Alice Lake
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Biography: Lake was an American film actress. She began her career during the silent film era and often appeared in comedy shorts opposite Roscoe Arbuckle. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Lake began her career as a dancer. She made her screen debut in 1912, and she appeared in a number of comedy shorts by Mack Sennett. Lake was often the leading lady of Roscoe Arbuckle in comedies like Oh Doctor! (1917) and The Cook (1918). Arbuckle directed both films and was joined by Buster Keaton who had a leading role in Oh Doctor. Lake also played dramatic roles with Bert Lytell in Blackie's Redemption and The Lion's Den, both from 1919. During the 1920s she appeared in a number of Metro silent film features as the lead actress. At the height of her career she earned $1,200 per week as a motion picture actress. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Alice Lake has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1620 Vine Street.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: September 11, 1895
Deathday: November 15, 1967
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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His Wedding Night
Overview: Al and Roscoe, employees at a gas station, are rivals for Alice. When Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice and begins modeling it, he is mistaken for Alice and is kidnapped by Al.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-08-20
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Dining Out
Overview: Comedy about a man who, reluctantly, spends an evening with his wife at home rather then going out drinking with his friend. When that friend later mistakes the wife for the girl he's been carousing with, it all gets a bit messy.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-14
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Circumstantial Evidence
Overview: Duplicitous businessman Henry Lord talks Tony Benton, the weakling brother of heroine Jean Benton, into forging a check. The evidence is framed so that innocent clerk Arthur Rowland is accused of the crime.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-01
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I Am the Law
Overview: Brothers Tom and Bob Fitzgerald are both members of the Northwest Mounted Police. Bob falls in love with schoolteacher Joan Cameron when he saves her from an attack by Fu Chang.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-06-01
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The Bell Boy
Overview: At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-03-18
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Good Night, Nurse!
Overview: Roscoe's wife, tired of his endless drunkenness, reads of an operation that cures alcoholism and has him admitted to No Hope Sanitarium to get the surgery. Roscoe, wanting out, eventually disguises himself as a nurse to effect his escape.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-06-30
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Uncharted Seas
Overview: After her drunken husband Tom brings home three cabaret women, Lucretia can no longer bear the abuse and turns to Arctic explorer Frank, who has long loved her and promised to come back to her whenever she needs his help. A lost film.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-04-25
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Lombardi, Ltd.
Overview: Tito Lombardi a Fifth Avenue dress designer, causes his business to suffer by his generous dispensation of credit to clients, one of whom, Max Strohm, the manager of a musical review, has promised payment for his girls' lavish costumes as soon as the show makes money. To the dismay of Norah Blake, Lombardi's faithful assistant, who loves him, Lombardi proposes to Phyllis Manning, one of the showgirls, and presents her with his finest creations, while not even attempting to kiss her, as she puts off setting a wedding date and also accepts the attentions of wealthy bachelor Bob Tarrant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-10-01
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Out West
Overview: The story involves Arbuckle coming to the western town of Mad Dog Gulch after being thrown off a train and chased by Indians. He teams up with gambler/saloon owner Bill Bullhum, in trying to keep the evil Wild Bill Hickup away from Salvation Army girl, Salvation Sue. Fatty and Buster have a series of adventures trying to beat St. John, until they discover his one weakness: his ticklishness.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-01-20
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The Rough House
Overview: Living under the same roof with his newly-wed wife and his mother-in-law, a careless Mr Rough sets the nuptial bedroom on fire, as the residence's cook tries to woo the maid who only has eyes for the charming delivery boy. As one thing leads to another, Mr Rough ends up preparing dinner for a pair of duplicitous guests, when, clearly, he should be staying out of the kitchen. Does Mrs Rough know the visitors' true intentions? But, above all, how will this disastrous dinner party at the Rough house end?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-06-25
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The Butcher Boy
Overview: Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-23
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Moonshine
Overview: A feud between the Owens and the Gillettes ends when the last remaining Gillette is killed, but new trouble erupts for the mountain folk with the arrival of a U.S. revenue agent and his assistant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-05-12
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The Cook
Overview: In an attempt at greater efficiency, the chef and waiter of a fancy oceanside restaurant wreak havoc in the establishment. Adding to the complications is the arrival of a robber.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-09-15
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Oh, Doctor!
Overview: Roscoe is a doctor who falls in love with a pretty woman whose boyfriend, in turn, falls in love with Roscoe's wife's jewelry.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-09-30
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A Country Hero
Overview: Fatty plays a village blacksmith in “Jazzville,” an imaginary rural village. There is a rivalry between Fatty and Cy Klone, the garage owner, over the affections of a pretty schoolteacher. A city chap unites the two rivals when he tries to steal the girl. An annual village ball features amateur talent in vaudeville stunts with Keaton as a wriggling Fatima who charms a long black stocking from a cigar box like a snake. The film is presumed lost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-12-10
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The Hole in the Wall
Overview: When spiritualist Madame Mysteria is killed in a train wreck, her three associates decide to replace her instead of declaring her dead. One of them, the Fox, calls on Jean Oliver, who he knew from prison. Jean was serving time after being framed by her former employer, Mrs. Ramsey, for a theft just to keep her and her son, Donald Ramsey, from marrying. Jean agrees to the crooks' scheme providing that they help her kidnap the baby that belongs to Donald and the woman that his mother had him marry.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-12-12
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Frisco Kid
Overview: After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.
Genres: Adventure Romance Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-30
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Obey Your Husband
Overview: An inveterate gambler is charged with killing a card sharp.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-15
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Crazy Days
Overview: Narrator Hughie Green tells "jokes" over clips of old silent films. Including greats such as Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, the Keystone Cops and more.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-12
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A Creampuff Romance
Overview: A Creampuff Romance is a 1916 comedy short starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-05
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The Grab Bag Bride
Overview: A knock-off of those charming rustic comedies in which Roscoe and Mabel Normand would play young lovers. Lake is a pretty good stand-in for Mabel, but the husky young man who is supposed to be Arbuckle is pretty much of a nullity. Al is a money-hungry villain, up to no good and achieving no good end.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-27
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The Unknown Purple
Overview: Inventor Peter Marchmont has discovered a purple light that renders the user invisible. On his release from prison, Marchmont, disguised as Victor Cromport, uses the light to revenge himself against his former wife, Jewel, and her partner, James Dawson, who framed him for theft. Making himself invisible, Marchmont gradually ruins Dawson. He so wins Jewel's confidence and love that she is willing to kill Dawson at Marchmont's request. Finally, Marchmont leaves the scheming couple to their own misery and marries Jewel's sister, Ruth Marsh.
Genres: Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-01
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The Golden Gift
Overview: Nita, a former singer, loses her voice and husband. To support her child, she becomes a cafe dancer. When her husband dies, she leaves her child at a mission. Nita regains her voice, becomes an opera star and reunites with her child.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-02-06
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Full of Pep
Overview: Returning from a selling trip, Jimmy Baxter, the fastest salesman at his father's munitions company, notices a pretty girl smiling at him in the station. Since her train soon leaves, all Jimmy learns about her is information on her luggage: her initials and destination, the Central American republic Santo Dinero.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-26
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Skyway
Overview: A cocky young pilot, at the urging of his girlfriend, takes a nice, "safe" job at the bank where her father is president.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-29
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The Angel of Broadway
Overview: Babe Scott, a cabaret dancer who is constantly searching for sensational material to shock her customers, conceives of burlesquing a Salvation Army girl and attends mission meetings on the East Side for atmosphere. There she meets Jerry Wilson, an honest truckdriver and friend of the Army captain. Although the act is a success, Babe is disillusioned to find Lonnie, a fellow worker who has been romancing her, stealing her money and making overtures to Big Bertha, the hard-boiled club hostess.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-02
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Rip & Stitch: Tailors
Overview: Comedy Short
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-02-09
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A Reckless Romeo
Overview: Roscoe flirts with a girl in the park. Later he takes his wife and mother-in-law to the movies only to see his flirtation showing on the screen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-05-21
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Souls for Sale
Overview: A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-22
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Coney Island
Overview: Arbuckle escapes the watch of his domineering wife and heads for Coney Island. Keaton arrives that same day with his attractive, and rather easy, girlfriend, who is immediately stolen from him by St. John.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-10-29
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Broken Hearts of Broadway
Overview: The story of a young actress trying to attain stardom on Broadway.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-07-01
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The Waiters' Ball
Overview: Fatty and Al are competing to take the same girl to the Waiters' Ball, but the formal dress requirement presents a problem: Fatty owns a tuxedo, but Al does not.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-25
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Glamour
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-04-09
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Red Lights
Overview: A mysterious figure attempts to keep a daughter from reuniting with her father.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-30
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Stage Mother
Overview: Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks up her daughter's budding relationship with sweet artist Warren Foster. Heartbroken, Shirley sets off on a series of disastrous but profitable relationships.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-09-29
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The Picture Idol
Overview: A short comedy about a girl (played by Clara Kimball Young) who is in love with a movie star (Maurice Costello) and who follows him everywhere. Her parents want to teach her a lesson, and invite the actor to their home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-05-31
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The Lion's Den
Overview: A reverend attempts to raise the money necessary to open up a boys' club and clashes with a wealthy grocer in the process.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-05-19
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Babes in Toyland
Overview: Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-14
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Twin Beds
Overview: A young husband just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-07-14
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The Girl from Missouri
Overview: Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire Frank Cousins. Cousins proposes to Eadie, only to then commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Fellow millionaire T. R. Paige defends Eadie when the police question her for having Cousins' jewelry -- but when she becomes enamored with his son, Tom, Paige declares Eadie a gold digger.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-03
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Should a Woman Tell?
Overview: A village girl, on a visit to the city of Boston, is taken advantage of by a man there, and returns to her home feeling sullied and ashamed. A young man who had once sought her hand returns from years away in Europe and reiterates his suit.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-29
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Death on the Diamond
Overview: Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the victory. As well as rival teams, mobsters are trying to prevent the wins, and as the pennant race nears the end, Pop's star players begin to be killed, on and off the field. Can Larry romance Pop's daughter, win enough games, and still have time to stop a murderer before he strikes more than three times?
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-09-14
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The Virgin
Overview: The Virgin (1924)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-01
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The Hurricane
Overview: "Hurricane" Jack Foster is a smuggler who ignores his wife and child in order to pursue Marguerite Blair, the unhappy wife of the Chief Ranger of the North West Mounted Police. Foster lays plans for his final theft, after which he will elope with Marguerite, although Blair lays his own plans to thwart his rival. Dispirited over Blair's lack of attention, Marguerite nonetheless calls his office before running away with Foster in a last effort to reconcile with her husband. Marguerite cannot reach Blair but does receive a message that his remoteness has been due to his job rather than "another woman." When Foster then attempts to carry out his plan and knocks out Blair in the process, Marguerite does not hesitate to shoot Foster. With Foster and his gang rounded up, the Blairs reconcile.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-02-26
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The Dancing Cheat
Overview: Herbert Rawlinson and Alice Lake star in this drama taken from the Saturday Evening Post story by Calvin Johnston.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-04-07
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The Marriage Market
Overview: The story of a wealthy young flapper, Theodora Bland (Pauline Garon), and the amorous adventures and misadventures she has after being expelled from a fashionable and costly east-coast boarding school.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-25
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The Overland Limited
Overview: David Barton (Malcolm McGregor) is a train engineer with big ideas who falls in love with beautiful Olive Borden.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-07-14
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Come Through
Overview: From a Montana mining camp, a young man progresses to the society heights of New York, making his mark publicly as a dancer, but secretly as a gentleman burglar.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-06-01
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Wicked
Overview: Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-04
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Camping Out
Overview: Camping Out is a 1919 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Fatty is the suffering spouse who comes home every night to an empty house and a neglectful wife. His wife is furious when she discovers Fatty is cheating on her with a neglected wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-05
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A Desert Hero
Overview: A Desert Hero is a 1919 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film is considered to be lost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-15
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Young Desire
Overview: A carnival sideshow dancer falls in love with a handsome young man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-06-08
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Blackie's Redemption
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Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-04-14
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Cupid's Day Off
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-12
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The Haunted Ship
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Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-01
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The Mystery of the Empty Room
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-30
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