door
Overview: A young woman goes to visit friends but mistakenly rings at the wrong address. She is greeted and taken in out of the storm by a handsome young man to whom she is immediately attracted. What she does not know, however, is that this young man has been fleeced by her father and has sworn vengeance against him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-07-20
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The Soul of Youth
Overview: Ed Simpson has been raised in an orphanage where he has caused much trouble. He can't stand living there anymore and runs away. On the streets, he finds a friend in newsboy Mike. Mike teaches him how to survive, but inevitably Ed gets hauled into court. The judge sees potential in him and hands him over to be adopted by a young politician.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-08-15
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The Scarlet Crystal
Overview: Priscilla Worth, an innocent country girl, goes to the city to visit her aunt, who has sent for her, thinking that her childlike simplicity will afford a welcome relief to Vincent Morgan, a wealthy bachelor and man-about-town. The plan works, but soon after Vincent and Priscilla's marriage, Vincent, besieged by his friends to return to his gay life and suspicious of his wife's relationship with Durant--an artist who has painted her portrait--yields to temptation.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-02-05
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Darling Mine
Overview: Persuaded by a letter from her Aunt Agnes in America, Kitty McCarthy ( Olive Thomas ) travels from Ireland to New York City, there she meets Gordon Davis, a successful playwright, who directs her to her aunt's address on the East Side. Kitty soon discovers her aunt living in a tenement, a confirmed alcoholic. Through her niece's care, Agnes is cured, and one day Davis appears and offers Kitty a part in a comedy that he has written. She accepts, and once backstage meets Vera Maxwell, the victim of an unhappy affair with Oscar Savoy. Kitty brings the lovelorn couple back together but is unsuccessful in arranging her own romance with Davis' nephew Roger until Davis finally intervenes, and a happy ending prevails for all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-08-16
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After Five
Overview: Thinking that he has lost both his money and his beloved Nora's in a bad investment young New Yorker Ted Ewing arranges for his own murder. Suddenly he discovers the money is safe and has in fact doubled and sets out to cancel the contract on his life. But will he be able to do so in time?
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-01-28
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Whom the Gods Would Destroy
Overview: After a young inventor discovers a powerful new explosive, agents from a German chemical firm induce him to study at a German university. While there, he is repelled by certain aspects of the people, and he leaves for Belgium. When the war begins, the inventor saves a Belgian burgomaster's daughter from Prussian invaders. The inventor and the girl endure horrible suffering because of the war, but they find happiness at its end, while the formerly fighting nations direct their effort towards world peace at the Paris conferences. The assassination of Kurt Eisner of Bavaria occurs at the end.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-04-15
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Ashes of Remembrance
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-01
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The Doctored Affair
Overview: Harry and Tillie are preparing to elope when her dad appears and boots his would-be son-in-law out of the house. Tillie is locked up in her room, and to regain her liberty feigns illness and apparently swoons. Dad is troubled and telephones for a doctor. Harry, who is hovering around the corner, sees the doctor coming and bribes him to help him in a scheme to see Tillie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-02-27
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